I want to mention a bunch of things that are in Hi Nay to see if people would be interested in listening to it
Creepy priest gets turned into a human puppet by a non-binary magic user surgeon in the 1940s
Romantic full body surgery
Queer detective duos where one is an effervescent smartass and the other is Very Repressed (1980s and 2020s edition) and one is hopelessly in love with the other one
5 foot tall fat pansexual WOC protagonist (cute, terrifying) who canonically left the Philippines during the Duterte presidency
Drippy Bloody Monster Husband Crawling On The Walls (his wife is an Instagram influencer)
1920s interracial lesbian couple
Villain literally named Mr. Realman
Fake conman guru offended to find out his magic is real actually
6 foot 2 strong armed lesbian protagonist who sometimes wields an axe
Wandering magical hobo who saves people from The Horrors (what is his secret)
Elephant sized wolves living in the mountains of Canada who will sometimes bite the heads of human predators
A musical episode
"I assume this character is queer because this is Hi Nay" - one of our listeners
Alasdair Stuart (Peter Lukas from the Magnus Archives) voices a sad pining gay old man in one of the episodes
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How scary is the show? As a fellow Canadian and lover of ADs, Hi Nay has been on my radar for a while, but I've hesitated because I'm not generally a big fan of horror. I can handle some, but don't like being terrified. What level would you say the show is at, from "cosy listening" to "will give you nightmares"? Thanks! :)
I like to compare the scary levels of Hi Nay to that of the series Supernatural - the first three seasons are properly spooky, but then as it becomes more plot driven it's less straightforwardly scary and more horror fantasy.
In Hi Nay, we do some spooky sound effects here and there, but I don't think we'll give anyone nightmares~ I'd say, if you've listened to the Magnus Archives, that we're just a bit scarier than that SFX wise, but only for a couple of episodes. The scariest we get are Episode 1: Bulok (Rot), Episode 12: Pagbigti (Hanging), and Episode 25: Talikuran (Turn Your Back).
Each episode has extensive trigger warnings to help people decide what they can handle content-wise.
Most of the rest of the series isn't too spooky, though some may be conceptually scary. But I'd love to hear other listeners chime in as well about how spooky you all think Hi Nay is!
People call us cozy listening regardless of all this, but I think that's because of our characters 馃槉 They have a fantastic and compelling relationship, and they add a level of comedy and warmth that helps combat the scares.
Tl;dr It might help to listen to us in the daytime for some of our episodes, but the overall experience isn't just all scares, and I hope you get to listen and enjoy anyway!
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How to: Build a podcast protagonist
Make a Guy. The scrunglier the better.
Pour in an ounce of survivors guilt.
Pour in the rest of the container of survivor鈥檚 guilt.
Give them a gay little romantic subplot.
Tragedy.
Trauma.
Compounding trauma.
Eye motif.
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*banging desperately on your front door* HI NAY IS SO GOOD! LOOK, IT'S SO GOOD JUST LISTEN TO IT! JUST- *coughs up blood and collapses*
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I鈥檝e collected an obscene amount of podcasts since finishing Malevolent and The Magnus Archives and I鈥檝e yet to listen to any of them, so what鈥檚 next?
Gonna be totally honest, half the reason I did this was so I could get all my recs in one place lol
And if your fav somehow STILL didn鈥檛 make it onto this list, my upmost apologies, please drop it in the comments or tags!
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Again, for my own amusement
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I found a filipino podcast based on pinoy superstitions and with a horror supernatural story line? Hell yes sign me up
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The votes are in, I am listening to Ni Hay next!
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I've been listening to Hi Nay lately (already on my second listen).
This is inspired by episode 20 'Siga' and all the eye related imagery therein. Also, I just needed to draw Donner carrying Mari after she saved both their lives.
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Darling, you must know that the modern age requires only the finest of art on your walls. That's why, my dear, I've dedicated a entire wall to Hi Nay artwork. Elegance, intrigue, variety, and beauty. What more could one ask for?
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Subtext is fun and funny to do and also a great way for me to communicate things that are very obvious to me but may not be for others; for example-
1) In Hi Nay episode 2, the cold ghost calls Mari a "foreign chit". This is in order to communicate to the audience that this creepy ghost man would absolutely have said a racial slur (without having to write one into the script)
2) In Hi Nay episode 21, I mentioned that a priest "no longer leered [...] at Sunday mass". This is to indicate that he was a creep who was eyeing up tween girls (which also contextualizes the particular brutality of his fate later in the story 馃敧馃Φ馃徎)
3) In Hi Nay episode 3, both Mari and Laura mention that they are into older women (and in Mari's case, older anyone). This was foreshadowing for their later romantic interests (with age differences between 11 years and 120+ years)
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Happy Trans Easter Sunday of Visibility! 馃悾 May your eggs be cracked in love and safety.
Much love to all our trans listeners and remember that every character in Hi Nay will fistfight a transphobe for you, this is 100% canon.
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I have decided to branch out a bit on my podcast art, and this time I bring Mari of @hinaypod ! It is an incredible podcast if you like horror and wants a strong female protagonist! <3
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So last year I started listening to Hi Nay and then I took quite a long break. Went back to it today and I fear I have forgotten a lot of the details... Is there a recap of the first 26 episodes, Act I? Season 1?
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Complete and utter crack but
Jon: As I was saying-
Mari: *throws a shoe at a thing that was gonna sneak up on Jon* HOI! tangena-
Jon: What was that?!
Mari: Not sure but it was about to pounce on you.
Jon: So you decided to throw a show at it?!
Mari: Hey it worked with my tatay when nay wasn't around!
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