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Post by Oneiros on Feb 15, 2018 8:46:39 GMT
OR: "Cleaning house"
A story of grief and how death changes us. Or maybe just that it's good to talk. Clear the air and hopefully come to some kind of understanding. Especially if the person you've been staying with has been super patient while you've been sneaking around, trying to covertly contact the supernatural whilst also unavoidably bringing it into their home...
But then Georgie seems to have a story of her own to tell too.
And bonus cat! And bonus for new listeners, or maybe just anyone feeling a bit lost, we also get a bit of an in-universe handy recap of what's been going on.
So, what powers do you think are at work here? And what might be Georgie's tale, that she so calmly accepts the monsters?
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Post by hyoscyamus on Feb 15, 2018 14:36:11 GMT
Always a big Yay for cat antics!  Also little cute things like this might help Jon keep his humanity level up while continuing on his path. Or not, depends. The talk with Georgie was hilarious! I think she's the only one who can point out Jon's shortcomings and scratch at his sense of gravitas without getting the usual caustic response. Since her podcast is about the supernatural I thought she'd believe what's going on readily enough. That she had a true statement of her own is very interesting, though. Lets hope she isn't the current owner of the Book of the Dead or something similar. And Beakon & Hope, aka the transporters of Awful with the converse naming, do seem to work for more than just the Stranger after all. Are there discount offers? Now! This century only - delivery of any artifact + clean-up just 5 sacrifices per year! Also very interesting that Disease can take hold of someone with a compulsory washing disorder. Minds constantly occupied with cleanliness/filth are apparently just as susceptible to it as hoarders. |
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Post by Oneiros on Feb 15, 2018 16:34:17 GMT
"Breekon & Hope - the Transporters of Awful" sounds like a new wrestling duo  |
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Post by EyesOfATragedy on Feb 15, 2018 22:35:26 GMT
From the beginning, when we began to learn more about Breekon & Hope, I always had in my head that they were mercenary-types. Maybe even moderators. Involved on the periphery, but no real allegiances. This episode semi-confirmed that for me.
Also, did anyone else think the cat meowing was a baby crying? When I first heard it, I thought "OMG-we are gonna do the baby crying thing, huh?", so imagine my relief when I heard purring. Random baby cries might be the scariest thing on the planet.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2018 9:08:35 GMT
Also, did anyone else think the cat meowing was a baby crying? When I first heard it, I thought "OMG-we are gonna do the baby crying thing, huh?", so imagine my relief when I heard purring. Random baby cries might be the scariest thing on the planet. I jumped in panic thinking I had gotten a stray kitty in the car with me before I realized it was sound from the episode. |
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Post by liraven on Feb 17, 2018 7:48:54 GMT
A story of grief and how death changes us... That's the piece I've thought about most since listening to this episode. The kitty was delightful and I felt a strong urge to go clean the bathroom after the statement ended, but the grief part is what stayed with me this week. Possibly because real life events in my country only reinforced the knowledge that people you love can suddenly be taken away by tragic circumstances. That sense of helplessness terrifies me more than sinister tendrils in a drain. Lester's father-in-law isn't the only example of someone who fell victim to one of the powers during a time of grief though. There's the man who lost his wife in A Strange Lock and the woman who lost her fiancé in Alone. Emotional isolation seems to be a theme for those affected by these powers. Jane Prentiss's colleagues and friends may not have died, but it sounded like she felt abandoned by them and that only drove her closer to the Hive. In that light, I think Georgie is rather heroic in this episode. It takes courage to reach out like she did. Even after all the craziness, she still cared enough about Jon to make him stay and finally talk about everything. I'm not exactly sure what it means to be human but certainly the connections we build with one another are a key part of it. So Georgie is awesome as is her cat.  If more people took the time to reach out, in fictional horror and in real life, maybe the landscapes of both would be a little less terrifying. Anyway, sorry for the random philosophizing! On a more cheerful note: yay for cats and finding out whatever story Georgie shares next. |
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Post by hyoscyamus on Feb 17, 2018 21:16:53 GMT
Anyway, sorry for the random philosophizing! Never feel sorry for random philosophizing! That's always important and interesting! ♥ |
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Post by spacesquid on Feb 20, 2018 12:27:18 GMT
Woo, cats Is Admiral the beast's full name, or was the archivist showing the appropriate level of respect? Gold star for juggling exposition and lampshading at the same time and managing to make it interesting. Wondering how much to read into Mr Sims asking Georgie whether she's seen monsters and her not really replying. Can she resist him? Did her brush with Death change her fundamentally? Is she something other than human? Or does the archivist's power simply not work when the questions are rhetorical? (But was the question rhetorical? Was that one? Was THAT one? FEEDBACK LOOP DETECTED, BRAIN SHUTTING DOWN.) |
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Post by liraven on Feb 20, 2018 22:35:34 GMT
Never feel sorry for random philosophizing! That's always important and interesting! ♥ Thanks hyoscyamus, you're the best! ♥♥ Woo, cats Is Admiral the beast's full name, or was the archivist showing the appropriate level of respect? Didn't one of the stories feature a cat called Major Tom too? I'm starting to feel like a jerk for failing to give my cats proper titles.  Wondering how much to read into Mr Sims asking Georgie whether she's seen monsters and her not really replying. Can she resist him? Did her brush with Death change her fundamentally? Is she something other than human? Or does the archivist's power simply not work when the questions are rhetorical? Not sure if you've heard this before, but some fans figured out that there's a static sound in the background when Jon compels someone. In this episode you can hear it after he asks Georgie "What is something you would never choose to tell me?" Might have to turn up the volume a bit, but it's there. Same thing happens in the last episode when he asks Elias about the murders. So perhaps he wasn't trying to compel Georgie before that, at least not consciously? Also, the fact that there's static at all is awesome and one more example of how great the audio design is for this show. I can't imagine how difficult it must be to communicate actions without narrating it all the time to the audience, but they pull it off really well. Like last episode when Daisy finally backs down. She doesn't have to literally say "Okay, I'm lowering my gun now" because the audible sighs of relief from the others make it clear what happened. Good stuff! |
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Post by hyoscyamus on Feb 21, 2018 5:44:27 GMT
Thanks hyoscyamus, you're the best! ♥♥ Awww, oh, stop it, you! ♥  |
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Post by Oneiros on Feb 21, 2018 8:25:25 GMT
Wondering how much to read into Mr Sims asking Georgie whether she's seen monsters and her not really replying. Can she resist him? Did her brush with Death change her fundamentally? Is she something other than human? Or does the archivist's power simply not work when the questions are rhetorical? Not sure if you've heard this before, but some fans figured out that there's a static sound in the background when Jon compels someone. In this episode you can hear it after he asks Georgie "What is something you would never choose to tell me?" Might have to turn up the volume a bit, but it's there. Same thing happens in the last episode when he asks Elias about the murders. So perhaps he wasn't trying to compel Georgie before that, at least not consciously? Also, the fact that there's static at all is awesome and one more example of how great the audio design is for this show. I can't imagine how difficult it must be to communicate actions without narrating it all the time to the audience, but they pull it off really well. Like last episode when Daisy finally backs down. She doesn't have to literally say "Okay, I'm lowering my gun now" because the audible sighs of relief from the others make it clear what happened. Good stuff! Cheers! Our editors work really hard to assemble it all (especially if you were to see what a base script looks like ). My main regret on the transcripts is not putting in FX notes for static. |
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Post by spacesquid on Feb 21, 2018 9:54:18 GMT
Not sure if you've heard this before, but some fans figured out that there's a static sound in the background when Jon compels someone. In this episode you can hear it after he asks Georgie "What is something you would never choose to tell me?" Might have to turn up the volume a bit, but it's there. Same thing happens in the last episode when he asks Elias about the murders. So perhaps he wasn't trying to compel Georgie before that, at least not consciously? Also, the fact that there's static at all is awesome and one more example of how great the audio design is for this show. I can't imagine how difficult it must be to communicate actions without narrating it all the time to the audience, but they pull it off really well. Like last episode when Daisy finally backs down. She doesn't have to literally say "Okay, I'm lowering my gun now" because the audible sighs of relief from the others make it clear what happened. Good stuff! Ah, that might explain it, thanks My hearing is fairly poor, so I often miss little details like that. I was just assuming every question results in compulsion, absent some dialogue about him being able to control it (though maybe that also exists and I'm just scatter-brained...) |
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Post by EyesOfATragedy on Feb 27, 2018 20:41:06 GMT
Not sure if you've heard this before, but some fans figured out that there's a static sound in the background when Jon compels someone. In this episode you can hear it after he asks Georgie "What is something you would never choose to tell me?" Might have to turn up the volume a bit, but it's there. Same thing happens in the last episode when he asks Elias about the murders. So perhaps he wasn't trying to compel Georgie before that, at least not consciously? Also, the fact that there's static at all is awesome and one more example of how great the audio design is for this show. I can't imagine how difficult it must be to communicate actions without narrating it all the time to the audience, but they pull it off really well. Like last episode when Daisy finally backs down. She doesn't have to literally say "Okay, I'm lowering my gun now" because the audible sighs of relief from the others make it clear what happened. Good stuff! Cheers! Our editors work really hard to assemble it all (especially if you were to see what a base script looks like ). My main regret on the transcripts is not putting in FX notes for static. Man, I really gotta start listening with headphones. I listen on my commute to work, and I think I miss a lot of the subtle sounds due to road noise. |
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If more people took the time to reach out, in fictional horror and in real life, maybe the landscapes of both would be a little less terrifying.
