Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle
@patman.bsky.social
I used to spend a lot of time on Twitter as patman23, but Elon Musk turned it into the proverbial Nazi Bar. I used to blog a lot about Game of Thrones, but that's just sad to bring up, I feel. (I'm happy to talk about Game of Thrones though, pleasantly.)
House of the Dragon has kicked in more prophecy visuals - previously we had to get a Targaryen to Harrenhal or just hear Helaena's non sequitur phrasings, but now at least we get to see things. It was ironic that Rhaenyra was demanding to hear about Helaena's dreams while knocking away the -
More Wednesday House of the Dragon talk. Obviously, the dragon math has changed with Silverwing moving from Team Black to Team Green, but Team Black have also had setbacks in that Syrax, Seasmoke, and Caraxes all took some damage while dealing with angry clawball Sheepstealer. Sunfyre is back but -
More HotD - podcasts are talking about Alicent's peril in leaving Harrenhal - although the plan was for her to enter Harrenhal just with Ser Goodhair, the scene of her riding out of Kings Landing previously showed several guys, so Alicent and the Queens guard assassin traveled in a group. That -
Just a few House of the Dragon thoughts... (more later) The book reading Ulf-haters can finally go BOOOO ULF for switching from Black to Green, although the show did build up reasons for the turncloaking
Yes, Congress has no power whatsoever to check the power of an out-of-control President. Too bad the Constitution has no provision about that. Oh well.
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Daughter Grace has tickets for the family to go see Spider-Man tonight! 🕷
Unsurprisingly, I have House of the Dragon reactions, but they won't be shared for a few days (so no one's being spoiled by me.) I will say that it was mostly a good night for TEAM [COLOR REDACTED]
HOUSE OF THE DRAGON in just under 4 hours. Penultimate episode for the season! 🏚️🐉 🎶❄️🔥
I'm pleased that extremely awesome online friends will be seeing this. Also pleased that Callum Woodhouse is playing young Robert B., since Woodhouse is awesome as Tristan on the recent All Creatures, Great and Small series. Sorry for using 'awesome' repetitively in this post!
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Just a factoid about me… I start my mornings at work listening to a song about Thor’s goats (goats that he eats every night and resurrects every morning.) music.youtube.com/watch?v=SFze...
Tanngrisnir & Tanngnjóstr (Goats of Thor) | Old Norse Viking Music
YouTube video by Nordic Versecraft
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Okay, final HotD talk (please don't clap) I was complaining about Jon Roxton teleporting earlier, but I have to remind myself that in an episode of Game of Thrones, we might see scenes separated by hours intercut with scenes separated by days... like cards of differently scaled timeline events -
Hey, more HotD thoughts. A few weeks ago, Addam was flirting with Baela (his niece) and parts of the Internet were 😍 and talking about ⚗️🧪 chemistry. In the last episode, Baela makes an advance on Alyn (her uncle, Addam's brother) and I swear the same parts of the Internet were What the Hell!?
A few more HotD thoughts (I do these randomly throughout the day during work breaks( The final chapter on Criston Cole was very well done. I appreciate people were missing Pate of Longleaf and his 'no songs for you' killer line, but it is there in subtext. And book readers wanting something and -
Good Morning! Enough time has passed since the recent House of the Dragon episode that I can share thoughts (as is my way) The episode had ups and downs, and it might rank lower than the episodes that came before, but in general I just enjoy watching any Thrones show. I have mostly logistical -
She absolutely should be put on a no-fly list. I'd even say that about someone who wanted to talk at length about Batman.
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Hey, friends in the Philadelphia area (and nearby environs) - if you are looking to see some cool live theater this weekend, I recommend catching DC area actor Robyn Cohen perform in What the Constitution Means to Me, a (nearly, practically*) one-woman play about the life of Heidi Schreck
What The Constitution Means To Me
A play, by Heidi Schreck, about her 15-year old self debating four generations of patriarchy and racism.
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I enjoyed the Odyssey, which was seriously great filmmaking and deserves the Oscar nominations it will garner. I still wish that someone other than Matt Damon was Odysseus, though. This is my problem, I know. (Also, I would have rather had someone other than John Bernthal be Menelaus -
Getting ready to head out to see the ODYSSEY. Lisa is getting her earplugs for the BOOOOOOOOOM and so on.
Looking forward to talking about House of the Dragon in a few days (long after everyone has stopped talking about the most recent episode, but I have my code to live by of sitting on spoilers for a few days.) In other news, tonight Lisa and I are seeing the ODYSSEY. Lisa is bringing her earplugs -
Cole: Some of you will die as well. Roddy: Why do you think we came all this way? Bran, Warging From the Future to Observe: That's an excellent line!
Lisa and I had a great time last night seeing the filmed presentation of a London performance of HADESTOWN. And of course I streamed the HADESTOWN album this morning. Still heartbreaking and awesome.
Final House of the Dragon thoughts from S3E5 (new episode on the horizon, thank you weekend) Alicent obviously wants to spare Helaena trauma (various trauma) by working to procure her pregnant daughter moontea- but I can't help but think that a part of her is hoping to spare Rhaenyra the burden -
Seated for the HADESTOWN theatrical presentation. It better be historically accurate to archaic Greece.
