Animorphology

Episode Notes

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Before reading anything, Jenny and Ted discuss Worm generally and introduce the podcast. NOTE: We had some technical issues with the audio in this one that should be resolved before the next episode.

Episode Notes:

What is Worm?

Wait, Worm is HOW long?

Ted’s pitch for why you should read Worm

A quick introduction to Wildbow

Character-driven superpowers

Jenny introduces us to Taylor

“Capes”

Jenny imagines where the story will go

The 2011 superhero zeitgeist

Creator Chose Not To Use Content Warnings

Worm fic is like Avengers fic 

Should this story have been called Bug?

Insect Aside vs. the Bug Bear

Ted names a favorite cape and Jenny guesses her power

How you can (optionally) read along

There are 2+ fan audiobooks of Worm

Links:

https://parahumans.wordpress.com/

https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow

In this episode, Jenny, Ted, and Gray discuss Vegemorphs (part 2).

In this episode, Jenny, Ted, Gray, and Meg discuss Everworld #10: Understand the Unknown.

Why Everworld 10 is like Kingdom Hearts 2

Whether David is qualified to be the Mayor of Atlantis

Why these books aren’t interesting

We casually reference a sario rip at least three times because listeners know

Ted drops spoilers for book 3 of A Song of Ice and Fire and season 5 of Lost

How Brigid is the threefold goddess of ageism, misogyny, and never appearing in these books again

How far up the faun does the fur go?

Ted proposes a Remnants podcast

Remembering to breath

Body English

A very special musical performance

In this episode, Jenny, Ted, and Gray discuss the 1998 Animorphs parody book, Vegemorphs.

Content warning: mention of rape and false rape accusations in a fictional context

In this episode:

Jenny, Ted, Gray, and Meg discuss Everworld #9: Inside the Illusion.

Senna's actually a pretty good narrator

But also she’s trying to take over Everworld

Buuuuut also every parental figure in her life completely sucked??

Ted thinks Senna's a cartoon, but he's wrong

Cool theories about the watcher in the void

We are very optimistic about how much will ever be explained in this world

What if Everworld is just a game played by the Ellimist?

The real four genders

Applegrant: still bad at mental health issues

Turns out these books don't do a great job of portraying Egypt. Shocking

Bonerwatch update

Why are there aliens in this?

Jenny, Ted, Gray, and Meg discuss Everworld #8: Brave the Betrayal

In this episode:

Jenny, Ted, Gray, and Meg discuss Everworld #7: Gateway to the Gods

A wild plot appears!

Theological discussions

We hope you aren’t still playing the “Animorphology Drinking Game” because Gray says the word “interesting” like 10 times in one minute.

Comparisons to Animorphs

Thoughts on how Everworld is constructed (poorly)

April’s assessment of the other characters - and ours

Applegrant’s authorial racism

April and the Disney Problem

Real world consequences of Everworld problems

Cassandra and the Very Stupid Prophecy

Hints of bisexuality, quickly ignored

Pegasus, Pegasi

Aughties and Naughties

A TV-tangent (and Jenny’s next podcasting venture?)

Predictions

In this episode:

Jenny, Ted, Gray, and Meg discuss Everworld #6: Fear the Fantastic

The “very special episode” about homophobia

Impatiently acknowledging that Christopher has “an arc”

Hetwan sexual dimorphism and other cool alien stuff

What was Ganymede like as gay representation in 2000?

Christopher vs the Nazis vs responsible YA themes

Is Christopher on an arc to be a good person or just a “real man”?

We catch up on the lack of plot in the series so far and how it contrasts with Animorphs as a series

The nature of Ka Anor

Previewing the Greeks

Clarista Flockhart and Dylan McDermott, among others

Content warning: sexual abuse of a child, attempted sexual assault of an adult

In this episode:

Jenny, Ted, Gray, and Meg discuss Everworld #5: Discover the Destroyer

Gray spills some more tea about leprechauns

Fairies are normally cool. What happened here?

In a thousand years, these magic people haven't come up with anything better than the telegraph

Wow, David is truly terrible. He also has some major trauma. These things are questionably related.

The kids are missing their chance to become palantirs

This portrayal of nymphs is sexist! We are shocked

Gray explores 50 shades of YA

The Ka Anor pun run

In this episode:

Jenny, Ted, Gray, and Meg discuss Everworld #4: Realm of the Reaper

We get TWO quality mythology rants from Gray!

Ted learns where 8-legged horse babies come from

Jalil proves himself to be our most competent narrator yet