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[thelaurenshippen]

hello it is world radio day and I want to talk about the state of audio drama very quickly--

over on bluesky, there's a lot of chatter about saving AD at the BBC and it's really worth reading through the tag. public funding for the arts, especially a medium in which experimentation and diversity are prioritized, is crucial and I'm deeply concerned about the BBC getting out of the game.

and, for me, this feels like part of a bigger discussion. the state of art in general is, uh...tough right now. when it comes to getting stories that you feel represent you - that are exciting and inclusive and meaningful - we just have to hope that some big stakeholders have spines and want to still make challenging stuff. idk about you, but I don't want to put all my eggs in that basket.

audio drama has always thrived in america because of you - welcome to night vale, wolf 359, the bright sessions, even the magnus archives (which isn't american but very popular here) have all been able to exist because of listener enthusiasm and support, not public funding or investment from large companies.

the best thing about podcasts is that they are mostly separate from governing bodies/regulations. sure, we all rely on hosting services to carry our shows but if push came to shove, we could create our own RSS feeds. the state of both the us government and tech (and the ways in which those two things are becoming increasingly intertwined) makes me nervous for free expression, but I take comfort in the fact that a lot of shit would have to change for someone to be able to bully me into making my art less diverse.

we have to start aggressively supporting small studios and independent creators again. if you can do that monetarily, fucking great - atypical has a membership program, most shows have patreons or crowdfund, etc. - but that's not the only way to support the art you love. talking about it, making fanart, telling your friends, reblogging, live posting, whatever! we talk a lot about the health of fandoms/reblogging here on tumblr and that's part of it too--we need to start really actively participating in our enjoyment of art again.

anyway, here are two crowdfunds you can give to right now that are still trying to meet their goal:

Camlann Season 2 Heartglass

and an incomplete list of audio dramas that I've been enjoying recently:

Red Valley Un(con)Trolled Havana Syndrome Sherlock & Co

[egophiliac]

so on the subject of the "Crowley is secretly Revaan/Laverne/Levin/please Twst give us his name" theory, I think my feelings are best summed up as "I don't really buy it, but it's funny". like, in all seriousness, I'm not opposed to it; I have enjoyed the writing in Twst so far and I'm willing to trust that whatever happens will, you know, make sense and not be terrible. but I'm just not really convinced by the current evidence! maybe that'll change once we learn more, we'll see!

with that said, may I propose a few alternate theories about the possible Crowley/Revaan connection:

[sapphicscience]

trying not to become anti ai in a reactionary way but when this coworker starts writing his grant proposals with chatgpt I do start to see red.

[mello-hello]

What fucks me up about Neds death is he didn't have any reason to be there. Duck and Aubrey were fated or whatever to go to Sylvain and get wrapped up in all this but Ned just happened to see barclay in the forest, accidentally hit the gate with his car that night, anything had changed and Ned would have lived because he never would have met Aubrey and Duck. He wouldn't have died thinking everyone hated him. But then Ned wouldn't have been loved. There'd be no Statue of Ned, no "Last Episode of Saturday Night Dead" playing, Aubrey and Ned wouldn't have found a family in each other. Im gonna be sick about this arc. Ned Chicane the character ever.

[aria-greenhoodie]

In my heart this is how the finale ACTUALLY ended. In my heart…

Click for Quality!

Based on this specific panel from the comics:

[mono-dreamerr]

I often wonder how the hell they let Thanos keep his cross full of drugs. They obviously search the players very thoroughly to be able to find a tracker in Gi-Hun’s tooth. (Maybe they had some sorta metal detector machinery to find it, but still, shows how thorough they are if they’re doing that) But Thanos, who just had his cross out in the open, didn’t get it taken away? Did they even bother to open it? Do they know he had drugs in it and just didn’t care?

[olberic]

[kaurwreck]

It takes proactively ignoring many of the characters' in-text comments on and actions regarding Mori to write him off as "evil" or universally antagonistic.

[scificrows]

Murderbot conducting weirdly specific data analysis on a random detail in its media storage... It's just like us for real!!

[lenny-zesty]

murder drones has fucking INFECTED my whole brain. i can't look at any of my other hyperfixations without going "yeah but what if i murder droned all over it"

[stinkyallegations]

Lord have mercy BECAUSE I WONT IF I EVER GET MY HANDS ON THIS MAN

[wall-maria-around-ba-sing-se]

I just remembered that in your B support with Rhea, if you tell her about Sothis, you LOSE support points with Sothis IMMEDIATELY. I laughed so hard the first time I saw that and it's still funny now. Girl that's your daughter.

[ddddancer]

I don't rly want to make my rules longer and am nervous saying it on a bigger blog so on Merry it goes lol but want to put a reminder out before my courage dries up:

Please don't use special characters in the body of your replies to me. I need to just build the courage that if I see even a little in a thread, ask, etc what-have-you I'm just not going to reply. It's uncomfortable for me to constantly restate my need for accessability. I should not have to fight people to accomodate a disability I'm clear about having.

[sinkjustlikeastone]

I there’s a train that passes through not far from my house and I hear it almost every day and when I hear it I think about Dally and get sad