#ogoa live

[oh-how-i-love-my-fandoms]

I went to the Old Gods of Appalachia live show last night, and *sigh* okay I get it now. I get why the Railroad Man is a sex symbol. But I’m not happy about it.

[mr-mitosis]

[hellonoblesky]

DOC!! DONT TAKE THAT RING!!!! ITS ON THE EPISODE COVER DOOOCCC!!!!!!!!!!! DOC ITS GONNA GET YOU!!!!!!!!!!!! DOC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lucifer-kane]

I don't like. Go Here, for the Alan Wake games or anything but ohhhh my god. The musical sections in the second game (as well as other games made by the same people) go so hard. It's such an interesting way to format a level. Not only do the songs fuck so hard but god just. The visual design is sick as hell.

[thatoneacecryptid]

The way that the promise of new episodes of The Adventure Zone and Old Gods of Appalachia have been getting me through this week is UNREAL

[msvelawciraptor]

Wearing a new perfume today and loving it. Happy happy.😁

[cookinguptales]

So… last week I made a vent post about an accessibility issue I’d had with some podcasters. I really only meant for the post to be read by my followers (who to my knowledge aren’t familiar with the podcast in question) which is why I put minimal tags on it and didn’t name the show.

But… the post got legs that I wasn’t expecting, and eventually a lot of people asked for the name of the show. I hadn’t intended on creating a whole big thing, so I was kind of reluctant, but I did see the logic in what they were saying — as a disabled woman myself, I would also want to know if I were supporting podcasters whose values did not align with mine. So I told people quietly in the notes that the show had been Old Gods of Appalachia.

Things… did not stay quiet.

Frankly speaking, one of the reasons why I don’t write as many posts about disability and ableism these days is because I got tired of people writing to me and telling me that people like me should be dead. So you can imagine what kind of fucking week I’ve been having since all that blew up. It’s been a very high symptom week, too, so I’m just. Very tired and stressed rn.

Personally, I’d be happy to never talk about it again and try to get back to my everyday life, but I did think it was important to note that the creators of OGOA must have gotten wind of the post, and they did contact me.

I won’t post the whole email here, but it was a good response. Since seeing my post, they’d tried getting in contact with the venue and realized very quickly why I’d been so frustrated. They ended up needing to go through their booking agent to get any kind of answers — so like, to the people who sent me a thousand messages telling me I was an entitled idiot who just needed to contact the venue, please know that none of you were remotely helpful.

Again, I’m not going to post the entire email, but I did think it was important to be fair and use the same platform that I used to vent to tell people that they seem committed to doing better in the future. They told me that they would be making sure that they have all this information going forward and that they would no longer allow it to be such a barrier to entry for disabled fans.

They invited me back to the show and… god, I’ll admit it. I really had to think about my answer. Not to sound ungrateful, but after the week I’ve had, even thinking about the podcast, the podcasters, and that damn live show has me stressed af. I had to really consider whether I even wanted to go.

But in the months since I first contacted them, they added a show that’s a lot closer to where I live, so rather than a weekend trip, I could just take a single bus. And it’s near one of my favorite Japanese restaurants in the city, so if all else fails, I can at least have some good katsudon. So I will be going to the Philadelphia show.

(Though for fellow disabled fans, Terakawa Ramen is not wheelchair accessible. 🙃 Most days I can do the two steps into the restaurant, but not always. Philly, I love and loathe you.)

Anyway, I wanted to reply to them before I made a post here, but… yeah. We’ve worked things out, I think. Only the future can tell what they'll do going forward but they do seem committed to doing better.

To me, there are always two goals when I write about disability and ableism. The first is that disabled people will feel seen. That is always, always my primary goal. It’s so easy for us to feel invisible and unimportant, and I always want to make you all feel seen, just like I want to feel seen. The second is that able-bodied folks will listen and learn and do their best to support their disabled peers in the future.

So… I think that my post managed to fulfill both of those goals. A lot of disabled people have reblogged that post and have talked about their own experiences, and a lot of them have explicitly said how much that post makes them feel seen. And the podcasters in question seem to have really reflected on their actions and seem to want to do better going forward.

So as incredibly fucking stressed out as I’ve been, I guess I can’t regret making the post. It’s always good to know that your words can have impact. The post has long since moved out of my friends circle so I assume it’ll just keep circulating and I’ll keep getting shitty anons and chat messages, but I’m just gonna focus on what good has come from it. I’m hopeful that my post will make life tangibly better for at least a few disabled people, and I’m encouraged by the fact that podcasters who I’d formerly liked do actually seem to want to do the work needed to improve.

And uh I’m not answering any more messages from people who just wanna swear at me. I’m tired. Leave me alone.

[skywarpie]

OGOA fans; its finally on Spotify

[koskela-knights]

Holy fuckkk???!! 😍 the Guys live as Old Gods if Asgard for the first time ever?? 😍 NGL, I’ve always dreamt of them doing a OGoA gig

[riotshotguns]

these ones too because ive seen him do them at ogoa live shows TWICE and it fucking destroyed me both times

[iliveinprocrasti-nationn]

i bought my ticket to the ogoa live show near me and ive already called my mum twice because i don’t know what to do. i’m so excited

[bywandandsword]

Also I live two houses down from the train tracks and for some reason the lights and alarm that warns you that a train is coming has been going off at least once a minute for three days now. I don't know what's going on, but I'm choosing to believe that the Man from the Railroad from OGoA somehow came back to life, went as far north away from the Walker sisters as was feasible, and is now fucking with the railroad crossing alarm purely to invoke a murderous, bloody rage in the community

[chekhovs-harpoon]

debating with myself if it's a good or bad idea to get caught up with ogoa now cuz I'm p much living alone in the middle of the woods and will be for the next three weeks,,,

so on one hand this is like the most perfect immaculate vibes for listening to this particular horror pod,,, on the other hand i scare easily and may not be able to sleep

[lostmidnightwriter]

SPOILER!

Mr. Shell, my good gentleman, you can't put a "death by auto accident" warning at your show notes, and then start the episode with the phrase "Melvin Blevins sat on the tailgate of his truck and waited at the mouth of Boggs Holler. " ! I spent 85% of the episode straight up losing my fecal matter, thinking some asshole eldritch monster will run that man over or smth!

[all-hail-moon-dogs]

just so we’re clear i’d protect this boy with my life

[ghostbustermelanieking]

hearing old ads for shit planned for 2020 is a bitter kind of funny