Julia and Kylie celebrate the ending of Game of Thrones Season 7 by…answering a bunch of asks all about it!

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The salterello performance for this episode is “Saltarello, Lamento di Tristano, Dulab, La Rotta”—Medieval meets Irak, Klangwelten II p.2.

Episode Breakdown:

• 0:00 – Introduction & which character is the most screwed over?
• 9:45 – How would you have done R+L=J?
• 15:25 – GoT’s Season 7 reception & fandom dialogue
• 25:15 – Karen Smith sends an ask & Sam/Bran in S7 ft. MissWorm!
• 31:15 – What the hell was Winterhell, Lena Heady, Book!Cersei, and Theon
• 43:00 – The idiotic truce and poor Cheryl!
• 53:50 – Character arcs, Tyrion’s romantic feelings for Deadpan, Bronn’s romantic feelings for Larry
• 59:20 – “Aegon”, most disappointing meme, Robert’s Rebellion’s depiction
• 1:07:05 – Dragonstone, the Cherry bomb
• 1:11:55 – Incest, Brienne fucks loyalty, Randyll’s words of wisdom, and parenthood
• 1:19:10 – Closing & final thoughts

Related Pieces:

• List of all UBS episodes
• Book Snob Glossary
• Sam’s S7 Arc – a video
• The Season 6 Carol Awards
• This Lousy Game of Thrones Episode was Par for the Course
• A Null Plot – analysis of The Citadel by Turtle
• 7×07 Dragon and the Wolf UBS review
• The Ironboors are made of Salt and Snores
• Sam and his Gal Attend Horn Faire
• Game of Thrones Sexism & Season 7
• Cheryl’s Landing Part 2: The Implications

Julia, Kylie, and Gretchen sit down with Leah from TGIFemslash to chat about the upcoming season of Supergirl (is there hope?) and the interesting penchant for subtext over explicit queer ships within some areas of fandom.

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Episode Breakdown:

• 0:00 – Introduction & fandom news 9/10/17
• 17:00 – Supergirl‘s past and future
• 44:35 – Subtext vs. sub-par text with queer ships

Related Pieces:

• Leia’s Journey to Heir of Alderaan and Rebel Leader
• Ladies First Interviews TGIF/F
• Aladdin and the 40 Issues of Casting
• Mon-El is Supergirl’s Kryptonite
• Supergirl’s Sophomore Slump
• Supergirl Introduces Korrasami 2.0, but is it Brave Enough to Also Deliver?
• To Kill a Lesbian
• About that D.E…Oh No

Jeremiah and Thaddeus are back with the newly revamped Beneath the Screen of the Ultra-Critics! In this episode, they take a look at silver screen adaptations based on literary works. Warning: Harry Potter talk ahead!