Truly the funniest thing about puppet history is that it’s still educational. I DID learn what defenestration is! I learned all about Bessie Coleman and Victorian medicine and the Trung sisters! I also watched a grown man passionately fist fight a puppet being worn by his friend. It’s about balance.
the concept of the dream smp is completely mad like are we sure that wasn't a two year collective fever dream. a bunch of the biggest streamers in the m'necraft sphere on a server where it took one afternoon of breaking bad references to kick-start a two year sprawling in-game roleplay involving geo-political tensions, nations, one of the most accurate depictions of abuse in anything, necromancy, possession, a giant red egg, ghosts, a live suicide attempt and coming to terms with how sh't your dad was. all streamed on youtube and twitch. peak viewership on a single day was like 1.4 million people, involving some of the biggest names in the online gaming sphere, mr beast would log on every now and again and stop everyone role-playing to hunt for a bunch of gift cards that never got used, they were all gay all of the time for some reason, lil nas x logged on one time and built a tree house?? are we sure that was real like sure there were plenty of news articles on it for some reason but are we all totally sure that happened
shane in unsolved/ghost files: unnervingly fearless, irreverent, acts like a cartoon villain, called a demon/psychopath/robot, etc.
shane in puppet history: what if we didn't characterize the Chicxulub asteroid as a destructive aggressor bent on ending life on earth but instead as an innocent bystander just as inescapably bound by cosmic forces as we on earth are? how would it feel, going through it's entire existence falling through the infinite void and then to have its last moments to be filled with the vibrant, awe-inspiring beauty of earth hurtling up towards it? would it be joyful? nervous? or would it be just as terrified of its inevitable end as all the doomed little creatures below? 🥺
okay, time to say it loud and clear. Shane Madej is so fucking brilliant. Puppet History is absolutely insane with plot layers and details and creativity and talent. Hats off to Shane.
ok I realize that the lore was wild in this episode but the thing that had me out of my seat was that FUCKING VORE SONG. Shane what the everloving fuck was that. even ryan and sara were suffering. ‘sriracha ketchup up my hippo crack’ what force on earth could possibly bring you to write & sing that song out loud. why would you do that to us. shane. shane are you listening