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Welcome to 2025, everyone!

Did you think you would get a mini-sode on Tuesday, even after we expressly told you we would NOT be posting such a thing?

Well, so did we! Unfortunately, The Fates had other plans, and Trevor was laid low by the throat of strep! Thus, you get this lil snippet a couple days later. But it still counts! Instead of a very end of 2024 mini-sode, enjoy this very beginning of 2025 mini-sode!

And even while sick, Trevor managed to outdo himself on the audio on this one. Wild. That guy. He's gotta take a break at some point! That's what we want!

Anyway, we shall get back to normal episodes next week. Until then, keep running. We'll catch you... WE'LL CATCH YOU!

Who sounds like whom?

Show Notes:

Run Time: 1:39:09

The final Extrasode! Going out with a bang! This is a pretty interesting look at how we think about a lot of our characters. But, starting next month, no more Extrasodes. The time of the Extrasode has come to an end. More on that topic in next week's Editor's Note. (Which is being recorded live today at 11 AM Central - anyone on our Patreon can watch that live recording!)

We go through a bunch of casting for well over an hour (with unexpected help from the Irreplaceable Taffyman), and then we get to a few questions starting around an hour and 23 minutes in.

SPOILERS INCOMING! We recommend that you listen to the audio to learn who we would love to cast in each role, but here's a list (with a few post-recording notes):

• Freedom Five & Friends
• • Legacy: Travis Willingham
  • Bunker: Jensen Ackles
  • The Wraith: Grey DeLisle
  • Tachyon: Tara Strong
  • Absolute Zero: Jimmi Simpson
  • Unity: Ashley Eckstein
  • Young Legacy: Hynden Walch
• F5 villains
• • Baron Blade: Jason Isaacs
  • Citizen Dawn: Jennifer Hale
  • Grand Warlord Voss: Tony Jay
  • Omnitron: Willem Dafoe
  • Miss Information: Tress MacNeille
  • Fright Train: Terry Crews
  • Ermine: Ashly Burch
  • Proletariat: George Buza
  • Friction: Erin Yvette
  • Chokepoint: Shannon Kenny (We mistakenly said “Shannon Kelly” in the episode)
  • Progeny: N/A
• Prime Wardens
• • Argent Adept: Billy Boyd
  • Captain Cosmic: James McAvoy
  • Tempest: Doug Jones
  • Haka: Dee Bradley Baker
  • Fanatic: Alanna Ubach
• PW Villains
• • Akash’Bhuta: Elizabeth Peña
  • Apostate: Clancy Brown
  • Infinitor: Jeremy Irons
  • Blood Countess: Rosario Dawson (Since recording, we’ve been convinced that it actually should be Patty Mattson)
  • Biomancer: Faran Tahir
  • Kaargra Warfang: Lucy Lawless
  • Deadline: Liam O’Brien
• Dark Watch
• • Mr Fixer: Phil LaMarr
  • Expatriette: Kelly Hu
  • Setback: Jason Marsden
  • NightMist: Colleen Clinkenbeard
  • Harpy: Mae Whitman
• DW Villains
• • Chairman: Marton Csokas
  • Operative: Nika Futterman
  • Plague Rat: Fred Tatasciore
  • Spite: Brian Drummond
  • Heartbreaker: Desmond Harrington
  • Kismet: Jennie Kwan
  • GloomWeaver: Mark Hamill
  • Zhu Long: James Hong
• Other Heroes
• • The Scholar: Ron Perlman
  • Ra / Blake Washington Jr.: Nolan North
  • Parse: Rose Byrne
  • Chrono-Ranger: Matthew Mercer
  • The Visionary: Seychelle Gabriel
  • The Naturalist: Chiwetel Ejiofor
  • K.N.Y.F.E.: Kelly MacDonald
  • Southwest Sentinels
  • • Doctor Medico: Jaime Camil (We later decided off the air that this could have been Nestor Carbonell.)
    • Mainstay: Patrick Warburton
    • The Idealist: Jessie Flower
    • Writhe: Jeffrey Combs
  • Omnitron-X: Cillian Murphy
  • Sky-Scraper: Laura Bailey
  • Benchmark: Khary Payton
  • Guise: John Mulaney
• Other Villains
• • The Dreamer: Kath Soucie
  • The Hippo: Brad Garrett
  • La Capitan: Penelope Cruz
  • Greazer Clutch: John DiMaggio
  • Highbrow: Dame Judi Dench
  • Revenant: Reed Diamond
  • The Ennead
  • • Atum: Kevin Michael Richardson
    • The others: N/A
  • Slaughterhouse Six
  • • Ambuscade: Gaspard Ulliel
    • Glamour: Barbara Goodson
    • Desert Eagle: N/A
    • Ray Manta: Maurice LaMarche
    • Revolt: Dante Basco
    • Magman: N/A
  • Green Grosser: Rob Paulsen (We now like Weird Al more for this one.)
  • Wager Master: Nick Kroll
  • OblivAeon: Keith David

It everyone's favorite robot builder: Unity!

Show Notes:

Run Time: 68:10

First thing, right off the bat, we talk about a survey. This is a link to that survey! Please do take a moment to fill it out, as it will help us grow and improve The Letters Page.

Then, we're on to talk about television! Because that's what this show is about!

Adam requested just after 12 minutes into the podcast that I put his address in the show notes. No one tell him that I'm not doing that. Just trust me; it's for the best.

We talk about Unity's parents' history a bit, and how her mom was injured during the Yom Kippur War.

At about twenty minutes in, we quickly give away that during the OblivAeon event, Unity builds a massive T. Rex bot. It's pretty dang cool.

And then! We go right to questions! Flying in the face of tradition! What is even happening?!

Lots of great info in today's Q&A segment. We're getting more and more free with information. Which is good!

Just after the 28 minute mark, we go into a bit of Unity's naming guidelines.

In a question we read around 32:45, we reveal the history of a couple minor figures in Sentinels lore, and even some of their story that is yet to be seen in the Multiverse!

As promised, here is a link to the OblivAeon lead-up ARG. If you haven't gone through it before, I highly recommend it. Very cool things happened there.

Just after the 44 minute mark, we read another fantastic limerick from Arcanist Lupus. The question in that limerick leads to us revealing who it was that captures Unity and kept her in a glass case far from all metal. So many reveals!

We even spill the beans a bit about her future relationships! She's dating someone? And joining some other team? (We get to that part in the Future segment.) But who? You'll just have to listen to the episode to find out!

Once we get to the Future segment, hold on to your hats for some time-traveling information. Not information about someone doing time-traveling or how time travel works. Nope. Information that has come back in time to us from the future! Bizarre!

Thanks for listening! So many exciting things on the horizon! Also, don't forget to fill out our demographics survey. Thank you!

It's officially the beginning of the end.

Show Notes

Run Time: 2:16:09

We jump right into the story, not wasting too much time messing around as we often do. And! You get to hear hints of some new music! What could this music be? Only time will tell.

Initially, we go through snapshots of various events that lead up to OblivAeon. But, as we get deeper into the OblivAeon story, we zoom in more and more.

That said, it's half an hour into the episode before OblivAeon finally reaches Earth. And by that point, there have already been two major character deaths. Yikes!

Just past an hour and 51 minutes in, we get to some of your OblivAeon questions. More coming next week!

Upcoming cool event: on Thursday morning of this very week, we'll be doing a live stream for all of our Patreon supporters! We're releasing another "Create Something Live" episode in early October, and we're recording it on Thursday, September 20th, at 11 AM Central time. Only the Contributor level supporters will be in the chat, but the video will be available to everyone on the Letters Page Patreon.

Also, this morning, we're launching a Kickstarter for the great game Homebrewers. Go check it out. It's genuinely a blast.

Look forward to the second part of the OblivAeon story next week!

It's Christmas Eve! Let's talk about an avenging angel with absolutely no chill whatsoever.

Show Notes:

Run Time: 1:20:50

We talk a bit about Christmas, and then, about 4 minutes in, we get to work!

We expected this one to be tough, but it turns out that we were visited by the ghost of Sentinel Comics past, and they did the work for us!

Just after the 53 minute mark, we start in on your questions.

At just before an hour and 15 minutes in, we talk a bit about the cover, which is shown above.

Happy Holidays, everyone! See you all next year!