#it's a great podcast. go watch it

[stainedglassthreads]

So Dungeons and Daddies Season 2 is really just taking the average coming-of-age story and making it to every horrifying extreme, huh.

It is that moment in which you realize your parents don't know what they're doing any better than you do, and people present it like it's something comforting, but it's just even more terrifying because there really, really is no right answer. It's realizing that no, love isn't enough, sometimes you love your family and it just made everything worse. Everyone who came before you fucked things up even when they were trying to make things better, and unfucking everything just seems impossible, but not even trying is such a depressing option, and one your kids will never be able to forgive you for.

I have many feelings on this.

#i want to make a joke about how this is just like me. an adult #being made to solve extremely easy problems that other adults shouldn't have any issue with #but which feel insurmountable on an equal level with what these poor kids are going through #but it feels like it's kinda about that too #there's how scary acts with her 'no one will ever ever ever understand what i'm going through' thing #and then. well. hyperbole is a very ancient art indeed #anyways i just got to the point where these kids had some very good reasons to team up with willie fucking stampler of all people #even when they KNEW he sucked #and it all just smacked in the face like a dead fish #god i wish i could make stories as complicated and fucked at this #but i keep dithering between grimdark and happy ending #anyways. uh #dndads #dungeons and daddies #it's a great podcast. go watch it #if you liked eeaao ESPECIALLY watch it

[famewolf]

actually used r*ddit for the first time in a thousand years just to comfort a self proclaimed 'grown ass man' regarding his feelings about feeling lost and grieving over the death of RT.

I usually stay away from commenting on public forums and the like, but he was clearly confused and didn't understand why he was hurting and it was frustrating him. it genuinely makes me so sad that a lot of cis men deeply struggle with allowing themselves to feel sadness if it doesn't directly relate to someone close to them dying.

and so I kind of said as much. told him that just because RT wasn't a real human doesn't mean that the decades of comfort it brought him didn't matter. that the brain doesn't differentiate between the loss of a person vs. the loss of something intangible that was still incredibly important.

told him to give himself the grace to grieve and be sad that something he loved was ending and that he wasn't the only one feeling that way. and surprisingly he replied and said he really needed to hear that, as did a couple of other dudes. which made me glad I said something. it sucks that they feel like they need permission or a reason to feel hurt/grief tho

there's definitely a strangeness to feeling grief over the end of media. but if it impacted your life for the better, then of course you're going to feel sad and lost. especially from folks you've been watching the better part of two decades.

#[static] #putting it under a read more because im being long-winded about it #RT was a big part of my life in the 2010s and i met a lot of great people because of it #i stopped watching around 2019-2020 due to life stuff and the controversies going on #but then f**ckface showed up and it's been one of the few podcasts that i genuinely enjoy and make me feel safe and comfortable #the content they made became too much for me to keep up with so i stopped for the most part #but f**ckface was the best of it all and brought me back to the good old days :) its hard to describe but it just felt magical #anyways i think ppl should be allowed to grieve even if there was 'writing on the walls' or whatever #RT is not without its issues for sure but a lot of them grew as people in to genuine good folks and that's awesome #and even though i only partake in a very small part of RT nowadays i too will be very sad to see it go #im going to watch the livestream in an hour and keep an ear out for if folks end up working on new projects

[this-is-an-open-letter]

+

#I am going to rage in my tags bc of what Tessa said about her being afriad of going to Jail bc of what ppl said about her online #and I just...I am so mad bc as a fandom we collectively did this - we watched others do it- we argued and/or agreed with it - #and we let a lot of awful ppl get away with saying absolutely awful and untrue things #and it makes me fucking mad that she saw it and she feared it #and then this fandom did it some more and more and more and did it to Scott and continued #and its just disgusting and disappointing #and yes her fear is wild and irrational in some respects but that is what true Fear is #and the fact that this fandom perpetuated so much of it is just awful #I hate even giving anyone in this fandom the acknowledgment of power but it exists bc they both witnessed it #and you can all start and stop w/your bs takes about it being what they signed up for as public figures - this goes beyond that #as a fandom ppl lied through their teeth about VM in the most disgusting and untruthful damaging ways and they saw that #and theres no consequence for it bc they are who we need them to be when we need them - pawns #awful #im mad about it #the podcast was great and tessa is doing great and scott is doing great and they go on double dates and i love that for them all #but shame so much shame

[terrainofheartfelt]

If you’re still adding to your 2023 watchlist may I suggest the following: Are You There God It’s Me Margaret, Asteroid City, Maestro, Polite Society, All of Us Strangers, and Passages 🫡

Oh for sure! thank you love!!!!!

#judy blume i def want to watch #i plan to watch asteroid city before my prime ends in a few days #the last three's titles ring bells but i haven't heard much of them #as an opera person i am nervous to see maestro but my mom really loved it. and she loves lenny. #it got not a great review from my pop culture podcast gays but i'm curious #asks #if nobody got me i know tumblr user strideofpride got me #strideofpride #i've not really made a watchlist yet #i'm afraid making it will spook me out of actually doing it. my brain is weird #so far i'm doing it like how i read books #which is i keep a 'books i've read this year' list #as opposed to a 'books to read' #something about the to do list is daunting #but the have done list is satisfying #i'm high and rambly on this monday night #i dont wanna go to school tomorrow

[woosh-floosh]

I didn't know "song of the summer" meant an actual popular song that comes out over the summer. I thought it just meant a song you listen to a lot over the summer, so much so that it defines your summer. When asked what the song of the summer is I've been saying shit like "Unicorns by Colour of course!" and "Atlas of an Eye by Hammer No More the Fingers :)" until my Dad asked "Do you actually think people are listening to that?"

Anyways my Song of the Fucking Summer right here:

#off and running north to nothing..... #I'm pretty sure this song (or at least parts of it) was reworked into Hopeless off of the Meadowlands #You can hear echos of it throughout; makes me go crazy #music #the wrens #BTW my dad didn't say that in a mean tone! #Honestly this summer was pretty great! Everyday I worked on my comic or commissions and listened to my favorite tunes and podcasts #Watching my favorite show everynight.. #I was so happy... I teared up multiple times with real and true tears of joy! #the power of proper psychiatric medication YAY!

[cinemaocd]

Was no one going to tell me that series I can't seem to escape on tumblr, The Last of Us, was written by Craig Mazin or was I just supposed to find that out by looking at gifs...on tumblr?

#I'm just excited for Craig Mazin because Chernobyl HBO was so great #and I loved how unhinged Mazin was in every podcast and interview and the script itself #seriously I get pressburger vibes from that dude #so what you're saying is I'm going to have to watch this thing aren't I?

[six-of-ravens]

once again I am gripped by anxiety, a combo of work stress, fear of running into the screaming parkade lady again, and for some reason, feeling like I want to do too many hobbies this weekend and won't have enough time.

#brain. brain pls #anyway. i sort of finished my orchard in acnh for now and my podcast is almost over #so im going to take a shower and then watch lotr and either start a puzzle or get out a craft #maybe make a list of things i have to do tomorrow #can't decide if I'll get groceries tomorrow or sunday #side note even though i have skype notifications turned on im still not getting notifications on my phone so that's great #im gonna get in trouble for not seeing things

[euphorial-docx]

i am counting down the days until the next into the fic of it episode. that podcast is one of the few things that get me through the work days lmao.

#that and the wonka watch podcast #go listen to both!! they’re great

[windlion]

Podcast Reviews - A La Wind

So for some reason I have binged through a whole bunch of podcasts lately, probably because at long last I caught up to the present on Morbid and needed something else to occupy my brain. In no particular order: Malevolent, Midst, Out of Place, Red Valley.

Malevolent:

Could be described as "Two people play Amnesia The Dark Descent while the one holding the controller isn't the one who can see the screen, with predictable amounts of resultant screaming." Absolutely incredible production values. . . for a one man show. If you saw my screamalong you already have a good idea how I feel about this one. Where it suffers is the Patreon choose-your-own-adventure aspect dicking the story around and making for inconsistent characterization. On the other hand, if you wanted you could participate and choose to make Arthur suffer, so! Every choice is a pay off to someone even if it's not me.

I think it's perfect fandom bait: it hits that line between compelling story and interesting characters and enough flaws that GOD you want to get your hands in there and tinker and make it better. Three? seasons, and the get along shirt hasn't done its job yet so we've got plenty to go.

Midst:

Fantasy steampunk spaghetti Western??? The best I can do at describing the plot is "Mega evangelical church rolls into town and ruins everything, while excommunicated badass has Regrets, young acolyte realizes he should probably have Regrets, and local conman gets a new dream job."

You really just have to try this one to know if you'll like it, as it just picks up and never stops running. Sort of like three people reading a Terry Pratchett book, with flawless baton passes and asides and emphasis. I really like the style and the story, even if I want to smack multiple people many times. (The narrators tend to make it clear when they want to smack people, too.) Has a character that reminds me of one of my OCs who is near and dear to my heart that then proceeds to be a young idiot because, he's a young idiot. Two full seasons in and god knows how many to go-- definitely one to keep an eye on!

Out of Place:

An archivist keeps cataloging impossible historical items sent to them from what must be parallel worlds. It's definitely got good production value, decent writing, but it's really not as engaging to me because of the monologue format. Falling back on having separate voices all have different accents really felt forced when they show up. Interesting in concept more than execution. Two seasons, and as far as I know that's a wrap.

Red Valley:

Impeccable production values, great snappy writing and acting, with a soundtrack that reminds me of the Moon OST - with similar vibes. Present day sci-fi that's really cleverly done. Average guy just trying to get by being terrible at his job finds out that his actual job that he IS really good at is uh. Complicated. His new best friend is spiritually one of the Lone Gunmen from X-files, and his only guide at what the actual fuck he is involved in. They've laid so many Chekhov's guns that I am bracing for the twenty one gun salute that's just about to hit us. Two seasons, and they're currently crowd-funding the third. I willingly and knowingly gave them money for an asshole character to insult or threaten to kill me and I am delighted.

#Wind is a ridiculous creature #podcast reviews #pretty non-spoilery? #I . . . have no idea if I want to actually tag these for their podcasts #I'm just a potato puttering around in the dark not doing this for views #I'm a simple creature give me banter and I am happy #re: the insult my friend was all *. . . Is this the ace equivalent of humiliation kink* #and I genuinely have no goddamn clue but I am really looking forward to being told I couldn't fuck a cheesecake or something #one of his quotes being *I have a fire extinguisher I'd like you to meet* #he is an angry little man with a great vocabulary it's a delight to wind him up and watch him go

[thecindercrow]

podcast rec! been listening to Pretending to Be People a lot recently and really enjoying it! I’m not quite caught up yet, I’m in the chunk of bonus scenarios between seasons but season 1 was a really fun ride and I’m looking forward to starting and catching up with season 2.

#it's an actual play podcast playing an amalgam of mainly delta green but also borrowed parts of pulp cthulu #where a bunch of weird shit starts going down in a small town and escalating very quickly #watch our three PCs try to deal with and solve mysteries that rapidly go to 11 and beyond and just keep going #it sort of all takes place in one Very Bad week except there's also time stuff and a time loop and flashback mini-campaigns #the gm is great with words and descriptions and the players make such neat roleplaying choices and all the cast are hilarious #and the ambient music tracks are all very cool #anyway it's a hell of a ride and if I could draw I'd be sprinkling your dash with so many things I want to draw from it #and when I'm caught up I can actually go looking for stuff #sorry wolf I promise I plan to check out all those links when I can do so without getting spoiled #funny part of getting into malevolent and this one back-to-back is that malpod never jumpscared me but this one sure did a few times

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (22-28 May 2022)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

😊👂 Black Coffee (Hercule Poirot #7.5) (Agatha Christie, playwright; Charles Osborne, adapter/novelization; John Moffat, narrator) - you can definitely tell that the bones of this were a play; still an entertaining listen/read

😍 Differently Okay Local Idiots series (One-EyedBossman (desert000rose), SecretFandomStories) - 137K series, Stucky no powers D/s AU - absolutely LOVED this!!!! both are recovering vets with many jagged edges and they see how they fit together - the narrative structure on this was great: dual POV, very tightly overlapping/interlocking (which could gone badly so easily but I really think these authors pull it off). Can't wait for more.

🥰 Daddy Issues (His Boy Next Door #39) (RJ Moray) - novella - the next chapter in Jack & Channon's story

😊 K'diwa: A Steamy Novel of Interspecies Romance, by Jim Kirk (branwyn) - 103K, Kirk/Spock - tagged 'Jim is a sweet sad bottom and Spock can't stand it' and that's really what you need to know

💖💖 +128K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

It's A Very Distinctive Family Resemblance (copperbadge) - Leverage, MCU: Gen, 1.6K - I love every iteration of 'Eliot Spencer is related to Bucky Barnes'

Put It on Repeat, It Stays the Same (giselleslash) - MCU: Stucky, 20K - reread; love this story of these two pining FWB getting stuck together by a snowstorm and then ~~feelings~~

Rockin' and Rollin' (musette22) - MCU: Stucky, 3K - shout out to Minnie for taking up the challenge and writing some fucking delicious fic inspired by that mechanical bull riding video

fish in the sky (alby_mangroves, chaosmanor) - MCU: Stucky, 37K - http://ao3.org/works/27969167

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Legends of Tomorrow - s4, e6-16; s5, e1

The Great Pottery Throw Down - s5, e6-10

Supergirl - s5, e9: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One"

Batwoman - s1, e9: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two"

The Flash - s6, e9: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three"

Arrow - s8, e9: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four"

Legends of Tomorrow - s5, e0: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five"

🎧 PODCASTS🎧

Lingthusiasm - #25: Every word is a real word

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Carhenge

99% Invisible - #492- Inheriting Froebel's Gifts

Partners - Sarah Schneider & Chris Kelly

Richmond Til We Die: A Ted Lasso Podcast - Ted Lasso S2E8, Part 1: This Was Not A Date

Hit Parade - The Lullaby of Broadway Edition

Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - Ghosts in the (Hit) Machine

Still Processing - Sweat Equity

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The Livestock Living at the End of the World

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Leaning Tower of Niles

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Père Lachaise Cemetery

Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - Copyrights & Wrongs

Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - Stop… Collaborate & Listen

This is Good for You - Ep 32: Romance Novels Are Not a Guilty Pleasure

Strong Songs Bonus Episodes - Sonny with a Side of Max

Lingthusiasm - Bonus 9: Is X a sandwich? Solving the word-meaning argument once and for all

Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - Progression Obsession

Hit Parade - The B-Sides Edition

Lingthusiasm - 43: The grammar of singular they - Interview with Kirby Conrod

Hit Parade - The Feat. Don’t Fail Me Now Edition

Lingthusiasm - Bonus 17: Homonyms, homophones, and homographs

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Doo-Wop

The Essential Kenny Loggins

Presenting The Go-Go's [The Go-Go's]

Beauty and the Beat [The Go-Go's]

Vacation [The Go-Go's]

Talk Show [The Go-Go's]

God Bless The Go-Go's [The Go-Go's]

Peaceful, Easy Feeling

The B-52's

Best of Rent: Highlights from the Original Cast Album

Broadway's Biggest Hits

The Wrecking Crew

Presenting Depeche Mode

The Very Best of Pure Prairie League

The World of Journey

#sunday reading recap #bookgeekgrrl's reading habits #bookgeekgrrl's soundtracks #i really fucking loved that 'differently okay local idiots' series #always delightful to see jack & channon again #his boy next door series #i finished the great pottery throw down and now i'm sad there's no more to watch #i was so so happy that aj won though! #the great pottery throw down #they were incredibly talented and also very adorable #i gotta hand it to wb that crossover event was ambitious and a lot of fun #the sheer number of guest roles and cameos to collect pretty much everyone who's ever played a dc superhero = so much fun #very excited kevin conroy got to play a live action batman #a little verklempt that john wesley shipp got go out as the flash #legends of tomorrow #hit parade podcast #20khz podcast #lingthusiasm podcast #strong songs podcast #99% invisible podcast #atlas obscura podcast #this is good for you podcast #still processing podcast #partners podcast #the go-go's #the b-52's #kenny loggins #(who would never beat the baby jesus) #depeche mode #pure prairie league

[llycaons]

OHHH I KNOW. I’ll watch the first episode of iwtv again!!!

#I'll watch the whole thing in prep for the finale! #it's scary it's vampires it's gory I like it and I've only seen em all once #great choice!!! #I was going to watch the great but. uh. it's not fun horror it's more deranged and sickening' #those eyeballs in ep2 man. I'd rather see lesat punch a priest through his head #I'd rather see the levitating vampire sex #the podcast is SO funny the writer is acting like it was a ~big reveal~ that lestat could fly #we saw it. the audience saw it in ep1 #it's not a shock to us #cor.txt

[jensensitive]

i’m literally so horribly in love with danneel and hilarie it’s like painful lmao

#joy is also great ofc but danneel and hilarie just.... #leg sweep of my own gayness taking me out at the knees #everyone go listen to the drama queens podcast episode like you might even like it if you didn't watch the show idk lol

[calamitys-child]

Listening to a podcast discussing conspiracy theories and deconstructing the ideas behind them and it's reminded me of the coolest practical lessons in critical thinking I ever got, both in high school, both from the same teacher. One was a month long project on who killed jfk in which we could basically present any theory as long as we cited all our reasons and it got us really excited about research and interpretation, but it was the follow up that I liked best.

Our next project she brought us into class and showed us a documentary claiming the moon landing was faked. Gave us worksheets to do that sided with that stance. And at the end of class a bunch of us were like miss wait this doesn't seem right?? and she said okay, we'll discuss that next week. The next lesson, she showed us a mythbusters episode countering all the claims of the original documentary and gave us worksheets for that, and another bunch of people went wait miss you can't teach us two opposing things, which one is right? What do we put on the exam??

So she split the class in two and told us each to present a case based on each side, and to explain why our source was or wasn't the more reliable of the two. Got us to debate each other directly and use additional sources to back us up and explain why those sources were reliable and should be believed. And because they were randomly assigned there was no guarantee you'd agree with the stance you were presenting, but you had to present it like you did. At the end of the project she asked us all which stance we found more convincing and why, and the majority of us basically said "we think that the moon landing is real because most of the arguments against it seem like someone reacted to a confusing thing without testing it, but when you test it and ask the person running the test to explain the science it makes sense once you have more information. Also, one documentary was made with the help of scientists with qualifications and experience and the other was made by people who don't have that but like to write mystery books, which looks like a less reliable way to get an answer. But we still dont understand why you showed us both if one is wrong."

And she was like excellent. You've done exactly what you should do. At high school level, we as teachers are expected to filter for the reliable sources for you, so you know to repeat that to pass an exam, but if you want to be historians on your own, I won't be your teacher any more once you graduate. Lots of people have opinions and theories and research about times in history, and it's your job to learn how to look at them and decide who you want to trust. This won't be on the exam, but I need you all to know it. You all did a great job following the school's instructions to repeat information you were given, but for some of you, that information wasn't on a reliable foundation. I know you all know how to pass an exam. You're smart and you've been trained to follow these instructions. What you deserve to be taught is how to use all this once you don't have to do exams any more.

And then as a reward for us doing a good job at figuring out the value of checking your sources' sources she let us watch Bush get hit in the face with a shoe before we had to go to maths. Shoutout to you Ms Hannah you were a good'un I hope you're doing well ten years on from that class

[racefortheironthrone]

Hi- er, this is my first-ever writer's strike, how does one not cross a picket line in this context? I know how not to do it with things like Amazon and IRL strikes, but how does it apply to media/streaming?

Hi, this is a great question, because it allows me to write about the difference between honoring a picket line and a boycott. (This is reminding me of the labor history podcast project that's lain fallow in my drafts folder for some time now...) In its simplest formulation, the difference between a picket line and a boycott is that a picket line targets an employer at the point of production (which involves us as workers), whereas a boycott targets an employer at the point of consumption (which involves us as consumers).

So in the case of the WGA strike, this means that at any company that is being struck by the WGA - I've seen Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Disney, Warner Brothers Discovery, NBC, Paramount, and Sony mentioned, but there may be more (check the WGA website and social media for a comprehensive list) - you do not cross a picket line, whether physical or virtual. This means you do not take a meeting with them, even if its a pre-existing project, you do not take phone calls or texts or emails or Slacks from their executives, you do not pitch them on a spec script you've written, and most of all you do not answer any job application.

Because if this strike is like any strike since the dawn of time, you will see the employers put out ads for short-term contracts that will be very lucrative, generally above union scale - because what they're paying for in addition to your labor is you breaking the picket line and damaging the strike - to anyone willing to scab against their fellow workers. GIven that one of the main issues of the WGA are the proliferation of short-term "mini rooms" whereby employers are hiring teams of writers to work overtime for a very short period, to the point where they can only really do the basics (a series outline, some "broken stories," and some scripts) and then have the showrunner redo everything on their lonesome, while not paying writers long-term pay and benefits, I would imagine we're going to see a lot of scab contracts being offered for these mini rooms.

But for most of us, unless we're actively working as writers in Hollywood, most of that isn't going to be particularly relevant to our day-to-day working lives. If you're not a professional or aspiring Hollywood writer, the important thing to remember honoring the picket line doesn't mean the same thing as a boycott. WGA West hasn't called on anyone to stop going to the movies or watching tv/streaming or to cancel their streaming subscriptions or anything like that. If and when that happens, WGA will go to some lengths to publicize that ask - and you should absolutely honor it if you can - so there will be little in the way of ambiguity as to what's going on.

That being said, one of the things that has happened in the past in other strikes is that well-intentioned people get it into their heads to essentially declare wildcat (i.e, unofficial and unsanctioned) boycotts. This kind of stuff comes from a good place, someone wanting to do more to support the cause and wanting to avoid morally contaminating themselves by associating with a struck company, but it can have negative effects on the workers and their unions. Wildcat boycotts can harm workers by reducing back-end pay and benefits they get from shows if that stuff is tied to the show's performance, and wildcat boycotts can hurt unions by damaging negotiations with employers that may or may not be going on.

The important thing to remember with all of this is that the strike is about them, not us. Part of being a good ally is remembering to let the workers' voices be heard first and prioritizing being a good listener and following their lead, rather than prioritizing our feelings.

#labor #unions #wga strike #labor history #labor 101 #boycotts

[leafatlaw]

I am feeling so autistic about community right now

#I need to write #i need to write #Anyways proabbly going to work on my scufic #Rewatched half the vid and wow #It’s so funny watching it after listening g to the podcast #Cause it’s now like #Oh wow bizley!!!!! The silly Florida man #And oh wow Condi!!! #It’s great #sparrow speaks