Thank you so very much to Heather for commissioning this episode! I'm delighted that we're getting into some really unexpected territory here, but also I was so unprepared for this shit to actually WORK that now I'm a little bit freaked out. I mean, Elgen Spears can be an evil genius all he wants when he's just TRYING to do something...but him SUCCEEDING? No, I don't like that at all. This is where I draw the line. Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you all in February with a new episo...
Nov 18, 2021•1 hr 7 min
Thank you to Bernadette for commissioning this episode! These episodes are the ones in which we wind up on a remote, wintry island in a land with no doctors. All they've got is an amazingly youthful, fashionable witch with a mean streak and a mean pair of bellbottoms. And honestly I think we could all stand to learn something from her about graceful aging and the power of negotiation. Thank you all so much for listening, and I will see you again soon with a new episode!
Nov 18, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Thank you very much to Yama for commissioning this episode! In these chapters, we get to a really freaky destination that makes Nita feel so disturbed and upset that she's physically nauseous, which I deeply do not care for. Meanwhile, Dairine is going back to the original location of her ordeal and her creation of an alien robot race, and honestly it's pretty heartwarming. My heart is warmed. Thank you all so much for listening, and I will see you shortly with a new episode!
Nov 18, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Thank you to Heather for commissioning this episode! It's been a bit since the last episode covering Evolve, and we've moved along into some NEW POVs this time around. I'm very much into seeing Jordan through Brian's eyes, and I'm shocked at how insecure he is about her. I can understand it of course, but I didn't expect it based on the way he behaves around her. Which I guess is actually impressive! Thanks for listening!
Nov 17, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Thank you to Bernadette for commissioning this episode! So these episodes introduce a new potential band of villains, as well as a pretty upsetting illness for Nami, which I DO NOT CARE FOR. I have to admit there was a fakeout in these eps that had me SO mad at Vivi and I'm SO GLAD I WAS WRONG! Thank you all again so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!
Nov 17, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Thank you to Patricia for commissioning this episode! This chapter is one where I start to get truly anxious in a way that doesn't feel totally safe. First of all, there's the fact that time is working against them and things are passing way faster on earth, which I can't imagine means anything good for us no matter where they happen to be. Then there's the fact that Nita's father is all cryptic and weird and seems to be doing badly but is extremely vague about what the hell is going on down the...
Nov 17, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Thank you so much to George for commissioning this episode! It's the last section of the booooook! Nooooooo! That's all I have to say.
Nov 17, 2021•1 hr 4 min
Thank you Patricia for commissioning this episode! So in these chapters our friends split up into two teams, and Nita & Co. go to the Crossings and meet Skerrit's ancestor, while Dairine & Roshaun go to his home and she gets to meet the family. Both are very illuminating in their own ways, because Skerrit and Roshaun are each so clearly influenced by familial expectations and obligations. Thank you so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!
Nov 17, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Thank you again to Bernadette for commissioning this episode! These episodes are all about getting our friends out of this bizarre, waxy jam they've gotten tangled in, and surprisngly the answer to all of their problems is NOT Sanji? Color me shocked! Instead, he turns out the be the one to save them in a much more long-term way, between getting an eternal pose and also getting Mr. 3 in trouble with Mr. 0. Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!
Nov 17, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Thank you ever so much to George for commissioning this episode! This is the penultimate episode of coverage of the Elder Empire series (so far at least) and I'm so sad about it. I really loved this pair of books, and I'm really enjoying getting to see the same story through two very different pairs of eyes. This leads to discovering things like what kind of potential Meia is working with, and that's something that fascinates me. Thanks so much to you all for listening, and I will see you soon w...
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Thank you to Yama for commissioning this episode! So in these chapters, after getting the absolute worst news imaginable, our team is joined by an old flame, in more ways than one! Get it!? Because he's basically inhabited by a holy fire of goodness? Also, there's a whole thing with Carmela starting to get into both Ronan and wizardry, and while Ronan is essentially on the table (albeit with some weird fine print), trying to horn in on the mission for wizardry is way out of her lane. I wonder th...
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Thank you so much to Bernadette for commissioning this episode! So this is the one where we find out what Mr. 3's power is, and it turns out that I am just not capable of stretching my imagination enough to come up with even CLOSE to any of these ideas. He's able to build things with wax, trap things (and people) with wax, and attack with wax. WAX. Sure, why not.
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr
Thank you to Patricia for commissioning this episode! Patricia I'm sorry that I credited Yama, I was looking at the wrong day! In this chapter (and a bit) we get more details on what the absolute crisis is that we're dealing with here, and turns out that basically there is dark matter out there multiplying and warping space, warping time, warping people's perspectives and priorities, and warping wizardry itself. Nita has to make a rather odd phone call to her counselor, and I have some questions...
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Thanks ever so much to George for commissioning this episode! HURRAY! I'm finally able to continue on my journey through the Elder Empire, and we get to see how Calder's conversation with Jyrine winds up going now that he knows that she's part of a secret cult that worships the Elders. Not only that, but he asks some very important questions, and he does NOT like the answer he gets. Thanks for listening, everyone, and see you soon with a new episode!
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Thank you so much to Bernadette for commissioning this episode! In these episodes, we move into Little Garden Island, and I was puzzled at why it was called that when everything that lives there is VERY large. Then it occurred to me that if you're large, the garden will seem very small! So I guess what I'm saying is that it's all about perspective. Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Thank you ever so much to Yama for commissioning this episode! Well this book is coming out swinging for the fences immediately, huh? We start very nearly exactly where we left off in the last book, and turns out that there's a whole OTHER conversation that was happening between Tom and their dad in the last book! It had nothing to even do with the whole Sun thing at all! And we're getting one of my most beloved/feared tropes of all time: "Wait, what about the authority figures who are better at...
Nov 16, 2021•59 min
Thank you to Joanna for commissioning this episode! This is a pretty wild section as we get into some shit that we've never seen; first of all there's the introduction to the weird sand-based land that the "Saints" live in, and then there's a new member of the team! Isaak is here to take Nikolai's place (we hope temporarily) if his Majesty is still not back by the time their big summit is scheduled. I can't wait to see where all of this weirdness is going! Thanks for listening, and see you again...
Nov 15, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Thank you so much to Ashleigh for commissioning this episode! This is the final episode covering Raybearer, which makes me really sad. I loved this book, and the final section deserved a lot more time, but page counts can be a real bitch to figure out. I hope that I still manage to do a decent job! I really encourage you, if you're reading this entry but haven't picked up this book, to get on it ASAP because what a joy this was to read! Thank you again for listening, and maybe I will see you soo...
Nov 15, 2021•1 hr 7 min
Thank you Max for commissioning this episode! In this delightful installment of What We Do In The Shadows, our crew has been selected to host the Biannual Vampire Orgy! And in true loser fashion, they manage to screw it up and humiliate themselves in a spectacular way. Throughout, we've got the building resentment of Guillermo, and since the next episode is the Season 1 finale, I am dying to know where we're headed with that. Thank you all so much for listening!
Nov 03, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Thank you to Patricia for commissioning this episode! The final chapters here are kind of anti-climactic in some ways, if I'm honest. The whole sort-of confrontation with the sun is taken acre of off-page by Roshaun, and I'm still not particularly impressed with him. I find it kind of odd how that went, TBH. At least what's going on RE: Alaalu is more compelling, because the Lone One gets foiled by a dog, which is pretty rad. But overall this book felt a little more passive than some of the othe...
Nov 03, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Thank you to Ashleigh for commissioning this episode! These chapters are the ones in which Tarasai begins to come into her own and find her power. She and Sanjeet make it to a mysterious woman who has a ton of Tutsu, AKA fairies, living all over her property. I am really loving this transition for her, and I can't wait to see where she heads after this. Thanks for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!
Nov 03, 2021•1 hr 9 min
Thank you to Heather for commissioning this episode! This chapter we meet Jason Blackwell for the first time, and I don't know who he is to this story or how important a role he will play in the plot, but apparently he's having quite an effect on Jordan and so he intrigues me. Meanwhile, Jill is off with Ryan and they're learning a lot about one another and their powers, plus brainstorming some answers for where Aftermath might be hiding. Thanks for listening, and I will see you soon with a new ...
Nov 03, 2021•1 hr
Thank you to Ashleigh for commissioning this episode! These chapters are the ones in which we get to see what the dangers are in the bush, and turns out that shit is no fucking joke. I don't know when I'm going to learn that this author is not here to play. Throughout all of this, there's the overlaying sadness of Sanjeet pulling back from Tarasai, and man that keeps breaking my heart. Thank you all so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!
Nov 03, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Thank you to Heather for commissioning this episode! In these chapters, the most notable thing IMO is the death of Governor Theresa Gregory. Listen, the woman is no great loss to humanity, as we know from getting to see inside her mind and get a glimpse of her plans...but damn did she make an effective target for Aftermath. I hope you all are enjoying the coverage, and I will see you soon with a new episode!
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 9 min
Thank you to Patricia for commissioning this episode! This is the chapter where Nita and Kit go to visit the Lone One, and it is living in a pretty awesome looking temple while being gawked at by the locals, none of whom seem to take it seriously or be scared at all. Nita manages to box the Lone One into a pretty specific promise, and I'm super curious how this is going to work out for it. Thank you all for listening, and I will be seeing you again soon with a new episode!
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Thank you to Ashleigh for commissioning this episode! These chapters are so hard, y'all. The whole thing, from start to finish, is an absolute loss of hopes and ideals and innocence that Tarasai was somehow still clinging to despite everything she's already gone through. Not only are her dreams of justice very nearly mocked and certainly dismissed, but her mother finds a way to reactivate her Ehru mission and I HATE IT. Thank you for listening!
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Thank you to Yama for commissioning this episode! This section is the start of the crescendo of all the crisis coming to a head finally. Nita and Kit have a kind of a blowout with Quelt, who very understandably wants to know who the fuck they think they are. Meanwhile, on planet Earth, the guests at Dairines as well as Dairine herself, head to the Sun. Thanks for listening!
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Thank you to Yama for commissioning this episode! In these chapters, turns out that there's something that was left out of the Display on Alaalu and I have to admit I don't totally understand it. Why was it left out? Who engineered that? What difference does it make if the occupants of this planet know those details? Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Thank you to Heather for commissioning this episode! In these chapters, we finally meet Aftermath and I'm really into him as a villain. His attitude and his power make him really feel like a threat in a way that Tretyak's reserved vibe didn't quite manage until the confrontation with Jordan. However, there are some things in this section that I found puzzling and didn't quite work for me. Thank you so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Thank you so much to Ashleigh for commissioning this episode! In this one I finish up chapter 9 because I ran out of time last episode, and I am genuinely surprised at the way things go in the following episodes. Demons are apparently real? I was SO SURE that they were going to turn out to be bullshit. I mean, damn! Thanks for listening!
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 8 min
