We took some time off from reading but we’re back at it and a lot of stuff keeps happening in this book where nothing happens. One group makes their way through shadesmar while Kaladin starts making therapy and thinking things are going okay before things go very not okay. We talk about: Zi-O, Gaslight, The Rooms, Metaphor Endgame, We Hate Colorado, Muppet Movie, Pokemon TCG, StageFright, Excalibur, TJPW, Chicago, Nine Sols, Veilgard, Adolin’s Balance Patch, Shallan’s Third Book, A Group Of Patterns, Kaladin’s Therapy, More On Disability, Luke’s Third Eye Moment, The Sibling, Shallan Theories, Horse Dreams, Adolin Cuts Off So Many Heads Off, The Radiants Fall, Toxic Yuri Anticipation, Venli Finds The Line, Everybody Hates Liren, KYS Kaladin, Lift Is Sad, The Dark Patch,
Stormlight Reprise 18: Just Some Friends At A Bar
We’re starting Rhythm of War, a book that is a bit mixed in the Stormlight community and we have a lot of FEELINGS about it. We talk about: Investiture, Silent Hill 2, Marriage Toxin, Metaphor Problems Mad God, Gunfire Reborn, The Shining, Evil Honey, Another Long Discussion About Cosmere Stuff, We Hate Lirin, Fight Fucking, Shallan A Freak, Kaladin Is Built Different, Luke Wants People To Respect Lift, Kaladin On The Bench, Hanging At The Bar, The Ghostblood’s Deal, Gaz’s Eye, Meeting Of The Nine, The Minx, Queen Jasna, Another Long Discussion About Queerness, Syl Chapter,
Stormlight Reprise 17: A Book For Luke
We read Dawnshard, a totally fine little side journey that we all like a good amount. However this novella gives us a chance to really dig into some of the things about the writings of Brandon Sanderson that trouble us or just annoy us so we spend a whole lot of time talking about that and less on the perfectly good story about the merchant Rysn and The Lopan going to a spooky island. We talk about: The Cosmere EU, Kingdom of Heaven, NextFest, Metaphor, Dawn of The Dead, Wrestledream, Moria, Diablo 4, Scrolls, Triforce Real, Yalb Is Back, Stormlight And Identity, Cousins, Chittering Servant, Different Languages, Weird Lil Ardent, The Dawnshard, A Long Fate Question
Stormlight Reprise 16: The Next Step
It’s the end of Oatbringer but it sure ain’t the end of oaths. Everything from armies to worlds collide in the big finale of the book. We talk about: Botany Manor, HxH, Dark City, Metaphor, Ufo 50, Ashley’s October Films Part 1, Even More Satisfactory, DALINAR KHOLIN THO, Cultivation, Storm Physics, Oaths, Renarin’s Big Secret, Szeth’s Ideal, Thrill Army, Exclusively Gay Characters, Amaram Gets An Evil Pill, Shallan’s Army, Adolin’s Sword OOMFie, The Breaking Of The Throuple, Fast, Real Life Parallels, Moash Kills A God, Queen, Hoid Gets Beat,
Read MoreStormlight Reprise 15: And Then John Was Voidbringer
All of us are in spooky Shadesmar trying to survive with all these beads and Fused. Meanwhile Dalinar is recovering from all the shit he remembered and I’m sure that’s gonna go GREAT for him. I’m sure no plotting Aladdin Sultan mother fuckers aren’t plotting his downfall under his nose. We talk about: 1000XResist, Spaceman, New Zelda, Alien Nation, Satisfactory’s Evil Swamp, Dalinar Drinks A Lot Of Wine, Jasna At 3x Speed, What’s Navani’s Deal, Hoid Tattoo, The Thrill Returns, Summon A Cloud, Taravangian Is Old As Shit, Dalinar And Venli Talk, Future Stuff, Ancient Aliens, Gay Lil Sword, Szeth Goes To Summer Camp, Luke Reads A Spoiler, We Need A Threesome, Spren’s True Forms, Kaladin Sees A Spoiler, Dead Eyes, Honor Boat, Stone Heist, Teft Fucks Up,
Read MoreStormlight Reprise 14: Adolin Powers
WOW. Molly wasn’t lying when she said a lot of things happened in this section of the book. Thankfully it’s all fine and good and no one is dying and no one is mentally broken. We talk about: Ridley Scott, Moria, Astro Boy, Fran Von Karma, Stitch, Satisfactory, Unsolved Yeti, We Love Adolin, Dalinar vs Shallan, Darth Odium The Wise, Veil Is From The Streets, Method, The Revel, Spren Dying, Gaslight Weaving, Only Knows War, Stole His Lunch, Don’t Care For Renarin, The Rift, Molly Loves Wife Killers, Laundry, The Hog, Think I Fucked Up, Gave God Anxiety,
Read MoreStormlight Reprise 13: Slurp The Storm
Well not as much going on as the full book we got last time but as I’m writing this in the future where I’ve read part three I can now tell that this is the eye of the highstorm. We talk about: Bee Labs, Wrong Side Of The Road, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Satisfactory, Depressing Plastics, Brandon Knows About Gay People, Luke Supports Women’s Wrongs, Molly Called Up Brandon, Jasna Murders, Sigzil Homophobia, Rock’s Family, Teft Is Fucked, Lopan Gets Sticky, Moash Did Nothing Wrong (Citation Needed), Joker-fied, VR Chat, The Herald’s Deal, Dalinar At The Club, Missing The Second Kid, Meeting Odium, Soulcast Too Close To The Second Sun,
Stormlight Reprise 12: Drilinar
It’s Oathbringer time and Brandon Sanderson goofed it and put a whole book in this part. This leads to a Five Star Run Time. Has that term been out of use long enough that I can grab it from the curb? We talk about: Comic Books, Done With Dune, Luke’s Roman Empire, Old Games, Ashley’s Weird Lucha Movie, Satisfactory, Unsolved Mysteries, We Gotta Kill That Guy, Out Of Bond Visions, Syl Knows Sex, Kaladin’s Family, Listener Pals, Parry The Storm, One Problem Solved, Adolin The Investigator, Dalinar Was Fucked, Killed A Kid, Remembering My Wife, Caveman, Curvy Wife, Hanging Dudes, Shallan Solves Mental Problems, Sword Training, Getting Drunk Off Moonshine, Shallan Stabs A Guy, Lady Stuff, A Light Play, Midnight Mother, Big Titty Is Back In Town, Monk Reading Porn, Is Elshonai Dead,
Stormlight Reprise 11: Pancake Achievements
We read Edgedancer, the Lift novel and the one bit of Stormlight Molly hasn’t read. Considering how we were left divided on Lift how will we take a full book of her. We talk about: Romeo + Juliet, Addams Family, LotR Online, Tim Burton, That TV Glow, 1917, Zodia, Its Short!, Wyndle, Lift Is Problematic, The Law, The Big Library, Radiant Predictions, Whose Goddamn White Baby Is That, Crab Man, Money Laundering, Hugs, Would You Love Me If I Was A Sword, Knight Radiant Quiz,
Read MoreStormlight Reprise 10: A Sword Fairy Would Fix Me
We’re joined by Iris (for the rest of the season in fact) to wrap up Words of Radiance. How cool does the book end? Does Brandon get better at large scale battles? Who dies in the most fucked up way??? We talk about: Iris The Summoner, Pseudoregalia, Truckin’, Dark Souls 2, Trapped, SF. Anti Italian, Amaram Gets Punked, Luke Was Wrong, Cleaning Dirt, Syl Disobeys Her Dad, The Diagram, All The Princes, Shallan Tells, Oathgates, Red Shorts, Fidget Spren, Two Storms, Getting Sky’d, Szeth vs Kaladin, Retcon, Moash Fucked Up,
Pattern Triggers Shallan, Sadeas GETS IT, Road Trip, Future Plans,
Stormlight Reprise 9: Ship Canyon
Kaladin goes to jail, Dalinar deals with everyone around him and Shallan looks for answers. We talk about: DS2, The Watchers, Zenless Zone Zero, Hunter X Hunter, KALADIN IS SO DUMB, Wit’s Choose Your Own Adventure, Buy Our System Brandon, Adolin Goes To Jail , Shallan Goes Sneaking, A Bad Party, Cavern Trek, Mr Glass Cult, Why Dishonor, There’s Only One Cubby, A Cool Tyrant, Shallan’s Life Is ROUGH, Pai The Communist, Smart Test,
Stormlight Reprise Episode 8: Adolin Shits Himself
Shallan starts getting in deep with various conspiracies, Adolin prepares for the biggest duel of his life and Kaladin… Well Kaladin is kind of the biggest idiot. We talk about: Manus, Trap, Devil’s Son In Law, Tonba, Luke Has His Head On A Swivel, This Shit Long, Sebarial Is Shiding And Farding, Veil, Freak For Freak, Storm Restaurant, Ghost Bloods, Shallan’s Home Life Sucks, The Patriots, Renarin Joins, 1 v 4, Kaladin Is Cool Then Dumb, Tiny Lift, Szeth Is Chilling, Lots Of Talk About The Listeners,
Read MoreStormlight Reprise Episode 7: White Weaving
We’ve read part two and are talking about all the stuff going on. Kaladin is still sad (feels like I can copy paste that for every episode) despite stuff going pretty well. Shallan meanwhile is learning how to con while we learn about her. We talk about: New Intro, Leverless, Samurai, We Get Mad At The Redwall Wikipedia Article, FF14, White Woman, Conning The Con, We Get Distracted By An Olympics Clip, Shallan Ices A Fool, Adolin Has Till 5, Kaladin/Adolin Shipping, Fucked Up Guys, The Terror Of Horses, Nepo Baby Kaladin, Szeth Is Back, The Clap, Going Evil Mode,
Read MoreStormlight Reprise Episode 6: BimboForm
It’s been a month and now we’re reading! We jumped right into the second book in the Stormlight Archive and that means getting back together with are friends Kaladin, Shallan and Dalinar. I’m sure everything is going to be okay… We talk about: Souls Marathon, Dead Rising, Fighting Games, TMNT Retrospective, Stardust, Close Encounters, Heists, Stop Making Sense, Luke Recaps The First Book, How To Be Mean, Pattern, Dead MILFs, Wall Scratches, Listener Life, Talk To An Island, Predictions, We Love Rock, Weird Lil Guys,
Read MoreStormlight Reprise Episode 5: How Dalinar Kholin Got His Groove Back
We’re finishing up ALL of the Way of Kings in a jam packed episode. What parts of Sandersons’ writing are we not as thrilled with? What do we think of all the reveals? Which one of us will bounce off the emotional moment the other two like??? We talk about: Stormin’, Why We Skipped A Week, Wonder, Alan Wake 2, Myst, It’s Bad To Have Slaves, Keyblade Graveyard, All High Princes Are Bastards, Prophecy, Gay Parshendi, The Hoid, Szeth Meets His Master, Whats Next,
Read MoreStormlight Reprise Episode 4: Crime Alley
We read the part of the book where everything is going badly for our guys. We talk about: Alan Wake: American Nightmare, Control, Defy, RE4, Shiity Strawberry Jam, Jesna Murders Some Guys, Jam Astrology, The Lopan, Stormblessed, Kids Meal, Sad Man, Old Magic, Spren Science, Killing Kings. Please ignore us deciding to do it in two parts we decided to do it in one.
Read MoreStormlight Reprise Episode 3: Grossest Soulcasting
We read all of part two as we learn all about the dead king’s brother and Kaladin gets to know his co-workers. We talk about: Luke’s A Gamer, Alan Wake Spoilers 9:15-9:45, El Paso Elsewhere, Character Sheet, Rock Rules, Alothar’s #1 Fuckboy, Fantasy Inflation, The Strap, Analog Audiobooks, Too Horny For A Widow, Fantasy AIM, Kaladin Saves Some Dudes, Scamming the Scammer, Spear Stunts, Touching Grass, Spren Research, Szeth Is Having A Bad Time,
Read MoreStormlight Reprise Episode 2: Shallan’s Tumblr Story
We’re back on Pod Duty as we finish up part one of Way of Kings. That means learning about the worst thing to do in the world, pretty pictures and a fantasy parrot head. We talk about: El Paso, AEW, Mistborn, Bridge Crew, Low Protagonist Energy, Tien, Exposed Hands, Reading Is Gay, Lake Pilled, Shitty Bro
Read MoreStormlight Reprise Episode 1: Two Prologues
We switch gears so that we continue the podcast during the still ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike and that means we’re reading a book! The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson is one of Molly’s favs and she’s sharing it with us for this series. We read up to chapter 6 and talk about: Pikmin, Starfield, Fighting Game Tiers, Lies of P, Character Sheet, Lashing, Pissing On The Field, Sky Eels, Slavery, She’s Thieving,
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