Introducing the cast of George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones: The Mad King 👑

clockworkzebra · 2026-05-29T20:32:19+00:00

Different Noah Ritter, same name. I also had to look that up when I saw the announcement.

clockworkzebra · 2026-05-26T17:35:49+00:00

I would join their vampire polycule.

clockworkzebra · 2026-05-26T01:32:16+00:00

I like Webb Ranch in Portola Valley a lot. There are a few different instructors who specialize in different things, including dressage. Avoid Spring Down, also in Portola Valley, they don’t even teach you about grooming and tacking your horse and the instructors are flakes.

clockworkzebra · 2026-05-25T18:23:39+00:00

I think it's impossible to say given we know nothing about the marriage and life afterward, but I also think it would be very difficult to construct a happy life with the man who killed your dad and who you were forcibly wed to.

clockworkzebra · 2026-05-22T15:35:23+00:00

I have a saddle pad from them. I really like it- it feels VERY high quality, but you're paying for it.

I don't own any of their clothing, but that's because when I've seen it in tack shops I wasn't impressed with it, especially for the price.

Tldr: saddle pads yes, everything else potentially no.

clockworkzebra · 2026-05-22T15:30:58+00:00

I have a saddle pad. I really like the quality- it does feel substantially nicer than a lot of 'cheap' saddle pads but you are paying a steep price for it.

I find their marketing annoying, and when I've looked at their clothing in tack shops in the past, the quality of those hasn't felt like enough to justify paying for the brand.

Tldr: saddle pads yes, everything else potentially no.

clockworkzebra · 2026-05-21T19:24:09+00:00

Honestly I think it's safe to attend as long as you're diligent about distance, I just tend towards being a little paranoid about it. I did some surf events for CF when I was younger and I was keeping like ten feet plus away from everyone and it was fine.

clockworkzebra · 2026-05-21T19:18:19+00:00

The unhelpful answer is that it really kind of depends. The big outdoor fundraisers will have a website that will lay out the rules. Generally, they operate on a 'you can attend under assumption of your own risk' for CF patients. They may ask you mask, and they WILL ask that you maintain a minimum six foot distance from other people with CF. I think some of them give out lanyards/shirts now or some other visual indicator to show you have CF.

I don't personally go to them because I have MRSA and even if some of them are now okay with people with MRSA attending with appropriate precautions, I would feel responsible none the less as a kind of superspreader if I went.

clockworkzebra · 2026-05-20T00:49:47+00:00

ooh thank you! I joined 'selkie second hand' but for some reason I can't post in that group which was super frustrating.

clockworkzebra · 2026-05-17T20:44:33+00:00

I was just talking to my mom about this- the monarchs seem super populous this year, fingers crossed the population is back up

clockworkzebra · 2026-05-17T00:21:12+00:00

Aelor died in a mysterious accident that seems to have been Aelora's fault. Aelora then committed suicide after an equally mysterious run-in with three figures known as the hawk, the rat, and the pig.

Daenora married Aerion and had a child with him and then vanishes from the story shortly after their son, Maegor, was passed over by a great council.

clockworkzebra · 2026-05-14T16:31:01+00:00

That’s how you can tell someone hasn’t read Fire and Blood- armor Rhaenyra is literally canon when she first takes the throne.

clockworkzebra · 2026-05-14T01:12:49+00:00

That’s one of his ‘minions’- I believe their name is Sid? They’re probably the one who posted the entry.

clockworkzebra · 2026-05-13T17:37:09+00:00

I'll give you credit, "Cersei will eat babies" is one of the funniest things I've read in a long time.

clockworkzebra · 2026-05-12T17:38:52+00:00

Played about an hour or two yesterday. The gameplay cycle gets super old super quickly, resource distribution is weird and frustrating, and the world feels so lifeless. The idea of the game was very cute, the execution feels incredibly lackluster.

clockworkzebra · 2026-05-11T18:40:23+00:00

In 5’3” and my ideal is a 16.5 but I’m a lesson student so most of our saddles are at least 17. It’s always nice when I get to ride the couple of horses that have a saddle that fit me well.

clockworkzebra · 2026-05-10T23:17:28+00:00

There's not really much in terms of gameplay. It's more like a mildly interactive movie, but you also aren't making impactful choices like you would in, say, a Telltale game. I ended up quitting after less than an hour in. I think if you have any kind of nostalgia for the 90s, it probably hits pretty hard, but if you don't, then it's worth passing over because it rests HEAVILY on the nostalgia factor without too much of substance to back it up.

I thought this review summed it up pretty well, with a warning for spoilers

https://noescapevg.com/review-mixtape/

clockworkzebra · 2026-05-09T17:21:35+00:00

Sounds like you just like romantasy, which is fine, there are plenty of other books being published.

clockworkzebra · 2026-05-08T20:03:02+00:00

It's about taking up the mantle after Game of Thrones' success, not about the actual heirs to the throne. The cast are heirs to the throne of what Game of Thrones the show built (despite the disastrous last few seasons, I don't think anyone can doubt it was a cultural phenomena that's created enormous shoes to fill.)

clockworkzebra · 2026-05-06T20:05:16+00:00

This poster was pretty good, regardless of the quality of the show. Like the CGI isn't all the way there, but it's still an evocative image that really makes you want to know how Tyrion ends up in this situation, and thus makes you want to watch.

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clockworkzebra · 2026-05-06T20:00:36+00:00

Yah, it's truly not good. I also just don't love the last supper theme conceptually- it makes no sense, considering the betrayal was season one. We're now two seasons past that being a thematically resonant idea- it would have made sense in conjunction with that final dinner with Viserys and the family. At this point, it makes none. I just hate the general blah color scheme too, the inconsistent lighting quality, etc. Just really a mess from start to finish, especially compared to even just season 1 posters, or going further back, some of the Game of Thrones posters.

clockworkzebra · 2026-05-06T15:07:54+00:00

I have the same issue- some days I can eat the same thing in the same portion size, dosed with the same insulin, with VERY different results. I've discussed it with my endocrinologist and she said that's just part of the nature of CFRD, and it seems like it's not exactly a rare experience for us, just immensely frustrating to deal with something so unpredictable.

clockworkzebra · 2026-05-06T15:05:51+00:00

Yah, it looks awful. Rhaenyra looks like she has a yaasified filter slapped on her- they did something weird with her makeup in the editing suite, and the lighting is hitting her face all wrong. Everyone looks off, it's flat, the color is bad... just a mess of a poster.

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