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• Angry drop-ins set the tone for this episode
• Where are our in-studio guests?
• What has Tee been working on since the last show?
  • Tee is still working on the new platform, but Logic Pro X is up and running in the studio!
  • The Shared Desk is a 2014 Parsec Nominee. Submission made. Now, we wait….
  • Ministry Protocol production for Audible rolls along.
  • Have you heard the latest Tales from the Archives?
• Pip refuses to slow down after the launching of Dawn’s Early Light.
  • Pip’s Kickstarter story, Tangi A Te Ruru/The Cry of the Morepork featuring Aroha Murphy, is close to release. 
  • Her latest idea combining early Hollywood and Mesopetanian Gods has been submitted.
  • Continuing development on Immortal Progeny, and Silver Pharaoh featuring Verity Fitrzroy and the Ministry Seven.
• There’s another idea in the mix about a social media guide for writers…

6:20 — Game of Thrones, Hot Buttons, and Responsibility…from a Writer’s Point-of-View

• Multiple Alarms for this Shared Desk…
  • Spoilers Ahead.
  • Hot Buttons Ahead.
  • Trigger Warnings.
  • If this kind of talk bothers you, please, JUMP AHEAD TO TIME MARKER 38:49
• THAT scene from last Sunday’s Game of Thrones from both a fan’s point-of-view and a writer’s point-of-view.
• Jamie rapes Circe.
  • It was rape. Pure and simple. We’ve established this.
  • Since Sunday, the Internet has lost its mind over this episode…
  • …but a LOT has happened over three seasons, hasn’t it?
• Comparing the book to the miniseries. Not much better.
• Back on the project organization…
  • Lauren does the longhand approach.
  • Pip can’t read her own handwriting, but she still grabs random scraps of paper to get notes down.
  • Tee prefers the digital approach to notes.
• One issue (of many) that Tee has with the scene/episode: It’s being handled by George R.R. Martin and HBO terribly.
• Westeros — not the safest place to be…
• Tee and Pip agree — Circe did not ask for it.
• Is anyone really “entertained” by rape?
• • Citing The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as an example.
  • What about Theon? Any love for Theon? No? No.
  • What about some of the other brutality in Westeros?
• Tee (and Chuck Wendig) go on record about Jamie that few (if any) admits to with Jamie — people started to LIKE and TRUST Jamie Lannister.
• Pip goes into the relationship of Jamie and Brianne.
• Jamie Lannister. Not really a nice guy.
• Jamie Lannister in the baths. Okay, we LIKE him.
• Tee spells out Jamie’s rough and bumpy homecoming, and shows the build-up and the psychological snap that led to this moment.
• Where did Tee get his degree in Psychology? The ID Channel, of course.
• Comparing Jamie Lannister to Ted Bundy. (Yeah, we go there.)
• Fans don’t understand why “good” characters make terrible choices.
• Jamie doesn’t know what true honor is.
• Should rape be addressed in fiction or in movies, television, and other mediums?
• Tee really doesn’t like “entertainment” used in the same sentence as “rape.”
• Pip echoes Chuck’s opinion while playing the Woman Card.
• Rape as a character flaw…
• ….and how Vikings plays rape strictly as a character flaw, and offends both Tee and Pip
• No kidding, Pip and Tee have been talking about this FOR DAYS!
• The difference between the Angle-Saxon Princess and Jamie Lannister — we got to know him.
• Does this episode of Game of Thrones mean we as writers should not write about these topics? Not at all.
• Tee lays himself on the chopping block with Legacy of Morevi…which he wishes GRRM and HBO would do.
• If you’re going to write about ugly issues, prepare to research things you won’t like to research.
• Showing love for Hannibal…and recognizing the difference between serial killers and rapists.
• Be aware of your audience.
• We love Vikings…but we didn’t care for this particular moment.
• Take responsibility for your writing and understand the impact of your words.

38:49 — The Wrap-Up

• That bumper music feels a little inappropriate, doesn’t it?
• YES! We want your feedback! On this topic…or others.
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• This podcast needed to happen. Words have weight.
• Where will we be in the next few weeks?
  • RavenCon, April 25-27
  • DemiCon 25, May 1-5 (where Tee is the Guest of Honor!)
    • P.C. Haring will be there.
    • We’re meeting Aly Grauer! Check out her new Kickstarter!
  • Balticon, May 22-26
  • The Frederick Book Festival, June 27-28
• See you in two weeks!
• And if you’re still listening to us after this show, thanks!!!

 

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