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Episode 509 - The Shadow Kingdom (Patreon)

Published:
2020-07-24 21:51:47
Edited:
2024-12-12 19:02:10
Imported:
2026-06
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We're bringing Thew-ly to a snake-infested conclusion with the Kull story The Shadow Kingdom!

Special thanks to our reader, Sean Burnham. Check out his new EP under his musical moniker John Dingo - it's Witch's Mixtape!

Next up: a bonus episode on 1981's Clash of the Titans!

Comments

Mandy Reznor (She/It)

The ORIGIN of the reptilians conspiracy? I thought the origin of the reptilians was anti-semitism?

Grae_cat

That is totally Judge John Hodgman reading.

Richard Horsman

The Erotic Adventures of Solomon Kane sounds like one of Alan Moore's late period projects.

Sweatin' to the Great Oldies

I imagine that as long as there have been civilizations, there have been people with fantasies of exposing their leaders as evil others. It is, I suppose, easier to accept that your king isn't even human rather than just as human as you, but with very different values.

Just_Another_Joseph

It has been awhile since you guys have done a ransom. How much for a table read of Predator in which Chris voices Dutch and Chad voices literally everyone else?...except Anna. Andrew Leman could do Anna. If Leman is busy, I could also accept Matt Burriesci as Billy.

Esteban Barbero

This story reminded me of the 90' Conan cartoon where the main villains were the Snake Men. They even used them as a device to avoid showing blood. Whenever a Snake man was in contact with a weapon (made of an special metal) the were cast off to another dimension intead of dying! Man, I loved that campy Conan...

Wulf Mungus

Steve Brule, the "Spear-Slayer"... so is he a slayer of spears??

Eldritch Scerry

He doesn't know "The Music Man." He doesn't know Dr Steve Brule. And he doesn't know "Hitch." Didn't realize Fifer was Unfrozen Caveman Gasface Lawyer.

H P Lovecraft's Cat

Hitch gets hitched alright and this Summer the sequel came out ,The Entanglement was released. Who says no summer blockbusters.

Peter Larsen

Am I the only one who wants to see John Dingo fight Johnny Cougar?

Peter Larsen

“A king does not accept the challenge of a nameless savage.” Am I alone in picturing Chad angrily dismissing comments? Pacing back and forth with pantherish grace muttering “Crom! These nameless patrons will feel the weigh of my booted heel!” while waving a sword about? No? Only me? I may have said too much.

Peter Larsen

It occurs to me that Howard takes Lovecraft’s vast history and replays it on a human scale, turning millions of years into thousands, but keeping that sense of “the world has seen this before” and kind of mocking the pretentious of the characters. I mean, OK, Conan, Kull, and Kane are badasses, but they only live a short life, then history rolls over their bones. It’s not quite the male power fantasy it seems.

Philip Cowan

You know, following the podcast is like a marriage. In the words of the song: “I’ll take the good times, I’ll take the bad times, I love you just the way you are.” The good, there have been a few, but then again, far too many to mention. Howard? A huge pile of dung. So glad it is all over for now. I ate it all for you guys. And I still love you; your commentary almost made it worthwhile. Almost. Let’s keep on going. I know we can make it last forever, like we promised. But do keep the dung to a minimum, please?

Peter Larsen

Howard is shaky ground unless you’re willing to buy into his worldview for the length of the story. Like most D&D adventurers, Conan is essentially a sociopath; you sort of need to engage with him on his terms.

Philip Cowan

Good point, Pete; I won’t argue with that.

Clownf1st

Nice to get a "Thank you" shout at the end of the episode in what i consider to be my month... Regards, Mat-THEW Thomas ;)

Allison Albright

Topical quip: I never bought into that whole Reptilian conspiracy theory before, but now that the actual behavior of the snake people has been described to me, I can definitely see the similarities to the US congress. Heyooo! Thank you, I'll see myself out.

Blake Coleman

Thanks for all the shout-outs on the episode guys! This is one of my very favorite Howard stories and I've been waiting since the last Thew-ly back in 2017 for you to get to it, so thank you! And I'm really glad you enjoyed it. It was really cool that you remembered my recommendation for Underwater as well as that email I sent back in 2016 about the Necronomicon. I am still an Archaeologist (Registered Professional and everything) but I no longer work at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. I now work for the Federal Government so I can certainly confirm that that ssilly Reptilian consspiraccy is nonssenssssse.

Yithian

Being authentic in a world that demands a lot of different masks? I wear no mask. No mask? No mask!

Shana Carter

I haven't seen "Kull the Conqueror", but while reading "The Shadow Kingdom" I was thinking that it's an incredibly cinematic story. You've got a triumphal procession, a feast, secret passages, shape-shifting monsters, and a big climactic sword fight. I would definitely watch an adaptation that didn't involve Kevin Sorbo in a bad wig.

Darth Oldius

Wait, how did Chad not jump all over the "If it bleeds, I can kill it" from Predator for his Weathers/Arnold buddy film jokes? How?