Mary Sue Celebration

in our second book club episode, harry and JJ tackle the everything-happens-so-muchness of former Riverdale writer Britta Lundin’s novel Ship It, based on real (adjacent) fandom drama from another CW legend, Supernatural.

This episode Harry and their brother talk about one of their favorite things- YU-GI-OH!

We recorded this episode back in 2021 in honor of the 20th anniversary of the dub release. I ended up shelving it- I was trying a new method of recording with two mics and felt self conscious about the audio. However, in the wake of the news of Kazuki Takahashi’s passing, I just wanted the comfort of the conversations my brother and I would have about YGO. It was comforting to listen to and I hope you find comfort as well. During the episode, there may be a few comments about doing more of this show but at the current moment, we don’t know if we will. As YGO fans who only knew of Takahashi’s awesomeness from his badass yet kindhearted stories, we were devastated to hear about his death. We hope he rests in peace and knows how many people draw comfort, joy, and strength from his stories.

Episode Topics:
We discuss the Yu-Gi Craze from the pov of Western Media, our weird mission to watch the first episode in multiple formats, and the 4kids lawsuit. After that we learn a little bit about treating ourselves with Kaiba and Eric Stuart.

It’s 2008, you live in the middle of nowhere, and no one at school likes anime or plays MMOs. WTF?!?!

Gather round gamer girls, in our first book club episode we discuss Mari Mancusi’s 2008 book, Gamer Girl.

Show Notes:

Opening theme is by @TwinkleParks on twitter. You can check out more of her music at popspirit.net.

Mixing and mastering: Rhodium studios on Fiverr

Website: marysuepod.com

Twitter & Tumblr: @SueCelebration

Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/Y2Kdetective

Wanna be on the show? Email [email protected] or message dm the twitter page!

Do you have a bit character in iCarly that is definitely maybe absolutely based on you? Becca does.

Becca (@SadMoreLikeRad) joins Harry to talk shipping, parasocial relationships, and the most toxic fandom she’s ever been in- for the hit Nickelodeon sitcom iCarly.

Show Notes:

Opening theme is by @TwinkleParks on twitter. You can check out more of her music at popspirit.net.

Website: marysuepod.com

Twitter & Tumblr: @SueCelebration

Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/Y2Kdetective

Wanna be on the show? Email [email protected] or message dm the twitter page!

Friend of the show KT joins to talk about NaNoWriMo, Naruto, Tamara Pierce, and cheese danishes. And maybe also the finer points of world building.

Show Notes:

Opening theme is by @TwinkleParks on twitter. You can check out more of her music at popspirit.net.

Website: marysuepod.com

Twitter & Tumblr: @SueCelebration

Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/marcescent

Wanna be on the show? Email [email protected] or message dm the twitter page!

Izzy (@Plentyblush) shares with us the story of the Pluto, the pink, hyperactive little sister hedgehog who helped her on the road to self acceptance, greatness, and gayness.

We also preemptively mourn the loss of Blingee and start the epic search for a very specific piece of lost media that Plenty made as a kid.

Show Notes:
Pluto- The Early Years

Pluto Redraws

Housekeeping:
Opening theme is by @TwinkleParks on twitter. You can check out more of her music at popspirit.net.
Website: marysuepod.com
Twitter/Tumblr: @SueCelebration
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/marcescent

Wanna be on the show? Email [email protected] or message dm the twitter page!

Kiko (@royalpizzaboy on twitter) discusses his OC King Cheddar the XVII, a very fancy and funny little guy you may remember for having a mustache and doing kicks on tumblr dot com.

Kiko talks growing up as an anime fan, going to art school in B-b-boston, and the highs and lows of tumblr fame.

Show Notes:

Opening theme is by @TwinkleParks on twitter. You can check out more of her music at popspirit.net.

Website: marysuepod.com

Twitter & Tumblr: @SueCelebration

Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/marcescent

Wanna be on the show? Email [email protected] or message dm the twitter page!

Miles and Harry confront their past selves in the form of a fanfiction they co-wrote at age 13.

Content Warning: 2000s typical edgelord humor including ableist language, gender stereotypes, appropriating Japanese culture, ignorant portrayal of drug addiction, homophobia, etc, etc

Show Notes:
Kat’s Konvalusions: fanfiction.net/s/3928104/1/Kat-s-Konvalusions
What’s a Helio Ocean: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helio_Ocean

Carter visits Sue HQ to talk about the Guardians, the Elementarians, and the Unnamed, three groups of cats with mystical powers. And one of them can control meteors?

Warnings: Cat pregnancy and yelling at Miles.

Today’s Sue is the giant battle axe wielding, tank riding, cigarette smoking, Dunkin’ Donuts iced coffee drinking, sarcastic and tragically damaged Death the Kid fucker/ballerina/meister, Emily Valentine.

Miles and Harry chat with Nicole (@kuntsaragi on twitter) about Emily, Twin Peaks, Critical Media Analysis, and hating Nicole and Harry’s shared Alma Mater (among other things). And Boston. We talk so much about Boston.

Happy Halloween!

Show Notes:

Read the fic: fanfiction.net/s/7620282/1/Crimes

Twin Peaks Georgia Coffee Commercials: youtube.com/watch?v=3acm7j9k_1w