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A podcast by three red-headed fantasy authors talking about everything from academic mythology to dick jokes (and sometimes, both at once), as well as the role of fanfiction as an integral yet oft-overlooked part of the literary conversation and in the broader cultural context. It is, obviously, a podcast of extremely deep literary merit.
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Wednesday Jan 15, 2020
Wednesday Jan 15, 2020
On this week's episode, we're reminiscing about some of our favorite anime and talking a little about how it influenced our writing! The tentpoles for this episode are: Hikaru no Go, Yakitate!! Japan, and Princess Tutu.
What We’re Into Lately
The Untamed & Untamed fic
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Gilded Cage by K.J. Charles
Mutual Admiration Society: How… by Mo Moulton
The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Thief by Ava March
Mo Dao Zu Shi donghua
Mo Dao Zu Shi by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Any Old Diamonds by K.J. Charles
Finding Faeries by Alexandra Rowland
Coppelia (ballet)
Midsummer Night’s Dream (ballet)
Romeo and Juliet (ballet)
Nutcracker (ballet)
Swan Lake (ballet)
Ugly Duckling (ballet)
Cinderella (ballet)
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
For Next Time
Transcript
The transcript of this episode is available here. We cherish our scribes so much, and you should too!
Wednesday Jan 01, 2020
Wednesday Jan 01, 2020
On this episode, we're talking about dragons, specifically dragons that shapeshift into a hot person so you can kiss them. Well, ok, in one of the tentpoles a girl smooches the actual dragon-shaped dragon, but we'll get to that. The tentpoles this week are In the Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard, the movie On Drakon, and “O Captain, My Captain” by novembersmith.
What We’re Into Lately
The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht
The Impossible Contract by K.A. Doore
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Dragon’s Bait by Vivian Vande Velde
Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
Jupiter Ascending (2015)
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Beauty and the Beast
The Sound of Music (1965)
The House of Binding Thorns by Aliette de Bodard
The House of Sundering Flames by Aliette de Bodard
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
The Temeraire series by Naomi Novik
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
Hornblower Saga by C.S. Forester
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
King Uther Pendragon
Hamlet’s King Claudius
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
The Three Things One Can Do with a Dragon
“East of the Sun, West of the Moon”
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
Be The Serpent Episode 15: My (Psychic, Firebreathing) Little Pony
Cruel Enchantment, a short story collection by Janine Ashbless
“The Dragon’s Bride” by Janine Ashbless
“Treasured” by Dira Sudis, Sealcat
For Next Time
Transcription
The transcript of this episode is available here. Picture us throwing bouquets of roses at our wonderful scribal team!!
Wednesday Dec 18, 2019
Wednesday Dec 18, 2019
On this week's episode, we're playing Agony Aunt to fictional characters! What sort of problems have we been presented with this week, and how many times can we suggest "threesomes" as an answer?
What We’re Into Lately
Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes
The Descent of Monsters by J.Y. Yang
“i blinked (and there you were)” by Della19
Waves by IncompleteSentanc
the lone traveller, standing strong by bubblewrapstargirl
before you by theformerone
Docile by K.M. Szpara
Captive Prince fic
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Mass Effect (game series)
Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
For Next Time
In the Vanisher's Palace by Aliette de Bodard
Transcription
The transcript for this episode is available here. Blow some kisses to ur local scribes!
Wednesday Dec 04, 2019
Wednesday Dec 04, 2019
On this week's episode we're discussing another of our favorite tropes of all time: enemies-to-lovers! The tentpoles are Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat (specifically the second book, Prince's Gambit), the 1995 miniseries adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, and the fanfic Lumos by birdsofshore.
What We’re Into Lately
The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
Transformers fanfic by astolat
The Purge (TV series)
Docile by K.M. Szpara
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
“Rest in FUCKING PIECES, Mr. Darcy”
Pride & Prejudice (2005) (Kiera Knightley version)
Harry Potter series
Glinda/Elphaba from Wicked
Eclipse fanfic
K.A. Doore’s The Perfect Assassin
Episode 44 of Be the Serpent
For Next Time
Nothing! It's the Episode 50 Extravaganza!
Transcription
The transcript of this episode is available here. Big smooches to our wonderful scribes!
Wednesday Nov 20, 2019
Wednesday Nov 20, 2019
On this week's episode, we're talking about female reimaginings and digging into some gender stuff! The tentpoles are rageprufrock’s The Least of All Possible Mistakes, Ghostbusters (2016), and the pilot episode of Elementary.
What We’re Into Lately
The Flatshare by Beth O’Leary
The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood
Bon Appétit Test Kitchen’s Youtube channel
Return to River Cottage (referred to by Macey as Back to the Cottage, one in a series of documentaries by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall)
The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett
Penric and the Shaman by Lois McMaster Bujold
Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Demonology and the Tri-Phasic Model of Trauma: An Integrative Approach by Nnm
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
The Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brien
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
Rule 63 (misidentified as Rule 23 by Freya)
In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
Salt (2010)
Atomic Blonde (2017)
Spy (2015)
BBC Sherlock (2010–)
Children of Earth (Torchwood, season 3)
The Least of All Possible Mistakes podfic by Lazulus
Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Star Wars (1977-)
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Naruto (2002-2007)
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard
City of Blades by Robert Jackson Bennett
Granny Weatherwax from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld
Belgariad series by David Eddings
The Lion, the Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
For Next Time
Prince's Gambit by CS Pacat.
Transcription:
The transcript of this episode can be found here. We are forever in awe of our amazing scribes!!!
Wednesday Nov 06, 2019
Wednesday Nov 06, 2019
On this week's episode we're discussing the use of fashion and clothing in works of deep literary merit! The tentpoles are Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal, the 2015 film Cinderella, and the graphic novel The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang.
A piece of news!! Macey is running a kickstarter for SILK AND STEEL, an amazing fantasy anthology of queer women! Come getchur sword lesbians!
What We’re Into Lately
Duchess by Design by Maya Rodale
Spellbound by Allie Therin
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens by Jack Weatherford
The whistleblower complaint, annotated by CNN
How to Belong with a Billionaire by Alexis Hall
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Magpie Lord by KJ Charles
The Fifth Element (1997)
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Contouring 101 by Sailor J
The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
Into the Woods (2014)
Hustlers (2019)
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
The Goblin Emperor by Kathrine Addison
The Magnificent Century (2011-2014)
Empresses in the Palace (2015)
For Next Time
Ghostbusters (2016)
Transcription
The transcript of this episode is available here. Thank you, delicious scribes!!!
Wednesday Oct 23, 2019
Wednesday Oct 23, 2019
It's the spookiest time of year, so we're talking about a trio of spooky tentpoles! By which we mean Peak Goth Asthetique: Gideon the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir, The Addams Family, and Repo! The Genetic Opera.
What We’re Into Lately
The Nightmare before Christmas
Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance
Chronin by Allison Wilgis
Oxford Time Travel universe by Connie Willis
Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko
Work for It by Talia Hibbert.
Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh
The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht
Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett
Other Stuff We Mentioned
MBMBAM (My Brother, My Brother, and Me)
Save the Cat by Blake Snyder
"Bluebird" by Basingstoke
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Lord of Secrets by Breanna Teintze
The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Evanescence
Unholyverse by Bexless
Aliette de Bodard’s Dominion of the Fallen series
Homestuck by Andrew Hussle
For Next Time
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Transcript:
The transcript of this episode is available here. THANK YOU, SCRIBES <3
Wednesday Oct 09, 2019
Wednesday Oct 09, 2019
On this week's episode, we're discussing found families! The tentpoles are “Stilinski's Home for Wayward Wolves” by owlpostagain, Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett, and the pilot episode of Firefly.
What We’re Into Lately
The House of Sundering Flames by Aliette de Bodard
An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire
Down to Agincourt by seperis
Embers by Vathara (also on fanfiction.net)
“Sunny with a Chance of Storms” by Mysecretfanmoments and SuggestiveScribe
The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith
The Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer
Undiscovered Country by shysweetthing
The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett
Gentlemen's Blood: A History of Dueling from Swords at Dawn to Pistols at Dusk by Barbara Holland
Other Stuff We Mentioned
The Temeraire series by Naomi Novik
“Yellow Emperor” by WerewolvesAreReal
In the Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard
“Chaos War” by astolat
Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett
Sam Hawke (who is a cool author and not some sort of frog hitperson as Macey seems to imply)
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
And I Alone Have Escaped to Tell You by astolat, and its sequel Champion
@dynamicsymmetry’s twitter thread
Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
The Shoebox Project by dorkorific and ladyjaida
For Next Time
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Transcript
The transcript for this episode can be found here. Thanks as always to our scribes, who have been part of our little podcast-family since the very beginning <3
Wednesday Sep 25, 2019
Wednesday Sep 25, 2019
Yes! It is here, at last! The recording of our first-ever live show, performed about a month ago at WorldCon in Dublin, Ireland! We're talking about villain redemption, and we've got some great tentpoles this week: the film Maleficent, and two fanfics, “Looking Glass Country” by astolat and “Three Days” by zamwessell.
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Hand in Unlovable Hand by Annakovsky (in episode 41)
Captive Prince trilogy by C.S. Pacat
Wicked the musical (itself adapted from a book. Double transformative work!)
Genghis Khan music video (and song) by Miike Snow
For Next Time:
Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett
Transcription:
The transcript of this episode can be found here. Thank you to our scribes (and a special shout-out to Scribe Magali, who was in the audience during this liveshow!)
Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
On today's episode, we're discussing fusions and crossovers! The tentpoles are the first Avengers movie, the fanfic With Fire in Their Eyes by Asuka Kureru, and the fanfic Polaris by setissma.
What We’re Into Lately
Milkman by Anna Burns
Valentine by Jodi McAlister
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
“we could turn the world to gold” by nikkiRA
“You, Soft and Only” by thehoyden
“in his own image” by taizi
“ask, and ye shall receive” by ariaste
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Harry Potter by JK Rowling
You Drive Through the Dust by Dira Sudas
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
“are we human, or are we dynamite” by randomhorse
some fic by Fahye
Avengers: End Game
Thor series
Episode 2 of Be The Serpent: Personality taxonomies
Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett
Amy Mebberson’s Pocket Princesses
Rivers Solomon’s An Unkindness of Ghosts
Mary Robinette Kowal’s Glamourist Histories series
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Lucy Parker’s London Celebrities
Loveless by Yun Kouga
Loveless the anime
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
He Says He Is an Experimental Theologian by ErinPtah
Welcome to Nightvale the podcast
Sorting Hat Chats on tumblr
Fast and Furious Franchise
X-Men Franchise
“The Next Quarter Mile” by astolat
"run all the lights" by fahye
Les Mis the movie
For Next Time
"Three Days (or The One Where Javert and Valjean Take a Road Trip Through France and Raise a Child)" by zamwessell
Transcription
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