The May 2020 NotACast Update (To Include Some Important Information on Patreon & the Sales Tax)! (Patreon)

Happy May 1st (Checks notes) MAY 7th!

Welcome to the May NotACast update! In our recurring monthly update, we'll provide you all with our monthly update, welcome new patrons, let you all know what's on our schedule, link to where you can find all our patreon episodes and open up the forum for you all to let us know how we're doing or just speak your mind!

And we'll talk about the start of our patreon-only series on TWOW, The Forsaken! So, keep reading!

BUT FIRST, TAXES

We assume you probably come and read these posts to see all the amazing new patrons who've joined up in April (IT WAS A LOT!), get links to bonus episodes, etc. But we need to start by sharing some news. Patreon informed us yesterday that starting on July 1st, 2020, they will begin collecting sales taxes from most US patrons and 17 other countries. 

What this means in effect is that your individual state's sales tax will be tacked onto your donation amount each month. So, for instance, if you live in Maryland, you will be charged a 6% sales tax on your donation level. 

Here's the breakdown of who and how this will impact everyone:

For US patrons, here's what patreon is indicating:

We know that these are tough times for a lot of folks, and we're thankful for all of you supporting us. If you need to pause or cancel your patronage because of the added financial burden these new taxes will impose on you and your families, we completely understand. Take care of yourselves and know we're incredibly grateful for all past, present and future patrons.

We'll be sending out a detailed message next month as we'll learn some more about this coming at the end of this month and some ways we can maybe work to mitigate or off-set some of the tax burden.

Thank you all so much!

WELCOME TO OUR NEW PATRONS!

Okay. Let's get to the fun stuff. Every month, we welcome all of our new patrons, and look, last month we were thrilled with 42 new patrons. But, um, you all outdid yourselves in April. There were SEVENTY-THREE NEW PATRONS IN APRIL! Like, uh, WOW. Thank you all so much!

So, we wanted to recognize:

• Ser Todd F, a Sworn Sword
• Ser Gallegor of Gogossos, a Por Fellow
• Ser, m'lady Null Void, a Sworn Sword
• Ser Justin F, a Poor Fellow
• Lady Aileen P, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Bryan O, a Sworn Sword
• Ser Henrik, T, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Cody S, a Sworn Sword
• Ser BlackofHairandHeart, a Poor Fellow
• Ser, m'lady Ainteasybeingmiesi, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Terry A, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Joel B, a Poor Fellow
• Lady Maddie H, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Ben, a Poor Fellow
• Lady Emma S, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Jonathan B, a Sworn Sword
• Ser NYC, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Codfish the Steelbender, a Sworn Sword
• Ser Monet D, a Poor Fellow
• Ser AJ292929, a Poor Fellow
• Lady Jeyne Stark, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Chris O, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Eric Y, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Ian O, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Nicholas K, a Poor Fellow
• Lady April W, a Poor Fellow
• Lady Chloe K, a Sparrow
• Ser Zeke W, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Dave R, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Joseph B, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Michael, a Poor Fellow
• Lady Maggie D, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Jur V, a Sparrow
• Ser Andrew A, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Ernest C, a Sparrow
• Lady Joan M, a Sworn Sword
• Ser Jay B, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Peter C, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Warren D, a Poor Fellow
• Ser, m'lady Tracey F, a Sworn Sword
• Ser Brian K, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Haroun KE, a Poor Fellow
• Ser James M, a Sparrow
• Ser Robb J, a Poor Fellow
• Lady Chloe T, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Stefan K, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Joseph S, a Poor Fellow
• Lady Kaitlyn K, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Tim, a Poor Fellow
• Lady Chelsea S, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Tom, a Poor Fellow
• Lord Marshall Harrison — Absent, shipwrecked in the Jade Sea, a Small Council patron
• Ser Spencer C, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Jamie S, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Christopher WH, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Johaiber FC, a Sworn Sword
• Ser Broastin_Blackfish, a Sworn Sword
• Ser Corey H, a Poor Fellow
• Ser David F, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Andrew C, a Sparrow
• Lady Jennifer EK, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Tim S, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Glen P, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Marcel, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Nick H, a Poor Fellow
• Ser Phil C, a Poor Fellow

My fingers are burning after typing all of those names, but it fills us both with a lot of warmth. Thank you all so much.

If I missed anyone, let me know!

PATREON STRETCH GOAL

SO SO SO. With all those new patrons, we've hit our 900 total patrons stretch goal, and you know what that means, right!? 

IT MEANS WE'RE DOING TWOW, THE FORSAKEN.

Oh, but friends, we're not just doing any, ol' episode on The Forsaken. No ser, m'lady.

WE'RE DOING A MULTI-PART SERIES ON THE FORSAKEN!

Yes, you heard right. We're doing a multi-part series on it. Four parts in total as it stands now. Here's how we're going to do it!

• May: Background to the Forsaken
• June: Part 1 of our analysis of the chapter
• July: Part 2 of our analysis of the chapter
• August: The future of Aeron Damphair and the Euron plot in TWOW!

So, get your asses excited. This is going to be a hell of a summer. And if you're interested in hearing our episodes on The Forsaken (and all of our other patreon-only episodes!) and are not a current patron please consider becoming a patron at any level! 

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Our month of Catelyn has ended, but we beat on into ACOK. As many of you know, we're doing weekly livestreams during this quarantine period. So, if you're free, come join us every Monday night at 8:30pm on our YouTube channel to watch us LIVE! And we're doing our Fevre Dream episode live on April 9th on our Youtube channel. Be there!

Here's our April Schedule!

• May 4: ACOK, Tyrion VIII general release 
• May 4: ACOK, Theon III Livecast 
• May 7: FEVRE DREAM, Chapter 9 Livecast! 
• May 11: ACOK, Theon III general release
• May 11: ACOK, Arya VIII with special guest Michal from Vassals of Kingsgrave Livecast!
• May 18: ACOK, Arya VIII general release
• May 18: ACOK, Catelyn V Livecast!
• May 25: ACOK, Catelyn V general release
• May 25: ACOK, Daenerys III Livecast!
• May 28: Patreon Episode # 28: TWOW, The Forsaken, Part 1!

FINDING NOTACAST PATREON EXCLUSIVE CONTENT

We know that patreon's search function isn't helpful; so, here are all the links to all of our bonus episodes that are available for our $5/above patrons! 

27 ASOIAF bonus episodes!

• Episode 1:  Why A DANCE WITH DRAGONS is better than A STORM OF SWORDS (Patreon Special Episode!)
• Episode 2:  The Fate of the White Knight (Will Barristan Selmy turncloak on Dany?)
• Episode 3: Why Is THE WINDS OF WINTER Taking So Goddamn Long?
• Episode 4:  A Burning Crown: The Endgame of King Stannis
• Episode 5:  Old Volantis, Doomed Volantis: The Past, Present and Future of the First Daughter of Valyria
• Episode 6:  The Hammer of Westeros: An Analysis of Robert Baratheon
• Episode 7:  Stump the Chumps, Part 1 (Mass Q&A)
• Episode 8:  Stump the Chumps, Part 2 "Amen Brother"  (Mass Q&A, part 2)
• Episode 9:  FIRE AND BLOOD, VOLUME ONE, Part 1: Aegon I - Jaehaerys I
• Episode 10:  FIRE AND BLOOD, VOLUME ONE, Part 2: "The Dying (or Dance) of the Dragons"
• Episode 11:  FIRE AND BLOOD, VOLUME ONE, Part 3: "The Regency of Aegon III"
• Episode 12:   FIRE AND BLOOD, VOLUME ONE, Part 4: "Stump the Chumps"
• Episode 13:  A Shadow of a Crown: Jon Snow and Young Griff
• Episode 14:  Winter Fell (Game of Thrones Season 8 predictions)
• Episode 15:  The Night Lamp
• Episode 16:  Curtain Call  (Game of Thrones S08 retrospective)
• Episode 17:  Whitewashed: Dany, Jon and Tyrion in Game of Thrones
• Episode 18:  We Should Start Back: AGOT in Review
• Episode 19:  Steamboat Georgie (Intro to FEVRE DREAM)
• Episode 20:  Changes (ASOIAF Ideas and Theories we've changed our minds on)
• Episode 21:  Botchmen (Our analysis of Zack Snyder's 2009 film WATCHMEN)
• Episode 22:  "Rise Again": A Complete Analysis of the Greyjoy Rebellion 
• Episode 23: "The Stone is Strong": A Tour of Winterfell 
• Episode 24: "Flag Day" : Our complete analysis of ASOIAF sigils and heraldry
• Episode 25: "Every Rose Has Its Thorns" (Analysis of House Tyrell)
• Episode 26: "Snowmen": Our Analysis of the Grand Northern Conspiracy
• Episode 27: "Sunflower": Our Complete Analysis of Renly Baratheon

Fevre Dream episodes!

• Chapter One: "Plans to Make"
• Chapter Two:  "The Red Thirst"  
• Chapter Three:  "Some Riverman's Dream" 
• Chapter Four: "First Catch" 
• Chapter Five: "Let Joshua Sleep" 
• Chapter Six: "Predators" 
• Chapter Seven: "Working Vacation" 
• Chapter Eight: "Night Vision" 

CONCLUSION

Thank you so much for supporting us, listening to us and watching us. Let us know how we're doing by messaging us here or e mailing us at notacastasoiaf@gmail.com.

Thanks for everything, friends!

Emmett and Jeff