The Shipping Forecast

We continue our reading of Dynagonic's No Homo, this time it gets serious as we have multiple perspectives all at once. Nick turns Charlie's diary into a Victorian horror novel, while Grace becomes a cross between a Labrador and a Guy Ritchie protagonist. No retakes. Read along here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/39261792/chapters/98243787 The meme we were on about: https://i.kym-cdn.com/photo...

This Week, The Forecasters are invited to attend Cultivator training in Cloud Recess, they promptly break every rule. Then again, based on the fics we read today, so does everyone else. Apologies for any mispronunciations of both English and Chinese words throughout. As always feel free to reach out to us on twitter @theshipforecast, our tumblr we are The Shipping Forecasters or contact us the old...

This Week, the Forecasters do something a bit different, by performing a full reading of No Homo a "Homolicious" love story between the two bullies of Heartstopper Ben and Harry, by the lovely ( if shameful discord light-mode user) Dynagonic. Expect some really terrible accents and overly dramatic readings ahead, they did this all in one take and refused to redo any lines. If you have any crack fi...

This week, the Forecasters and The Fic List team up once more, to decide once and for all if Ben Hope is a Bastard or not. And despite this monumental task, we still find time to review FIVE whole Fanfics in one normal sized episode! We do get a bit heavy with this one compared to our normal tone, especially in the discussion around the 4th fic, so if you aren't feeling that then thats ok, we won'...

This week, the Forecasters team up with their arch fanfiction frenemies The Fic List (The Fic-ers?) to talk about the one topic that unites them: fanfic about dumbasses falling in love. Erin & Alan live here: https://open.spotify.com/show/1VJm7KN68GSRV40Jcvz2qQ https://theficlistpodcast.tumblr.com/ https://twitter.com/FicList As always feel free to reach out to us on twitter @theshipforecast,...

Kiwami means Extreme. On this weeks show, Nick goes out to buy a dessert and instead finds love, in Creme Caramel, Beer and Strawberry Shortcake Grace wanders the streets of Kamurocho waiting for Majima and Kiryu to get a hint, in 5 Times Majima Was Completely Oblivious + 1 Time He Got Hit By The Clue Bus And James finally finds the closure he needs on his Yakuza OTP, in Matchmaking for a Stubborn...

As a bonus episode, please enjoy a compilation of Nicks adventures in the USA*, where he spent 10 days on holiday watching Our Flag Means Death. These were originally uploaded on our Tumblr, Twitter, and TikTok, so if you've already seen them there, you aren't missing anything by skipping this episode. *Thank you to the library at freesound.org for all of the authentic American sounds, except for...

This week, the forecasters put on their loudest suits so they can explore the Yakuza franchise. Which is just like a Japanese version of GTA, but instead of crime and car chases, its a heartwarming emotional rollercoaster about the true meaning of friendship, what is means to be a single dad, and shirtless rooftop battles with your former friends and possibly lovers? For reference, this is the Maj...

This week we round off our discussion of Our Flag Means Death (for now). James takes us to a modern day AU to commit a daring heist with Bonnet's Eleven, Grace joins Izzy Hands for a #GirlzNight with Stede's super fun sleepover adventure (ft. a mildly traumatised izzy hands)’. And Nick gets marooned on a desert island in The Lighthouse (New and Improved). Next time, we meet some REAL hardened crim...

This week, the Forecasters abandon their lives on land and try their hand at piracy, while Grace finds another (possibly worse?) way of making money. If your enjoying the show and have some spare change lying around, you can support the show on our Patreon , where we do another bi-weekly show talking about anything we want. Or you can commission us to make a podfic over on Ko-fi As always feel fre...

This week, the Forecasters try and hit every single genre of fiction all at once. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll experience fear, you might even get a bit horny for a handsome ghost, but most of all, you'll enjoy some fanfiction with us. Approximate Time Stamps and links: Iridescence by Milieu 9:00 Counting Backwards by thefoxwoman 33:52 (Content Warnings: PTSD, Infidelity, Childhood Trauma) Bla...

This week, ol' McNick tells us about his farm in Stardew Valley, Grace gets nostalgic about her Harvest Moon days, and James is pretty much just along for the ride, having not played any farming games. If your enjoying the show and have some spare change lying around, you can support the show on our Patreon , where we do another bi-weekly show talking about anything we want. Or you can commission...

This week, Grace evaluates the benefits of marrying an Elf, Nick throws us a Bilbo shaped curveball, Mike turns us into a serious literature review show, and James watches a muscle girl destroy racism with a thorough pegging. Apologies for all the pronounciations, and the microphone difficulties at the start. Approximate Time Stamps and links: If you can't draw on your sleeping friend's face are y...

Tell me where is Gandalf, for I much desire to speak with him (about the fics we found this week in the Lord of the Rings/Hobbit fandom). Featuring our good pal Mike, who is joining us because he's actually read the Silmarilion. If your enjoying the show and have some spare change lying around, you can support the show on our Patreon , where we do another bi-weekly show talking about anything we w...

Shipping Forecast, Shipping Forecast Does whatever the Shipping Forecast does Read some Fics Chat Some Shit Why does that man have two dicks? Look out! Here comes the Shipping Forecast! On this weeks show, Nick tells us about the time Peter Parker adopted a Unicorn. Grace shows her soft side by telling us about the time Otto Octavius and Norman Osborn had a date. And James ponders the duality of m...

Hi everyone, This week we're sharing an episode of our new bonus show, The Chat Shitting Forecast. This one isn't about fanfiction, we just record ourselves for an hour before the main show and chat about whatever we like. This week that happened to be the things we found on Goop and Wish.com , but next time it could be anything. It's really just an excuse for us to talk about all the non-fanfic t...

This week, Grace tells us about the time she was bitten by a spider. It wasn't radioactive or anything, but it made a pretty big lump. James talks about his man-crush on his favourite evil magician, and Nick ruins his browser history by typing in "sexy Dalek". You can also support the show on our Patreon , where we do another bi-weekly show talking about anything we want. Or you can commission us...

This week, the Forecasters conclude their supernatural two-parter in style. Grace meets her new scaley husband in Castiel's Most Precious Jewel. James puts on a rubber suit and destroys a cardboard Tokyo, in Godzilla vs. Samra. And Nick uses a Kind of Magic to summon forth the power of 80's pop rock, to make demons Bite the Dust, in These Are the Days Of Our Lives. Approximate Timestamps and Links...

We're back, and for Season 3 The Forecasters complete the SuperWhoLock Trinity by diving head first into the world of Demon Hunting. We also take a look at a piece of Fanfiction history, with the Alpha/Beta/Omega fic that started it all... If your enjoying the show or have any fanfiction requests, feel free to reach out to us on twitter @theshipforecast, our tumblr we are The Shipping Forecasters...

This week, The Forecasters took the time to revisit some topics they wanted to see more of from the last two years. James searches for a Fix-it fic for Legend of Zelda, and finds wholesomeness in the most unexpected place: speed-running. Nick puts on his Tux, gets in his muscle-car, and rolls initiative. And Grace revisits an old friend, an old Roomba shaped friend. Fics we covered, with approxima...

In November, the Forecasters were asked if we wanted to do a dramatic reading of Midgardian Leviosa's award winning romance novel 'Fuck My Ass, Paul Hollywood'. And so we did. We were going to do sound effects, but honestly we don't take it seriously long enough to do a consistent soundscape so here it is as we recorded it. You can read along here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/20110972 If you...

Hey everyone, now the season has wrapped we wanted to ask you what you thought of the show so far. Tell us what you like and what you didn't like. https://forms.gle/MxZmHxqLhM8e4JRa7 And while you do that, you can listen to us take quizzes ourselves, as we figure out what Hogwarts house we are in, and which defence against the dark arts teacher we would be based on two buzzfeed quizzes. https://ww...

In our final episode of the series, Grace tells us all about Balls and nihilist philosophy in Love Ball, by Lechies. Nick finds a way to finally defeat team rocket in A Meal A Day Keeps Team Rocket Away, by Tavriel. And James discovers a surprising amount of lore hidden in Misty's pants in Misty's Pokegirl Harem, by Snakebit 1995. Approximate Timestamps Love Ball at 3:30 A Meal A Day Keeps Team Ro...

This week, The forecasters want to be the very best, like no one ever was... Mr Mime Meme mentioned in the show https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/431/298/5da.png If your enjoying the show or have any fanfiction requests, 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@...

This week the Forecasters go out into the woods to read each other creepypastas, some of which we made up ourselves. Stories from this episode in no particular order: the poopfartshartman i used to work at mcdonalds but not anymore The Secret of Blackpool Pleasure Beach Don't Hang Up Yet, I'm Not Done Crossroads (Slenderman one-shot) Welcome to Windows 95! Futanari Ballbusting: Creepypasta Informa...