Nonsense and Noise

For the final (for now) episode in the Boys Love series, Nathan is joined by Vesper to talk about the Netflix movie, The Yin-Yang Master: Dreams of Eternity.

The transcript for this episode can be found here.

The ending song audio and lyrics (with translation) can be found here.

For this episode, Nathan dives into one of Mo Xiang Tong Xiu's other works--Modao Zushi (The Untamed on Netflix)--and compares it against Heaven's Official Blessing.

Transcript for the episode can be found here!

For the second episode in our series on Boys Love, Josh joins Nathan to talk about Heaven's Official Blessing and their experience with the Boys Love genre.

For more on the Norse stories that Josh mentioned, you can look up the Gudmundr saga. Freyr is the Viking god of fertility that was mentioned as well. As for the story about Lancelot, it is the Knight of the Cart by Chretien de Troyes.

The transcript can be found here.

The Nintendo Indie showcase video that was mentioned at the top can be found here.

The trailer for Everything Everywhere All At Once can be found here.

Switching gears, we're diving into another topic proposed by the patrons: BL or Boys Love! I talk about the history of BL and how we interact with it. Transcript of the ep can be found here!

Nathan talks about the Asian American experience and how Shang-Chi builds two different narratives for these experiences through Katy and Shaun. Next up: an exposition on BL or boys' love! The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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Episode 5 is now out! I talk fight choreo and how Shang-Chi builds on some major pieces of Asian and Asian-American media. I think I've got one more solo episode left for Shang-Chi and then we'll be moving on to other media!

Transcript can be found here.

Nathan talks about romance in Shang-Chi, the absence of it, the precedence established in the MCU, and where he wants to see things go.

Transcript for the episode can be found here.

Episode 3 is out! It's just me this time, talking about Shang-Chi and its portrayal of Asian American masculinity.

As a note, Shang-Chi's portrayal of masculinity does NOT align with the thoughts espoused by the MRAsian movement (which are rooted in white supremacy and misogyny). Asian American women don't owe you anything!

Transcript can be found here.

Bryn (@SoldiersShields) joins Nathan (@kahtonotkayto) for a discussion about diversity, origin stories, and a critical look at Marvel's performance handling both through Shang-Chi in this episode. The transcript for this episode can be found here.

Asian American comedians/creators to check out:

• Andrew Ti (twt/ig: @andrewti)

• Joel Kim Booster (twt/ig: @ihatejoelkim)

• Mitra Jouhari (ig: @mitrajouhari)

• Bowen Yang (ig: @fayedunaway)

• Youngmi Mayer (twt/ig: @ymmayer/@feelingasianpodcast)

• Brian Park (ig: @itsbrianpark/@feelingasianpodcast)

For the inaugural episode of Nonsense and Noise, Nathan gets into the history of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Transcript of the episode can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ocr93dGO_UF1nYkFf8hLEtCHykg3dGcEikvyf-1gKqA/edit