Spoil Me

Thank you to Max for commissioning this episode! So this is the one where Father makes entire whole human beings appear out of his chest, and I am ready to throw a scarf over my TV screen so that I don't have to look at that shit anymore because EWWW. In other news, Al sacrifices himself to give his brother his arm back in a move that I admire but do not agree with. I'm always going to vote for Al...

Thank you so much to Max for commissioning this episode! This is the one where Father inhales the souls of everyone in Amestris, and we get a horrible visual of all the people in the city collapsing as their souls are pulled towards his mouth, and I hate it. Meanwhile there's the fight still going on with Scar and Wrath, and things go in a surprising direction. Thanks for listening, and I will see...

Thank you so much to Asher for commissioning this episode! In these chapters we get to find out even more about the way the Consultants started out, and I'm suddenly extremely fucking paranoid about Yala's connection with Elders. I'm really worried that Shera's in even more danger than before, although there's the possibility that Yala isn't as corrupt as I'm immediately suspecting. Thanks for lis...

Thank you to Max for commissioning this episode! So....apparently Father wants to eat God. I did not see this coming.

Thank you so much to Heather for commissioning this episode! We're almost at the end, folks, and I'm over here rooting for Brian to bite people's heads off and shit. If I read that sentence at the beginning of this book, I would REALLY have thought that meant something else entirely. Thank you all so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to Max for commissioning this episode! This is the episode where we find out that Roy was kind of fucking with Gold Tooth and had no intention of performing the human transmutation. However, it turns out that they can force him to do it, and I do not think that's fair at all. At this point, it seems like the price is blindness, and that's even less fair. Thank you all for listening, and...

Thank you to Max for commissioning this episode! So this is the one where Father and Hempstool face off, and Hempstool really thinks that he's got a great plan for taking Father down. Turns out, he has dramatically underestimated the evolution that Father has undergone, and the attack he so carefully planned doesn't work at all. Also, our guys get gripped up and pulled through the portal again, al...

Thank you so much to Yama for commissioning this episode! This is the last episode of Young Wizards for the time being, and since in the chat Yama expresses some interest in perhaps doing a bulk commission of the next book. If that doesn't pan out in a couple months, I will try reading them on my own and sharing my thoughts in the Discord. I really liked the way this book ended, and I have a lot o...

Thank you so much to Max for commissioning this episode! So we've got the big fight here between Greed and Wrath, and while they're going hammer and tongs on the rooftop, we have the crew with the Armstrongs and Izumi inside dealing with the last of the immortal soldiers, and then coming across one of the generals that was in on the plan. This fucking guy is trying to argue his position and Izumi...

Thank you very much to Max for commissioning this episode! This is the episode where Wrath decides that enough is enough, and he is here to completely fuck up everyone's day. Thank you all so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you so much to Max for commissioning this episode! This is the episode where our people seem successful and they begin to celebrate...only to realize that the Fuhrer is standing in doorway. Thank you all so much for listening, and I will see you again soon with a new episode!

Thank you very much to George for commissioning this episode! So these are the chapters where we get to see the moment in which a Great Elder summons Calder and all of his crew to his weird little headquarters and states some absolute facts to them, but Andel is quick to point out that facts are not necessarily the same as truth. Thanks so much to you all for listening, I'm so excited to start the...

Thank you to Max for commissioning this episode! So this is the episode where Envy is finally defeated, and there's a lot about this that I have a hard time with, but then some ideas that I like a lot. First of all, there's the concept that Roy is taking his anger to a level that makes him seem like a monster, which I'm not really in agreement on. But then, the idea that Envy's name comes from an...

Thank you to George for commissioning this episode! In these chapters, we're getting Calder essentially telling Kellerac to fuck off and that he's not making any further deals with him. It's interesting to me that Kellerac seems to be a little bit more desperate to make things happen than he has in the past, which makes me super suspicious. What's going on, K? You slippin? Thanks for listening, an...

Thank you to George for commissioning this episode! These are the chapters where we go back and see the way that Calder meets Urzaia, and it's under way way different circumstances than I had expected. I had assumed he met Urzaia at the fighting pits, but it turns out that Urzaia was arrested for rebelling against direct orders from the Emperor. Which suits Calder just fine. Thanks for listening,...

Thank you to Max for commissioning this episode! In this episode, Roy goes up against Envy and everyone seems to be really concerned with Roy's treatment of Envy but personally I was lowkey into it because Envy is kind of the meanest out of all homunculi. Also, there's a wonderful bit where Envy turns into Hughes and it goes SO MUCH BETTER than it has in other episodes. Thank you to everyone for l...

Thank you to George for commissioning this episode! So these are the chapters where Calder & Co. finally catch up to Lucan and they have a confrontation where Lucan shows off his incredible abilities, which makes his death seem even more of a waste. Fucking Jyrene, tho. I'm really so frustrated with her, and I'm not sure how she sees this playing out but I don't think there's any possibility of a...

Thank you very much to Max for commissioning this episode! In this installment, we get to see Al continue his fight with Pride, this time adding Kimblee to the mix. Turns out that Al has a Philosopher's Stone (saved by Heinkel) and he's holding his own once again. Meanwhile, the Armstrongs are engaged in a pitched battle against Sloth, and they get interrupted by the damn military who has not gott...

Thank you to George for commissioning this episode! This is an interesting section, and one of the more compelling moments for me is that instant where Andel gets to see the expression on Jyrene's face change in an intense and dramatic fashion when she attempt to initiate some other prisoners into the Sleepless. He has one very rational and understandable interpretation, but I am not sure I totall...

Thank you to Max for commissioning this episode! Listen, plenty of things happen this episode that are all very important, but the thing I can't get out of my head is the sound of these poor enslaved souls screaming as they're brought to life. I DO NOT LIKE THIS. Thanks for listening I GUESS, and see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you very much to George for commissioning this episode! These chapters are the ones in which Calder manages to ally himself more firmly with Meia, and Jyrene gets some more direct assistance from Kellerac. Turns out that he's the one who gave her back her soulbound vessel, and he also tells her that Shera shouldn't even still be alive. What does that even mean? Thanks for listening, and I wi...

Thank you so much to Max for commissioning this episode! In this one, things finally begin to pop off in the midst of Central right in amongst the civilians, and so far Roy is trying to keep this bloodless which I found REALLY surprising. Especially after abducting the Fuhrer's wife. Thanks for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you very much to Heather for commissioning this episode! In these chapters (which I need to sort of finish covering next time because I get carried away talking about so many many things), we have a confrontation between Jenna and Widow, and that shit doesn't go the way I expected at all. Thank you so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you very much to George for commissioning this episode! These chapters are the ones in which we learn what things were like for Urzaia as a kid, and how he wound up in the Champions guild, and then the fighting pits. Turns out, we have another anti-emperor sympathizer. SCORE! Thanks so much to you all for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you very much to Max for commissioning this episode! This episode is the one where Hempstool helps Al to trap Pride in a massive onion of earth, only Al winds up trapped in there with him. As a necessary sacrifice, yes, but I don't like it. Pride, for his part, confides that he actually really rather likes his "mom" beyond just her role as a mask for his false identity. Thank you all so much...