Podcasts n’ More

I love how podcasts have revived this old way of depicting characters.  Like, people look at old vase art from 2000 years ago, and they know it’s Hades because he’s got an bident, is standing next to a dog with three heads, and/or has a helm on his head.   I know that funky little elf dude with a (typically red) umbrella, tall wizard hat, and maybe a skirt is Taako, you know, from TV of The Adventure Zone fame.  The aren’t always the same features, but the iconic looks are present.  The re-emergence in stories being told with no immediate visual canon means we cling to the few descriptors like in days of old, and that’s beautiful to me. 

I will never cease to be amazed by just how much podcasts can get away with. Like… with so many tv shows people have to fight tooth and nail for LGBT representation and even then at most you might get like hand holding or a small kiss before the scene changes quickly. But podcasts? There are no rules. There are no restrictions. There is only creators putting great representation into our grubby little gay hands.

People who do Animations like these are heroes.

Had a dream last night Justin McElroy died but the next mbmbam he was still there and introduced himself as “I’m your deadest brother, Justin ‘Ghost’ McElroy”

Crying over podcasts on this fine day