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More Muppet Erotica Than Expected

This week, we tried to make a pride episode, but we ended up completely derailed. In hindsight, starting out with Bert and Ernie was probably where where we went wrong, but in our defence the Miss Piggy A/B/O right out of the gate would probably send everyone off course! We also talk about Sir Percival from Merlin's arms for longer than usual (if you know, you know)

If that sounds your jam, you can listen to the full episode here:

Or here

Or even here

More weird shit next time!

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What is a Metal Gear Solid?

This week, in our second part of the "Grace is on holiday and we're too scared to look at ao3 by ourselves" series; Nick (an avid Cold War guy) and James (a big weeb) try and use the wiki to figure out what is going on in Metal Gear Solid.

If that sounds your jam, have a listen to the full episode here:

Or here

Or even here:

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What is Kingdom Hearts?

Or "The Shipping Forecast 0.47: Weird Wiki Wandering"

This week, left to their own devices Nick and James embark on their most difficult expedition into the internet yet, as they try to understand the plot of Kingdom Hearts with only a few drinks and a well put together Wiki to keep them sane.

Will they leave with any understanding as to what a Heart is? Have a listen to the full episode to find out, which can be found here;

Or here

Or even here

And do you like this format? We had fun with it, maybe we'll do more?

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Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry Series

This week, the forecasters return to the mids 00s, where we visit one of James' favourite games of the time (and the reason he bought a PS3) Devil May Cry.

Join us as we embark on a quest to find a fanfic we like more than the most recent anime, and answer hard hitting questions like:

What IS Hysteria? What is Dark Crack? Who is Miles Stallion? Why does Nick hate Star Wars? Are there any fandoms where the source material is awful, but everyone is thirsty for one character so it gets a tonne of fan content? (if you know of it, please share)

If that sounds your jam, have a listen to the full episode here:

Or here

Or even here

And the thumbnail art is here

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FangFiction (Nosferatu)

We promised at the start of the year to let the fandom cook, and now we're back to see how Nosferatu is doing! Join us as Nick gradually loses his mind trying to understand how this film is both horny and scary all at once, and we answer hard hitting questions like:

Do they make a good polycule? Did Willem Dafoe keep the cat? (yes) Is James paid per mention of the 2004 Summer Blockbuster Van Helsing?

If that sounds your jam, have a listen to the full episode here:

Or here

Or any of the other places you'd expect to find a podcast!

And heres the full thumbnail, another banger from friend of the show @hexicate

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Owl'd Man Yaoi

This week, the forecasters take a dive into Hell, in one of the first episodes in a while where James doesn't know the topic, join him as he learns the tale of a surprisingly kind demon manager and his disaster of an owl boyfriend. Also Ke$ha is here too?

Join us, as we explore a fandom new to us, and answer hard hitting questions like:

What did Sonic the Hedgehog do to end up in Hell? How has Nick not seen Muppet Christmas Carol?? Who is the best goth?

If that sounds your thing, have a listen to the full episode here:

Or here

Or even here

Art is here, thanks again to @hexicate who is still klling it

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The Forecasters Return to Teufort

Our schedule may be late, but we're still here! This week The Forecasters return to an old favourite. For the first time in Seven Years, the Team Fortress 2 fandom has new content, and we're curious how such a long running community reacts to this!

We dig in to the fics, and also ask hard hitting questions, like;

Did James do an OK job editing this while he was on holiday without his main computer or headphones?

Who do we have to thank for our jump in thumbnail quality? (its @hexicate, thank you so much!)

Is the Marilyn Manson rumour still going?

If that sounds like your jam, have a listen here:

Or here

Or even here

And the full image is here:

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Thank Goodness You're Here (Part 1)

This week, James is on holiday and forgot to bring the sound effects file, so here is us playing video games

Apologies the sound gets funky 9 minutes in, we're still figuring out OBS, it was still a fun time though and we'll carry this on in future!

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I wanna talk about Venom but I can't make a coherent thought so have these I got off of Pinterest

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Something Beautiful* Is Going To Happen

*by beautiful we mean Disco Elysium Yaoi

This week, left to their own devices James and Nick opt to get political by talking about Disco Elysium, a game they both got so into that it changed their brain chemistry.

Join us as we talk about how feelings, and heavy spoilers for the game so if that matters to you I'd encourage you to go play it beforehand.

Anyway, if listening to that sounds like your jam, you can find the full episode here

Or here

And even here

And join us next time, when we look at more games about old man yaoi, one that finally got a (sort of) update after several years...

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Sonic 3: Tokyo Drift

This week, we talk about the fandom we avoided last time, as we knew it'd be too big to keep involved! Join us as we delve into what is rapidly becoming James and Grace's favourite ongoing film franchise. Nick didn't see the film, so we're catching him up on why there's two Eggmans and how Latinas fit into all this...

Join us, as we look at the best ships of Sonic, and answer the important questions, like:

When will we get the Muppet Cut? What does Para even mean anyway? Which part of the script brought Jim Carey back?

If that sounds your jam, the full episode is here:

And here

And even here

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Ships we liked in 2024 (But didn't get to talk about)

We're back! We were supposed to be back sooner, but we all got hit with illness. so to make up for the time away here is an extra long episode!

This week, we're talking about all the things we wanted to do in 2024 but we didn't get a chance to. Including:

The Thing Wallace & Gromit The Battle of Britain(?) Wallace & Gromit The Beekepper Nosferatu (that will probably get its own episode down the line, lets let the fandom cook for a bit more) And of course Wallace & Gromit.

If three British idiots chatting about these sounds your thing, why not have a listen here:

Or here

Or even here:

And pretty much every other podcast place too!

We've got a big list for 2025, but if you have any topics you'd like us to cover (or any fics you'd like to see us do a dramatic reading of), you can get in touch at thefanshippingforecast@gmail.com. Or at any of our social media accounts, we are also on:

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AND on Linkedin we have 'Shipping Forecast', come talk to us about B2B yaoi!

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My most important New Years Resolution is to remember to take advantage of the 1 monthly free Blazed post that apparently already kicked in even though I haven’t yet renewed my ad-free subscription at the higher price.

So, here’s The Bean in all her glory

and a little coil of Candi, too!

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the cucks have unionized

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Defeathers your McGraw lol

I got drunk and thought it would be funny to unleash a curse upon the Fandom Mwuhahaha!

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Christmas, Easter, Winter, and Teeth Special (Rise of the Guardians)

This week, in our final upload of the year, we talk about the other, better, big team up film from 2012; Rise of the Guardians.

This also marks the second time ever that all three of us have recorded in the same room at once, a technical miracle!

Thanks for sticking with us through the year, I hope discussion of who is the sexiest fairy tale figure is what you wanted for Christmas because thats what we got you!

And you can unwrap that present here:

Or here

Or even here

See you next year, we'll be talking about the film I saw at the weekend...

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42 Minutes 17 Seconds Part 2: Valley Girl Purah

This week we wrap up our dramatic reading of 42 Minutes and 17 seconds, an emotional rollercoaster brought to us by the ever talented T_5Seconds.

In this part, we solve all the problems of Hyrule, then piece together Zelda's memories.

But our memories also haven't been pieced together and we completely forgot who voices who. So the cast for this week:

Featuring Nick as The Narrator James as Zelda, Mineru, Purah, and other misc roles Grace as Link, and other misc roles

If that sounds your jam, have a listen here

Or here

Or even here

And join us next time, when we read something a bit more spooky and vampiric...

If you have anything you'd like us to read, feel free to send it over (so long as you are the author, or have the authors permission)