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In this episode, a Windy episode, we zoom in on our featured Food and Operator, the adorable chipper chef Claypot Rice, who doesn't need glaze to amaze, and the most aloof mechanist Passenger, who designs cool robots you're too distracted by his outfit to look at, and ask a question of depth: How do layers work? Clothing layers, art layers, physical layers of space... Then, crossover-heavy Sakura Tea (Sakura), Vina Victoria, and Doc, and twenty minutes after recording while in the shower I asked the question: Why didn't we realize that Doc is obviously CPR just because he's a doctor!? Follow along: https://food-fantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Claypot_Rice, https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/Passenger, https://food-fantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Sakura_Tea_(Sakura), https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/Vina_Victoria, https://arknights.wiki.gg/wiki/Doc, https://aceship.github.io/AN-EN-Tags/akhrchars What the hell we're on about in the last segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RrgT7MfF34 Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/ivyfoxart Follow the show on Tumblr: https://soul-mates-podcast.tumblr.com/ Follow the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Soul-Mates-Podcast Listen to Together We'll Shine: An Utena Rewatch Podcast: https://bunnygirlbrainwave.substack.com/archive Art by Ryegarden: https://www.instagram.com/ryegarden Music by Sueños Electrónicos: https://suenoselectronicos.bandcamp.com/ Follow and support ash: https://ko-fi.com/asherlark
Pequeño cambio de planes, por problemas técnicos no pudimos tener a la invitada para la RE: seña de Magic Knight Rayearth. Entonces, este programa solo contiene el TITANES de sus creadoras, CLAMP. ¿"Solo"? No, porque con casí cuarenta años de carrera profesional, el colectivo integrado por Satsuki Igarashi, Nanase Ohkawa, Tsubaki Nekoi, y Mokona ha lanzado obras memorables del manga como Rayearth, Cardcaptor Sakura, Chobits, xxxHolic, RG Veda, Tokyo Bablyon, y muchas más. Repasamos como sugieron y entraron a la industria del manga, su forma de trabajo, y la repercusión de su obra. Con música de Bananarama (interpretando a Shocking Blue), y The Presidents of the United States of America. Próximo programa: Daredevil - Born Again (TV) / Daredevil - Mayor Fisk (Comics).
Join the panel of Gabbing with Librarians to discuss the representation of women in Japanese Anime. How has it changed and how is Japanese culture reflected in the way it portrays women in anime? Anime mentioned include (in no particular order) Kare Kano; Revolutionary Girl Utena; Love Hina; Tenchi Muyo (and subsequent series); Cardcaptor Sakura; Marmalade Boy; Inuyasha; Slayers; Magic Knight Rayearth; Naruto; Bleach; Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood; Jujutsu Kaisen; Attack on Titan; Trigun; Your Name; Tomorrow's Joe; Akir; Ronin Kenshin; Rose of Versailla; Lupin the Third; Studio Ghibli films; Cowboy Bebop; Dragon Ball; Horimiya; My Love Story with Yamada-Kun at Level 999; Laid Back Camp; My Romantic Comedy SNAFU; Mobile Suit Gundam; Mobile Suite Gundam The Witch from Mercury; Dan Da Dan; My Dress-Up Darling; Konasuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World!; Kaguya-sama: Love Is War; Ouran High School Host Club, Kaiju 8; Idol M@ster!; Zombie Land Saga; The Selection Project; Oshi No Ko; Ghost in the Shell; My Senpai Is Annoying; Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku; Bleach; Sailor Moon.Host and Producer: Jennifer FinchPanelists: Marissa Basquez, Janell Constantino, John HarboughEditor: Beth KrippelCreated by the Podcast Team at the Harris County Public Library.www.hcpl.netPodcast Team Members include: Beth Krippel, John Harbaugh, Mary Mink, Dylan Smith, Sadina Shawver, Gisela Parker, Kara Ludwig, John Schaffer, Jennifer Finch, Katelyn Helberg, Darcy Casavant, Darla Pruitt and Nancy Hu
Don't forget to apply for that World Wide Underground internship today because this week we're discussing season 3, episode 25 of Lucha Underground entitled "Left for Dead". Come along as we chat about the episode, plus Ruby-Spears Productions, Hit Clips, Yandex, "Holey Moley", heavy scenes, P.O.W.s, Cardcaptor Sakura, brass knuckles, Pit Fighter, Emo Phillips, interns, best of fives, memory foam, cat jumps, Sailor Moon spoilers, & more!Want to hear more from your favorite Marsh Land Media hosts? Hear exclusive shows, podcasts, and content by heading toPatreon.com/MLMpod!Buy some Shuffling the Deck / MLMpod MERCH, including our "Natty With Otters" shirt, over at redbubble.com/shop/msspod!Follow James @MarshLandMedia on Twitter, @MLMpod on Instagram, and listen to his music under "Marsh Land Monster" wherever music is found! Follow Sean on Twitter @SeanMarciniak and on Twitch @GooseVK! Join ourDiscord!Have fan mail, fan art, projects you want us to review, or whatever you want to send us? You can ship directly to us using "James McCollum, PO Box 180036, 2011 W Montrose Ave, Chicago, IL 60618"! Send us a voice mail to be played on the show at (224) 900-7644!Find out more about James' other podcasts "Mostly Speakin' Sentai", "Hit It & Crit It", and "This Movie's Gay" on our website,www.MLMPod.com!!! Plus, download all Marsh Land Monster albums there, too!
LIBERTE-SE!No episódio de hoje, mergulhamos no mundo encantador de Cardcaptor Sakura, um dos animes mais icônicos dos anos 90!
Episode 488: This week is another new edition of Homie and the Bitch. Dannie is the game master and has made a Tier list of Sakura Kinamoto's battle outfits from Cardcaptor Sakura. Nick and Som must guess how Dannie ranked them to see who is the HOMIE! ..... and who is the Bitch. Below is the link to a template so you can play along before Dannie reveals the list at the end! https://tiermaker.com/create/dannies-fav-cardcaptor-sakura-dresses-and-costumes-17432021
I know Laura doesn't have a healing factor. I kid.5:00 - DandadanAnime recommendations: Card Captor Sakura &Tsubasa: Reservoir Chroniclesocials: https://audiodee.tumblr.com/https://bsky.app/profile/momoyaks.bsky.social Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week, Shaun was in the mood for a bit of a throwback with 5 episodes of Cardcaptor Sakura! Meanwhile Remington presses a funny looking button on his green & black watch. If you'd like to give us feedback, ask a question, or correct a mistake, send an email to AnimeOutOfContext@gmail.com or tweet at us @AnimeConPod. Visit our Patreon at patreon.com/AnimeoutofContext if you would like to contribute to the show and get bonus content ranging from clips from our pre-episode banter, bonus episodes (including the 12 days of April Fools), our prototype Episode 0, to even getting shout-outs in the show! Intro and Outro are trimmed from "Remiga Impulse" by Jens Kiilstofte, licensed by MachinimaSound to Anime Out of Context under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 which the licensor has modified for the licensee to allow reproduction and sharing of the Adapted Material for Commercial purposes
This week on Sparkleside Chats, Ayu talks with magical YouTuber Imani about the first arc of Cardcaptor Sakura (1998-99). You can find her on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. News (1:00) Don't forget to check out the latest news bulletin from last week if you missed it. holoWitches Voice Drama CD announced Magical Girl Thirties (Mahou Shoujo Misoji) vol. 4 out June 24th Love's Chu-ping (Catch! Teenieping the movie) to release on August 7th Wonderful PreCure the Movie: The Great Adventure in the Thrilling Game World! out September 13th, with a new trailer and visuals revealed What I'm watching/reading: (4:40) Wonderful PreCure Himitsu no AiPri Main Topic (10:09) Content warning for romance between adults and children, incest, and representation of Chinese culture(s) in Japanese media. Series mentioned: Pokemon Ojamajo Doremi Twin Princesses of Wonder Planet Powerpuff Girls Z Kingdom Hearts Tropical-Rouge PreCure Magimajo Pures / Girls x Heroine Mewkledreamy Magic Knight Rayearth Revolutionary Girl Utena The Rose of Versailles Wonderful Precure Groundhog Day Animal Crossing Hime-chan's Ribbon Princess Knight Delicious Party PreCure Music featured: "Catch You Catch Me" by Gumi "honey" by chihiro Original podcast music by Hazel, @afewbruises Want to share your idea for a topic or guest? Submit your idea here! Extra special hugs to anyone who buys something off the magical wishlist! Join our Discord! Commission Ayu for art, drop off a donation, or sign up for bonus episodes on Ko-fi! Feel free to leave a message on Anchor about your favorite magical girl series and it might just appear on a later episode. Find the podcast online on Twitter or Instagram @magicalgirlayu or on Anchor at sparkleside, and don't forget to comment online with the hashtag #SparklesideChats! Contact us by email or DMs. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sparkleside/message
Aaron and Josh Sarnecky are here to talk about the 25th anniversary of Digimon Adventure. Digimon Adventure is the first anime series based on the Digital Monster virtual pet toy, which itself is a spinoff of Tamagotchi. It first aired in Japan on March 7, 1999, with an English dub debuting on Fox Kids later that year. The series ran for 54 episodes, ending in 2000. Digimon Adventure follows the eight DigiDestined children who team up with their Digimon (short for Digital Monsters) to save the Digital World. The DigiDestined are Tai (Joshua Seth), Matt (Michael Reisz), Sora (Colleen O'Shaughnessey), Izzy (Mona Marshall), Mimi (Philece Sampler), Joe (Michael Lindsey), T.K. (Wendee Lee) and Kari (Lara Jill Miller). Digimon Adventure launched the Digimon anime franchise, which includes the direct sequel Digimon Adventure 02. In North America, Saban Entertainment combined the two short films from the first series and one from the second to create Digimon: The Movie. A remake of Digimon Adventure aired from 2020 to 2021. Aaron and Josh discuss their relationship with Digimon before going into the show's plot, characters, animation, and monster designs. They also discuss the inevitable comparisons to Pokémon and the legacy of the Digimon franchise. For more anime, you can listen to Josh and Aaron's podcasts on Cardcaptor Sakura and Kirby: Right Back at Ya! Digimon Adventure is streaming on Hulu --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/popbreaktv/message
Today, we're reviewing Guardians of Dawn: Zhara, the book that lives up to its potential and is perfect for fans of Sailor Moon and Cardcaptor Sakura! Follow the Author: https://sjaejones.com/ Buy on B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/guardians-of-dawn-s-jae-jones/1141976645?ean=9781250338457 Buy on Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/a/8108/9781250191427 Become a Supporter: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cyns-workshop https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cynsworkshop https://www.patreon.com/cynsworkshophttps://ko-fi.com/cynsworkshop https://cynsworkshopcandles.etsy.com https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ZLYMTKFEM5HR8 Follow Cyn's Workshop: Blog: https://cynsworkshop.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reader.Writer.Critic/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cyn_Novelist Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cynsworkshop/ TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@cynsworkshop Podcast: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/G3phGH71Msb --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cyns-workshop/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cyns-workshop/support
Lucy and Robin return from their unexpected (and unintentional) hiatus to discuss the two Cardcaptor Sakura movies! ~ Website | Patreon | Bookshop.org | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr | Instagram| Rough Script* | * Rough Script will take you to a pdf of the script we used to record the episode. This is … Continue reading →
This episode, we're a little late but it's here!After delaying and rearranging for a few months, we're finally talking about a series that has a special place in all of the teams' hearts – Cardcaptor Sakura!This series aired in English shortly after Sailor Moon finished it's run on kids morning TV, and introduced a new generation of viewers to the Magical Girl genre.But while the series is pretty beloved, it did come with a few issues – some thematically, but mostly around the various dubs it received!Join us as we explore this beloved series and why different viewers had vastly different experiences due to the dubbing culture of the early 2000's.VIDEOS!Kawaii-Fi YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/KawaiiFiKyle's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KyleinOrbitTifa's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thetkennedySUPPORT USPatreon: Patreon.com/KawaiiFi Buy us a Coffee: Ko-fi.com/kawaiifiJOIN THE KAWAII-FI COMMUNITYTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kawaiifianimeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/kawaiifianime/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KawaiiFiAnime/Twitter: https://twitter.com/kawaiifianimeDiscord: https://discord.gg/p9ccFx8vTQ LISTEN ELSEWHERE?Smart Link: https://link.chtbl.com/KawaiiFiSpotify: https://bit.ly/Kawaii-FiSpotifyApple: https://bit.ly/Kawaii-FiAppleGoogle: https://bit.ly/Kawaii-FiGoogleEPISODE SEGMENTS00:00:00 – Show Opener00:01:58 – What We're Watching00:18:38 – Retro Classics: Card Captor Sakura00:56:48 – Anime Communique01:17:39 – Next Time, 18+ and sometimes sharing is not caring.Tags:anime,podcast,anime news,anime podcast,anime reviews,anime recommendation,Cardcaptor Sakura,Card Captors,Sakura Avalon,Keroberos,Kero,Pudding,Shoujo,Shoujo Anime,Magical Girls,Mahou Shoujo
What happens when we chat too much before you actually start the podcast? This episode. Join Hanna and Josh as they chat about Baldur's Gate, the best anime romances, Horimiya, the cats in Sailor Moon, if they played Hogwarts Legacy, the craziness of Cardcaptor Sakura, the magic of Frieren, and much more. Follow Hanna Instagram @asillyred Special Thanks to this week's sponsor Wild Bill's Soda! Enjoy crisp unique olde fashioned soda flavors anytime with Wild Bill's. Head over to drinkwildbills.com and use code FANDOM10 to get 10% off your purchase! Do you have suggestions for the show? Do have specific voice actor or creator that you would like us to interview? We would love to hear from you! Feel free to shoot us an email HERE. Background audio by Lofi Girl If you enjoy the show, please rate and review! Follow the show on: Instagram @WhatsUpFandom Twitter @WhatsUpFandomPC YouTube What's Up, Fandom Podcast Follow Josh @JoshLCain Follow Graham @GrrrAHamT Follow Astra Nyx @AstraNyx Follow Luke @tatted_triceratops Tags: podcast, podcasts, movies, tv, comics, pop culture, fandom, anime, frieren, dbz, watakoi, skip and loafer, sailor moon, cardcaptor sakura, baldurs gate, horimiya, video game, hogwarts, wotakoi
¿ Cual fue tu Serie Favorita de tu Infancia? ¡Prepárate para sumergirte en una oda nostálgica a la época dorada de la televisión infantil! Este capítulo especial nos llevará de vuelta a los días en que nuestras tardes estaban llenas de risas, aventuras y amistades animadas. Desde las animaciones encantadoras de Disney Channel hasta las épicas batallas de Fox Kids y Jetix, exploraremos juntos las series que definieron nuestra infancia entre finales de los 90s y principios de los 2000. Contenido del Video: 1. Disney Channel: -
Chegamos cansados com um Lá do Bunker de ressaca pós-CCXP, mas falamos de vários lançamentos que rolaram por lá. Começamos com o anúncio da Gamescom Latam, comentamos o primeiro trailer de Furiosa, vimos o trailer de Godzilla e Kong, falamos sobre a nova temporada de The Boys - e vários outros pequenos temas. Bora ouvir! ESTANTE VIRTUAL Clique e aproveite o Natal Literário na Estante Virtual. Citados no programa: NAISU confirma lançamento do anime clássico de Cardcaptor Sakura em 2024 Artworks revela dublagem de Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card durante a CCXP 2023 São Paulo vai sediar primeira edição da Gamescom Latam em 2024 Ozob ganhará board game cooperativo com miniaturas pela Iron Studios Furiosa, derivado de Mad Max, ganha trailer explosivo A Casa do Dragão tem guerra familiar em teaser da segunda temporada 2ª temporada de A Casa do Dragão ganha pôsteres com Rhaenyra e Alicent Trailer de Godzilla e Kong mostra que gorilão não é o último da espécie Godzilla e Kong estampam cartazes do próximo filme do MonsterVerse Godzilla e Kong encaram batalhas em novas fotos do filme The Boys tem sangue e novos personagens em teaser da 4ª temporada 4ª temporada de The Boys ganha nova imagem com Capitão Pátria Percy Jackson está pronto para a ação em novo pôster da série do Disney+ Série de Fallout tem monstros e apocalipse em primeiro trailer Fallout ganha cartazes individuais antes de primeiro trailer Vale a pena começar a jogar Fallout 76 em 2023? Telegram - Lá do Bunker Entre no nosso grupo do Telegram! Apresentação Pri Ganiko -- Instagram / Twitter Camila Sousa -- Instagram / Twitter Edição Doug Bezerra -- Instagram
Chegamos cansados com um Lá do Bunker de ressaca pós-CCXP, mas falamos de vários lançamentos que rolaram por lá. Começamos com o anúncio da Gamescom Latam, comentamos o primeiro trailer de Furiosa, vimos o trailer de Godzilla e Kong, falamos sobre a nova temporada de The Boys - e vários outros pequenos temas. Bora ouvir! ESTANTE VIRTUAL Clique e aproveite o Natal Literário na Estante Virtual. Citados no programa: NAISU confirma lançamento do anime clássico de Cardcaptor Sakura em 2024 Artworks revela dublagem de Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card durante a CCXP 2023 São Paulo vai sediar primeira edição da Gamescom Latam em 2024 Ozob ganhará board game cooperativo com miniaturas pela Iron Studios Furiosa, derivado de Mad Max, ganha trailer explosivo A Casa do Dragão tem guerra familiar em teaser da segunda temporada 2ª temporada de A Casa do Dragão ganha pôsteres com Rhaenyra e Alicent Trailer de Godzilla e Kong mostra que gorilão não é o último da espécie Godzilla e Kong estampam cartazes do próximo filme do MonsterVerse Godzilla e Kong encaram batalhas em novas fotos do filme The Boys tem sangue e novos personagens em teaser da 4ª temporada 4ª temporada de The Boys ganha nova imagem com Capitão Pátria Percy Jackson está pronto para a ação em novo pôster da série do Disney+ Série de Fallout tem monstros e apocalipse em primeiro trailer Fallout ganha cartazes individuais antes de primeiro trailer Vale a pena começar a jogar Fallout 76 em 2023? Telegram - Lá do Bunker Entre no nosso grupo do Telegram! Apresentação Pri Ganiko -- Instagram / Twitter Camila Sousa -- Instagram / Twitter Edição Doug Bezerra -- Instagram
Chegamos cansados com um Lá do Bunker de ressaca pós-CCXP, mas falamos de vários lançamentos que rolaram por lá. Começamos com o anúncio da Gamescom Latam, comentamos o primeiro trailer de Furiosa, vimos o trailer de Godzilla e Kong, falamos sobre a nova temporada de The Boys - e vários outros pequenos temas. Bora ouvir! ESTANTE VIRTUAL Clique e aproveite o Natal Literário na Estante Virtual. Citados no programa: NAISU confirma lançamento do anime clássico de Cardcaptor Sakura em 2024 Artworks revela dublagem de Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card durante a CCXP 2023 São Paulo vai sediar primeira edição da Gamescom Latam em 2024 Ozob ganhará board game cooperativo com miniaturas pela Iron Studios Furiosa, derivado de Mad Max, ganha trailer explosivo A Casa do Dragão tem guerra familiar em teaser da segunda temporada 2ª temporada de A Casa do Dragão ganha pôsteres com Rhaenyra e Alicent Trailer de Godzilla e Kong mostra que gorilão não é o último da espécie Godzilla e Kong estampam cartazes do próximo filme do MonsterVerse Godzilla e Kong encaram batalhas em novas fotos do filme The Boys tem sangue e novos personagens em teaser da 4ª temporada 4ª temporada de The Boys ganha nova imagem com Capitão Pátria Percy Jackson está pronto para a ação em novo pôster da série do Disney+ Série de Fallout tem monstros e apocalipse em primeiro trailer Fallout ganha cartazes individuais antes de primeiro trailer Vale a pena começar a jogar Fallout 76 em 2023? Telegram - Lá do Bunker Entre no nosso grupo do Telegram! Apresentação Pri Ganiko -- Instagram / Twitter Camila Sousa -- Instagram / Twitter Edição Doug Bezerra -- Instagram
¡Godzilla Minus One arrasará con los cines de México!¡Se acabó el manga de Card Captor Sakura, Oshi No Ko regresa en 2024 y más!
We watch Brendan's first Anime Card Captor Sakura! Have an anime series you want us to watch? email your recommendations to us at areweebthereyet@gmail.com! Find Are Weeb There Yet on Social Media: Twitter Instagram Facebook Thank you: Camille Ruley for our Artwork Louie Zong for our Themesong "stories" https://louiezong.bandcamp.com
In accordance with our mystical premonitions (or at the request of a fan), we view a short and fluffy TomoSaku story. Teenage Sakura and Syaoran's relationship has ended, leaving Sakura to possibly confess her feelings to a new love. It still counts as confessing if you'd unwittingly recorded doing it by a matchmaking third party, right? Link to the story: https://m.fanfiction.net/s/1169810/1/Caught-on-Camera
There's trouble at the new Stuffed Animal Shop in town. Is the owner running the worst scam in history, or is something else going on here? Join us for a strange episode of Cardcaptors this week on Keepers of the Clow! Today, we cover the fifth episode of Cardcaptors - the English adaptation of Card Captor Sakura created by Nelvana in the early 2000's - titled Trouble at Twin Bells.Podcast Feed listeners will enjoy a feed exclusive segment at the end of each episode known as Chris's Corner - featuring Moon Star: A Sailor Moon Podcast co-host and celebrity interviewer Chris Mayek!Episode InformationNelvana Title: Trouble at Twin BellsOriginal Title: Sakura, Panda, and a Cute ShopUnited States Airdate: UNAIREDCanadian Airdate: March 25th, 2001Original Airdate: May 5th, 1998KotC On YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/@ccyamatoKotC Is Presented by the Vintage Anime Video Networkwww.vintageanimevideo.com
Lucy and Robin discuss the last chunk of the Cardcaptor Sakura anime, episodes 59-70! ~ Website | Patreon | Bookshop.org | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr | Instagram| Rough Script* | * Rough Script will take you to a pdf of the script we used to record the episode. This is not a permanent … Continue reading →
Can you clean like Sakura? Join us for a unique episode of Cardcaptors this week on Keepers of the Clow! Today, we cover the fourth episode of Cardcaptors - the English adaptation of Card Captor Sakura created by Nelvana in the early 2000's - titled An Unexpected Find.Podcast Feed listeners will enjoy a feed exclusive segment at the end of each episode known as Chris's Corner - featuring Moon Star: A Sailor Moon Podcast co-host and celebrity interviewer Chris Mayek!Episode InformationNelvana Title: An Unexpected FindOriginal Title: Sakura's Tiring SundayUnited States Airdate: UNAIREDCanadian Airdate: March 18th, 2001Original Airdate: April 28th, 1998KotC On YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/@ccyamatoKotC Is Presented by the Vintage Anime Video Networkwww.vintageanimevideo.com
Get ready to kick back and chat as we dive into the first five episodes of Cardcaptor Sakura. We're breaking down the magical journey, the cast of interesting characters, and the history behind the US censorship of the series. So, whether you're a hardcore fan or just curious about Sakura's world, tune in and let's have some fun reliving the magic!
Get drenched with us this week on Keepers of the Clow! Today, we cover the third episode of Cardcaptors - the English adaptation of Card Captor Sakura created by Nelvana in the early 2000's - titled Allies.Podcast Feed listeners will enjoy a feed exclusive segment at the end of each episode known as Chris's Corner - featuring Moon Star: A Sailor Moon Podcast co-host and celebrity interviewer Chris Mayek!Episode InformationNelvana Title: AlliesOriginal Title: Sakura's Heart-Racing First DateUnited States Airdate: November 18th, 2000Canadian Airdate: January 14th, 2001Original Airdate: April 21st, 1998KotC On YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/@ccyamatoKotC Is Presented by the Vintage Anime Video Networkwww.vintageanimevideo.com
Things get shady this week on Keepers of the Clow! Today, we cover the second episode of Cardcaptors - the English adaptation of Card Captor Sakura created by Nelvana in the early 2000's - titled Partners in Crime.Podcast Feed listeners will enjoy a feed exclusive segment at the end of each episode known as Chris's Corner - featuring Moon Star: A Sailor Moon Podcast co-host and celebrity interviewer Chris Mayek!Episode InformationNelvana Title: Partners in CrimeOriginal Title: Sakura's Wonderful FriendUnited States Airdate: June 23rd, 2001Canadian Airdate: March 11th, 2001Original Airdate: April 14th, 1998KotC On YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/@ccyamatoPresented by Vintage Anime Video Networkwww.vintageanimevideo.com
Hosted by Chris Mayek and Alex SummersThe silence after the intro has been fixed.Both this episode and last have been so packed full of content that one might say they should have been split into THREE episodes instead of just TWO. But will that influence the over-all rating Chris and Alex give A Reluctant Princess? Tune in to find out. Also, Alex discusses the experience of the premiere of Keepers of the Clow - our sister show that discusses the 90s Nelvana English Dub of Cardcaptor Sakura known as Cardcaptors.Be sure to check out Chris' appearances on $2 Late Fee and Queer Insight !Title (English): A Reluctant PrincessTitle (Japanese): Returning Memories: Usagi and Mamoru's PastOriginal Air Date (NA): October 11th, 1995Original Air Date (Japan): December 5th, 1992Official Websitewww.MoonStarPod.comSponsored by Sailor Moon Videowww.SailorMoonVideo.comSave 15% with offer code: MOONSTARSailor Moon Another Story The Series AUDITIONShttps://tinyurl.com/2p93sd4aProject Gaiden Card AUDITIONShttps://tinyurl.com/bduayevkCasting is still open! Audition today. Limited roles available, so submit your auditions soon.
Please enjoy this exclusive bonus episode, featuring the debut episode of a project you have all heard rumblings about for ages now: Keepers of the Clow! Be sure to find Keepers of the clow wherever you get your Podcasts, as you will need to subscribe to the show's feed to get any more episodes. Thanks for being a wonderful audience.~ Alex-Meet hosts Alex Summers and Matt Emblidge on the premiere episode of Keepers of the Clow! This week, we cover the first episode of Cardcaptors - the English adaptation of Card Captor Sakura created by Nelvana in the early 2000's - titled One Fateful Day. Podcast Feed listeners will enjoy a feed exclusive segment at the end of each episode known as Chris's Corner - featuring Moon Star: A Sailor Moon Podcast co-host Chris Mayek!Episode InformationEpisode 01 (Original Order)Nelvana Title: One Fateful DayOriginal Title: Sakura and the Mysterious Magic BookUnited States Airdate: June 23rd, 2001Canadian Airdate: March 7th, 2001Original Airdate: April 7th, 1998KotC On YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/@ccyamato
Meet hosts Alex Summers and Matt Emblidge on the premiere episode of Keepers of the Clow! This week, we cover the first episode of Cardcaptors - the English adaptation of Card Captor Sakura created by Nelvana in the early 2000's - titled One Fateful Day. Podcast Feed listeners will enjoy a feed exclusive segment at the end of each episode known as Chris's Corner - featuring Moon Star: A Sailor Moon Podcast co-host Chris Mayek!Episode InformationEpisode 01 (Original Order)Nelvana Title: One Fateful DayOriginal Title: Sakura and the Mysterious Magic BookUnited States Airdate: June 23rd, 2001Canadian Airdate: March 7th, 2001Original Airdate: April 7th, 1998KotC On YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/@ccyamato
Episode 00 Is Podcast Feed ExclusiveAlex introduces KotC to the Vintage Anime Video Network audience. Plus, we have our first edition of the Cardcaptors Jukebox featuring the original Cardcaptors Intro Theme and the Instrumental Credits Theme. Enjoy!-Keepers of the Clow is a podcast dedicated to discussing and exploring Cardcaptors, the english dub of Cardcaptor Sakura, originally produced by Nelvana. We discuss the original episode orders, the changes from the original anime, and themes and elements that were cut out to make the show "more appealing" for a wider audience. The ultimate goal? To find out once and for all if they succeeded in making a product that works on its own merits. Hosted by vintage anime enthusiasts Alex Summers and Matt Emblidge, consider us your companion podcast to your journey through the confusing but magical world that is the Nelvana dub of Cardcaptors. We hope to bring you on a nostalgic ride filled with deep dives, humor, and an everlasting love for all that is Cardcaptors and Card Captor Sakura. Episodes are released bi-weekly at this time. Follow the official Keepers of the Clow Facebook Page.
In this week's episodes, the Krewe is exploring the sub-culture of themed cafes! Joined by fellow Krewe member Maddy & special returning guest/friend of the podcast/Japanese theme park expert Chris Nilghe of TDR Explorer, the Krewe explores what makes a cafe a "themed cafe", what some popular cafes are, what to expect, why themed cafes are such a hit in Japan (and not so much elsewhere), & so much more! Let's go!------ About the Krewe ------The Krewe of Japan Podcast is a weekly episodic podcast sponsored by the Japan Society of New Orleans. Check them out every Friday afternoon around noon CST on Apple, Google, Spotify, Amazon, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Want to share your experiences with the Krewe? Or perhaps you have ideas for episodes, feedback, comments, or questions? Let the Krewe know by e-mail at kreweofjapanpodcast@gmail.com or on social media (Twitter: @kreweofjapan, Instagram: @kreweofjapanpodcast, Facebook: Krewe of Japan Podcast Page, TikTok: @kreweofjapanpodcast, & the Krewe of Japan Youtube Channel). Until next time, enjoy!------ More Info on Chris Nilghe & TDR Explorer ------TDR Explorer on YouTubeTDR Explorer on InstagramTDR Explorer of TikTokTDR Explorer on Twitter
Lucy and Robin discuss the Cardcaptor Sakura anime, episodes 47-58, as we finally get to meet Eriol and the rest of the crew! Continue reading →
We are finally done with Cardcaptor Sakura and are here to talk about it with magicalgirl expert Dana Calista Lexa as we go over the hgighs and lows of this iconic show. Dana can also be found on SuperIdols RPG at: https://bio.link/superidolsrpg
On good dubbing but bad translation and grief.
Aaron and Josh Sarnecky are here for their May TV retrospective. This time they're talking about something a little more niche, Cardcaptor Sakura. Cardcaptor Sakura is a fantasy anime based on the manga by Clamp. It premiered in Japan on April 7, 1998. Running for 70 episodes, the series ended on March 21, 2000. One of two English localizations, entitled Cardcaptors, ran on Kids' WB and Toonami in the earlier 2000s. Cardcaptor Sakura follows a ten-year-old girl named Sakura Kinomoto (Sakura Tange), who must retrieve a collection of magical artifacts called the Clow Cards. Aiding Sakura are her friends Syaoran (Mokoto Kumai) and Tomoyo (Junko Iwao), as well as the Clow Card guardians Kero (Aya Hisakawa, Masaya Onosaka) and Yue (Megumi Ogata). Cardcaptor Sakura received two movies as well as a sequel, Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, which is based on the manga of the same name. Aaron and Josh discuss their exposure to the Kids' WB dub before going into their thoughts on the series proper, covering the plot, characters, and animation. For more anime podcasts, you can listen to Josh and Aaron talk about Cowboy Bebop and Spirited Away.Cardcaptor Sakura is streaming on Netflix and Crunchyroll --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/popbreaktv/message
On finales, Christmas and merchandising
On skating and riddle relays
On books and bodyswapping
Lucy and Robin discuss episodes 33-46 of the Cardcaptor Sakura anime. Continue reading →
On baking and conflicting emotions
This week Holden and Jake are joined by Katie Leon Rose from Ballin' Out SUPER to discuss a group of the most prolific manga authors of all time! The all-female team that brought us X, Cardcaptor Sakura, Chobits and so much more, CLAMP! Want even more WizBru? Support us on Patreon! Patreon.com/WizBru
This month, join Gee and Ray as they spotlight CLAMP, the group of mangaka responsible for some of the most popular and influential series of the 90s and 2000s -- from Cardcaptor Sakura, Chobits, xxxHOLIC, Magical Knight Rayearth and Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle. With decade(s) of smash-hit sensations, this group has tackled every demographic and a variety of genres; becoming some of the most well-known, yet divisive manga creators of the era. Whether a new reader, or a nostalgic fan, there's something for everyone here! Follow Ray on her channel Whimsical Pictures and Twitter And if you can't get enough of me, Gee, be sure to follow me on my Youtube Channel and Twitter
In which Princess dives deep into her bisexual awakening - from badly censored anime to Emma Watson's eyebrows! Check out our Patreon - there are cool perks and you help support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/thequeermoviepodcast We're a serious podcast and have a sponsor, SquareSpace support us! Help make the podcast profitable by going to squarespace.com/queermovie, and by using the code 'queermovie' at checkout. Find Us Online - Twitter: https://twitter.com/QueerMoviePod - Website: http://www.queermoviepodcast.co.uk/ - Multitude: @MultitudeShows Production - Hosts: Rowan Ellis and Jazza John - Editor: Julia Schifini - Executive Producer: Multitude - Artwork: Jessica E. Boyd About The Show Queer Movie Podcast is a queer movie watch party hosted by Rowan Ellis and Jazza John. Join us as we research and rate our way through the queer film canon, one genre at a time. From rom-coms to slashers, contemporary arthouse cinema to black & white classics, Queer Movie Podcast is a celebration of all things gaaaaay on the silver screen. New episodes every other Thursday. Transcript ROWAN: Just quick mention at the top of this episode to thank two of our patrons over on Patreon, Jennifer and Toby who are supporting at the highest tier over there. We are so, so grateful. Thank you so much to our wonderful rainbow parents, Jennifer and Toby. If you want to support our Patreon then the link will be in the description. It's patreon.com/thequeermoviepodcast. [theme] ROWAN: Welcome to the Queer Movie Podcast celebrating the best and worst and LGBTQ plus cinema one glorious genre at a time. I'm Rowan Ellis and I would like to welcome you to one of our guest specials. Oooh, very exciting. And today we are joined by, as usual, a very special guest who will be answering the question, what movies made you queer? I am very excited to welcome Princess, wooo! Popopow. Yay! PRINCESS: Thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited to finally be here with you. I wanted to be talking to you and doing stuff with you forever. But we always are just so busy. And everything's so chaotic. So it's an honor to be queer here with you. ROWAN: Oh my gosh, like ships in the night. I mean, I feel like in these podcasts with these guests, I always forget to actually introduce people because it's mainly like this is a cool person that I know about. And then I—I never actually do the proper podcasting of introducing them. So if you don't already know who Princess is, for shame, writer, YouTuber, pop culture thinker was the direct quote I believe. And I actually pulled up the quote from your YouTube channel, which I think is like chef's kiss, which is talking about pop culture, race, feminism, and other social issues with a lot of nuance and profanity. Incredible. PRINCESS: Yes. I— I do— ROWAN: Love that. PRINCESS: —I do love that. Sometimes I write something I'm like, that was good. I think that this is solid description. ROWAN: So essentially, honestly, if you like this podcast, if you like anything that Me or Jazza do on the internet, you will love everything that our guest does. Across the entirety of the internet, so many projects. We'll leave in the show notes various links for you to look up what she's doing. First question for you, the first question we always do on this particular type of guest episode. I use queer in that intro as kind of like an umbrella catch-all term, you know, the movies that made me queer. But do you use other words to describe your identities? Does that make sense as a question for you? Or would there be some other kind of words going on there? PRINCESS: No, absolutely. I use queer and Bi all the time. I am a very loud, proud stereotype bisexual person. And I love it. It's the term that I came into my queerness with. So even as I've evolved in people of like, well, what about pan or this, and it's like, I accept all those terms. But I call myself Bi and queer. And yeah, just very happy with. Happy being Bi. ROWAN: Amazing, love that. And as such, you have bought along, I don't know what these are. I love when like all the guests keep up secret from me beforehand. And so it's always really fun to see what stuff people overlap on, because I feel like there's a lot of quite classic, especially the bisexuals. You do—there's a few that you all seem to have zoned in like some kind of homing beacon onto certain characters and certain movies. And then sometimes there are really left-to-field ones. So would you like to lay before me on the platter of sexuality, your first entry into this particular podcast vault? PRINCESS: Well, I have to say, it's a precursor to this. I think like every—every queer kid can go back and find like, a billion moments where they're like, oh, yeah, like this because I was clear. Oh, yeah, I've totally quit that's why I like this. And for me, the thing I picked is the moment where I was just like, all of the denial just kind of like flushed down the toilet. And I was just like, well, it's no—I can no longer pretend that this is just - ROWAN: The floodgates have opened. PRINCESS: Just truly, fully opened. And it is— not even the movie itself, but the trailer for A24's, The Bling Ring. ROWAN: Wow! What a deep call. What a throwback. Incredible Okay, so for those who don't know, what—what is The Bling Ring, if no one—somehow, someone has passed them by? PRINCESS: Oh man, a true moment. Alright, so in 2013, Sofia Coppola, the soft girl boss directed at she is did an adaptation of the Vanity Fair article. The suspects were Louis Vittons about this—this gang quote-unquote, like “this gang of like rich kids” who were going into the homes of celebrities and stealing stuff from the celebrities. Purses, shoes, like it was chaotic. And it was a huge story. And in 2013 Sofia Coppola produced the film, and in the film playing one of the token members of The Bling Ring is Emma Watson. There's a scene in the trailer where Emma Watson is like, dancing and she does this thing where she like licks her upper lip and she's got like bangs, like she's like in the dance floor, she's having a good time. It's just kind of like licks her upper lip And I just remember thinking to myself like, oh, no, it's—oh no, it's finally—it's like the egg cracked, there was no—there was no more denial. There was no more like, oh, maybe I'm just—no, I was a homosexual. And I think it's because I always had a crush on Emma Watson. ROWAN: Very valid of you. PRINCESS: Thank you, um, in that front, but like, in a way where it's like I was always a girl's, girl. I always had female friends. I always wanted to be in the company ship of other women. So it was very easy for me to just be like, I just want to like be her best friend. And we could read books together, and we could like hang out like she likes to read, I like to read. You know, that kind of thing. And then first—the first thing that she did, was she got that haircut. When she like—after she was done filming that franchise. She cut her hair into this very cute like Audrey Hepburn, Anne Hathaway bob. And her face just like 10 times, just was like in my—in my mind, It's like, wow, she's so pretty. Wow! And I was like, no, it's fine. It's just—I'm just admiring her. ROWAN: I just really love to admire people who can pull off pixie cuts. Like uh—it's just an intellectual admiration of that face type. PRINCESS: Exactly. ROWAN: Yeah, of course. PRINCESS: And so—and so—but then when The Bling Ring trailer came out, and I saw that lip lick, I thought I really realized oh, no, I'm getting, and I have a crush on Emma Watson for real, for real. ROWAN: I love that. PRINCESS: And even though I don't particularly like The Bling Ring as a movie, that moment is imprinted on my soul forever. That—when I was sitting in bed thinking about like, we're gonna be talking about Xena again, or Sailor Moon, and I just like, I started reading some fanfiction, and then I was like, man, I really do still have a thing for Emma Watson. ROWAN: Alright. Okay, here's what's so funny. I've never actually seen The Bling Ring. I think I would love it because it gives me the sense of like a movie that would really tickle the ADHD, like good bit of my brain in terms of it being just fairytale taken fast, basically. Like, that seems like there's probably been a lot of that happening in that movie. So I haven't actually seen the film. But I know the exact moment in that trailer that you are talking. I'm like, yep, I can see it clear as day. And I think it was that like, at least from my recollection. She did the like pixie cut and stuff, which was sort of like her version of I'm grown up now. Like I'm separating myself from this franchise, it is a child. But I feel like Bling Ring was the first like role that she took that was like overtly sexy. I'm here. I'm like an adult. PRINCESS: Yes. ROWAN: And so it was obviously like, we're going hard on the idea of like, this is me stepping into my own. And she seems to have really put herself into that role. So— PRINCESS: Yeah. ROWAN: —it was just inevitable. PRINCESS: It was inevitable. It was like—it was the definitely hollow movies came out. Then she was in Perks of Being a Wallflower. Then this and her cameo. And this is the end came in like the same year. And then you know, she's on and off for a while. I don't think she's done anything since Little Women. But she's just like, I think also, even though I don't like to her, how her Belle came together in the movie. I think like as a kid, like, I'd always love Belle from Beauty and the Beast. And in my mind, she and Belle, and like Audrey Hepburn and kind of like all of the like warm, soft white girl femme things that I'm really am attracted to, were like all combined in my mind with her because she was smart and a feminist and someone who just seemed very aware and even when she wasn't trying to get aware. And then what is even more peak bisexuals, that I always had a crush on her and Tom Felton. And then they had that—they had that whole back and forth thing where like she wrote the intro to his memoir. And I just remember like, just like giggling when I found that out. And then I was like, what's wrong with you? Like you don't understand! Everything Bi in me is so pleased right now, that they're like, friends. ROWAN: A piece of context that I collect, everyone needs if you aren't familiar with the fact that Tom like the—I feel like the way that Princess has just told this story as if it's like some kind of historical event. PRINCESS: I know. ROWAN: Like his book came out this year. Like that—that reaction is still within you—within your like very being, it feels like. PRINCESS: It's—it's because, you know, for all of the things that I—that I—there are some fandoms that I really became queer in, or that I recognize my queerness in. And the things that I would ship and the—in the content I would consume. And so like the Draco, Hermione stuff, which is you know, very problematic hashtag I know. But because I had a crush on Emma Watson and Tom Felton as like people. It was like this perfect like blanket for me. And then there was although—there are always those rumors that like she had a crush on him in real life, which was confirmed. And so that brought me into a whole fit of giggles. And then I remember a couple years ago there was this image that one of them put on Instagram of like him teaching her the guitar, and like my entire like heart went into outer space. And then when the memoir came out, and I just—and I'm just like, wow! Emma Watson it—like their friendship just makes my heart very happy. But I just love the things that she's doing outside of acting. And I think The Bling Ring was the moment that I allowed myself to be like, no, I really have a crush on this girl. And it's weird because it's the first time I've ever had a crush on someone who was like my age, a real person and not a cartoon character. And someone who for my entire life had been like, both my age and a celebrity. Because I remember just the process happening and figuring out who this person wasn't it, which just very like. It was overwhelming. I think it's— I feel like that's probably how fed, the Jonas Brothers must feel. Who were like around the age when those, that's how I felt? Like Emma was all the Jonas's in one. ROWAN: Roll into one girl. The thing that was like so interesting, as well as that they were, like worldwide known celebrities, but felt very accessible in a strange way. Like felt like, just like, oh, I just got picked as a child to be in this, this movie series. And I'm— I don't know it's all just a little bit crazy, isn't it? And now I'm like going on these fun little shows. And so I really— it was—I definitely think that, that, that she has been a —as well as just being a very, very lovely looking gal. PRINCESS: So lovely looking gal. ROWAN: That you know for a long time we've really overlooked the fact that she entirely acts with her eyebrows. PRINCESS: Her and my girl Emilia Clarke those M's. They just love— but you know what the brows are free. It's fine. ROWAN: It's— it's very—there are like—there is this one, she was in this. I think it was a BBC adaptation of Ballet Shoes. PRINCESS: Yes. Mmm. ROWAN: Yes. Oh my god. That is peak Emma Watson eyebrow acting, and you could almost if you—like it would be dangerous playing a drinking game with it because you would— like it would—you would be absolutely wrecked by like the third scene. And then within it she plays a girl who loves—who wants to be an actor. And then she like doubles down on the eyebrows cheering, she does like a monologue from Puck PRINCESS: Oh my goodness. ROWAN: And it's incredible. And me and my brother like ca— it's really hard for us to watch an Emma Watson film. We have to like deliberately try to ignore her eyebrows like just cover the top half of the screen. I love that girl. And I think I agree with you in terms of like everything that she is seeming to let use her platform for and like trying to do with the fame that she got from a young age. But also I think there are just some elements of her. I'm like you, or do you just seem like a normal person? PRINCESS: Yeah. ROWAN: And that it almost makes it more alluring. PRINCESS: Yes. I think that's really true. And I think it's, I think when you compare like the Potter kid actors to like any other fandom, while there's definitely was gross. It was like the older men who were like trying to like sleep with her as soon as she turned 18. They just seem very level-headed, like it was before Instagram, before Tiktok, before we had that much accessibility. And also, I think to a degree them being British, and being around so many actors who could curate them and guide them who are these, like, you know, you've got like the best lessons ever. You have all these actors with like, decades and decades of experience under their belt, being around you to help you get through that. I think that's why most of them have turned out so well, is because they really had a lot of pragmatic, thoughtful people around them. ROWAN: Yeah. PRINCESS: And I just find that so refreshing. And I think that even when I you know, I feel like if her and Emilia Clarke were in a movie that would just be like—it— that should be the trailer. It's just their eyebrows and their eyes. ROWAN: That's all you see. PRINCESS: Because all anyone— because that's what everyone would think about. ROWAN: If the if— if movie poster designers had any balls like they used to, it would just be eyebrows. That's the poster. PRINCESS: Yeah. ROWAN: If they— if they committed to the bid. PRINCESS: We would love it. ROWAN: It wouldn't be one of these like posters with every single person's face that's on there, like, you know, the classic MCU posters now. I think specifically just when—they need to be cast together just so that we can go away. And then also, you know, it'd be great if Matt Smith was also in it. . That was just a blank space on the poster where Matt Smith belongs. PRINCESS: Absolutely. Like you have the the biggest like you have Amelia and Emma right here. Matt Smith on the side like a little ghost. And then you have Lily Collin just over there. no. People need to learn the art of making a great delicious poster again. Yeah. I just— you know, I think crushers are such a fun thing to look back on. Even if they are like celebrity crushes because the ability to like you get over a person was so normalized to Tumblr? That you could just be really out quietly to yourself, while still getting to appreciate these figures, and get to work out those fields. I think that's the thing that I kind of like about, the before I was a queer time in figuring out, was I got to do it by myself, you know? There wasn't a pressure that come out, cause I wasn't like anything big, the way I am now. But I really get to just enjoy, just having a crush and liking a person. But also not having to be a stan either, like I love her. I would do anything for her. but I'll still make fun of her eyebrow acting like I'm not ridiculous. ROWAN: I kind of want to ask about the Tumblr, were you like a Tumblr teen? Is that where you were? PRINCESS: Oh, yeah. ROWAN: Of course. Um, because I think that Tumblr weirdly is this kind of anonymized space, in a way in terms of fans. Like, you don't know how many followers people have. You can't tell who's like a big name in the fandom really. And then you also—there's no chance that your—people that you're a fan of will run into this content unless someone literally like showed them or they had some kind of secret Tumblr account. Whereas with the rise of Twitter, it feels like people are much more likely to be able to, like, directly try and contact people they're a fan of and like, have that kind of feel, like they might be able to have a reciprocal relationship. Do you see like a big difference between that energy that maybe I think when we were teenagers, it was more of a private thing, as it were like there was a community with the other fans and your friends as opposed to like having access to people? PRINCESS: Well, you know, it was interesting, because I was a smaller public figure at the time, like, because I'd been doing YouTube for so long, people knew who I was. But it was a lot more people who were engaging with me in good faith. You know, like, it wasn't like, peop— there would be pushback or asking questions with the anons, but you could also turn that off. And that would immediately stop people from wanting to ask you questions because they didn't want to put their name to it. So I think even just having that option was a really good way of filtering out people who were there to troll you, or to antagonize you. And people who just really had questions to ask you. But I ended up making a lot of really good friends through Tumblr, and I think the tagging system on it was just so much better. Because if you were looking for a meta-commentary about something, you could just click on it and find that. And if you're looking for, like you know, for me, I think like something like Teen Wolf, and I was specifically looking for people who are anti-racist in that fandom. And I could just go to the tags and find who I needed and who I wanted, and soft block anyone that I didn't. And I didn't have to soft block everybody, I could just block those tags. And that would just keep me from go—like even now, like when I left— when I soft left Twitter because I still have to go on it for work. I'll go on Tumblr, and it's actually great because it's already been filtered for me. So when I go on it unless it's like a sponsor thing, I usually only see things I like, and I think that's really the ideal experience, is to just like, see the things you like when you're going online. ROWAN: That's so true. Okay, now that you've named dropped Teen Wolf, I need to know if Teen Wolf has any part of your queer journey? The—that. PRINCESS: No. ROWAN: Oooh. You know what, I love that for you. Truly. PRINCESS: You know— you know it is is that like I, so—so I love like Teen Wolf, Merlin, a bunch of those shows. And um, but the problem was that there was just so much misogyny, and anti-blackness in those communities, that any enjoyment that I would have gotten out of some of the queer experiences were like, very thoroughly like, because—and I'm writing about this for—for my book. But like, it was just weird to see, like, like, I appreciate stearic as like a concept and a thing that people like, you know? like I get it. Like I get it. ROWAN: That is the most diplomatic answer to like any fandom question is like, I appreciate this in theory, like I—I you know, the concept of the theory behind, but yes, entirely. I mean, Teen Wolf is pretty notorious for being this fandom, where they were like, do you know what we're gonna do? We're gonna find just two white boys who have never interacted on screen, and they be our ship. PRINCESS: It was just like, again, I do get it because I do that with women all the time. You know, I peep— I understand the appeal of like super court for that very same reason. Y'all like two pretty white people together, that's fine. But then there'll be actual queer characters and quicker there's no color in it, and there'll be nothing. Or just a lot of harassment, because for me with it was just like, I get it. You want Arthur and Merlin to be a thing. That is not Gwen's fault, honey. Like, if Arthur was not dating Gwen, he would not be dating Merlin, because the writers of this series are cowards and will not let them be gay. Even though there are literal rules. I know there are literal books where like Arthur's is in a throttle with Lancelot and Guinevere. So it's just like, they're not doing that. But it becomes this situation where it's somehow treated like— the fight for representation can include attacking and harassing and demonizing black and brown people who are not standing in the way of your queerness. They are not doing that. They are just trying to enjoy that there's a black queen in the show. And it's like it always upsets me how the iron will go to the wrong people. And it stops you from being able to enjoy it. Because I used to like really like Stiles, on Teen Wolf. But then I began to see all these people who like, felt like liking Stiles, meant you had to like hate, Scott. And I just got slowly uncomfortable, like, we don't have that many Latino characters that get to be like really sweet himbo protagonists. Why are we acting this way? You can just like a secondary character like we all do it, we all do it. So it wasn't part of my queer experience, but it was part of like my intrasexual experience of kind of understanding what it meant to be like queer and brown in a fandom space. ROWAN: I mean, I specifically at this point, really removed myself from any fandom spaces of something if I want to like it. I'm like, if this is the thing, I think I'm going to be a fan of, I'm outside of it. I consume it. I have my thoughts about it. I talk to people I know about it. And then maybe I start dipping a toe into spaces when I know that like people I already follow who already talk about stuff that I like, or who have write good fanfiction, or do good fan art. If they've gotten into it, I might dip in. But like, even from the point of view of someone who's queer, and why you—like, it just completely destroys your interest in the shows to have misogyny racism. Like, homophobia, biphobia, somehow also enter these spaces that are meant to be so kind of inclusive with this idea of like fandom, being a space in which the mainstream, like lack of intersectionality, can be corrected, which I think is fandom is strongest, that when people use found it as an excuse to like double down on the kind of critiques that rightly or put against shows, it kind of just feels just the worst to me. PRINCESS: Yeah. ROWAN: To be honest. PRINCESS: Yeah. It's—it's a really interesting experience because I think that there are so many people who really come to fandom looking for a community and cannot accept that parts of their community might still have internalized issues, and , which is like every community has that. And we all in our time online, get pushback from that. And we don't always react really well, the first time it happens. We're human. But the point is that like after you sit with that for a while, are you going to like, actually address it or no? You know, how many times do you have to have fans telling you like, stop calling Gwen a gorilla before you'd realize that like, that's maybe not okay, and not helping your ship because it's not her fault that the writers don't want your characters to be gay. And I think also because queerbaiting was such a big like, this is when like Tumblr really started the queerbaiting conversation, and it got transferred onto Twitter. But I think that, because on Tumblr, you could have these long-form posts, and really get into the nitty-gritty. When we were talking about queerbaiting, we could really sit and discuss, like the specific moments and have like the gifts and everything to be like, this is what we're talking about. And because Twitter is such a shorthand thing, that term just got kind of like copy-pasted onto so many other things. And we—and you've talked about this a lot in your content, because I follow it because everyone should. Queerbaiting kind of lost its meaning as it got transferred and diluted from one space to another because you couldn't actually discuss it. You either accepted it with like a few bits of evidence, or you'd have a long thread that people would you— lose attraction for halfway through because a 10-piece thread is going to have so many different parts than one contained meta post. ROWAN: Yeah, exactly. I mean, do you feel like there are any of these shows or movies or books, or any piece of media where you've entered into the fandom and felt like, oh, this, this is working? Like this—this makes me feel seen and appreciated as someone with these kinds of like intersecting identities. Or do you feel like it's not not really built that way, right now? PRINCESS: I think that even with the best of intentions, a lot of places are not always ready to unpack their anti-blackness, like, that's been the biggest hurdle that I've seen, like, in almost every single queer community I've been in. Unless it was like a black show or something like your black lightning or whatever. There was always a difference between how people would treat the characters of color, versus the white characters. And there was always like, a reason why and it was always like about the writing. But I think the reason why it doesn't work well, is because the communities will just push out the people who are pushing back on them. And there's a—there's a desire to disengage because that's not what you're actually coming to it for. Which is kind of the tricky part is that a lot of people are going to Tumblr to just kind of enjoy and be in community with each other. And a lot of people just treat community as in like, we're just all gonna be the same and it's easy. And when you get that kind of pushback, and you have to ask, get asked these difficult questions that you are not ready to deal with. It's very easy to just label someone like an anti or pro this and then just dismiss them. And that kind of repeats the cycle. Because I do think that there are valid reasons to be frustrated, especially with that particular queerbaiting of the late 2000s and early 2010s. Because they definitely knew what they were doing. But there comes a certain point of which, why are you as a consumer, still supporting and dealing with things that are clearly not meeting you where you feel like you need to be met as a queer person. And something that we're still dealing with about as consumers deciding and really being picky about who we are choosing to put our energy behind. Because queer marketing can do a lot if it's done well. ROWAN: a lack of queer marketing— PRINCESS: Yeah. ROWAN: —can—can be like really pass people by. I mean, the example I always think of is, in books, actually. There's a wild book called Wranglestone, and it had a—I don't think they thought it was gonna be as popular as it was. And I think it gained word of mouth because people were like, it's the gays on the book. It's the gays on BYA book. And so suddenly, they had to do a reprint, and I went into a bookstore when the reprint came out, and they still had copies of the old cover. And it was exactly the same except for this one quote on the back, that was added for the second print, which made it obvious it was gay. Because prior to that, there had not been any obvious gay stuff within the blurb, within the quotations, there was nothing. And suddenly they'd made it obvious because they suddenly clock like, oh, wait, the gay teens, aka the readers. Although, maybe they want to read this book. PRINCESS: Exactly. ROWAN: And I think that, that that's always like, they've been this weird balance of like, some places trying to conceal queerness because they— I guess they can think they can sneak it in front of straight people and they won't notice. But along the way, you're gonna miss a lot of queer people who are like actively searching for this representation, and kind of actively excited about it. I am curious as to whether any of the stuff that you were kind of like had on your list is overtly queer. Like whether that you've kind of felt representation from media that was trying to represent you? Or whether it's kind of been stuff that you've interpreted through a queer lens or connected through in a queer way that wasn't necessarily in the source material? PRINCESS: Well, I think one of the things about having been into anime as a kid is like, the dress is a lot more of it, even when they couldn't necessarily kiss on screen, you kind of knew what was going on. Then the biggest thing for me is like, obviously, like Sailor Moon, where it was like, you know, Uranus, Neptune they're— they're are a couple and they— ROWAN: Those cousins, PRINCESS: Those beautiful cousins. Yes. And I—I don't think— I can't— I don't know anyone who watched the dub and really thought that that was really what was going on. Like, it was just like, it was like, Oh, they're not, they're actually cousins. ROWAN: Yeah, for those—for those who don't know, essentially, yeah, there was basically what it sounds like, there were two characters who were made in the I think it was like, specifically America when it was over in America that they did the English dub for Americans, and they claimed that these two women were cousins. While they were very much doing things that cousins like would not, should not be doing. PRINCESS: Holding hands very closely. Yeah. ROWAN: Very closely, really giving that cousin energy. And so it's kind of now I think it does seem ridiculous, but it was essentially like censorship that was deliberately trying to make sure that there wasn't even like, an ambiguous relationship people could interpret as being queer. It was like, nope. Cousins, absolutely not. Let's not go there. PRINCESS: Right. And even something like Cardcaptor Sakura, which we got became Card captor, and the dub, you know, the leading boy character, Syaoran, he's bi-canonically, and that was like, written around. And so it was—it was interesting for me of like, watching these shows that were either—that were subtly queer. And I say that in like, subtle only in the sense that they couldn't say it explicitly because of censorship. But everybody knew it was going on, like Xena. You know, I always tell my mom, like, you're the one who got me to watch Xena, so you can't blame me for being bisexual. It is like bisexuality, the show. ROWAN: Truly. PRINCESS: And so those were the things that really at that age, really allowed me to feel comfortable. And then the works of Tamara Pierce. Because in her—especially in her Circle of Magic series, there is a lesbian couple in it, and like a normalization of the idea that you know, LGBT peoples do exist in these worlds. And I think as I got older and expand to like fantasy and things like that, it became very easy to read between the lines and be like, oh okay, that's a little gay. You know, the first time I read like, vampire, and I was like, so they have a kid huh? Alright, that makes sense. I'm picking that up. I love that we're both wearing striped sweaters, by the way, I just wasn't thinking about that. ROWAN: Yeah. We matched deliberately. PRINCESS: We did it. ROWAN: That was very on purpose. I mean, like, Tamara Pierce, what a fool— I feel like, there is just this kind of experience. A certain experience of being into Tamara Pierce, as a teenage—as a teenager and most likely as a teenage girl into queerness pipeline is absolutely chef's kiss. I truly don't know why there hasn't been adaptations of those books. PRINCESS: I that all the time. It's so frustrating. ROWAN: It's very—listen, if you— if anyone who's is listening to this and you don't know the book series that we're talking about, essentially, it was like my absolute bread and butter. One world called and various books, standalone geologies, quartet, series that kind of spanned like hundreds of years that still, I think being written today. And they all were very, like the quintessential one I'd say, is probably the Lioness Quartet, which was the classic tale of like a girl who disguises herself as a boy to become a knight in it. Followed her from when she was like a kid to when she was in her early 20s. And it was that kind of energy of like, the 90s feminist vibes in a fantasy setting. And yeah, they—they—but they these books that did have these appearances that I hadn't come across before of like queer characters, or have kind of tomboy characters who were treated with respect and it was a really—do you—It's—you would be listening to this and be like, wow, primed for an adaptation. And yeah, so that's the next one. That's—that's my big pitch to if anyone—hi, Netflix, if you're listening PRINCESS: You can't trust them anymore. Maybe Amazon. ROWAN: You know what actually, you're right. You're right. That's very true. BBC, if you want to do I guess, the entirety of the series and nine episodes, that is kind of your bag, then it's sort— it's available I say, as someone who has no affiliation with Tamara Pierce or her legal— legal team. PRINCESS: Give them show money. ROWAN: Get—please, please give them something. [theme] ROWAN: Hello, dear listener, this is Rowan from a slightly different time of recording. Sorry to interrupt myself here. 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Like it was explicit that like there's even a whole thing where like, you know, Uranus is flirting with you, Usagi, and the girlfriend and her girlfriend. And then Pluto comes in It's like, oh, you all live together. And I go and raise this child. I see what's going on. So I think as I got out of just traditional Western media, which my parents were very encouraging of, and being able to read like other comics and seeing those experiences, it just became more and more normalized to me. And then just sort of like, I think Buffy at a certain level of like, even before I watched it, I knew the big thing about was that you know? Willow is a lesbian, which made it very shocking when I watched it from the beginning. And I'm like, what do you mean she likes Xander? I already stan. I thought she was gay. I thought she was a le—I felt betrayed in advance. I was like, what, what, what? Like, oh, it's just like, this is not what I signed up for. But then so it was very conflicting. But I was like, well, I can just be Bi, I guess in my headcanon because, you know, we—discourse for another day. ROWAN: Listen, we truly peace has peaceful come to our lands when the bisexual Willow and the lesbian Willow headcanon has lived together in harmony. I'm part of that collective. I feel like you know, it's a fictional character, who has had relationships with both men and women. And therefore, you can—you can argue both sides and you can see yourself on both sides. Both the, I have had relationships with multiple genders, I find attraction to multiple genders. I am Bi-Pan and Willow is too. All the sometimes lesbians have relationships with men before they figure themselves out. Lesbian experience, and I believe they can all exist in harmony together. PRINCESS: Absolutely. I mean, I'm just thinking that also just, you know, they'll—they'll like we'll— we'll become trans. I think have been a great trans woman character. So I'm just like ROWAN: You know what, that's—I take it back. That's the Galaxy burning take that we needed. PRINCESS: So I'm like that just as soon as it's like Oz comes out, realizes that they are trans woman, everything comes up, right as rain. It's like you were always in all the same. ROWAN: All coming together. The red string is connecting. PRINCESS: Exactly. We just go right past standards, like that was just a mistake. We're just gonna— ROWAN: Don't think about that—that's fine. Don't worry about it. So was it— it sounds like you sort of already knew there was like an element of queerness. Was this when you were already out or at least had figured out your own sexuality, or is this one of those things where you're like, oh, curious, a lesbian character? For no reason at all. I'll check that out. PRINCESS: I think because I think I watched Buffy between my junior and the summer between my sophomore and Junior year of college. And junior year was kind of the year where I was sort of realizing things like yeah, I made it with my female friend but we're just like, fig— we're just hanging out, you know. ROWAN: We're just friends of Katy Perry, just having a little bit of fun. PRINCESS: Literally was obsessed with Katy Perry. Had I kissed a girl, I played it out all the time. I made like two Disney AMVs to I kissed a girl when that came out. ROWAN: Of course she did. PRINCESS: My friends printed out for my birthday like Katy Perry thing, say happy birthday to me. Again, it's one of those things where like, you look back, and it's like really. The call was coming from inside the brain. But the first show that I watched while I was queer, and that it really connected with me in that way particular, was Lost Girl. Particularly because the character was bisexual, was a succubus, had like relations between different kinds of genders. And while I still have like, my own critiques of that series on the whole, is it—it remains super important to me, and I'm actually watching it with my girlfriend right now. Because it was the first time that I was queer, and watching a queer show at the same time, and actively seeing things that made me feel seen. And also like she was the main character. She wasn't the side character, she wasn't she was the leading character, was a bisexual Succubus and like her being sexual, was not treated as a good or bad thing, it's just part of her nature. And I just really remember feeling just so held by that. And I think even when I critique it in terms of how it handled race, I'll always have like this bit of me that wants to share it with other people because it just meant so much for me at that time. ROWAN: I think that that is like a—feels like an almost universal experience of being I guess anyone who's—of an identity that has not had representation, necessarily, like held out to them and given to them, that you will have these things that you are like, I want to recommend this to you. I really liked this, it meant a lot to m., I might have to rewatch it to see how rose-tinted my glasses were when I was gro—when I was like completely like looking at it through the glasses of like, oh my god, the first time I've ever seen this. And then you go back and you're like, okay, so we have to acknowledge this, this, and this about it. But it is like when you don't necessarily have this wealth of representation, where you can be like, oh, there was enough of it that it feels comfortable to represent there, to talk about this particular representation because there's others that can fill in those gaps. Or this actually did it really well. That feels like a very— an experience I'm sure a lot of listeners will relate to in some way. Honestly. PRINCESS: And because I was like older than—like not older, but I was in college then and I was like already know I was going to be like a lit nerd. I was unpacking a lot of it while I was watching it, which is why it's one of those things where like because I was already a nitpicky nerd, it's like, I've already— I can tell you the problematic before—about it before we even start watching. It's like so when I was I'm like, okay, so this episode has this, has this. Overall is very good, but we're just gonna prepare you. And I think that's kind of the good thing.this pushback about the idea of like, oh, you're gonna be like a buzzkill, if you like tell people it's like, I think most people with any real media analysis, understand that not everything is going to be perfect. Things are going to—can age weirdly, people can not necessarily know what they're doing. The important thing is like, acknowledging it and not trying to like pretend it doesn't exist. You know, I would much rather deal with acknowledging that there is transphobia in something, then be like, I mean, you could read it this way. It's like no, we'll read it the way that it is very clearly done in the story, which is transphobia. PRINCESS: I mean, like I'm notoriously my entire personality is the show Black Sails. So yes, PRINCESS: Yes. I love Black Sails. ROWAN: —because oh boy, season one. PRINCESS: Oh, yeah. ROWAN: And so I recommend it to people on like, but listen, season one is also a thing. So I gotta warn you. I gotta warn you for a whole season. I mean, it's still good, but like, oh, boy. PRINCESS: Yeah. ROWAN: So I'm very used to the whole, I can love a piece of media that I'm also critiquing kind of energy to him. PRINCESS: Yeah. Black Sails was a hard one because I remember that first season two, I watched it live and I'm just like, it's gonna be gay pirate soon everyone said, that's When Our Flag Means Death came out, it's like gay pirates. I've been here before. ROWAN: I was like, oh, yes. My two shows, my two gay pirate shows. I really love the fact that they only were— having said that, you know, need lots of representation to get it right. Really the honest he said, Okay, we're gonna have exactly two gay pirate shows. And they're both going to be bangers and I respect that. It's like a concept. I think it's right, considering the Pirates of Caribbean was a bisexual awakening for so many people, and just felt like the proper legacy of piracy. PRINCESS: And it was really interesting. I got to interview the writers of Black Sails. And I talked about that it was really important for them to like, acknowledge that like, part of the reason why people think of pirates as like, funny, you know, characters is because of propaganda used to sort of marginalize them, because they were on the outskirts of society a lot. Like kind of like how cowboys lot of, and there were people of color, freaks, formerly enslaved people. You know, women wearing, you know, male clothing, and it's like, wow, showrunners who actually do their research and appreciate their subject matter, I think also as it—as I get older, I think, no, actually, this is so funny. I, so I like a turn-based RPGs. And I love the game Fire Emblem. And one of the things that you could do in the Fire Emblem games is like put people in relationships. And so I would always just wanting to be putting all the girls together. And all the guys might be like, it's just normal, I just want everyone to be happy. And their best friends, they want to be best friends forever. So now they can get married. And so—and so it's very funny to like, go back and think about like, yeah, I really wanted all of these queer couples, and like, I'm playing the newest Fire Emblem now. And they have like a lot of callbacks to like, the older games. And I'm just like, oh, man, these are my babies. These are all my cute babies. And it's just been really fun seeing aspects of other characters that I really love come alive again. And finding all these little ways in which I was always kind of asserting my queerness in different ways. And coming to terms with sort of like what that meant for me. Because I don't think always meant one thing, or just one experience, which I think is fine. I don't think it ever should be just one thing to encompass so many people. But finding it in even places where I didn't expect it, I think was always a thrill of it, you know, of like, oh, my God, like I have this possibility. And that one, that possibility came up, I took it. That I really wanted to make it happen for me. And I think that's something that I really enjoy. You know that I'm older, I just really enjoy getting to be queer and enjoying stuff, and finding things where I don't have to make it up anymore. Or even if I go back to something that's older, to be able to see like—to see what they said I missed, because I think a lot of times authors are trying to do that. But they— they had so much pushback, especially when we were growing up about how queer you could make something without it being, you know, a whole issue. So it's actually fun for me to go and revisit things and figure out oh, like, this is the actual text, the actual text is gay. It was everyone else who was lying to me. ROWAN: Hmm, yeah, definitely. And I think that that, like, I feel like I've talked to so many people who have found that like, the Fire Emblem experience that you've had in various places, whether it was like how they played with their dolls when they were younger, and like how they paired them up, or like playing their Sims and deciding like, who was living in the house with The Sims getting together. Or like fan fiction and fan art, and like finding those pairings that you wanted to put together to be like, ah, yes. And then as you're getting older, having more and more of awareness of like that being a deliberate act, rather than something that you are just doing to be part of the figuring out process, or because you're not even aware that that shouldn't be how the world works. And so it's really interesting seeing these ways in which exactly as you said like people are creating the queerness and like actualizing it in a way in front of them. You know, whether they're kind of cognizant of doing that deliberately and putting that out into the world to share it. Or just privately as part of like that growing up process. PRINCESS: And also that like game, like even The Sims, like The Sims gave you like— you could have—in The Sims two, you could have gay couples, and they were just adopt a kid, like you just like ready to have a baby, instead of like, you know, having sex, you would just all of a sudden a woman would arrive with a baby and be like, here you are. And I'm just like, that's so convenient. Thank you. Didn't have to do any paperwork or anything. And so I really appreciate even those kinds of things, I look back of like, the possibility of being able to just enjoy things for myself. That is something that I just find so important. I really think that games specifically have become a really great way for people to play with their gender and sexuality and really, you know, get to experience it on their terms, and in spaces where they would not be able to do so. Like I liked Boyfriend Dungeon because I liked the idea that like you could have as many partners as you want of every flip, or you just be friends with them. And that was just—and either way, it was fine. And I think the more that we allow that to happen to like be able to be with any gender you want, pronouns you want in the game, and normalize it the better. We are going to be with giving younger queer kids, and queer adults who still enjoy this shit. The best experiences, while other people can just get normalized to it, you know. Like, it's not that big of a deal that to have pronouns in anything. It's just pronouns, guys. And also don't stream Harry Potter. ROWAN: Yeah, that's a— that's a official order from the podcast, endorsed by Jazza, who isn't here. And as Jazza is the gamer amongst the podcast, co-hosts of me and Jazza. Jazza specifically used to work at Google supporting creators and was put on to gamers. And then me, it was like all these gamers, Jazza the gamer and then Rowan is this little extra person that was like, hi, I've never played a game in my entire life. I've—Does Dungeons & Dragons count? And Jazza's like, I love the game, but no, Rowan, that's a different kind of game. But again, like one of those games where people use it to explore their kind of gender and sexuality in a really interesting way. I guess it is that kind of participating in something and having a hand in creating it as you're interacting with a piece of media that someone else has created, means that it's like a safe place to explore, but also gives you enough, like creative control and autonomy to make those choices and, and feel like you've got like a part in it. PRINCESS: Absolutely. And I love that part of it. Like I like— if I could design games or like do things like that, I would definitely want to do more of that. Because there's just so— the options are endless, especially because it's like, I want gays in space, you know, like I like—I like just game to play a game like even um, crusade kings where like, you can form alliances with other care—with other like nations, and they can be gay too. Like, you can just have those options of having queer alliances and doing those kinds of things or like, even in Civ VI now, they have King Christina, and like, all these other female and male models have played with gender in them, just already there. So if you don't know who they are, and you look up this kind of stuff, you can just figure out oh, there is this like gay ruler that was around during this time or this, you know, ruler who played with pronouns. I mean, playing with pronouns, especially in games, when you—like history games is such a common experience, you know, like female pharaohs, or like, women who call themselves kings and things like that, like there's so much there. And I think a well-made game is a great entry point to that kind of work. ROWAN: Amazing. We're almost at the end of time. Oh, my goodness, time has absolutely flown. So I wanted to just ask if there's anything else that we haven't talked about that you wanted to mention, or that you wanted to bring up before we end? PRINCESS: Um, no. Other than just kind of being surprised that A24 had a— had a grip on me at so young of an age. ROWAN: I fully forgot The Bling Ring was an A24 film. Like it wasn't until you said, I was like A24, and I'm like, oh, a recent one. And then fully forgot that A24 has been around for more than like five years. PRINCESS: Yeah, it's like them and Spring Breakers, which is like the—the tether of The Bling Ring. Oh, just like, oh, right, you know. And I think Spring Breakers is the energy I wished The Bling Ring had. But they're both in that same venue of like girls behaving badly, which I do appreciate. ROWAN: Just being chaotic. I was thinking about it took me a second, when you. And I was like, oh, it's— it's not Spring Breakers. But I had that moment of being like, wait, which film is which? Okay, yeah, that'll— that'll make sense now. But I do—I mean, like, I think that it's, again, haven't seen Spring Breakers. And yeah, I feel like you could tell me like a particular scene from the trailer, and I'd be like, oh, yeah, not that exact one, because I think that something's just the internet immediately knows that this is—this is the thing people are going to want to get off. And they're gonna make it for you. PRINCESS: No, absolutely. And I think that it's just you know, it's— it's so great to look back like when I was prepping for this episode, and like figuring out where I was going to start off with, with Emma Watson. It was just fun going back and looking at the trailer now. Every trailer, no matter what, may to include that theme. And then like every—because now you can see what the most replayed moment is out of thing. Every single one that most replays is the topic. And I'm like the people understand that this is what we want. ROWAN: And whoever cut those trailers, understood what the people wanted as well. PRINCESS: A good—a good trailer. Doesn't tell you the entire plot, but just gives you enough to be like titillated forever. It's so good. I really— ROWAN: Every trailer should just have like a millisecond of that gift in it. Like any—any genre any trailer, give the people what they want, it's Emma Watson, licking upper lip with a fringe. PRINCESS: That'll— that'll do it. Ah. ROWAN: That fringe. PRINCESS: A goo—a solid wig. I was very proud of her. But yeah, I just—I'm just really happy that I get to talk to you about gay shit. And that I can talk about my embarrassing crush because I'm not embarrassed by it. I love Emma Watson. I think that she does good things with her politics. And I just love— I don't think— I think honestly, if you were a queer kid and you had a crush on any of the Golden Trio, you turned out— everything turned out really good for you. Like, that's such a rare thing to say. But like, all of them have been pro-trans rights very much in the main. They all do normal kid things, Rupert Grint still looks hot as hell. He's a dad. He's a whole father now. ROWAN: He has an ice cream truck that was like a whole thing for a while. He just like went around and gave out free ice cream, because it was like I got money and I guess what I'm gonna do with it is give ice creams. And I'm like, adorable. PRINCESS: Yeah. And like Daniel—Daniel Radcliffe was a short Jewish king. He just like literally does whatever he wants with his money. Like him and Elijah Wood are just killing it in terms of like, short King got money on, hanging out. ROWAN: Chaotic like indie film energy. I honestly love that. I feel like—never hasn't been a star that's— that big, but that I feel like any random person could write a weird short film and just get him to agree to be in it. Like any— I feel like any of you people listening right now if you wrote a short film, and made it weird enough, Daniel Radcliffe is going to be in it. PRINCESS: Absolutely. ROWAN: He's gonna be like, sure, I'll pay you to be in it. PRINCESS: Right. ROWAN: I believe that with my whole chest. PRINCESS: Yeah. Their— they are just good kids, lads, people who like I think they are the template of light. This is how you guide a child through the process of becoming immensely famous. And also giving them the space to just like, do whatever you want. Whether it be prestige, or you do like, you're gonna be like a sexy tavern boy, Dan Rad, like, do whatever you want. God bless. ROWAN: Stunning. I have a final question for you. PRINCESS: Yeah? ROWAN: Which is, do you feel like there's any— like as you've been going through the journey of like, your queerness, whether that is still ongoing, whether you feel like you're like settled, I've settled on my throne. Do you feel like there's been any of your experiences missing from representation, like you've—you've had a particular experience or a particular intersection of your identity, or a particular like life event that you've had that you're like, I don't know, if I've really seen something that's made me feel like, yes, this has been represented, this feels like it's something I've seen reflected back to me. PRINCESS: You know, I think because I have enough privileges in my life. I think I'm pretty good. I think—I think I'm still trying to find just the baseline sometimes. Like I think First Kill and the character of Calliope was sadly like one of those characters that was like, oh, my God, this is so exactly, exactly what I would have wanted, and then it was gone. But I think in general, the thing that I that I really would love to see more of is just more, you know body diversity, more darker skin people, more discussion of STI and a non-stigmatic way. Because I think what I liked about feminism college girls, was that they had like the character who is a lesbian, she had chlamydia. And she's like, I didn't know. And they're all like, I didn't know that you could get chlamydia for sleeping with women. It's like, yes, you can girl, yes you can. So I just would like to just see more, you know, people who aren't able-bodied, people who, you know, who don't just have one partner throughout the entire thing. Normalizing STIs. Those kinds of little things that you may think, don't matter. But when we talk about sort of, like intimacy, and romance and sex, I think it's important to let people know that like, even if you're someone like for example, with herpes, or something like that, that you still are a little person because that happens all the time. And I think that just those small things make a big difference to people. So I'm lucky that I have had enough experiences and enough stuff with my own intersection. So even though it's not full, I mostly am looking for it to expand beyond someone like me into the more margins, you know/ ROWAN: Yeah. Amazing. Sweet. Before I do my little ending, there was there anything else you wanted to add? Or that you forgot to say or anything like that? PRINCESS: Just that you're awesome, and I love the work that you do. And I'm really glad that we finally got to like, chat about something. And also like, we definitely need to do something about Black Sails eventually, because that would be so fun. ROWAN: It's like truly. I'm like so excited for the fact that they are doing Percy Jackson. I'm, like, truly have never felt more safe in an adaptation in my life. PRINCESS: I like as someone who was a—who was a fan of Artemis Fowl, I really am rooting for you, Percy Jackson kids. ROWAN: I'm not even a Percy Jackson kid. So the reason why I'm like have skin in the game for the Percy Jackson thing is because I used to work at Penguin who published them in the UK. And so I like weirdly had a relationship with it as lik
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