“He’ll bed lord Eddard’s little girl, they say, but we’re the ones who’ll be fucked when the snows come.” One of the best lines in the series, delivered by some unnamed cook. So good.

@SirBallsDeepOfHouseManthrust

8 ай бұрын

Haha, I liked that line too.

Love how much emphasis is put on Ramsay's hatred of being called a bastard, then roose just strolls in and ends his whole career

@DavidReadsASoIaF

3 жыл бұрын

That whole put down at the end is just incredible. Every syllable just dripping with scorn and a hearty seasoning of maleveolence.

@austinmasoni1549

2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidReadsASoIaF rooses voice reminds of calendar man from Arkham city really chilling bro keep it up 😬😳😎

@aroningram4130

Жыл бұрын

Roose hadto let Ramsey know he just a piece

@eddieford9373

Жыл бұрын

I love how Ramsay is a terrible person and monster, but is totally afraid of his father. He thinks he's so cool and bad, but is so easily put in his pace by Roose.

@karinelemaire6402

Жыл бұрын

@@eddieford9373 I'm so glad Roose is not like the show... I watched the show first, so I'll be honest.. I'm glad I did. xD

I like how roose basically does the same things as Ramsey but was mad at Ramsey for being so open about it like damn we crazy but everybody and they momma ain’t gotta know about it

@olofacosta3192

Жыл бұрын

That's what I liked about the books. In the show Ramsay does fucked up things with very little consequences. Intact if it wasn't for plot armor he would have won. In the books on the other hands multiple northern houses are ready to betray them

@FunkBastid

5 ай бұрын

“Don’t scare the normies.”-Roose Bolton, Head of House Bolton and Warden of the North

You do roose’s voice exactly how I expected him to sound, mace tyrell on the other hand I never imagined him to sound like a southern sheriff lol

@iidentifyasanapacheattackh3626

9 ай бұрын

Fat old soldier from a hot texan like desert country, I definitely imagined him southern style

@gaghhuh2943

4 ай бұрын

​@@iidentifyasanapacheattackh3626 Highgarden is far from being desert. At least from what I understand it

I love that roose boltons critism of turning a woman into boots is that it would make an inferior product. Ramsey is sure his son

@GaneshPatil-ip4kl

Жыл бұрын

haha yess

A peaceful land; a quiet people. Inferior boots.

@Deszigames

4 ай бұрын

Funny how Roose would know....

Roose's voice gives me chills

@SisyphusianSaturnite

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's genuinely disturbing. Even more so than Ramsey dare, I say. There's this animal cunning to Roose that's hard to put a finger on.

i like how roose Bolton's problem with barbery Dustin is that she will make inferior boots

dude, after you finish A Song of Ice and Fire (and Dunk & Egg please) you should go on to record some public domain audiobooks cause you’re so talented that I think you could genuinely make a living as a narrator

@KrisCasey4

3 жыл бұрын

maybe do some of the Sherlock Holmes stories? I think that would suit you because one of my favorite things about your style is that you don’t try to force every character into some version of a British accent, and even though the characters use a lot of old timey English euphemisms, you are still able to make it sound natural in your American dialects

@Special_Tactics_Force_Unit

2 жыл бұрын

He'd have to get rid of that lisp first. It's been driving me mad. You don't hear it when he does voices, which are great, but his regular voice you can hear it really bad.

@convictgames3895

2 жыл бұрын

@@Special_Tactics_Force_Unit I'm sure everyone has noticed the lisp because it's pretty common my guy

@jenniferpearce1052

2 жыл бұрын

@@Special_Tactics_Force_Unit I never noticed it

@cassidycoleman900

2 жыл бұрын

@@Special_Tactics_Force_Unit I've listened to him for over 100 hours I never noticed it and if I had, so what

One of my favorite chapters in the entire series, so I hope I did it justice! Westeros just sucks. Even when the realm was at peace and the Stark family whole, the Boltons and any other vassal with the inclination could do basically whatever they want, including raping women tied to their lands, killing and mutilating smallfolk for little to no reason, and generally behaving like completely depraved libertines, provided they met their formal obligations to their liege. Sure, Rickard Stark might have punished Roose for his abuses had he known, but there was no mechanism for him to know, just as there's no real mechanism for the Starks to force the Umbers and mountain clans to stop practicing the Droit de Seigneure. If that reality doesn't put you in the mood to see Daenerys - with her three fighter jets - establish a centralized, autocratic, REFORMIST state (in the model of her forebear Aegon V) over the ashes of Kings Landing (if you want to make an omelette......) I don't know what will.

@pirateboyfearless

3 жыл бұрын

The real question is who will ride the dragons at this point.

@dablackangel

3 жыл бұрын

🙌🏾

@renaigh

3 жыл бұрын

@@pirateboyfearless Dany has Drogon, Barristan on Viserion, Euron with Rhaegal

@pirateboyfearless

3 жыл бұрын

@@renaigh barriston wont, euron is a maybee for me. I think jon snow as he has targaryon blood though perhaps a little obvious for george rr. And brienne of tarth. 1 male and 2 females with history repeating itself. My theroy leaves the question where will danny get her valerian blade.

@renaigh

3 жыл бұрын

@@pirateboyfearless History repeats but doesn't a shit about the finer details

This is one of my favorite chapters. We know so little of Roose but we get a in depth character analysis of him and how scary he is through Reek's eyes. Roose knows Reek is broken and delights in making him cringe and squirm and even laughs aloud (which we NEVER seem him do). Roose knows everything is who is like to betray him and is so much exponentially smarter than Ramsay is. It's like comparing a a rapid dog to Hannibal Lecter. He's just as vile as Ramsay he's just much more subtle about it.

it's interesting how we see Ramsey respond to being called "Lord Snow" in contrast to Jon's acceptance of the title

@iaphlnt

2 жыл бұрын

Jon didn't like it at first either, it was Alliser Thorne who gave him the name as a jab

@juliancain3872

Жыл бұрын

@@iaphlnt Never forget what you are, the rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor, and it can never be used to hurt you.

@GaneshPatil-ip4kl

Жыл бұрын

@@juliancain3872 hello imp

@ryanboggs5919

Жыл бұрын

I love how when Thorne first comes up with that nickname, it's mocking his lordly heirs despite his bastard name and birth. When he actually later becomes Lord Commander, that's his literal title and polite way to address him. Brilliant writing!

“They’re dead, Lord Wyman had them killed. That’s what I would’ve done.” Not gonna lie Big Walder might be one of the smarter Frey’s despite being so young, while he can’t know for sure that Wyman killed Jered, Rhaegar, and Symon he at least has the sense to guess it. Honestly, Big Walder might be more dangerous then he seems. Unlike Little Walder who was ending up more like a sadistic brute like Ramsey, Big Walder might end up being more like his Uncle Lothar or Tyrion, a schemer and better with coin and daggers then with sword. Honestly I do kinda think Big Walder killed little Walder just to start shit between the Manderly’s and Frey’s, since maybe he wanted Wyman dead since he was a clear threat. If Big Walder survives he might end up becoming quite a player in the game of thrones.

I love your Rosse Bolton impression Calm. Cool headed But will skin you alive

@DavidReadsASoIaF

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! And thanks for listening!

This artwork is such a cute family portrait lol

Wow the show delve quite deep enough into the emotional torture that Theon when through . I really enjoyed these 2 vocal renditions of the Boltons as well. Well done sir .

@DavidReadsASoIaF

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you’re enjoying!

@rapidroadsode8789

2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidReadsASoIaF in on ch 58 of dance . Your readings have helped me through the long process of packing up for a move . A bit sad that it’s ending in 10 hours or so and likely will not be finished by grrm .

Thank you so much for this you completely break the mold and bring the boltons togther and why they work so well Ramsay being loudly ugly with a brutes voice in stark contrast to his father who is plain and quiet

Roose reminds me of the Kindly Man in the House of Black 'n' White.

Your roose's voice is one of my favorites! You are utterly talented David! I think you could make money with this! I've listened to you twice! :D That and POVs of my favorite characters!

Why do I like Roose? Am I messed up?

@zenorus3526

2 жыл бұрын

He's a charming motherfucker. An extremely high-functioning psychopath will do that to people.

@Losbil6972

Жыл бұрын

I like him too. These kind of characters serve the story very well. Joffrey also is one of the most important characters for the succses of asoiaf.

@ryanboggs5919

Жыл бұрын

He's the coolest villain, definitely

@takemywordforit4128

Жыл бұрын

He's a sweet sadist

@karinelemaire6402

Жыл бұрын

I d-do like him too! xD In my opinion he is a better person than his son. ;p Not sayin' Roose is a good person! XD

Reading Roose this way makes it all the more creepy and evil. Well played.

Roose is a very interesting villain and one of my absolute favorite villains in fiction. What makes him feel extremely scary is how polite but cold he is whenever he talks about anything, and the fact that he is the only person in westeros who isn't scared of his bastard son. I love northern tywin.

Reek Reek it rhymes with... bleak.

Hmm re listening to this, I guess it’s kind of an obvious point, but I just realized Theon gets some twisted respite/relief from his guilt by being Reek.

It’s oddly sweet hearing Roose talk about Walda. Lmao

Two faces of evil. One cold and calculated and second of hatred and chaos.

Great work on Roose's voice, you really bring his book counterpart to life

Great read, really engaging, but personally I've never imagined Ramsay sounding so harsh and gravely.

@DavidReadsASoIaF

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I made that choice with Ramsay for a couple reasons. One was that I didn't want either of the Boltons to sound at all like they did on the show, because while both actors were great, I hated basically every adaptation decision the show made with those characters. The other was that when I read Ramsay's description, I immediately thought of the lead singer of death metal band Cannibal Corpse. Glad you're otherwise enjoying!

@loki_l_1380

2 жыл бұрын

@@DavidReadsASoIaF Ahhh. Makes perfect sense. Yeah I have problems with their portrayals in the show too. Not nearly as much as Euron Greyjoy, but the show definitely takes a lot away from them.

@ShimTady

Жыл бұрын

@@DavidReadsASoIaF bro lmao you are the BEST 😂

@user-yc5lb8fw5r

Жыл бұрын

@@DavidReadsASoIaF I love the Ramsay voice. Fitting and hilarious.

Can't wait to see what connection reek has with the wierwoods next book

@DavidReadsASoIaF

3 жыл бұрын

THE TREE! THE TREE!

@ryanorielly5617

2 жыл бұрын

He is Theon again not reek but he has nothing to do with the weirwood trees lol it was bran using his new ability to reach out and let him know who he really was, he’s doesn’t have the ability to speak through the trees like bran and bloodraven lol

I love barbry dustin. Someone did a fanart of her and she looked a bit like dame judy dench. Love an evil judy

that roose bolton voice is asmr

Ramsey offically has a best boy

@DavidReadsASoIaF

3 жыл бұрын

Damon Dance-for-Me is the Key Whip and Little Walder is the Best Boy Grip

i keep coming back to the series narrated by you. you are really so talented, i hope one day you’ll bless us with more books. and hope you’re doing well David! this is one of my fav chapters

Hey I just wanted to congratulate you on how close you are to getting to 1k subs that’s a big step bro

Great job on the Reek crying when Ramsay is threatening to cut off his finger

good read man!!

@DavidReadsASoIaF

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

By how much I've listened to this chapter I guess I gotta say it's my favorite in the series

Ramsay and Roose are both awful . . . but damn if it doesn't feel just a bit cathartic to see Ramsay be put in his place a little by his father. All of Theon's chapters are so stressful to listen to, but that part felt okay, as fucked up as it is

@DavidReadsASoIaF

Жыл бұрын

I think its a very interesting bit of characterization and indirect storytelling from George how Theon’s dance chapters are stuffed with people who don’t respect or even fear Ramsay at all, when he is a genuine satan figure to Theon (seriously - Ramsay as “Reek” tempts Theon down the path of damnation in Clash, then “punishes” him for his sins with unending torment). But if you haven’t spent time in Ramsay’s dungeons or under his flaying knife of with his dogs at your heels, he’s just some asshole.

This is the best chapter in the series. Roose is ice and Ramsay is fire. Also how Theon is basically happy to be Reek because he can't bare to be the man who killed the Miller's boys, who are probably his sons.

Wow...so fascinating especially the Reek backstory; Did Reek corrupt Ramsay or did Ramsay corrupt Reek?

@GaneshPatil-ip4kl

Жыл бұрын

roose created both with sperms nd scorns

@RyanRFC

10 ай бұрын

Maybe both, I knew a similar “friendship” in real life, 2 guys I knew at high school both were as horrible as the other and when they befriended each other they became much worse people so I do believe 2 people can corrupt each other and I imagine it’s the same case for Ramsay and the first Reek it’s implied Reek was already a cruel perverted person and Ramsay was growing up wild and unruly before Reek was sent to him

@Caramelo23606

9 ай бұрын

Reek raped a corpse yet Ramsay was the one who let him. It's clear they were both insane to begin with.

Your Roose is damn good, great work, thanks

ok Roose Bolton does not make any sense. He's fussy about my lord/milord - so I presume he noticed when Arya said my lord? so... did he know she was Arya Stark, but just didn't care? Did he know, and intended to keep her, but just wasn't expecting her escape? Did he assume she was highborn, just not a super important lady? Then when he took no action when Domeric died - his kinslaying excuse makes no sense, given everything else he's done. Nor does his certainty that its for the best that Ramsay kill any of Roose's future children? Child lords aren't great, nor are civil wars between trueborn and legitimized children, but i would think you could find some alternative (one branch gets winterfell, the other gets the dreadfort; a solid capable regent like a frey uncle serves until the kid grows up). Roose just seems so accutely aware of Ramsay's flaws that I think he'd at least be open to some alternative - any alternative. Unless he's lying to Theon? in which case, why? Why does Roose want to talk to Theon here in the first place? Why does Barbary want to see him? Part of it is practical, that Theon is our PoV so he's gotta be there when exciting things happen, but I gotta believe that grrm put some thought into character motivations. I guess Roose is gauging whether Theon is fit to play the part of Theon, and give away the bride? Dustin is maybe thinking the same - we know that later, she's interested in Theon to find the crypts at Winterfell, but why tell Roose you're interested in him, and why do so (presumably) before she knows that they're heading to Winterfell for the wedding? Also, is it out of character for Roose to conceive Ramsay in the manner described? It sounds impulsive, hot-blooded and violent, which doesn't match at all with the soft-spoken, cold-blooded, thoughtful, calculating Roose who very rarely personally commits violence (he kills Robb, and he orders that a bunch of people be killed, but I don't think he revels in torture the way Ramsay does?) So with the theory that he's a vampire... I don't know, on its own, it doesn't really explain all of this very well? Also if Roose was some sort of immortal skinhopping dude whose been impersonating every member of house bolton for centuries, one would think that there'd be some hint of that in F&B? instead, there's 1 bolton in the entire book (a girl at the maiden day ball who doesn't make much of an impression). also not too sure how that would tie into the broader story in a manner with compelling themes? I guess if Roose was a parallel to the Others in some way? Though i gotta say, despite all the contradictions and weird characterization, the roose and ramsay duo are such good foils of each other, and make for really compelling villains! And the way Danid brings them to life in these chapter is just soooooo amazing!!!!

@fazediamond5671

11 ай бұрын

Grrm kinda forgot about it

I love rooses voice 😂

@DavidReadsASoIaF Love these recordings...if you could make playlists of all Jon chapters, and a playlist of all Daenerys chapters, etc so we can listen continuously to one character's story that would be great!

@angelined9814

Жыл бұрын

Or YOU could do it!

theon.. it rhymes with baelon,euron,aeron,queelon,victerion,daegon,urrigon ,maeron.. maybe geon, neon nd doraemon too but he likes the rhymes like meek,weak,freak .

Lord Manderly was especially found of Rhagar. 😂

Damn roose just toasted Ramsay so bad he just doomed himself.

Theon had done a terrible thing to the Starks--the people who raised him, but I can't help but feel sorry for him. Ramsay doesn't deserve to live.

@thesamejackalsniperthatkil117

5 ай бұрын

Ramsay deserves reeking

George could at least give us another sample chapter. This is getting ridiculously sad at this point

Your Russ impresion is bloodchiling

@DavidReadsASoIaF

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! He's one of my favorite characters in the series. I've said this before, but when George wants to write a VILLAIN, and not a complex dark grey mixture of very bad qualities and good qualities, he does not disappoint.

@thegrimmarcher202

3 жыл бұрын

@@DavidReadsASoIaF Yes, in evilness hes second only to Euron, and that's more a problem of circumstances then caracter.

@wolfwoodphreak

3 жыл бұрын

he has the cruel cold certainty that only a wicked ruler of the North could show. he reminds me a lot of the antithesis of Ned on that he's the same northern personality but one uses his position to rule justly while the other just tries to rule

@thegrimmarcher202

3 жыл бұрын

@@wolfwoodphreak Interesting, as a historical parallel he remains me of Vlad the Impaler.

Roose is colder than ice

Will you ever do dune

15:30 bookmark

Your Theon is brutal And "reek" saying he needs to remember his name

@thesamejackalsniperthatkil117

5 ай бұрын

His voice acting for "reek" is heartbreaking, that 'why' he said.

@joshosborne683

5 ай бұрын

@thesamejackalsniperthatkil117 I love ur pfp bro 🤣

Omg it feels so wrong hearing Roose laugh or being amused.

Anyone in the mood for pie?

@jorikrouwenhorst7220

11 күн бұрын

It's a wonderful day for pie. You can ask all the birds in the sky And they'll tell you real sweet, with a musical tweet. It's a wonderful day for pie!

Roose would have been a good lord if not for ramsey, at lest if he holds to "A peaceful land a quiet people" but man he is cold i love it.

@AnarchoCatBoyEthan

9 ай бұрын

He literally in this chapter talks about how he murdered a man and raped his wife.

@sociopath4121

9 ай бұрын

@@AnarchoCatBoyEthan The man married without his consent.

@abrarbw

8 ай бұрын

​@@sociopath4121and that, even in their feudalistic medieval society, justifies his actions?

24:30 damn

Stannis the mannis! Uniting with mountain clans

31

i never said anything bad aboit theon.

I know people dislike Ramsay Bolton but personally I think that he is fun because the way he tortures people is fun like a game unlike Joffrey joffrey is just dislikeable

Many fans feel bad for Theon, but i don't, he deserved this and enjoying everything Ramsey is doing to him

@Nosyboy_huh

5 ай бұрын

Ur a freak

I’m hearing this while I’m grinding on a website and stoned as hell

34:14 he knows abt wymans plan

@hmmuhhh5715

2 ай бұрын

Shit that’s big for all of the north

28:22 phantosmia