#trc podcast

[soyouthinkyoulike]

the raven cycle

[pageofpotential]

au where adam and ronan are in england for shits and giggles and they get accosted by some guy rambling on about getting their statements (said random guy is jonathan sims)

[squash1]

adam: “i got a special lamp that gives me sunlight directly to my body.”

gansey: “i have a special lamp that projects stars on the ceiling.”

ronan “i have a special lamp with a little guy and it makes me wishes. he can’t do like Big wishes. he’s just a little guy. he doesn’t have powers. he’s small and he lives in a lamp. he calls them his little wishes.”

[overworkedblorbobattle]

Overworked Blorbo Battle Round 3 Poll: 1

[legaltrashgoblin]

The crackship Mr Gray/Greenmantle is the Peter Lukas/Elias Bouchard of Henrietta

They're the exact same to me now

[lizpaige]

vexed to nightmare

working on chapter 3, have a snippet

“You have a collect call from,” the operator’s robotic voice crackled through the introduction and abruptly paused. A different, human, male voice continued.

“Ronan Lynch.”

Adam nearly dropped his phone.

[hrts4caiiti]

“whats the plot of the raven cycle”

this

thats all

[tarotphil]

,

[justpent]

one time during their Wild Dead Welsh King Search™ the gangsey stumble through the desert following some strange results on the various machinery in the back of the pig. after an hour into the hot sun, the car finnaly breaks down, leaving everyone cursing their guts out. the measurements are crazy. Gansey is fiddling with the radio that emites a loud, cracking static, until suddenly it clicks on. a calm, deep voice emerges from the car speakers...

"-friendly desert community where the sun is hot, the moon is beautiful, and misterious lights pass overhead as we all pretend to sleep. welcome to..."

[soyouthinkyoulike]

SO YOU THINK YOU LIKE THE RAVEN CYCLE?

hi everyone!! for Ash's birthday, we have taken a dive into The Raven Cycle!! Click here to listen to Ash explain the entirety of the Raven Boys to Beck who, yes, went in 100% blind!!

Also, click here to access the amazing slideshow powerpoint presentation Ash made for this huge endeavour!!

Anything you want to ask us? Or have any comments? Let us know!

[krogerkryptid]

About Me It occurred to me I have no information about myself besides the sparse info in my bio so get to know me post here we go!

General Info She/They user and 21 year old college student just waiting to get to grad school, I practice a lot of folk magic from the Scottish Highlands since it's where my blood? what my heritage is.

Interests I have so many ✴ A lot of book series (TRC and the Dreamer Trilogy, SOC and CK, PJO, and I've been reading a lot of new stand alone books I've really enjoyed ask me about them!) ✴ Scottish folklore including, myth, legend, and folk practice within rural and urban communities in the middle ages and through Scotland's loss of independence ✴ General folklore of many regions, I've taken a lot of courses on different regions and practices and they have all been fascinating if anyone wants to tell me about what they know I'd love to listen ✴ Tarot, I have a genuine problem I love all the pretty art in the decks and I find the practice of shuffling and reading to be incredibly relaxing and based on the people I've read for I'm pretty good at it? I feel like -I- can't say that's it's definitely up to interpretation ✴ Cosmologies of the world, this is such a cool one! What did certain cultures do to study and observe the universe? ✴ I am consistently thinking about the X-Files it is so special to me I am the target audience ✴ Cryptids (I love Mothman he holds a special place in my heart) ✴ Anything supernatural or paranormal. I love going legend tripping or going to alleged haunted places. It's such a fascinating thing when it ties in with local lore and what actually truly happened. Tell me ghost stories or anything else super spooky that has happened to you! ✴ I enjoy a whole lot of podcasts so I wont list them but WTNV is a given if you want to hear about any of them I am happy to tell you ✴ This isn't much of an interest but it ties into them. I am genuinely interested to hear about what others are interested in. Ramble away! Info-dump please I love seeing what people are passionate about!

The Disclosure Form I obviously do not tolerate any type of bigotry! Don't bring those vibes to my blog please. I also don't identify as a witch right now since I'm doing a lot of study into the connotations of that term in the Scottish lens! So that's why I don't mention it in here as of now. Please send me asks or messages if you find something I post to be confusing or possibly offensive I am not perfect but I can work to educate myself to be better!

[afriendlyneighborhoodhufflepuff]

Forever missing the @ravingirls podcast. Whenever they’re ready to start recording again, I’ll be right there ready to listen!

[lovelythethingsbrainrot]

Psssttt I'm also behind listening to Malevolent & watching Helluva Boss

I have a confession to make: I haven't read the last book in The Dreamer Trilogy

[blueseysyogurt]

so like, what if i HYPOTHETICALLY wrote a trc fic where gansey runs a true crime podcast with adam and ronan to help find missing people and one day he sees a mysterious spirit (noah) ask him for help to be found so he recruits the help of blue and scooby doo gang shenanigans ensue? what then?

[crimeronan]

hey kitkat, if its not too much trouble, could you make a propaganda post for the silt verses? I've been seeing you talk about it a lot (i have spoilers marked dw) but im afraid to look up anything about it. is it horror? all i know about it is val <- horrible woman(?) so im intrigued. was wondering if it'd be possible for a silt verses post a la that trc post you made a while back

OH, ABSOLUTELY. i think about 95% of my followers have no idea what this media is about, so this ask is very exciting. i'll preface it by saying that i think it's edged out the dreamer trilogy for my favorite story Ever -- it's exactly on par with the first two books in terms of Reading My Heart Off The Page.

the premise:

the silt verses is a now-complete horror-tragedy narrative podcast set in a fantasy world that has many parallels to our own. this fantasy world is embroiled in late-stage corporate capitalism and is ravaged by the effects of colonialism, war, and oppression.

in this world, gods are created through sacrifice and belief. there are thousands of them, with thousands of individual religions.

the problem is that gods must be fed through human sacrifice. and if they aren't fed, they die.

and people are very invested in keeping their gods alive.

sacrifice is considered a necessary part of society, something that's as essential as breathing. the idea of simply not making sacrifices is considered a violent, radical, leftist anarchist position that is simply unsustainable. or so the state would have you believe!

but. SOME gods have been outlawed, and worshiping them WILL get you killed by the government.

the state says that it's because these gods are uniquely evil, and too dangerous or sadistic or wild to be fed.

in actuality, gods are outlawed when they don't serve the state or corporations' purposes. the question at the heart of the worldbuilding is always, "is Anything you've been told about the gods and the magic true? how much of this world is socially constructed? who benefits from the way things are?"

Metaphors Abound.

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the cast:

the first season follows four key narrators; the second season introduces a fifth; the third a sixth.

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carpenter - sister carpenter is an older woman who was born into an outlawed river-worshiping faith. she has seen her entire family murdered by the state, including her brother, parents, and grandmother. she briefly left the faith but returned to the parish because she had nowhere else to go; her relationship with her river and her church is complicated at best.

carpenter begins the series as a """devout""" disciple of the river parish. in actuality, her faith has been slipping for a Long Time. she's no longer certain that she loves this god she's been killing for for her entire life.

she begins the series investigating some unexplained "miracles," aka Deeply Fucking Horrific Murders, that appear to have been done by her god.

alongside her is brother faulkner.

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faulkner - faulkner is a kid, somewhere around 19 or 20 years old when the story starts. he was NOT born into the river faith, but was instead called to it, back when he was still a rural farm boy living with his father and brothers. his first sacrifice was his brother, who he drowned on the farm. he later left home to find the parish.

faulkner has been with the parish for a pretty short period of time, but he truly IS a devout fanatic. because of this, he does not get along with carpenter. the two of them bicker a lot. carpenter thinks that faulkner is a stupid country bumpkin who's naive and full of starry-eyed optimism, and he annoys the piss out of her.

faulkner is not a dumb country bumpkin.

but he knows how he sounds and he knows how he looks. so he plays the part of the starry-eyed child with ease.

he is planning to kill carpenter.

he knows she's slipping, he knows she's losing her faith, and he wants her dead. he's been asked to keep an eye on her because the parish knows she's slipping, too.

uh oh!

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hayward - investigating officer hayward is a police officer in the religious homicides division of the greater glottage police force. this police force has jurisdiction over outlawed gods. hayward's job is to find outlawed gods, arrest/kill their worshipers, and report them to the government.

he is the main antagonist of season one. crucially, he's a Good Cop - he's friendly, affable, funny and likable. he's kind of a dickhead bastard, but in the way that the protagonists of Cop Tv Shows (TM) often are. he offers to "help" the people he's arresting. he's good at playing the role of a good guy who just needs to uphold the status quo for the good of society.

but. he is, first and foremost, a cop. and the narrative has a Lot to say about cops. and about other people whose job is to Enforce The Law.

so. don't think that him being a Good Cop means that he's Actually a good guy or that he's not dangerous to the protagonists. Hoo Boy.

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paige - paige duplass is a corporate boardroom executive who works for a marketing firm that creates gods. her job is to do all the marketing and branding for new corporate mascots. what does the god look like? how does the worship work? how are the sacrifices made?

but her company's profits are waning. and they need to return value to the shareholders.

so. they're going to kill their employees.

not paige, of course! she's a highly valued member of the team. she just has to keep everyone calm and be a kind, upbeat manager while the Layoffs approach. everything is fine, everyone. we aren't going to kill you :) don't worry :) just keep smiling :)

the horror of this gives her a crisis of conscience; after all the murder goes down, she leaves to go on a long drive.

which becomes longer still when she's taken hostage by carpenter and faulkner.

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shrue - season two introduces shrue, a spineless liberal politician who runs on a """left-wing""" platform but really could not care less about anything except polling numbers. they're willing to do rotten, ugly propagandist things for their campaign -- including killing the river god. and all of its followers. for the good PR! :)

not great news for carpenter, faulkner, or their people.

but then shrue experiences Actual Violence up close for the first time. and it Shakes Them To Their Core.

and, well. suddenly they're not so comfortable being a spineless liberal politician anymore.

too bad they've locked themselves into their role and cannot fucking escape it!!

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val - introduced in season three, VAL is the saint of a god of liars, purposefully created by the government for use as a weapon. she is the remnants of a woman who killed herself to serve her country. she does not remember who she is or what else she wanted, aside from her mother's approval.

as the saint of a god of liars, whatever VAL says becomes true..... as long as someone is there to listen. you're a loyal soldier? no, you died of a tumor as a child. you're a politician begging for mercy for the sake of your infant child? no, your baby has an insatiable taste for flesh and ate your sorry ass. etc

she's a monster and a sadist; she enjoys killing people to try to fill the emptiness in her. she is in terrible pain all the time and does not understand why. and she is becoming increasingly disillusioned and sick with herself, the government she serves, and the Utter Pointlessness of all this systemic violence.

but how do you break a cycle when you Are the cycle?? how do you get better?? how do you change anything??

much to consider.

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overall, it's as close to a perfect story as it gets imo. literally every detail is carefully, painstakingly chosen to further the themes, arcs, characterization, etc. the plotting is suspenseful, the horror is Deeply Fucking Scary, the storylines are gutwrenching, the voice acting is spine-chilling, and the characters are So Fucking Compelling.

also, i get frustrated by representation-first fiction recs, but if you get this far and want to know: it's Deeply queer. faulkner, paige, and shrue are all trans (shrue is they/them, paige is a post-transition trans woman, faulkner is a trans guy who's recently started T). carpenter is aroace, there's casual representation and normalization of trans n gay people throughout the ensemble cast.

and more importantly, it's just. So Damn Good.

@valtsv @deermouth you two are the other main silt verses bloggers i know, so if you want a pitch for your followers.... here is this!