Last night the long wait finally ended, and season 6 of "Game of Thrones" finally premiered. In its honor, it's "Game of Thrones" week here at Free Refills! "Game of Thrones" has become one of the big cultural touchstones of our time. It's everywhere. Everyone is watching. Everyone is writing about it. We here at Free Refills are no different. We want in!
And just what can you expect from the great minds at Free Refills?
Tomorrow, we'll be talking about the whole idea of "No spoilers!" and what meaning it carries in a time-shifted world with respect to a cultural force as ubiquitous as "Game of Thrones."
On Wednesday, we'll be talking about how, when you take a minute to think about it, "Game of Thrones" has actually become pretty shockingly stupid. In that space, we'll talk about our relationship to storytelling and media, and we'll discuss how, despite its now fairly grievous flaws, the show remains a force of nature.
On Thursday, I'll write about something that will doubtless arise as I explore the ideas I just mentioned. You'll forgive the vagueness. It didn't occur to me until this morning, when I found myself thinking endlessly about last night's episode, that the right thing to do this week was to write about "Game of Thrones." I'm tired of struggling every goddamn day to get my pieces out, so this week I'm choosing not to struggle. Today's piece exists to give me a little space to zero-draft the more complicated pieces to follow, and then have time and room to properly rewrite without making myself crazy. Hooray!
(Friday will be, as usual, my TTW piece.)