Episode 145 - Monster Prom & Happy PRIDE! Special Episode

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06/11/22 • 80 min

This week we decided to change up our usual pattern and cover a fantasy video game, and we chose Monster Prom, the fantastical dating sim game, in honor of Pride month! This is a game with more open identity types than is typical (three pronoun types is at least better than two), and you are free to woo whoever you wish, regardless of gender, as long as it’s consensual, because we all know that consent is sexy. We were also pleasantly surprised by other queer representation in the game as well, like Damien’s dads. Listen in to find out who we each wooed for our prom dates and our thoughts about the game, and share in the public coming out of one of our members! Happy Pride Month everyone!

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Episode 144 - Satire TV, The Wheel of Time (S1, E4): The Dragon Reborn

We finally get to discuss the typology of the factions of Aes Sedai - highlighted by each faction wearing different colors of the rainbow - and their relationship to their Warders, and just like we thought, it’s sexy. But alas, the Aes Sedai are also problematic and we can’t just love these characters unconditionally, because they are part of the powerful elite and do cringy things to maintain their power. At the same time we get to see more of their humanity in this episode. Listen in to hear our thoughts about these complicated characters, and which characters we want to ship from this series.

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Episode 146 - Satire TV, The Wheel of Time (S1, E5): Blood Calls Blood

Our traveling companions from the Two Rivers finally make it to Tar Valon to meet their fates at the White Tower, but not before some of them run into the best villain of the series so far, Child Valda, and his not-so-merry men. He makes a crucial mistake about his assumption that only women are able to channel, which puts him in a real bind. But we satirists could have warned that it’s a mistake to assume things about people’s gender, since some of our members take an unconventional approach to that form of identity. We help draw real world comparisons to The Aes Sedai and The Children of the Light, and make a case for dethroning the gods, so hop on in and listen to our hot takes, and maybe even share your own with us on social media, with @swordsandsatire!