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Immediate reaction upon finishing The Searcher in the Shadows:

Disclaimer: I adore John and would be heartbroken if he died. Still, if Samuel would get to live... (Also I feel like my avatar being Benjamin adds to this XD)

for my mutual @missholloween

He’s here… the character Itzal will be voiced by DYLAN SAUNDERS

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Pulp Musicals, Episode 4: The Searcher in the Shadows, is available NOW on iTunes and Amazon Music. Pulp Musicals is a musical radio series created by Matt Dahan.

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Portrait by Jackie Franco

Kalfu, who has never been chill once in his life:

What would you dooo without me? 🤭

I'm not certain~ 😘

Dakkar, who is just trying to have a normal battle with this asshole for once, please:

You know where to find him.

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Coin Flip: A Ship Name Study

Otherwise known as: yes, hi, I am coping with the end of Searcher by focusing on this hot mess of a couple. I did one for Radiant Words, might as well again!

So, first off, I can't take credit for the name! That goes to my friend @amethystunarmed, a genius as always. I just wanna dive a little deeper into it, to convince others to start using it! So, why Coin Flip? Well, obviously it pulls on their titular song Two Sides of a Coin (god, I still think it's beautiful that the entire chat started shipping them at that.) The fascinating thing about Dakkar and Kal is that they truly seem to be just that! Two sides of the same coin! Neither of them can ever fully keep a victory, always struggling against each other. A flip of a coin - who wins? Who loses? Will there ever be an end to this fight, this relationship, that clearly has them both in a grip? They always fight to a draw, it's cosmic law.

What would you do without me, I'm not certain...

It's pretty clear that Kal respects Dakkar in a way he hasn't done so for any other character so far - Samuel, and AJ, for example. He spends time actually talking to Dakkar, negotiating with him. He doesn't see it as a joke, like Dakkar is beneath him. He didn't do that for anyone else!

Don't make this harder than it needs to be, Dak!

Everyone else has been boring.

Dakkar is the main event.

Meanwhile, Dakkar has kept on moving. He never even says Kal's name throughout the whole show. Mobilis in mobili, right? But he also knows where to dig when he needs to, insulting Kal with ease. Dakkar is furious here, practically brimming with rage. Kal brings out a side of him we haven't seen yet, and it's delightful to listen to.

I will stand, and you will falter! I'll be the rock of Gibraltar!

I will float and watch you sink, and it eats you up inside!

What is so interesting about this ship is the amount of history we can tell is there from a song that is only a couple of minutes! There's bitterness, there's knowing - these two go right for the THROAT when it comes to each other. Kal's jabs at Dakkar are a lot more personal than his to Sia ever were. (He went STRAIGHT for the daddy issues with Dakkar, damn.) Their strikes aim true, while they get in each other's heads.

They know each other like their other half--because maybe they were, once. Like the palm of their hand. Like the other side of a coin.

How well did they know each other?

Two sides of a coin.

The coin flips. Which side will it turn up on this time?

Pulp text posts 2: Electric Boogaloo

I need to be stopped.

"If you saw what I did... You'd believe"/"And Belief is priceless"

Phantom Pain Vs. Belief

Anyway this evil evil man is my favourite because he's just like my dad except this guy has a Hobby.

"You, Sia. You know a lot of things."

"Years ago, I had a vision containing impossible events. Of people in places they were not meant to be...but must be"

Did she know?

Edit: Lord I'm so freaking tired- i forgot to say originally that sia's outfit was inspired by the designs of @ricky-mortis who is just so cool so... go check them out what are you still doing here?

'Stop it, Kal. I can't heal you like this.'

What's left of Kal's corporeal form grumbles loudly, but he leans into Dakkar's side and stops disintegrating quite so fast. His hand clutches the back of Dakkar's shirt for support, nails digging through the fabric. 'Ugh, my head.'

'You need to sit down.' Dakkar says, attempting to guide him over to the slope of the hillside. Kal collapses with all the grace of a rag doll, still half a shifting cloud of fog.

'Why don't you stop playing nanny and just heal me already?'

'I can't when there's only half of you there to heal!'

'Ugh, fine!' The fog pulls itself back into a relatively Kal-like shape. Features re-emerge slowly - the other half of Kal's face, bruised around the jaw; his left shoulder and arm, hanging limp at a painful looking angle. He grits his teeth, and Dakkar winces in sympathy.

'That looks like it hurts.'

'Really?' Kal rolls his eyes, all sarcasm. 'I hadn't noticed.'

'You're a terrible patient.'

'Oh, my apologies, your highness. It's hard to be polite when your arm's hanging out of its socket.'

'Here,' Dakkar moves in front of him, puts one hand on his left wrist and another firmly on his shoulder, ignoring the hiss of protest. 'Hold still. And don't disintegrate again, you'll mess it up.'

A faint, warm glow forms around Dakkar's hands, brightening as he closes his eyes. Carefully, he lets the magic shift the bones of Kal's arm back to where they ought to be. Kal is oddly quiet, for once. When Dakkar opens his eyes again, he's looking at him with a kind of awe. It's quickly hidden behind a satisfied smirk.

'Better?' Dakkar asks.

'No. My head's still killing me. When we get back, I need a drink.'

'A thank you would be nice, for once. And you probably shouldn't drink while you might be concussed.'

'Ways, you're boring, Dak.' Kal tests out his newly-healed arm, flexing his hand a few times, then falls back against the grass. 'Alright, fine. Thank you.'

'Don't mention it.' Dakkar says, sitting down beside him.

'Sorry I get into pointless fights so often. They deserved it, though. Bastards.'

'I think if you're the one who needs healing, they technically won the fight.'

'Eh, depends on your perspective.'

'What did they say?' Dakkar's pretty sure he can guess, but he feels the need to ask anyway. Kal scowls. Tendrils of fog still swirl around him, only just visible in the bright daylight. It's like Radiance, he explained once, but harder to control. Dakkar's never asked if it's draining in the same the way the Magic Ways are.

'Nothing worth talking about. They're too scared of me now to say it again.' he shuts his eyes, grimacing. 'It's too bright out here. My head hurts, did I mention that at all?'

Dakkar laughs. 'We can go inside, if you think you can walk?'

'My dear old dad used to say, 'walking is for people without hereditary curses that let them turn into fog.''

'I thought you never met your dad.'

Kal waves a hand. 'Well, he probably said something like that. How would I know?'

He sits up, and the tendrils swirling around him darken, forming a mist that coils itself around his body. When it settles, there's no one sitting on the hillside - only a shifting cloud of fog where Kal used to be.

Even after years of knowing Kal, watching him do that is still unnerving. Dakkar's not sure about the effects a possible concussion might have, either, but Kal seemed fine, and the fog looks same as it usually does.

He can't think of anything to say, and it's not as if he'd get a reply, so he coughs awkwardly. Somewhere in that cloud, he has the feeling Kal is laughing at his discomfort.

'Okay,' he says eventually. 'I take it that means we're heading home?'

In answer, the fog drifts over, settling around his shoulders like a cloak. As he heads back in the direction of the palace, it follows, dark against the bright white of his uniform.

while the concept of samuel existing in maia's room as some sort of afterlife has been wonderfully and sincerely portrayed in some recent fanworks, it's also very funny to me because I imagine the first few moments of samuel being in the room going something like

Its more Pulp art time because I have listened to to the new ep and I ! Have feelings ! :") Spoilers ahead if you haven't listened to The Searcher in the Shadows already (which you should do. Now. I am threatening you with buttons), continue at you own risk !

Thank Gravity for Episode 4 introducing my new favorite character Dakkar, he's a little creature to me and I adore him endlessly. Jesse did an AMAZING performance for him !!

I have never GASPED harder than I did while listening to this episode !! The whole Mags fam reveal was crazy, nobody hit me up until Ep 5 drops, maybe my jaw will have closed by then. Probably not

Anyway I have never seen two ugly siblings in pulp musicals fr 👇🏼

Kal and Dakkar from Pulp Musicals are divorced!!!!

Kal and Dakkar from Pulp Musicals are Divorced!

"The Motto of this Craft, the phrase that I hold dear, Mobilis in Mobili"

One of my favourite things to do with Pulp is to take these mechanics that are introduced and ground them in the story. Obviously we have jackie's art in the broadcasts that does a lot of the heavy lifting in this regard- her scenic work transports you into the world of the show. But, when you don't have the broadcast in front of you the imagination is bound to wander. When I first listened to Searcher I had imagined the Nautilus as a capital S Ship. Phrases like Addison walking from Bow to Stern or perhaps the inclusion of a library/study had me thinking of those huge old galleons, or even something smaller. Something like the Ellen Austen, or the Antikythera. Wood Panelled walls and creaking ropes. Remember treasure planet? That ship that trolled the stars? in my mind that was the nautilus. Then I saw the broadcast and it was nothing like I Imagined (and that's kind of beautiful isn't it? The differences in how the artist, in this case Matt and Jackie, imagine the world versus how the audience interprets it?) The Nautilus is instead this sleek red thing, because Dakkar is just so ahead of his time. The man has scanners for god's sake of course his spaceship is a Ferrari! But even then I couldn't let go of the literal "Space Ship" that wormed it's way in from my initial impression, so above is my interpretation of the Nautilus as it stands.

It draws a compromise between my initial interpretation and the artistic intention. A sleek, red, futuristic thing with glass panelling and sharp fins and a map room below a bridge, both with windows that can look out into the galaxy. The top deck is encased by this big glass shell, so the passenger could go out and feel as though they are standing in amongst the stars- of course equipped with it's own airtight doors and purple button. But nonetheless, a ship. A place of familiarity in amongst the unknown.

something I find really interesting is Samuel’s self confidence. It seems perfectly fine until Kal shows up. He devalues Samuel’s work as a writer, and in turn himself. This only gets worse when Samuel goes to Lincoln Island and sees everyone else’s accomplishments (Rose being the key to save the blazing world, Margaret reconnecting with her home and her brother, John getting a girlfriend.) He doesn’t feel fully confident in his ability to act until Samuel and the sun reprise. That all makes sense, but I can’t help but wonder if these were pre existing insecurities that were only worsened. Great moon hoax!Samuel seems very confident in himself and his work, but did Chester Thomas make him feel bad about it? I love how much he thinks his sister is incredible, but did he ever compare himself to her? I don’t know.

plops this here idk

So.. animating! I’ve never made an animatic before but this song gave me THOUGHTS and I thought I’d try my hand. I’d love to get through to the end of the song someday, but this is what I have for now and I’m decently happy with it.

"Father, Stop!"

Margaret Cavendish they could never make me hate you.

And in the Satellite, he descends with an unconscious Margaret in his arms, leading his friends through the darkness. And the next time we hear mention of the staircase

("she ran up the staircase to the next floor! Was that sunlight shining though the sphere?!...") Margaret's climbing it by herself.

A spiral stairway to the rooftop

I may never recover from the fact that, in The Great Moon Hoax, Samuel ascends the spiral staircase to follow Margaret and listens to her talk about her Phantom Pain.

Then, in Searcher in the Shadows, he descends the spiral staircase of the Nautilus, leaving his friends behind now that she's discovered her past and is going onto a greater journey.

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my first scribbles of King Itzal! you guys don't understand just how hyped I was to find out that Dylan Saunders is playing him. I had been dreaming of this since we first heard Kal mention his name in TGOA, and Dylan absolutely killed it. SO excited to hear Itzal again in future episodes. worst dad in the cosmos. <3