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Hi! One of my favorite lines is when Luna says, "Is this what it's like to be a mother? Is this what it's like to be in love?" And I was just sort of wondering if there was any expansion of this concept you would like to share or how this line came about?

I wrote that line; it was a very condensed way of exploring the idea of mothering, divorced from the reality of motherhood. I have never had any interest in having children. My maternal instincts do not stretch to offspring. But I am, in very specific ways, a maternal person. I care for my wife. I tend to our home. I act in ways that are, stereotypically and narratively, reserved for mothers. The same is true of many of our characters: they gentle, and heal, and nourish, and are lovingly unbending, and act as the blueprint for god.

Luna and Vera are a very particular kind of couple, in that Luna literally did create Veratrine. But there are many of us - especially those of us who have tempestuous, abusive, or non-existent relationships with our biological mothers - who are learning to navigate the concept of mothering on our own terms. Who are creating our own maps for our relationships, with our lovers, our found families, our own past and present selves. Self-creation is an incredibly important theme throughout the entirety of the show. This doesn’t always look like Veratrine forging herself out of brambles and dirt; sometimes it looks like Luna, building a more honest and comprehensive understanding of herself, who she is, the consequences of everything she has done.

- Becca

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Hello!

I know this character was only mentioned once, but could you tell us a bit about Jo, from episode 8 The Freeze?

If she and Lily go on the bus together, does she live nearby? Is she Clara's mom?

Thanks!

Jo is a bit of a foil. Every selfish person has one, or thinks they do. The friend-of-convenience (yes, she does live nearby) who will listen to their complaints, act as backup, be the less-interesting, less-pretty, less-desired accompaniment that makes them shine even brighter. Or at least, that's how Lily sees it. In reality, Jo is probably a bit overly patient with Lily's self-centred shenanigans, but is in every way cleverer, kinder, braver. Unlike Lily, she won't end up miserable, disappointed, and bitter, unable to leave and unable to grow. Jo moved at her own pace and rode into her own sunset. Wherever she is, she's forging her contentment . Lily was never able to say the same.

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Hello, hello!

So since Mabel is an audio podcast, we can't always SEE the details, right?

Basically, I was wondering if, when they are on their little scavenger hunt and wind up in Lily's room (i think ep29?), Lily's eye is gone as in it looks like it had been removed (if so what was the removal method 🙏) or as tho it had never been there at all?

Thank you, thank you!

Well, can’t give away too much, can I? Must keep the narrative a game of multiple choices.

It’s not Lily’s eye, though.

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Hi!! Is Callie alive?! Is she okay after what happened at El Segundo.?

No.

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Uh-oh, the kids are back w their mabelpod sonas

Surely you didn't think we were only gonna post about them once?

I know how badly you all wanted to know more

Picture is clearer if you click on it and zoom

Anyway, Abbey said hey what if we made a comic and I said BET, so here's that, or at least what I've drawn out so far

Abbey is doing the writing

Dialogue is as follows

A: Charlie?

C: Hm?

A: Have you ever- Do you ever think about why we're going after Mabel Martin?

C: Well, we have to bring her back. Right? Back where it's safe.

A: But- what if they don't- What if they don't want to come back?

C: Why d'you say that?

A: Like, What if... You remember what happened last week?

@ekaterinaroskova

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she was so funny for this. i love you swampgirl

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From Mabel Episode 29: Aurora Silver is Willing to Wait

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AAAAAAAA THIS IS SO PERFECT

For Mabelween, please pretend I drew the follow all holding hands:

Anna Limon, dressed as a vampire

Mabel Martin, dressed as Mabel Martin

Luna Thorne, also dressed as Mabel Martin despite being told explicitly not to

Vera, dressed as Anna Limon because it's a couples costume and only she and Luna think it's funny

Janet Kirk, dressed in full anime cosplay idk you pick a character

Eidolon Garcia, probably also dressed up, but definitely holding Janet's hand

Ekaterina Roskova, a werewolf and holding Janet's other hand

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Wanna hear about the cult? Wanna hear about the cult? DOES ANYONE WANNA HEAR ABOUT THE FUCKING CULT? SOMEBODY PLEASE LISTEN TO ME ABOUT THE FUCKING CULT

so funny to me when ppl reblog mabel quotes out of context. haha yeah it’s the funney faerie lesbian show right? mhm. hey wanna read my paper about why Lolo Garcia is the best trans rep in fiction podcasts. hey wanna read the dozens of articles that give clear context to the Irish and Indigenous Mexican roots of the podcast and why it is written the way that it is? Hey wanna see my intensely complicated lore chart? Hey wanna know how Jonathan Mills and Thomas irrevocably changed my life and how I understand masculinity and queerness? Hey wanna hear about how Anna Limón is one of the most important reasons I had in figuring out my own brain? Hey wanna know Mabel Martin’s incredibly fucked up backstory? Wanna hear about the cult? Do you? Hm?

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Love is a leash that pulls both ways, I think.

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erm... bubbline mabel podcast moment

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gay people will say "i know a spot" and then it's a time loop and then it's a time loop and then it's a time loop and then it's a time loop and then it's a time loop and then it's a time loop and then it's a time loop and then it's a time loop and then it's a time loop and then

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While I'm in here, I'm developing a concept one sec

So like

Lily: gay homophobe

Vera and Luna: homophobic gay

Mabel and Anna: gay homosexual

Janet and Lolo: homosexual gay

Aurora silver: homophobic homophobe

Does that make sense?

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For Mabelween, please pretend I drew the follow all holding hands:

Anna Limon, dressed as a vampire

Mabel Martin, dressed as Mabel Martin

Luna Thorne, also dressed as Mabel Martin despite being told explicitly not to

Vera, dressed as Anna Limon because it's a couples costume and only she and Luna think it's funny

Janet Kirk, dressed in full anime cosplay idk you pick a character

Eidolon Garcia, probably also dressed up, but definitely holding Janet's hand

Ekaterina Roskova, a werewolf and holding Janet's other hand

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Please tell us an eel fact

"There's a kind of eel that no one knows where their spawning grounds are. It is a big scientific mystery and they've never been able to figure it out."

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what killed the rat king ghosts?

"Nothing. They are still there, to this very day." - Maybell Marten, October 19th, 2023

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Send me your questions.