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Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.6. Episode Notes: They’re being unfair to Taylor!!!! Taylor was Taylor’s own worst enemy in this conversation Would it have been better if Sophia had come up? Flechette hearing about what Armsmaster did: huge, if true Why can’t Taylor have ALL the allies? What do y’all think of Jenny’s new ship? Who’s afraid of Lisa Wilbourn? Parian stands on her morals (dramaticall...

Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.5. Episode Notes: A very upsetting cliffhanger What's a little attempted seduction to the dark side between capes? We do see Flechette's point (get it?) Just a little cape chauvinism at play Ballistic's murderous intentions A real down chapter for our girl What's Taylor even offering Parian, here? It's tough being a hero in villain's clothing People Taylor loves!! S...

Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.4. Episode Notes: Bad news in Skitter vs. Coil is good news for the narrative In which Brian channels Jenny Taylor can’t shake the desire for her excellence to win out Who’s the rat? Why has Lisa been pumping the brakes? Is any of this even authentic? Did Coil send Imp on this mission and then she used her power to get out of it? Why kill Taylor today? This week? An...

Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.y. Episode Notes: The demise of Jenny's secretly evil theory Hugs are more comforting than superpowers Brian's power knew he needed to start getting support from other people Maybe he should try getting some from Aisha Taylor's a good person to show your worst self to Alas for older sibling fixed mindsets Power synergies We've probably got some PTSD here, folks The...

Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.3. Episode Notes: As far as we can tell, Imp’s power can’t affect readers the same way it affects Taylor Sorry, Taylor, it’s favor time Lisa is reasonable but not fully believable She can fake a grin but not a frown Lisa had Taylor’s number though: she just wanted to be included in the atrocity Honestly maybe “defeat and kidnap Victor” was plan B to “Chosen ceasefir...

Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.2. Episode Notes: Who's chosen and who's pure, here? Trio trauma The fault in our Undersiders A slightly less easy case for body control A questionable hierarchy of acceptable targets Help us with our portmanteaus, listeners The harem continues, perhaps Regent and Imp have some real personalities to contend with An impreg by any other name... A potential Brian-Genes...

Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.x (bonus). Episode Notes: Jenny’s feeling frustrated Let’s all get mad about… Sarah! Did Carol ever want to be a mom? Amy raped Victoria The vagueness and strangeness somewhat eclipses the awfulness and horror Don’t believe Amy’s lies A mistake so big there have to be consequences The lack of cover-up is striking Amy wanted love but built a sex doll At some point, A...

Jenny and Ted discuss Colony 15.1. Episode Notes: The gang's back together! But what about the Unravelers? The problem of Shatterbird and the complication of Alec Optimism might be inaccurate, but pessimism sucks Alec is an oddly good friend The Undersiders have been remade in Taylor's image Actually, Taylor should be even more optimistic than she is A second trigger event for Aisha? The communica...

Jenny and Ted discuss listener questions! Episode Notes: Thanks to everyone who wrote in with questions, and sorry we couldn’t get to all of them! We are gonna try to make this more of a Ted Talk Ted immediately regrets letting Jenny ask him some questions Casting ourselves in Worm: The Musical Jenny reflects on her expectations and Ted sets some new ones A meditation on tropes Does Skitter seem l...

Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.y. Episode Notes: The chapter was dark, but Legend weirdly wasn't Legend had way more illusions about Cauldron than we did Why do the Case 53s get released in the first place? Reasons for stirring the Cauldron Creating a Legend Ah, rationalizations  The tragedy of a wasted charge Legend vs. Piggot Taylor was so right about the heroes Gay headcanons There's no es-...

Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.x. Episode Notes: Taylor picks Skitter’s next target Skitter takes her minion’s loyalty for granted Can Taylor work around the Noelle problem? Would Coil even be threatened if he knew they were turning on him? Taylor has her friends back and Skitter has notoriety The last two arcs have basically been a season of 24 It’s like Skitter’s back from the dead Skitter thinks...

Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.11. Episode Notes: Mailbag episode incoming, get your questions in! The most sapphic chapter so far Jenny isn't locked in on a particular Taylor ship yet but we discuss the potential options Taylor-Siberian parallels Taylor and Lisa as bookends Is Lisa a good friend if you aren't Taylor? Brian got kiss-blocked The particular trauma of this miasma for Brian Why kissing...

Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.10. Episode Notes: An unlikely Undersider tier list Xenia High If this is basically the status quo by the end of the arc… where do things go from here? How fast acting is the cure? What if Alec is the only other one who remembers things? Who exactly escapes with Jack and Bonesaw? Ted raises a mystery that didn’t come up in Jenny’s summary of the chapter Miasma High We...

Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.9. Episode Notes: We're really confronting the themes of the work in this arc Jack aaaaalmost manages to stop underestimating Skitter A big L for Jack Twangin’ that bowstring Her key? Stoned. Women and children first for Taylor? Cherish isn't good ~~at manipulation~~, actually Consensus-based decision making among the Undersiders The Skitter-supervillain seesaw Taylor...

Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.8. Episode Notes: A delicious cliffhanger The (tattle-)tell-tale signs of deception that Jenny (bone-)saw Why do they want Cherish? The art of being subtly out of character What are Bonesaw’s favorite tropes? Arc 1 Taylor wasn’t easy prey, either Jack forces the issue Major theme alert When you can’t beat ‘em, plague ‘em Was the water warning a bluff? It’s not like th...

Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.7. Episode Notes: Why isn't Legend letting the Unravelers play anymore? They say they've killed Crawler... Emily might be good at something after all (But not everything) Legend: honest to a fault Taylor coming full-circle with Legend Mercy killings Legend and the inscrutable plan Swan thoughts Did Jack and Bonesaw know about Siberian before today? The challenges of h...

Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.6. Episode Notes: Jenny kicks things off with a bold and hopefully wrong prediction The Nine are converging Jenny ranks the Nine by who’s most likely to survive Arc 14 What’s going to happen to Shatterbird? Regent’s power is a political obstacle for the Undersiders and a moral tangle for Taylor Book 2 scatters and reunites the Undersiders When will the crisis be over...

Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.5. Episode Notes: We were due for a down chapter The narrative challenges of deploying Crawler in a fight So much Victoria speculation Do two wrongs make a right? Amy was so annoying in this chapter Why can't people understand Skitter's intentions even though they have no reason to know or trust her?? The narrative is kind to Taylor's hero instincts in this chapter Ma...

Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.4. Episode Notes: A steed! A steed! A steed! A steed! Everyone has bomb-resistant plot armor It’s harder to pull off a surprise attack when your team needs time to duck and cover Have you tried a sacrifice play? Emily and the love of the game As bad as this plan was, Piggot almost killed Skitter Piggot better hope this is the last time she’s facing down the Undersider...

Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.3. Episode Notes: Oops everyone is prey Piggot's gonna try to have it all Heroes are just heroing Sundancer is useful, actually! The mystery of Siberian in the pit Can we just knock this guy out? Amy's power is pretty cool, turns out Skitter thinks we're stronger together Amy <3s binaries Lisa's meeting Amy where she is CAN we judge Amy by what she did to Victoria?...

Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.2. Episode Notes: Jenny, I don’t think the Siberian is trying to suck toxins out of Amy’s fingertips The “isn’t there someone you forgot to ask” meme about Taylor saving Amy Tattletale checks on Skitter’s priorities How Amy’s gonna feel What if Emily accidentally firebombed Panacea? Siberian’s missing real body Refreshing oopsie moments An aside about Battery’s narrat...

Jenny and Ted discuss Prey 14.1. Episode Notes: Jenny loved this chapter Brian probably doesn't sleep anymore Jenny's less worried about him being evil, though Undersiders vs. Travelers vibes Who has the deadliest secrets?? Cherish doesn't say anything about Lisa... Cherish isn't very good at this Lies Cherish might have told Jenny was almost right! What's the Siberian's deal?? If you could projec...

Jenny and Ted discuss Snare 13.x. Episode Notes: Even before the summary we are discussing whether Emily War Crimes is a villain, in several senses of the word Evil ends vs. evil means Given what else we’ve read, it’s tough to say she’s just being paranoid Can she control you? The kind of “hero” Taylor has come to expect Emily’s career so far must cast a shadow on her present feelings The (we hope...

Jenny and Ted discuss Snare 13.10. Episode Notes: Jenny's hottest (and hopefully coldest) take yet Taylor's giving him way more benefit of the doubt If Brian's trying to manipulate her it's only sort of working He might be right about her self-destructive tendencies Gesturing at butterfly, “Is this a confession of feelings?” A wild vulnerability appears Does Brian still need to sleep? Jenny likes...

Jenny and Ted discuss Snare 13.9. Episode Notes: Jenny, once again, was right What makes a second trigger possible and who gets one? The purpose of Bonesaw’s experiment What exactly was Brian withholding from Bonesaw? Possibilities in time and space The limits of the entities Faultline is gonna be SO JEALOUS Who (and when) is this familiar guy? The (new) worst day of Brian’s life Get that saw away...