#midst pod

Lots of stuff to listen to this week. I really need to stop starting these writeups at 11:30pm on Sunday evening.

Loved the new Dear Liisphyra this week. I thought that the sponsor for this episode was really funny. I laughed out loud and looked like to an insane person to some guy I was walking past when they said that every weapon box comes with 50 feet of hempen rope.

Season 2 finale of @backagainpodcast! Man I love the themes of this show. It's such a well written tragedy, the dramatic irony is so good. Also I desperately want to know more about the other Soldier. We know several very relevant details about him but very little else.

New @spoutlore-blog was fun. Billie is such a good character, Jessica plays the "immortal child" trope so well. This show really puts the coolest worldbuilding you've ever heard with the dumbest dick jokes in existence. I still haven't gotten over the spider and the hummingbird.

Speaking of Spout Lore, the new Rude Tales of Magic episode has Abdul Aziz as a guest. He was a great guest, his style of humor fits perfectly with the setting of Piss Harbor. Are all the characters he plays street rats with a heart of gold. Excited to see who they bring on as guests in the future. They had Zac Oyama a few episodes ago, I would be excited to see more Dimension 20 people.

The new @midstpodcast was super interesting! Every episode in this season they've introduced another way that the Trust is incredibly fucked up. Why can't we go back to the Mother's Merciful, they were so nice.

Somehow I fell behind on @storiesfromylelmore. I'm not sure how that happened, I think my podcatcher didn't update or something, because I've been listening to new episodes of this show immediately. The second most recent episode was great, with Rion going through werewolf puberty. The most recent episode had some really good character work, with character development for all 3 main characters. I love this show so much.

New episode of SCP: Find Us Alive. A new Dash Two being created is really interesting, we've only had Dumptruck and Hiway Robbery for so long it's weird for there to be a third one. Where did they even get a bird?

I reached the crossover with Forgive Me in @kingmakerpod. Forgive Me is such a grounded show, especially by audiodrama standards, which tend to be way out there, so it's so funny when they cross over with shows that have such a wildly different tone and premise. The character interactions were on point though.

@camlannpod the fairy world! This show continues to have really cool takes on myths. The idea that you can shed a Name simply by going by something else is interesting. Could some random person start going by Lancelot and gain magical powers? The reveal at the end was great too, both from a worldbuilding standpoint and a character perspective.

Hi!! 

does anyone else know about that one Interviewer cosplayer on TikTok?

that’s me!! hi!! (again)

cosplayed him first last summer just after I’d finished binging everything that was out at the time, recently brought him back after the s4 finale and flew HEAD FIRST back into total obsession with this podcast - since I started there’s been two other Amelia pod cosplayers on the app (both Alvina, I’ve talked with both of them and they’re both the absolute best), since there was barely any fan stuff around the podcast there I just thought the fandom was tiny, looking on Tumblr for other fans for the first time I’ve realised I was just on the wrong platform!! SO happy to learn the fandom is actually pretty big!! (relatively speaking)

Writing this at 11pm, don't tell me I'm procrastinating. On Wednesday I briefly thought it was Sunday and got halfway thru writing this post before realizing, not sure how that happened.

Well anyways @camlannpod this week was incredible, my favorite episode of the show yet. I think that one of the reasons that I liked this episode more than the others is that I am familiar with the source material, as opposed to Arthuriana which I am definitely not. It was such a cool modern take on an ancient character, the sound design was incredible, and it also raised more questions about the worldbuilding.

Also episode 2 of @worldgonewrongpod! Really liked this episode. Maybe its just because I've been obsessed with time loops recently, but this episode interested me more than werewolves did. Can't wait to see what the teaser for the third episode was about.

Two new True Tales of the Illuminati minisodes. I love the humor of this show, glad to see that the next season got funded.

@midstpodcast holy shit what an episode. I don't want to put spoilers here, but wow they really did just totally reshape our understanding of the story in 1 conversation.

I started s2 of @kingmakerpod! I really like how this season has a little bit more of a focus on geopolitics and various political figures, it's super interesting to me. Also the Flat Stanley fleshcrafter who helped with the jailbreak was horrifying. He can fold other people???

Part 2 of Mission Rejected's s5 pilot episode came out this week. I think that was one of my favorite episode of the show, it did so much for Skip and McGrath's characters and their relationship. I already made a much longer post raving about it, so I won't say any more.

Here I go again doing one of these writeups at 11:30pm on Sunday evening. Anyways, here's what I've been listening to. I started a new show this week, and caught up with another show, and there were new episodes of several shows.

Starting with the new show, I started listening to Mockery Manor from @longcatmedia. This is a really cool show and I'm hooked. I love the setting, it reminds me of the cartoon Dead End Paranormal Park which I was a big fan of. The overarching mystery really grabbed me, which is hard to do in audio fiction. I'm 4 episodes in and there's so much going on.

The show I caught up with is @kingmakerpod! I don't know quite how to put it into words, but the setting of Kingmaker feels so full. The worldbuilding is so rich that it feels like everything happening is part of a larger world. Also, the season 2 finale was great, Telesphore killing a trained sniper with cinnamon powder is possibly my favorite moment in the show yet.

There was a new @worldgonewrongpod this week. Great episode, I think that Jamie's dad is my new favorite character. I love him so much. Also, I found myself automatically trying to memorize the ways to check for a body-snatcher, as if that knowledge would ever be useful to me.

@midstpodcast continues to be incredibly fucked up. This week it was a repeat of season 1 in a way, with someone trying to threaten Weep and it not turning out well for them. This show has been revealing a lot of backstory recently, with Lark a few episodes ago and now Weep. Is this going to be the last season? I don't actually know. Also, Phineas is unemployed now. I get the feeling that's not going to be good for his mental health.

Arc 3 of @worldsbeyondpod has begun! There was so much that happened in that episode, but the standout to me was Steel's "Geas + Modify Memory" plan. Suvi choosing to become a sleeper agent really shows how deep the Citadel has its hooks in her. I'm ready for so much drama next episode.

Of course, the week after I decide to start doing Audiodrama Sunday I listen to very little besides Patreon episodes of World Beyond Number. That combined with not a lot of new stuff this week means I only have like 2 shows to write about.

I finished another season of @lostterminal. Season 13 was good, it was interesting to see Seth deal with loneliness, and Arctica continued to be... Arctica. Knight and Pony were precious, and Oni was super interesting as a villain.