Welcome to the eleventh episode of season 3 of the TFTuesday Podcast!

In this episode, Zil and K-Libra chat with TigerTwins all about merging TF and how it's portrayed within media (often negatively). The crew talks about its portrayals in Western and non-Western media, diving into the contrasting approaches often seen between the two, and then touch upon one of its most prominent portrayals within the community, CTF. Finally, the crew talk about where the interest in merging can derive and how it's surmounted some of the barriers placed by these negative portrayals.

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A podcast for all your TF-ey needs! Featuring in-depth discussions amongst longtime TF artists. The TFTuesday podcast focuses on transformation, mainly in the niche of the furry community.

Content warning: This podcast occasionally touches on NSFW topics. This episode features discussions of body horror, CTF/VTF/ATF, transphobia (+ slurs), sexual assault, loss of self/identity, and drinking.

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Featuring TigerTwins: https://www.furaffinity.net/user/tigertwins

Hosted by Zil: https://twitter.com/Zilepo_Opeliz

Co-hosted by K-Libra: https://twitter.com/The_K_Libra

A non-exhaustive list of the media discussed in this episode:

- Tuvix: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvix

- Colour Out of Space: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_Out_of_Space_(film)

- The Last of Us: Part 2 - Rat King: https://thelastofus.fandom.com/wiki/Rat_king

- Full Metal Alchemist: https://fma.fandom.com/wiki/Nina_Tucker

- The Fly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_(1986_film)

- Berserk - Horse (https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/435/660/db4) and Dogs (https://i.redd.it/qmgygwu9ve6z.png)

- Star Trek: Enterprise - Transporter Mishap: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Transporter_accident#Foreign_object_contamination

- A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street_5:_The_Dream_Child

- Society: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_(film)

- Star Trek: Deep Space 9 - Changelings: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Changeling

- Vampire the Masquerade - Szlachta: https://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/Szlachta

- Mercy CTF: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/34065881/

- Pokemon Reburst - Zekrom: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/reburst/images/4/4e/Ryouga_Zekrom_Burst.png/revision/latest?cb=20120720125203

Art by HoneyBear & K-Libra: https://twitter.com/HoneybearArts & https://twitter.com/The_K_Libra

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The music used for the intro and outro is [Ambient soundscape with drums by Erokia]; Sounds provided by Erokia/Jordan Powell from ⁠⁠Freesound.org