Spoil Me

Thank you so much to Yama for commissioning this episode! These chapters are the ones in which Nita agrees to take a vacation away from home, although considering the way that everything has already been put into motion by her father, I'm not really sure she had a choice when it comes right down to it. At the same time, Kits parents are in talks with Tom behind Kit's back, and while Kit feels inte...

Thank you to George for commissioning this episode! These chapters are where we get another full scene that played out in Of Shadow And Sea from Calder's perspective, and it's really interesting to see how much less organized the whole recovery attempt is than I expected. Calder is only enlightened on the actual objective at the last moment, and is not feeling too great about Naberius getting it,...

Thank you so much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! It's time to wrap on this wild horror novel, and we get to the final scene where Drachenfels indeed returns to life via some wild sorcery and human sacrifices. We knew this was coming, but I wasn't totally sure how it would go due to the people being killed apparently for their various body parts, because he also seemed to be possessing tha...

Thank you to George for commissioning this episode! In these chapters we get to meet Bliss, who is super intimidating and seems to have just enough connection to human compassion (in that she knew Calder's mom would be bummed if he was made insane) to make her somehow even more frightening. Oh also, there's a worm cloud. It's a cloud of worms. I hate it. Thanks for listening!

Thank you to Yama for commissioning this episode! Starting this new book feels like a fresh start after the fraught subject matter of A Wizard Alone and I'm very hopeful that this book is about an actual vacation. Like, as in, no crisis or threatened apocalypse or death. Can't our people just have some time to learn about cool wizard stuff? Meanwhile I'm really REALLY annoyed with Nita's father. T...

Thank you to George for commissioning this episode! In these chapters we find out who Calder's mother is, and she's pretty badass. He's disappointed that she works for the Blackwatch, but it seems as if she's trying to recruit him to one of the guilds, if not that one specifically. In the present day, we get sort of an introduction to everyone on the crew, and we also meet Naberius whom I get mixe...

Thank you very much to Yama for commissioning this episode! Wow, this was pretty fascinating. Comparing the original ending to the revision is compelling stuff, and it makes a lot of sense that people had a negative reaction to Duane's depiction of autism as an inflicted punishment to be escaped rather than an aspect of someone's personality. I'm afraid that I focus so much on the comparisons that...

Thanks so much to George for commissioning this episode! We're starting the companion book to Of Sea & Shadow and I'm really excited to see what the story looks like from Calder's perspective. We're starting off in a similar fashion to Shera's story, jumping back and forth in time between some key moments of Calder's childhood and present day. We're seeing him with his father, getting his initial...

Thank you very much to George for commissioning this episode! In these chapters, we FINISH THE BOOK! And shit ends on a helluva cliffhanger. We've got Shera working with an Awakened weapon and apparently she's Soulbound now! Meanwhile, someone gets away with the Heart, and Calder says that they're going to have to team up together. Meia gets captured somehow (she was unconscious lol) and the cliff...

Thank you so much to Heather for commissioning this episode! These chapters are the ones where we find out that Doctor Spears is an alien from another planet who has been here on earth for what SOUNDS like millenia, and I'm so curious what could be going on back on his home planet. Will they be sending follow-up folks if their agents don't return? Also, there's a badass scene with Jordan that I re...

Thank you so much to Jacob for commissioning this episode! Here's the link for the document that Jacob thoughtfully made comparing the updated version of this section with the original. I hope that you all find it as helpful as I did! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tWAwmN8Tx7UQ85FK0d9ELafZK685leziizz14sGxJuA/edit?usp=sharing I will let this episode speak for itself. See you soon with the fina...

Thank you to George for commissioning this episode! I can't believe there's only one episode left after this. It caught me by surprise! We start here with the first time (I think) that Lucan Reads Shera's blade, and it's really interesting to learn about the origin of this metal and the various levels of intention and meddling it's gone through. This is all a prelude to the Emperor's big moment on...

Thank you so much to Heather for commissioning this episode! So in these chapters we get to see Dr. Spears, who sucks, doing some experimenting from what is apparently a remote facility, located on perhaps a whole different continent from the test subjects themselves. He's trying to do the thing that Tretyak can apparently do with just a sip of blood; Awaken a normal, average human being. However,...

Thank you to George for commissioning this episode! So these chapters are the ones in which Calder shows up with the Emperor's crown on his head, and he's able to command everyone around him because they'd sworn oaths to obey the Emperor and apparently their bodies are just gonna....do that. But not Shera. Why not, though? Why can she resist him, and why was she able to resist the Emperor's comman...

Thank you very much to Heather for commissioning this episode! I'm excited that we're getting further into this plotline, and I am really interested in what poor Jordan being a target of particular interest is going to look like. They don't want to kill her, they want to recruit her, which is so much worse. But first, there's the fight on the Dunleavy which is very cinematic and really gave me a b...

Thank you very much to George for commissioning this episode! In these chapters we get a return to the Grey Island, and Yala proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that she's not to be fucking trusted. And she's not even like, trying to be subtle, she's just straight-up suspect and expects Shera to go along with it? Bitch, do you know who Shera IS? I guess she either doesn't know, or she's got some oth...

Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! Due to a scheduling problem, I wound up having to record this one on a Saturday, but it was worth it! I am super curious what's happening because I thought that I was sort of getting it, but I'm beginning to think I had it all wrong. And of course we get another murder because people aren't smart enough to just vacate like they CLEARLY sh...

Thank you very much to George for commissioning this episode! So the first thing that we find out in this set of chapters if that Lucan cheated on their training exercise, and that his impressive use of the sheets didn't happen; he was just taking advantage of poor Ayana's ignorance. I mean, I guess that works? But the main event of this set of chapters is the hideous, sickening, DISGUSTING island...

Thank you so much to Ashleigh for commissioning this whole series! Apparently the series will be returning at some point in September (less than a month from now!) so I'm hoping I get to pick it back up again because this show has really been a delight. It hasn't been perfect but I really appreciate the way they coped with so many things this season, and especially how they addressed Otis and his...

Thank you so much to George for commissioning this episode! We're slowly learning a little more about the lore of this universe, and we get to see just how specialized and secret the Gardener faction of the Consultants is. Lucan, as it turns out, is a rare badass with his reading abilities, while Shera is in a different league from everyone else by virtue of her attitude if not her lack of empathy...

Thank you so much to George for commissioning this episode! These chapters we get to see more of how the Gardners get trained and how the Consultants are set up. Apparently Gardeners are pretty rare, judging by the reception that Shera gets when it's assumed she's going to be a Mason. I really enjoy the names for all these positions, and I'm super curious to learn more about the lore of this place...

Thank you so much to George for commissioning the first two books in the series! In these first chapters we meet Shera, who is a sleepy sociopath with a penchant for murder. Our introduction to her is really high-impact as we get to see not only her cold, ruthless side but also her protectiveness of people who grow to mean something to her. We also get our first look at the Elder Empire and at thi...

Thank you to Candace for commissioning this entire series! I'm not going to say much more here than 1) I liked this finale, and 2) I don't get wtf everyone's problem with it was. Thanks for listening, and I wish I had more time to talk about this awesome series. Candace, I can understand why you've rewatched it so much. I still think you're a lunatic, but I get it. The rest is confetti.

Thank you so much to Candace for commissioning this episode! This penultimate episode is the one in which we finally see what happened to Olivia that fateful night all those years ago, and we also get to meet Poppy. It's unclear whether Poppy is really herself, or if this is the house using Poppy as a puppet, but either way she's very effective. This episode was less scary than sad, because we kno...

Thank you so much to Ashleigh for commissioning this episode! This episode was really fun because there's so much unity going on with the girls who are forced to endure detention together, and it's REALLY good to have the air cleared between Ola and Maeve, as well as between Ola and Lily. Also, my heart was warmed by the sisterhood moment at the end when they all turn up to escort Aimee to school...