#then I really cannot recommend Ars Paradoxica highly enough

[h-i-raeth]

The Back To The Future movies are good time travel movies because they don't take themselves too seriously but they do still take reasonable care to close every loop/branching path that they open. The plot is about them fixing the problems they themselves create & it does so to satisfaction.

The Bill & Ted movies are good time travel movies because the POV characters have 0 braincells and their time travel works mainly on vibes & "we'll get to that later". Paradoxes who? Also the universe just escalates in weirdness after Excellent Adventure so if you're complaining about unrealistic time travel it really feels like you should be picking other battles.

The Terminator movies (that actively feature Linda Hamilton as Sarah Connor that's my litmus test for whether they count don't @ me) are good time travel movies because they're not time travel movies. Time travel sets the premise in motion and motivates the characters & the plot but otherwise stays out of it.

[asexual-society]

i saw your podcast reblog and wanted to ask for recommendations for podcasts with good ace rep?

specifically ones that aren’t graphic/horror, and really don’t deal with heavy themes in general. (fantasy + sci fi are preferred!)

(and any with gray ace rep if you can)

ty :3

Okay, so I'm going to list some podcasts I have personally listened to, some are horror-ish, but I felt like I had to mention, others aren't, because I like to talk about things I'm interested in and if I say *that's my opinion* enough times maybe people won't come for me, and I couldn't in good conscience recommend you a podcast I hate without telling you I hate it first. Speaking of!

The Penumbra Podcast is a favourite of many. Not me though. There is at least one aroace character that I know of in each of the storylines, but I couldn't get more than 6 episodes in because this podcast has kissing noises and lots of them. I couldn't tell you how prevalent the ace characters are because of this, although it is an otherwise very queer podcast, and as far as I'm aware it isn't graphic and is not a horror podcast, but someone can correct me if I'm wrong on any count.

Ars Paradoxica is a sci fi podcast and the main character, Sally Grissom, accidentally travels back in time to cold war-era America, and is explicitly aroace, so this might be right up your alley. I didn't love this one, but it was very interesting, and if it had a comprehensive wiki for each episode I probably would have listened to more, I just struggled to follow it. Not sure if other people also had this issue or if it's just a me thing. Let me know!

I'd like to give an honourable mention to Hello From The Hallowoods, which is horror-ish, I personally wouldn't consider it to be particularly gory, although there are some dark themes and a few episodes get particularly heavy. There are a couple of named ace characters and one aro character, and otherwise some absolutely incredible queer rep of all stripes and I absolutely love it.

A current favourite of mine is the Sheridan Tapes, which follows detective Sam Bailey as he investigates the disappearance of horror author, Anna Sheridan. It's a bit of a spooky horror one so may not be your cup of tea, but I hope someone else might like it because the main character is explitly grey ace and mlm and it is without a doubt the best aspec rep I have ever encountered (the main character also reads as grey/demiro too). At times it's a bit silly and sometimes some of the characters can be a little annoying, but I cannot stress enough, the rep is so good. If you (general you) like the Magnus Archives (also cannot recommend highly enough, but definitely not what you're looking for, no exaggeration, I cried for a week when it finished), and would like to listen to a podcast that is just like that, except generally worse in almost every way (affectionate), then this is the podcast for you!

There's also a bi, demi ace character in the Rusty Quill Gaming podcast, but I can imagine you might not want to wait over 150 odd episodes to get to it. If you are however a fan of ttrpgs and actual play podcasts, this is a really good one, there's some death and heavy themes but also I have never laughed so hard in my life as I did for the 3 weeks it took me to catch up with this last year (and there's a QPR!).

Off the top of my head I can't think of any others with ace rep I've listened to - I've heard good things about Old Gods of Appalachia, Wooden Overcoats, the Bright Sessions and the Strange Case of Starship Iris, but haven't been able to get into them myself and couldn't tell you much about them. I did find this list though!

If any of our followers have other recs, or think I'm being too harsh on tpp, please comment/send an ask in :)