Wherein Harry finally pulls out the spear.

(next week: Battle Ground ch. 33-36)

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Things are somehow ramping up even further as Battle Ground reaches its frantic peak. There's a unicorn for every season, Ivy mows the lawn, One Eye leads the Hunt, and Ethniu mops the floor with all of em.

Butters owns the chunk, Sanya is cool as always, and the one hero the Titan hasnt knocked down busys out the biggest gun in his arsenal to set up an epic finale.

Dont mind the mud, just step on the corpses! Battle Ground chunk 8 starst RIGHT NOW!

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Wherein Harry plays general.

(next week: Battle Ground ch. 29-32)

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Harry and Sanya command the troops of vanilla Chicagoans as the battle continues, unabated by the crushing loss of last week. Tactics are key to any battle but especially when at a numerical disadvantage, and we see a number of moves meant to even the odds for our plucky defenders.

Mab and Winter join the battle with cursed weapons, Greymalkin sends scouting info in a novel new way, Butters earns a dangerous favor, Listen is starborn!, and we learn of a Canadian comedy troupe. Its really a full week!

Lyssy bakes and eventually remembers what podcast she's on, Cordelia adorably squeaks in the background (hopefully not too much!), and we have fun with asbestos.

Come on in, its nice and warm what with all the Fomor blood...Battle Ground chunk 7 starts RIGHT NOW!!!

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Wherein Harry looks upon an empty house.

(next week: Battle Ground ch. 25-28)

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This week we discuss trigger discipline, redemption arcs, and empty houses. The tragic events bring us both to tears yet again, but we try to hammer down with some good analysis.

Nothing is okay, Jim Butcher is mean, and I too need a beverage. A very morose Battle Ground chunk 6 starts RIGHT NOW!

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Wherein Harry learns a hard truth about the mantle.

(next week: Battle Ground ch. 21-24)

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We have another action packed week with Chicagoland under siege! Our pluckly heroes regroup at Memorial Park and pick up an army of normies along the way. Even without The Sight, however, they see some things that will haunt them forever. Harry scares even Bob with his wrath, Sanya plays general, Rudy plays worthless jerk, and Butters pops in with little brother contrarianism.

Lyssy does some witching, Josh gets to see rain, and overall life is pretty good. Come join us for the ride cuz Battle Ground chunk 5 starts RIGHT NOW!

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Wherein Harry loses some pals.

(Next week: Battle Ground ch. 17-20)

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We get back to the action this week only to find the corpses--or worse-- of Yoshimo and Bill at the outset. Our plucky wizard and one Ramirez, slightly damaged, manage to escape Mavra and the Black Court Goons, but things dont get much better. Cops, Fire Giants, and octokongs are all potential obstacles.

We talk puppies, meeses, and Oregon Trail as we welcome Lyssy back from her trip.

Its steamy in here from all the soulfire, but no one will bite. Come join us for Battle Ground chunk 4 which starts RIGHT NOW!

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Wherein Harry tells a knock-knock joke.

(Next Week: Hiatus, Lyssy is on Birfday Vaycay)

(Two Weeks: Battle Ground ch. 13-16)

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As the Fomor vanguard nears the castle, Harry and the 'squatch go hunting for huntsmen there is some squishing. Gore abounds enough to satisfy even the most mortbid of readers, but that is just the warm-up.

Thanks to the Major Generous we get the drop on a cabal of necromancers just in time, though this fight is less smooth for team good guy.

Join us as two liberal arts majors try to do physics equations, we spend the standard hour and a half talking animals, though this time the convo lands, in part, closer to home. 

We only touch on Leprecaun traps, but Alyssa can give you the build guide if you ask. Come on in to enjoy the artic chill of chunk 3 of Battle Ground whicj starts RIGHT NOW!!!

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Wherein Harry defends the pizza.

(Next Week: Battle Ground ch. 9-12)

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This week is the calm before the storm, but its not so calm! Assasin squid are flying everywhere, countered by the largest collection of Little Folk we have ever seen! Harry shares some locker room talk with the Baron, Molly leaves on a mystery mission, Mab tries to enroll in philosophy 101, and One-Eye does some slick cartography!

Joshie talks himself into then out of trusting Carlos with the big brother secret, while Lyssy gets a fun Happy Meal then tries to see if Freydis and Garde can ball.

Join us as we prepare for WAR! Battle Ground chunk 2 starts RIGHT NOW!!

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Wherein Harry double soul gazes. Souls gaze?

(Next week: Battle Ground ch. 5-8)

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Harry gets back from the island just in time to get ripped overboard by a freaking Kraken! Luckily he has three super human ladies and one super cool lady to bail him out! We use a VERY powerful artifact to keep Mac's open for business-and protection, and run into our two favorite Chicago pd IA officers.

The second of two souls gaze in the chunk knocks Bradley on his ass and thus forces Rudolph to almost shoot Harry--dude is just the woooooooorrrst!

Murphy gets dumped at Mac's, Molly has esoteric Winter lady shit to get to, Josh is early for his flight, and Lyssy finds a show with plenty of dong! Come om in the water is warm--this is a lie--and we are enjoying Seattle swamp temps for Battle Ground Chunk 1!! It starts RIGHT NOW!!

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Wherein Harry meets a billy goat.

(Next week: Battle Ground ch 1-4)

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This week we catch up with not-yet-Captain Anastasia as she chases some necros down in the 1870s Kansas heat. About 120 years later, Harry heads to home base of the Tylwyth Teg in hopes of helping the home club win a Series.

We take a wonderful short story fueled breath before the wildness of Battle Ground, Josh talks too much, but we have a good tine. So come on in!

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Wherein Harry gets a handle on Lara.

(Next Week: A Fist Full of Warlocks, Curses--Brief Cases)

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We finally make it to Demonreach and Thomas will be safe! Hooray!

Of course, there's a catch: he will have to join the inmates and become a prisoner of Alfred and everything the creepy island has to offer its tenants! Lara takes umbrage but of course, is no match for Harry and his intellectus while the Warden is home, and he hilariously easily slaps down vampire and Valkyrie both.

Murphy again proves it's not all about muscle, Alfred seems to have secrets, and Harry seems pretty chill with his red lightsaber crew. Lyssy gets some cool presents, Josh misquotes Once More With Feeling, and we dig deep as always.

The Peace Talks may have failed, but Peace Talks was a success pod-side! Come join us for the last episode of the novel! It starts RIGHT NOW!

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