Spoil Me! Dandelion Dynasty

Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! I can't believe that it's the end of the series, and I also can't believe that Ken Liu managed to tie off such a sweeping, massive story off in a satisfying way. I'm really delighted with the ending, and I'm so glad that I got to experience this series. Thank you all so much for listening, and I hope you enjoyed the ride!

Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! I can't believe we're almost at the end of this series. It has gone on for SUCH a long time that it feels like one of the OG commissions for Spoil Me! at this point. And I'm really curious how this is going to wrap, because the sheer scale of everything is so immense that it feels overwhelming. Thank you so much for listening, and I will...

Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! These chapters are the ones in which Zomi and Fara have a conversation about Phyro and whether he would have bene a good Emperor, and I'm surprised to hear how little faith they both seemed to have in him despite all his growth. I am willing to concede that what Jia has done has worked, but I can't help but wonder if it may have worked an...

Thank you very much Kyle for commissioning this episode! These are the chapters where Jia seems to finally be bringing her huge, long-played game to a close and is bringing everything to its conclusion. I will be honest, I wasn't really convinced she was going to be able to pull this off because I worried she'd gotten too used to power...but damn if she didn't do that shit. Well well well. Thanks...

Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! These chapters are the ones where Noda Mi finally gets got, and it's the ingenuity of Timu who winds up taking him down even after death. Meanwhile, Lady Soto writes a whole treatise on the sins of Jia and distributes them to as many parties as possible. Thanks so much to you all for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! These are the chapters in which it seems like we saw Phyro fail but NOT die. I really didn't know what to think at the time, but evidently no body has been found and Jia is refusing to say that he was involved at all! What the heck is going on? Thanks for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you so much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! I am losing my mind over how well Phyro has anticipated the way that everyone was going to react to his attack, and how he's managed to find a way around all of their precautions. Despite all that, I have a hard time imagining the confrontation between him and Jia. Speaking of which, Jia's plan of taking down the Lyucu seems to have worked...

Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! In these chapters, I'm getting my hopes up that Phyro is not actually attacking Pan the way that everyone is expecting, but I'm not sure whether I'm just seeing what I want to see. Also there's a whole thing with Thera getting reunited with her children, and me feeling kind of let down that we don't actually get to see that moment. Idk, I...

Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! These chapters are the ones in which it looks like Phyro maybe is going to war against Jia??? I'm not sure what to think is happening here, but that certainly seems to be the case. Meanwhile, we get to see the havoc that Jia's engineered berries wreak among the Lyucu, and I have trouble feeling as bad as I expected to feel about the whole...

Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! This is the section where we learn what Kinri's new name is now that he's become a member of Rufizo Mender's monastery devoted to repairing and renewing instead of war and destruction. Brother Thasé-teki is getting involved in the daily life and chores, trying to find his place, and hits on an idea for "printing" books automatically. Mean...

Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! These chapters deal a lot in the concepts of pacifism and the sanctity of human life and prevention of suffering, but there's a lot of conflicting feeling in them which I will say I think is appropriate. These are not easy topics to discuss and there are easy arguments to be made against all the perspectives. Ultimately, though, we get a pretty bad...

Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! I'm so mad that Tovo is still alive. I was really hoping that there would turn out to be catastrophic damage from the battle that caught up with him despite him surviving the explosion of the coffins, but NO. He's still here and he's leading the assault against more crazy war machines that Dara and Agon people have built, and ALL I WANT i...

Thanks so much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! The best way for me to summarize these chapters is to say, "Oh, Jia. What the fuck are you doing." I'm really tired of this bitch acting like a martyr when there are plenty of other options on how to handle things and she's just got no faith in people so she acts like those options don't exist. She's decided that Phyro's too much of a threat a...

Thank you to Kyle for commissioning these episodes! In these chapters, we're still in the midst of a battle and we're seeing even more of the technological advancements Dara (namely Ruthi) has come up with, which include what amounts to a light-seeking missle. This is a wild ride. Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! So we've got another installment of the battle between Goztan Ryoto's forces Phyro's forces, and we get to see how these ornithopters work. Turns out that Rati is a genius and the whole setup has many varied outcomes that are all pretty effective. Thank you so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! We're in the midst of the battle and getting to see the way that technology has advanced for the sake of winning this battle, and yet it will probably go on to affect everyone in a much more everyday way because Rati has discovered how to automate making a lot of the same item at the same time. It's an industrial revolution! Thank you all so much f...

Thank you so much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! In this pair of chapters, we meet a new character named Zen-Kara from Tan Adu and who experiences a lot of bigotry and microagressions when she moves to Dara and tries to pursue an education. We ALSO get the start of the battle against the Lyucu, which I hadn't expected to see as soon as we do. Thanks for listening, and I will see you again...

Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! In these chapters, we get to see how Phyro's planning for going to war has grown more subtle and more about what's right and wrong rather than mere rage. He has gotten the Blossom Gang to brainstorm and perform a sort of guerilla information technique that results in the people of Dara supporting the idea of attacking the Lyucu. By the end of this...

Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! These chapters go from some incredibly high highs, to some incredibly low lows. We have the successful resolution of the slave rebellion, both rescuing (some but not all) of the Dara and Agon, while also destroying the city-ships the Lyucu would have used to invade Dara. But we also have a horrific, drug-fueled murder of a shipful of slaves at the...

Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! In these, we get a very satisfying takedown of a certain Pekyu who I thought was going to be a more ongoing threat. I absolutely cannot wait until we get to see what happens after the explosion because shit's going to be in absolute shambles. Meanwhile, we bid farewell to Takval, and I'm genuinely bummed about it. Thank you for listening, and I wil...

Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! These chapters are pretty rough. There are some victories happening, but mostly there's a series of devastating losses. We've got Takval in a coma, we've got Cutanrovo absolutely transcendant with victory, we've got more descriptions of horrific torture and oppression. I'm trying to take comfort in the berries which are definitely going to be a pro...

Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! In these chapters, we get the betrayal of Thera and Takval, followed by their clever escape and flight to the north, where they team up with the Ice People and begin a revolution. Meanwhile, Tanto is out here looking at the remains of legends, and getting elevated to an almost mythical status himself among his peers. Thanks for listening, and we wi...

Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! These chapters see Tanto embarking on a massive quest for a mythical weapon that I can't believe possibly exists, and coming close to dying several times in the process. Then we're with Thera, who discovers some wild stuff about the sounds garinafins, tusked tigers, and crubens can make which humans can't hear but are affected by nonetheless. Thank...

Thank you so much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! I'm really excited to be getting into this book, especially since we get some hopefulness with Thera coming out of her catatonic state and finding out that her children are alive and that Toof and Radia aren't the traitors they seemed to be. I'm really worried about Jia and Tiphan Huto though. Thanks for listening, and see you soon!

Thank you to Kyle for commissioning this episode! I can't believe this book is already over, but I hope that I managed to do it some kind of justice. I like where things are going with the Blossom Gang, but I'm a little worried about Savo/Kinri now that he's out there in the world by himself. Where is he going to go? What's he going to do? And what the fuck is happening with Jia's drug drop? Thank...