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Something very special about January taking himself SO seriously, and absolutely no one in town matching that energy
Let him take a nap - said everyone in town
#ethics town#someone at some point probably: yo is that the mayor on the roof????#someone else: yeah he does that spiderman thing sometimes donāt worry about it#so unfortunate when no one takes you seriously#while you literally shout about what youāre doing wrong on the radio#trapped in your own prison#haha#get it?#because of the āchristmas special?ā#ethics town spoilers
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Ethics Town: Ship's Theseus thoughts<3:
the title is making me so excited I love the ship of Theseus
DAVID AULTTTT
holy fuck brain transplants ?? I love fictional unethical science experiments<33
diversity win! the man about to commit medical atrocities is gay! š³ļøāš
HE KNOWS ??? whaugh ??? ? ???? ?????
oh God.
#ethics town#i love this podcast so much oh my god#I needddd to understand how the physics of this story works#Is it just a sentient philosophy textbook?#Is there another layer to the people controlling the story?#Will the characters be able to interact with the audience at all?#I mean so far they've only really seemed concerned with not being real people/having no control over their actions#(which is fair)#but I cannot wait until they realise that if it's a storyā someone must be listening#I wonder if they'll realise they stop existing when the book closesā the credits roll#I wonder if they'll think it's worse#ethics town podcast#ethics town spoilers
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im a big big big fan of noah and january interactions. did not expect to get soft listening to these two talk but oh god i love them
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Hands down one of THE funniest lines of a transcript I've read
#ethics town#ethics town spoilers#not really but it is an image of a transcript i want to be sure#some people vape. to cope#i hate tumblr sorry if i posted this 4 times#my posts#whoops edited a typo. EMBARRASSING!
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"You, you have to do something- Do something- Do something! Artemis!"
"Sheās already dead. And what could I do? Itās not like I have any control over my actions. Itās not like this was an accident; clearly this was just a lesson somebody had to learn."
#ethics town#ethics town podcast#ethics town spoilers#ethics town podcast spoilers#artemis ethics town#january johnson#gun#character death#child death#HELLOOOOOOO#WHAT THE FUCK WAS THIS PODCAST. I LOVE IT SOOOOOO MUCH#idk how happy I am with the designs akdjqjs but have they <3
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Hello again, podcast side of Tumblr.
This time around, I did a video on Ethics Town, a relatively new cosmic horror podcast about a British valley town where nothing is quite as it seems. Right now Ethics Town is a terribly underrated series, so this video is both my analysis of it, and also my attempt at getting more people to listen to it.
Anyways, yeah, watch the video if you want, or not, it's up to you I guess. If you want to, though, I really do suggest you take the less than four hours and actually listen to the podcast, it's well worth your time.
SPOILERS FOR ETHICS TOWN SEASON ONE BEYOND THIS POINT. CONTINUE READING AT YOUR OWN RISK. / / / / / / / / / /
As with the last post, I also want to share the art from the video. For the first one, I wanted to do something that captured the feel of the Ethics Town logo, which is all black and white and red, so I stuck with a pretty monochromatic colour palette here. The image depicts the Mayor of Ethics, Ian Jacobs, moving the wrapped body of Natascha Flynn to make space for a nearby factory's planned expansions. It was one of two scenes I considered, and I think this was the much better option. The skyline in the background, while not perfect, is meant to mimic the same skyline seen on the Mayor's hat in the logo. The other weird detail here is that everything was done linelessly, which was very weird for me, because I thought it created an interesting look. Oh, also, yes, I did give Ian a ponytail.
The other art piece is a sketch of Ian Jacobs and January Johnson, because I wanted to experiment with how much I could push their designs before they stopped looking like the same person. I also wanted to have their outfits at least be a little similar, so both of them have outer coverings closed around the middle of the chest around a shirt beneath, and both Ian and January have black headware. I considered giving January a white band on his headphones, but it just wound up getting lost. Another notable difference is in the hair, which I imagined here as blonde, probably in a more platinum direction, though you can't tell that very well from the greyscale. Ian's hair is pulled back in the aforementioned ponytail while it's left loose when he's acting as January. January also has a little more stubble, and his eye bags sag a little more. Finally, even though I only really had two colours to work with, I wanted to try expanding on how he acts within each role using the clothing. January's clothes are lighter, thanks in big part to the grey and white striped hoodie, which is designed to make him seem more emotionally truthful than he actually is. Underneath that light tone, though, is a plain black tee, which ties him to the darker colour scheme of Ian and also hints at the fact that, below his friendly and approachable personality hides the dark secret that he is, in fact, the Mayor who has been making such terrible decisions. Going back to the sweatshirt, the grey and white striping is also slightly reminiscent of the stripes on prison jumpsuits, which is a way of representing his feeling of being trapped into bad decisions and being ensnared by Ethics and his secret role as Mayor. Speaking of the Mayor, Ian is a lot simpler. I considered giving him a big, slightly cartoon-y MAYOR sash, but I wound up preferring how he looks without it. Generally, I tried to keep his wardrobe darker and more formal, and, of course, I had to include the fancy hat we see on the logo of Ethics Town. I also reduced the amount of vape cloud around him for two reasons. First, the in-story reason, is that Ian has accepted who he is and the role he plays in the "narrative" of Ethics, so I imagine he's a bit less stressed. It also works really well metaphorically, though, because he's not disguised anymore. When we see Ian at the end of "The Identity Issue," the mask is fully off. Artemis knows exactly who he is, which means that his identity doesn't have to be clouded by as much smoke. Oh, also, it's a cosmic horror podcast, so if I didn't put something tentacle-esque around the main antagonist, there would be problems.
And I think that about covers it. I had a lot of fun listening to the podcast and making the video, and I hope it can bring joy to y'all as well. Catch y'all next time around for The Buried Explained!
#Ethics Town#Ethics Town Podcast#Ethics Town Spoilers#fiction podcast#podcast recs#horror podcast#audio drama#cosmic horror#podcast recommendations#podcast#oh also art i guess#philosophy#morality#ethics#youtube#youtube video#Ian Jacobs is one of the best written characters in fiction#January Johnson#Yeah still don't know how to use Tumblr#Also I forgot about a detail but I asked them if it was intentional on Twitter and apparently it was so yeah Ian is derived from Janus/Ianu#Youtube
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I finished Ethics Townā¦. I am not the same person
āStudent Artemis?ā Wtf???
And what is Mx. Morley doing here????
This was the strangest PSA about gun control I have ever listened to
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ETHICS TOWN SPOILERS UP TO EPISODE "History is written By...Who?"
Turned out longer than I intended and I didn't even add everything I wanted to say.
Romulus (love that choice of name), once he travelled back in time, is just a copy of the Romulus of his current present, placed in the past. So, a clone, you could say.
In his original future, Ethics Town was founded by a Richard, and he waited for a Richard to turn up and do it in the past he placed himself in. There's none. So he, Romulus (now Ryan), founds Ethics Town.
Is this the point were he changed the story or was it once he arrived in that time? Is this past a copy of the other one? Like when you have a word document, which we now call "History" and you save a copy of that document, you have "History Copy 1". Now, on your computer, tablet, phone, whatever, you can change "History Copy 1" into anything you want without altering "History". You all know how word and file saving works. I am sure.
My point is, did Romulus create a copy of the history? He said it himself, Ryan is not Romulus. They aren't one "continued consciousness." Is this what happened to the others? Is this the reason why Ian and Artemis have memories that they seemingly just made up? Because they have the memories and desires of Ian and Artemis from the other history. Is this why they are doomed by the narrative - because it's already written?
I'm pretty sure I am wrong because there are more things worth analysing, like the parallels between Ryan and January (I've read the tags on my other post - they are based on the same guy! That's so cool).
(Is Ian the Remus to Ryan being Romulus? Ian is from a neighbouring town, and Remus hopped over the small wall when they first started building Rome).
Is it ethical to jump back in time to change something? Even if you just want to experience life there, you change history.
Does anything of this post make sense to anyone else besides me?
I love media that lets me analyse and theorise. I know I have a tendency to see clues where there aren't any ("turning it into a mystery that needed solving"), but it's fun nonetheless to see what I can come up with and if anything is true in the end. Anyway, I look forward to more of Ethics Town.
Wait, does that mean the town will be flooded at the end of this podcast?
This is how I feel:
Good gods, I just googled something and found out something else. Why can't I stop?
I should probably reblog this post and continue there.
#ethics town#ethics town podcast#ethics town spoilers#ethics town January#r. mcbride#romulus#team from ethics town if you read this i am sorry for overanalysing your show#analysing#rambling about theories i have about my favourite media is one of my favourite hobbies#i should SLEEP
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hi so i finally listened to the new ep of ethics town and
whatthefuckwhatthefuckwhatthefuckwhatthefuckwhatthefuckwhatthefuckwhatthefuckwhatthefuckwhatthefuckwhatthefuckwhatthefuckwhatthefuckwhatthefuckwhatthefuckwhatthefuckwhatthefuckwhatthefuckwhatthefuckwhatthefuckwhatthefuckwhatthefuckwhatthefuckwhatthefuckwhatthefuckwhatthefuck!
major spoilers under the cut because i have been replaying the episode especially the last scene on loop for over an hour now and i might implode if i donāt talk about it
ok so first off iāll get the to the big thing in a bit but just the whole vibe of the town?? the identical houses?? was just so unsettling like what is this a domain of the lonely??
and the building dread i felt as people didnāt know who january was that led up to the big reveal,,
also shoutout to lizās performance this episode because my god did it make me feel things, the way artemis broke down,, wth man
look i was prepared for artemis finding out about her mum BUT GOD DID IT HURT
and then when she found the picture of the mayor,, hell i was internally screaming please no
WHAT DO YOU MEAN JANUARY IS THE MAYOR
THE PIECES WERE ALL THERE BUT WTF??
HES the one that killed artemisā mum??
so what were the broadcasts for? to try and clear his conscience? project out his self hatred?? some much more fucked up thing???
maybe itās some kind of jekyll and hyde situation because otherwise ian is one HELL of an actor
there has to be some sort of explanation i cant do this
AND THE LAST SCENE,, JANUARYāS(?) IANāS(?) VOICE??
i am begging for answers next episode because i have so many thoughts but none of them are expressible through words and most are my internal monologue going āwhatthefuckwhatthefuckā over and over
thanks louis great episode it one shot killed me
#god i am drawing the last scene how can i not#āyou can call me ianā#WHATTHEFUCK#LISTEN TO ETHICS TOWN#IM NOT ASKING ANYMORE#IM TELLING YOU#ethics town#ethics town spoilers#avery rambles#ethics town the ones who walk away
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I had,,,,, a vision
#listen Owen isnāt technically a dad#as far as Iām aware#but he counts in my heart#please add more#begging#also this was made with āhurt child then sacrificed themselfā in mind#like on a scale of dying to save your child#to shooting your child#how much of a mistake did you make as a dad#you may be doomed by the narrative#but at least these guys feel bad about it#the silt verses spoilers#old gods of appalachia spoilers#directive spoilers#wolf 359 spoilers#ethics town spoilers#malevolent spoilers#ghost wax
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Listened to the Ethics Town finale yesterday and oh my god!! Artemis!! Everyone becomes mayor because they think they can do better, but they never can, because it's not the person in charge that's the problem, it's the system itself!! It's a violent cycle, what's seen as old and outdated and wrong is pushed out and replaced by what is seen as new and positive and right!!! But without a drastic change to the fundamentals of the system, nothing can change in any way that matters!!!! It's an ouroboros of politics and morality and ethics!!!!! You've got to bite off your own tail to make things better!!!!!! Oh my god they can't hear me, they're all just characters in a story and they know it!!!!!!
#i love this podcast so much#it's just So#hhnnrrrrgggg#ethics town#I mean Artemis wanted to remove the position of Mayor entirely but January wouldn't let it happen#and just the symbolism of the name January........#new beginnings you know?#but there is nothing new#you make resolutions but the year just keeps on going and the months keep repeating and the cycle continues#You try to changeā to make new decisionsā but January put himself in prison expecting change to happen and nothing did#and now it's been almost another year and new resolutions are being made and more is going to change#but nothing can because they're all trapped in that town and that system because they're just a story#and only what is interesting or thought provoking can happen in a story#or maybe I'm completely misunderstanding this entire arc! who knows!#I'd love to know what other people think of this#ethics town podcast#ethics town spoilers#maybe ?
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oh OH THE PAUSE FOR THE OPENING MUSIC TO PLAY BEING COMMENTED ON IN THANATOLOGY OH THATS SO CLEVER
(spoilers for episode 8 under cut)
I USED TO THINK IT WAS JUST "oh what a funny silly little joke" BUT OH BOY OH BOY THAT PROBABLY ALSO FED INTO IAN'S PARANOIA AND WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BUILT UP TO THE REALISATION THAT HE'S A CHARACTER (and that's Looking at it from his perspective, imagining him as real rather than as a fictional character who was just written to think he's fictional)
#ethics town#ethics town podcast#ethics town spoilers#words can't describe how much i love this podcast
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OH WOW
ummm. I listened to the new Ethics Town episode.
I wish I was good at giving in depth analysis, but unfortunately all I can manage is distressed screaming.
Like wow
It was... amazing
And terrifying
Perfect
#Like I'm really sorry that this is such a bad description of my feelings#But like#I can't manage to make sense of anything else#God#It was just wow#Ethics Town#ethics town podcast#Ethics Town spoilers
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also i just really, really, really enjoy january and noah's dynamic so very much. and, the season finale is a prime example why. i think their personalities really compliment and balance out one another. !!!! plus reading the transcript had me dying. aaah they're so silly and i adore them!!!!!!
i think the season finale of ethics town might just be my favorite episode to date?? i just keep thinking about it and the way it was executed was pure perfection
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Audio Drama Sunday - 22nd September āØ
Iāve been so unwell this week, it feels like Iāve barely listened to anything! I was very grateful for the pods that saw me through!Ā
š² @hellofromthehallowoods (168) oooOOOH my GoD. All my locked tomb readers MUST be shouting the same name I am shouting. They must be.Ā
š§³ Travelling Light @monstrousproductions (33) SO thrilled to have travelling light back in my ears, even despite the heartbreak of losing my fave. I loved Duytrenās tale of compulsory monogamy and the gentle reminder that platonic relationships are just as important as romantic ones - are you listening, Traveller?
š§ @hinaypod (19) I always forget that Mari can just ā¦ astrally project. Itās so useful, honestly. Cannibals in the hospital is such a nasty concept (compliment). Iām so pumped for this camping trip! Iām sure nothing at all is going to go wrong!Ā
š¦ @remnantspod (10) oh my heart!! Itās fascinating to see part of this story from a different perspective. I feel like thereās something going on with the way people are dying (a striking number of blows to the head, no? If youāll excuse the pun) a lĆ” More Than This by Patrick Ness. Thereās just so many layers in this show!Ā
š©Ā @ethicstownpod (Shipās Theseus) oh, Ianā¦ thatās justā¦ itās just not very good, is it? Iām actually a little surprised the surgery didnāt workā¦ hopefully weāll find out why sometime soon.Ā
Rest well and have a good week š„°
#audio drama#audio drama sunday#podcast recs#hfth spoilers#travelling light#hi nay#remnants pod#ethics town
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ok but if they just had a normal ep with no mention of doubles next time itd be so funny (ā¬ would cry)
#there was never a desert otherworld carlos. you got a little mixed up and turned around and#ended up on the other side of town where you proceeded to get more lost.#ten years? with your anxiety and work ethic it must've felt that way.#but it was just one year#just one year with some tall people#either you were hallucinating kevin out of grief for cecil or he manipulated you into thinking he was cecils double#but you were never with anyone named kevin.#wtnv spoilers
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