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munchiezxx · 2 months
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@davey-in-a-minivan sent me these lovely lovely gwen hartley doodles in the mail and i got her permission to share them because i thought the world HAD to see them!!!! look at her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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sufferlove · 18 days
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once again thinking about "who are we if we don't bring our people home?" and Gwen moving mountains to bring Bell home to her. peeling drywall with my bare hands about it.
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davey-in-a-minivan · 3 months
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also i don't know why every pop culture ref in second star to the left is a fresh shock to me but i can't decide whether the funniest one to me personally was the dora the explorer mention or the heavy implication that gwen and priyanka's book club "romance novel" is gideon the ninth
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bekaterrier · 1 year
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My first re-listen of Second Star to the Left of the year had me thinking about the colours of Gwen's planet. We're never given a full detailed description, and instead learn what we know through offhand comments like the ones below.
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Based on these comments, I chose a selection of beads.
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I then mixed them up and made a bracelet to show just how colourful her Neverland might have been!
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bekabloodhound · 1 year
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artblahrg · 2 years
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a Boots, because this will likely become too teeny tiny in the commission it was made for
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violetren · 2 years
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psst hi I am a huge fan of sstl, like it's probably the greatest fiction experience I've ever experienced, but I've never listened to any other works like it! would you recommend other works Ishani's been part of, or do you have any recommendations in general for, I guess, narrative fiction audio?
Oh for sure. Idk what exactly made you pick up ssttl or what about it struck a chord so for now I'm only gonna throw like 3 or 4 things out here based on vibe or plot similarities to ssttl and my personal preferences. If you wanna tell me more about what you're into I can try give you a wider range of recs.
First up, The Strange Case of Starship Iris.
If you picked up ssttl because it's sci-fi with lead characters of colour and queer rep, or because of how its futuristic in a way that feels believably fucked over by capitalism and yet still has a gentleness and hopefulness to it, or because you like character driven narrative then for sure give this a try.
It's also the reason I knew Ishani Kanetkar's name and knowing her name is why I immediately moved ssttl to the top of my "to listen to" list. The shows concept was cool enough to grab my attention but reading Ishani Kanetkar was in the leading role made me give it immediately. I haven't listened to all of the good doctor's work but I have noticed two things: 1, she is a fantastic VA. And 2, projects she's had a significant role in usually have a really cool concept behind them. She either has fantastic tastes, incredible luck, or both. Obviously read descriptions and see if something is to your taste before listening but like, no reason not to look up her other work and use it as a launch pad.
Back the tscosi rec. The story begins by following the harrowing day of biologist Violet Liu as her research vessel falls apart around her after an explosion. Against all odds someone is there to rescue her, captain Kay Grisham picks up her distress call, and the rescue comences. The rest of the season follows the fall out of that tragic explosion and heroic rescue.
The show is ongoing, currently has 2 complete seasons out with a 3rd (and I believe final) season to come.
Rec 2: Girl In Space
A funny and resourceful scientist lady, living alone in space, talking to her recorder logs and her ships glitchy AI (who may or may not have or be developing sentience), and one day being very surprised when suddenly she has a human person to talk to instead. Sound familiar?
The plot is actually very different though. Our girl X lives on a space station that can never return home and her whole existence is as much of a mystery as what exactly her mission is supposed to be. The soundscaping on this show combined with Sarah Rhea Werner's (and the rest of the casts) acting is absolutely amazing.
There is currently 1 season fully released and the second season is apparently due out this year. In reccing this I may have accidentally begun a relisten.
Rec 3: Wolf 359
This one is actually complete if that means anything to you. Figured I'd drop one in since the other two have been ongoing. Its a big one, over 60 episodes plus a ton of bonus episodes.
Wolf 359 follows the crew of the u.s.s haphaestus an isolated little research vessel orbiting a star designated Wolf 359. It starts out goofy and like there isn't gonna be much plot, this is a cunning ruse to lull you into a false sense of security before hurtling you into an emotional roller coaster that will make you fear for, cry for, laugh with, and grow to love the rag tag crew. The characters are very compelling in that they are allowed to be flawed, some to the point that they are unlikeable, but in that good way that means you're connected with the story and wanna see them get their comeuppance, not that they're badly written and make you wanna stop listening kinda way.
Also like half the cast is voiced by the writer Zach Valenti, and even telling you that, if you check the show out there are gonna be episodes where if you hear the credits list and go "wait, he was that many people!?" Amazing VA abilities.
Rec the fourth, The Penumbra Podcast.
TTP has two story lines and you can listen to one without ever touching the other but Imma rec both here because there is a reason this podcast as a whole makes so many rec lists for anyone looking to get into audiodrama series. Both storylines have very different vibes and approaches, but both deal overall subtly deal with what it is like growing as a person, how rewarding it can be, but also acknowledging how fucking hard that can be.
Story line one, the Juno Steel universe, aka the Junoverse. This is a sci-fi story with a film-noir aesthetic. It follows the titular, character private detective Juno Steel a dame with a chip on his shoulder nearly as deep as a skyscraper is tall, and the cases they take in Hyperion City, a mega colony on a futuristic Mars. There is an overarching plot even as we go from case to case until eventually we move beyond that format.
The second story line is Tales from the Second Citadel. Set in a post apocalyptic high fantasy setting, the Second Citadel. This story follows the intersecting tales of several of the kingdoms knights (and a few not knights too). One of the knights will sound very familiar, Sir Damien voiced by Matthew Zahnzinger who also voices Mikail Reza in ssttl. In a truly hilarious turn of events Sir Damien also has a life changing (romantic) encounter with a scale covered non human entity.
Both story lines are highly character driven and contain a lot of heart. They also both feature a cast that is diverse in terms of race, sexuality, and gender.
As I said if you tell me more about what you liked about ssttl or why you chose to listen to it I'd be happy to give some more refined recs. All of these save for the second citadel portion of tpp involve space stuff but if you're open to more supernatural or just more terrestrial sci fi I definitely have more options you could consider.
If you ever wanna shout about ssttl or any of these shows if you end up listening to any well then you know where to find me.
Oh left field bonus rec because I just got a note about a post I made about it, Where the Stars Fell.
Unkillable lady scientist specialising in cryptid studies moves to the strange little town of Jerusalem Oregon. Becomes roommates with a reclusive author. They get along much like oil and water, it is all very gay.
I am typically a little turned off by shows with so many religious references but this one manages to be religious in the way that Good Omens is religious. That is, it's not preaching religion, its just using characters and concepts people may be familiar with from Christianity and using them to tell a funky little supernatural story with naturally high stakes grounded by very human characters. (human in the sense that they are emotional and flawed and brilliant).
It just finished its first season a couple of month ago so everyone is waiting for season 2, myself included.
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wall-e-gorl · 1 year
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I just love how complex bell summers is!! And how simple at the same time!! They want you to eat and to make sure you're safe, and they're so sure they know how to do that all the time!!
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thinking about those days and years after the settlement ship lands on Delta Gamma One-Four-Six-Two. thinking specifically about all the ways Bell tells Gwen they love her.
one day, early in their relationship over the FTL comm, Gwen mentioned that she wanted to build a boat some day. I'm thinking about the day, maybe on the anniversary of the settlement ship landing, Bell leads Gwen into the forest. Gwen asks Bell where they're taking her, jokingly accuses them of kidnapping, and Bell asks her to please trust them. after another few minutes of walking, the pair come to a clearing, in which, resting on a frame of rough timber, lies the assembled ribs of a boat. wooden, carved out by hand, just large enough for two to live and sleep comfortably on a short ocean voyage.
Bell seems a little nervous, almost, to be showing this to Gwen, as if after all they've been through, all they've done for each other, this gesture is still too much. Gwen asks when they possibly had time for all this, and Bell says that, well, Gwen gave so much to everyone on this planet. she laid the bones of what would become everyone's lives here. so they wanted to give her the bones of something in return, something to make for herself.
the pair get to work on the boat, stealing time here and there between other projects around the settlement. they shape the hull planks from the same trees that now protect the settlement from the fires. they learn to spin rough rope for rigging from the fibers in the vines. a white sail hangs overhead, ready to catch the wind that always blows from the night side of the planet, and eventually, the boat is finished. they set sail to explore the new continent, on the boat they built together, in the world they saved together
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ratpyramid · 3 months
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I have only known Mikail for a few minutes, but I love him so much.
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ghostrally · 2 years
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the one cruel consequence of enjoying podcasts is that you have to decide what everyone looks like
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art-heap · 7 months
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Does anyone know any sea-themed podcasts?
I was wracking my brains and realised I only know The Bridge
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damienthepious · 2 months
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I just got really emotional out of nowhere thinking about Matthew Zahnzinger's voice??????? I'm At Work
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davey-in-a-minivan · 17 days
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big fan of scoutmaster bell summers!!!!
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grifff17 · 7 months
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Stars, Hide Your Fires is a great book
When I start reading a new book, I either become obsessed with it and spend days straight reading it, or it takes me months to get through. I finished reading Stars, Hide Your Fires by @idiopathicsmile in 2 days. It hits so many different things I like in a story. The mystery, the political intrigue, the unspoken but very relevant Shakespeare references, the queer romance, and the amazing sci-fi worldbuilding all contributed to why I liked this book so much. As a huge fan of Starship Iris, and other podcasts like Unwell, which Jessica Best also worked on, this is the second time I've absolutely loved a book that I found because it was authored by the writer of an audiodrama whose storytelling blew me away (Seriously everyone who liked this book should also check out the Alliance Trilogy and the Leagues and Legends Trilogy by @ink-splotch, creator of Second Star to the Left).
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bekabloodhound · 2 years
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Not me bawling my eyes out at 1 a.m. just having listened to the entirety of Second Star to the Left. How could they do this to my heart? Also thank you for doing this to my heart.
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