Obviously it didn’t originate in this video but “kiss about it” is an all-timer phrase

still really struggling with one of these characters being called HORACE also "remlar" is giving "rem lazar" of rlm fame

As a person who lives in america, I would still have to physically look at ten rulers laid end to end on the ground to actually get the picture, and it gets worse with bigger measurements. Numbers roll off my brain like water on a duck's back.

46:30 If I didn't trust someone, I'm pretty sure finding out that they just happened to be my cousin wouldn't change that. There is no reason for Grim or Isla to assume that Astria turning out to be Isla's cousin will just automatically make everything okay between them.

Ive been waiting for someone to do an indepth reveiw on this one because i have no desire to read them but i need to know what happens 🙏😭

This is the meeting I've been looking forward to the most. Finally, the end of the Lightlark saga!

@40:00 You put your finger on something that I’ve been trying to figure out about Aster’s plot style - In much the way that Nova’s Playlist has this existential horror of unending capitalism, this book seems to have an existential horror of unending magical bureaucracy. It’s like the DMV of magical plot points

Alliteration is in fact frequently used in Old English poetry, and in Beowulf in particular. It is sort of like how rhyming is used in modern day poetry. Great episode. I started reading the book, but stopped when I realized that getting rid of the Ordinarys made the country 100% Elite, which makes calling them Elite pointless. You can't be Elite without something to be superior to. In Payden's defense though, if I pickpocketed a note that had my childhood address, I would think "Wow, what a freaky coincidence. But I guess the house can't remain empty forever. Someone must have moved in." And then I would think about how Time truly do be like that and never think about it again.

I'll be on my deathbed unsatisfied with my whole life because I'll never figure out what this person meant when they said balls hurricane

The "C" poem reads like Peterson heard "Requiem" from "Dear Evan Hansen" and made a version of it completely devoid of any emotional conflict or meaning.

Would you be open to doing a podcast episode on Skyshade by Alex Aster?

Would you be open to doing a podcast episode on Skyshade by Alex Aster?

I don't know if I can ever think of much to say on SBU's poetry videos, but I definitely appreciate them. It's always a nice exploration of the topic which I've found difficult to stumble upon otherwise- I think whatever gets pushed to me either tends to be too clickbaity, too up its own ass, or forgoes too much of the technical side for my liking. But Jay's perspective always unites the talk about content and craft in an insightful way that actually makes me feel like I'm learning something :) so I hope to see more!

Wow! I'm currently reading a collection by James Crews titled How to Love the World! It's so good! Will check this one out too!

The main character making wild assumptions about a person based solely on a wedding ring/an absence of one is literally what happens in the very first episode of BBC Sherlock, so yeah, the Sherlock comparison is pretty adpt asfgh. It was no less absurd in the show

Very powerful! Wish my husband would help me make the bed 😊

15:55 my immortal wasn’t a troll fic though it was real

You moved to Vienna? Like Italy? That's a new development for me~wonder how it happened.

Philadelphia aside (because that's clever, but might not be obvious it's a joke if it's not changed), "IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN DELPHI" WAS RIGHT THERE!

Theresa in Paris coming to Netflix very soon (Also like the childhood trauma theory would make this book actually good cause that’s mean the entire story would be like a trauma induced hallucination and that’s make this a masterwork if you read it from like 10 feet away, I’d go into further detail but I’m too laz)y)

This isn’t the worst fanfic ever. This is the funniest Fanfic ever

Sad to see no one clock the animal shapeshifters going insane after a certain amount of time was probably inspired by animorphs, the characters in that would get stuck as animals if they didn't change back for a few hours, so another thing the author didn't come up with on their own and why its the only power with a catch :V

I desperately must know if you've heard of the Loud House fanfic that's straight up longer than the Bible?

I can't get over the chicken cutlet cats in love line True literature. We need to study this kid. For science. /j As someone who grew up super sheltered and explored sex by doing text-based ERP with friends (who were my age), this is all just so funny to me. My god. You can tell the kid was too scared to even look at p0rn. Lol bro is straight up just guessing and making shit up. I can't tell where he's trolling and where he isn't. It's brilliant. Fanfics so baffling and iconic like this really need to be put in the library of congress

Kate’s take on genderfluidity reminds me of something I wrote like 1.5 years ago about a genderfluid changeling. They alternated between she, he, they and the rare but still involved it, and over years of practice, they’d trained themself to reflexively change their form when they felt their gender changing. The difference between them and Dionysus here was that they didn’t just immediately have this ability. They spent, as I said, multiple years developing it. They have experience with gender dysphoria, which I feel like this version of Dionysus really doesn’t. Hell, there was even a moment where the changeling’s abilities were restricted due to outside plot reasons, and he was stuck in a feminine body while distinctly masculine, which was very deeply troubling and violating for him. I don’t consider myself genderfluid. I’m nonbinary and my expression changes day to day (been pretty masc lately), but I do still feel like anyone has the potential to write a genderqueer character even if their genders don’t align. You know how I did it? Research. Read about the experience of genderqueer people so you can understand how it feels to not be part of the binary. Once you get over the anxiety and the, “But but what if I do it wrong and they throw stones at me?” mentality, it really isn’t very hard. Granted, I’m nonbinary so I could very well have an easier time than a cis person (as possibly evidenced by my recently realized tendency to write primarily trans characters), but even still. If you’re a cis woman and you can write about a man, then you can write about a genderqueer person too.

there is a male equivalent to mary sue: gary stu.

I gotta come back and finish when I have time to do the prompt

But SBU I've not seen Star Wars how do I know it isn't copying this book?

Bitposting and epic fiction? Count me in! Can't wait to see Jay tackle these wild questions

In regard to Dionysus and Ariadne’s characters constantly talking about how worried they are and how much they care for the oppressed and downtrodden but not actually doing anything about it; that’s an ingenious little writer’s trick called Tell Don’t Show! It lets the authors convey an idea to the audience without actually putting in any effort or work to portray it :)

It’s really interesting watching this while knowing the discord opinion on the book/series & before the Skyshade review comes out

reminds me of the literary masterpiece _my immortal_

This is so underrated wtf

I feel like anime is pervasive enough at this point that you don't need to watch anime to pick up some anime leanings. That, or it's pervasiveness means that we can use it to give a name and genre to that sort of simplistic/cartoonish style where they use extreme actions and reactions to really drive home to the reader or watcher how they are meant to be feeling.

Gonna watch while cleaning. Edit: Orb confirmed Edit 2: I’m just noticing that Sarah J Maas wrote something nice for the cover of the book

WATCH FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST.

nexus truly was the zenith of sbu sequels

I haven't had the time or mental space to hang out on Discord, so I am so happy to settle in with a new three-hour meeting of the SBU!

When stuff like this happens, does the author have to give the money back? It wasn’t as if the book got delayed by crazy readers, corrain got it cancelled because of her own actions, so thus the money the publishers invested was maliciously squandered. If i gave someone $50k and got nothing back because they chose to light it all on fire, id demand compensation. But i am no publisher/business person.

it does sound fun in a zany way

Maybe the whole interdimensional invaders thing is because sth the mcu does, idk

I want a farewell to Memory using the song Memory from Cats.