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Valerie Garver

Valerie Garver

Professor and Chair of History at Northern Illinois University, specializing in early medieval Europe, Carolingian women, gender, and material culture.

Aug 14, 2026

21:08
Oh, yeah
21:08
... because he kind of goes, hopefully will go through even more [laughs] a character arc, I'm hoping.
21:13
But he also observes Dany, um, in different contexts, right, and it would be kind of int- maybe interesting to see that.
21:20
But I also wondered about, and I am blanking on his name, I've been sitting here kind of trying to figure out what it is, the one that she's supposed to marry in Meereen.
21:48
No.
21:48
Because what I'd really like to see is what, what is the take of someone who sees, um, that same arc that we've just talked about with Dany, but also just who has kind of, can get...
21:59
You would have enough chapters to give you a broader perspective on, like, what, how does someone from Essos understand Westeros?
AnthonyHOST
27:45
Mm.
27:46
And, uh, like, it is corrupting her, um, and, and changing her.
27:51
But I think one of the things is it's a, also a question, like, how much is it corruption and change? And what's interesting is how Mysaria doesn't seem to think that she's really changed, that she still champions the same thing.
28:02
In the same episode where Rhaenyra's like, "Oh, well, I'm not changed."

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45:00
Those are his people.
45:00
Like, that's his...
45:01
That's...
45:02
Like, they do a good job of showing, like, this is his world, and yes, it's really important to him.

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