Friendship & Firelight

I promise, we're back to talking about frivolous pop culture stuff in this one! No extended discussions about the depressing state of the world whatsoever! We just talk about Digimon and D&D. It's fine.

Upon completing further research, I have come to the conclusion that, in the original Japanese version, Renamon is a nonbinary, asexual icon, and any coward who disagrees can fucking fight me.

It's an extra-long episode this week, because we have a lot to say about the Pokemon franchise. Namely, how can something be so good and so terrible at once?

It's 2018. Why isn't space fantasy the gayest genre imaginable yet? 

Discussion topics include Gundam, the original FMA anime series, and destroying the gender binary.

Join us for a deep-dive into the world of Nerf, and stick around for some bonus post-credits content where we just laugh at memes for like fifteen minutes.

In typical FnF fashion, we spend equal time and effort in this episode ranting about the live-action Fullmetal Alchemist adaptation, and our bullshit heteronormative society.

Keith and Ivy talk about the RPG-related projects they are working on.  Sorry for the wonky release schedule lately. I'm behind on editing all my podcasts, but I'm working at getting back on track.

In this episode, Keith picks up an old hobby again, and Ivy has been working on her kingdom-management RPG. 

Just how bad was the 2017 Ghost in the Shell movie? Ivy breaks it down for y'all.

Once again, we find ourselves too tired and incoherent to stick to a single topic. We're not sorry. By now you all should know what you're getting in to.

This week, we're talking about nerd culture as it relates to queerness, and how 2017 gives us a new perspective on the fiction of previous decades. Also, kill nazis, kill nazis.

Why is it so hard to aim with an analog stick? Who should play Flex Mentallo if they ever make a Doom Patrol movie? We answer these questions and more in this even-less-coherent-than-usual episode.

Will Keith ever return Ivy's VHS copy of the Super Mario Bros. Movie? Find out in this slightly coherent episode!  Here is the link to the Polygon article about pikachu saying human words. It's real upsetting. https://www.polygon.com/2017/11/7/16604212/pokemon-i-choose-you-movie-review-pikachu Sorry about the weird release timing. I was unable to edit this and next episode until after the intended release date, so I'm dropping them both on a Thursday. 

In this episode, we discuss Jim Henson's terrifying acid trip, the Dark Crystal. Then we talk about the video games we're playing, because everyone likes video games.

Keith and Ivy hammer out the details of a card-based sword fighting game. 

The topics are all over the place this week, from D&D, to JRPGs, to a new concept for a card-based sword game.

In this one, we discuss Keith's new campaign, and the new narrative style they envision. Then, we discuss some of the most emotionally potent moments of the Adventure Zone Balance Arc finale.

We come full circle in this episode. It all comes back to making dumb Mall Cop jokes.

In this episode, we talk video games, RPG design, and the state of queerness in society. You know, the usual.