Deathly Hallows chapter 6. We do a little bit of catching up with the fallout of last week's Rowling drama, and speculate on the future of Fantastic Beasts and the beleaguered Harry Potter At Home marketing initiative. Then we rip into another chapter of Deathly Hallows, which is definitely not better than the last few, but it certainly isn't boring! Finally, since we wish this book
We take a spin on the flying houseboat back to Forks, WA to check out the latest Midnight Sun teasers and look back at The Host and The Chemist. Then we head back to Rokkenjima for a look at the brilliant but harrowing 7th episode of Umineko. CONTENT WARNING for this segment: if you don't want to hear us discuss the gritty details of how the novel deals with sexual abuse, skip ...
2020-06-19 02:50:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Deathly Hallows chapter 5.
We go deep on J.K Rowling's despicable blog posts, the responses to her behavior, and the future of Fantastic Beasts and her other ongoing business ventures. If you don't want to hear a very frank discussion about her transphobia (that also includes ableism, sexual assault, and generally awful behavior) skip to 1:15:24.
Good news, th...
2020-06-12 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
[to the tune of 'get on the magic school bus'] hop on the hurtwood hoooouseboooooat
We unmoor from the Hogwarts lake in protest, and instead take our flying boat on a voyage of discovery to Forks, WA to chat about vampires and pomegranates, and then to Rokkenjima, to continue chatting about Umineko (spoilers up through chapter 6!)
2020-06-12 01:11:39 +0000 UTC View PostDeathly Hallows chapter 4. Literally hours after we finished recording last week's episode, Jo did exactly the thing we had been wondering about in the news segment. This week, we catch up with all that--and if you understandably don't have any interest in hearing the particulars of her shitty behavior, skip ahead to 26:36.
Good news if you want to hear a roasting, though...
2020-06-05 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
With Liz's computer out of commission again and no Witching possible, we dig into more Umineko (spoilers up through episode 5!)
2020-06-04 20:31:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Deathly Hallows chapter 3. We try and run down the list of all the things that Happened this past week with JKR's horrible tweets, art contest, and new children's novel, then discuss our praises and frustrations with a chapter that serves as a sendoff to the Dursleys, the set of characters most damaged by the series' slide from mischievous dark comedy to serious war story.
2020-05-29 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Do I get in trouble for putting fuck in a podcast title? Best not to risk it I guess! We chat about Geralt, Battler, and the Bourbon Brothers in this extra long Common Room. Also: I apologize if there are some overaggressive audio dips; rebuilding all my mic and processing settings is causing some funky issues here and there.
2020-05-29 00:00:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Deathly Hallows chapter 2. After checking in with Jo's deeply unpleasant transphobic behavior yet again, we tear into one of the most deathly (get it) boring chapters in the entire series. It consists of, mostly, two newspaper articles. Exciting! However, this leaves us plenty of room to chat about the slow death of symbolism in the series, the continuing clumsy attempts to turn a children's fa...
2020-05-22 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
With Liz busy moving, we've no time for Geralt this week--so instead we revisit the world of The Blacklist and its CGI final episode, as well as more Umineko talk (which, warning, includes spoilers for up to the end of chapter 3 if you are playing!!!)
2020-05-22 00:30:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Deathly Hallows chapter 1. We're here! It's time to start our journey through the final book in the Harry Potter series, and we've got plenty to cover already. We finally get a chance to peek inside Voldemort's war room in this spooky chapter that highlights some of the series' best and worst tendencies at once. We chat about ancient poetry, driveways, snakes who are also human women, and wheth...
2020-05-15 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
We chat about sports drinks, the concept of time in lockdown, and Witch-related gaming!
2020-05-15 00:51:17 +0000 UTC View Post
It's movie time! We discuss the sixth film in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. With so many mixed feelings about the book, this was a really interesting one to dig into, with many changes and additions that run the gamut from ridiculous to genius. Also, why does it look like that? We cover as much as we can in this episode that, as is tradition, is longer than th...
2020-05-08 15:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
We chat about the ending of (vanilla) Witcher 3 and Liz's early goings with Heart of Stone, and also take a bite out of some juicy vampire-related news.
2020-05-08 00:35:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Half-blood Prince chapter 30. Another book down! We fire off a 21 gun salute for Dumbledore and the sixth book in the series, with a lengthy discussion of the funeral scene (which is pretty much the entire chapter) and a deep dive into Pottermore's (RIP) classic Wizarding World Book Club questions. What themes, characters, and facts await us?
2020-05-01 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
We chat about Olive Garden, trashy fantasy novels, and the third act of The Witcher III
2020-04-30 23:04:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Half-Blood Prince chapters 28-29. We realized the first chapter we read this week was pretty short and thin, so we blew this episode out into an almost three-hour double decker! We discuss the potential issues with dating werewolves, Snape's tactical error, The Order's tactical errorS, and the cosmology of attractiveness in J.K Rowling's universe. Finally, in preparation for the end of the book...
2020-04-24 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
We check in with Geralt and the Dudes Rock lifestyle. Witcher 3 spoilers, naturally, through the quest "Isle of Mists"
2020-04-23 22:50:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Half-Blood Prince chapter 27. Snape kills Dumbledore! We break down this shocking pop culture event, which is 90% a conversation between Draco Malfoy and Dumbledore about how smart Dumbledore is actually. We get some last-minute changes to how magic works, some minor Death Eater characters we've never met before bumbling into arguably the most critical scene in the series, and a truly impressiv...
2020-04-17 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We continue our return to the world of the Witcher with Liz's initial Skyr--sorry, Skellige--takes and some early wife rankings. An ant struggles with a piece of dust and also I need to stop watching The Blacklist
2020-04-16 21:31:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Half-Blood Prince chapter 26. We stock up on a double dose of Harry Potter positivity in our news segment this week thanks to some video game news and some genuinely amazing book covers from Thailand before braving the cave. What's in the cave? Nonsense exposition, zero conflict, and a lot of zombies! We can't quite work out what it all means, so we enlist Reddit's help in the final segment to ...
2020-04-10 14:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
🚨🐺WITCHER TALK IS BACK🐺🚨
2020-04-09 22:55:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Half-blood Prince chapter 25. Our fearless leader is back on Twitter for good, it seems, so we unpack her increasingly weird attempts to cheat the Blade Runner test through normie-posting. We also take a deep dive into Harry Potter at Home, the new initiative to... ??? Plus, of course, we have our chapter for the week, which is simultaneously fleeting and frustrating. Will Harry finally realize...
2020-04-03 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Quarantine has sent us back into the arms of the media we loved so much as teens. Sometimes you just want to watch 6 hours of anime in one sitting or play Assassin's Creed II for the tenth time. This is the lifestyle known as "Goblin Mode"
(Spoilers abound for Madoka Magica, Higurashi, Doki Doki Literature Club, Assassin's Creed, Hellboy??)
2020-04-02 22:39:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Half-blood Prince chapter 24. J.K Rowling is back on Twitter and starting to give us bad vibes, but that's okay--we have a really fun chapter to discuss this week full of teen drama, sword spells, and ghosts who live (?) for drama! Finally, we put our honor on the line and take the official Wizarding World Dobby Quiz, and descend into madness trying to figure out how calendars work. ...
2020-03-27 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Half-blood Prince chapter 23. Without much news, we have a looooong runway to discuss what may well be the true turning point for the Harry Potter series: the Horcrux reveal chapter. We chat about narrative structure, theology, and Rowling's boasted story planning, as well as the nature of the soul and the holy nature of the number 7 (you know, light stuff like that). Finally, we continue to at...
2020-03-20 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
We are all going a little stir crazy in quarantine chaos. This week we chat about Star Trek, Deus Ex, Evil Gentlemen, and more!
Apologies for any audio weirdness--my mic settings were messed up (as you can hear with all the clipping at the beginning). Thankfully I fixed it before the main episode!
2020-03-19 21:27:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Half-blood Prince chapter 22. We teach the Harry Potter fandom a harsh lesson about electoral politics and check in on the Harry Potter Skyrim saga before discussing a surprisingly good chapter (well, half of it, anyway) about our once-dreaded foe, Felix Felicis. Then we tumble down the rabbit hole into the world of PlayStation Move games, Pinterest recipes, and Reddit arguments.
2020-03-13 14:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It's an Evil Gentleman-heavy episode this week as we discuss Penny Dreadful, Dexter, Star Trek, and more.
2020-03-12 20:43:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Half-Blood Prince chapter 21. We kick off Magical Mischief Month by discussing feasible ways to cyberbully the richest author in the world. We also wrack our brains to try and remember what a "scullery" is. Our chapter this week is a technical mess that nonetheless has a delightful Dobby scene and some primo Snape content. Finally, the arms race to find the most cursed content for the third seg...
2020-03-06 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post