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fandom_radio2022-08-30 08:14 am
drumsticksandd20s) wrote in fandom_radio2022-08-30 08:14 am
Fandom Radio, Tuesday, August 30
*thirty seconds of heavy metal guitar*
Love me some good intro music, hell yeah. What's up, kind Fandom listeners? Steph here, and --
*excited trilling*
-- the intern porg is even more excited than I am to announce that yours truly is going to be on the air with you this term, bringing you all that sweet squirrel gossip from everyone's least favorite day of the week. But wait, how do I know it's everyone's least favorite day of the week, you ask? Well, aside from the fact that yesterday pretty much sucked across the board, if these notes are any indication there's also this not at all scientific new poll that the porg has literally just handed to me.
Bro. I think you might be trying a little too hard here. On a brighter note, have you all stepped outside yet today? Because there are bears out there, and they can freaking shred, man. It's awesome. Granted, the music is like -- I think my dad owns these albums, but far be it from me to put down the classics.
Speaking of classics, let's take a look at what all was happening up at the school yesterday, shall we?
*silence*
I said, shall we?
*silence*
Leroy. Dude. That's your cue, man. Come on. On a related note, I have now seen a squirrel headbanging, a new experience that I hope some of you get to have today too. Intro to Fandom did, you guessed it, introductions. Not to spoil things for anyone, but this is going to be a theme for the week. Welcome to Fandom! We don't have TMI luggage all the time, I swear. Non-Deadly Heroics kicked things off on the beach where Aphra and Isabela had everybody introduce themselves, surprise, around a bonfire. Switching things up a bit, Jaina had the Fight Stuff class jump right into fighting... a moose? No introductions necessary. I'm gonna hope they did better than the average car does in that situation. And rounding things off was Diplomacy, where Anakin and all his baggage made an unsurprisingly dramatic entrance where everybody's introductions, back on theme, had to include how they diplomatically tried to make the baggage thing less weird.
Nothing in the Dorms, so on to Town, where so much luggage was happening. So. Much. Spoiler alert: this is going to be a super ongoing theme for the rest of the broadcast. I know you're shocked.
Over at Furnado, the cats were using Sakaki's baggage as an obstacle course to play on so at least it got some cute fuzzy redemption. Amaya kept trying to throw all of hers into the forge, and when Dwight came in to check about a project things got super awkward and also, I'm guessing, crowded. Aloy came by to put in a special order to... make her house that she literally just moved into... is the porg's writing weird or does this seriously say 'a training area but with a bunch of computers?'
*chittering*
My bad, Leroy. It does actually say that. Raiden had his luggage following him around at Pizza Planet, where the Maryland crab -- ohhhhh man, nobody tell Stabby -- pizza special got Sidon's attention when he came in with his damp baggage entourage, and then he talked to Raiden about pizzas with foods he can eat on them.
*pause*
Damp Baggage Entourage would make an awesome band name. Leroy, can you make a note of that?
Also of note: Raiden never jokes about pizza, as Charlie found out when she and her baggage came in to order one.
News flash, newbies: Turtle and Canary is hiring, and also Summer had a back-to-school booze special, probably because a lot of people needed it yesterday. >Goose wasn't super happy that... oh god, this baggage thing isn't a one-off? Anyway, he talked to Summer about his trip home and some stuff about his dad, newbie teacher Cutter decided to take advantage of the special because see above re: baggage, Summer explained the whole deal with this weird-ass event to Billy, and Jon came in looking for fuel to burn his baggage even though it was just going to come back. Catharsis. Gotta respect that.
Since the Magpie Emporium was pretty crowded yesterday, Vi and I ended up talking about a lot of ours because it's not like there was room left in the store to do much of anything else. Little Bot was trying, but I'm pretty sure Roombas aren't built for that. Liz was having a rough time dealing with her baggage at the Photo Hut, and at Covent Garden Flowers Nell kept rearranging the piles of hers. At the fire station, where confetti is still a thing, Eddie just kept trying to shove his into the closet. Meanwhile, at the Trooper Station, Steve McGarrett got creative with his very matching set of bags and made the troopers work out with them.
Dwight was at the park with his baggage, and ended up catching up with Duke and the silver chest on his back, which was not coming off, as he and Lucifer figured out when he got back to his boat later. Octavia, meanwhile, was still a raccoon and thus chilling in her little nest of tiny raccoon-problem luggage. Eliot just used his baggage for furniture at the Magic Box, which earns definite style points, when Jon came in to bring coffee and invite him to burn the stuff later.
Meanwhile, at the Devil's Nest, there was a lot of olive-shaped luggage, which was enough of a reason for Eric to ask for the drinks to keep coming. Jaye was super down to get drunk and not super picky about the actual booze, and talked to Eric about being concerned about the olive luggage. She and Stark hoped that the drinks, plural, were going to help, and also Stark asked Eric if the olives in the drinks were fresh or previously used in Tiny's olive sculptures. He ended up not risking the olives, which is a good choice, and not risking Tiny's moonshine either, probably also a good choice. Eric was happy to meet Jane, who ordered quality vodka and introduced herself to him and to Stark, who warned her about the olives. Jaye immediately complimented Jane's arms, which is a completely valid conversational opener in my book. Cutter and his baggage came in to order scotch and told Eric it was just gonna be on his boss's tab. Dude, nice.
There was a lot happening at the Perk, where Irene was super not having any of the matched set of bags that showed up at her table. She offered to buy Margo drinks if Margo, who was understandably not happy to find out this is a Fandom tradition and making her bags ice over, would do that to hers too. Irene was also surprised that Steven was actually carrying his bag with him. Jon, on the other hand, was trying to leave his outside, which I'm sure the other patrons would've appreciated but that wasn't happening so he and Irene talked about burning all of theirs, and he and Steven were kind of stoic at each other about it. Travis was kind of staring at some of Jon's bags, though. Like a lot, and also he got Jon to make sure the baggage bonfire was going to be in a safe spot. Like firefighters do. Watts came in for coffee with some of his baggage and... it says here that Irene offered to beat the hell out of anyone who gave him [BLEEP] about being gay, and bro, I would want in on that too, just FYI. Travis and Watts discussed the appeal of day drinking on days like yesterday, and Jo admitted to Watts that she'd done stuff she wasn't proud of. I feel like maybe a lot of us are painfully aware of that now. Irene explained the whole emotional baggage situation to Jo, Travis came in to get coffee and talked to Irene about what this note just sums up as 'coping mechanisms,' and to Steven about not putting bags down. Billy came in for coffee, and Irene tried to tell him he didn't need to carry his around either.
Man, there are so many metaphors to unpack here.
...unpack. Ha. Anyway, you all can do that on your own time.
And finally, Jon did have that bonfire out on the beach, where Dwight was happy to throw all of his issues onto the fire. Steven wasn't there to burn things, just for moral support, like checking in with Liz. Jon, Dwight, and Travis all offered to help her with her baggage, both literally and figuratively. Travis was just happy to know nobody was burning huge piles of things in front of a bar -- yikes -- and let Dwight know that he was doing okay, all things considered.
Kind of a heavy way to start the week --
*annoyed chittering, muted thunks*
Ow! Okay, geez. But it's a heavy metal day out there today, and I hope it's better for you all, Fandom. This is Steph signing off, and I'm gonna go see if some of those bears need a drummer to sit in with them.
Love me some good intro music, hell yeah. What's up, kind Fandom listeners? Steph here, and --
*excited trilling*
-- the intern porg is even more excited than I am to announce that yours truly is going to be on the air with you this term, bringing you all that sweet squirrel gossip from everyone's least favorite day of the week. But wait, how do I know it's everyone's least favorite day of the week, you ask? Well, aside from the fact that yesterday pretty much sucked across the board, if these notes are any indication there's also this not at all scientific new poll that the porg has literally just handed to me.
Bro. I think you might be trying a little too hard here. On a brighter note, have you all stepped outside yet today? Because there are bears out there, and they can freaking shred, man. It's awesome. Granted, the music is like -- I think my dad owns these albums, but far be it from me to put down the classics.
Speaking of classics, let's take a look at what all was happening up at the school yesterday, shall we?
*silence*
I said, shall we?
*silence*
Leroy. Dude. That's your cue, man. Come on. On a related note, I have now seen a squirrel headbanging, a new experience that I hope some of you get to have today too. Intro to Fandom did, you guessed it, introductions. Not to spoil things for anyone, but this is going to be a theme for the week. Welcome to Fandom! We don't have TMI luggage all the time, I swear. Non-Deadly Heroics kicked things off on the beach where Aphra and Isabela had everybody introduce themselves, surprise, around a bonfire. Switching things up a bit, Jaina had the Fight Stuff class jump right into fighting... a moose? No introductions necessary. I'm gonna hope they did better than the average car does in that situation. And rounding things off was Diplomacy, where Anakin and all his baggage made an unsurprisingly dramatic entrance where everybody's introductions, back on theme, had to include how they diplomatically tried to make the baggage thing less weird.
Nothing in the Dorms, so on to Town, where so much luggage was happening. So. Much. Spoiler alert: this is going to be a super ongoing theme for the rest of the broadcast. I know you're shocked.
Over at Furnado, the cats were using Sakaki's baggage as an obstacle course to play on so at least it got some cute fuzzy redemption. Amaya kept trying to throw all of hers into the forge, and when Dwight came in to check about a project things got super awkward and also, I'm guessing, crowded. Aloy came by to put in a special order to... make her house that she literally just moved into... is the porg's writing weird or does this seriously say 'a training area but with a bunch of computers?'
*chittering*
My bad, Leroy. It does actually say that. Raiden had his luggage following him around at Pizza Planet, where the Maryland crab -- ohhhhh man, nobody tell Stabby -- pizza special got Sidon's attention when he came in with his damp baggage entourage, and then he talked to Raiden about pizzas with foods he can eat on them.
*pause*
Damp Baggage Entourage would make an awesome band name. Leroy, can you make a note of that?
Also of note: Raiden never jokes about pizza, as Charlie found out when she and her baggage came in to order one.
News flash, newbies: Turtle and Canary is hiring, and also Summer had a back-to-school booze special, probably because a lot of people needed it yesterday. >Goose wasn't super happy that... oh god, this baggage thing isn't a one-off? Anyway, he talked to Summer about his trip home and some stuff about his dad, newbie teacher Cutter decided to take advantage of the special because see above re: baggage, Summer explained the whole deal with this weird-ass event to Billy, and Jon came in looking for fuel to burn his baggage even though it was just going to come back. Catharsis. Gotta respect that.
Since the Magpie Emporium was pretty crowded yesterday, Vi and I ended up talking about a lot of ours because it's not like there was room left in the store to do much of anything else. Little Bot was trying, but I'm pretty sure Roombas aren't built for that. Liz was having a rough time dealing with her baggage at the Photo Hut, and at Covent Garden Flowers Nell kept rearranging the piles of hers. At the fire station, where confetti is still a thing, Eddie just kept trying to shove his into the closet. Meanwhile, at the Trooper Station, Steve McGarrett got creative with his very matching set of bags and made the troopers work out with them.
Dwight was at the park with his baggage, and ended up catching up with Duke and the silver chest on his back, which was not coming off, as he and Lucifer figured out when he got back to his boat later. Octavia, meanwhile, was still a raccoon and thus chilling in her little nest of tiny raccoon-problem luggage. Eliot just used his baggage for furniture at the Magic Box, which earns definite style points, when Jon came in to bring coffee and invite him to burn the stuff later.
Meanwhile, at the Devil's Nest, there was a lot of olive-shaped luggage, which was enough of a reason for Eric to ask for the drinks to keep coming. Jaye was super down to get drunk and not super picky about the actual booze, and talked to Eric about being concerned about the olive luggage. She and Stark hoped that the drinks, plural, were going to help, and also Stark asked Eric if the olives in the drinks were fresh or previously used in Tiny's olive sculptures. He ended up not risking the olives, which is a good choice, and not risking Tiny's moonshine either, probably also a good choice. Eric was happy to meet Jane, who ordered quality vodka and introduced herself to him and to Stark, who warned her about the olives. Jaye immediately complimented Jane's arms, which is a completely valid conversational opener in my book. Cutter and his baggage came in to order scotch and told Eric it was just gonna be on his boss's tab. Dude, nice.
There was a lot happening at the Perk, where Irene was super not having any of the matched set of bags that showed up at her table. She offered to buy Margo drinks if Margo, who was understandably not happy to find out this is a Fandom tradition and making her bags ice over, would do that to hers too. Irene was also surprised that Steven was actually carrying his bag with him. Jon, on the other hand, was trying to leave his outside, which I'm sure the other patrons would've appreciated but that wasn't happening so he and Irene talked about burning all of theirs, and he and Steven were kind of stoic at each other about it. Travis was kind of staring at some of Jon's bags, though. Like a lot, and also he got Jon to make sure the baggage bonfire was going to be in a safe spot. Like firefighters do. Watts came in for coffee with some of his baggage and... it says here that Irene offered to beat the hell out of anyone who gave him [BLEEP] about being gay, and bro, I would want in on that too, just FYI. Travis and Watts discussed the appeal of day drinking on days like yesterday, and Jo admitted to Watts that she'd done stuff she wasn't proud of. I feel like maybe a lot of us are painfully aware of that now. Irene explained the whole emotional baggage situation to Jo, Travis came in to get coffee and talked to Irene about what this note just sums up as 'coping mechanisms,' and to Steven about not putting bags down. Billy came in for coffee, and Irene tried to tell him he didn't need to carry his around either.
Man, there are so many metaphors to unpack here.
...unpack. Ha. Anyway, you all can do that on your own time.
And finally, Jon did have that bonfire out on the beach, where Dwight was happy to throw all of his issues onto the fire. Steven wasn't there to burn things, just for moral support, like checking in with Liz. Jon, Dwight, and Travis all offered to help her with her baggage, both literally and figuratively. Travis was just happy to know nobody was burning huge piles of things in front of a bar -- yikes -- and let Dwight know that he was doing okay, all things considered.
Kind of a heavy way to start the week --
*annoyed chittering, muted thunks*
Ow! Okay, geez. But it's a heavy metal day out there today, and I hope it's better for you all, Fandom. This is Steph signing off, and I'm gonna go see if some of those bears need a drummer to sit in with them.