First Drawing Of The Year

First drawing of the year

Art by Ami Thompson

fuck it podcast rec list

(order within categories is not important)

[If one of the podcasts interests you, but you aren’t sure if it contains sensitive material, DM me and ill do my best to give you a complete trigger list!]

[All of these are more or less queer, and tbh what podcast isn’t at least a little bit gay these days? I had a few questions abt it tho so i edited it in order to clarify]

All time faves:

The Adventure zone: A tumblr fave, my introduction to the world of podcasts. Follow the most wholesome family, the Mcelroys, as they play Dnd and other board games. Each “arc” has a plot line, but can easily be listened to just for the unique McElroy vibe. It’s pretty long (around 130 ~60mins episodes) but you can jump at the start of any campaign you wish to! Ongoing. [queer characters rep through the whole series]

The Magnus Archives: Another popular one! An archivist for the Magnus Institute of London is forced to accept that eldritch horrors and paranormal activity are real. This is a horror podcast, with a pretty extensive trigger list (the horror in itself is treated really well, and very rarely goes into real life horror. YES there is queer rep in this (main characters) but you definitely shouldn’t listen to it for that specific reason, trust me.) Somehow not linked to magnus burnsides? Finished [mlm + bi/ace Mcs, bisexuals characters, various trans/nb secondary characters] [finished with 200 episodes]

Archive 81: Another horror podcast centered around an archivist dealing eldrich horror and paranormal. The story is more focused on paranormal than horror, but there is still a trigger list. The various protagonists are really funny/lovely. Not finished, currently on hiatus. [mlm main character in the 2nd part of the show]

Death by dying: An obituary in a small town investigates a series of strange deaths. Talks about paranormal and grief, strangely uplifting and sad at the same time? bite sized, only 5 episodes of roughly 30 minutes. A second season was just announced!

Alice isn’t dead:  A roadtrip about à woman trying to find her wife, but finding terrible things along the way… Horror podcast, but a bit lighter than tma or archives 81. End is uplifting, fuck all love stories except for whatever those two lesbians got going on. I definitely have the hots for the voice of the big mean lady. [wlw mc]

Time:bombs : a three episodes short story about a bomb disposal unit. The dynamic between the characters is hilarious and wonderful. Sadly short, but the Creators did express the desire to keep going with these characters sometimes in the future. [Too short to act on it, but all the MCs are explicitly mlm.]

Really good:

King falls AM: Sammy is a new resident and radio host in the city of King falls, a small city that surprises him at every turn. Paranormal activity, a vibe that’s halfway between gravity falls and welcome to nigthtvale. I adore the dynamic between Ben and sammy. [main character is mlm, secondary wlw character] [This podcast has been discontinued]

Midnight Radio: All ghost stories are love stories. A radio hostess falls in love with the mysterious girl that sends her letters at the station. A really wholesome short story, will lift your mood. 10 episodes of 20 minutes. [wlw]

Caravan: A young man, desesperatly in love with his best friend falls into a canyon and some sort of magical world? Sexy cowboys and demons, a legendary caravan. Is Horny, but also very funny. Still ongoing, season 2 coming 2021. [mlm MC, multiple bisexual characters.]

Welcome to Nightvale: Cecil Palmer is the radio host of Nightvale, and tells you the tales of this myterious and highly paranormal town. Narrative lines are more of the long type, and anyone can hop on at any episode. Definetly a good background podcast for when you’re busy doing something else. [Mlm main character.]

The penumbra podcast: A podcast alternating between two stories, one of them being the story a noir detective, the mess of his life and psychological progress. Heavy on found family towards the last episodes. Didn’t listen to Last citadel yet. Ongoing. [A lot of queer rep. There is canonically only one straight man in the junoverse. NB main character using he/him pronouns. Various mlm/wlw]

The far meridian: A young agoraphobic girl travels the world with her moving lighthouse, searching for her brother. found family themes/wlw main character. Ongoing. [wlw Mc]

Wayward guide for the untrained eye: A pair or twin journalists investigate the town of Connor Creek and its terrible secret… WEREWOLVES! The twin’s dynamics is gold, i am in love with both of them, and the show’s general energy is really light and upllifting. Only a season of 10 episodes, they havent released a statement concerning a possible new season yet, but definetly can be listened to as a stand alone. [Some bg queer characters.]

Unseen: A Series of unrelated episodes following characters whose story w cannot see. Wonderful narrative, super cool voice actors. I am in gay love with the mean teacher from ep 2. Witchery and magic but make it bittersweet. [Various queer main characters.]

Good:

(all these were really good too, but i just didnt get as involved as in the previous recs)

Finding penny:  Mabel, a soon to be high school graduate, is looking for her missing girlfriend, Penny, with the help of her best friend. Clues? A mysterious ritual in the woods. Bite sized, every episode lasts a handful of minutes; i was scared the characters wouldn’t be as developed as they deserve due to that time limit, but hey I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn’t the case. A story about grief and family. [wlw] also im pretty sure one of the va worked w the whisperforge??

CW; bird/human murder mentions, homophobic and racist behavior/language

The strange case of starship iris: Gay space pirates and found family against capitalism. Easy to listen to, pretty light hearted. The second season is currently coming out. [wlw Mc. Trans character]

The 12:37: A young woman climbs aboard the wrong train, and ends up traveling through time and space. wlw main character, found family theme. mental health issues are talked about/shown. [wlw Mc]

Love and Luck: A queer slice of life, spiced up with a touch of magic. The story is told through voices messages. A really light hearted tone even tho serious subject are talked about. Will give you cavities. [Mlm main characters]

Bedtime stories from hell: A depressed demon tells you bittersweet bedtime stories. in the “good” section because it juste started, only a handful episodes and we still have to see where it goes! But a good start, the stories really are captivating. [Variously queer.]

The bright sessions: What if the X-men went to therapy? Thats it that’s the plot. Lovely characters, always walking on the gray morals line but in the best way possible. [mlm mcs, ace mc, bisexual character]

Lost my interest/never finished it:

Let’s talk about myth baby: a really interesting podcast about Greek mythology. Will be for you if you love that subject. I couldn’t keep going because I didn’t like the narrator’s voice (yea I know I’m shallow lmao) [As gay as greek preople went. Which is gay but also somehow homophobic at the same time. You know how it goes.]

Wolf 359: Doug Effeil is the communication officier in a spaceship. His story and struggles with his peticuliar shipmates. Honestly was really good, but i dropped it because of college and never picked it up again. Might try again some time around. [Bisexual characters.]

The two princes: Two princes of opposites kingdoms are bound to fight each other until one kingdom is left. A really fluffy/easy going podcast. Listen to this if you need a no brainer gay love story. I binged the first season, but was less enthusiastic about the other two. Just not my type of story i fear. [mlm]

Return home: A young man receives a mysterious voicemail telling him to go back to his home town, where his mother is missing and his father doesn’t remember him… A horror/comic story. No trigger list for this one, at least for the first 30 episodes i listened to. They do talk about stuff that would typically be horror, but in such a light hearted way that it really isn’t. The plot is cliché, but self aware. It’s a nice podcast, but the “light adventure” tone without any contrast lost me on the long run; again, good but not my thing. [Mlm character that literally dates the devil so thats sexy.]

Critical role: Another Dnd podcast; a different vibe than taz, as there is much more roleplay. I was stopped by the fact that you have to watch the videos to fully get the interest. It is really good!  but podcasts are my working background sound, so i don’t really have the time for this one. [no idea i didn’t get far]

Dream boy: great soundtrack, interesting story, a really good voice actor. Just… too horny for me (i got second hand embarrassed by the time the neighbour just… you know , in the rain and stopped and never picked it up since) [mlm]

The wanderer: a bard wanders into the forest, looking for his lover. Very introspective, its actually good but podcasts are once again my bg noise and sometimes i miss a sentence here and there; completely stopped me from being able to keep track of what was going on in this one.

[I will update this post as I go, so check my profile for the updated version as time passes]

as promised- howls moving castle and castle in the sky!

reading tokyo ghoul when i found this gem… absolutely love fan translation websites