The Shipping Forecast

Episode Notes This week, we return for another dramatic reading with QWanderer's Like Yellow Eyes, a two part Good Omens fic from the perspective of the Bently We switch things up a bit this time with the casting, Grace is narrating while Nick and James fight over who plays Aziraphale and who plays Crowley (neither of them thought they could do David Tennant justice) When the archive returns, I en...

Episode Notes This week, the Forecasters get together, in person for a change, to discuss the second human/non-human bromance that has stolen our hearts this year. (Acme vs Coyote) We also find a surprising amount of cannibalism, rivaled perhaps only by the Hannibal fandom. There were also five separate fics by separate authors about seducing CEO Foghorn Leghorn, which is why we have that as a thu...

Episode Notes This week, Nick and James are left to their own devices as Grace is busy with an important side project. Join us, as we chat about 00s British TV, learn about Soulmate AUs, and try and work out if we can live in a Cyberpunk Dystopia We're curious who listens to the show, if you want to tell us about yourselves please do using this survey; https://forms.gle/daPgyx8SwWNRYXJJ9  Or...

Episode Notes This week we return to our long missed series of dramatic readings; Fanfics and Chill. Tonight we read IrisRetulata9's erotic tale about Ceefax advocate and Britain's future Prime Minister; Count Binface. Featuring Nick as The Narrator James as Count Binface and Grace as Your Name Here. Got a fic you'd like us to read? Drop us a message at email: thefanshippingforecast@gmail.com tumb...

Episode Notes This week, the forecasters look for works about people being In Heat, because they have just come out of the fifth heatwave of the UK, and they wanted to see how other people handled being In Heat. They got more than they bargained for... Join us, as we answer tough questions like Is the shorter one usually the bottom? What is a Delta Male? Why is Napoleon so popular in the yaoi end...

Episode Notes This week, while this episode is nominally about the Odyssey, only Grace saw it so we mostly want to talk about Hades 2 again. It expands into discussion of Greek mythology as a whole, but not before a detour into Postman Pat fics because we saw some things. We also talk a lot about garden centers, which are pretty great. We also answer hard hitting questions, like: Is James a fake a...

Episode Notes This week, we celebrate that Nick is legally a trucker now that he has passed his truck test. He joins other famous truckers like Smokey and the Bandit, Ganondorf, and Kim Namjoon from BTS. Probably. Join us as we look at Trucker AU fics, and answer hard hitting questions like Have you ever used Grindr just to make a platonic friend? Why are people writing AUs about the Milgram Exper...

Episode Notes This week, well its been a rough one because there was a big heatwave, the episode was corrupted and it took until after the heatwave for my brain to realise I could recover it. So we had to power through and only just managed to get this out in time! Join Grace and James as we manage to explain the highs and lows of the Arrowverse, pondering why the muscle girls always end up with g...

Episode Notes This week, we go to space with Ryan Gosling in the hopes of making friends. Grace spends the entire thing unsettling because he has borrowed her name. Grace gives (actually quite good) dating advice Nick gives (some alright) fashion advice) and James is here too. Enjoying the show? Got a fic you'd like us to read? Hate the show and you want to tell us anyway? Come find us on our soci...

Episode Notes The secret fourth member of SuperWhoLock has ended, attempting to squeeze 6 hours of plot into 100 minutes. The forecasters weigh in on their feelings about Good Omens season 3, have a look for some fics about it all, and answer hard hitting questions like: Is Free Will Real?  Who is the coolest pope?  Was chitty chitty bang bang sentient? Discussion of the finale ends at 35 minutes,...

Episode Notes This week, a very sleep deprived group of Forecasters explore the "Sold to One Direction" genre, a small but very amusing category in the Archive. It turns out many people from across history have been sold to boy bands over time, we still don't know why but we do answer hard hitting questions, like Who got the best deal for selling their child to One Direction (or another...

Episode Notes His coming has been foreshadowed for some time. This week, we talk about F1, doing our best to wrangle Nick away from talking about the car side of it to focus on the surprisingly popular shipping of the drivers. Join us, as we look at some of the best F1 fics and answer hard hitting questions like: Just how DO you become an alpha? Why does everyone want men to cry? What exactly does...

Episode Notes Grace has a need, a need for more of the himbo Dunk from Knights of the Seven Kingdoms. Join us as we look into one of many fandoms that seemed to blink out of existence after its finale aired, and ponder hard hitting questions like; Are One Direction still buying people? Do we need to split the Crack tag into Dark Crack and Light Crack? Can we work Big Ladies into this somehow? Enjo...

Episode Notes Grace and James saw Zootopia at the end of last year and have been meaning to discuss it ever since, join us as we barely do that, and instead tangent to other furry adjacent topics; including the objectively better film The Bad Guys 2, Reg the fox mascot of a local railway station, and what we think Keir Starmer's fursona would be. Ao3 went down half way through our recording sessio...

Episode Notes This week, we return to the post apocalyptic wasteland to talk about New Vegas, and the second season of Fallout. This season had big shoes to fill here as this is Nick and James' favourite game in the series, We'll see if they delivered, and if the new season had an impact on the fandom, and answer hard hitting questions like: Did Duran Duran Exist? What are we going to call the oth...

Episode Notes We don't know much about Hockey. And we only know a little bit about Romance. But we do know a lot about Yaoi! Join us as the Forecasters talk about Heated Rivalry, the Canadian Government's first (and hopefully not last) state sponsored erotica. Join us as we ask hard hitting questions, like: What is a Tuna Melt? Will Sophie convince Nick to watch Heated Rivalry over Valentine's Day...

Episode Notes This week, James explains his new favourite second monitor content he has on while he edits the show, While James has no knowledge about actual horses, Grace is a recovering horse girl. Will any of this knowledge overlap? Find out as we discuss our favourite ships and answer hard hitting questions like: Are horses real? When will the cowards at Cygames put out a Christmas Tree costum...

Episode Notes This week, in an episode most definitely recorded and uploaded during Christmas, the forecasters share their favourite ships from 2025. We're doing awards for: Best Doomed Relationship Best Old Man Yaoi Best Rare Pair Best Het Ship The "I Can Fix Him/Her/Them" Award for Problematic Faves The "Hear Me Out" Award Best OTP And, best NoTP We also take time to look int...

Episode Notes This week, James returns from his travels to discuss Hot People Management Simulator (also known as Dispatch). Join us as we find out if he made good choices, and ask hard hitting questions like: Why are the writers such cowards? What is a girlfailure? Did Thatcher Ruin Pegging? Enjoying the show? Got a fic you'd like us to read? Hate the show and you want to tell us anyway? Come fin...

Episode Notes This week, the Forecasters discuss Frankenstein, which James has only seen 2 hours before we recorded! Join us as we catch Nick up with the very first sci-fi novel and check in on how the fanfic world has interpreted the iconic characters. Seriously though, Del Toro is a genius but theres no way that works as a water tower. James is currently travelling and we likely won't get time t...

Episode Notes This week, we return to check in on the Wednesday fandom. We had a good time with the first season but time has passed and only 3 characters really stuck with us. Join us as Grace explains the second season and its new British men, Nick remains disappointed as an original Addams fan, and James disregards the whole thing in favour of searching for more 'grumpy one in love with the sun...

Episode Notes This week, Nick and James check in on Wikihow and discover it's provided some handy guides on playing party games. So join us as we play truth or dare, unearthing some horrifying stories from our teenage years. Then Nick gets to learn what a Labubu is. And then finds out about Sigma Males. And then he realises he might be one himself... Enjoying the show? Got a fic you'd like us to r...

Episode Notes This week, we talk dinosaurs! Join us, as we turn the tables by having Nick explain a film he saw but James did not, before we try and seek out Jurassic Park fics that hold up better than the World trilogy. No real spoilers for any of them this time, unless you count "The Hubris of Man in the face of Nature leads to chaos as Dinosaurs bite peoples faces off". Join us, as we...

Episode Notes This week, James talks at Grace and Nick about Expedition 33, which has been rapidly re-writing his brain chemistry and he desperately needs an outlet to talk about it. Heavily spoilers throughout, I cannot stress this enough, I do recommend playing the game before listening to the episode, we're good but we're not that good. Go play it first. Do it, for those who come after. But if...

Episode Notes This week, after being completely out of our depth on K-Pop, Nick and James continue the trend by looking at music they know of. Join us, as we answer hard hitting questions like: Who is the most popular British Singer RPF? Can they even get to Ao3 now the UK is hell bent on blocking adult content? Who is the most popular Musician on Ao3 that Nick has heard of? All this and more on t...