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"it's pronounced AN-DREE-UH, you insufferably smug dipshit," I repeatedly mentally correct Cutter, for no reason in particular
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Today we got some news regarding a big change for the Ian Flynn's Q&A podcast, the BumbleKast. As outlined in a blog post by Ian, starting in 2025, all Sonic-related questions submitted to the show will first need to be screened by Sega. (I have to assume this is also why Ian announced they'll no longer be doing live Q&As starting next year.)
Frankly, I can't say this is particularly surprising.
While the BumbleKast is ostensibly a podcast about Ian's work as a freelance writer for all sorts of things, and also just a place for him to shoot the shit about stuff he likes, he's still predominantly seen as The Sonic Guy. Sure, he also does a bunch of other freelance work for other series, and original comics like Drogune, and he's also the narrative mastermind for the whole Rivals of Aether franchise these days, but it's his insights into what goes on behind the scenes with Sonic that people really care about. Your average Sonic fan can't just go up to Iizuka or whoever and ask him a question about the current state of the lore, but Ian's inbox is always open.
Because of this, I've thought a lot about the BumbleKast's place in the fandom and The Discourse in recent years. Ian wants to be as open and honest as he can about his work, and I think that's admirable. To me, hearing about creators' struggles and the shit they go through just to get a story out the door tends to make me sympathize with them more. Sometimes a story just doesn't turn out as well as you'd hoped, but you're on a tight deadline and all you can do is move on to the next project. I've even softened a bit on Penders over the years as he's shared more about the absurd situations and odd creative demands made behind the scenes at Archie. Unfortunately, not everyone has that mindset.
Ian's basically always had obsessive haters who were eager to take everything he says out of context to try and stir up shit, but that used to be contained by the niche nature of the Archie comics. Most of the fandom didn't give a shit about what Ian was doing with Sonic and Sally's love life or whatever. Most of the fandom wasn't even reading those comics. But Ian's gone from being a writer for a non-canon spinoff comic, to being the initial lead writer for the first ever canon Sonic comic series, to being the new main writer for the games themselves as part of the official Sonic Lore Team. Way more Sonic fans care about his work now, and when he's so open about his work that makes him an easy scapegoat.
It feels like damn near every week on Twitter Ian's personal trolls have posted yet another BumbleKast clip out of context to rile up the fandom and make it look like he has no idea what he's talking about or like he has some kind of agenda. And, unfortunately, people often fall for this. Of course, it also goes the other way, with people more sympathetic towards Ian taking things he says about Sega and framing them as proof that Sega has no idea what they're doing with the brand. Which, well, let's be real, isn't always the most unreasonable thing to think, given Sonic's rocky history. But I'm surprised it took this long for Sega to start paying more attention to what gets said on the BumbleKast when fans use it so regularly as a source of drama.
I've also often felt that they just need to be WAY more selective about what messages they respond to on the show. Questions Ian can't actually answer due to NDAs, questions that are borderline incomprehensible, "questions" that are really just fan ideas. And the haters, oh, the haters. Ian does not need to put up with angry rants about how he should make SonAmy canon or what the fuck ever. Even if Ian's willing to put up with it, as a listener it can make the show just super unpleasant at times when someone aggressive pops up with an inflammatory question. There have been entire BumbleKast Mini episodes I had to skip because they were just obsessive critics of Ian's paying to grill him on a dozen different things and treat him like an idiot.
But at the same time, I get why the show got to be this way. It's become a part-time job for Ian with multiple new episode a week. Given how piss poor the pay tends to be for freelance writers, I can't really blame him for wanting to keep this secondary stream of income open, and to not have to refund people left and right for rejecting their questions. The man's got bills to pay. (And so does Kyle, for whom managing the BumbleKast seems to have become a full-time job.)
I dunno. The man's got the patience of a fucking saint. I would've quit the franchise if I was in his shoes, with people wishing he would die for shit like minor disagreements over Sonic's characterization or him misremembering an obscure old lore thing. While I do hope that Sega doesn't keep too tight of a leash on him moving forward, and I hope that he's still able to speak his mind about his work, part of me also hopes that having to be much more selective about Sonic questions results in less bullshit like this.
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The Magnus Archives is a fucking pipeline, I swear. At first, I was like:
"I don't listen to podcasts...not since I listened to a few episodes of Chuckle Sandwich...they're far too long...I dont know if I'm going to even finish this..."
*listens to the entire podcast*
"Holy fuck, that was awesome. I'm obsessed!"
*listens to it again, finishing in less than a month*
"Wow, that was awesome, but who is this Arthur Lester I keep hearing of from adjacent fandoms? I think it's funny that me and the main character share the same name...Maybe I'll check it out."
*sees the length of the episodes*
"Wow, this is going to take a while..."
*gets caught up with Malevolent in two weeks by listening to it at work*
"Holy shit, that was awesome, but what is this Welcome to Night Vale thing I heard of one time a few years ago in a passing conversation I have barely any recollection of?"
*listens to WTNV*
"Oh fuck, I have an addiction to audio dramas now"
Post Script:
I've learned that it is very easy to continuously listen to podcasts for lengthy amounts of time at work, given the fact that I work 8 hour shifts stocking and recovering grocery aisles. That being said, if you ever see a short emo guy restocking shelves in a random fucking store with one earbud in, always assume that he is feeding his horror podcast addiction, especially if his name is Arthur. Exclusively if his name is Arthur.
Because there is only one person I know with that name.
And it is me.
Tumblr User Arthur "Ikkaros Archangel (Archangeliccc)" Gaylord IV Avatar of the Whore Goddamn Motherfucking Jurgen Leitner...the First...my official title...
Now, I have to go unlock all of the characters in hit game from 2007, Sonic and the Secret Rings so I can play as Shadow the Hedgehog in party mode. (Unrelated to the above post)
#tma podcast#the magnus archives#wtnv#malevolent#i have a terrible podcast addiction#god cannot save me from the sins i have committed#this was written on 0 hours of sleep
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How do I tell an entire indonesia based dnd server that the people behind Serverstuck (all of them only knew them from their pathfinder podcast & only aware of the homestuck homebrew module they made, not the entire server activities) aren't good people?
This is highly concerning because one wrong move in that homestuck server like having a character who's 25 years old dating a character in the 100s years old can lead to a ban for age gap
Even a mere 2 years difference between allowed kids age (13-18) can get someone banned
If they're the type of people to ban you for reasonable age gaps, they're likely not the type of people to listen to reason. You can certainly send them some information and resources on the situation, but it would likely result in you being banned anyway.
If you do want to reach out to them and inform them, I'd first create a back-up server of your own design and control and get it fully functional and ready for other members (and maybe even bring some members in) beforehand so you're not out on your ass with nothing if they do bring down the hammer.
(Or find a different server which suits your needs rather than building your own.)
You should always approach education in a milder manner, without superiority or aggression. Often the biggest mistake people make when trying to raise awareness of something or change people's views is stampeding in and acting shitty or snotty about it.
I'd gather a range of evidence from different sources, not just just one. Tumblr, Youtube, online articles, any official broadcasts or publishings, ect. This way there's no doubt about the information, bias, and there's a range of references. (So they can't just dismiss the information given because its a "witch hunting Tumblr post" or what have you.)
If you're concerned about being banned, frame it as bringing it to attention for the greater good of the server and the people within it. Banning such age gaps is often down to simply not wanting to appear to be a bad person or someone who supports bad things, so you can weaponize that to a fashion. But of course tactfully and carefully.
For example:
"I've been researching this topic for a long time now and I feel confident that its appropriate to reach out and make sure you as the mods and admins of the server are aware of—"
#myfandomrealitea#fandom#sephiroth speaks#proship#proshipping#servers#discord#social issues#social navigation#conflict#conflict resolution#profic#profiction#fiction
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Unlocked! The Nancy Drew Podcast 001
Scott Carty | Episode 001
Nov 4, 2016
We've been making transcripts of the various videos on the Her Interactive YouTube channel, and one that will be a continued series is for the official Nancy Drew Podcast up on their channel. They regularly interviewed people involved with the making of these games.
Click on the link above for the podcast itself.
Some notes on the episode:
Scott Carty is the voice actor of the one and only Ned Nickerson.
There is some cool information as to what the process of voice acting was like for these games
Scott Carty originally met Megan Gaiser (the CEO of Her Interactive at the time) at a neighbour's dinner party prior to the release of Message in a Haunted Mansion
Tammy Tucky (TT): Well, detectives, welcome to Unlocked, the official podcast for all things Nancy Drew. I'm your host Tammy Tucky, and we welcome the voice behind Nancy Drew's boyfriend, Ned Nickerson, voice over artist Scott Carty to the show.
Scott Carty (SC): Tammy, how are you?
TT: I'm very, very excited. That's what I am right now. I think all the girls, think Ned is the perfect boyfriend. So the fact that I'm speaking with Ned today is really exciting.
SC: Well, as, as as the guy who's lucky enough to play Ned Nickerson, I tell you, it gives me some real bragging points to be able to say that I'm Nancy Drew's boyfriend. You know, Ned does have a little bit of a bone to pick because he never gets to go on the adventures. He always has to just stay back at home and be there at Nancy's beck and call.
TT: Yeah, that's actually one of my questions. You would love to see Ned be shown physically in a representation in the game and actually help Nancy.
SC: I think it would be great if Ned finally got invited to go on a trip.
TT: Where do you think he would most like to go if they had to choose specific place out of the whole entire world with Nancy?
SC: Oh boy, that's good. I don't know. I think there are a lot of similarities that I have with Ned, and I think Ned would want to go to Ireland. I think he’d want to go to some sort of dark and rainy place and truck around amidst a lot of history.
TT: He seems very mellow, and it seems like a very quaint area to just sit back relax and and enjoy the people. I think he's more of a people person. SC: He could sit and have tea and just wait for Nancy to come back to the hotel.
TT: Well when they when they offered the part to you because originally… I guess we should take a step back.
Originally you were in Message in a Haunted Mansion as Charlie Murphy, who was one of the construction workers helping rebuild this mansion in San Francisco. So they brought you back for future games. But first you were cast as Charlie. When did you hear about the initial call for being a voice in the games?
SC: You know, the weirdest thing about this whole deal is that when I when I first got that opportunity with Message in a Haunted Mansion, it was the result of going to a neighbors house for a dinner party.
And prior to that, I wanted to do voice over and character work and I wanted to do commercials and my focus was on writing. I was kind of behind the scenes and I worked among a bunch of old radio voices.
(*uses a deeper exaggerated voice*) You know, these were the big radio voices that talk like this all the time. And I've always just kind of been a regular voice. So it was tough to crack into that arena.
At this dinner party, was one of these pivotal moments in my career. I met this woman [Megan Gaiser], and she was the CEO of Her Interactive. We were talking and she said, “what do you do?”
And it was that moment where I said and I declared it to myself (and to someone else) “I'm a voice actor.” And she said, “oh my gosh, that'd be interesting. You should get in touch with so and so and so that's what happened.” Then I got the call and you know, Charlie was just regular old Charlie, very similar to Ned. I think if you can go back and listen to any of his stuff. It was just sort of,
“Hi, I'm Charlie.” It was a really cool opportunity and I remember going in the studio [and thinking] this is what I love.
TT: How did they introduce the character to you? Did they show you visuals of what they were aiming to work on with the computer animation? Or did they say, well, let's get a voice first and then we'll build the image around that?
SC: That's a great question. I honestly don't really recall with Charlie Murphy, I don't ever remember seeing a visual. I do remember seeing a visual of Ned Nickerson. You know, if you put it side by side, there's a striking resemblance dun dun dun.
So I don't know, a lot of the animators (on this project, but [also] through animation in general) they go through and they they pull from the person who's doing the character when they're creating what that character looks like. And you see that in animated movies all the time. But on this one, I don't recall what Charlie Murphy [was supposed to look like], I just remember them saying, “he's just a good guy, and you know, keep it pretty simple. We don't want anything too forced.” TT: Did you get to meet the other voiceover actors or actresses during those sessions? SC: Typically no, because you're coming in and you're in the studio for probably an hour and a half, and the other people have already been in or out or aren't coming in yet.
So, I'm trying to think of who I've met. I think I met the woman who played Nancy Drew many, many years ago, but that was it.
There was one thing that they invited me to that I went to and it was crazy. It was sort of a release party, but they did it with a group of kids. And so they had all these kids that were actually playing the game because it was kind of a user experience. They wanted to see how people were doing it.
And as kids were playing, I would walk up and go, “hi guys.” There was this this surreal experience to see them playing the game, hearing my voice, and then all of a sudden I come over their shoulder and they hear the voice again, but it's actually coming out of the mouth of this guy standing behind them.
So I mean, that was a lot of fun. And that was one of those moments where it's like, alright, this is kind of a magical thing I get to do now.
TT: Now with Charlie, were you told who was the murderer or the the bad guy by the end of the game or were you told ahead of time? SC: No, no, they never, they never will reveal that sort of stuff to us because.I don't know if you knew that. I don't know that you could do the character justice honestly. They want you to get the character as the characters going through the story. So it's just like you, the person playing the game receives it. You know, they don't want me giving you any extra tips that may reveal it.
They want me to just be who that character is. So when I [went in] for Charlie, I don't think I had a whole bunch of interaction.
I'll usually have somebody on the other side of the glass that will be reading back to me and sometimes will interact with me just so that I've got something to pick up off of.
But with Ned Nickerson, most of it's just between Nancy. So I have a lot of those voice prompts where I hear Nancy say something and I go, “It's ok, Nancy, why don't you think about going around the corner and checking out that phone…” and whatever the clues are, but I don't know where it's gonna go.
One of the things I like about the character of Ned is that I get to [play] the part of a guy who is very supportive of a very smart, confident woman, you know? And I think that's what's so great about these games. You got Nancy Drew, who can get into all these crazy situations, but she figures her way through them, and she is smart and can navigate it (much to the chagrin of Ned sometimes).
I mean, he can be that worried boyfriend or maybe slightly jealous. But it never is a situation where he doubts her confidence.
TT: Have you played all the games you were featured in?
SC: You know, I will admit that I have not. I guess I’m trying to recall, I think there are probably close to 20 games that I've been on. And it's kind of, I don't know, one of those things.
I don't wanna get to know the process of the game too much, if that makes any sense to you. I want to be a little bit naive to it. That way I can just do the character and get the parts, and let those parts stand on their own so that I'm not trying to out think myself. TT: I love that they gave you a chance to play two other different characters, Sherman Trout in The Final Scene and Henry Albert Daddle in The Secret of the Scarlet Hand. Is there anything that you were not credited for that you got to voice and you'd like to mention now?
SC: Oh, good question. I think there was one session that we did. And I think [they just gave me] some little…We call them ‘wild lines’ where it's just random stuff that I'm muttering in the background and off mic. So it wouldn't really be identifiable to any particular character, I don't think. I mean, it's just so much fun to be a part of that and to know how people receive it.
Like when you're talking about going through and playing it just as a fan, it is just so cool to hear about. I was tipped off to the fact of how people post YouTube videos where they play the game to try to share clues.
I had no idea such a thing existed many years ago until I walked into my daughter's daycare and I'm carrying my daughter in. And all of a sudden, her daycare teacher looks at me. He goes, “good morning, Ned Nickerson.” And I'm like, what? This is a grown man. I think he was probably in his late 20s or so. I said, “how do you know about that?”
“Because we play”, (he and his wife), “We play those games all the time”. I said, “really?” And he goes, “yeah”. And he goes, “We were going through clues, it was on YouTube.” “Whoa, whoa, what are you talking about?” “You gotta go check it out on YouTube and just go search, ‘Ned Nickerson.’” And I did. And it was, I'll admit, slightly horrifying to me because you're sitting there watching these people playing the game and going, “oh, Ned, oh, Nickerson.” It was so funny.
TT: If we were to talk to Ned now, what does Ned think is the perfect type of date to take Nancy out onto (because we really don't get to see Nancy outside of her mystery work)? So what do you think Nancy would like to do with the Ned if they had a date night?
SC: Oh wow, you want Ned to bring the romance right now, huh? The writers at Her Interactive do such a good job with all of this. But, I will say if I were to take that on and say I'm Ned Nickerson, and I wanna plan a date for Nancy, I would do this.
“Nancy. Here's what I wanna do. Let's go to a map store. And explore some maps. And then we're gonna go to a bookstore and we're gonna find a new book for you to read. After that, we'll go grab lunch. (This is gonna be a long day, by the way) Go grab lunch and take it to the park. Now you're gonna need that map, Nancy. Because in that park is a clue.” And then I would take her on the scavenger hunt.
It would be great if I could take Nancy to Central Park in New York. We would have a scavenger hunt.
TT: I think you're onto a storyline here. If we bring Ned in and he starts a scavenger hunt which actually leads to a real mystery.
SC: See that way, I'm actually in the same city with her and it leads to a real mystery unbeknownst to Ned, because Ned just sort of stepped into it again. Let's see if we can make it viral.
TT: Yes, please. That would be a lot of fun. I love watching some of the people play the games as well too, because it's really cool to see everybody's different experiences with it.
For a long time, I had no idea that there were a lot of other people who love these games too. It's really nice. It's like a really, really lovely fandom and there's boys, girls, all different ages, so it's wonderful to have that legacy continue. And you and you were a part of it.
SC: It's been really crazy. I mean, it's neat that you bring that up, and I appreciate that. You know, as I told you, the story at the beginning of how I just sort of stumbled into that role, but then it kept going and going and going and it was sort of every year they would call me and I get to do more.
So just to be a part of that and to know to really know what the company was about with Her Interactive, the fact that they were creating content that wasn't really at the time (back in the late 90s- early 2000s) wasn't really available to girls, and I remember when they explained that to me. Megan Geyser was the CEO at the time. I was like, that's awesome. I'm totally on board with that. That's even before I was a father of a girl. So, now to know that it's out there is really, really cool. It's cool to be a part of now.
TT: What do your kids think about you being that Ned? Do they know?
SC: *jokingly* I keep it a secret from them.
TT: Have they played the games? SC: My daughter's now 12. I'm looking at the whole stack of them on my shelf here in my studio. I think that it would be kind of fun to pull them out and let her explore them, and just not really tell her anything about it and see what happens.
TT: And, you have other projects too, I have to add. So why don't you tell us about your Facebook page, of course, your website, and what your most current project is at the moment? SC: Well, you know, part of what I mentioned, [with the story at the beginning] of speaking up and saying, what you are and what you want to do, that you have to be able to to vocalize your dreams and your passions.
This was an example of where that started, as I went through my career as a writer, as a creative director and doing radio commercials and all of that. One of things I always wanted to do was to be on TV. I did some TV training in college, but I was always told I look too young, which is a good thing to have. It allowed me to get some experience until I finally started to look a little bit older. And people still tell me I look young. I appreciate that.
But what I finally did is, I said I wanna go to TV and that got me into doing TV entertainment. Now I am a freelance entertainment correspondent and so I'm a journalist. I get to fly all around the country and sit down with movie stars and, and talk with a lot of them, including a lot of animated projects, which is great. That's some of my favorite stuff when we're talking about voice work.
So I do that for a TV station in Seattle, and I also contribute to a couple of other platforms. And yeah, there's a show coming up that I'm getting excited to announce and then I do my own show, which is called the Scott Carty Party. And it is a web show that I've just started and got a couple coming up here.
So the trials are sort of out of the way and it's just a chance where we sit down and chat with really interesting people. The next one in November that'll be doing will actually be deep down Voiceover Mastery Summit in Los Angeles, just outside of Hollywood. And I was just down there yesterday where we're gonna be sitting down with just an incredible selection of voices from so many different things.
We've got the two guys who play Ratchet and Clank, David Kay and James Arnold Taylor will be there Tara Strong EG daily Tommy Pickles from Rugrats. I got to meet her yesterday, you know, and then Melissa Disney.
She was your most recently heard to announce the Emmy Awards and this is all headed up by my really good friend Randy Thomas, who is she was the first woman to ever be the live announcer at the Academy Awards. She's done the Grammy, she does the Tony Awards every year. And so that's gonna be really, really fun to do. We're gonna take the show down there, but I'll also be part of the panel and and people get to come attend that. So it's a real mixed bag of what I get to do, but it's pretty awesome. It's pretty fun.
TT: I will definitely be tuning in it.
TT: Will you be posting it on your facebook page? SC: I will in fact in fact I will have something on my Facebook page and you can find me on Facebook at Scott Hardy live at Carty and then on Twitter at at Scott Carty really tough to remember and then even more difficult is my website scottcardi.com.
It's hard to remember isn't it? Ohh very hard it's.
TT: I am. I'm having, I think I need to write this down just in case. Sure, you'll tweet it out for me.
SC: But, but yeah, so I'll have all of that listed. In fact, I have a link that I'll post that if people want to register, if they're in the Los Angeles area or they can make it really a variety of things. They can show up for the entire event.
They can be there for part of it, or they can come and just be part of the cocktail party.And the Scott Cardi party that we do at the end. TT: I can only Wish you the best of luck with everything and again, I can't wait to see your panel. I will include all the links that Scott has mentioned for our listeners below in the YouTube channel show notes and I I can't wait. I hope we get to have you back on the show to talk more about Ned and possible future mysteries he may or may not be involved with.So it was really a pleasure. SC: Thank you, Tammy. It's been really fun talking to you and I'm really I'm intrigued by your show. I think that what you're doing is awesome. You've got some great content there.
TT: So ohh you’res so sweet, I'd really thank you.
It's fun being a part of a team. It's fun collaborating and in what I do and I know what you do.Uh, as a one man band on so many things, you have to cover everything. You've gotta do the writing and do the editing and do the posting and promote it and all of that with her interactive.
It's great because you're going in and you're part of a team and you've got writers who have spent an enormous amount of time creating the characters and storyline and it's all ready to go and then the audio producer that you get to work.With and you know, you get to go in and be a part of it and and then it just magically happens. So it's it's been a really spectacular experience being a part of it.
TT: And if you could describe your experience working for her Interactive and being a part of the Nancy Drew universe. And one word, what would it be?
SC: Spectacular!
#it's locked podcast#podcast#interview#transcript#mhm#message in a haunted mansion#behind the scenes#nancy drew#nancy drew games#voice acting
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Anyway, uh, it's been busy so here is a brief (lies, it's not brief, but I promise I'm only giving the highlights) summary of the last month.
Break for very long post
The Last Month - Abridged
F & I are splitting up (sorta). The hardest one to write, but it's going up top 1. because it came first and 2. because if I don't start with it I simply won't write it out. It's been slowly moving towards this for awhile now, but it's real now. Mostly, it's a case of conflicting needs and conflicting disabilities, so it's been rough on both sides. We're still living together, and planning to continue that way (even if we weren't though, who could afford the rent?) so it's still family of a sort, but not like it was
I uncovered a major issue at work (~2 days after F had me start sleeping on the futon) and it was a mess but we got it resolved within two days
Less than an hour after finding the issue mentioned above, I got the call that the relative I was planning on visiting in a week died
I figured risking air travel was probably a bad idea. It'd probably end fine, but I've not yet been trapped somewhere with one of the worse perfumes and a metal box hundreds of feet in the air with no ability to leave for several hours seems like a poor place to risk seeing exactly how far these reactions can go. (I don't want a joint funeral, I'm not catholic). So I chose to drive through the night instead - which is also a bad idea, but what can you do? Packing with no idea about how things are going to go was it's own mess.
The drive went surprisingly well. I took as few stops as possible and I have a new odor reducing respirator that is helping a lot - so it was only a handful of reactions & I was ready to stomp them out each time (yay albuterol & xyzal). Pretty much drove straight through except for gas and a 30min catnap here and there (don't try this at home kids, I'm setting a bad example). My good friend driving-though-the-dark-alone-listening-to-a-horror-podcast kept me awake just fine (I love you Left Right Game) (but again, don't try this at home)
Did the funeral things, got super sick in the church but was alright at the other venues. I must have looked really bad in the church though because my family didn't make a single snide remark about me bringing my dog on the trip during the entire time I was there.
Helped out with moving things around the house and dispersing some possessions. I drove a bunch of clothes (fragrant 🤦 but I had them in trash bags so it was mostly okay) back with me to donate to the various queer orgs around here. They'll appreciate the old natural fiber clothes more than the goodwill where most of it was going.
Made a detour specifically to bring my dog to the Atlantic. She had a blast. Nova has now officially crossed the country (W->E and also S->N).
On the drive back I went hiking the farthest I've been from a city in a long time and I felt so fucking alive. On the one hand, stunning experience - did 7mi (11km) in snow no problem as a short hike (since I was trying to make it back to bring F to a medical appointment) and I would have stayed out all day if I could. On the other hand, it's a little concerning if the only place I feel like myself is that far away from people. I can't afford a house & land in the middle of nowhere…
Also stopped by a place we used to live and walked our old neighborhood route. Nova was excited, but confused.
Wound up in a different park after hours and it might have been haunted
Made it back the day before F's appointment. Slept. Discovered that the one provider I liked less than the others (despite them all being equally friendly) uses perfume so I've just been allergic to them instead of disliking them for no reason (I kinda suspected so, but it was proven this time)
Had a rheumatology appointment to see if they had ideas about what my issue might be. This is the first time I have seen a doctor realize what it means when I say I'm having these reactions to fragrances, you could see it play out on her face: oh shit, fragrances are everywhere. Several times throughout the appointment she'd pause as she had a thought and then ask questions that were clearly checking in on my life outside of just the symptoms (e.g. "how do you get groceries?") which is something I haven't seen since F's GP (whose interest was in public health) moved away. I think it went well. She's running the usual bloodwork, partly just to check and partly because she knows that having ruled out some things already will make it more likely for me to get care from an allergist.
Toured more houses for rent, it just made me incredibly sad. You can see traces of someone's beloved home in some of these old houses, but landlords own them now and they just don't bother. Rotting garages, fences in pieces, trash in the yard, holes in the walls, doors that can't open all the way anymore. 'Just let the tenant do the work and foot the bill, people are desperate, we can let the house rot around them while they pay for the privilege and just buy another when it pops up.' (I have feelings on the matter)
Finally got my covid & flu shots. I had timed it specifically for when our favorite pharmacist works, but I hadn't considered the holiday rush would mean they have two on duty. I instead got our least favorite pharmacist (she does not like F) and it was an impressively bad experience. Sure love it when you tell a provider something has given you side effects every time and they tell you it won't do it 🙄 /s
Rheumatology bloodwork is back, I love receiving results online. I'm very interested in what she'll say at the follow up this week. By my read (science nerd, but no relevant medical training), it's… odd. A little contradictory, but it's indicating some shit is up - however, none of the main contenders would explain my fragrance reactions.
Got to volunteer with a conservation group in a safe area for me. Had a fantastic time, was able to be around people and move and do something productive and satisfying. Went back again and will continue trying to do these as I can.
Went with F to her allergy appointment and, ironically, had reactions myself the entire time. Not just in the waiting room, but everywhere in the building. Maybe it was their disinfectant? Hoping it was just a fluke because I used to be able to go there, even while dealing with this.
My allergy appointment went poorly, there's another (long) post about it, but the gist is that I now have VCD in my chart (despite the fact he said he doesn't know what is wrong with me and said maybe I should go to Mayo Clinic) & tests he didn't mention
I am currently arguing with insurance over >$10k and I'm not having fun
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big ol' tuesdaypost
listening: background noise for the week has been relistening to TANIS. not gonna lie, y'all, this podcast has not aged well! it is simply not very good! it was always kinda mid with regard to dialogue etc but now after listening to other narrative podcasts (TMA, Silt Verses, Wolf359, etc) it's even worse. all it ever really had going for it was Vibes and it's hanging on that by a thread. however, it is serving the purpose of essentially white noise. audio drama equivalent of eating packing peanuts.
I also got surprised in one of the early episodes because Elisa Lam's name wasn't censored - I could have SWORN that at the time there was a pretty large backlash to using a real person's tragedy and name in a narrative fiction podcast so they went and censored her name out? like, that's why all the following episodes have that disclaimer about "for legal and safety reasons we've elected to change some names and leave others out entirely"? okay yes live mid-writing of this I went and checked and the transcript of that episode literally says "Also, we have decided to entirely redact the name of one person who has passed away whose name was used in this episode. It appears in this transcript as [REDACTED]." did I somehow get an unedited version in my podcast app??? very odd.
when I got bored of TANIS or needed something more engaging/stimulating I got back on The Silt Verses season 2! on s2e3 now for reference. especially in contrast with TANIS it is so phenomenal lol.
you will notice that last week I linked "Pale Green Things" from the album The Sunset Tree by The Mountain Goats. this made me realize that a song I listen to a lot around this time of year ("This Year", obviously, lol) is on the same album. I have embarrassing news which is that I have listened to exactly one Mountain Goats album all the way through (Jenny from Thebes) so I resolved to listen to The Sunset Tree all the way through.
gang, this is not a surprise, or news, but man, this album fucking whips. it's so good. why didn't I do this years ago. oh my god.
Broom People
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reading: "Bad Influence" by Mia Sato - duuuuuuuuuude lol. I am no legal expert but I think I know how this case is gonna go because let's be totally real. the beige home shade is really funny to me, not quite a maximalist but someone who loves her home with objects that are colorful, lively, full of sentiment, and secondhand where I can make it (i.e. not mass market sludge).
On the Origin of the Hebrew Deity-Name El Shaddai by F. M. Behymer - a discussion of the name 'El Shaddai' in contexts of fertility came up in weekly torah study this week and the rabbi was wondering if there were any real scholarly sources related to that beyond just noting it a few times in scripture. naturally I immediately went to jstor. interesting article, not sure if it's exactly what my rabbi was thinking about but I will be emailing it to him.
[Is] BookTok for Dummies[?] by Chels - I am not a tiktok girly (I have deleted social media apps from my phone because I find accessing them through web browser is less addictive, and tiktok simply does not function in a web browser so I don't use it) so I am very removed from these dynamics. call me crazy but I do not care if people on tiktok are reading porn because [looks at my ao3 history] glass houses, etc. the weird reactionary bent against romance novels is very strange to me.
Static by purplewhales on ao3 :3
watching: the death of personal style by Mina Le - I've definitely never been as extravagant as she is known to be but I do love a little Outfit(tm), especially since I have officially acquired my Good Leather Jacket this fall. cooking this one in my brain still though because it takes me SO long to get ready for the day and having a 'uniform' would probably. help that. lol.
The Winter Reset Guide by Morgan Evelyn Cook - she's kinda basic (in a positive way) but I've been enjoying her vids along with Caroline Winkler as background noise. ngl I love her high five thing it's very cute. I did stop everything to hold my hand up like I was high-fiving her. her dog is adorable too.
LED Christmas lights which don't hurt the eyes by Technology Connections. "this is not what christmas looks like. it looks like a vape shop. or, worse, a gaming PC." extremely funny thank you autism etc
I bought the world's most expensive yarn by Cinema Knits - the background noise while my soup was simmering and I was crocheting another mouse cat toy. cozy bliss.
The Online Gambling Epidemic by Drew Gooden - I'm becoming more of a hockey person (especially with the women's league coming up let's goooo) and while I'm not that tapped into it I'm sure gambling there exists, though it doesn't seem as plastered across everything as it is with football?
relatedly: watched a hockey game in the background on Saturday while I ran dnd! my mom and brother were there in person so I tuned in remotely to keep up :) also watched the Sirens/Frost game on Sunday yippee
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playing: as above: ran dnd on Saturday! once again I spent time before it agonizing how I did not want to even a little bit but after actually doing it I had a lot of fun.
making: like a fool, I left the container with my winter wear open and my cat RIPPED THE POMPOM OFF the top of a hat I made a few years ago. it's no great loss - the pompom really wasn't big enough, I didn't have enough of the beige yarn I'd really wanted to use - and she didn't eat any of the yarn, just relished in tearing it all apart, so I made a new one with some leftover of the white. this one is bigger and fluffier and definitely matches the vibe of the hat better so I'm not mad. it's been deadly cold here, like windchills bringing it to single digits, so I've actually gotten some good wear out of it the past few days.
made what will hopefully be a lemon coaster but I think I gave it one too many rows of the interior yellow so stay tuned, plus a mousie for my cat :)
further work on the holiday card for this year! sketches followed by some inspo images:
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eating: yayy thanksgiving. many leftovers, etc. made a big ass kugel that was demolished over two different get-togethers, gonna make another one for a potluck at temple this coming Friday! might make that one with crushed pineapple because every time I mention it my grandma sighs wistfully and says how her mom used to make it that way.
I also made this sunchoke soup from some sunchokes that I blanched and froze about a month ago. I halved the recipe because I only had about a pound of sunchokes and this is soooo good. no picture because I'm ngl it looks like sludge lol. made waffles again too.
finally: little emotional support cheese board from the other day, lol.
feat. paesanella ciresa (soft vaguely mushroomy?), somerdale red dragon (very dijon mustard-y), cotswold (super chives and onion flavor), and appenzeller white label (swiss adjacent) picked up as little samples from the cheese counter castoff bin. and olives and mozz balls of course.
misc: really enjoyed these few days off. it is cold as fuck here which is not encouraging me to get back in the swing of things but it has put me in cozy mode. I did reformat my resume in LaTeX so now it's sexy for my conference next week because I am … printing out a few copies I guess ?? to bring to hand to people if needed. do people still do that. who fucking knows.
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Happy 11 years of The Anime Nostalgia Podcast! Introducing: Memberships & a new exclusive side podcast!
Today marks the 11th birthday of The Anime Nostalgia Podcast! Thank you all so much for joining me for 11 years of delving into anime, manga, and fandom. And over the years, I've had people come to me, asking me what the best way is to help support the podcast and my work. Well, I'm happy to announce that I've officially set up membership tiers on my ko-fi!
As you all probably know, the landscape of anime & manga companies has changed QUITE a bit since I started the podcast over 11 years ago. For a while, I was able to justify all the work I put into the podcast with the modest amount I'd receive from affiliate links I was able to use. But over the years, the amount of what I receive from those has gone down dramatically: from some affiliate programs changing their payout percentages, to some programs closing entirely. The tips I get on ko-fi have been a huge help, but I know that it can be a hassle to remember to send them in every month. So now, you can support me and the podcast monthly with just a few clicks, and get some cool perks in return!
Tier 1: Tip Jar
For those who want to show their support on a budget, the monthly Tip Jar tier is for you! $1 a month might not seem like a lot, but it adds up. Those who sub to Tier will get my undying gratitude for their support.
Tier 2: Anime Club Member
For those who take a more active part in supporting the podcast, and get some fun perks! As an Anime Club Member, you'll not only get some behind the scenes posts, but you'll get access to a brand-new side podcast called The Secret Anime Club! A bi-monthly (that's every 2 months) podcast, it will come out the same months as my short ReView podcast eps. So if you were missing having extra-long podcast episodes on the months when those go up, now you can have DOUBLE the podcast every 2 months!
So what's The Secret Anime Club, you might ask?
The Secret Anime Club podcast will be a chill place where I talk to friends about various things--maybe more modern anime we're enjoying, manga we're loving lately, maybe even video games and toku/dramas! And since it's a subscriber-only podcast, we just might do some reviews on some of the vintage trashy "mature" anime titles that wouldn't fly on the regular podcast. A little more relaxed and laid-back, but still a lot of fun. And all delivered exclusively to subscribers for a mere $5 a month!
Tier 3: Anime Club Producer
Want even MORE perks? Than the Anime Club Producer tier is for you! You get all the perks of an Anime Club Member, PLUS: the option to suggest the topic of a podcast episode, early access to the main podcast episodes, AND! If the main podcast episode has a sponsor for that ep, you'll get the ep delivered to you with NO promotional ad reads. Folks at the producer tier will also get their names read in the special thanks of every episode they're subscribed for!
In the future, I'd also like to do special giveaways for ALL tier members, too, just to show my appreciation for your support.
You may have some questions about this new membership set-up. Here's some answers!
Q: Will this effect the main podcast? Will it be changing?? A: NO. The Anime Nostalgia Podcast will not be changing at all! The only thing changing is that there will be another podcast you can potentially listen to if you want to become a paid subscriber! I want The Anime Nostalgia Podcast to be free to everyone, no matter what, and that will never change!
Q: Why ko-fi for memberships? Why not Patreon? A: I've already been using ko-fi for tips, so it's the easiest way to go! Also, ko-fi doesn't charge per member for memberships like Patreon does--ko-fi just charges a flat fee every month, which seems a LOT cheaper and easier. I know for some, this will mean signing up for another platform, which I know is a little annoying. But I've also noticed ko-fi tends to have less technical problems than Patreon does, too, so in the long run, it sounded like the best choice!
Q: Does this mean no more sponsored ad reads? A: Not YET. Long-time listeners will know that I don't always have sponsored ad-reads for the podcast. I'm extremely picky when it comes to accepting paid ad-reads. To date, I've only ever accepted sponsored ads for 1. a small, lesbian-owned vintage anime/toy store, 2. a shoujo-focused podcast, and 3. a Japanese snack subscription box. I've been offered others, but turned them down because while I could have easily made money with them, I didn't think they'd be a good fit for the podcast. My hope with opening memberships is that once my current partnership with the Japanese snack box has ended, I won't need to accept more sponsored ad-reads to make extra money. Finger's crossed this will happen with your help!
Q: Are you going to stop giving shout-outs to people who tip you? A: Of course not! If you don't have the means to get a membership right now and just want to occasionally tip me, that's totally understandable! I'll still be doing shout-outs for people who tip 2 or more coffees at my ko-fi page.
Thank you all so, so much for your ongoing support over these 11 years, and here's hoping that with your help I can continue on improving it! If you have any questions about the memberships, please don't hesitate to comment or email me at [email protected] !
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In 2023, near the end of March, when I was planning to study psychology and become a psychologist, a fundamental change of my life started happening to me. It all began with a video that appeared to me then, to be a video about psychoanalysis, which I was very interested in, which turned out to be one discussing manifestaiton, which I had never ever heard of. The idea of altering the physical reality using your consciousness was completely revolutionarily new to me then, who was pretty much a half physicalist and half agnosticist, and had received nearly two decades of education rooted solely in materialism philosophy. Yet somehow I still got interested in the idea and started watching a very small channel on YouTube that focused on the so-called "Law of Assumption". That was also my first introduction to YouTube as I had only used very little YouTube before that point, which was probably one of the reasons why I never intended to search for any other videos than those from that channel run by a woman, for a whole month. I started practicing this "Law of Assumption" taught by her out of some desperation from the particular financial situation I was in at that moment. One morning, out of nowhere, I decided to search for this "Abraham" and "Law of Attraction" that she mentioned more than once in her videos. And that led me to a second rabbit hole, which opened me up to understand our reality and what I am in a totally different and shocking way. That was also when I started reading books in English. After a month or two as I was exhausting the content from the Hicks, another video from a different manifestaiton-related master caught my eye, and then it was another month or two of a new rabbit hole and long, strict episodes of daily unconventional meditation practices. As I was again exhausting the content of this third person, one day in their official Facebook group, a person mentioned the podcast "Next Level Soul" that, somehow, again, caught my eye, so I went to listen to a random episode from this podcast which happened to be about a near death experience, and that, was the official, shocking beginning of this complete transformation of my entire life.
Hungrily and almost crazily, I had to know more. So I spent months doing nothing but eating, sleeping and non-stoppingly excitedly watching and reading more, more, and more. Whatever that caught my eye, whatever that stirred my curiosity, whatever that I felt drawn to. Looking back now, I feel that I was completely being led during these processes: first a video that "looked" like one about psychoanalysis which "drew" me to watch it which then opened very slightly the portal of spirituality to me, then I was guided to follow one person after another, which were like stairs upwards one after another towards the final, complete opening of true spirituality. Suddenly and not so suddenly, I decided to drop completely my previous path of studying psychology, and moved back to my country, and was guided to live where I am now, after exhausting once again all the content about spirituality that was new and exciting to me.
After traveling for a month then settling down renting an appartament by the stunning view of the ocean and the vast open sky, all of a sudden, for the first time in my life, I have no more purpose or goal in my life. I no longer know what to do with my life or have any idea where it would lead. I have no idea what I should do about my life anymore. And as I have changed country, now I also know no one, having no active relationships in my life. So basically I've been having no one and nothing to do, living on the funds that I had saved for my previous education plan.
Every day I spend in the mix of trust in and panic from such great uncertainty. What I know for sure is that I will not take any step out of this survival fear but wait, for when I truly feel led to do something, or be somewhere. Yet this stage of vacancy has been going on now for over a year, and still "nothing" has happened and no one has showed up in my life. I feel like a total bystander of the world, watching the world's happening from afar yet I'm not in the midst of any. The only connection between me and the world has been the internet, now that I have more time than ever to spend on it everyday, watching and interacting with people in the middle of the world. My survival fear gets easily triggered, by any words directly or even indirectly related to money, such as poor, debt, income, job, homeless etc. Although I still have enough to last for a couple of more years, but this total uncertainty of where my future would lead, or, if it would lead anywhere at all drives me on my nerves when I feel doubts, which I feel every single day, which I feel right now in my stomach, like butterflies that stir up anxiety. I can't think of a mission, a purpose that I'm supposed to pursuit in my life. I'm so "lost". I don't know if you know what this feels like but it is the very first time in my life ever feeling lost in such a way - since I was a little kid I had always known what I wanted to do with my life. In fact, just a year ago, I still knew what I wanted to do with my life. But not anymore now. I'm waiting for it or something, someone to show up, but in such a situation you can't help but doubt: what if nothing happens and no one shows up? I don't want to end up being a waiter or homeless. "What if something happens to me?" "What if someone robs or steals from me?" "What if I suddenly get sick?" "What if in the end of this nothing happens?" "What if the universe wants me to be on a dead end job that I hate such as a waiter?" "What if... ?" The what-ifs hover over my mind whenever there's a chance. The survival fears kick in whenever I let them. Even though every time I start to feel fearful, I let myself feel the emotion, which is one of the things I have learned on my spiritual journey, hoping that this way they would finally be released, but so far the fear and doubts still keep bubbling up everyday.
This is also something I can't ask anyone for advice about. Because most would only give me practical suggestions that would be based solely on survival fear that this fearful part of me also keeps bringing up: find a part-time job or do something, anything just for some money, for my financial safety or to "not waste the time" and the money that I have doing "nothing". Everyday I keep asking spirits for help, for some clarity, some clue of where this is going to lead or whether I'm doing anything wrong. I don't receive any signs that I asked for nor am I clairaudiant so I do not hear from the spirits. What can I do? I can only trust what I have been over and over again intellectually convinced that "I am never alone", that "There is a divine timing". I do receive small synchronicities here and there ever now and then, which are said to be the universe showing me that I'm on the right path, but still, this is something that I need trust in, where my fearful doubts kick in.
I do not know anymore the meaning or purpose of my life, nor do I know the meaning of this period of life of lack of direction and relationships to rely on. Sometimes I do feel bored and depressed, but often times I'm actually fine. I still experience fast spiritual growth even during this "empty" time. I receive frequent new insights and enlightenment in my understanding of our existence. I get answers to my questions. I feel my angels or guides or spirits are helping me, with every thing I have asked for. I started to feel that all my dreams and wishes will come true - spirituality itself has made my biggest dream come true: that everything I had lonelily insist to live for has been shown to me to be the actual meaning of our existence. My dreams, intuition and my atypical life that I had lived until the March of 2023 have being proven right by the universe, the essence of all existence or what spirituality is truly about. That had been my biggest dream that I never even had dared to wish, yet it came true, on its own, poof, like a dream.
In my fears and doubts I trust. Good for me that I don't have other options. After watching and reading so much on my journey over and over again I've been taught just what I had always known: The only thing I should do is follow my heart, and love and truth are one and the same thing. What I didn't know is that it's not only me that should follow my heart, but that it is the only mission that every single person is on. Sometimes I feel that this is all "too good to be true". I must be insane. How can all of my radical idealism suddenly be proven to be the ultimate truths? How can my atypical way of living be actually the way that everyone should live their life? Ain’t I dreaming? Well the answer to that last question is yes, now that I know how this reality is but happening in the large field of consciousness, just like a dream, and how the day when I finally wake up from it, I'd say, "The dream felt so real."
I was born with a mission, a life plan that I was born to forget. I'm in a mysterious vacant period of life whose meaning isn't yet revealed. I don't know how long it'd last. I don't know where it would lead. Hope this contradiction between my trust and doubt could be lifted and replaced by the clarity of knowing as I have been praying for. And I wish for you all who have read these words, to forever faithfully and truthfully follow your truest heart, and that in your fears, no matter what you think, you are not alone, never ever alone. Same for me too. And divine timing will never be late. The right things shall show up in perfect ways, to the perfect you.
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Exciting times
As we enter the last leg of this race, please beware of the SPOILERPOCALYPSE.
The reason i'm not here much lately is precisely because of spoilers. I think marketing has done more than they should have, i don't need to see more of the game, i just want to play it. Now just checking my socials puts me at risk of getting major spoilers i'm trying so hard to avoid at all costs.
Yesterday the embargo on the preview event was lifted and all the people who was fortunate to be invited have been sharing their reviews, impresions and recorded gameplay. Unfortunately for those of us who wish to experience the game ourselves instead of having the first Act spoiled, not everyone uses spoiler warnings, hashtags or keywords one can mute or block while this lasts. Personally i'm mostly on twitter and there i muted +130 words for 30 days only to have a spoiler about Rook's origins in one of the factions still slip through.
I've been checking on YouTube carefully like it's a minefield -because it really is- for some of these content creators' videos, for the most part just to listen and what i've gathered so far is they were allowed about 7 hours of play, including the character creator and 5 selected missions from Act I, but there's a couple of late Act I missions they weren't allowed to record or talk much about, and they weren't allowed to show some menus, namely the accesibility menu as it seems there's official marketing coming up centered on that.
The big and main positive i can take from these recent developments is that there's a new consensus: Dragon Age The Veilguard looks good. Long gone are the days of first trailer bad impressions and Fortnite accusations, now that some people finally got to experience the game themselves the reviews are mostly positive, excited, and i've seen some content creators change their minds about the game entirely. Bioware took notes all these years and are ready to deliver an unexpectedly very polished game as a result. People at the event were told the game has 3 Acts and i've heard this from several people, if the rest of the game keeps up the rhythm from what they saw of Act I, then Bioware is back. GOTY contender. IMO BW was never "gone", they were just slowly cooking this upcoming full meal
Sure, combat may not be for everyone, a more linear experience may not be for everyone. But personal preferences aside all seems to indicate The Veilguard will deliver as promised.
Spoilers are unavoidable sometimes so i've actualy looked for some, namely the Character Creator, the different factions origin stories, the different surnames. I had to go out of my way to see these things tho, intentionally spoiling myself these details because I have as of now 12 different Rooks planned and i needed to know if the stories i made for them would conflict or not with what the game will offer. Only one origin has a detail that might restrict things a bit.
There's apparently also a scene from a mission i'm not sure they were allowed to show, i skipped through a video about it without really looking and just now saw something from it on my dashboard but i scrolled down as fast as i could because it's something i really want to see in game first. It's such a big thing, it shouldn't have been showned or leaked at all. All i'll say is it's about Solas, and something many of us wanted to see for a long time.
All this said, while we wait for October 31st to come quick we still have the podcast Vows&Vengeance each Thursday. I might write on it soon. This podcast is safe from spoilers, it's set pre-Veilguard and introduces the companions one per episode, and the original characters are apparently a V&V exclusive and won't show in game. I think this podcast series is currently the only safe marketing material available until release. Meanwhile the IGN coverage continues, full of minor spoilers sprinkled all over so i'm also avoiding all of it.
We're now 41 days away from an event we've been waiting for 10 years! The waiting has never been harder.
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Welcome wanderers to another #AudioDramaSunday! We're going to start off with the @tellnotalespod April Fools episode because I laughed so hard it was so chaotic. It was just a silly good time! Leanne and Asher did incredible work playing each other's characters. Also on the Tell No Tales front I am CONCERNED about the ACTUAL episode 7 because uhhhh what was Frank doing? I am also shaking Leo once again I love them but LEO TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS
@souloperatorpod episode 7 was excellent as always. Tessa Whitlock has 2 hands and I am going to convince myself that this won't end poorly. The end of the episode makes me ConcernedTM but. But nothing actually I'm scared of episode 8
@woebegonepod 152 has brought back my beloved Tex and he is doing suspicious things and im love him anyway. I don't know what he's up to and I don't know what Stinky is up to and honestly I don't know what Dylan is up to but gods I love Woe.Begone
I finally did as I said I was going to and listened to @audistorium and gods yall it's so fucking good!!! They also just launched a patreon so if you want to support the show (and I highly recommend it if you can) visit their patreon
The @grottopod season finale hurt me so fucking bad. The entire cast did an incredible job and it hurt me SO BAD. Athan has also released the album for the entire first season and it's absolutely phenomenal (and um. I might be on it?) Check it out on bandcamp! (It will be streaming at some point I just don't use Spotify or anything like that so idk)
The lovely folks behind Fawx & Stallion (@224bbaker ) have started their crowdfunding for s2! Fawx & Stallion is one of my favorite shows from last year, it's fun and funny and delightful. If you can support them, please check out their indiegogo campaign!
Pod Jam has officially kicked off and some of my delightful friends are working on @working-tidal-pod! They just announced their cast yesterday and it's amazing. I can't wait to see what they do!
Here on the Fringes, I finished my recordings for season 3 which still doesn't feel real. I've also started brainstorming some ideas for further patreon content! If you've enjoyed the show and want to support us, you can do so at patreon.com/PineTreePods
And over on @forgedbondspod I've been working on the second half of the show! The writing is 3/4ths of the way through, just working on the last arc of the show now. I can't wait to share what we've been working on with yall!
In personal news, I've made the difficult decision to leave my job as it was causing a lot of stress and exacerbating my mental health issues. Gonna take a bit of a break from Day Jobs to work on finishing out Forged Bonds and then will be getting back into the swing of things. In the meantime, this should mean even more time for podcasts (both my own and other peoples) which should help me reset before heading back into a Day Job. My to listen list is very long and I'm excited to chip away at it some!
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To add a bit to the discussion, the reason I personally don't like Helaemond (no offense to the shippers) is very simply bc I ship Alimond. From what the show and BTS interviews have shown so far, it's not unreasonable to say that Alicent is the person Aemond loves the most and I would love if the show continued to develop that even if their relationship is very strained now. Have you listened to the official HotD podcast for ep 2.05? Ewan Mitchell appears at ~25 minutes in - alimond anon:1/
alimond anon: 2/2; he talks a little bit about his motivations. At one point he says that Aemond sees himself as the "daddy of the family" as of episode 2.05 and that he imagines Aemond and Alicent on a beach drinking a Piña Colada. Also that one of the things Aemond wants is his mom, her love and affection. And even that Alicent is his kryptonite. I'm hoping desperately that there will be something juicy at Harrenhall if Aemond will have dreams and vision too.
Ooh, this is juicy stuff. I had not heard those quotes.
I LOVE Aemond seeing himself as the "daddy of the family".
I hope the writers show us more of this and give the Aemond/Alicent relationship a little more attention in the remaining episodes. And yes, haunting dreams at Harrenhal for Aemond would be amazing, especially as they involve Alicent and other family members.
BOOK SPOILERS - I haven't read the book yet, but from what I've heard, Aemond gets mired at Harrenhal and his swan song before he dies is basically not showing up when Alicent and others need him and just doing his own thing at Harrenhal. I'm hoping the show puts the blame on Alys' magical manipulations, or they straight up change that entire thing. Because what a bummer for Aemond as a character and all of his ships.
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this is a long vent and i'm putting it below a line because i don't want any of my lovely friends and mutuals to see it and be like okay we are officially sick of this girl
i think i'm officially for the first time this school year 100% burnt out and out of energy. i've been doing fine but i've just hit a wall in these past two days which sounds like i'm being hysterical if it's like i've only been feeling bad for two days but i've been fluctuating and getting lower and lower and getting to the point where the only times i feel good are when i'm actively reading or writing with my girlfriend (even talking is a lot of energy) or have just finished something (assignment, story, etc). i'm having a pretty productive and successful period of writing, including careerwise, but all i can feel is scared that i'm gonna lose the spark i have right now and make something Bad or just stop writing entirely. other things that usually make me happy (running, collaging, listening to podcasts, writing news, dinner with friends, texting online friends) just feel absolutely impossible. and that's all without mentioning how much i have to do for classes and how impossible THAT all feels. even though everything i have is pretty manageable and i have a decent start on the thing that's going to be the hardest (my long-ish aast research paper) it just feels so impossible to sit down and get anything done. i just had to give up on this big story for the newspaper i've been chasing all semester which makes me feel completely awful because i'm screwing my editors over but i just can't do it this week. and i dress it in this language of "i won't be able to put something successful together this week" it's really like "i personally can't stomach emailing these guys one more fucking time because of my ~mental health~" and i hate when the personal gets involved with the professional for me. i wish i could be making other people happy and have an easier end of the year because Everyone is busy and struggling in some way but i'm just so fucking exhausted. godbless idk how i'm gonna make it through the next 1.5 weeks.
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I am growing more certain by the hour this is the worst kind of smear campaign. I've linked a few posts here that explain things and include transcripts of the podcast. Be aware the third one is a direct transcript of what was said and does go into detail. But this is very far from a cut and dried case of rape, assault, or even grooming.
https://www.tumblr.com/procrastiel/755074839055859712
https://www.tumblr.com/procrastiel/755102212391337985/agreed
https://www.tumblr.com/portraitofalonelydyke/755098475081908224/i-have-edited-this-post-to-add-more-of-the
One relationship was, per the lady involved, entirely and enthusiastically consensual and mutually enjoyed. The other relationship, also per the lady involved, has one incident of blurry/retracted consent or regret about consenting. One lady was also, in the past, horrified by allegations against Neil made in her name and said at the time her words were being taken out of context and blown out of proportion. No other ex of Neil's this podcast contacted had any negative things to say.
This is not defense, but clarity. Circumstances are not black and white here, everything is incredibly blurry and messy. The source is heavily biased if not outright corrupt and wearing those biases on its sleeve. Both ladies contradict themselves and their own texts, emails, and statements throughout the podcast. If it's not a case of someone's words being twisted in service of an agenda, then it's true and he will be dealt with. But right now? Nothing about this is that clear or simple, especially when the apparent victims themselves state repeatedly in this very podcast that their relationships were consensual.
It is best to either listen to it yourself or read the transcripts linked. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty and this podcast is not doing a good job of that. Final judgement should be withheld until a real investigation is done. It would not be the first time terfs have smeared the reputation of those who stand in opposition to them, if that is what's going on here.
I feel like I've been pretty open to not having a fixed and final opinion yet. my opinion is neither fixed nor final. any legitimate news articles I've read have literally all just been "this is what tortoise whatever reported" with no actual investigation. I mean it is weird of him to immediately start making out and cuddling with his nanny as per his official statement. and imo if you're an author/showrunner, your fans are like your children. in that they will blame all their emotional problems on you and you shouldn't have sex with them. but as a 22yo who is part of old-man-fuckers-not-so-anonymous who finds 50+ men attractive in some asexual sort of way, like... they were old enough to know what they were doing and I think calling what happened "grooming" based on the story so far is so off base and reeks of "adult minors" or some shit.
here's what I think the best and worse case scenarios are atm:
best case scenario: both these women regret giving their consent, tortoise people are blowing shit up to smear him, neil is being entirely honest on his part. conclusion: dude you should not have done that c'mon man that was weird and taking advantage of your position of power but like don't need to fully cancel him.
worst case scenario: he raped those women. if this is the case he's worse than jk rowling imo. she is a hateful, mean, destructive little viper who is ruining people's lives but she's never raped anyone afaik. conclusion: destroy him.
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Just had a random thought about DC Titans and Dickkory. *bear w/me, it's kind of long, sorry.*
I listen to your podcast & remember something being mentioned about how some DK fans may be a little confused about the genre of the show, and I think that could be accurate.
I grew up reading and watching a fair amount of anime and manga. As you may know, specific labels are used to describe different genres. The two I mainly engaged in were either Shounen or Shoujo (pretty common and popular genres).
shounen
• a genre of Japanese comics and animated films aimed primarily at a young male audience, typically characterized by action-filled plots.
shoujo
• a genre of Japanese comics and animated films aimed primarily at a young female audience, typically characterized by a focus on personal and romantic relationships.
Now if I had to make an anime/manga comparison for DC Titans I'd definitely say it falls more in the Shounen category, as the main focus is the "action filled plot" as opposed to "romantic relationships". The Shounen media I consumed as a kid usually did have some primary "ship(s)" or romantic elements included, but it was hardly ever the main focus of the plot.
If I happened to like or ship a pairing in a shounen anime or manga, I learned quickly to expect the (romantic) interactions between whatever 2 characters to be sparse and few & far in between. However, it was never too difficult to tell who might eventually be "endgame" bc authors/writers more often then not made it a point to imply throughout the series that those characters hv feelings for eachother & will likely end up together in the end.
Even if they didn't hv a whole bunch of overtly romantic time together in the series, this was usually enough to satisfy me, bc it's just not the type of genre where that happens or is a priority.
I say all this to say, that's exactly how I feel about DK in Titans. Like I get why some ppl might feel cheated or unsatisfied but if you pay attention to how the structure of the show has always been, expecting all this "shoujo"-esque, romantic drama was just not realistic. Do I agree that DK could've had better & more development in seasons 2 & 3? Sure. But tbh I've rewatched the seasons, and the scenes they do share together were always important & impactful. It wasn't a reach to assume they would end up together. In typical Shounen fashion, it doesn't officially happen until the very end 🤷🏾♀️ but as long as it happens, me personally, I'm happy.
Oh, I love this comparison and wholeheartedly agree!
When I watched the pilot I knew right off the bat this show was selling me action first and foremost. I even feel like they go out of their way to create as many fight scenes as possible and when they can't fill the time building up to that the plot gets a little wonky.
In my opinion, I credit Prathi's addition to the writing staff as to why things were so much clearer romantic-wise in s3 & 4. Had she been around in season 2 I know DK wouldn't have gotten together but I do think they would have been more obviously romantic.
I also feel like Hank and Dawn's awful writing is proof they didn't know what to do with couples when they were together long-term. They actively dodged really writing Dickbabs as a couple for more than 2 episodes. It's hard not to notice.
So do I wish there were more shoujo elements in the first 2 seasons? Yes absolutely. Do I also love all that season 4 is so much about Dickkory that Dick doesn't even have another storyline lol? Yes.
Both can be true.
It just wasn't a romance show which is why they were all undercooked (Jayrose, DonnaGarth, Dickbabs, etc) or terrible to witness (cough cough Hank &Dawn) except for, ironically, Dickkory. Cause they got together at the very end but it's not quite out of nowhere. They've been a thread 1-3 and a complete focus this entire season.
In hindsight, I'm realizing a ton of Dickkory's biggest romantic moments came in the middle of some kind of dramatic fight. From the Trigon dream to Kory showing up to fistfight Deathstroke to him dying and dreaming about their daughter LOL.
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Season 1, Episode 34: Dedicated Involved Loving Fathers
(Note: This is a long one y'all. I ended up typing out all of my thoughts on this one)
Favorite Moment: The entire phone call with Beth May.
General Thoughts:
All right: because I'm really curious, I want to sit and log my feelings as I listen to this. As I mentioned in my previous post, this is the one episode that I've not been able to relisten to because it set me off the first time I heard it. I was listening to the podcast in the car, because I was doing a lot of commuting, and I was so confused by this episode that I exited out of the episode a couple of different times, sure that I had accidentally skipped an episode. And that confusion has just really put me off from this episode. Looking back on the episode, it's very clever, from what I can remember of it, but it bothered me so much. Maybe it's because I was driving, and so instead of just being a fun time, it became this huge distraction.
So, what I remember of this episode, is that there is a fight with bounty hunters and somehow they end up riding on a bunch of animals. And there are some shenanigans with Dennis. But that's it. Most of the details of this episode are not in my brain anymore.
So here we go, let's see how I feel about this one on my second go-around. (By the way, I finished episode 33 over a week ago, have hit play on this episode three times, and have been unable to listen to it. But now it's time. I'm going to do this.)
This intro is very dumb, but very funny. And I love a good "flip to side two" joke. It makes my old millennial heart happy.
The whole table talk and Dad fact portion does a great job of integrating Ashley naturally. So flawless it threw me.
Grant's nickname is shooter? Oh no. The context of that now is unfortunately not a funny baby poop joke. Oof.
Again, so nonchalant in with the Dennis stuff. And I didn't realize that he was also a rogue. No wonder Ron doesn't like him.
His anchor is at the librarium decepticus? That's so smart.
Thanks Ron, for saying all the things I felt listening to this the first time.
Okay, enjoying the episode so far. Doing a quick check-in on how I'm feeling. Maybe it's just me and this horrible bias I have against this episode, but it feels different. It's still enjoyable and I'm still smiling while I'm listening, but it's more that I'm enjoying the heat between Ron and Dennis. I don't know, this is a weird experience.
Ron fell on to his dagger? There's definitely some shenanigans happening here. Accident? I think not!
Poor Grant. Why give him an axe? I had forgotten about all of the additional trauma that happens to this boy in this episode.
Dennis has always been Paeden's favorite? Ugh. Feels awful. Poor Darryl.
Ron doing what Dennis does is great.
RIP jug. It was a cool, useful item.
I'm just happy to be here. Ok, that was flawless. Hats off to Ashley for that one.
So much shade being thrown towards Ron AND Beth. I don't like it. But I like it.
The energy. Is so weird.
It's not bad, for a combat episode. But doesn't feel like how they do combat. More like how actual combat goes in a DnD game.
Okay, another feelings check in. I really do love the Ron anti-Dennis heat. It is very funny.
So we're now 30 minutes from the end of the episode, and the combat is over. And I have no idea what is left because I don't remember anything else from this episode.
Ok, the entire Beth May phone call is hysterical.
Love that Erin hates Dennis too. Oh wait. Nope. She's playing hard to get. That is pretty funny.
Mr. Mustache meets Terry! And Terry finally believes Ron!
Dennis brings up Scam... And reveals himself as Mark. Glenn's line of "Mark- what did you do with Dennis?" Very funny. He's revealed and then disappears.
And there's some planning and apologizing and that's it. I did it!
And next time, we get to what I consider the official start of Arc 2. Let's go get some anchors!
#dungeons and daddies#dndads#dndads spoilers#s1ep34#dedicated involved loving fathers#so this episode was definitely not bad#and I will probably listen to it again#I'm glad I finally gave it a chance#There are definitely some great moments in here#butt man did it confuse me the first time I listen to it#This is honestly one of the reasons I don't listen to new episodes in the car anymore#I don't want to get confused in the car and want to be able to focus on what I'm listening to
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