#eskew liveblog

[tspultradeluxe]

ESKEW. ESKEWWWWWWWWW

#eskew liveblog #god I love this podcast. I’m gonna finish it even if it takes me forever

[daevite]

idk why exactly but i don't like eskew seemingly attempting to explain (at least a portion of) its weirdness so soon, or in the manner that it's doing it. not really sure which part of it i don't like. it's not the simple matter of explanation itself because on one hand i do think in many cases it's enough in a horror story to simply allow a place or a situation to be fucked up without any "backstory" for why it is fucked up (hill house kinda did this in a disappointing way, wish they went more with "what if a house was just fucked up and evil" w/o giving any reasoning or backstory behind the fucked up and evil-ness), but on the other hand night vale kinda did this with the huntokarr arc but the way in which they did it very much didn't feel like. giving things too much solidity? it felt gratifying and interesting to listen to. and then there's the guy who's like 18 or 19 giving this complex backstory to the development and existence of the backrooms making all this incredible "found footage" using blender and that's fun to see. idk what it is exactly about the riyo episodes of eskew that are turning me off in terms of apparently laying out some reasons why eskew is the way it is.

#it speaks #eskew liveblog #still really liking it so far though. i like the concept of a horror protag who very much knows that shit is fucked #but is still appalled by some of the fucked up shit #but is also a bit psychologically wonky due to the fucked up shit (e.g. the events of the first episode) #maybe that resonates with me as it reminds me of the cycle of living in a fucked up household ig

[kittykatninja321]

Even better than the dead loved one Comes Back Wrong trope is the “there is something in the shape of your dead loved one and it is not your beloved and it trying to tempt you and you must resist it at all costs” trope

#I am in eskew episode 28>> #iaie liveblog #I’m on episode 30 now in the final stretch

[pensivespacepirate]

NOOO HE FORGOR

#i am in eskew #liveblog #i yell #caps #and the rhyme.. i think he sang it to his mother instead... #a lot of emphasis on floor 14 too

[luxflora]

DAVID: I don't know how to tell her that there's nothing left for me. I'm not dreaming of a quiet sanctuary any more. I don't want to go back to the places where I was abnormal, and the nightmares were still real, but all in my head. When I think of tomorrow, all I can think of is the unmade darkness beyond the walls of the hotel. The silence beyond Eskew.

this episode is a lot to me i think

#myposts #luxflora liveblogs eskew #i am in eskew #david ward #e30 the boy who saw cracks in the world #eskew transcripts

[wanderingandfound]

I have missed the vast majority of the "cozy horror" discourse and like, I'm fine with that because I don't really care all that much about publishing labels and subgenres. But like, I do believe in only using the broad labels if it applies. A book is not Romance (the genre) if it does not have a happily ever after/happily for now. A book is not Horror if it is not trying to be horrifying. Romantic and horrific plots and elements can be part of any story and any genre, but elements do not a genre make.

Anyways, disclaimer done, the point of this post is that as someone whose main genre is fantasy, I love reading about ghosts in non-horror stories. Give me more fucked up creatures and musings on personhood please.

#Like when I do read/listen to horror it's because something in the premise got my attention and that premise is usually identity or magic. #Read a well-praised blog post on the kerfuffle and like.... sounds like this person knows much more than I. #But a single line about how people became anti ''grimdark'' had me thinking about how even though I read the first ASOIAF book and I got #book 2 from the library but returned it unread... there's never been a pitch for that series that got me interested besides ''extremely #popular fantasy series'' and none of the discussion or analysis or spoilers I've seen have piqued my interest either. #Meanwhile I'm not a horror or a thriller person but I will venture into some horrors because they sound interesting. #I love Alice Isn't Dead. I Am In Eskew and the Silt Verses are on my to-listen list. I support Hi Nay on Patreon (although I am behind). #I haven't listened to enough Hello from the Hallowoods to decide if I think it's horror or not yet. Of all the podcasts I've listened to #it's the one that had captured the most Night Vale vibes (and yet is still incredibly distinct!) of having horror elements in a narrative #that I have found both unsettling and comforting. #personal #liveblogging stories #tasker.land/2023/06/13/the-material-basis-for-cozy-horror #<- That's the blog post I read this morning.

[nicholaswaters]

On mistholme season 5 episode 9 and what is it with podcasts and compulsive eternal digging

#tmmommm liveblog #the mistholme museum of mystery morbidity and mortality #I am in eskew #tma #shouting into the void

[annabelle--cane]

I think the frequency with which eskew tips over the horror/absurd divide and becomes outright hilarious is connected to how I find it much scarier than other horror podcasts I've listened to- I can listen to tma, tsv, or neighbourly whenever while doing anything, but when eskew has an episode with a body horror content warning I will not be eating during it. premium level scares, my heebies are jeebied.

#also sorry if my semi liveblogging is annoying but my girlfriend has a weak stomach for horror so I can't direct my rambling at her :( #eskew #marina marvels at life

[felixcosm]

Okay, I'm starting I Am In Eskew, because it's the perfect horror podcast weather here (dark, rainy) . I've seen some people say David Eskew has it worse than Jon Sims and I have my doubts, but I will go in with an open mind.

#i am in eskew #eskew liveblogging #also i cannot resist pathetic podcast men #i dont know anything about the podccast other that its got something about spooky buildings and mold? #and theres this guy called david #and uh its also about work

[blazernot]

I just finished

#..... #Riyo... #David... #..... well atleast i have another podcast under my belt!! #<- is coping #i am in eskew #iaie liveblog #i will make a post about my thoughts later.

[rageclownz]

I’m relistening to I am in Eskew and I might liveblog it hmmmm

#i am in eskew

[daevite]

he starts seeing a SHRINK?

in ESKEW?

horror audio drama podcast man goes to therapy but IN ESKEW??????

#it speaks #eskew liveblog #IS THAT REALLY A GOOD PLAN?????

[kittykatninja321]

“Gay people baby trapping is insane” I’m listening to I am in eskew and this guy is getting baby trapped by a sentient city

#I saw spoilers already so I know it doesn’t last #but still it just immaculately concepted a child in his girlfriend’s apartment and was like ‘here you go dude!’ #I am in eskew #Iaie liveblog #shitpost

[pensivespacepirate]

AM I IN FUCKING ESKEW AGAIN

#tsv 36 #liveblog #I KNEW SOMETHING WAS UP IT WAS SO TENDER IN THE BEGINNING BUT THE CHAPTER TITLE IS 'ALL LOVERS PART AS DUST' BUT WE GET A GLIMPSE OF HAPPY #MOMENTS IN THE TRAGIC SHOW YOU CAN'T HELP BUT SAVOUR IT. YOU GET HOPEFUL #you expect to see the other shoe drop but it didn't for so long so you maybe mayybe can try to settle into the comfort AND THAT'S WHEN IT #GETS YOU I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M BACK IN ESKEW #ESKEW PRODUCTIONS WHEN I CATCH YOU. WHEN I FUCKING CATCH YOU #STOP PLAYING WITH MY HOPE AND DESPAIR OMFG I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE (CLICKS ON THE NEXT EPISODE) #actually i think I'm gonna need more time before i eat the next one. this one is. fuckkkkkk #i didn't even have the emotional time to savour carpenter and haywards bickering THEY'RE SO CUTE (PLATONIC) #ANYWAY HOWWWW DO THEY DO IT SO WELL. IM FEELING BOTH HOPE AND DESPAIR TOGETHER #it's. you feel the same to Sebastian. when will the other shoe drop? when will the hotel be taken away from Sebastian? when will the #horrifying tragedy happen to dev and seb? #i kept guessing what's the worst thing to happen to them to try and prepare myself for it but honestly I'm glad I'm terrible at guessing #the dream ending. the dream ending. sorry limbus company canto 7 weighing heavy on my mind #the dream. ending #tsv #ALSO I CAN'T BELIEVE!!!! THEY GOT KISSING NOISES IN THE SILT VERSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #KISSING NOISES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #eskew is like. being incredibly aware will not make the problems out of your control better you will only be very aware and maybe feel #vindicated if they come true but you will not feel any better #<-projecting

[luxflora]

I'm glad the Malto parents are actually like... emotionally healthy. It's hard to watch sometimes. Having finished Eskew yesterday makes it both easier and harder to handle, somehow. The contrast makes it more difficult, but I'm clinging to that finale. Definitely connected with me in ways that parent-child relationships in childrens' media generally (especially in the case of TFES) do not.

#myposts #luxflora liveblogs transformers #earthspark spoilers #luxflora liveblogs eskew

[misterradio]

(episode 1 vs episode 6)

i want these 2 b connected ✊ (< clenching fist)

#original nonsense #eskew liveblog #like yeahh i am p sure that is david described in the 6th episode. but i want 2 know #if david himself is experiencing that too. #i like riyo's episodes with david's mom but idek wat to make of like. her hearing her own voice singing to her #also i listened 2 the 7th ep just now and david describing his day and night routine made me think of whatever happened in the 17th ep #these tags turned into a place 2 dump me thoughts as one does #i really enjoy relistening 2 this and picking at little details ::-) like these r probably insignificant but i enjoy picking regardless