#i love wooden overcoats

[not-equippedforthis]

thinking about rudyard funn's true interests slowly becoming more apparent, mostly without his distinct realisation: the family business is his torch to carry, and even if it isn't a passion it's a duty, it's his life; it's not supposed to be fun. antigone has always been a dark, burning flame for biology and embalming and the science of it all: to her, it's an art as gorgeous as the 4 hour silent french films she watches. her true yet restrained passions for literature and theatre run and flourish throughout the podcast alongside it.

but rudyard? it's an order: he gets the body in the coffin in the ground on time. the part he likes about funeral directing is the directing. giving everyone a clean, timed, proper service. episode 4, when organising the fete, he says, i, i do like spreadsheets. its the one thing he's good at. except he likes building mouse furniture. for mice. he enjoys organising and scheduling --- nothing more to it, really, but then he becomes the town's archivist and promptly engulfs 300 years of town history in what's probably the span of a few days. he can't help but bring up town history. it's his job, what do you mean? he likes spreadsheets. he cares infinitely about upkeeping the burial grounds. touching corpses freaks him out. he's an agent of looney-tunes style mayhem and a symbol of death who also adores order and planning and by god he'll pose in a naked calendar if it saves his fucking schedule. they will get the body in the coffin in the ground on time. day one, it's all about time. if one historical detail is off he'll implode. he knows seemingly everything about history, now. he'd go crazy for wikipedia. someone should get him to watch cunk on earth. update: finally got myself to finish the finale. i'm so happy for them i could and did cry. 'i like researching history' and 'i like writing porn' siblings i love you so.

[angryducktimemachine]

I think what I personally really enjoy about AroAce Rudyard is that I know, in my heart, that he would not ONCE spend a single thought thinking he was broken. This man is fully convinced everyone else is just being unnecessarily weird, which really resonates with me, who also spend like 22 years of his life not even considering the possibility that there's something "wrong" with me and that everyone else is simply a little overdramatic over love and sex.

[dragonologist-phd]

Honestly though I can’t recommend Wooden Overcoats enough. If you like podcasts and rivaling funeral homes and weird women and pathetic men and mice who write best selling memoirs you should give it a listen

[littleacebee]

I love that when I say “I love the song from hit fiction podcast sang by Felix Trench” no one knows if I mean To Be An Undertaker from Wooden Overcoats or Judas (Child Ballad 23) Excerpt from Re: Dracula

(Both. It’s both)

[yamikakyuu]

Being ace, I'm used to not seeing myself represented in media with the wonderful exception of audio dramas/podcasts as it seems to be the one media ace characters thrive. Not only do I finally see myself but seeing different aspects of being ace covered under shows still amazes me

Seeing Jonathan Sims being in a loving relationship with another man (and also had a gf preshow) in The Magnus Archives

Listening to Prof Troughton talk about not feeling pride not having been with anyone so he dove into his career in Shadows At The Door

For Walter Pensive to not fully understand what being asexual means but figures that's what he is after Riot tells him the term in Hello From The Hallowoods

Rudyard Funn just being like of course isn't everyone because to him it makes perfect sense in Wooden Overcoats (even if he doesn't know the term asexual as confirmed by DKB)

For Red, who even fathered a child, to always be like, hey that's awesome you like stuff like that, just not for me in Dice Shame

Zolf TELLING Wilde he is his reason and Ben and Alex stating Z/W are queer platonic partners in a relationship and that though it's never said by the characters in the campaign, they love each other.

I know this isn't all ace characters in podcasts but these are the ones that radiate with me. Ace-spec is an umbrella and it's wonderful to see many different versions

[rosielav]

Rosie's Favorite (currently finished/caught up) Podcasts:

The Amelia Project - silly, quirky, morbid but almost always more jaunty and eccentric than completely dark. Great for anyone who loves 'narrator' or interview type podcasts. If I'm not mistaken, I've posted some of my thoughts on here using the pod's hashtag.

The Mistholme Museum of Mystery, Morbitity, and Mortality - another narrator type podcast, and probably my favorite of all time. The main voice you hear is perfect imo and keeps you engaged in all the right ways, bringing tension where it's needed, and levity where it's funny or odd. Absolutely consumed this podcast with a voraciousness I haven't felt for a bit. Keeps you guessing and always wanting more from every exhibit.

Victoriocity - excellent voice acting, interesting and unique premise and setting, and great plot. One of the podcasts I'm most looking forward to returning :) think steam punk but also it's the 1800s still in weird ways. If you love an old timey British accent, you'll love this haha.

The White Vault - probably my favorite specifically horror podcast, that makes you wait for answers in a craving sort of way, a longing to know what's going on, and not slogging through a bunch of filler to then get answers. It's great, gorey, geographically diverse fun. Interesting mashups of various cultures re: mythology, history, religion(?). Another on my list to watch out for the return of.

Midnight Burger: the quick pitch is - a time traveling diner that always services people in need, no matter what time, space, or dimension they may reside in. Excellent cast of characters, great development, wonderful implementation of a new character(s), and in general a very comfortable vibe to return to (speaking of, once I run out of recommendations I may relisten to this one). Highly recommend if you like sitcoms with time travel splashed with a bit of horror.

Edit: just finished up another one, so time to add it to the list!!

Monstrous Agonies: A radio show advice segment, about, by, and for the Creature Community. If you like WTNV, but find it a bit intense sometimes, or a bit too plot heavy/etc, you'll absolutely love this. Instead of the whole show, you just get the advice segment, but oh ho ho, is it so much more than that. If you're queer, BIMPOC, from a blended/mixed/broken/anything but 'typical' home... I think you'll like it. Very much what I would call 'easy listening', meaning you can just ease into an episode without having to remember a huge cast of characters, a plots b plots C plots meta plots... And it just feels *real*, in that strange and beautiful way WTNV does, but instead of a fictional town, the setting is the real world, with real problems, and real solutions. Sometimes you really do just need to howl or cry or chew on some slippers and that's OK. Highly recommend for ADHD havers or anyone with a short attention span who loves a soothing voice.

Edit: Another absolute banger to add to the list

Wooden Overcoats - how do I even properly describe the experience of this podcast. Let's start with the basics: It's the story of twins who run a funeral parlor on a small island, in a small village. Their family has been running said parlor for hundreds of years, as the only funeral directors on the island. Until one day... They aren't. A man arrives and sets up his own funeral parlor directly across the square, and boy, do things change for those twins. If you've listened to (and loved) Victoriocity, or The Amelia Project, I guarantee you'll enjoy this one. Strange, silly, and interesting things are always happening, except this one doesn't have quite as much drama (well...... Perhaps a different kind of drama. I'd call this an interpersonal dramedy, with emphasis on the comedy). An incredible listen, through and through. I thoroughly enjoyed every single episode, and the ending was quite safisfying :)

Another EXCELLENT addition to this ever increasing list of content!!! I'm not even finished with this one, I just love it so much that I can't help but add it to the list:

Mission Rejected - you know in those spy movies, where the spy gets a secret message from HQ and they say 'your mission, if you choose to accept it...' ok great. Now imagine if 007 said 'no'. This is the story about the backups, the team that takes the missions rejected by the Top Spy Guy. It's got diverse voice acting (in many senses of the word - you can tell the voices apart, it's not exclusively straight cis white dudes, etc etc), wonderful worldbuilding, great pacing, an excellent plot, I really could go on and on. I highly recommend this specific podcast to anyone who wants something light to get deeply invested in, that has a lot of comedy but also develops the characters outside of just their bits. 100/10 no notes

Edit: not sure which podcast/podcast enthusiast rb'ed this yesterday but I'm so glad more folks get to see this list!!! It makes me so happy that lots of folks enjoy this list, a d share their fave ones, and!!!! Aaaggghhhhhhhhh!!! I love podcasts and podcast enthusiasts!!!!!

Also I have another one for yall :3 if you're looking for another improv comedy to add to your list!!!

Hey Riddle Riddle - exactly what you think it is, but also so much more. Three friends/coworkers who also happen to be sensational improv comedians solve riddles and puzzles together, while also introducing bits and skits and reoccurring segments, so it never feels like 'just a Riddle podcast' (whatever that means). I have laughed every single episode, which is a big deal for me (some comedy podcasts only make me laugh every few episodes, and I require at LEAST one laugh per episode). I can genuinely say this is one of the funniest podcasts I've ever listened to, and the absolute best improv I've ever heard. I'm all for committing to the bit, and this one absolutely delivers on both the commitment part and the bit part haha. Seriously can't recommend this one enough if you maybe listen to a lot of drama/horror and need something easy to listen to (easy meaning there's not a plot you have to be intensely listening for, you can just enjoy it casually). 1000/10, please listen and also tell me YOUR favorite riddles :)

[starlightartemis]

I love how Eric is just 100% down with helping Antigone hide a body after she accidentally kills a man. my girl’s just freaking the fuck out and he’s just “it’s okay, I’ve got this, help me put it out the window while we lie to the cop outside the door”, absolutely iconic

[loverboybrightsideghost]

sometimes a family is just a pretentious archivist/funeral director, a horny mortician, someone who's great at almost everything, an extremely popular ex-spy, and an accomplished author

[vonlipvig]

a little gift for my friend eleanor @bagadew who wanted to see thee girlboss of the skies herself, carolyn knapp-shappey from cabin pressure! i had a lot of fun drawing her and reminiscing about this great radio show (man, i should really relisten to it!), i really hope you like it!

[adaftanddewyeyedmizz]

I love when Rudyard’s voice gets quiet. It’s often very vulnerable and endearing and it’s done so well that my heart aches.

[paper-star-ships]

Finally drew Eric and Rudyard :]

[not-equippedforthis]

shout out to wooden overcoats for having the best british rep (it never stops fucking raining)

[angryducktimemachine]

Shy about my Wooden Overcoats thoughts so I'm putting them in the tags

[imgonnagetkilledbynutstink]

I remember one time I was listening to Wooden Overcoats and Rudyard mentioned he likes cinnamon in his coffee and I was like "fuck queer rep I need cinnamon in coffee rep"

[littleacebee]

The last episode of The Amelia Project reminded me how big losers are Haines and Cole. They are the best pathetic duo and failure’s specialiest little boys. It made me think about my other favourite pathetic character, the most pathetic character to ever pathetic – Rudyard Funn.

And then two brain cells connected and I thought what a hilarious event it would be if Haines and Cole had to investigate in Piffling. All of them have no luck between them and can’t achieve anything. Rudyard obviously would become subject of investigation even though he’s completely innocent and not related to the case at all. Haines and Cole obviously can’t succeed in proving his guilt or arresting him but Rudyard also can’t escape them. There would be a paradox of patheticness and bad luck. Nothing would be done successfully from both sides. (Until Eric Chapman enters, finds a real criminal for Haines and Cole and saves Rudyard from accusations. And then Rudyard and Haines and Cole bond over job stealing competition)

[saltyloafy]

I'm on the final episode of wooden overcoats and I've somehow managed to avoid blogging about it until this moment, but I HAVE to say this before I get soiled with context.

SPOILERS FOR THE FINAL EP OF WOODEN OVERCOATS (S4E10:A Funn Farewell)

eric in his dream saying to antigone the operator that he quote "loved her from the first syllable" and that he was yelling desperately for her to come back because she's the only one who understands.... so romantic and so devastating. it's been so sweet watching chapman fall for antigone it's so lovely and I love THEM and I love this PODCAST, ALL OF YOU! I COMMAND YOU TO LISTEN TO WOODEN OVERCOATS!!