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Chloe and Val
Sometimes those gal pals are more than just roommates! In Media Les is a weekly podcast where we talk about our favorite queer relationships from media including books, comics, games, movies, tv shows, and more. Join hosts Chloe and Val as they discuss, dissect, and digress while covering a different title each week.
We are not the happiest about this movie. A couple with some pretty fundamental communication issues goes home to see the parents but it turns out she's still in the closet. Lots of holiday "fun" ensues with a ton of fundamentally annoying and miserable people. It still boggles my mind why this is called Happiest Season when most of the movie is spent with so many deeply unhappy people! Needless to say we spend a lot of time dunking on it.
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It's the end of the year! We're talking about the songs, shows, movies, games, books, and podcasts we loved this year. Also Chloe takes a side on Barbenheimer. Val fails at describing games. We both bemoan that we haven't read enough books this year. Check out the description for the spotify playlist.
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HOLY MOLY IS THIS SHOW IS GOOD. Watch it and then come listen to this episode and geek out with us! Scott Pilgrim is an amazing tribute to anime and video games and 90s nerd culture. Chloe and Val both loved it and didn't argue about anything at all.
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This week we were lucky enough to have a chance to sit down with Lambda Literary Award-winning author Lianyu Tan to discuss her dark vampire love triangle novel: The Wicked and the Willing. Both Chloe and Val loved the book so of course we're here to give you a wonderfully chaotic interview with the author. Chloe rambles about ergodic literature and Abe Lincoln. Val asks some really thoughtful questions. Some major book spoilers just FYI!
Check out Lianyu website: https://lianyutan.com for info about her books and where to purchase!
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Uh oh someone's pushed the button and this spy thriller from 2017 is blowing up. One of Chloe's favorite movies, Val is nevertheless here share quite the bombshell theory on the relationships in this movie. And we actually remember to talk about the music for once!
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It's time for a Val episode. That's right Val is here today to try to convince Chloe to play one of her favorite games: Little Nightmares. It's not very queer but it's got cannibalism and wet rats so we're halfway there.
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Jousting! In Space! With Lesbians! Graphic novel!
What more could you ask for really?
(Despite the title of this episode it is actually a very YA-targeted graphic novel and not smut! Check it out!)
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Ok this isn't queer but it's got a bunch of queer icons in it so it counts! We're ending Spooktober with this Halloween classic that we adore. We discuss just how much we love Bette Midler. Val and Chloe also talk about the Disney channel, other holiday specials, and generally our Halloween traditions.
What are your Halloween faves? Did we miss an iconic queer Halloween film? Please let us know!
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NO SPOILERS FROM ACT 3. Aside from maybe some vague allusions to themes and/or location. Spoilers for Acts 1 and 2 as well as the plots of the previous games.
We're back with act 2! This narratively and thematically-focused act stands in stark contrast to this episode where we're all over the place. Still, I think this is a fun one where Chloe desperately tries to understand the zaniness Val is up to.
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NO SPOILERS FROM ACT 2 or 3. Aside from maybe some vague allusions to themes. Spoilers for Acts 1 as well as the plots of the previous games.
Who knew Chloe could instaneously recite the entire plots of Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 from memory? Everyone. Everyone knew that. Chloe and Val have BG3 fever. Chloe caught Val playing 30+ hours per week. Val did not catch Chloe doing this but she was. We're obsessed with this extremely fun, extremely queer game. This week we're looking at Act 1.
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Chloe is eating crow on this one. She assumed she wasn't going to like this book and boy was she wrong. Pour yourself a cup of your favorite hot beverage because today we're discussing this wonderful comfy novel. Topics of discussion: how anthropomorphic ratkin should be, cinnamon roll cravings, what exactly a Hob is, and also a bit of Baldur's Gate 3 leaks in (no spoilers).
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Back to school means homecoming, the fall football season, and of course cheerleaders! This week we're talking about the 90s cult classic "But I'm a Cheerleader" directed by Jamie Babbit. Chloe digresses heavily into a random story about an opossum. Val tries to keep Chloe on task, failing miserably. For a 90s queer film, this movie holds up! You should watch it!
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Resisting the urge to just make the description the lyrics to Cyndi Lauper's song. Ok so we're no Bigloas Dickolas Wolfwood but we are still recommending this unique suitcase of memories to all our faithful listeners. We once again connect everything back to the story of the Garden of Eden. Chloe sends Val her old poems but is too embarrassed to actually share them aloud (coward).
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Ah ah ah yeah Val and Chloe went and saw the movie and they have thoughts. Mostly good ones. It's a brilliant movie, despite Val being unable to sit still for most of it. We talk about the movie and also the 2023 movie going experience in general.
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We're talking about those good, good boys who played D&D as a goof and it turned into one of the most emotionally moving experiences of all time! This episode is us reminescing over one of the first things we bonded over as friends. Val has a controversial favorite arc. Chloe's tastes run more conventional. We try to figure out just why Balance arc is so uniquely good while touching on the other arcs (and other D&D shows) as well.
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It's here! The movie of Nimona is finally out after years in development purgatory and we have thoughts. Well Val has thoughts. Chloe is just feeling those dog days and is a little ambivalent about the movie. Woof. Please feel free to reach out to tell her why she's wrong.
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Val has problems with this book, Chloe has problems with her mic. We apologize for the graininess on her end, but Val is the star of this episode anyway. We're talking Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust which is a pretty good sapphic fantasy novel inspired by Persian folklore. Val has some ideas on how to make the main character more likable. Chloe digresses a whole bunch. I think this is a more serious one, but it's really good I promise!
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Inside you are two wolves: one wants to listen to this podcast. The other also wants you to listen to this podcast. That's right this tired meme is actually on theme for today's episode as we discuss the confused but watchable The New Mutants, a weird haunted house superhero "horror" film with a rather good cast but some weird accent choices. Also the whole movie just kinda doesn't work but we had fun with it!
Featuring special guest Chloe's brother, Jason!
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Pride month continues and this week we're coming out of the closet with our fan fiction faves! Something we were both a little nervous to talk about since reading it feels like something that's just between us, our computers, and the NSA agents who monitor our communications probably.
Chloe comes prepared with a list. Val is a bit more freeform. We discuss pros and antis, a topic that we are definitely qualified to engage in and certainly won't make anyone upset at us. Chloe laments the lack of lesbian Persona 5 fics while Val goes over Chloe's head on literary knowledge.
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Happy Pride! There's a movie coming out soon so we figured we were overdue to check out this web comic turned graphic novel that Val read years ago but Chloe just read for the first time. Val and Chloe take turns interrogating each other with tricky questions for some reason. Val bamboozles Chloe with a She-Ra comparison. Chloe forces Val to fancast the movie.
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Maybe we should have posted this in like January but it's summer game preview season and that's got Chloe and Val thinking about THE FUTURE. We're talking about the new games, books, movies, shows, and whatever else that's coming soon that we're hyped about. What are you excited for? Come join our Discord and tell us!
We mention a dinosaur comic in the episode and it can be found here and also a cow comic that can be found here CW: VERY SAD, implied death
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Is it just me or do we spend a lot of time on this podcast talking about Ashly Burch? She's great but she seems to come up a ton! Anyway, we're talking the surprise (or at least it was surprising to me) smash hit open world robot dinosaur apocalyptic hunter game Horizon Zero Dawn made by the studio who brought you... Killzone??? It's a good game--Chloe 100%ed it!--and there's a lot of interesting romantic tension to talk about. Also Ted Faro is the worst!
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Watch out! The Phantom Thieves are here to steal your heart to make you pay for your wicked deeds! And Chloe is here to convince you (and Val) to play this excellent video game that is probably the best turn-based JRPG ever made. Chloe succesfully predicts Val's waifu. Val connects everything to Little Nightmares, a game in a completely different genre. Both of them fail to actually talk about how good the music in Persona 5 is!
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Here we go--the final episode of the final season of The Owl House. It's the best we could have hoped for, though we're disappointed the series wasn't given more time to really bring things to a proper conclusion. Also we digress a bunch and talk about anime for some reason because we can't help ourselves.
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This episode has an accompanying Spotify playlist! We're talking music we love(d). Come listen to us as we recount the music that made us the queers we are today.
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This movie is really good! It's also not very queer! But despite that we still enjoyed it! Hugh Grant is a delight (as are all the other characters--Chloe just likes Hugh Grant). Also Chloe gives Val the like publication history of tieflings at length because for some reason she has some extremely specific knowledge of how devils, demons, and tieflings were portrayed in D&D over the years.
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Chloe goes on an extended tangent that involves a rundown apartment, a light that will never turn off, and a listicle maintained on tumblr. Val didn't completely finish reading the comic. Oh and Chloe had audio issues due to airplane traffic :(. But BUT dear listeners I think this might be our funniest episode? Or at least we were thoroughly entertained while making it and I hope that the goofiness shines through. This comic is great too! Read it at bvbcomix.com!
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Move over Baru because Zhu Chongba is here as our new problematic anti-imperial fave. Let's watch her take the Mongols (and anyone else in her way) down a peg. Chloe is sick and on cold medication. Val is not sick or on cold medication so what's her excuse?
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We talked episode 3 but we were so enraptured by the entire season that we had to do another episode now that it's finished. We talk common criticisms of the first season (though we mostly disagree with them), Critical Role cameos are mentioned, Val is enraptured that Chloe enjoyed it as much as she did, and Val has to bite her tongue to not spoil the second game. Season 2 when???
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Black is the new black in this teen murder mystery and Val and Chloe are on the case but well it's not really that hard of a case. Topics of discussion: is this really just Riverdale? (Kinda.) Do we want more Riki Lindhome? (Definitely.) Does Val call Danny Elfman "the Spider-Man soundtrack guy"? (Yes she does.)
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Chloe and Val are talking recent media they're enjoying that maybe we aren't going to do a full episode about but still think is very enjoyable. I promised to link all the media we mentioned but there's so much and I'm lazy so just google it, ok? And if you can't find anything let us know and we'll figure it out together. We love you and appreciate you, I promise.
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Sadly one of our favorite animated series is drawing to a close soon and Val couldn't wait for the final episode (release date when?) to talk about it. Discussion includes the Collector as a villain, Val's love of a good mean girl, and how much we love Luz's mom. Val confuses Star Trek for Battlestar Galactica. For shame, Val, for shame. I wonder how we'll feel when episode 3 drops!
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A new season of Harley Quinn! We love Harley but we do discuss how we miss other characters like King Shark and Dr. Psycho. Chloe's cat purrs loudly. Val has had it with Clayface. The Valentine's Day special is a minefield of explicitness that we dance around to discuss.
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This episode destroyed us. How could we not do an episode on what has got to be one of the best single queer episodes in a show since San Junipero? We digress a lot and talk about differences from the game and I think we forgot to name the cast like we usually do, but still all we want to do is talk about this more! Sorry about the sound of Chloe's blanket rustling. She has cold feet.
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Last week's Clexa discussion inspired us to look more generally at the trend of killing LGBTQ people for the sake of story. Val reads a long list of queer women killed for the sake of their story. We eventually give up reading them all because there are so many. Stop killing so many queer characters, dangit!
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Clexa! Clexa, Clexa, Clexa. Clexa? Clexa.
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Is it just me or does a disproportionate amount of queer media take place in haunted houses? Also is anyone surprised to learn that Val likes the antagonist? Is it appropriate to tell a lengthy horror story with multiple deaths at a wedding rehearsal dinner? Is Rahul Kohli's mustache game on point? (Yes to that last one!)
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We are disrupting the podcast industry by doing an episode about the movie that nearly every movie/media podcast has done an episode about already probably. What do you mean that's not disruption? But how can we resist Daniel Craig's Cajun accent in a Clue-esque murder mystery party with an all-star cast? And there's some queerness in it so it counts!
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"That's a lesbian!" Val, the moment the single gay character appeared on screen. We're talking the 2017 zombie musical Christmas movie Anna and the Apocalypse. Chloe gets on a musical theater movie adaptation soapbox and Val is just along for the ride desperately searching for a way to change the subject. Both of us struggle with how the British education system works. Someone please explain.
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"It's really good but too short!" is our verdict this week. Val helplessly tries to stop Chloe from derailing into talking about one of her favorite game series. Chloe can't stop talking about Dragon Age 2 and why it's good actually. We practice self-restraint and manage to mostly save the best character (it's Qwydion) for last.
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Val bamboozled Chloe with this one in what is probably our messiest episode ever. There's hardly any queerness to speak of and instead it's just kinda a good zombie film which is FINE. It just wasn't what she expected. Val interrupts Chloe a thousand times while failing to convince her of her argument.
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Buckle up because we're not really fans of this one so we're gonna dish! An interesting animation anthology series is derailed by just how much violence towards women it showcases. Chloe tries to make Val remember physics class. Pinky and the Brain and the Simpsons come up. Content warning for discussion of violence against women.
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This might be the goofiest episode we've ever done. Chloe and Val decide to discuss how every Overwatch character is canonically queer. IT IS CANON. WHAT WE SAY IS 100% THE TRUTH. Believe us.
Ok we don't talk about this artist enough in the episode but their work is amazing: https://twitter.com/nesskain
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Oh no Val and Chloe have a bit of an argument in this one and it's about a straight couple no less. Still, this series is an overlooked gem where (spoiler alert) every member of the team is some shade of queer. Chloe has to refrain from talking about West Coast Avengers. They both are a bit confused about Oubliette as a character entirely.
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A little more than a year ago, Val came to me with the idea of starting a podcast. And I said, "Sure. Why not?" And now 52 episodes later, here we are. We spend this episode talking about our favorite piece of queer media (ourselves), what motivated us to start In Media Les, and our first media crushes.
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This week our two maidenless hosts are taking time to praise the sun, line their brains with eyes, and find the Albinauric woman. Chloe outlines the subtle queerness of these challenging video games while Val makes excuses not to play them. Don't worry, dear listener, I am forcing her.
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This is it, ghoulfriends and goblesbians: the last episode of Spooktober 2022 and we're hear to talk a tripleheader of wonderful 90s nostalgia horror films: The Fear Street trilogy! Chloe and Val debate which of the three is the best, compare notes on where they know Gillian Jacobs from, and demand more horror-light horror films for babies like them.
The Goosebumps theme song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsEeiIrJy4E Gillian Jacobs crossword voice thing Val mentions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSHD0tQ1XvA
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This is an episode of revelations about our hosts! One is a Kevin Bacon fan! One is a scaredy cat who has to watch horror during daylight! Which is which and which is worse? Listen, dear reader, and find out! Oh yeah and we talk about this oddly tame slasher film set at a conversion camp.
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Featuring special guest star our dear friend Sarah who is probably the world's foremost Locked Tomb expert (step aside, Muir)! Val is wrong about most things. Chloe asks mean questions. And of course once again we all fail to pronounce names correctly.
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Spooktober continues! This week we are traveling to the sleepy university town of Sharrowford where the hallucination-haunted college student Heather Morell learns that the creatures she sees are real. Val discusses wet rats. Chloe pontificates on the difficulties of depicting Lovecraftian horror. Both talk exhaustively about how much they love Evelyn.
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What if a zombie apocalypse, but with brain fungi? Chloe doesn't know how to aim with a controller so Val is here to talk her through her favorite moments from The Last of Us Part 1. And yes we talk about the giraffe which is the part I'm most excited about!
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Seph and Alex, two friends, go on a road trip to spread their friend's ashes as he instructs them via prerecorded videos. Chloe and Val, also two friends, go on a trip this episode as they debate whether this movie counts as a comedy or not. Chloe probably offends the British. Val claims to be the reasonable one in the show intro. Don't believe her.
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Welcome to Haven Springs! A beautiful mountainside town with salt-of-the-earth types, an epic upcoming LARP, a murderous mining corporation, and of course lesbians. Chloe fails to remember any names while Val gushes about Victoria from the first game again. Also we talk about Mass Effect a bit for some reason. www.inmediales.com Twitter: @inmediales Instagram: @inmediales Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/inmediales Music by tatianagladetsk
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Summer isn't over yet and we're going to sleepaway camp. But not just any camp. Weird stuff is afoot at Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types and the Lumberjanes are on it. Animals are sharing weird messages, monsters roam the woods, and a group of precocious tween girls are on the case.
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Wake the funk up samurai, we have some queer relationships to talk about! Welcome to Night City where, when the game isn't being too buggy, we've got some great queer relationships in Judy Alvarez and Kerry Eurodyne to discuss. The sound of Chloe's mouse clicking and keyboard clacking are to enhance the cyberpunk ambiance we swear.
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The format is a bit different this week! Chloe talks at length about queer characters in her favorite game of all time while Val comments and asks questions. Val complains about Ysayle's treatment in the story. Chloe gushes about Sadu. Haurchefant translation issues are discussed. Major spoilers for Heavensward, Stormblood, and Shadowbringers. Mild spoilers for Endwalker.
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The comic series we discussed in episode 35 is now a show on Amazon! We spend a lot of time talking about differences from the comics so maybe check out episode 35 first? We also get into a debate about the importance of good CGI and digressed pretty hard. Please let us know how wrong we are.
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The best Black Mirror episode ever (except maybe the pig one?) is the topic of discussion this week as Val struggles to remember when 2016 is, Chloe fails to follow Val's train of thought (I blame the heat), and we discuss the importance of having one big piece of wlw media with a happy ending in a year that was filled with lots of frustrating tragedies.
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Breq, everyone's favorite warship turned competent but clueless human, is back! Val, a competent human, explains the plot to Chloe, a clueless human. Chloe bemoans the fact that everyone seems to be a horticulturist. Val does her best to avoid spoiling the third book (and fails, but we cut that part out).
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Your favorite childhood killer robot movie returns and it's got a super heavily implied queer relationship. Also it's very good. Also Gabriel Luna does an uncannily good Terminator. Also some very strange politics. We discuss these topics, Mackenzie Davis's arms, and more on this week's episode.
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A 1990s mainstream comedy film about a gay couple meeting their son's conservative in-laws that isn't intensely homophobic or making cheap jokes at the expense of queer people? Could this be real? Hosts Val and Chloe explore this classic comedy film which still holds up as a great Pride month comedy.
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Extra! Extra! Listen all about it! Podcast hosts discuss 80s nostalgia time travel comic book series Paper Girls! Four preteen newspaper delivery girls engage in a journey of self discovery as they save time itself!
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We didn't like it very much.
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Two people who were painfully nerdy in high school (Val insists she wasn't but Chloe definitely was) discuss a movie about two people who are painfully nerdy in high school but decide to spend the night before graduation actually partying with the cool kids. Val and Chloe were not cool enough to do this. Join us as we reminesce about our own high school days, discuss the cool kids at our schools, and realize that our experiences were completely different from each other. Also we talk about the movie too.
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Heck yeah we're back to The Owl House to celebrate and appreciate the wonderful end to the second season. We also dip our toes into the Disney drama because how could we not? Come witness what two sleep deprived people sound like as they try to stay on topic and focus during a late night recording session.
GIVE THIS SHOW MORE RUNTIME, DISNEY!
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That's right! ArtByTesslyn (interviewed in episode 10) is back and we're talking Harley Quinn, the underappreciated adult animated series! Chloe does a really bad Bane impression. We spend lots of time talking about Kite Man and a song about poop. Tesslyn wows us with an impressive amount of knowledge of comics history. Also we get down to discussing Harley and Ivy, eventually.
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It just got renewed for season 2! About time, HBO! Chloe and Val have pirate fever and the only cure is Stede and Blackbeard. We fawn over this pirate period piece based on historic figures. Don't worry, Stede, we will absolutely buy that booty. Happy Pride!
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A middle aged woman in the midst of a divorce meets a younger sales clerk at a department store in the 1950s. They hook up, the woman loses custody of their daughter, and then they break up but get back together at the end maybe. There I saved you from having to watch this boring movie that somehow won a ton of awards. This episode features Val desperately trying to talk about anything other than the movie while Chloe nitpicks every scene.
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We return to Arcadia Bay for this prequel to Life is Strange (which we discussed in Episode 2!)--a charming small Pacific Northwest town where kids poison each other to be in the local theater production, the daughter of the DA starts wildfires, and there's a drug dealer lurking in the private school's hallways. Truly this is the American dream. Buckle up the seatbelt in your rundown truck because it's only going to get more dramatic from here.
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Harrow is back! Gideon isn't! ...Unless? No. ...Perhaps? Better snap back to reality. Instead we have Ianthe, the lyctor we all love to hate and hate to love, as Harrow's partner in crime this time around (but definitely not her romantic partner thank you very much). The immortal god emperor pops in with some dad jokes. Harrow makes a stew. Oh and the fate of the entire human race rests in the hands of a bunch of awful people. Oops there goes gravity.
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Stop me if you've heard this one before: a group of friends get trapped in a game where the stakes are all too real. But this 20-issue comic series distinguishes itself with a brilliant story, fascinating characters, and thoughtful metacommentary on roleplaying. Val (high-level Fool) and Chloe (Grief Knight who thinks she's a Dictator) discuss.
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The book, not the Netflix series! Two dudes and two ladies move into a haunted house as an experiment into the supernatural. It seems the spirits that haunt Hill House aren't the only ones doing some experimenting. Val successfully convinces Chloe to give this gothic horror novel another read.
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Just because you've got super strength doesn't mean you can beat imposter syndrome. Gaining the power to stop bullets doesn't mean you can stop bigotry. Being able to fly faster than the speed of sound doesn't mean you can outrun your abusive family. We discuss this page-turner of a novel by April Daniels about a trans superhero and the difficulties she faces even as she takes on the mantle of Dreadnought and becomes one of the most important and powerful superheroes in the world.
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Val and Chloe delve into the dungeon that is teen monsters in high school. This rules light but queer heavy RPG is a favorite of both our hosts. Join us as we discuss this amazing game as well as queer themes in tabletop roleplaying in general.
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A truly awful woman steals a bunch of money and goes on a road trip to lead dangerous men to her family and once-and-future lover. Yes that's the plot of this utterly bewildering lesbian romcom film from 2015. Yes we laugh at it a whole bunch. Come laugh with us as we try to recount the plot without descending into giggles.
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Oops we sorta kinda didn't talk about this excellent graphic novel too much--instead we talked a lot about publishers taking risks on fresh stories. What can we say? We're weird swamp goblins with attention issues. But seriously this is a good graphic novel check it out.
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Ok we're a little late to this one, but chess rewards patient and thoughtful play. Chloe and Val are seated and ready to shake hands, start the chess clock, plan their openings, and talk about this phenomenal limited series.
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This week Chloe and Val sit down with Seth Dickinson, author of the Baru Cormorant books, to discuss his wonderful series. Topics include why accounting was a natural fit for understanding power, coffee, the issues of disability as allegory, and how he writes such good queer characters.
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This book rules. You should read it and then get your friends to read it. But at the very least listen to us discuss this often overlooked gem about love, betrayal, and financial accounting in the face of imperialism.
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Oh no did we really do two animated shows that start with the "The Legend Of" back-to-back? Seems that way. Oops. Well in any case we're here to give our hot takes about the new animated series based on the hit roleplay series DMed by Matt Mercer. Chloe hates on Percy while Val does her best to defend him and we debate the merits of mustache-twirling villains. Join us next week for The Legend of Zelda or The Legend of Sleepy Hollow or something probably.
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You knew sooner or later we'd get around to Korra and Asami. Hosts Chloe and Val discuss this landmark relationship in animated television, while covering Nickelodeon's blunders with the series. Chloe also futilely tries to get Val to talk about how cool Henry Rollins is. Oh and shout out to the r/korrasami subreddit and korrasami tumblr communities!
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What if we kissed while facing galactic extinction? Commander Shepard is here to kill Reapers, save the galaxy, and smooch aliens and hosts Val and Chloe are here for it. Topics of discussion include why Kelly Chambers is bad, why Destroy is the correct ending, and how Fox News messed up the queer romances in Mass Effect 2.
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A spaceship becomes a person and decides to kill their boss (who is currently fighting a civil war with herself) while befriending a 1000-year old walking disaster. Much tea is drunk as hosts Chloe and Val spill the tea on this mind trip of a sci-fi novel.
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This 2020 movie has scams, hustles, and petty theft with an emphasis on petty. Will Old Dolio (yes that is her name) learn that her parents are the worst? Or will she forsake her budding romance with Melanie for another scheme? Hosts Chloe and Val dive into this crime comedy.
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Catra voice Hey listeners. I'm here to talk to you in a vaguely threatening but also flirty manner about the new episode of In Media Les. The hosts, Chloe and Val, talked a bit about me and my more-than-frenemy Adora. They also talked about the show's other princesses and cultural attitudes toward queer characters in children's media. You can tune in or you can regret it.
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A human with the power of God, an angel questioning her gender, and a fanfiction-writing devil walk into a bar... Hosts Chloe and Val rave about the absolutely stunning web comic Kill Six Billion Demons by Tom "Abbadon" Parkinson-Morgan.
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Chloe and Val sit down with the wonderful ArtByTesslyn, creator of Facing the Sun to discuss the series, her inspirations, and the major themes of the comic.
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Episode Notes Betrayed by a mentor who murdered your father figure and best friend? That's rough buddy. Kyoshi is here to find her own way in being the Avatar, joined by the cute (and scary) firebender Rangi. Hosts Chloe and Val discuss the truly excellent 2019 novel The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee. www.inmediales.com Twitter: @inmediales Instagram: @inmediales Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/inmediales
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Episode Notes You come home late at night after a long trip abroad to find your parents and sister missing. Is it something innocent or does something more sinister lurk in the rural Oregon family home? It's just you, the objects in the house, and your sister's journal. Hosts Chloe and Val discuss 2013's Gone Home by The Fullbright Company.
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Episode Notes It turns out a vampire and a piece of sentient gum can have a fulfilling and beautiful relationship! Marceline the Vampire Queen and Princess Bubblegum and their journey to save the Glass Kingdom are the topics for this week as hosts Chloe and Val discuss the episode "Obsidian" from Adventure Time: Distant Lands. Step off, Finn and Jake, because this one is about a lot more than friendship.
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Episode Notes The last year before college is an uncertain time--mixed with the potentiality of adulthood and sentimentality of the end of childhood. Still, it presents opportunities too--for new friends, blossoming romance, and the invention of the sausage taco. Reminisce with hosts Chloe and Val as they explore Director Alice Wu's 2020 movie The Half of It.
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Episode Notes At the end of the world, love can bloom in the loneliest of places and between unlikely couples, even when one of those would-be lovers is an old prototype android. Hosts Chloe and Val ruminate on artbytesslyn's achingly beautiful webcomic Facing the Sun.
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Episode Notes Oh no more difficult names for Chloe and Val to butcher! At least they can be brought back with necromancy, right? Join our hosts as they delve into Tamsyn Muir's wonderful novel Gideon the Ninth and geek out about how much they adore Gideon and Harrow. Put on your detective hats, polish your aviators, and unsheathe your dueling sword for there's murder afoot in this house full of space necromancers!
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Episode Notes Somehow a show about a 10 year old competitive online video game is one of the best animated series in years. Chloe and Val rave about this beautiful series set in the League of Legends universe. Join us as we discuss Caitlyn/Vi, delight in the show's deep characters, and repeatedly forget Heimerdinger's name. Seriously though you should watch it!
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Episode Notes A murder mystery is afoot in the small town of Arcadia Bay and only two high school-aged girls, one with the power of time travel and the other with extreme teen angst, can solve the case! Chloe and Val agonize over how much they love 2015's hit indie video game Life is Strange by Dontnod Entertainment despite--or perhaps because of--its flaws. Pricefield fans rejoice
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Episode Notes Witches, demons, potions, curses, magical sports with needlessly complicated scoring systems, and an incredibly cute budding relationship between Luz the human and Amity Blight. This show has it all! In this first episode, Chloe and Val talk about one of the best Disney animated series in years, The Owl House created by Dana Terrace.
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