#and Rudyard in Wooden Overcoats

[friend-through-teenage-nights]

I love men in independently made audio comedy where the other characters are just like "it wouldn't be awful if he suffered for a little bit".

[delaneytalks-tostatues]

in the pifflinged vale. straight up "getting it". and by "it", haha, well. let's just say. Thebodyinthecoffinintheground on time.

[senaridaes]

I do realize that there's canonical art for Wooden Overcoats characters, but I didn't see it until after I finished the podcast, so while I was listening, I just pictured Rudyard and Antigone as some sort of cartoon villains.

[konidraws]

Saw two dudes transporting a huge metal chest by bike this way yesterday and thought to myself, that’s very Wooden Overcoats.

[angryducktimemachine]

Do we think that Rudyard sews extra pockets onto his shirts and vests and pullovers when they don't have one so Madeleine can sit in it.

[not-equippedforthis]

thinking about rudyard funn's true interests slowly becoming more apparent, mostly without his distinct realisation: the family business is his torch to carry, and even if it isn't a passion it's a duty, it's his life; it's not supposed to be fun. antigone has always been a dark, burning flame for biology and embalming and the science of it all: to her, it's an art as gorgeous as the 4 hour silent french films she watches. her true yet restrained passions for literature and theatre run and flourish throughout the podcast alongside it.

but rudyard? it's an order: he gets the body in the coffin in the ground on time. the part he likes about funeral directing is the directing. giving everyone a clean, timed, proper service. episode 4, when organising the fete, he says, i, i do like spreadsheets. its the one thing he's good at. except he likes building mouse furniture. for mice. he enjoys organising and scheduling --- nothing more to it, really, but then he becomes the town's archivist and promptly engulfs 300 years of town history in what's probably the span of a few days. he can't help but bring up town history. it's his job, what do you mean? he likes spreadsheets. he cares infinitely about upkeeping the burial grounds. touching corpses freaks him out. he's an agent of looney-tunes style mayhem and a symbol of death who also adores order and planning and by god he'll pose in a naked calendar if it saves his fucking schedule. they will get the body in the coffin in the ground on time. day one, it's all about time. if one historical detail is off he'll implode. he knows seemingly everything about history, now. he'd go crazy for wikipedia. someone should get him to watch cunk on earth. update: finally got myself to finish the finale. i'm so happy for them i could and did cry. 'i like researching history' and 'i like writing porn' siblings i love you so.

[kitsuna21]

EVERYONE GO WATCH WOODEN OVERCOATS RIGHT NEEEOOWWWWEEEE

[dont-offend-the-bees]

Every time. Every single time without fail.

[peternureyevplsdontbetraythecrew]

say the line Rudyard !!!

[xenajen]

S1EP1 : first meeting but in comic form!!!

[the-sage-of-dissolution]

asexual icons for an asexual icon

[eternalgirlscout]

if he were in a visual medium someone somewhere would have made a nails hair hips heels edit for rudyard funn i know it in my bones

[friend-through-teenage-nights]

Funn Funerals closes at 6pm (Rudyard Takes A Hike) but Rudyard's bedtime is 6pm (the same as everyone else) (The Body Snatchers) implying on a normal day he just makes his cocoa in the final moments of the opening hours then conks out.

[chaoticladyfire]

Wooden Overcoats

Will forever scream into my pillow about this.

[paintingspaceghosts]

wooden overcoats is so good I wish england was real

[angryducktimemachine]

"Antigone! :D"

"Rudyard! :D"

Next to the relisten journey was "Old School Funn" truly an episode I'm totally normal about. Anyway they sounded so excited to see each other in that moment it was so cute 😭😭

[ID: a digital drawing of Rudyard and Antigone from Wooden Overcoats as kids, they're both in a school uniform. Rudyard is held by the collar of his vest and is looking with delight at Antigone, who's looking equally happy back at him while holding a dead gerbil in her hands. /End ID]