#gals and goblins podcast

[luwukass]

oki so i actually didnt get any no votes for my poll yesterday so

lukes favs! october 2023

music (according to my spotify stats, in order of most to least streamed average top 10) songs: glitch, suburban legends, i know places. style, one of your girls troye sivan, i can see you, this is me trying, maroon, you're on your own kid, karma. albums: midnights, red (taylors version), 1989 (taylors version), evermore, folklore, speak now (taylors version), 1989 (stolen unfortanetly), fearless (taylors verstion), reputation, lover. artists: i pretty much only listened to taylor this month lmao these stats arent the most reliable but. taylor swift, troye sivan, marina, bon iver, haim, lana del rey, the national, halsey, ed sheeran, lil nas x.

media podcasts: i just recently started listening to a dnd podcast called gals and goblins im only on ep 2 but its very good so far! i also started listening to swiftlit made by tumblrs own @kingofmyborrowedheart its a taylor swift podcast with literary analysis its very good if youre new to podcasts!!! shows: ive watched a lot of new shows this month mostly with my partners. ive finally started watching avatar the last airbender but i did start watching this back in september but i watched it this month so its on the list, also started watching an anime called castlevania with my bf and everyone in that show is hot so 10/10, ofc i watched the amazing digital cirrus ive seen the pilot maybe four times now and im obsessed with it!!! im not caught up on either of these but i watched the first few episodes of loki s2 and our flag means death s2. ive also finally got back around to watching the boys with nex and we just started s3 and omg its so good, i also did my yearly rewatch of over the garden wall! and ive been rewatching how i met your mother with my bf! movies: most of my movies ive watched this month were on weekly polycule movie nights which were ghostbusters(the og one), beetlejuice, coraline, halloweentown, and all three of the kingsman movies, i also did finish watching the scream movies with a cute girl im flirting with! comics: for comics i just got back into reading comics again so most/all of it was just catching up on my favs! everything is fine by birchall, lovebot by chase keels and miranda mundt, ingrid the plauge doctor by harry amoros, hyperfocus by kip trevor and love me to death by toonimated! books: i also got back to reading this month so i only got back to where i was in rereading the percy jackson books games: i didnt really get to play much this month but it was mostly minecraft, sticky business an indie game about running your own small sticker business, paleo pines another indie game thats a dino farmsim and a tiny sticker tale another indie where you travel around an island helping people with your magic sticker book! lmk if yall have any suggestions for anything!! im really trying to branch out with stuff so dont be afraid to send an ask! 💕

[maniculum]

New episode! I thought this material was pretty interesting in that we get an (admittedly limited & biased) view of what sex work was like in Byzantium. There are more birds involved than you might expect.

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This week, we're delving into Empress Theodora's early life and rise to power as empress of the Byzantine era. From her breathtaking performances as a prostitute to her love-at-first-sight romance with Justinian as a young guard, we gather that Theodora was one hell of a woman, regardless of Prokopios' distaste for her.

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Also, check out Gals and Goblins podcast here, and check out their TikTok and other cool content here! They've been gracious enough to share the pod and Kickstarter with their audience, and we're sharing the love - their actual play is goofy, lighthearted, and fun to listen to on commutes, in the kitchen, or while pruning your garden of poisonous plants you're planing to use to poison your evil overlord.

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Citations & References:

The Secret History and another version

[daughterofdrearburh]

i wrote a little something about my favorite let's play podcast rn and you should read it!!!

[the-mighty-q]

almost out

I’m starting a podcast for a group of friends and me to play DND and the introduction for one of the players is ALMOST OUT. Lemme give. A rundown of the current players.

a human artificer who is a pathological liar

a kenku wizard that looks like a kookaburra and has a god complex

a goblin cleric who has unrealistic amount of strength and never uses it

and last a elf bard who is just… a normal gal. Not a joke entire lore is they have a job going to different bars singing folktales.

I’m gunna LOVE dming for all these folks. Once first episode releases go listen under the name FOLLIES!

[toxic-emilia]

DnD podcasts are cool

Listen to them

Recs: The Encounter Table Gals and Goblins

Im listening to JRWI but it will take a while to finish it. Maybe a month idk

[this-is-a-podcast-fanblog]

A Summary of Critical Role, by someone who has never watched (or listened) to it.

Surprise, bitch. I bet you thought you’d seen the last of me. It’s me, the gal that did the terrible summary of TMA and the terrible summary of TAZ and now I’m back with a terrible summary of Critical Role. 

I know almost nothing about this show aside from fanart that I’ve seen, so bear in mind that this is wild speculation. My best friend loves Critical Role. I’m going to send this link to him and he’s going to text me in all caps “HG WHAT HAVE YOU DONE”. 

So. This show is like The Adventure Zone. It’s made up of two DND campaigns, all acted out by the same people, featuring different storylines. The difference between TAZ and CR is that CR isn’t just a podcast - it’s a YouTube series too. Each video is three hours long, which is just insane because there’s absolutely nothing I can focus on for three hours long, and I say this as a Netflix-loving-writer who currently attends college. Maybe if you watch it at 2x speed it would be bearable?

All of the players are voice actors from TV shows such as Steven Universe, some webcomic fandub, Anime, Another Anime, something something cartoon network, and Edgy Independent Youtube Voiceover; no one quite knows where his fame came from, but he now lends his voice to various projects and is a big deal in some niche online community. 

Critical Role introduces a visual element to the campaigns, with each player dressing up as their character. If you listen to the podcast version you miss out on this. There are also sets and props, but of course, it’s DND, so no staging. The set I see the most gifs of looks like A Midsummer’s Night Dream and it was really pretty. Flowers everywhere. 

I don’t know anything about the first campaign and I’m sort of convinced none of you people claiming to be CR fans know anything about it either, so instead we’ll talk about the second campaign. It is called The Mighty Nein, because there are nine of them, but nein is German for no, and this is funny since they’re a gang of troublemakers, so people are always just shouting “No!” at them. It’s a found family dynamic. I’m a slut for those. 

There’s everyone’s favorite character, Molly. He’s a tiefling with purple skin and red eyes, with curly hair and curlier horns that swoop suggestively from his prominent purple forehead as if to allude to how hot he is, somehow. He leaves his shirt unbuttoned most of the time. You’re all really thirsty for this lad, but he’s gay for a red-haired lumberjack guy that wears a manbun and a flannel and looks like a major himbo. I trust himbo guy. I think Molly dies. 

(I’m not sure if Molly is non-binary, because it’s hard to tell if a post is someone alluding to canon or just offering a headcanon, so if I’m using the wrong pronouns for him I’m very sorry. Same for any other characters.)

Molly has a sister, or maybe a cousin, named Jester, but her skin is blue. She’s a bard. Molly’s class is mage - or maybe wizard - and his boyfriend’s class is himbo. Jester has a girlfriend, who is cute and blonde and probably someone I’d try to hit on in a bar. Wait, maybe that’s the girlfriend from TAZ Amnesty. Please stop following each other around to the same fandoms. It confuses me. 

There’s also this little goblin girl with bandages all over her face and I absolutely adore her even though I know nothing about her. She is a rogue. Probably a thief. I get thief vibes from her. She is anxious about most things except for when she’s stabbing someone, which is often. She’s very very adorable. 10/10 character design. 

Other characters include: the token dwarf character, probably a halfling, and I’m sure there’s some brash fighter man who hopefully is played by a woman to undermine how annoying he is. I have no idea what the plot is. They’re thieves and they break in somewhere to steal things. Wait a second, is this Six of Crows? Is this just Six of Crows in a less steampunk era and with three extra people? Goddamit. Now I have to watch this show.

I shall now wait for my best friend to text me. 

[thatsnotcanonpodcasts]

Movies, Smells & CRISPR

Movies coming in May - https://comicbook.com/movies/2019/04/30/movies-arriving-may-2019/#6

Bad sense of smell predicts early death - https://www.newscientist.com/article/2201021-a-bad-sense-of-smell-predicts-early-death-but-we-dont-know-why/

CRISPR storing GIFS - https://www.alphr.com/bioscience/1006302/scientists-have-used-crispr-to-store-a-gif-inside-the-dna-of-a-living-cell

Games currently playing

Buck

– Assassin’s Creed Unity - https://store.steampowered.com/app/289650/Assassins_Creed_Unity/

Professor

– Minecraft - https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/

DJ

– Mortal Kombat 11 - https://store.steampowered.com/app/976310/Mortal_Kombat11/

Other topics discussed

A Dog’s Journey (film)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dog%27s_Journey_(film)

Isle of Dogs (film)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Dogs_(film)

The Professor (film)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Professor_(2018_film)

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (film)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wick:_Chapter_3_%E2%80%93_Parabellum

Clara (film)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_(film)

The Professor & the Madman (film)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Professor_and_the_Madman_(film)

Aladdin (2019 disney film)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin_(2019_film)

Sonic the Hedgehog (2019 film)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(film)

Tolkien (film)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolkien_(film)

Rock of Ages (film)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_of_Ages_(2012_film)

Bohemian Rhapsody (film)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Rhapsody_(film)

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla:_King_of_the_Monsters_(2019_film)

Plucking nose hairs is not a good idea

- https://www.businessinsider.com.au/why-you-shouldnt-pluck-your-nose-hairs-2016-7?r=US&IR=T

How to pronounce GIF

- https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/battle-over-gif-pronunciation-erupts/

Ways to add CRISPR into the body

- https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608898/five-ways-to-get-crispr-into-the-body/

A New World Order podcast

- https://thatsnotcanon.com/anewworldorder

Big Fat Liar (film)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Fat_Liar

Y2K of GPS

- https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-04-05/gps-rollover-global-positioning-system-receivers-satellites/10966218

Gal Gadot’s stunt double in Wonder Woman movie

- http://www.espn.com/espnw/culture/article/19510724/stunt-double-caitlin-dechelle-wonder-woman-real-life-superpowers

Maxwell Klinger (M*A*S*H character)

- https://mash.fandom.com/wiki/Maxwell_Q._Klinger

Shoutouts

27 Apr 1922 – Record breaking Sheila Scott was born, she later in life went on to become an accomplished female pilot. In 1966, Sheila made her first around-the-world flight, covering about 31,000 miles in 189 flying hours. It was the first such solo flight by a British subject, the longest-distance solo flight, and only the third around-the-world flight by a woman. Then records began to tumble: between London and Cape Town in 1967; across the North Atlantic the same year; across the South Atlantic in 1969; from equator to equator over the North Pole in 1971, becoming the first woman to pilot a flight circling the world by way of the North Pole in a light aircraft. After her record polar flight, she made a third around-the-world flight, earning her 100th world-class record, including a new time from Darwin, Australia, to London of three and a half days, beating the previous record by one and a half days. In 1967, she set 23 world records in just one year. - https://www.onthisday.com/articles/record-breaking-sheila-the-high-flying-aviator

29 Apr 2019 - Dragon Ball Creator Akira Toriyama has been nominated in the "Voters Choice" category for the Eisner Hall of Fame awards - https://comicbook.com/anime/2019/04/29/dragon-ball-akira-toriyama-eisner-award-nomination-2019/

30 Apr 1888 – 1888 Moradabad hailstorm: hail stones allegedly as big as oranges kill 246 people and some 1600 sheep and cattle in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1888_Moradabad_hailstorm

30 Apr 1989 - World Wide Web (WWW) is first launched in the public domain by CERN scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee - https://www.onthisday.com/people/tim-berners-lee

Remembrances

29 Apr 2019 – John Singleton, American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was best known for directing Boyz n the Hood (1991), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, becoming, at age 24, the first African American and youngest person to have ever been nominated for that award. Singleton was a native of South Los Angeles, and many of his films, such as Poetic Justice (1993), Higher Learning (1995), and Baby Boy (2001), had themes which resonated with the contemporary urban population. He also directed the drama Rosewood (1997) and the action films Shaft (2000), 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003), and Four Brothers (2005). He co-created the television crime drama Snowfall. He died of a stroke at 51 in Los Angeles, California - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Singleton

29 Apr 2019 – Les Murray, Australian poet, anthologist and critic. His career spanned over 40 years and he published nearly 30 volumes of poetry as well as two verse novels and collections of his prose writings. His poetry won many awards and he is regarded as "the leading Australian poet of his generation". He was rated by the National Trust of Australia as one of the 100 Australian Living Treasures. He died at 80 in Taree, New South Wales. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Murray_(poet)

30 Apr 1792 - John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, a British statesman who succeeded his grandfather Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich as the Earl of Sandwich in 1729, at the age of ten. During his life, he held various military and political offices, including Postmaster General, First Lord of the Admiralty, and Secretary of State for the Northern Department. He is also known for the claim that he was the eponymous inventor of the sandwich. He died at 73 in Chiswick,England - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Montagu,_4th_Earl_of_Sandwich

30 Apr 1974 - Agnes Moorehead, American actress whose 41-year career included work in radio, stage, film, and television. She is best known for her role as Endora on the television series Bewitched, but she also has notable roles in films, including Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Dark Passage, All That Heaven Allows, Show Boat, and Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte. Moorehead rarely played lead roles, but her skill at character development and range earned her one Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards in addition to nominations for four Academy Awards and six Emmy Awards. She was the first woman to host the Oscars ceremony. Her transition to television won acclaim for drama and comedy. She could play many different types, but often portrayed haughty, arrogant characters. She died of uterine cancer at 73 in Rochester, Minnesota - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Moorehead

Famous Birthdays

30 Apr 1921 - Roger L. Easton, American scientist/physicist who was the principal inventor and designer of the Global Positioning System (GPS), along with Ivan A. Getting and Bradford Parkinson. He was born in Craftsbury, Vermont - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_L._Easton

30 Apr 1985 – Gal Gadot, Israeli actress and model. At age 18, she was crowned Miss Israel 2004. She then served two years in the Israel Defense Forces as a combat instructor, and began studying law and international relations at IDC Herzliya college while building up her modeling and acting careers. Gadot's first international film role came as Gisele Yashar in Fast & Furious (2009), a role she reprised in subsequent installments of the film franchise. She went on to earn worldwide fame for portraying Wonder Woman in the DC Extended Universe, beginning with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), followed by the solo film Wonder Woman and the ensemble Justice League (both 2017). In 2018, Gadot was included on Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and was listed among the highest-paid actresses in the world. She was born in Petah Tikva, Israel - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gal_Gadot

1 May 1738 - Kamehameha 1, Hawaiian conqueror who united the Hawaiian Islands and formally established the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi in 1810. He was born in Kohala, Hawaii

- https://www.onthisday.com/people/kamehameha-i

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamehameha_I

1 May 1923 - Joseph Heller, American author of novels, short stories, plays and screenplays. His best-known work is the novel Catch-22, a satire on war and bureaucracy, whose title has become a synonym for an absurd or contradictory choice. He was born in Brooklyn, New York - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Heller

Events of Interest

1 May 1786 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera "Marriage of Figaro" premieres in Vienna with Mozart himself directing - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mozarts-le-nozze-di-figaro-premieres-in-vienna

1 May 1840 - The Penny Black was the world's first adhesive postage stamp used in a public postal system was first issued. It was not valid for use until 6 May. The Penny Black features a profile of Queen Victoria. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Black

1 May 1994 – Three-time Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna is killed in an accident whilst leading the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Ayrton_Senna

1 May 1999 - SpongeBob SquarePants premiere on Nickelodeon after the 1999 Kids' Choice Awards. It has received worldwide critical acclaim since its premiere and gained enormous popularity by its second season. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spongebob_squarepants

Intro

Artist – Goblins from Mars

Song Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)

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[luwukass]

lukes favs! january 2024!

ignore that this is 4 days late,,, again

music (according to my spotify stats, in order of most to least streamed average top 10) songs: mirrorball, is it over now, star walkin, j christ, peace, right where you left me, champange problems, this is me trying, long story short and glitch albums: folklore, 1989 (taylors version),evermore, speak now (taylors version), midnights, lover, reputation, montero, fearless(taylors version) and red (taylors version) artists: as always bc i listen to a lot of taylor the other stats can be changed if i listen to the artist like twice so i only including the relevant ones which this month are just taylor and lil nas x

media podcasts: podcasts were the same as last month and the one before!(please let me know if you have any podcast recs) if you need a reminder they were gals and goblins which is a dnd podcast im really enjoying and swiftlit made by tumblrs own @kingofmyborrowedheart the taylor swift podcast thats deep dives into taylors lyrics! (no changes again) shows: more castlevania, my gf and i finished the scott pilgirm show i also finished percy jackson and watched more dr who nex and i watched all of gen v and more bobs burgersim also watch new girl with my gf and bf together also more atla with my gf! i also watched what if, echo and pokemon concierge movies: a lot of movie watching again hehe. leave the world behind, happy death day, grand buspest hotel, all 4 john wick movies, first 3 pirates movies, watched cars twice, scott piglirm twice, the marvel, love actually, all 3 kung fu panda movies, lil nas x long live montero, baby driver, birds of prey, mission impossible 1-4, puss in boots the last wish and spiderman no way home. comics: i didnt read any comics oops i have been so busy lol books: read a few chapters of percy jackson 2 and started rereading the hunger games books! didnt do much reading tho :/ games: alright so i was super able to play games bc my laptop crapped out on me completely but i did just get a new one so games im playing on this laptop dont count yet. more hades, cult of the lamb, more powerwash sim, more lethal company, jackbox game nights and i tried to play gang beasts but the laptop died so lol as always lmk if yall have any suggestions for anything!! im really trying to branch out with stuff so dont be afraid to send an ask!

also if you started following me this month this is a monthly thing so here are my december favs!

[luwukass]

lukes favs! november 2023

music (according to my spotify stats, in order of most to least streamed average top 10) songs: i know places (taylors version), slut!, is it over now?, tolerate it, cowboy like me, one of your girls, now that we dont talk, clean (taylors version), out of the woods (taylors version) and mirrorball (long pond studio session) albums: 1989 (taylors version), evermore, folklore, red (taylors version), speak now (taylors version), lover, fearless (taylors version), midnights, folklore (long pond studio) and reputation. artists: as i said last month bc i listen to a lot of taylor the other stats can be changed it i listen to the artist like twice so this month im only including the relevant ones. taylor swift, halsey, conan gray, troye sivan and post malone.

media podcasts: podcasts were the same as last month! if you need a reminder they were gals and goblins which is a dnd podcast im really enjoying and swiftlit made by tumblrs own @kingofmyborrowedheart the taylor swift podcast thats deep dives into taylors lyrics! shows: i honestly wasn't in the mood to watch much tv this month the shows i did watch were the boys, loki s2, and i watched the dr who special with my polycule so theyre making me watch the specials with them and the normal series. shows: i honestly didnt watch much tv this month i watching a little bit more of the boys and loki s2 and i watched the dr who special with my polycule so now im being forced to watch the specials and the normal show movies: most of my movies ive watched this month were on weekly polycule movie nights which this month were, the fnaf movie, now you see me and now you see me two, everything everywhere all at once (rewatch), lilo and stitch (rewatch) and we also did some special events so i finally watch all three of the lord of the rings movies and we rewatched all of the hunger games movies (except for the prequel) comics: so as last month i kept up to date with my favs which again are, everything is fine by birchall, lovebot by chase keels and miranda mundt, ingrid the plauge doctor by harry amoros, hyperfocus by kip trevor i also started two new comics! i started and finished night owls and summer skies by TIKKLIL and its currently being update but im caught up on RAINBOW! by angel and sunny gloom books: i didn't read this month :( games: i yet again played a bunch of minecraft, i also did some jackbox game nights with my polycule and i attempted to play some lethal company but my laptop kept crashing bc it is crap (not a game issue at all it is a me issue) as always lmk if yall have any suggestions for anything!! im really trying to branch out with stuff so dont be afraid to send an ask!

also if you started following me this month im trying to make this a monthly thing so here are my october favs!

[luwukass]

lukes favs! december 2023!

ignore that this is 4 days late

music (according to my spotify stats, in order of most to least streamed average top 10) songs: castles crumbling, all of the girls you´ve loved before, dear reader, cowboy like me, evermore, it´s time to go, hoax, say don´t go, you´re losing me and karma albums: evermore, 1989 (taylors version), folklore, speak now (taylors version), red (taylors version), midnights, lover, fearless (taylors version), reputation and debut artists: as i said last month bc i listen to a lot of taylor the other stats can be changed if i listen to the artist like twice so this month im only including the relevant ones. taylor swift, olivia rodrigo and troye sivan

media podcasts: podcasts were the same as last month and the one before!(please let me know if you have any podcast recs) if you need a reminder they were gals and goblins which is a dnd podcast im really enjoying and swiftlit made by tumblrs own @kingofmyborrowedheart the taylor swift podcast thats deep dives into taylors lyrics! shows: i watched more tv this month!! nex and i finally finished watching loki s2 and we are fully caught up on the boys! been watching a lot of dr who i was on vacation so im not super far into it yet but im loving it so far! i continued watching castlevania with my bf! and on my own ive been watching the disney+ percy jackson series which is so good so far and im finally getting back to watching bobs burgers! i also watch the scott pilgrim show with my gf. movies: okay i watched a LOT of movies this month so get ready. hereditary, the menu, the eras tour film (3 times already), all fo the planet of the apes movies, the mitchels vs the machines, home alone, home alone 2. rewatched the hunger games movies again and finally saw the prequel, la la land, ponyo, kikis delivery service and howls moving castle. comics: i didnt read any comics oops books: read a few chapters of percy jackson 2 and started rereading the hunger games books! games: i yet again played a bunch of minecraft, i also did some jackbox game nights with my polycule and i fixed lethal company !!! it works on my laptop now and it is SO much fun, i also played some powerwash sim and sticky business bc the dlc just came out! and i played a bunch of hades on my switch!!! as always lmk if yall have any suggestions for anything!! im really trying to branch out with stuff so dont be afraid to send an ask!

also if you started following me this month im trying to make this a monthly thing so here are my november favs!