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I don't remember if I've already posted this? But here it is again anyway :3 An older drawing of Rat and Dan ft my old imagining of what Dan looks like (he needs two arms!) But I just love how weird Rat looks!! In my latest drawings of them I also imagine LMG just gives them crappy swag shirts to wear or scrap from the city/contractors that didn't make it so Rat's cool shirt is probably unrealistic lol
#headcanon#archive 81#ratty#Rat and Dan#Daniel Powell#digital art#podcast fanart#dead signals#archive 81 fanart#archive 81 season 2#the city#the outpost#lights you can't see#LMG corp#i just love weird little guys#i love a weasel kind of guy#rat is my absolute favorite character
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dan dan dan dan dan dan dan dan Dan DAN DAN DAN
#archive 81#a81 dan#daniel powell#violence tw#blood tw#body horror tw#a81 fanart#a81 s2#archive 81 season 2#a81
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since apparently tumblr is dying now is the time for me to confess that this is what i pictured Lou Archive 81 looking like the first time he spoke
(its John Oliver)
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I accidentally fell in love with this little freak
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So I've started watching Archive 81 on Netflix and omg I don't like horror very much because I get really bad anxiety (I can't play fnaf without panic attacks) but it's so good and I really like the shoe, not as an adaptation but as a separate entity. I watched like, two episodes and then the next morning I listened to the WHOLE of season 1 of the podcast. I'm halfway through the second season of the podcast. I love it, it's so WIERD and STRANGE and I love it!!! The show is also really amazing but I can only watch it in short bursts because of my anxiety. I can listen to as much if the podcast as I waant!!! Both are amazing but I understand why people who listens to it first don't like the show.
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Archive 81 tv show made Melody Pendras straight we cannot trust podcasts in the hands of mainstream media !!!!!!!
#archive 81#I have mixed feelings about it and as soon as they introduced Gal Pal Annabelle to replace Actual Girlfriend Alexa it should have been a#red flag#conceptually I really liked what they did to flesh out the first season#but they took it in a completely different direction by the end and at that point it’s not even the same thing anymore 🙄#like you can’t even pick up anything from the original’s season 2 because they reconstructed the narrative so much#idk man its not like they’re going to make any more of it anyways but I still felt the need to come on here and bitch#honestly main stream adaptations of podcasts scare me like I revel in exposure for things I like but ultimately so much gets lost in#translation#like archive 81 podcast is weird and nonsensical at times and Tape Recorder Man’s adventures in the Upside Down just don’t translate to a#general audience ? so they gotta bring in reasons for it to make sense like satanism and witches and demons#when that was sooooooo not the point of the original#like seeing how much they had to adjust to appeal to an outside audience makes me almost glad the wtnv tv show didn’t get green lit#can you imagine ???? how the fuck would they get five headed dragon Hiram McDaniel on my actual television ????#standing next to a Cecil Palmer with a canon appearance no less#like adaptations are cool and they CAN work sometimes but if you’re going to have to break and bend the world in order to make it to the#point where it’s a new thing entirely#ESPECIALLY since we live in a world where audio drama is not respected as a creative medium#at that point I’m just like leave it alone it’s fine on it’s own#anyways archive 81 is an interesting experiment into what live action podcast adaptations COULD look like but you can pry lesbian Melody#Pendras from my cold dead hands and that makes the adaptation automatically inferior imo#I guess she could be bi but when you remove Canon Girlfriend and instead make her kiss a man ? not likely#I am just talking to hear myself talk now goodbye#max rambles in the tags
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There is another petition exists. It's so small and probably won't go anywhere forward but id wish it did. It demands Netflix to release rights for our favourite shows so we would get chance to get proper endings to our shows, at least to some.
Please feel free to sign and share everywhere you can.
Please don't be mad at amounts of tags i want it to be seen as much as possible
#twd#caryl#the walking dead#warrior nun#netflix#1899 netflix#save 1899#save warrior nun#inside job#save inside job#the oa season 2#sense8#archive 81#anne with an e#mindhunter#maura x eyk#society#television#cancel netflix#fate the winx saga#winx saga#melissa mcbride#ok last one because i know she would be watching some of these and would be hella annoyed like us#half bad#aneurin barnard#dark netflix#first kill
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like are you even kidding me
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what the ever loving FUCK is happening
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i know we don't talk about it. but i'm a lil upsetty spaghetti that archive 81 decided to go to a visual medium instead of honing their craft within the audio one.
#like damn baby season 3 went OFF and you decided just to leave it?#like how did you think season 2 and 3 were gonna be translated over?#not well was my guess. to be honest tho i have never seen the show#because i didn't want to be disappointed#also. y'all should listen to archive 81
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I'm re-listening to Archive 81 and rediscovered one of my most favorite scenes <3.
Yes, Daniel Powell. If you leave this outpost, I will come with you.
#archive 81#rat and dan#daniel powell#archive 81 season 2#the city#left of the dial#the golden age#dead signals#artists on tumblr#digital art#fanart#podcast fanart#2d art#drawings#digital artwork#digital illustration#ratty
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Season 1-2 Jon -> Archive 81 (guy influenced from beyond into acting strangely as he gets sucked deeper into conspiracy. Also, tape recorders.)
Season 3-4 Jon -> Malevolent (Guy having the worst life of his life travelling and trying to put out fires while being toyed with by eldritch powers)
Season 5 Jon -> WTNV (Nightmare landscape and capitalism commentary. Also canon ships)
Helen/Michael/The Door -> I Am In Eskew (Eldritch locations, sooooo much eerie horror that's passed off as Totally Normal, Do Not Question It.)
JonElias -> Hannibal (You know.)
The intricate world building of the 16 powers that relies on interpretation and includes turning people into waking monsters to carry out a higher power's eldritch bidding. Eldritch powers that warp people's identities and actions until they can't tell where one begins and the other ends. The way the victims can't tell if they willingly entered a pact, or if they were consumed and eaten whole by their own ambitions -> dear lord I wish I knew so I could consume it like a viper
#Malevolent#i am in eskew#Welcome to night vale#Wtnv#Malevolent podcast#The Magnus archives#Jon#Martin#JonElias#TMA spoilers#Archive 81#Hannibal
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Fictional podcast recs
One of my friends got into audio drama and I just sent them a whole list of recommendations to go through, I thought someone who follows these tags might also appreciate it and perhaps have some more to throw in.
I resisted the urge to throw in the little blurb about audio dramas as a weird little medium and their tropes that I wrote up. It was something to the effect of nodding at how the medium has rapidly been improving since Welcome to Nightvale started, also how a lot of the tropes that tie the medium together are products of the indie podcast scene being accessible and primarily based in audio. Also at how well horror works in the format. Those paragraphs went unsaved but writing first about the medium in general helped me to reflect on a lot of the things that make audiodramas appealing or repulsive to me for discussing each show in brief beyond just explaining what they're about.
All recommendations are tagged for the tldr.
Fiction podcast recommendations in no particular order:
The Magnus Archives
Horror
The biggest criticism I ever had of this podcast’s voice acting from episode 1 turned out to be a relevant plot point. This thing is probably the best of the best, but I would never recommend it to someone unfamiliar with podcasts because the listener only notices a plot hook somewhere between episodes 20-40 and that’s daunting in the face of a 200 episode show. Getting sucked in rewards you with 200 episodes of thoughtful content and a great explanation for most of the weird things this show chooses to incorporate.
Old Gods of Appalachia
Horror
Fantastic production quality on this ongoing show. Many seasons with interconnected lore and a hell of a narrator. It’s not my personal favorite but it’s quite excellent.
Red Valley
Found footage mystery
One of the newer shows I’ve gotten into, Red Valley is well-crafted. It becomes compelling very quickly with a rapid pace that slows down to land in a neat spot for a while so you can savor the cool parts. The production quality is excellent and the two main voice actors have excellent chemistry. The third and final season is currently being produced.
The Silt Verses
Horror
Often compared to American Gods, this newer podcast made by an experienced team is doing a lot of creative and fresh things at once. The magnificently fucked up religious system of The Silt Verses is both a neat plot vehicle and cleanly works as a criticism of late stage capitalism, where many podcasts like to jab at capitalism this one is much more pointed in its commentary. Episodes are long and very well produced. All the credits in the third season have been mostly diegetic and add flavor to the world.
Archive 81
Found footage horror
Slow to start but by season 2 the production quality and plot are among the best in the game. Unfortunately, on an extended hiatus.
Ars Paradoxica
Science fiction, historical
Very well produced considering its age, this is a highly regarded show among people who follow the medium. Excellent time travel mechanics here. The plot drags a bit by the end because time travel stories must violently contort themselves into a conclusion, but the first season or two are fantastic and it’s always nice to have an ending instead of interminable hiatus.
Caravan
Gay demons n stuff
Showed up, did magic and gay shit, disappeared and went on hiatus probably with some kinda unsatisfying cliffhanger seeing as I don’t remember the plot. Could I recommend it in good faith? Not until they at least cough up season 2. I don’t remember it being bad and that alone is notable for the medium.
Mabel
Gothic horror
This is the deepest cut on the list except for maybe Caravan. Lesbians pine at each other for increasingly complicated reasons, eventually devolving into them doing datura and then spewing cryptic poetry together for the rest of their days. The production quality is fair. The slow windup and creepy house are American-gothic af. This show has had a few hiatuses, but each time it comes back significantly more intriguing.
Welcome to Nightvale
Goofy spooky news broadcast
Old and iconic, not very consistent. Sometimes explores emotional, tense, spooky, or funny scenes well, but the show is really focused on being local news for an ooky spooky desert town because Cecil is damn good at his job. Don’t come here looking for plot, it’s a fun vibe and I don’t know that anybody’s ripped it off and notably improved on this classic. Above average production quality for its time which improved through the years.
Alice isn’t Dead
USA road trip, horror
Made by at least one of the Nightvale writers, totally different show with a lesbian trucker making wry observations of some magnificently twisted shit seen around the United States. The producers know how to run a show, so the production is pretty good.
Tanis
Found footage horror
Tanis is not good. However, it was the first fiction podcast to make me ask “Is this real?” and hesitantly believe it for a frankly embarrassing number of episodes. The stories in the first season were interesting and the lore is just some big-tent conspiracy style of cramming a bunch of fun Wikipedia research into what turns out to be an increasingly nonsensical plot. Every season after the second, I return to hate-listen and am gaslit into thinking the show might low-key rock a few episodes before the finale, which is routinely frustrating and makes sure to throw out any good plot points Terry Miles comes up with. The acting is routinely terrible, and the frame narrative allows lazy and frequent retcons, ruining what I think is a good premise. Also it’s incomplete.
The Black Tapes
Horror
Terry Miles started this show before Tanis began releasing about 5 months later. I think of it as one of his earlier works because it behaves like Tanis with an added layer of cringe from a time waster of an awkward romance(?) between the two main characters. I couldn’t finish this show. You won’t see this recommended as often as it used to be online because there’s many better shows now, but this used to be a big deal. There’s a bunch of memes making fun of the annoying cadence of the characters’ speech and iconic sponsorship reads in both this and Tanis. If you’re interested in some cringe atop your creepypasta podcast, the two are interchangeable.
Rabbits
ARG investigation
Not as horror focused as Terry Miles’ other shows, the cringe is dialed down and the show is better for it. Tanis and The Black Tapes are more well known, I think the only reason more people don’t think about this one is because the first two don’t inspire trust in the production or narrative quality of this show, but I remember it being fine for a season. I have not gone back to catch up now that more is out.
Malevolent
Horror
Inspired by The King in Yellow, one man performs two voices and verbally abuses himself with aplomb. Having a blind main character with an extra voice in his head is a frame story I haven’t heard yet (unless it came up in the magnus archives and I don’t remember), the concept works out great for the frame of a podcast to deploy the environmental imagery that foley cannot communicate. It also prevents the podcast trope of lengthy exposition about visual surroundings from sounding awkward or potentially impacting someone’s character development to show setting.
Wolf 359
Comedy, science fiction
A crew of whacky characters is stuck in deep space, hanging out and researching a star. Since that’s not actually very interesting they crack jokes and fuck around for a slow burn until interesting stuff happens. Good but not great, this one is long and satisfying and a bit less heavy than all the horror this medium often focuses on. Decent production quality.
The White Vault
Found footage horror
I lost patience with this podcast even though the overarching story seemed very cool – it progresses very slowly yet appears to grow bigger and more confusing instead of deigning to answer basic questions for a frustratingly long drag through the first four seasons. I worry that this frustration may be the point and the Patreon gated stories are the drivers for this tendency towards the confusing patchwork of ideas this show communicates. The production quality is good though.
The Left Right Game
Found footage horror
Genuinely great reddit creepypasta got turned into an overproduced podcast – I say “over” in comparison to the voice acting quality because it’s kind of impossible to sell some of the lines, which makes sense considering the source. Brief, complete, punchy, interesting, and just a little odd to hear such a clean production but a creepypasta this fun deserves the effort.
Wooden Overcoats
Comedy
Surprisingly good production quality for its age, and also a refresher from the usual tropes of the medium. Just a chill sitcom about a funeral parlor in a small town. I haven’t finished this 4 season show yet but its good.
The Black List Table Reads
Movie script readings
Some movie scripts just short of making the cut to be turned into a full Hollywood production were well liked enough by a group of film nerds that sat down to act them out as a podcast. Half of the episodes are interviews with screenwriters, and the other half see a script read all the way through by actors. They’re all rejected for different reasons so there’s a pretty broad spread of genres. My favorites were Blood From a Stone and Balls Out.
#podcasts#podcast#audio horror#audio drama#the magnus archives#old gods of appalachia#red valley#the silt verses#archive 81#ars paradoxica#caravan#mabel#mabel podcast#welcome to night vale#alice isn't dead#tanis podcast#the black tapes podcast#rabbits#malevolent#wolf 359#the white vault#the left right game#wooden overcoats#the black list table reads#consumption
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I like to think of all the weird modifications rat might have, but another part of me likes to think. That if he was just. He-. Hes Jsut. a little cutie boy. And everyone wants to kill him on first sight(rightfully) based 100% on vibes alone.
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so i am a horror fan (somewhat, sometimes im a bitch) and ive listened to the magnus archives
im also in the final season of archive 81 and need to decide which podcast to start next
i have several saved on spotify rn and i figured i'd leave it up to tumblr
which one should i start
1. welcome to nightvale
2. camp here & there (side note: huge will wood fan and i listen to his album which is songs for this podcast i think? when somebody needs you is elite)
3. wolf 359
4. the penumbra podcast
5. hello from the hallowoods
6. red valley
7. monster hour
#welcome to night vale#camp here & there#wolf 359#the penumbra podcast#hello from the hallowoods#red valley#monster hour#im terrified of welcome to nightvale because that shit is SO LONG? AND ITS STILL GOING? AM I SUPPOSED TO CATCH UP??#camp here & there is the one im leaning towards because of will wood but im not sure#also i dont really know what monster hour is? spotify recommended it to me#the rest of these are things i see when im looking at magnus archives stuff#any other recommendations are also welcome#i have a lot of free time#thats a lie
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something about fathers, sons, daughters and beating him over the head
victoria chang, "Obit" // Archive 81, season 3 episode 5 // sharon olds, "I wanted to be there when my father died" // Archive 81, season 3 episode 5 // mitski, "Townie" // Archive 81, season 3 episode 2 // lovejoy, "Oh Yeah, You Gonna Cry?" // Archive 81, season 3 epiosde 4 // mitski, "Jobless Monday" // Archive 81, season 3 episode 10 // dick lourie, "how do we forgive our fathers?" // Archive 81, season 3 episode 10 // daniel lavery, ceciliakcecilia, "LET YOUR FATHER DIE ENERGY DRINK" // Archive 81, season 3 episode 10 // the front bottoms, "Father" // Archive 81, season 3 episode 10 // phoebe bridgers, "Kyoto" // Archive 81, season 3 episode 10
#archive 81#nicholas waters#chris anderson#michael waters#i am slightly insane about them#webweave#christine anderson
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