Mary Sue Celebration: Recent Episodes
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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 yugioh 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.
Becca joins Harry to talk shipping, parasocial relationships, and the most toxic fandom she's ever been in- the hit Nickelodeon sitcom iCarly.
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: See our wordpress blog post for art of Pluto!
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 hikarikeybladeprincess@yahoo.com 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 hikarikeybladeprincess@yahoo.com 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
Anime Nostalgia Podcast host Usamimi joins Harry for trip down the dealers room of days gone by to talk about our nostalgia for the anime cons we attended growing up!
Show Notes: Project A-Kon 1990: animecons.com/events/info/380/project- Baka-con (Proto-Sakura Con) 1998: animecons.com/events/info/326/baka-con-1998 Yaoi Paddle History: youtube.com/watch?v=F8yuFmJVwtY&t=580s
Anime Nostalgia Podcast: Penpal episode: animenostalgia.blogspot.com/search/label/penpalling animenostalgia.blogspot.com animenostalgia.tumblr.com @bunnycartoon on twitter
Sue Podcast Wrap Up: 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 hikarikeybladeprincess@yahoo.com
Host Harry and college friend Maria interview the cast and crew of the web series that took on history's biggest Sue, Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way.
WARNING: This is a college radio interview from 2015. Expect audio issues and awkwardness.
Show Notes: Everything about (My) Immortal Web Series can be found on myimmortalseries.com.
Show Notes:
We chat with Jonathan Yee, visual artist, comic maker, and friend of the show, about the family of 13 wizards who lived inside his brain (not in a normal fictional character way, they, like, literally lived there) during his middle school days. Their story is equal parts earnest and meta, and, yeah, Ben 10 is there.
Follow Jonathan at jonathanhouyee.com and on twitter @_neitheror.
This month don't tip, donate. Check out the funds Miles and Jonathan recommended at the following links: blacklivesmatters.carrd.co gofundme.com/f/homeless-black-trans-women-fund
Opening theme is by @TwinkleParks on twitter. You can check out more of her music at popspirit.net.
Website: marysuepod.com
Twitter & Tumblr: @SueCelebration
Wanna be on the show? Email hikarikeybladeprincess@yahoo.com or message dm the twitter page!
Hey all! This is the first college radio interview I'll be hosting on the Mary Sue Celebration feed.
Artist Dana Terrace joins your hosts Harry and Jillie on February 13th, 2015 to discuss breaking into the animation industry, creativity, and Turbo (the snail movie? Remember that?). Unfortunately, she was under NDAs with Disney, but you will still get a little peek into what working on Gravity Falls was like. It's a pretty silly interview and I'm embarrassed by my less than ideal interviewing technique at the time, but I hope you have fun listening!
Show Notes: Follow Dana Terrace online! Twitter: twitter.com/DanaTerrace Tumblr: https://danaterrace.tumblr.com And please support The Owl House when it premieres on January 10th!
Opening theme is by @TwinkleParks on twitter. You can check out more of her music at popspirit.net. Website: marysuepod.com Twitter: @SueCelebration Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/marcescent Wanna be on the show? Email hikarikeybladeprincess@yahoo.com
Happy Halloween, Sues! As far as we know, Jillie's blogs are gone so no links today. :(
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 hikarikeybladeprincess@yahoo.com or message dm the twitter page!
Miles and Harry go to PopCult Anime Con 2019 to trade embarrassing stories with a small room almost full of people! Marvel at Harry's Most Embarrassing Kingdom Hearts story, Miles' tornado boyfriend, and Pokemon who are actually hot anime people.
Show Notes: Jpg of Chaud Eugene Blaze: https://images.uncyc.org/commons/thumb/d/d7/Chaud50.jpg/300px-Chaud50.jpg Shredz & Glory: https://www.deviantart.com/mangameow/gallery/24704069/goodbadluck The final audio clip (c) 2009 Harry and Miles.
The Usual Stuff 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
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 hikarikeybladeprincess@yahoo.com or message dm the twitter page!
Show Notes:
Miles’ art blog can be found at temthyl.tumblr.com
Kat-Chan by 2010 Miles: deviantart.com/mangameow/art/invitation-165936167
Tatsuo drawing that impressed 2010 me: deviantart.com/mangameow/art/Ookina-Tsubasa-1-177834842
Anime Girl Miles Mentioned: static.zerochan.net/Suzuhira.Hiro.full.766980.jpg