Discussing AKOTSK Episode 2 with Alt Schwift X
Added 2026-01-26 03:40:00 +0000 UTCPlease be seated for this week's yapfest. Now with Video!
This is the full-length Dunk Time about Hard Salt Beef, episode 2 of KSK.
My next job is to work on the Alt Shift X video, but after that my focus is on cutting it down for YouTube. Then I'd like to get something out about the music. I'm not sure what form exactly that will take but I'm excited and passionate and motivated to get stuff out while the season is going. Hopefully I can do it this week.
Thank you for your support! This is the busiest time for me so while I can't respond to every comment, I do find time to read them all.
Comments
When I saw all the sunflowers I not only connected them to the Ashford sigil but it also made me wonder if sunflowers are the main crop that House Ashford got famous/rich for growing? Also they're a mid-summer to late-summer flower in most growing zones.
Briana Abeldt
2026-02-26 21:04:38 +0000 UTCI don't think the scene with the princes is ill established at all--I think part of the purpose of the lyonel scene in e1 is to set a faster pace for dunk's developing the bravery to interact with fancy guys. And I also think that's part of the purpose of the crassness at every social level. Dunk sees how even the highborn spit, shit, swear, fuck etc (just like arlan) so maybe they're not so above him after all.
bbzil.l
2026-02-16 03:00:57 +0000 UTCMy hot take on the kingsguard armor is that it looks kinda cheap the way it's just painted white. It doesn't look like "shining" armor at all. It is probably the most faithful adaptation so far, but the season one variant looked more impressive, even though the gold was a weird choice (and it wasn't even nice, bright gold). I always imagined a knight in "shining white armor" having armor bits in very bright, polished, silvery metal and a lot of white cloth. Not just the cape, they could have white tabards, tunics, embroidery, all that fun stuff. But the actual metal parts painted white doesn't really work for me.
Fexer
2026-01-27 19:11:25 +0000 UTCIt's kind of nice learning that actors had a lovely time doing silly things like tugs of wars, compared to GOT actors getting waterboarded for 10 hours straight.
Constance
2026-01-26 19:41:33 +0000 UTCI actually didn’t catch that it was a deposit and was totally confused when he accepted the two stags
Ash
2026-01-26 09:54:28 +0000 UTCas a card-carrying too-tall, i felt really affirmed by how this show gets that height is a social event. dunk & tanselle are both constantly under surveillance, and it’s handled w a tenderness (and gender nuance) I almost never see on screen. I keep thinking about structured consent for the gaze — ambient surveillance vs choosing to be seen on purpose. ppl love a spectacle way more than they respect a person, so when tanselle embodies her height on stage & dunk twirls with lyonel... both feel like acts of reclamation. I think a lot of us end up in the realm of performance in some way (teaching for me) because it’s one of the only places visibility feels consensual
bbzil.l
2026-01-26 07:36:10 +0000 UTCSee Arlan was the knight who bore the pork sword ⚔️ 🔥👑
Brad Torres
2026-01-26 07:31:27 +0000 UTCI’m loving the music so far, so different from the main series/HOTD. Can’t wait to hear your thoughts !
Shelby Mastrotucci
2026-01-26 05:31:29 +0000 UTCEgg yelling about royal lapdogs was hilarious. And Dunk never realizing ANYTHING, but totally friends with all the horses. And not in the story at all but Lyonel is still full on hitting on Dunk.
joanna@humandchuck.com
2026-01-26 05:31:03 +0000 UTC
