Don’t forget, you can get bonus content by joining our Patreon! There are so many shows, books, and movies that utilize the missing/absent/dead parent trope. Why is this trope so popular? Is it compelling? Do you like this trope? Do you hate it? Or is it one of those tropes that happens so often you hardly notice it anymore? Josef is playing: - Persona 5 - Elden Ring - Psychic Pizza Deliverers go to the Ghost Town - Dungeons and Dragons (session 1!) Josef is reading: - Oathbringer by: Brandon Sanderson - Hall of Smoke by: H.M. Long Josef is watching: - Yona of the Dawn (Crunchyroll) - Overlord (Crunchyroll) - Critical Role, campaign 3 (YouTube) - The Devil’s a Part-Timer (Crunchyroll) - House of the Dragon (HBO) Anna is reading: - Little Town on the Prairie by: Laura Ingalls Wilder - Hall of Smoke by: H.M. Long - Sheets by: Brenna Thummler - Delicates by: Brenna Thummler Anna is watching: - Yona of the Dawn (Crunchyroll) - Critical Role, campaign 3 (YouTube) - Critical Role, campaign 2, episode 74 (YouTube) Join us on our read along through Hall of Smoke by: H.M. Long! Find us on Twitter: @litround Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LitRoundTable Find us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thelitroundtable Art: Kris Easler: https://www.kriseasler.com/