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this is a sleeper hit for most chilling line in the podcast to me because of how casually it betrays the depths of systematic coercion and exploitation being not even tacitly endorsed and profilerated by the state. the military-industrial complex. the tyranny afforded to socioeconomic and political institutions of power (the family, the government, the corporate, etc.) and reinforcement of hegemonic classes and ideals. it is happening again. it's going to keep happening. the system is designed to ensure it.

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And while we've got your attention - we commissioned the amazingly talented @rosenkranz-does-things to create a piece of artwork for Our Wars Have Ended, our next audiodrama after The Silt Verses, to help us set the tone.

It's gorgeous, it's awful, we love it. Really excited to share more in due course as we stumble frantically in the general direction of production!

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average battlestar galactica episode:

the military and governement take turns having ethical and moral quandaries. meanwhile, gaius baltar has hallucinatory kinky sex with an angel

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WORLDS BEYOND NUMBER EP 49 SPOILERS

and also for His Dark Materials

I’ve been reading a lot of very interesting takes on Steel and what went down in ep. 49 and while I don’t have a solid opinion of her, I’d like to give my input.

I’d also like to preface this by saying I do not in any way excuse or approve of any of her choices or any of the Citadels methods whatsoever lol. I’m sure that should be clear but Imma say it anyway.

I see some people saying that Steel doesn’t care about the kids and if I remember correctly, that’s not exactly what she says. I got from that scene that she CAN’T let herself care about the safety of the children, not that she DOESN’T. When Suvi was saying “they’re just kids” Steel says “stop saying that”, as if she doesn’t want to be reminded of the horrible things she’s let slide. There was someone in charge, but their plans went awry and there was too much other stuff going on for her to be able to expend any more energy towards them. Her saying “stop saying that” felt like her trying not to be reminded of her guilt to me.

She also somewhat excuses it by saying that she got taken too and that no one came to save her but, she was able to make her village proud so it was worth it. And she kept saying that she is trying to make all these sacrifices WORTH IT.

I think that Steel is not happy about being cruel but thinks she’s doing the right thing because the ends justify the means. I don’t think she’s uncaring but I think she believes that she can make it all mean something so she’s willing to sacrifice others safety and her own morality.

I think about Lyra’s dad in His Dark Materials (i’ve only seen the show so far). He KILLED Roger. Straight up. And he would have done it again because he was trying to kill god and he believed that he could stop many more children for generations from being killed or stripped of their souls.

I don’t like or condone or agree with Steel, but I don’t think she’s uncaring about what she’s done. I think she thinks she’s being strong and brave by shouldering all the guilt of what she’s facilitated and is doing her best to push that guilt away so that she can keep making “hard choices”.

alexa play Monster from Epic the Musical

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all in your head (by @hehearse)

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Am I alone now?

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I was really hoping that Steel hadn't killed Soft and Stone, because it felt like an obvious twist and betrayal. But man, that feels like the inevitable answer now. The real question is, did she do it before or after her heart was removed? Because I'm guessing before and that was part of why she pulled it out.

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Children's Adventure ep. 8

Brennan: And she just starts crying.

Aabria: I grab her around the neck and try to soothe her.

Steel: No, not your job, child. Not your job ... Your mother and father were the best and bravest people I ever knew, and they're not with us anymore.

The Wizard, the Witch, and the Wild One ep. 49:

Brennan: She puts a hand on your shoulder, brings you in, embraces you, and gets her face in the crook of your neck and just starts crying, shaking and crying.

Aabria: I think Suvi immediately ... she was so ready to fall into Steel's arms, she's so used to it, but in that moment feels herself take on the contraposition of, "I'm going to hold her up." And does. And just is trying not to cry and is feeling herself at the edge of breaking down, or being exhausted, or letting something go, or something drop, but is honestly really grateful for whatever this is. A couple more seconds before the conversation that needs to happen, and I get to just comfort my mom. And that's really nice.

Steel: I thought you were dead.

This parallel destroyed me, of Steel telling Suvi that her parents are dead vs. Steel telling Suvi that she though she was dead. Their relationship is so heart-wrenching and intricate, and I will be suing Aabria and Brennan for emotional damage.

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Children's Adventure ep. 8

Steel: Suvirin. I promise you, the best wizards I ever met worked many great things upon the world. And I suspect that when the time comes, we will see that their greatest achievement will be the very special young girl sitting on this bench beside me.

The Wizard, the Witch, and the Wild One ep. 49

Steel: Suvi, you mean everything to me … I look at you and I see the fire, I see the potential. You hate that I put you on the leadership track; I didn't want you blasted apart on some battlefield somewhere. There's great things afoot for you. There is a world that comes after this. We are so close, we are so close. The world that comes after is gonna need you. It's not gonna need me. And if I could set that up, then it would all be worth it … I need you to be there. I need you to take this when I can’t carry it anymore.

They can't keep getting away with this; I am unwell.

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Inkpot Gods

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Sexiest Podcast Character 2024 — Scripted Undefeated Bracket — Round 5

Propaganda

Renée Minkowski (Wolf 359):

Please. I beg of you. Read all the propaganda I wrote, and then vote Minkowski. If you're still not convinced:

She's a first-generation Polish immigrant, and a huge part of her arc is about feeling like she had to hide her identity and prove herself to make it in the US. When she lets her accent slip out in episode 52, it's the sexiest thing to ever happen.

She has the entire rule book for her space mission memorized so she can better take care of her ship.

She talks to ghosts on multiple occasions.

She has a gay little dynamic with the 2024 sexiest podcast character, Isabel Lovelace.

She expertly navigates multiple hostage situations.

Along with musicals, she's ALSO really into Sylvia Plath.

She lives under a rock and does not know anything about pop culture, which is adorable.

She writes show tunes!

vote for the commander you fools, vote like the wind!!!!!!!!!

John Doe (Malevolent):

VOTE JOHN DOE EVERYONE!!!! LOOK AT HIM!!!!! MY BELOVED YELLOW GLOWING EYE CREATURE!!! HE CERTAINLY DESERVES YOUR VOTE !

PLEASEEEE VOTE FOR JOHN😭😭😭 he’s so GODDDD HES AN ELDRITCH GOD THAT JUST WANTS LOVE😭😭 (if you know me PLEASE VOTE FOR JOHN I KNOW YOU DONT KNOW HIM BUT PLEASEEEE HES PERFECTTTT!!! And also listen to Malevolent 🤩)

(vote John tho, he's such a baby, you wouldn't hurt a baby!)

i wasnt gonna say anything and just see how it turns out but PLEASEEEE VOTE FOR JOHN PLEASE MY POOKIE💔💔💔💔💔FAVOURITEST GUY EVER HIS VOICE IS SO NICE PLEASE PLEASE💔💔

Let’s not let this trans icon down guys. He didn’t fight to be who he decides for nothing. And that is the sexiest thing imaginable.

John was absolutely an eldritch nightmare BUT is literally getting better and learning empathy and consent which is very sexy

Hello my friends and random people in my phone. Please consider voting John Doe for Sexiest Podcast Character. He is barely beating Helen Distortion and eyes are so much cooler than spirals. John deserves one (1) nice thing and if that nice thing is being voted the Sexiest Podcast Character of 2024, who am I to deny that to him? Who are we to deny that to him? Use your voice, tumblr. Vote for John.

The one who’s changing and growing, powerful and terrifying but can be tender and good, capable of mind-fuckery but instead trying to be a better being and make up for thousands of years of terrible choices

John's entire identity is about defying the rules you were forced into at birth, and deciding you can be whoever you decide. And nothing is sexier than that.

Hello, we the good people at John's campaign headquarters, come to you with a very special message about our candidate and why he deserves your vote with a compilation of his best hits.

A vote for John is a vote for justice. And being your true self. And choosing your own name. And being really really cool.

John Propaganda video by @lunaescribe and @rotflea.

JOHNDOE2025 video by @curbledmiilk.

John Doe Acceptance speech by @malevolentcast.

Additional propaganda below the cut:

Renée Minkowski (Wolf 359):

the most badass commander there is. she spent a week hunting a plant monster living on the air ducts of her station with a goddamn harpoon. she managed to keep her people alive and get them home. she managed to keep Eiffel alive for like five years and for that alone she deserves a fucking medal

She did not just spend one week hunting the plant monster, she spent TWO WEEKS hunting the plant monster. Later on, she used the very same harpoon to murder an evil capitalist WHILE SHE HAD A BULLET IN HER CHEST.

She's haunted by the memory of the first time she took a life, and what's sexier than a character with regrets?

She works out. Muscle women. Enough said.

She's devoted to protecting her crew above all else, and despite her self-doubt, she's REALLY damn good at it.

She's a theater kid! She loves musicals! She writes showtunes! Sondheim is her favorite composer!

She Russian-Roulettes a guy into not blowing up her ship, and does such a good job of it that he never even realizes there aren't any bullets in her gun.

She's been trapped in a time loop, possibly multiple times.

She's the best character in all of audio drama, I love her, she's beautiful, she's sexy, and she deserves every vote.

#minkowski my beloved. love of my life. other half of my heart. sexiest woman in podcast ever. i love her

#MINKOWSKI!!!!!! #i love her sooo much fun fact

#my girl! my favorite girl! she won! #let's keep this energy going everyone!

I don't really remember anything about Wolf 359 since I only listened to a few episodes so I'm throwing my lot in with whoever has the most compelling/funniest propaganda. I think this would be funny and I commit to nothing if not the bit

This is propaganda for all the female characters. Voters please remember how pretty all women are and factor that into every single vote you make. Thank you.

But. MINKOWSKI. Please read all that Minkowski propaganda I wrote and then consider voting for her. She's the love of my life and THE sexiest podcast woman, bar none.

MINKOWSKI

John Doe (Malevolent):

A fragment of the Eldritch Deity that has gained independence, attached to possibly the world's most pathetic man. Also have you heard his voice

JOHNNN, JOHN I BELIEVE IN YOU

Gonna need everyone to vote for John plz

Don't let John down, he needs a win, he's had a miserable time lately : (

his voice is jsut. really good

sorry but queer rumbling voice John Doe is too powerful to not vote for here. Also no one in canon will tell him this and he deserves to know.

ok but the way John Doe said labrynthine

If John wins I'll write him kissing Noel

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LISTEN TO HIS VOICE

Threatens to disembowl anyone who hurts the person he loves

Once tried to kill a priest for making goo goo eyes at his man

Was an evil warlord turned soft poetry lover

Can still throw hands when needed

Clever as fuck

Wants to see a movie SO BAD

Memorizes poems just for his wet cat -V protective of his wet cat partner

VOTE JOHN

Crew we can't let trans icon movie lover, most jealous husband in the universe John Doe lose...

If John wins I'll cosplay him again

Vote John!! he's everything. eldritch god, in a codependent relationship with a feral cat of a man, nice voice, he even likes poetry

I've actually nutted to John's voice before. /hj

like this isn't even his full power s2 voice but mannnnn he sounds so hungry and feral for Arthur all the time...

ASSEMBLING THE MALEVOLENT CROWD. POOKIES FOLLOW YOUR DUTY AND HELP THIS MISERABLE MAN OUT!!!!

do NOT let my glorious goat LOSE!!!!

JOHN JOHN JOHN JOHN JOHN J

Vote John Doe!!!

MOOTS PLEASE VOTE JOHN 💔💔💔💔

VITE JOHN VOTE JOHN VOTE JOHN VOTE JOHN

LETS GO JOHN DOE

malevolent fans RISE

JOHN LETS GOOOOOOOO

hey all my mutuals, do some work for your favorite yellow boy

Vote for John!! Joohn!!!!

IM SORRY BUT PLEASE VOTE JOHN HES AWESOME I PROMISE

VOTE JOHN VOTE JOHN VOTE JOHN VOTE JOHN VOTE JOHN VOTE JOHN VOTE JOHN VOTE JOHN VOTE JOHN VOTE JOHN VOTE JOHN VOTE JOHN VOTE JOHN VOTE JOHN VOTE JOHN VOTE JOHN VOTE JOHN VOTE JOHN VOTE JOHN VOTE JOHN VOTE JOHN VOTE JOHN VOTE JOHN VOTE JOHN COME ON GUYS

Guys vote John Doe as sexiest podcast character please he deserves this 🙏

CMON FOLKS, JOHN DOE JOHN DOE JOHN DOE

JOHN SWEEP!

IM SORRY JOHN!!!! (I’m really not)

VOTE FOR JOHN!!!

PLEASE VOTE JOHN PLEASE

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don't ever look up what your childhood friends are up to now!!!!!!!!!! like girl you're a nuclear safety engineer. i put on matching socks today. we played tag a thousand years ago.

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