Fandom Radio, Monday, January 25

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Sam: Good evening, Fandom, and congratulations everyone on surviving another invasion.

Andy: These keep happening when I'm away.

Sam: Trust me, you didn't miss anything fun this time.

Andy: I'm not sure an invasion is supposed to be fun. Unless it's like a British music invasion or something.

Sam: Some things that invade are less messy to kill than others. There's going to be a lot of smelly laundry going around for a while.

Andy: So stay out of the laundry room is what you're telling me. Good to know.

Sam: Also? Stop leaving town, so you can see this stuff when it happens. Some of it's fun, I swear.

Andy: Sorry. Webber wanted to hang out some more. He kinda wants me to hang out every weekend.

Sam: Well, tell him you want to hang out here sometimes too. You know, assuming you do.

Andy: I do. He just... he's kinda adamant about it.

Sam: ...I think when we're done here, you and I are gonna have a little chat about how to say no to brothers.

Andy: So you say no to Dean a lot?

Sam: Enough that I don't see him every weekend. Here, let me start on these notes, and you can tell me all about what's up with Webber when we're finished.


School

Sam: Outdoor Fitness met in the gym today, and because Mr. Bond is nice, he let everyone watch a movie instead of working on cross-country running. Robin tried to figure out who was hiding in the back of the room, and it turned out to be Kurt who talked to Dru about how the movie was pretty bad. It was still better than running across the island after this weekend though! Jack also stopped by at the beginning of class with Rose, who's still a bobcat, to make sure Mr. Bond knew what was up with her.

Build Your Own Philosophy also had an easy day, since Tyler put on a movie there too. After class, Liir took Tyler up on his offer to try to get gremlin bits out of his jeans for extra credit. That sounds like pretty dirty work, but I can't knock anyone for doing crazy things for extra points.

World Mythology had an almost-easy day: they got a bit of a lecture about Old Norse and Germanic epic poetry before getting to watch their movie. Ben and Jaina talked about how many gremlins they took out, and how many sets of robes they go through every time something invades. Tahiri tossed some paper at Jacob to wake him up when his snoring got too loud, and they talked about the gremlins, and other things Tahiri's seen in her time here, like the harpies. Ugh, harpies. I guess we should be glad the gremlins weren't screechy.

The Japanese Etiquette and Tradition students didn't get a movie today, but they did get to visit a Shinto shrine to relax after the weekend. The Horror 101 students had a chance to talk about their weekends, since gremlins are kind of fitting for class, and then they followed the trend of the day and watched a terrible movie. Alex and Jack Priest laughed about Rose being a bobcat, because they've apparently forgotten that people don't stay animals forever and can seek vengeance. Mitchell checked in on Chloe to make sure she was okay after the weekend, and with Kate, since he was actually away for the weekend and only heard about the gremlins thanks to the radio.

Andy: Y'know, if you could subvert the squirrels you could play a huge practical joke on everyone, since people are used to hearing all sorts of weird stuff on the radio that's true.

Sam: You know, I'm not sure if the squirrels need to know they have that much power...

Andy: Do you want me to tell them to forget they do?

Sam: No, no, it's okay. Really. Gabrielle had library duty today, which consisted of cleaning up after the gremlins who got in during the weekend with Mr. DeTamble and Jono. Ms. Pitt was in charge of the study hall, which Spock and Tony both took advantage of, and Mr. Lupin was in his office, dealing with a moving cabinet.


Dorms

Andy: Over in the dorms, Jack Burton isn't a lizard anymore, but was too late to kick gremlin ass, as Robin the frog informed him. Can I just say that I'm happy to miss the kicking gremlin ass?

Sam: That's a totally valid feeling. You'll have fewer nightmares, at least.

Andy: And Kyle Reese, George and Bobby emerged from locker 327 clad in Olympic gear and all things Canadian. So does that mean they were wearing poutine or maple syrup?

Sam: Possibly both, with antlers on too?

Andy: I want pictures. Arthur's injured so he was taking it easy in the salle this morning with a staff. If he was doing anything with the staff other than using it to hold himself up, then he's not taking it easy in my book.

Jaina and Arthur compared notes on the weekend, and he also told Dinah that she's on the Eskrima today, and she didn't argue. Probably because he had a staff to whack her with if she did. Hey Sam, if an Eskrima is a big wooden stick and a staff is a big wooden stick, does that mean an Eskrima is a staff?

Sam: No, because Eskrima involves two sticks. And they're not the size of a staff, before you get that mental image.

Andy: Violence is way too technical. Merlin got some text messages -- I really hope he's got an unlimited text plan as he always seems to be on his phone, at least when we're reporting about him -- and asked Arthur if he'd changed his bandages yet, 'bitchfacing' at Arthur's "no." Y'know, I keep hearing about 'bitchfacing' but I don't think I've ever seen an actual 'bitchface.'

Sam: That's because you're physically incapable of making anyone get angry at you. In case you haven't noticed that yourself.

Andy: I don't know. I'm sure someone's been angry at me sometime... Though okay, I can't think of any really. Even my Dad gets disappointed more than angry...

Chuck Bass was eating cereal and watching TV in the third floor common room this afternoon. Which either meant he slept in realllly late, or had a bad case of the munchies and doesn't know how to cook. *pause* Or possibly order pizza.

Chuck told Hannibal that he hid out from the gremlins and that people here have massive hero complexes. He also discussed soap opera tropes with Priestly like evil twins having facial hair. Um, Sam, doesn't Priestly look just like your brother? And doesn't he have facial hair?

Sam: You know, Priestly being the evil twin would explain so much...

Andy: Do you have any tests for, y'know, evilness?

Sam: Not on hand, but I'll find one if I end up with a reason to worry.

Andy: Leda wallowed up on the roof, and Ben was totally grossed out in the laundry room by his gremlin stains. Doing laundry here is kinda an experience isn't it?

Layla came to do laundry as well, while Dru asked Ben why he didn't just give up and buy new clothes, but he's used to dressing the way he does and it would be hard to find Jedi clothes around here.

Ino was in the fifth floor common room this evening with blankets, popcorn and The Continuous Tale. She offered to let Helen steal some of the popcorn, and Helen told her that they didn't have popcorn where she comes from. That's horrible, man. Everyone should have popcorn.

Helen told Angela she'd been hermiting since she switched rooms in September, and Angela pled guilty to hermiting as well, just with someone. I don't think you can actually hermit with someone else though. That's something else entirely.

Angela and Robin-the-frog talked about how the movie is a favourite of theirs. She also wished she had a luck dragon, but told Ino it would play hell on someone with allergies.

Francine said she was glad they weren't to the scary bits yet and told Ino that.... No! You don't tell someone the entire plot of a movie that they are currently watching! That's just ruining it for them! You just don't do that!

Helen asked about the scary parts and Francine -- didn't we just discuss this. Stop spoilering!

Sam: Dude, chill, it's not a big deal, really.

Andy: Yeah, say that the next time someone tells you what's going to happen when you're watching something. Robin offered cocoa and Francine offered to help him carry it. I'd offer to help drink it myself.

Warren commented that the movie's old, which confused Helen because she thought old movies were in black and white. Ino said there's nothing wrong with older movies, and Angela laughed and said Warren was making her feel old.

Roy grabbed a bag of frozen peas for his shoulder and Ino asked if he needed the clinic. Roy insisted he was fine and told Helen he was glad the 'critters' were gone, but she told him it's just a matter of time till something else shows up. Maybe when I'm actually in town.

Alice dropped in and was confused by the two levels of story going on at once. My advice, just keep watching, you'll figure it out. Robin said he loved this movie and Ino said it was a classic, but that she was new to it.

Sam: Alice asked Francine how scary the movie was, and Francine let her know it's sort of scary, but has a happy ending. Don't flip out again, that's not that much of a spoiler.

Francine offered Warren some cocoa, and he asked if it was as good as her cookies. I'm pretty sure if Francine made something, it's good, no matter what. Alice and Warren talked about him insulting ancient things, and then Alice talked to Roy about his gremlin-induced shoulder injury.

Bruce and Roy talked about how well the weekend went, considering how everyone survived and no one got injured that badly. Alice and Robin talked about the swamp, and whether frogs wear bathrobes, and Alice and Ino got philosophical discussing truly continuous tales.

Aravis asked Ino about the creature in the movie, and Ino explained that it's a dragon, even though it has fur and not scales, which got Alice wondering where to get one, and Aravis wondering how you'd keep one as a pet.

Bruce asked Ino about the movie, and she explained that it's a classic, which made it seem a little weird when they both admitted they'd never seen it before. Robin introduced himself to Bruce, and Alice teased Bruce about not being specific enough when he asked "What's on?"


Town

Sam: Sophie was at Fourth Dimension, surveying the damage the gremlins did to the gallery, and Derek came by and offered to help fix the place up for her. Aphrodite's back in town, and was making phone calls from the hotel, one of which went to Dinah to check on her.

Ender threw himself into his work at Stark Industries, until Ben came by for his usual visit with coffee and sandwiches. They talked about the gremlins, but only a little. I can imagine being sick of the subject too.

Liz had everything back to normal at the Arms Hotel, Dani was sharing gossip with the horses at The Gig, Oz was trying to clean up after the gremlins at Holiday Grove, and Mirax and Irulan took on the same cleaning task at Things Reborn, and The Imperial Brim.

Andy: Y'know someone should start an invasion clean up service. It would be like a gold mine!

Sam: That's a really good idea. These things are rarely clean, no matter what invades. Lacey thankfully didn't have much to clean up at Luke's Diner, which meant Kyle, Bobby, and George were able to get a well-deserved meal after their locker adventure.

Worf was in an excellent mood at Wellspring Arms, which could either be nice news or terrifying news. Rose came by and pounced on him all adorably, while Worf tried to figure out what was going on since hi, cat. Claudia was at work at Book Haven, which is where Kurt finally tracked her down to see if she could fix his image inducer that got busted while he was taking care of gremlins.

Andy: What's an image inducer?

Sam: I'm going to guess something that induces images, somehow.

Andy: That sounds... kinda painful.

Sam: I don't know, if it was something painful, would Kurt want it to get fixed? Probably not.

Andy: Maybe's it painful to the gremlins?

Sam: Now that would be pretty cool. Aphrodite came back to find that Dite's Decadent Delights was a bit of a mess and sent up some sparks to show she was back. Max came by to welcome her back to the island, and stuck around to help clean up, which earned him an invitation for a date later in the week. Drake came at the spark summons as well, also offering to help clean the shop up, and Renee stopped in while on patrol, and filled Aphrodite in on some of what happened with the gremlins.

Millie restocked some of the supplies at the clinic, and Adrian was apparently gone for the weekend too, because he didn't know what had happened at Caritas. Mr. Halpert came in for a beer, and filled Adrian in on what the gremlins were like, Jack Priest impressed Adrian with his drink choice - scotch - and he and Alex talked about how happy they are to have gremlin-free streets again, so they can travel freely for booze. Jenny had some scotch too, because it was Monday, and Mr. Lupin had tea, because he's British. Okay, the note doesn't have that last part, but it's a safe assumption that one led to the other.

Andy: When in doubt, if British, have tea?

Sam: Pretty much. I don't think it's a mean assumption, do you?

Andy: Nope. So what if you're Canadian?

Sam: You like coffee that actually tastes good, probably.

Andy: Argentine?

Sam: Ha, that I don't actually know, but I'd love to find out.

Andy: When in doubt, if Argentine.... tango. I think.

Sam: That sounds like a nice assumption to me. And I think we're out of notes, so it looks like it's time to get a drink.

Andy: Sounds good to me.