E24 - HotD2 E4, Cripples Bastards & Broken Things: the power dynamics of effective rulers ft. Steven Stark Artwork

The Silent Sisters Podcast

Hosted by Littlewolfbird, The Silent Sisters is a podcast primarily covering George R. R. Martin's expansive world of "A Song of Ice and Fire" on page and on screen including GRRM's "A Song of Ice and Fire", "Fire and Blood" and "Tales of Dunk and Egg", HBO's "Game of Thrones", "House of the Dragon" and "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms", and all other future works. Other media covered includes HBO's "The Righteous Gemstones".

If you would like to guest on the episode and/or have a topic or media you would like the podcast to cover, please send us a message via fanmail here on Buzzspourt, Chat on Bsky, or via our email.

Disclaimers: While we try to keep spoilers to a minimum, spoilers are around so listen at your own risk. This is not a kid-friendly podcast as the topics covered can be adult in nature and the colorful language is used. This podcast does discuss, reference or mention, and/or analyize sensative and potentially triggering elements of the shows and books covered and we will put a Content and/or Trigger Warning at the top of episode notes. You listen at your own choosing so please take care of yourself and skip an episode if you need to.

All Episodes

The Silent Sisters Podcast

E24 - HotD2 E4, Cripples Bastards & Broken Things: the power dynamics of effective rulers ft. Steven Stark

July 14, 2024 • Silent Sisters • Episode 24

0:00 | 2:13:46

If last week we had a whole new podcast, this week we have gone through a transformation and turned The Silent Sisters' into a D&D podcast!

Just kidding! Though it almost did.

Absent LittleWolfBird - who took a mental health day - Blue_Lemons and returning guest DM Steven Stark of Here Be Dragons! dive into House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 4 "The Red Dragon and the Gold" to discuss Dungeons & Dragons, power dynamics, and effective rulers; determining that good rulers must be decisive and be open to questioning.

We've come to the conclusion - yet again - that Alicent (and Viserys!) are (were) shit parents and that Rhaenys is a boss ass bitch who should have been the Queen. Daemon be tripping, the writers make us feel for Aegon when we don't necessarily want to, Ser Willem Blackwood is awesome, Rhaenyra probably should have told someone where she was going last episode - just like Cole should have told someone about his ambush plan this episode (though we understand the need for secrecy at times), Alys Rivers ('nuff said), and we really want to know what Lord Larys Strong's motivations are because Power For Power's Sake in a character is, however realistic in our world, not very exciting in literature.

Steven Stark: ⁠Twitter⁠ | ⁠Here Be Dragons! YouTube Channel

The Silent Sisters Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠Tumblr⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠BSky⁠⁠⁠⁠

TheBlueLemonTree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Tumblr⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠AO3⁠⁠⁠⁠

Recording, editing, and mixing were done by ⁠⁠⁠⁠LittleWolfBird⁠⁠⁠⁠.

⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Mattstagraham⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠Profile Art by Mondongo⁠⁠⁠⁠

Credit to George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire, Fire & Blood, and related works; and HBO's Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon.

Send us Fan Mail

Support the show

Recording, editing, and mixing by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LittleWolfBird⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

The Silent Sisters Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tumblr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BSky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by Mattstagraham⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Profile Art by Mondongo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Credit to George R. R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire, Fire & Blood, and related works, and HBO's Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon, and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

The Silent Sisters Podcast is an gen A.I.-free podcast. Generative A.I. is a destructive and harmful tool and as such, this show does not knowingly use any version of it.

No aspects of this episode may be used, altered, duplicated, redistributed, or published elsewhere without direct and written permission.