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Hey guys –

For our next video, we’ll cover one of the more enigmatic minor characters in ASOIAF – Alleras. Alleras is a student at the Citadel with a secret identity, involved with the machinations of Marwyn, some puzzling sphinx symbolism, and the Dornish plot. We started work on an Alleras video way back in 2016, figure it’s about time we finish it – should be pretty quick to make (:

On April 22, Westworld Season 2 begins, and we’re thinking about whether to make weekly episode explainers, like with GOT S6 and S7. If WW Season 1 is any indication, there’ll be heaps of plot intricacies, themes and theories to cover in the new season – and it’ll be exciting to sink our teeth into something totally new. Weekly videos, though, will take up most of May and June, leaving little time for other vids – will it be worth devoting that time to Westworld? I think the right move is to watch the premiere, try a S2E01 video, and see how things go. If the new season is great, and the ASX video is great, and people want more, we’ll make more. If not, we won’t – can always just do a big Season 2 wrapup video at the end. What do you think? Westworld Season 2 videos, or nah?

Also, you might have noticed there’s an Alt Shift X Discord server – a platform for text and voice chat. It’s a ghost town at the moment, but I’d like to breathe some life into it. All Patrons can use the general channel – perfect for chatting live during new seasons of GOT and WW… And there’s a channel called video-talk for $3+ Patrons, where I’ll post behind-the-scenes stuff from ongoing videos. When I’m tossing ideas around, looking for a particular quote, or deciding on imagery, you guys can weigh in. It’ll be like the usual behind-the-scenes Patreon posts, but more immediate – will be heaps fun. Also there’s a small-council for VIP Patrons, where we can drink Arbor gold, mismanage the realm, etc. If there’s any confusion on how to access the Discord, this page will help.

So we're keen to try some new things these next couple months – while also keeping ASOIAF tinfoil close to our heart, where it belongs.

Cheers!

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Andrew Mearns

I do like Westworld and your videos on it, but I also don't necessarily think it's a must to have week-to-week videos on it. Obviously, you should work on Westworld however much you feel comfortable (whether it's one episode for the season or ten), but since I also like your other content, I'd be fine if you alternated week-to-week between working working on projects. I like the idea of maybe just doing a video for the first episode, a video at the halfway point of the season, and a video wrapping things up at the end.

Alt Shift X

Yeah that's a good idea – some kind of balance like that could work.. Thanks Andrew!

Joe

Thanks for the update!

Liz Castro

I second Andrew's suggestion. Really, just having videos is a win in any case.

Jeff Lindberg

I'd like to see the WestWorld videos, at least your proposed schedule. After all, in season 1, I totally missed that The Man in Black was an older William until I saw it in your video. So obviously I need some explanations!

AvecRali чka

I don't like WW and I don't care for any videos on it, sorry

James

I'd love to see you put out more Westworld content!

Stephanie M

Thirding Andrew’s idea. I really don’t want weekly WW videos.

Kelly Theobald

I’m not the biggest fan of WW, but Andrew’s idea is good. If you did non-GOT, I’d rather see more movie analyses or something

WanderingOdin

I'll watch as much as you're willing to make.

AndrewAtoZ

The Discord link doesn't seem to work.

Richard BB

For Westworld, I think I'd prefer a big season 2 wrap-up rather than individual episodes, particularly if that's going to take up a lot of time and slow down other videos. I'll have to admit I tend to avoid watching your weekly GoT videos because you're just so good at predicting what's going to happen -- it's basically a spoiler in advance! So I don't know about anyone else, but I wouldn't watch a weekly Westworld vid. But a big season 2 wrap-up once you have all the details and context would be amazing!

Rikke Holmberg

You need to go to your account page and click "connect to Discord"

Alt Shift X

Thanks for the feedback and suggestions, everyone!

Box Brown

please god definitely do episode recaps.