#The Penumbra Podcast Critical

[littlebunnysander]

Screenshotting my original post so my addition shows up in the tags.

Two-siding a genocide in your ongoing podcast while an actual real world genocide is going on is WILD.

The humans have been confirmed to be colonizers of land originally inhabited by monsters. They have carried out multiple genocides and forced the monsters out of their homes and into cities on the fringes of the world. Then more human invaders show up to destroy those cities (also the monster cultural centers).

We have confirmation that the city they hit first has been leveled entirely now. The city that Olala was seeking because it contained so much information and history about monster kind.

We've also got political leaders refusing to get involved unless the bombing comes to them, and the monsters being treated as primitive and ineffective against the advanced tech of the off-world humans. This is a really uncomfortable if unintentionally a parallel and actually awful if it is intentional. Best case scenario, it's trying to make a connection between fictional monsters and real life people in a way that's both othering and pretty racist. Worst case, the writers actually believe this is a two side issue and that any attempt to stop Israel is "just as bad" as an ongoing genocide.

Does anyone know if anyone has made any statements? I'm not expecting every creative to do so, but when your work is hitting this close to real world situations, it might be necessary.

#The Penumbra Podcast #TPP #TPP Critical #The Penumbra Podcast Critical #The Second Citadel critical #The Second Citadel #tw genocide #genocide mention #tw genocide mention #Again I'll say that Eskew Productions made a statement when their show skewed close to real world happenings #it's wild that Penumbra hasn't when what they're doing is much closer #If anyone has anything more coherent to add please do #I might revisit this again with transcripts later #This season has already been a slog and now just... woof

[lo-andbehold]

A callout post (it’s me I’m calling myself out)

#writing #oc #original character #Merlin #the Magnus archives #the penumbra podcast #(we don’t even have visuals for those two you Motherfuckers just decided (you’re right)) #critical role #there are so many others I can’t think of them #marvel #dc comics

[bakanokiwami]

TOP 10 PODCASTS ON AO3 BASED ON NUMBER OF FANWORKS (2013-2022)

YEAR = November 6 (or closest date to it if unavailable) of that year

To make this bar chart race, all series titles in the Other Media Category on November 6 (or the closest date to it) of every year were copy-pasted from Wayback Machine to Google Sheets, rearranged according to number of fanworks, and manually filtered since not all podcasts were marked as such. Then I inputted all the top 10 data to Flourish to turn into a bar chart race.

Some web series like Critical Role and Dimensions 20 released audio-only versions of their works too, but I left them out since they were listed was a web series on ao3 and more known as one too. 

Similarly, radio shows which only had podcasts years after they started are not included. That means Cabin Pressure, which I accidentally added in the 2022 Top 20 ranking last week, is not included here because it was only rereleased as a podcast in 2019, and 90% of the fanworks it has now are from before 2019.

All nonfiction podcasts have also been excluded (Not that there were many), because with RPFs, it’s hard to tell if the fic in question is just based on the podcast or because of the things the person has done outside of it. 

The bar race starts on 2013 because there were no podcasts in the Other Media category before that year.

The first podcast fandom to post on Ao3 was We’re Alive on January 1, 2013, followed by The Thrilling Adventure Hour on January 27, 2013, and then Welcome to Night Vale at June 2013.

In 2014-2016, Sparks Nevada Marshal on Mars, a segment from The Thrilling Adventure Hour, was also in the top 10, but I didn’t included it since it’s not its own podcast.

TOTAL = the total fanworks of all the top 10 over the years, not the whole podcast fandom itself

Thanks for understanding and hopefully I didn’t miss anything! Apologies for any mistakes, I’m still a podcast noob.🙏

ETA: Locked fanworks aren't included in the count because Wayback Machine can’t view those, only Ao3 users can.

#podcasts #ao3 #archive of our own #the magnus archives #the adventure zone #welcome to night vale #rusty quill gaming #the penumbra podcast #wolf 359 #friends at the table #just roll with it #the bright sessions #king falls am #dungeons and daddies #kakos industries #critical hit podcast #tanis podcast #the monster hunters podcast #eos 10 #the black tapes #the thrilling adventure hour #the start tmas big rise started after s4 just ended and in the midst of s5 #theres something funny about seeing a series with falls in its title literally falling off the ranking just before it ends asdsdgga #that plot twist #in the last post dndads fans kept mentioning they only needed to post a few more fics to overtake kfam #tho actually by the time i posted that ranking dndads had already overtaken them haha #anyway i have no horse in this race i just wanted to see what the top podcasts were on ao3 #this post dedicated to all the people in the last post who said it would be nice to see how the rankings fluctuate over the years #i probably looked up a thousand fandoms going thru the other media category over the years lol rip #its harder in the earlier years because in 2015 for example there were only 5 podcasts and i went thru the whole 600 plus list

[freezingfogsblog]

Behold: a monster

#critical role #the mangus archives #the penumbra podcast #malevolent #malevolent podcast #tma #cr #tpp #welcome to night vale #wtnv #jonathan sims #jon sims #arthur lester #mollymauk tealeaf #cecil palmer #juno steel #podcasts #podcast shit

[crosswordist]

i have a feeling it’s gonna be a podcast summerrr. every car ride? podcast. doing homework and wanna be distracted? podcast. trying to sleep but the thoughts? podcast.

#the magnus archives #the magnus protocol #welcome to night vale #very really good #critical role #king falls am #dimension 20 #cast party #wolf 359 #camp here and there #camp here & there #dungeons and daddies #tanis #the penumbra podcast #i love my serialized fictional town audios…

[its-your-mind]

why is so much happening this week ahhhh

#critical role #junoverse #malevolent #hello from the hallowoods #welcome to night vale #bells hells #tlovm #vox machina #tpp #the penumbra podcast #hfth #wtnv #@all creators THIS WEEK for some reason: AHHHHHHH #ty for your time

[sadberrystuff]

vanilla scent comes from orchids.

juno describes nureyev's cologne as smelling of spices from a far off planet, and something he couldn't place, which was later revealed to be the orchids.

vanilla and spices.

conclusion: nureyev smells like Christmas cookie Yankee candles.

#not open to criticism actually. im living my truth #tpp #the penumbra podcast #juno steel #junoverse #peter nureyev #jupeter #swear to god tpp merch team yall better make a nureyev scented candle or official perfume like tma did PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

[valerianinc]

While the production unfolds we have an important question for all of you narrative podcast weirdos.

We really need the statistics on this, thank you🙏💓

#road to moscow #rtm #rtm podcast #valerian inc. #valery worlds #fictional podcast #narrative podcast #the magnus pod #tmagp #tma #tma podcast #camp here and there #chnt #smile grove #tpp #the penumbra podcast #hello from the hallowoods #hfth #critical role #welcome to night vale #wtnv #alice isn't dead #the orbiting human circus #death by dying #stellar firma #rusty quill #two princes #woe.begone #wolf 359 #dungeons and daddies

[clonerightsagenda]

Enough of the sexyperson polls. I'm taking matters into my own hands.

Unsexywoman poll.

#wooden overcoats #taz #the penumbra podcast #the magnus archives #tides #critical role #murray mysteries #considered Chance and Shadow from Woe.Begone #but they're in a qpr but we don't know they're aspec

[esperanzagalaxy]

 from the instagram requests -podcast people!! <33

#the penumbra podcast #the magnus archives #critical role #juno steel #martin blackwood #jester lavorre #digital #2023 #fanart #finished works #sketch portraits

[serotonincemetery]

Me trying to decide which thing to hyperfixate on enough to actually finish it

#serotonin.rants #tma #the magnus archives #the penumbra podcast #w359 #to listen to malevolent again or to not listen to malevolent agai #king falls am #i am in eskew #archive 81 #critical role #all of us are dead #red valley podcast #undertow dark tome #resident evil franchise #fnaf lore

[utilitycaster]

It's not dropping for another few days but I do need to come up with a re-slayer's take tag since I think I'll be listening on the Beacon schedule (ie, spoilers won't cut it), so suggestions are welcome and I'm maintagging this in the hopes of not creating a Midst Fold subscribers situation in that I've had to block a bunch of people for spoiling the early access episodes without any kind of special tag. If you're in a similar boat let's try to vaguely coordinate so as to not spoil for people listening on the main feed schedule!

#i have to say that two weeks early access is a LOT and I'm not sure it's as great a strategy as cr is going for #penumbra podcast does 2 days; CR's Monday VOD strategy feels good to me as well 2 weeks is just. a lot. #in general bonus content or increased access to ama's does more for me than early #critical role

[kjzx]

Benzaiten Steel

#Benzaiten Steel #I'm going off vibes alone I haven't listened to the actual eps in quite a while #So sorry if there are specific things about his appearance mentioned in those that I missed. I don't think there were any though #Junoverse #The penumbra podcast #Tpp #Btw about art requests-- if you sent one I'll get to them! Not sure if I'll be done today though it's getting pretty late #I appreciate the requests a lot though thanks you!! #I should practice dark skin more it looks a bit weird if you have any constructive advice/criticism I'd be very thankful #Not in terms of anatomy though I know it sucks enormous balls #PS: I did age Ben up some

[mxgic-mxn]

ngl it is so weird being back on a platform where my particular fandoms are actually,,, alive and well.

its also rlly refreshing, hopefully i can make some new pals here

#newcomer but i promise not from twitter #the adventure zone #taz #critical role #the legend of vox machina #homestuck #welcome to night vale #wtnv #the magnus archives #tma #the penumbra podcast #the penumbra pod

[genderenvyelimination]

Gender Envy Elimination ROUND THREE!

PROPAGANDA FROM THE PEERS (character notes):

"his voice just oozes gender. is a man sho is a lady." - team juno

"Literally the most. All the time all the time. One time I made a post about how gender he was except I didn't mention him or CR anywhere on the post and I got accused of having a god complex for it, which is really all you need to know about him." - team molly

#gender envy elimination #genderenvyelimination #genderenvyelimination2023 #gee: round 3 #tournament poll #tumblr bracket #third round of polls #the penumbra podcast #critical role #fiction podcast

[tiklishgirl]

can someone let me rant about the absolutely amazing production quality on all of these indie internet shows / channels because holy shit im getting treated so well with all this media

#dimension 20 #critical role #watcher entertainment #dropout tv #rusty quill #welcome to night vale #the penumbra podcast #etc etc you get it #if i try to mention every piece of media i consume online ill be here all day