The Shipping Forecast

This week, we mourn a frenemy that has been with us since the very beginning, Nick's laptop. Which gave up midway through the episode and so we had to record it all over again! But the show must go on, and Nick's laptop wouldn't want us to linger. Join us as we talk about our favourite TF2 fics. Grace stares into the Abyss that is the mind of the Pyro. James returns to his favourite subgenre (the...

This week, The forecasters put on their best RED outfits and infiltrate Valves Headquarters to ask them hard hitting questions, like "How does it feel to still be the best team shooter, even after 16 years?" and "why don't you like 3s?". We also read about the time Spy became a sexy Octopus, an unbreakable love affair that all began with a 'your mum' joke, and debate if eating actual shit is bette...

This week, we pick our favourite Avatar-fics to talk about... All of which are Sokka X Zuko, but instead of sending one of us home to change, we carried on. Join us as we discuss how Sean Connery should have just done the helicopter to evade Russian submarines, learn where babies don't come from, and the difficulties of love when you have face blindness. Fics and Appoximate Timestamps*: baby, you...

This week, the forcasters embark on a journey to master the four elements of shipping. We'll look at Avatar and a little bit of Korra (and a tiny bit of Dragon Prince). Join us as we James simps for Kuvira, Grace wonders if she would love Zuko if he were a Moth, and Nick is taught something about himself by Aavaros. We're here every other Sunday, and on alternating Fridays come listen to our other...

Good, you opened this message. This isn't The Shipping Forecast. They're busy tending to what's left of their fragile sexuality. So you survived our last review of our favourite fanfiction. You're not as weak as I thought. But never forget that your best is good enough and we appreciate you. Now an entire fandom is dying because you lacked the strength to give kudos on that one fic you liked but w...

Hey guys, I'm afraid our real lives got in the way of putting up an episode this week, so instead here is some bonus content; over on our other channel (Fanfics and Chill) we've been reading a fic called Silently, on the Blink of Orgasm by Thealmightytim. We're about a third of the way through, but here are our first three episodes, and if you enjoy it you can carry on listening every other Friday...

In the year 2023, explorers on Archive of Our Own discovered the remains of an ancient hornyposting civilization. In the decades that followed, these mysterious tags revealed startling new fetishes, enabling travel to the furthest shitposts. The basis for this incredible technology was a force that controlled the very fabric of space and time They called it the greatest discovery in human history....

This week, despite all the hype for big women last episode, this week they all fall for three fics about the greatest dynamic of all: The grumpy one is soft for the sunshine one. Nick tells us about how his own love life mirrors Wednesday's, James explains what happens when your truth serum goes wrong, and Grace manages to sneak in a fic about a 10 foot tall armoured goth lady (with excellent lore...

This week, we throw away all our colourful clothing and attend our favourite Magic School for Goths. Join us in our cursed journey, as we weigh up who is best to date Wednesday, write the best Hallmark Christmas film, and unapologetically simp for Larissa Weems. We're here every other Sunday, and on alternating Fridays come listen to our other show; Fanfics & Chill, where we read a whole fic!...

This week, The forcasters tell us about the three fics they took home to read from the Doctor Who fandom; Grace manages to find romance even during the heat death of the universe, Nick commandeers a pirate vessel with the help of everyones favourite potato warlord, and James finds out just how difficult it is to maintain a harem of Timelords. Fics and Appoximate Timestamps*: This Is How The Univer...

We're back, and we've come full circle. This week the forecasters return to the Doctor Who fandom* in an attempt to redeem their pilot episode, now that James Nick and Grace have three years of podcasting experience, will this be a better episode than when they first covered Doctor Who? Only one way to find out! *Don't worry, we haven't run out of ideas. We just thought we owed the Doctor Who fand...

Today, we wrap up the year by each bringing a fic from a fandom we enjoyed this year but didn't have a chance to talk about properly: Grace, after gaining a crush on multiple characters, takes us to the Wednesday series and tells us about The Addamsation of Enid Sinclair by whitebeltwriter. James, the weeb that he is, takes us for a quick look at the Trails in the Sky series through the lense of a...

This week we rush to the finish line, of both the year and our last round of fic reviews for the year. In today's episode, James reviews a fic that takes us back to the edgy days of the mid 2000s, to explore the moral dilemma on everyone's minds: "What would happen if Sonic the Hedgehog had a Death Note?". Nick takes us back to the fanfiction tropes of the 2010s, by asking "What if Knuckles approv...

This week, The forecasters attempt to break the sound barrier by reading as much Sonic fanfiction as they can. Its.. actually more wholesome than we expected. As always feel free to reach out to us on twitter @theshipforecast, our tumblr we are The Shipping Forecasters or contact us the old fashioned way, at thefanshippingforecast@gmail.com. We're also on Tiktok now, fellow kids, and can be found...

This bonus clip comes from this Sundays episode, it made it into its own section because the episode was getting a bit long. Grace recounts the tale of driving home on a cursed evening. See you Sunday for the real episode, I'm sure the time until then has Gotta Go Fast.

This week, Nick has been left in charge and we accidentally made a Christmas special in November. Starting with James, who joins Rise in learning the true meaning of Christmas (quality time with friends). Nick teams up with the worlds best detective to solve the plot of Persona 5. Fics and Timestamps Scheduling Conflicts by AgathionWrites at 10:17 Just One Thing More, Mr. Shido Sir. by IrvingIV at...

This week, we read the final Chapter of Dynagonic's No Homo, along with a very special fic starting some very cool people. The first fic in this episode (Chapters 7&8) https://archiveofourown.org/works/39261792 The second fic in this episode https://archiveofourown.org/works/41441496 If you have any fics you'd recommend, send them over and we'll take a look! In particular we're looking for wil...

This Week, James, Grace, and Nick are all mysterious transfer students at your local Japanese High School. We learn about the Persona Trilogy (which bizarrely started counting from 3), a series full of delightful well written characters, and Morgana. If you have any fics you'd recommend, send them over and we'll take a look! In particular we're looking for wild crackfics so we can do dramatic read...

This week, we continue our adventures below the sea and above the sky, with fanfics from the Bioshock fandom. Grace learns the appeal of both Pegging and Quantum Romance in Supersymmetry. James surprises no one by reading a fic about his Bioshock OTP in The Other Side of the Coin. And Nick finds out the hard way what it would be like if Jack Ryan was a voiced protagonist, in BioWHAT!?: A Bioshock...

We continue our reading of No Homo, debate the merits of each flavour of J2O, why they call Grace "big daddy", and why Vinnie Jones should have been cast in Heartstopper. The Gameboy full of beans: https://i.redd.it/a757h6auz7k51.jpg If you have any fics you'd recommend, send them over and we'll take a look! In particular we're looking for wild crackfics so we can do dramatic readings, but we like...

Fanfics and Chill, on some Fridays. Here https://open.spotify.com/show/26MC97qZ1JGhiv7r7UIAhm and all the other fanfic places too. Got a fic you like? Send it on over, to thefanshippingforecast@gmail.com

This week, We jump into the ethical dilemmas of the Bioshock Universe, and solve hard hitting moral quandaries, like, "Do you have to be stupid to be a Himbo?", "Do you have to pay your Catboys a salary?", "Is it Incest if its you from another dimension?" and the sex lives of giant mechanical birds. To be 100000% clear, we do not endorse libertarianism, we just got carried away with the impression...

This week, The Forcasters sit down for a delicious meal. A delicious meal of Fanfiction from the Hannibal fandom. For Breakfast, Nick has prepared us a tasty dish of Fun-Squeeze, in Something Broke Inside Me. We join Grace for a boozy brunch in The Champagne Minuet, then James takes us for a dinner of Worldbuilding, with Milk My Way. Then we join James again in the takeaway at 1am for a late night...

This week, the Forecasters become one step closer to becoming a true crime series as we read Hannibal fanfic (we are SO sorry it took this long) To be 100000% clear, we do not endorse cannibalism no matter how much that person is a bastard. If you have any fics you'd recommend, send them over and we'll take a look! In particular we're looking for wild crackfics so we can do dramatic readings, but...

This week, the Forecasters use the power of maths to establish Lan Zhan's Length and Girth in the fixed foot. We learn about the dangers of trusting autocorrect in Want a duck? And Wei Ying smuggles a rabbit into school, unawares that it will soon be the love of his life, in Disapproving Rabbit Approximate timestamps: the fixed foot by redscudery at 6:00 Want a duck? by weiyus at 38:20 Disapprovin...