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[sufroyo]

Hi are you still taking requests? Have you read cdelphiki's Life Happens? There's a wonderful scene in that fic where Damian Wayne performs as Jack Kelly from the Newsies musical (cuz dimension hopping shenanigans). If it's not too much trouble I was wondering if you could draw Damian as a teen in the Newsies outfit doing the jumping pose from the famous Newsies poster copying the style of the poster. Sorry if it's too much and the double ask (reedited the post) .

hi!! thanks for taking the time to ask- im not taking rqs right now but i appreciate u wanted me to draw this 🥰🥰 more than happy to rec the fic tho so ppl can check it out!

Life Happens - Cdelphiki

While walking home from an event at Wayne Enterprises, Tim and Damian are kidnapped and sent to an alternate dimension. In a world where superheroes are merely comic book characters and the idea of the multiverse is only a theory found within the pages of science fiction, how are Tim and Damian going to return home? How long will they be stranded on this strange Earth? And will the boys murder each other before they figure it out?

[featherquillpen]

THANK YOU @mach5mind for recommending this podcast, it is SO GOOD. I'm not done listening yet but I will post a review soon. https://www.sporadicphantoms.com/

Have you listened to the Animorphs audio drama podcast, Sporadic Phantoms? What do you think about it?

I haven't listened, but I'll have to check it out!

[wiseabsol]

So I'm very grateful to mach5mind for sending in this ask, because I decided to check it out and oh my god. Oh my god, this podcast is so good! The adverts are incredibly charming in-jokes for Anifans, while the content of the episodes is equally chilling. When I was a kid reading these books, I can't remember ever feeling spooked by them. I felt other emotions, such as excitement at the action and the romance, amusement at the humor, disgust at the descriptions, and grief over the horrible things that the kids went though, but not fear.

But this podcast? This podcast made me feel utterly terrified of the Sharing and OF THE ANIMORPHS, TOO! TOBIAS HAS NEVER SEEMED CREEPIER. It's like, "Oh! Oh no! No wonder the Controllers were scared of every animal they saw! The Animorphs are pure paranoia fuel!"

I'm also terrified for these investigators, who've barely begun to scratch the surface of what's going on. It's staggering to think about how big the scale of the books actually is when you're looking at it from an outside perspective like this. With the books, you roll with it because the kids have no choice but to roll with it. Also, the kids have a superpower to help them fight. But in this, the conflict is just...huge and looming in a way that feels way too enormous to approach, BUT THE INVESTIGATORS DON'T KNOW THAT YET. Listening to them investigating the Sharing is very much like watching a horror film and whispering to the characters, "No, don't go in there, don't do it, don't--!"

At the same time, because these investigators are adults, it casts how young the Animorphs are into stark relief. It's one thing to know, while reading the books as an adult, how young the Animorphs are...but it's another thing to hear these adults talking to teens who are the Animorphs' ages, or making reference to the kids that we know are the Animorphs, and hear that difference.

I also find the updates to the time period very neat (the podcast is set in 2020, rather than the 90s, which makes the Sharing preying on depressed, isolated people EXTRA FUN). I'm guessing that Ax put more of his skill points into his computer hacking ability to work around modern surveillance technology, but that's just a guess. Possibly the kids in general are more computer savvy in this universe, though, given they'd have been born in...what, 2007 in this version?

ANYWAY, in short, this podcast is masterfully done, and it underscores the horror of the original series by--among other things--giving us an adult perspective on and an auditory glimpse into the Sharing's psychologically-manipulative cult tactics. So if you enjoyed the books, you'll love this podcast.

Have you listened to the Animorphs audio drama podcast, Sporadic Phantoms? What do you think about it?

I haven't listened, but I'll have to check it out!