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Fireside Chat for WWW ep23 "On Your Way" (Patreon)

Published:
2024-03-05 08:00:07
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2025-12-12 21:02:33
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We didn't start the fire. It was always burnin since Umora's turnin. The gang is back in the studio, all together. Hold on tight.

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Sam Null

Didn't realise arc 2 was done! Champing at the bit for more.

SeveralGhost

I didn't need this onceler art at 2am, I have dreams to get to and I'm worried he will be there

Josh

oh god not Him™ again I thought he was all but abandoned in the days of Tumblr past

Al

I miss y'all already (main arc) but March is going to be amazing!

Eel!

why would y’all jumpscare us with onceler fan art at 3 am…….. sick and evil (so excited for march and april though!!)

g0dfath4

wow one year went by so fast :) ty guys for a lovely story & a fun time

Kole Tomić

yee-haw & a-hoo-hoo, time to re-cry

Embroidery Bonanza

Erika and Aabria making absolutely terrifying things sound adorable gets me every time. Aabria’s horror bear in Burrow’s End? Erika says it’s just like a Polly Pocket! Ame has a dark, incomprehensible magical response to a well-meaning act of control? She’s just like Marie from the Aristocats! Or a hedgehog!

WWMSudoku

Ok so in the iconic Mr peanut bit from that adventuring academy, Brennan asks a question and Lou picks it up perfectly 12 minutes later, so there is precedent for this

RuviGaPo

LOU IS HERE !!!!

Abigail M

Please I would SO listen to Aabria and Erika, Tumblr Girlies: The Podcast.

ZeeDodger

I HAVE to get this wild-west Dashcon era podcast where Aabria and Erika give hot takes about shit like Onceler, Superwholock, that one ship between Moriarty and that character that only existed in the og Sherlock Holmes books, all that. I'm the meantime, if you love shit like this, watch Sarah Z on YouTube. They mention Jenny Nicholson as well, that's another good one.

M Bee

The Gadget/Izzy intersection rocked me to my core in the funniest way possible.

Clockworkjohnny

We need the A&E Tumblr Power Hour Podcast. MAKE. THAT. SHIT. HAPPEN.

Cait Batchelor

I would listen to Aabria and Erika talk about tumbler for so so many hours. Please. I beg of you, take more of my money

Cait Batchelor

Addendum - please enjoy rule 34 - and I stand by what I said on the discord, there is nothing that has been created that humans will not fuck. Not all humans, but there exists a human that will and frankly that’s beautiful

Morgana Evenstar

Brennan's point about the authoritarian response to mistakes hit home so hard. Steel's willingness to accept her own (and the citadel's) fallibility was huge.

Sil

... if this Australian accent in arc 3 is another botched cockney fu*kery, I will fair dinkum fk a spider. Also, solidarity forever with this class action against Taylor, the former Union organiser, for psychosocial trauma and damages 😂 Sincerely, an Australian.

faizaan723

I’m on Brennan’s side, as someone who was figuring out my sexuality when the Lorax movie came out, the Onceler is literally the most sexless character I’ve ever seen lolllll; like I get all the other skinny white boys that tumblr was obsessed with because a lot of them exude an energy that I can understand to be hot in some way, like Sherlock or the Doctor, but the imagining Onceler’s upside-down exclamation point of a body in a sexual context is just flabbergasting to me

lunarsummer

The genuine despair and disbelief in Brennan's voice that the onceler is kelmpesque 😂 I am so sorry, RIP, the tumblr regents have spoken

Megan Hodge

we all subconsciously yearn to relive that era

Kyle David Perry

Might I recommend when seeking emotional damages from Taylor’s outstanding score and editing: Go for a tort lawsuit. The pay outs are way bigger than with class action. As someone who cried in a Kroger grocery store because of this, I want in.

Faith Price

Wizards viewing spirits as dramatic is so funny and exactly on par with every other instance of their total lack of self awareness

Faith Price

Okay I didn't expect Brennan to call me out so specifically with the evil dog from Balto this morning but here we are

Moss

I'd listen to 10 hours a week of Aabria and Erika weird tumblr tangents

Billie

Erika and Aabriya I will personally write any and all ao3 wbn fics you can dream of if you make a culture talkback podcast PLEASE and thank you

kat martin

I need the spin off podcast so badly

Millie Moshpit

I will shout this into the ether until it happens: Ame owes Suvi a very big apology!

SeminoleDVM

I can’t give them higher praise than saying that they hit NADDPOD levels of unhinged on this talkback 🤣

TARDISNuke

Ending with the Chip & Dale theme song! I almost died from nostalgia, great episode!

bluebluebutton

I absolutely went red string and thought Suvi had an ancestor at Starling's Forge 😅

LeafCaliber

We need the Erika and Aabryia pop culture spin off podcast, but we also need a spin off spin off of Brennan and Lou reacting to it in utter bewilderment

Sean Endress

Would 100% listen to internet riffing spin off podcast too

Tommy Deibel

I can't wait for Suvi's QUEST FEVER!!!

lunarsummer

I can't ship kalaya and soft bc I ship the Avilon throuple and it would hamper my interpretations but like. I'd write that! I'll put that on the maybe list!

Logan B.

The Taylor Moore Sound Store. We need it!! Let the sample packs flow PLEASE

lunarsummer

Any AU is possible, truly

embraceweird

"your friend will bite you with her brain if you touch her body" is my new favorite phrase

Maria

I'm so scared to listen seeing the onceler

TPK_light

As someone who has been on tumblr and in fandom since before the superwholock era, YES. I would absolutely listen to a podcast where Aabria and Erika explain internet madness to either the boys or really anyone else who is coming in completely blind. I feel like Brennan would lose his mind (good and bad) over the loose, collective storytelling of Goncharov

Josh Neff

Best thing I've read this week, going down an internet rabbit hole: "The Once-ler is one of only two known Apollyon-class sexymen. Several Tiamat-class sexymen have surpassed his peak unironic sexyman popularity, especially because of larger modern fandoms on Twitter and TikTok, but the Once-ler is considered Apollyon because of his enduring legacy as perhaps the first major sexyman from a truly bizarre source, and the deranged fever of 2012 internet culture around this dude from an Illumination adaptation of a Dr. Seuss book. He's the platonic ideal of a sexyman, and people tend to remember his popularity more than the movie itself." https://sexypedia.fandom.com/wiki/The_Onceler

Anonymous Developer

33:00 This is the exact conversation I have been subscribed to this Patreon for

Urthril

Brennan singing just the slightest bit of The Humours of Whiskey brightened a dark part of my soul. I would love to hear him sing more from such an incredible song.

embraceweird

I need an Aabria and Erika internet pod please

Aabria Iyengar

Two powerful instances of just being a lil guy 🥺

Zavier Raynor

Andrew B. You stole my question good sir! But congrats cause your version was written better lol! I’ll get a shoutout one of these days!

Jules Vance

I will give you SO much money to see Erika and Aabria expose Brennan and Lou to the glorious depths of tumblr

Jason Nino

Brennan. I feel so seen. Gadget was definitely grade school me's first crush way back in the day.

Maggie!

Listening to Aabria and Erika talk about the onceler fandom in my car at 7:45 this morning was an experience and I don’t know how to describe. Much like being on tumblr when the onceler fandom was prevalent.

Megan hesselink

Ahahaha the glitch and Lou finishing his sentence is in cred i ble

Quinn

We all 100% would listen to that podcast. Aabria is still trapped on tumblr with the rest of us and It's great

bluebluebutton

I both found this phrasing funny, but also incorrect in an important way. If you put hands on your friend, she *can* bite you with her brain in the future. As of yet, no biting has happened.

Toe

“Would people want” AN AABRIA AND ERIKA TUMBLR DEEP DIVE SIDEQUEST PODCAST YES YES WE WOULD. (we didn’t even touch on the onecest….obviously more conversation is needed)

William Krise

I think the video Erika was talking about was Sarah Z's video about the Onceler fandom

Henry Kane

Please give us the Aabria and Erika explain Tumblr eras podcast I've never needed anything more

Warlock

Onceler?? Im really looking forward to this one

Shalea Rhodes

I just hit Brennan's line about the Onceler and I am WHEEZING.

Tony Silvestri

Damn even if this slow was just fireside and no DND live play, it would be worth the entry cost of the patron So excited to hear the fruits of C A M P

Charles Shields

I think I was trying to see if Ame's power had its own sort of sentience since it is so ancient. The feeling in the moment of her sensing that made me thing some other entity was making itself known to Suvi. Like...would the witches power exist if someone killed all the witches or would climate change start happening because the vessels of the power died sort of thing.

Charles Shields

Like what do the other witches gain by killing Ame?

fluffyman20

I can't believe Brennan interstellared Lou

xatlern

I would love a podcast where Aabria and Erika tell their friends about cursed Internet lore. I've been on tumblr since 2009, but I didn't follow anyone who was into the onceler stuff so I just saw people vagueblogging about it and was very confused back in the day 😂

Andrew Guthy

Quest fever, the fever that you get from too much quest?

Ian juarez

Brennan Lee Mulligan weighing in on people fetishizing the Onceler was not on my 2024 bingo card

Brody Sargent

I would subscribe TODAY to Aabria and Erika's horny Tumblr blog.

Hunter M

To be clear there is nothing I would not give to listen to Erika and Aabria explain the worst eras of tumblr to Brennan and Lou

Luke Hampshire

Lou and Brennan cover of the Chip and Dale theme when????

Oberyn McCreless

I would be all over an Aabria and Erika explain weird internet things to guests podcast

Owl Eyes

ERICA SO RIGHT ABOUT THE EVAN KELMP AND ONCELER COMPARISON. SAD MID EMO WHITE BOY WITH ABSOLUTELY NO MEAT ON HIS BONES AT AN AWKWARD HEIGHT IS PEAK TUMBLR SEXYMAN ENERGY

Olivia K-T

evil dog from balto is such a deep cut

Sol

i can't describe the extremely strange soul sensation of thinking to myself 'hm, my first fictional crush? probably gadget' only to hear the words said aloud by another human. like, called out, but also comforted?

Carrie Mook Bridgman

I was glad to get an explanation of that moment, because Ame had said she was surprised and scared as well. So Ame did not put a curse on Suvi; both of them magically registered the fact that if she ever does curse Suvi, that curse will have extra heft. If you have crossed a witch, she has advantage against you afterwards. Suvi is now "on the list" for Ame's magic, whether Ame intends that or not. Is Ame's magic somehow separate or independent from Ame herself? Good question. Next question.

Lara

Delightful fireside!! Would 1000% be onboard to hear Aabria and Erika talk about the absolute fever dream of tumblr circa 2010 and onwards

Charlie

I need an Aabria and Erika Weird Internet Shit spinoff more than I've ever needed ANYTHING in my LIFE

Melody Snow

The Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers song at the end is flying over my head. Is this a teaser? Is it an inside joke that I missed? What's— happening.

Andrew Bawiec

As Andrew B, I am honored to have my name permanently intertwined with debates over tumblr’s love of the Onceler

Lenora Ealy

Brennan had a thing for the character Gadget( the female member of the team) in his youth. Also she has the same style as his wife.

Jordan T. Maxwell

Damn, I forgot how hard that Rescue Rangers theme goes! That was the golden age of cartoon theme songs...and yes, Gadget was the cuteness! 😍

Melody Snow

Ah. I understand now thank you

J. Marshall Smith

I am glad I wasn't the only one crying in my car about listening to this.

A.M. Healy

YES, I would absolutely listen to a weird niche tumblr drama podcast by Erika and Aabria.

Flem Candango

Waaaait... are they talking about Steel being evil in the near future? It sounds like they didn't put a moat around future events in their brain to me.

Katie Butler

"If you want to fuck this man you need god!" 🤣🤣🤣 yet brennen also acknowledges the sex appeal of steel from Balto: perfect way to start the day

Cian

You gotta spell it Stoore though..

eileen

so the april 2nd umora one shot is gonna be stripe x soft ?

June Walker

Aabria and Erika - yes, I would listen to any podcast you do 💚💚💚

Erika Iverson

Gotta admit, I think my first fictional crush was Kermit the Frog.

Abigail W

The Patreon welcomes any amount of chaos and internet deep diving that Aabria and Erika want to engage in 😂

zack proudfoot

I would 100% pay for a higher tier on patreon for the Erika and aabria internet dump on Lou and Brennan show.

Charlie

The spinoff, all-bits, all-riffs, exposing friends to internet poison podcast hosted by Aabria & Erica sounds like it could be an awesome new tier for this patreon. I'm 100% in.

Moe

I'm sorry I'm still not trusting Steel. I'm still hurt by Calroy and will never fully trust a "friendly" Brennan NPC again! Especially if they're in an advisory role!

Zoop

Very cool episode! The world power-dynamic Brennan was describing of the war spinning up again being connected to uncertainty of what is Galthimae is doing and the notion that “anything they do that advances power is a threat”is pretty much exactly what in international relations/international political theory is known as “a security dilemma” and is why the argument that a bi-hegemonic international or regional system is the most unstable (think the Cold War but also Greek city states ). Ofc that line of thought tends to come up in Realist IR ideology (for ref: Machiavelli is arguably the most well known proponent of a form of realist theory) which is no longer the dominating global ideology but I think makes a lot of sense as the driving understanding of the great imperial powers of this world! My parting note is that actively acting on an understanding that the unaleivable truth of IR is that the only thing nations care about is power and that power is a zero sum game, can absolutely be a self fulfilling prophecy and it’s fascinating to watch that play out between two (fictional) large and powerful competing forces-unable to stop until one of them has a Troy-like fall! A very fun setting for ame, suvi, and Eursulons magical adventures and journeys of growth to unfold if you ask me!

Riley Crowder

This episode was so funny, but by far the one off comment about Eursulons sister "...awe...she was a part of the pucker." made me cackle and have to pause and rewind because I missed things.

Zoop

What Brennan was describing as the dynamic of the two big global powers is a perfect depiction of what in the IR world is called a security dilemma! The Cold War is certainly the most recent dramatic example of a security dilemma but ofc perhaps the most classic example is Troy and Athens! And while I’m sure both powers would love a Troy like end of the opposing power, currently they seem much to evenly matched to find that or anything but violence any time soon unlesss ofc… they take a page out of the cold wars book and engage in an arms race eventually leading to a weapon so devestating, its use would result in mutually assured destruction, and thus end the bi-hegemonic cycle of constant conflict as a result of resolved understanding that the only way to win would destroy them both. This world and tale(s) that y’all are weaving is so damn wonderous and yet also still largely unexplored but nonetheless still clearly and constantly deeply magically world where the two competing global powers have (seemingly) always been a bit of an arms race but have recently, as a result of the recent security dilemma, began to fully engage. As is such, this feels like it would be sucu an awesome setting in which to run an innovation and dogged academic curiousity and passion (+ some general Nationalism energy lol) fueled magical arms race up to the creation and or use of something wizards prolly shouldn’t be touching to create a magical nuke equivalent .

Michael Redd

Listening to this at work and the Chip N Dale theme song came on and now my coworkers have no idea why I'm so damn happy lol

Embroidery Bonanza

Little guy behavior includes gardening, arts and crafts, and ✨horrors beyond the scope of the imagination✨

Xanian Jamfalcon

Listening to my ttrpg idols discussing Onecest, no matter how briefly, made me experience what I can only assume was Nirvana something adjacent. Or Hell. Not sure.

Mike Garcia

Idk if anything will be as funny to me as Taylor talking a little bit of shit on the gang taking a long break and then immediately speaking with reverence on Lou's ability to jump right back into his story 😂😂❤️

VFD

The Erika and Aabria tumblr show would be well received!

Adam Roy

They read my question, yay!

Natalie Guingrich

I would LIVE for Weird Internet Shit spinoff!! It would give so many of the good brain chemicals!!!

The_One_From_Scarborough_Fair

After listening to this and learning why Kalaya's glamour looks so much like Suvi—I also realized that because she chose that glamour, Soft had the opportunity to see what his daughter would look like as an adult... all the feels.

#KittyLearnsToCook

Maybe one of my favorite things is hearing Aabria defending wizards and getting higher and higher pitched XD

JoelleDFTBA

I saw that green-clad smirk and I braced myself physically

Kim P

Would LOVE an Erika & Aabria chat podcast. Yes please!!

JoelleDFTBA

I also can't wait to hear Erika and Aabria's answer is to whether they'd be more surprised by a knock on the door from a walrus or fairy

Cecilia Ruigrok

A podcast of Erika and Aabria explaining 2010s Tumblr phenomena to Brennen is not a want, it is a need

Jamie M Light

Yeah. Taylor nailed it with that choice!

Rachel W.

taylor moore is a blessing

Andrew

I am begging you to make the spin off Erika and Aabria. Please, even if it’s just an infrequent Patreon pod

Brad

This episode of the fireside was great. Lou's crazy transition to Brennan's "what?" All pale in comparison to Taylor's Outro music.

Patrick

Edam.... Helmp...

Dave Large

Would absolutely listen to the spin-off

Nathan Benson

Would also listen to the spinoff.

Kate

Hey I just want to say I’ve never felt more at home and seen while listening to a podcast than I do when Aabria and Erika suddenly bunny trail into the Only Tumblr Kids Know segment. I feel so joyful, and would listen to forty minutes to an hour of that spinoff every week.

Jay3001

Immediately thought of the tumblr onceler phase w the photo posted, so glad I wasn’t alone in my association lmao. I would absolutely listen to an aabria and Erika internet podcast!!

Thomas Hegarty

First fictional crush may have been Misty but Kurama and Faye Valentine were close behind. And I genuinely didn’t recognize the Kurama one until the live action

thebillmm

Brennan’s evil dog from Balto remark made me laugh SO LOUD.

shining oak

"dreams come true, but not how you planned them"

AJ A

For all the Tumblr/chronically online girlies, I'm fully behind that spinoff

Austin Morrill

desperately need the erika+aabria spinoff podcast

Lucas Sharrett

Please please please! ERIKA and AABRIA Tumblr podcast on the patreon! Maybe something for the feed if Brennan and Lou are uniquely indisposed simultaneously!

Lucas Sharrett

Maybe with Taylor?! I want more Taylor content!

Lucas Sharrett

I'm so freaking excited for everything to come you guys are amaaaaazzzziiinnnggg!!!!

Kronese

I need this Aabria & Erika podcast so bad

Krusty Bo Busty

Aabria and erika knowing the onceler obsession, brennan not even knowing the 3d animated version, lou not even knowing WHAT the onceler was

Peter Ellis

OMG Izzy does resemble Gadget!

thedragonllama

Thank you for hitting me in the childhood for the rescue rangers talk and theme. Also PLEASE let’s get this Internet History podcast?? Thx and love to this pod

Sil

It's gotta have Lou being confused every episode 😂

Ashley Robinson

Need this spinoff immediately. My tumblr just celebrated 14 years and I remember so many horrible and silly and really fun stuff from that site over the years. Loved the Onceler discussion lmao

Katlynn

I would 100% listen to the spinoff podcast, please do it! For now though I’m just excited about all the upcoming bone cone! I’m off to brainstorm some quality questions.

Ghostboy

Popping in to add my vote to the spinoff podcast.!

akodorokku

Obviously yes we would listen to this. Hell it's basically One Time On The Internet, which Pixel Circus keeps trying and being unable to do! (This does mean you have to bring Saige Ryan on as a guest.)

ngaire

I would kill for "Aabria and Erika poison their friends with the truth of the internet", that Oncler shit had me hyperventilating

ngaire

"i can't believe you didn't know who the oncler was when you made evan kelmp" KILLING BLOW

Freddie Meraw

The way I CACKLED when the Rescue Rangers theme came on at the end. Taylor you’re a SNAKE and I love you

Ember

I had to pause the podcast and cackle for 10 minutes after Erika said Evan Kelmp had heavy Onceler vibes. Brennan's sheer offended "I beg your pardon?!" ended me.

Jessie Harris

Me: Kalaya’s glamour and her descendants look like they could be related to Suvi. What if, while she was in the citadel, she had kids that were the ancestors of Suvi, and when Soft released the spirits it was because he was really trying to save his mother or grandmother! Brennan: nah, magic is just weird.

Devon

I thought that photo was of a dark and corrupt leprechaun whose lust for gold took him down a path of corporation level exploitation and environmental destruction. (I too was very lost during the bit about the Once-ler and Evan Kelmp)

Adam Driver

shout out to aabria and erika for the chaos in this ep do the pod! please do the pod

Meghan Lewis

“Quest Fever” drops when?! My commute will never be the same

AbsitInvidiaVerbo

Yes, I would listen to this chaotic nightmare spinoff podcast. My ears will bleed (having witnessed much of what you will inevitably reference), but I will listen. Whoever put That Image in the post, you are a traitor. The psychic damage I sustained just trying to listen to my comfort podcast, that was a third of my hp. Please assure Brennan that there is nothing of the Onceler in Evan Kelmp; if someone said that to me about one of my characters I'd have an aneurysm. Also congrats on scoring the cartoony wife of his dreams, hell yeah

AbsitInvidiaVerbo

Faye Valentine was certainly an awakening for some of us

TheloniousPunkyBrewster

For some reason my mind told me “oh that must be an illustration of that demon in the portrait trying to tempt Eursulon into releasing him… wow he looks different than I’d imagined 🤷🏻‍♀️”

Mike Vaccaro

The way that I SCREAMED when the theme song started playing at the end of this episode!!!!! One of my favorite shows of all time!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Thomas Hegarty

I think adult swim did a lot for all of uf

oysterphilsophy

What I wouldn't give for a debate over the taxonomical classification of Evan Kelmp as a Tumblr Sexyman

LuChiChi4

Love y’all so much! I can’t wait for April!!

Peggie

I need Erika and Aabria talking about 2014 tumbler NOW

Koi Boi Tracy

Where’s the Erika & Aabria sub-podcast about monsters & horny posting, that just sounds like a good time

rocket-flash

I am SEATED, STANDING, DOING A BACKFLIP for Aabria and Erika to make a horny internet podcast pls it's all I've ever wanted. 😭

The Wizard Sardonic

I need that Erika Aabria podcast and I need it yesterday! Please curse your friend with that dark tumblr knowledge 😩 let me hear them suffer 😈

The Wizard Scumbling

Erika and Aabria, not only do I want your internet lore podcast, I will pay extra Patreon dollars for it

Piras

I WOULD DEFINITELY LISTEN TO THE ERIKA AABRIA PODCAST. Suggestion: there is a segment on a podcast I liked called Yes Yes No - where the 2 podcast hosts explained weird tweets related to internet events to their boss who was lost about the internet; you guys should do the same thing with Brennan where you explain fundamental Tumblr/tweeter/general internet stuff to him, and I would listen to it religiously

Piras

There is no debate, he just is

Piras

I mean, in a way you are more right then anyone in the world

Kayla Katona

Please please PLEASE give us an Aabria/Erika internet shit podcast

Beth Pearce

Heya, is there gonna be a bit of bone cone where the gang level up to level 3 and describe all the new toys they get? 👉👈

Ricky Conrad

I very much want an Erika Aabia internet shit podcast

Ashley Teatum

SCREAMING the end theme song 💀💀💀💀

Ashley Teatum

HONESTLY formative 90s memory unlocked 😭🔓

Does Not Comphoot, Queer Computer Owl Pussy Emporium Of All Time

I desperately need the Erika-Aabria Internet Bullshit Podcast, and would love it on its own. But, dear lord, I'd pay good god damn money if Brennan was on the podcast and they were Inflicting The Curse Of Digital Knowledge upon him. I imagine him, despite everything, as being entirely divorced from non-film and literary media, so the idea of forcing him to learn about, like... Snapewives or Homestuck feels like the best form of arcane cruelty.

ngaire

they said they'd do it every time, but yeah waiting in suspense for it to be announced

CarpeBootium

I’ve never witnessed someone throw shade with Chip and Dale before. This is Kingdom Hearts level burn…and I’m here for it.

Just_another_queer

Taylor nailing it as always with the music at the end and how the glitch is edited together finishing with and "Id like... to go... to bed" Perfect

RoseWitch

Dear gods, I need that podcast where Erika and Aabria get into the depths of internet culture! Take my patreon subscription!

Samantha Becker

Brb writing my Soft/Kaliah fanfic really quick (Soft is the ex-husband)

Ryan Gower

To answer a question that was brought up in this 'sode - Any combination of you 4 (or 5 if our Audio Artificer wants to leave his booth to grace us with his Brennan-like vocals) speaking into a mic about (triple-underlined) ANY topic would be ravenously devoured by us unwashed (speaking for myself) masses (me).

Ryan Schlichting

Seeing the Oncler without Context just made me more excited for the episode 😅

Christie Joesbury

I totally thought Brennan was going to say Calia messed with the timeline and was actually Suvi's grandmother 😂. It is sweet it was just to look like Erselons glamor. (Sorry I don't remember what all the name spellings are)

Christie Joesbury

I feel like I missed out on internet culture by being obsessed with other things so I would really like an internet history podcast 😂

Damiana Vance

Aabria! Erika! Give us that podcast! And my first crush was Disney’s Robin Hood. That fox was fucking hot

Syd

Someone join me in a good sob after this reunion. Wild how incredible and talented you all are.

jdthetugboat

We need an Aabria and Erika podcast where they dish internet stuff!! Special guests Brennan and maybe even segments with Craig

Lindsey

For the record, I’d pay for an Aabria and Erika podcast. In fact, I demand it!

Chris Neal

Feeling seen by Erika's recollection of ugly crying in her car during THAT moment, for me it was ugly crying in bed before sleep

Erika Iverson

Yes. Ugly crying, loudly, alone in my room.

Invalid Syntax

This fire side chat is not free from discussion of the vaporeon copypasta

Val

WAIT BUT I JUST REALLY NEED TO SAY THAT IZZY REALLY DID EMBODY GADGET IN BURROWS END AND I SEE IT

Strange Universe

Can we take a moment to recognize how incredibly hard the Rescue Rangers theme song went? Back in the day it was almost too much for my little child brain.

FusRohNahSon

the vaporean thing really shows what side of the internet u and ur friends are on

Maddie Clark

Damn - in my actual Naval officer training we were taught that threats are evaluated by capability not current status as an ally/enemy. Crazy to see that so well represented here.

Brooke

Fairytale time shit also my kryptonite!!! It’s why Tinkerbell and the Neverbeast is unironically the saddest movie ever

Brooke

I’ve never been so happy to have been on tumblr in the 2010s lol this is cracking me up

Jae

The avoidance of actually saying the phrase "Evan is a platonic ideal Tumblr Sexyman"

Riley Davis

Erika dont worry. That Eursulon scene was also my silver bullet. That scene at the end of Interstellar wrecks me every time and unfortunately I listen to this podcast at work. I had to quickly pause the episode and run to the back of the warehouse to collect myself just from hearing the phrase "an ancient woman". Damn you Brennan. Time travel sadness hits differently.

Robin

I am so extremely, extremely here for the Erika and Aabria discuss internet nonsense side podcast, I was laugh crying through the whole Onceler segment.

yimyams

just wanted to say, Team Suvi all day 🙌🏿✌🏿

yimyams

side-theory: Kalaya is one of Suvi's ancestors, as is the case for all wizards. which is why they have magic aptitude. or kalaya did some spirit magic to bless a baby that was one of suvi's ancestors.

The Not So Great Bear

Maybe I'm thick but what fairy tale time stuff are they talking about in the beginning of this episode? The only reference to time that I noticed in listening was the thing about the sun being at a different place in the sky because of moving across the world. What did I miss? Edit: I am thick, they're talking about Kalaya, I assumed they were talking about something to do with Ame

Troy Moses

I appreciated hearing the ruffling of clothes as Ame and the spirit hugged. That was cool and felt good

lxwles

I didn't know "obedience is love" was one of the axioms I lived by until I heard it out loud just now

Michelle Morrison

I would 1000000% listen to Aabria & Erika schooling their friends about internet culture.

Kat Martinez

Ok but YES. My kids are teenagers and I have still not recovered from watching the Neverbeast with them as littles 😭

Yin

(21:15) I know this is a late response to a fire side, but it’s also really key factor and joy of also the series is the story of friends also coming BACK together after a decade and some change. PCs are a trio of friends who deeply love and genuine love one another and they were not in each other’s lives for a big part of their lives so the clunky and tension of communication and needs feels just RIGHT! Which is the fascinating aspect of this campaign to me is that the understanding each other’s full characters will only get smoother and revealing of one another!

ak

Just found snot on my cheek from the sobs that washed over me from the end of ep 23

Alyssa Landry

I'm so glad to know I wasn't the only person who sobbed uncontrollably this entire episode.

Auguste Alejandro

TAYLOR!!! DROP THE SOUNDTRACK, AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!!! But seriously! From tense moments to joyous, I need these on repeat!

Laramie Hearn

Oh wow I WAS picturing Ed Harris

Jamjo

Yup! For sure sitting in my car jamming out to the Rescue Rangers theme song.

K. A. Winter

Noticing that the transcript still isn't up for this fireside...

K. A. Winter

Coming back and still no transcript. Is there any reason why it's been delayed?

James

There's a fan-made transcript shared in one of the WBN Discord servers if you're interested

K. A. Winter

Not in a discord server. Thanks for the offer, but no thanks.

Julia Thompson

I know this is super late, but when I heard that I made it my journal prompt for tonight… because holy shit do I feel called. Out.

Claire

*Angry portobello* 🍄☠⚰

Nova

I know this is old but the Once-ler stuff was like a knife to the heart. It may have started out as girlies thinking he was hot, but realized more that there was a community around art/writing. It would be like saying D&D is all about 13 year old boys first power fantasy. (Which again, can start that way, but would be really painful to people who make a podcast like this.) - Most people who took part in the fandom HATE the Sarah Z video - Most of the people running the large RP blogs in the fandoms were in our late teens/20s - It was overwhelmingly Queer Trans/NB folks If you want an accurate history of the fandom from an insider view that was from Primary Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q84v0pdosso Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

Lulu

This episode had me ugly crying in the best way, and the fireside has me busting a gut laughing❤️

A.McMullen

The amount that I GOT DOWN when that came on.

Aviva

No transcript for this Fireside. Is it floating out there in some shared folder, by chance?

Alyssa

Spoilers (do we still have to hide spoilers for a comment section from 1.5 years ago??) Just in case… “Common trope, especially in children’s media that this person who seems trustworthy, turns out is just evil!” 😒😒😒😒😒😒😒😒 We’ll see on Tuesday just how evil she turns out to be, won’t we!!!!

Alyssa

“We have to make this…we have to make this where we poison our friends with the truth of the internet.” -Aabria in 2024 and we are already so far into 2025 that Edo Beige would no longer call it a new year!!

Charlie Utting

Just now arriving to this phenomenal story yall are telling, and I wanna give an immense thank you and congratu-fuck-lations to Taylor Lou Erika Aabria and Brennan - this is one of the best storytelling experiences I’ve had the pleasure of hearing and my pal tell me it ONLY GETS BETTER Hot diggity shit yall, thank you.

Emily Quinn

I’m re-listening now and had the exact same thought. The irony 😅😅

David Pierce

I know I'm a year and a half late but I'm finally catching up on WWW and I just have to say that the ending to this episode had me in tears! Amazing storytelling everyone!!

MagistraAmor

“Every kindness she’s ever done for you become the heft of a sword in her hand” ohmyGOD

Kristina Dugas

Is there a transcript for this episode?

Nym

First fictional crush: Daniel Day Lewis from Last of the Mohicans, and my frenemy gave me so much shit about it

Rygulas

Seconding this question :(

Zeon Deikun

my first fictional crush : Xena Warrior Princess. i am a straight man.

Rachael R

Totally jammed to the outro- truly a delightful surprise to find I still remember nearly all the lyrics!

JustAlilBonsi

The part with Kalia made me cry like a baby how dare you ❤️‍🩹