#narcissa podcast

[tuiyla]

Have you ever listened to Dianna Agron's podcast series Narcissa? Maybe you should give it a try! It only has 8 episodes, features a sapphic love story between Dianna’s character and the other female lead (who I can’t really describe because she’s a walking spoiler) and the sci-fi thriller storyline is also really interesting and eventually converges with the queer romance plot. I also recommend it for Dianna’s beautiful and soothing voice and the podcast’s amazing sound effects. I'd love to read your thoughts on it if you do decide to listen to it. :)

(A few downsides, though: 1) not every loose end was tied up, but I assume it's because there might be a second season; 2) content warning: there’s one disturbing scene of SA).

I haven't! I assumed it'd be an older project but turns out it's from last summer, interesting. I do love Dianna's voice and can only assume things about the plot based on the title but sounds intriguing, I'll check it out. I've been meaning to check out more of Dianna's stuff for ages haha and I thought that'd be Shiva Baby and other movies but sure I can give the podcast a go.

Thank you for the rec and the warning, appreciate the heads up.

[rcarx]

omfg andie you fking shit

[bonusquestion]

Narcissa

At some parts of this podcast it feels too real but I guess that's what you want in fiction. Warning this podcast has some real messed up things but the main thing is SA (i don't know how to spell that) that we only see the start of but we know where it goes. It is really hard to recommend this as I said it has some heavy topics that most folks should not listen to. Go at your oun risk. And before I forget this is another AI robot thing, so cool~~~.

[multifandominfj]

Y’ALL I found a “podcast”/audiobook starring Dianna Agron, playing the lead bisexual character. And it’s GAY AF.

You’re welcome. 😏

[fanficmaverickpodcast]

The latest episode of The FanFic Maverick podcast is out! The show is available through the link above and also on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, and iHeartRadio.

In this episode I chat with SiriuslySapphic about her love for Narcissa Malfoy and her three one-shot fics ‘Promise of Forever,’ ‘Phenomenally Unnerving,’ and ‘You’d Come Back To Me.’

Thanks for coming on the show, SiriuslySapphic!

Keep on rollin’!

The link to ‘Promise of Forever’ is here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43606122

The link to ‘Phenomenally Unnerving’ is here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/42737703

The link to ‘You’d Come Back To Me’ is here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43112482

[broodpuff]

did anyone else listen to the narcissa podcast???

[thefearandnow]

Audio drama Sunday: 1/15/23

Narcissa

I’ve been meaning to listen to QCODE’s Narcissa for most of the last year and just never got around to it. But over the holiday break I binged all of it in a couple days, I was captivated by the sexy sci-fi thriller. Written by Alex O Eaton in collaboration with erotic audio book company Dipsea, Narcissa is about not-so-distant dystopic future where mind readers are yet again being persecuted with militant persistence. It starts out a murder mystery but quickly becomes a queer android love story with some fun twists and turns that made for such a fun listen. I thought the sound design was really well done for the mind reading sequences, the music wasn’t too distracting/cheesy and the interiority for the two main characters (Sid and Andie) where well written. And I can’t not admit that it was in fact effective at crafting some steamy moments, something that I was wondering if it’d pull off. As explained in some of the ad-breaks I think it’s really cool that there’s an emphasis on creating a safe and inclusive space to hear sexy stories and I’m interested to see if Dipsea makes other ad supported podcasts like this one.

Birds of Empire

Birds of Empire is one of those shows that I think a lot more people should be reeeeeally into. It’s a high fantasy adventure podcast with a deep universe of lore, different clans of animal-humanoid societies each with their own complex political inner workings and characters that represent a break in their respective tribes’ status quo. Listening through it reminded me a whole lot of Warriors (the cats) combined with the political intrigue of a Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon. Written and created by Jason Lew, this lovingly crafted universe is told through four stories from the four animal societies (hour long eps) interwoven with shorter episodes (10 min) that give the listener a glimpse of each tribes’ mythology. I loved the mix up in format and how each episode was a mostly self contained experience, instead of following the same characters throughout. The sound design (Randy Torres) is impressive and helps make the complex worldbuilding come to life. The first episode was a little bit hard for me to get through but I’m so happy that I stuck with it, really hope it gets continued for a second season.

Two Flatearthers Kidnap a Stone Mason

In the new year I finally got a chance to listen to TFKASM (long title) and I wish I had started listening sooner. This show is so fucking funny; a tight, clever and super deadpan satire of every internet conspiracy you’ve ever heard. Almost every punchline is a reference to some sort of meme crafted for a chronically online audience, from the titular flat earther YouTubers that are perfect caricatures of bumbling clout chasers to throwaway gags about McDonald’s ice cream machines. The patter between the characters never gets old and the little parodies of viral videos, mobile game apps, movie trailers and podcasts makes the in-universe internet feel as textured and incomprehensible as our own. Not only is there a lot of funny to be had here but the story is also very compelling and full of mystery in it’s own right, full of poignant commentary about truth, community and friendship behind all the silliness. This show is an absolute blast from the brilliant mind of Jeremy Ellett. Also I love that they include the cast credits in the beginning of the episode!

[atyd1960]

Marauders era characters ranking

1. Lily Evans

- badass, tragic, academic genius, likes to blow shit up, bi energy, ginger

2. Sirius Black

- he’s a piece of shit but i still love him (love is illogical).

- Great taste in music, stylish, cycle breaker, emotionally incompetent.

3. James Potter

- also a dipshit but I don’t owe you an explanation

- ADHD, morning person, dog person, hilarious, Leo Valdez variant

4. Mary McDonald

- total badass, girls’ girl, trans, loves herself fr, I have a crush on her

5. Marlene McKinnon

- messy, gayest person ever, lowkey a Robin Buckley variant, punk rock, bad ADHD

6. Dorcas Meadowes

- female rage if it was a woman, she has a knife, she loves women, ice on the outside fire in the inside (it makes sense to me)

7. Remus Lupin

- I know it’s way to low I’m sorry he’s top five in my heart😭

- Just like super smart, traumatised in many ways, self esteem issues, fear of being known, fear of being alone, this man needs help and I wanna hug him.

8. Regulus Black

- he’s been through it.

- Tragic, lonely, trapped, confused, abandoned, desperate, gay, emo.

9. Pandora Lovegood/Rosier

- she’s a fairy

- Extremely weird, her body is here but her mind is elsewhere, likes to blow shit up.

10. Alice Fortescue

- not really from the marauders Era but still

- She loves dragons, she can fight with a sword, she’s blonde

11. Frank Longbottom

- he loves his wife, he loves brownies, Frank Zhang variant because I said so.

12. Sybil Trelawney

- Criminally underrated

- weird af, borderline freaky, messy, all over the place.

13. Andromeda Black/Tonks

- OG white sheep of the black family, rebel rebel, sick taste in music (and in men).

14. Xeno Lovegood

- he smokes weed like it’s oxygen, he’s high, he’s weird, he wears skirts.

15. Narcissa Black

- badass bitch, morally grey, cool hair.

16. Emmeline Vance

- I don’t really know her but I love the idea of her

- Lowkey a bisexual menace who listens to true crime podcasts and can’t talk to people and like same girl.

17. Evan Rosier

- I don’t even know that guy but I hate him

18. Bellatrix Black

- Completely insane but in a bad way

- Only reason she’s above Barty is that she has cool sisters

19. Barty Crouch JR

- he’s a psychopath and he owns up to it and I lowkey respect that but gross

20. Peter Pettigrew

- he’s everything that I hate the most about myself and it’s kinda scary

21. Severus Snape

- he’s really not the worst of them I just hate that guy

[cailynwrites]

Harry Potter Rec Fest Day 2 - A comfort fic

This @hprecfest prompt was difficult for me because HP fanfic is all comfort fics for me. No matter how angsty, how dead dove, it's all comfort food. So I interpreted this prompt as fics that I go back to again and again.

EVERYTHING by GallaPlacidia Pairing: Draco x Harry

GallaPlacidia has such a way of writing, particularly for Draco's voice. She also has an economy of prose that makes just about every line elicit either a laugh or an emotional "ooof". She took down all her work when she published a beautiful book last year, but it's still available if you search around (I know there's a reddit post dedicated to it). I recommend starting with either "Dad Says" or "The Bucket List" but don't stop until you've devoured them all.

BONUS: She also recorded many of them for a podcast. Her versions have also been taken down, but she has said she has no objection to them being shared around and they're easy to find with a little googling. She's so good at narrating them that I was seriously bummed that she didn't record her novel as well. I definitely think her recordings heavily influenced my Draco voice.

Remain Nameless written by @heyjude19-writing and podficced by @beatificbean and @etl-echo-audiobooks Pairing: Draco x Hermione Word count: 312,286 Length: over 24 hours Rating: E

Two HeyJude recs in two days. Sorry not sorry! I don't know if Jude considers this a magnum opus, but it's massive and has incredible character study and development and really languishes in the enemies to lovers pipeline (in a good way!). It's angsty but not too angsty, which is why it qualifies as comfort for me. It's also translated into about 6 different languages, so if you're learning Italian on Duolingo, challenge yourself with a novel length Dramione.

The audiobook version narrated by @beatificbean is *chef's kiss*. It's also available to listen to on Spotify! It was my intro to the ETL-Echo universe and she is so good at Hermione and especially at reading really hot smut. If you've got a long road trip coming up, this is the perfect accompaniment. She has also recorded some outtakes and one-shots in the same universe: "Ceremonials" (AO3, Spotify).

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And finally, my two little self-recs ...

wasps and honey by @swoontodeath - a Podfic Pairing: Narcissa x Hermione Word count: 10,305 Length: 1:12:12 Rating: M

This was the first Cissmione I ever read. I recorded it for @hp-bodiceripper but it's got a great cottagecore vibe too. @swoontodeath's Narcissa is so lovely and complex and her internal monologue as she gets to know Hermione is wonderful. Also available on Spotify on the @etl-echo-audiobooks one-shot feed.

Sesame Seeds and the Entire Spectrum of Human Emotion by @ronbinary- a Podfic Pairing: Draco x Harry Word count: 9528 Length: 1:03:07 Rating: M

This was also recorded for a fest. @lcdrarry is so much fun; it's really fascinating to see the way the authors fit HP characters into other movie plots. @ronbinary wrote an adorable take on "The Proposal" for @lcdrarry 2021 and I recorded it for the 2023 fest. This perfect little romcom features fake dating, sharing a bed, adorable Molly Weasley meddling, and a lot of time on a boat. Also available on Spotify on the @etl-echo-audiobooks one-shot feed.

[delirious-comfort]

Uhm, my dear Glee disasters. Here's Dianna Agron doing 8 episodes of gay disaster reading. Yea really that's all, I don't know jack all about this shit, but it's super bisexual so uh yah I dont' know. I heard one line of her talking about kissing another woman and I am a goner so gbye.

Oh and it's free. It's called Narcissa and I know fuck all about it.

[roseverie]

Do you have any Spotify podcast recs?

I’ve answered this in the past with some recs here (just scroll down since it’s under my podcasts tag.) But to expand on that—

Non-fiction: (I haven’t been listening to anything extensively as of late, the following I’ve only maybe listened to like 2 or 3 episodes.)

- Unexplained Mysteries by Parcast

- The Knowledge Project

- Unexplained by Richard Maclean Smith

- In our time: philosophy (but also has sub podcasts on history and culture too)

- Philosophize This! by Stephen West

- History is sexy

- Very bad wizards

- Deviant Women

Fiction: (I haven’t listened to any of these, but I do have them written down in my notes to get around to because they interested me.)

- Limetown

- The Hotel

- Narcissa (qcode)

- The White Vault

[smilingformoney]

BTS?

And also, because you know I can’t help myself: The Million Dollar Question. The question being what does Lucius do after the last time we see him in the fic? I adored his final interactions but… please tell me he’s happy 😭

BTS: I’ll write a DVD commentary about my personal favorite passage

how am I suppose to pick one favourite 😭 I'm gonna go with the opening passage of chapter 23, I don't know if it's my fave but it's def one I can talk about

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This plot point was one that has always floated around from very early on. I first came up with Abbie 12 years ago, and initially she was a love interest for Draco. (I did think about keeping that element initially, but I think it was around the time I was writing chapter 4 that it came to me that Abbie was gay.) One of the scenes that formed in my head in the early days was that by the time of this battle, Abbie and Draco would have slept together a couple of times. Lucius would know of this and at some point in the battle, he would mimic the way Hermione was marking the doors they'd been through with an X, and mark Abbie across the torso with an X.

By the time I got to chapter 23, that idea was obviously way out of the window (not least bc Lucius would never slutshame 😂) but I did like the idea of Lucius attacking Abbie and leaving a scar, thus this scene was born.

Initially, this second paragraph began with "Somehow, he did." but I realised that was an unnecessary detail, plus it reeked too much of "Somehow, Palpatine returned."

The room that Abbie hides in is meant to be Sephy's office, which is why Lucius is able to find her, but I couldn't really figure out a way to work that detail in so I left it out.

I actually read this passage aloud for @snapecentric's podcast, and it was very fun to read out Lucius being a nasty lil bitch. I enjoyed reading it out but I don't know if I could do a podfic for the whole thing, I'd be too embarrassed to read out the sexy bits.

In case it's not obvious, she casts a patronus to send to Snape for help. The whole point of the previous scenes of him teaching her to do it was for this exact moment.

The last bit was plagiarised by some rando at some point, they posted it and changed Abbie to Y/N. It was hilarious 'cus they literally put it in the gen tag, where I live, and didn't expect me to recognise my own writing?!

I don't know why I'm so obsessed with Snape carrying Abbie like this, but I am. I also loved paralleling it with Abbie carrying him the same way after Nagini's bite. 😀

The Million Dollar Question - what happened to Lucius?

FINE. I should have known you'd make this about Lucius somehow 😂 If you must know, he and Narcissa divorce very amicably. They still meet up often, and they co-grandparent Scorpius when he's born. And just because it amuses me, Lockhart makes a full recovery from his addled mind and gets together with Lucius. When gay marriage is legalised, they have the most Extra wedding the wizarding world has ever seen.

[hatikarat]

I've started listening to a story podcast titled narcissa & lemme tell u 2012 me would shit my pants if she knew dianna agron would play a bi mind reader absolutely infatuated by a female presenting humanoid robot.

it's good so far and has an engaging plot. Also reminds me how good agron is at playing with emotional tones.

[dvarapala]

udyati is a very aural person. very auditory. she loves music. she loves audiobooks. apps like zombies run, marvel move and the walk are among the ones she uses the most. she listens to a lot of podcasts too. most of those are scripted stories coming from qcode and other podcast platforms that gave the people stories like blackout, evergreen, narcissa, treat, ad lucem, bloodthirsty hearts, the burned photo, the old gods of appalachia, the shadow diaries and multiple stories set in multiple realities about multiple x-men. but there are also podcasts like dipsea stories for when she's in the mood. aside from those picks, there is one true crime podcast that she just cannot quit. and that is only murders in the building. udyati loved season one and listened to the entirety of season two though she can't recall as much about it, and she's ready to go for season three. oliver and charles are very big parts of that but she really does love mabel mora (@bloodymabel) the most and is quietly rooting for her, always. nor would she be surprised if it turns out that mabel is, in fact, psychic or a medium of some sorts.

[multifandominfj]

Y'all, if you like a good queer, sci-fi, dystopian love story that also is a thrilling mystery, Narcissa is for you.

I only just discovered it and it got me from episode one. Will definitely be re playing it.

Also, Dianna Agron's performance?WOW. Absolutely mesmerizing. I sincerely hope sh does more podcasts like this in the future.

[nappe-plays-the-sims]

for the ask game, 14. 17, 28. and.... 26 specifically for Abe.

14. which oc makes their bed every morning? which one thinks it’s a waste of time?

Pia and Pelle both make their bed every morning, Pelle with more enthusiasm and joy when doing so. Lucy more often than not leaves it as it is and won't notice or think about it. Kaeileen will not do it and then will bemoan the fact that she won't do it.

17. which oc likes country music? which oc HATES country music?

Ulyssa secretly likes country music. Pelle thinks it's all right. Roman absolutely despises it and will get up and leave if it plays anywhere near him.

26. what is your oc’s favorite art movement?*

Abe prefers to just draw portraits most of the time. But surrealism is his favorite. And honestly, I think it resonates with him emotionally because he can't really comprehend his own feelings, so seeing art he can't comprehend connects with him.

28. which oc would start a podcast? what would it be about?

I could picture a lot. Pelle would have a polyamory and/or LGBT themed podcast. Narcissa would start a podcast that no one would listen to. If Leofric becomes more confident in the future I could picture him starting up a sports podcast with an odd philosophical angle.