WBN EOY Fireside Chat
Added 2025-12-23 15:00:11 +0000 UTCBloop! Surprise drop. We saw a comment that was like, love the video tour, but we don't get a real FSC? So naturally, we responded in the only reasonable way: by recording an EXTRA-LONG end-of-year Fireside Chat wrap-up. It swings wildly between thoughtful philosophizing, Pokémon discourse, and a truly unhinged round of f*** / marry / k*ll.
All that to say: we hope this FSC keeps you company on a long drive to Grandma’s house.
And please be nice to Avatar of the People. I didn't expect to be on the mic.
My wish this holiday season is that you leave a comment with ONE of the following:
Your Letterboxed Top 4 Films
Your favorite starter Pokémon
Something beautiful about Worlds Beyond Number
Thanks and see you in 2026!!!
Comments
In this order: Charmander Hoenn Starters Sinnoh Starters All other starters are mostly ok. I don't hate any of them except Gen 5 (sorry haters)
yehuda yesh
2026-01-26 16:55:01 +0000 UTCThe … interesting prononciation of « Oeuvre » at 7:00 had me hurt in my French speaking heart x) From now on, as reparations, we’ll ask from Brennan that he voice the great bear asking for toast …. But in FRENCH! (Nous demandons justice!)
The Wizard Sentiment
2026-01-22 03:15:00 +0000 UTCIn terms of Ghibli inspiration, the Witch of the Wild Hunt make me think of Sen if she wasn't supposed to be cute
Luccan
2026-01-20 22:15:46 +0000 UTCBulbasaur. Obviously.
Kt
2026-01-14 14:32:07 +0000 UTCtop 4 animated movies: Titan A.E. Mononoke Atlantis Vampire Hunter D
TheWizardSleaze
2026-01-09 16:39:57 +0000 UTCCounterpoint: I don’t want more questions answered I just want to listen to Lou explain wine terminology
The Wizard Skip
2026-01-05 21:00:19 +0000 UTCTurtwig
Dylan O'Donnell
2026-01-05 18:51:07 +0000 UTCtop 4 animated films: prince of egypt my neighbor totoro ponyo tarzan
WizardScorch
2026-01-05 03:30:31 +0000 UTCSomething nice about Worlds Beyond Number - everyones story hits very hard in different ways but they work so well together. Special shout out to Suvi's story which really hit home as a European immigrant who left the USA and loves the people back home but is struggling to reconcile all the evil that is taking place now. Cannot wait for space!
Hanna Frostman
2026-01-04 20:58:44 +0000 UTCSquirtle
Amelia Malcolm
2026-01-04 11:01:26 +0000 UTCILY thanks for ending w the bear song. One of the highlights of my year :)
Nolan
2026-01-04 03:30:03 +0000 UTCHi, Persona Populi! You did great! I will answer with something beautiful about Worlds Beyond Number. The way that the creators and everyone who works at WBN talk to their patrons and fans is kind and inclusive. I hope all of your holidays were lovely.
Shalane Giles
2026-01-04 01:03:50 +0000 UTCKinda surprised Castle in the Sky wasn't mentioned for the Citadel. The eponymous structure literally could've been a defunct court of the citadel, what with the flying and the magitek and the world conquering wave-motion robots. Spirited Away Lite is Beautiful Matrix LOTR Fellowship
Fxd Gear Queer
2026-01-04 00:31:44 +0000 UTCThank you for being such a delightful bunch of weirdos
Elizabeth Boskey
2026-01-02 16:26:36 +0000 UTCAt this stage we gotta get a picture of baddie grandma ren.
Zenith Rose
2026-01-02 11:11:06 +0000 UTCTotodile!
Llewyn Merrill
2026-01-01 17:10:47 +0000 UTClistening to this on new year's eve/ (early) new year's day was the perfect choice apparently :p
finnflams
2026-01-01 07:12:01 +0000 UTC"My man knows I like meat!" The Great Bear indeed ; )
Kevin Ackermann
2025-12-31 17:53:28 +0000 UTCTurtwigfound a place in my heart. And when he’s fully evolved you could put a tiny home on his back and have the best RV on the planet
Gregory Wheeler
2025-12-31 05:29:29 +0000 UTCThere is a fox starter 😅😂 Also mine is Turtwig
MikeAllenZ (MAZ Presents Personal)
2025-12-31 03:11:41 +0000 UTCHi, I am the people, more avatar of the people in the new year, please!
Argent
2025-12-30 22:19:57 +0000 UTCAbsolutely agree with Brennan and Lou’s FMK. Also maybe I’m playing the game wrong, but I assumed we could fuck who we marry? But honestly. A shape hanger. Fuck a SHAPE. Changer. How isn’t that the hottest? But just too much angst for the day to day. Also — Sly knowing what the future holds would be such a great life partner. “Oh hey, don’t say that to Susan at work today, she’s about to trap you in HR.” Thanks babe. Also seems like a useful husbandly tool to know all the potential outcomes of sexy times based on choices he makes. And the mess would be totally manageable because you’ve got so many rubies just lying around, think of all the housekeepers you could hire. Just let him have one messy room where you don’t touch anything, like a horrible office. Omg wait I think I may have married the real-world Sly. What do I do with this information??
Cackle Cackle
2025-12-30 15:58:59 +0000 UTCI really loved having a person here to get more questions answered. It feels selfish though.
Strawberry Milkshake
2025-12-30 07:14:19 +0000 UTCI had to turn my volume all the way up, turn the playback speed to 50%, and then play the tidbit Brennan slid in there at the very end no fewer than four times to understand what tf he said. Worth it. 😆 Sly Wren. Perfect. I mean, the wren is king of the birds according to old Celtic (and even mainland European) legend, because of it's cunning and... slyness. Makes sense!
Death Nell (Nellaenora)
2025-12-30 01:25:11 +0000 UTCAgree about 1984, which is why Brave New World shook me way, way, waaaaay harder!
Erin Keith
2025-12-30 01:04:56 +0000 UTCSuvi’s starter is Mudkip and Ame’s is Cyndaquil, I will not be explaining this
Jill Knonenborg
2025-12-29 20:45:04 +0000 UTCAlso, the worlds and characters of WBN are so engrossing and engaging, but the above-table humor and wit and evident enthusiastic enjoyment of one another’s company makes it even more fun. Hopefully it’s not weirdly parasocial to say that it feels like hanging out with friends (who are telling an amazing story).
Ewizabeth Herd
2025-12-29 18:00:22 +0000 UTCAll About Eve, Monsoon Wedding, Lost in Translation, Ghost in the Shell (the original anime, obvs)
Ewizabeth Herd
2025-12-29 17:51:43 +0000 UTCThe way spirits and the spirit world are described in the podcast is very similar to my personal/familial view of spirituality and has made me feel seen/understood in a very rare way. That's beautiful, to me.
Kaʻainakekoa
2025-12-29 15:57:18 +0000 UTCTotodile
Jägernaut
2025-12-29 15:15:14 +0000 UTCEveryone, we have to stop trying to rush the "Ghost Army" It'll only get better the longer we wait...
Muadwho
2025-12-29 14:57:54 +0000 UTCMust Share…. since I’ve been wearing the wizard, the witch and the wild one black hoodie EVERYWHERE…I have referred 3 people to the podcast/Patreon.
The Wizard Sparrow
2025-12-28 16:13:13 +0000 UTCBack to the Future 1, Indiana Jones and the raiders of the lost arc, Star Wars a new hope, treasure planet
Gabriel Cole-Brant
2025-12-27 20:59:08 +0000 UTCRowlet
Kyle Rule
2025-12-27 19:58:21 +0000 UTCHow to train your dragon 1, how to train your dragon 2, the map of tiny perfect things, lotr return of the king
Aidan Stoddard
2025-12-27 17:14:46 +0000 UTCiron giant, howles moving castle, V for vendetta, red line. Totodile is the mischief goblin of my heart❤️ WBN has changed how I seek to be understood. There's a somatic rope pulling me through personal reflection as I grow and relate to the characters and story. This feels as formative as therapy and I truly appreciate your hard work and care.
Gareth Varbel
2025-12-27 16:02:44 +0000 UTCSLY AND GRANDMA WREN HOOKED UPPPPP
mahudude
2025-12-27 14:35:47 +0000 UTCWBN gives me hope for respectful, challenging, joyful, smart human storytelling in a time where so many other media companies are publishing stories that insult the intelligence of the listener. Your characters ask "what would this person actually do, rather than what is the trope for what a main character would do?" There's so much humanity in being asked to really consider the perspective of someone imperfect. Your stories ask me to think, and imagine, and empathize. I can't think of a better gift. This is the only patreon I'm a part of, and I'm here for the long haul baby!
Jess A
2025-12-27 10:12:42 +0000 UTCLetterbox top 4 for me is: Clue, Lion King 1 1/2, Mad Max Fury Road, and Everything Everywhere all at Once
Kaleb Kirkevold
2025-12-27 08:16:51 +0000 UTCIs no one gonna tell Erica that there’s literally a fire-fox-witch starter Pokémon?
Caleb Horton
2025-12-27 06:12:21 +0000 UTCAre we talking movie Nausicaa or graphic novel Nausicaa for Ame?
Grombotron
2025-12-27 03:09:20 +0000 UTCKiki’s delivery service When Harry Met Sally Interstellar Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
The Witch of the Wailing Storm
2025-12-27 02:25:47 +0000 UTCHere's the thing, tho. Our little Overton windows are sometimes malleable dependent on how comfortable we are with the people in the room and how safe we feel with the people handling the subjects. If I find an author I trust to tell me a story I'm not used to hearing, I will still listen because that author has earned my trust and rewarded the emotional energy I expended for those characters. I respect the work they've done in the past and know they hold themselves to a high standard that they actively work to meet. Same goes for oral storytellers. The fact that there's FOUR ENTIRE HUMAN BEANS (and Taylor and Mel and invisible people whose hands are nevertheless good and strong) that we trust to open our minds and widen our hearts means that sometimes, for just a few minutes in this corner of the internet, it really can be like the Nothing never was.
Rivkah Mentzer
2025-12-27 01:28:08 +0000 UTCHappy holidays WBN! Thank you for the stories in 2025 and I look forward to more in 2026!
Carri Miller
2025-12-27 00:40:43 +0000 UTCtop 4 on letterboxd right now: 1. all that jazz 2. ocean’s 11 3. sexy beast 4. spirited away happy holidays ❤️
Madye Stromboli
2025-12-27 00:00:36 +0000 UTCDon't actually have a Letterboxd account, but my top four are: 1) The Princess Bride (RIP Rob and Michele Reiner); 2) The Grand Budapest Hotel; 3) The Northman; and 4) The Green Knight [constantly in flux]
Elizabeth E
2025-12-26 20:53:41 +0000 UTCIt's an app where you can review and rank movies; your Top 4 is a feature of the app
Elizabeth E
2025-12-26 20:49:43 +0000 UTCMy beautiful thing about WBN is that it’s a beautiful project created by 4 people I deeply respect. Honestly, nothing makes me feel safer in this space than knowing I can respect the people who make the art.
Samantha Nicole
2025-12-26 20:15:00 +0000 UTCi am for sure a fire starter simp from waaaaaaay back but i do have a soft spot for rowlet <3
Catrick
2025-12-26 20:03:27 +0000 UTCMy beautiful thing about wbn is how it has connected me with other people. Discussing new episodes on tumblr, giving plot summaries to my friends who don’t listen so they can understand what’s running through my brain, and live listening to the finale with my bestie as we both lose our mind about the story we had been invested in for so long. It’s awesome how a story can connect you with other people!
Mo
2025-12-26 19:50:29 +0000 UTCSquirtle every time 🌊🐢
Janette James
2025-12-26 06:21:52 +0000 UTCClassic: Char forever, even through the angsty teen years. For Erika's sake: Fuck, marry, friendship (?)
Latricia Markle
2025-12-26 02:46:50 +0000 UTCmy beautiful thing about wbn is that i listened to the finale ep while taking the subway home from work and openly wept in front of a crowd of strangers
Jacqueline Dyer
2025-12-25 18:00:07 +0000 UTCWhat is a letterboxed movie?
MegatonSunder
2025-12-25 17:59:27 +0000 UTCAvatar of the People reveal is finally upon us. 🙌
Kelsey Aeilts
2025-12-25 17:51:17 +0000 UTCMy new boys Fuecoco and Sprigatito are perfect (I like Quaxly too but he’s a little lower than his friends)
Kayla
2025-12-25 17:02:35 +0000 UTCFavorite thing about WBN? Our Avatar of the People, of course!
Ryan Higgins
2025-12-25 13:58:30 +0000 UTCI wish that the cast had played Pokemon X and Y. Those starters are literally perfect. Eursulon is associated with Green, and the (Green) Grass Type Starter Final Evolution is a Bear-like Paladin. Name: Chesnaught Ame is associated with Red, and the (Red) Fire Type Starter Final Evolution is a Fox Witch. Name: Delphox Suvi is associated with blue, and the (Blue) Water Type Starter Final Evolution is sneaky and associated with darkness/shadows. Also, it’s a frog, which is ironic for Suvi. Name: Greninja
Chris Kagamine
2025-12-25 13:39:09 +0000 UTC(Top 4 with a family holiday vibe) Muppets christmas carol, muppets treasure island, young frankenstein, arsenic and old lace
spectacularvoid
2025-12-25 13:18:21 +0000 UTCThe Mitchells Vs The Machines, The Haunting of Hill House Netflix show, Moulin Rouge, and Ghost Quartet Live at the McKittrick
mila.smiles
2025-12-25 10:37:38 +0000 UTCBy the gods, 5th Element for me too!
Tommy Deibel
2025-12-25 06:29:49 +0000 UTCWBN truly helped me become a better person. Having a series that screams, so loudly, that nothing is more valuable than community and human connection really put me in the right mindset for some mental healing and pulled me out of a resentful and isolated place. So thanks for being beautiful.
xenongoodman
2025-12-25 06:03:30 +0000 UTCRight? So tough but SO sweet. Her purr is to die for!!
Kristine Gliesman
2025-12-25 05:06:18 +0000 UTCGotta shoutout to the lad Cyndaquil
Dylan
2025-12-25 04:02:46 +0000 UTCmy boy tododile
FruityBruno
2025-12-25 00:48:56 +0000 UTCA fabulous listen on Christmas Eve while I clean house and prepare to host family tomorrow. 😊
Evelina Meiklejohn
2025-12-24 23:33:07 +0000 UTCLove this community and the dichotomy of deep, philosophical questions and FMK. 😆
Evelina Meiklejohn
2025-12-24 23:32:31 +0000 UTCI hope we can get a transcript for this soon! A lot of the world inspiration discussion was so fascinating!!
J. Fenn Crane
2025-12-24 23:12:15 +0000 UTCKung Fu Panda 2, Belfast, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Superman (2025)
FableBlab
2025-12-24 21:41:57 +0000 UTCWBN is the best actual play because it combines is full of the love and care all of you have for each other, the work you do, and the joy of spending quality time with friends.
Henri
2025-12-24 19:52:51 +0000 UTC“Sly and grandma wren hooked up…what’s that?”
Alyssa
2025-12-24 18:34:29 +0000 UTCwhat was that last thing Brennan said?
The Wizard Gesundheit
2025-12-24 18:06:55 +0000 UTCno one touched on the sheer possibilities of a shapeshifter in the F or M cases?
Jesse MacNett
2025-12-24 17:56:12 +0000 UTCI'll not make it through this without crying. WBN and WWW especially is a light in the darkness. I've never listened to an AP that has felt more meaningful and I'm so grateful this little group of friends decided to make it. I know people say there's no new art, no new stories, it's all the same but it isn't. As an artist I see the million variables of authenticity and choice that make this show a delightful and unique experience. I also don't know if anyone else feels this way but if someone came to me and had never listened to an AP before this is the one that I would tell them to listen to. It feels completely like a story being told with the spice of dice rolls to add a realistic component, and you don't need to know a single thing about TTRPG to be able to follow and understand. On top of it being accessible like that the stories we've had so far are both wonderfully fantastical and deeply relatable. I have cried, and I am not a cryer, from every emotion in this show, heartbreak, joy, devastation, inspiration, grief, triumph, fear, adoration...what incredible stories, told by such unique skillful and kind people. To many more years of light in the darkness, sitting by the camp fire, telling stories. Ahoo hoo crackle crackle🍻
Jazz
2025-12-24 17:55:42 +0000 UTCWhat's a letterbox film?
TheloniousPunkyBrewster
2025-12-24 17:43:54 +0000 UTCSacapuntas does, semantically, mean pencil sharpener but, literally, it means point extractor. There is a point in that pencil and it will find it
shadebug
2025-12-24 17:36:22 +0000 UTCKiki's delivery service Clue The Life Aquatic Star Wars a new hope
DoktorHollywood
2025-12-24 16:46:28 +0000 UTC1) This was amazing, thank you. 2) Of COURSE Brennan knows ALL the lyrics to Auld Lang Syne, of COURSE
Max Moran
2025-12-24 16:45:32 +0000 UTCMy favorite starter is Squirtle
Titus Pierce
2025-12-24 16:36:14 +0000 UTCmy favorite starter pokemon is Eursulon
Parachuting Turtle
2025-12-24 15:40:30 +0000 UTCJust want to say thank you all for all your work this year and in all the years before! Worlds Beyond Number has truly been the highlight of my year and I’m slowly (but surely) getting everyone I know to listen in. Thank you for the stories and can’t wait for the next adventure! Happy Holidays!!
Shannon Ambre
2025-12-24 15:20:53 +0000 UTC“An extra long episode”— an average to slightly under average length episode. But happy to have anything at all
Audge
2025-12-24 15:19:50 +0000 UTCMudkip is the best
Bernice
2025-12-24 14:38:41 +0000 UTCSomething beautiful about WBN is how immersive the podcast truly feels as a listener. I've listened to the whole podcast at least 4 times (certain episodes even more than that - love The Vote 🧙❄️) at this point and I hear new details each time. Thank you so much for all the work that goes into this creative endeavor and can't wait to see what's in store in 2026
Jack Flynn
2025-12-24 12:50:09 +0000 UTCSomething beautiful about WBN - it a truly inspiring and stunning work of art with a small but incredible creative team that works hard to tell an amazing story!! Also, regarding the story itself, little details like the fact that Eursulon's magic smells of honey 😌
Jay
2025-12-24 10:17:07 +0000 UTCThe Pantone color of the year IS fucking klanhood white and it’s fucking CRAZY. Like why am I reading the headline “Play-doh celebrates creativity with Pantone’s 2026 color of the year” with a white play-doh container with some white play-doh?? I rebuke this, in the name of God/the Devil/Santa Claus 🙅♀️👿🎅 But there’s definitely the connection between fascism, minimalism, and white supremacist bullshit that smarter people than me have analyzed. Like, the bad men didn’t come and MAKE us dress all in gray, and yet white is the color of the year and “clean girl aesthetic” is just sOOoOooOoooo chic and not at all stinking of racism 🙄 It’s like the rich rich British empire conquering half the world for spices, but when it was affordable enough for the masses, then spices are actually bad and low class. The Citadel doesn’t seem to me to be festooning itself, not for the masses. Not to just revel in the spoils of war. They’re using Quicksilver for Lucien Court for only those high up and on the up and up, not to better the lives of the many. No matter what lie it tells itself. They festoon themselves enough for the masses to not revolt and additional seems more the natural sort of culture and patterns that emerge in any city. But I know fuck-all and didn’t make the citadel, so 🤷♀️
Alyssa
2025-12-24 05:43:13 +0000 UTCOf course Brennan knows all the lyrics to Auld Lang Syne
Jonathan Crawshaw
2025-12-24 05:39:31 +0000 UTCI’m a Bulbasaur guy
Sean Sultan
2025-12-24 05:31:01 +0000 UTCLike who is where in the dazed vs smoking a cigarette like it was nothing after photo
Lane Murray
2025-12-24 04:47:43 +0000 UTC12 Angry Men The LotR extended Trilogy Pride and Prejudice (2005) Much Ado About Nothing (1993) Mudkip WBN is beautiful because it didn't have to exist, and it does. It is, at its core, a story about the importance of the people in our lives, how they shape and change us.
James Marx
2025-12-24 04:46:36 +0000 UTCAlright, im sorry I cant let Brennan get that last comment past without a follow up question, If they could both get it, then who rocked whose world? I need to know
Lane Murray
2025-12-24 04:46:11 +0000 UTCI vehemently concur
Heartly
2025-12-24 04:45:32 +0000 UTCThe fox may love to learn there is a fox witch fire type starter in a later gen
Christopher Underhill
2025-12-24 04:35:43 +0000 UTCI always figured Brennan’s inspiration for the Citadel was one of those Galileo Thermometers that were everywhere in the 90’s.
Name
2025-12-24 03:36:16 +0000 UTCBulbasaur!
Lojaan
2025-12-24 03:18:14 +0000 UTCAs one of the people I sustain Mel as our avatar
Luke
2025-12-24 03:14:03 +0000 UTCA Happy Holidays to you all and to another year of amazing stories and emotions to embrace! And I would say something beautiful about WBN is that it is truly a blessing to have such wonderfully complex characters and worlds to explore that make me genuinely feel more human just listening to these.
Charlie Foxleigh
2025-12-24 03:08:33 +0000 UTCMinute 38: Applied material dialectics, hell yeah
Cody Zimmer
2025-12-24 02:35:53 +0000 UTCThe Great Bear reads My Immortal or I'll cancel my sub and the sub of every person who likes this comment. (Real) (Satire)
Xanian Jamfalcon
2025-12-24 01:33:22 +0000 UTCThere are a lot of actual plays put there, but the part that made me unabashedly fall in love is the merge of D&S and Audiobook. Taylors Craft is Second to none porting a great D&D show to something that enchants the world, persuading her to be kinder than before.
marcer003
2025-12-24 00:59:31 +0000 UTCSquirrel squad forever B)
shai
2025-12-24 00:57:09 +0000 UTCMy top 4 films: Tokyo Godfathers Death Becomes Her Atlantis: The Lost Empire Strange Magic Hard to pick a favorite starter, but I think Popplio wins out. I love my little clown/drag queen son. And it’s hard to pick one specific reason why this pod is so special, but I want to give extra kudos to the sound design. I’ve scrumpt so many screams when the kickass music tracks hit just right and I’m so excited to see the tone shift from epic fantasy to sci-fi reflect in the music.
Maddie Moreland
2025-12-24 00:53:21 +0000 UTCSomeone else with spirited away and pride and prejudice (2005) on their list! And chronic migraines 🤣
Arillusine
2025-12-24 00:15:14 +0000 UTCSpirited Away Pride and Prejudice (the Kiera Knightly one) Inception Hot Fuzz
Arillusine
2025-12-24 00:13:41 +0000 UTCThree cheers for the Avatar of the people! ❤️ Thank you for this wonderful surprise. For your request: The Princess Bride Princess Mononoke Last of the Mohicans Seven Years in Tibet I never got into Pokémon 😬 (There’s more, keep reading!) These stories, told by these four people and their talented friends, who all have so much love and warmth for one another, make my life better. Full stop.
Nym
2025-12-23 23:56:10 +0000 UTCSorry Melanie Bowman, Avatar of the People, but it seems near impossible to follow a clear cut and precise direction like only answering ONE of 3 options!! As a WBN fan???
Alyssa
2025-12-23 23:34:59 +0000 UTCThis has been an exceptionally hard time of year for me for a while now, and listening to a bunch of spirits bringing warmth and wonder to Nif and the other orphans was just as much of a gift to me, as Worlds Beyond Number has been all year and every year. Thank you.
Margo
2025-12-23 23:24:33 +0000 UTCSomething beautiful about Worlds Beyond Number?? 🤩 I do not have the gift of language necessary to accurately convey the beauty of WBN and what you all create…but I’ll fucking try. 💜The worlds you all have created, the silly parts and the serious parts and the parts that are reflections of our own world and humanity, have meant more to me than any piece of media I have ever engaged with. You all have inspired me to play DnD for the first time in years, to learn new hobbies like sewing and embroidery and beadwork in order to find ways to continue to engage with Umora, to go to live shows and conventions, and I beg of you not to invent a fucking language because I am already slacking enough on my Irish classes. 🙏🏻 I love how much my preschooler loves you guys…the episodes they can listen to anyways. 😂 It’s so nice to have something that we both love to listen to on road trips 🚙 (it’s mostly just Matsuri 100 times) Being able to listen to the beautiful, silly, poignant moments you guys create on WBN and on the fireside has really helped me cope while I’ve been dealing with a rare 1 in 500,000 sarcoma for the last 2.5 years. A line from Aabria on the fireside “there’s more story left…good luck” 📖✨ is now tattooed on my thigh and is my favorite reminder Thank all of you so fucking much for the worlds you create, because it’s shaped my world so much in so many different ways 💜 Also…Pikachu ⚡️Don’t mess with a classic
Alyssa
2025-12-23 23:23:12 +0000 UTCThis podcast means connection. You are the podcast and actual play I recommend to all my friends and colleagues. WBN has also made its way into my daughter’s bedtime stories and is encouraging my own improv story telling with her. Thank you all so much! Starting pokemon: Cyndaquil, a cute design with a the shy but courageous personality archetype.
Bobby Lewis
2025-12-23 23:20:03 +0000 UTCIron Giant About Time Blues Brothers The Iron Claw Turtwig
Jack O Neill
2025-12-23 23:09:42 +0000 UTCWhat a dang gift!!! Bone cone weeks are the best weeks! ❤️ Thanks for helping me get through the Christmas crunch 🎁🎄
Alyssa
2025-12-23 22:57:14 +0000 UTCEverything, Everywhere, All at Once; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; Pitch Perfect; (oh, no, I'm blanking!) annnd, um, um, um, um... pass? I may come back and edit the last one in, I just cannot think of movies at the moment. EDIT: Sucker Punch! Starting Pokemon: Pikachu.
Whyse Wytch
2025-12-23 22:55:11 +0000 UTCPirate Radio LOTR Two Towers Surfs Up Grand Budapest Hotel And What makes WBN beautiful is the vivid world that is created through collaboration. I listen to almost all the dnd things out there and nothing paints a such a rich and vibrant picture like these five+ (because the audio is absolutely part of the magic). Also as someone in absolute refusal to let the darkness of the world do its worst, the honor, heart, and intent to do good for the world and its creatures that Ame and Eurselon show gives me so much inspiration and strength.
Alizee Dalton
2025-12-23 22:43:26 +0000 UTCCyndaquil
Tasha Robinson
2025-12-23 22:15:51 +0000 UTCMy love of fantasy and medievalism came from my dad, who read The Hobbit to me when I was 4, and who religiously re-reads the LOTR every year. WWW has similarly become my single favourite story to continuously re-listen to; I never tire of being pulled completely and totally back into this incredible world. Every time I start again it’s like coming home to Grandma Wren’s cottage.
Elliot
2025-12-23 22:12:02 +0000 UTCSomething beautiful from the show: the slow, slow burn of growth from each of the three main characters. Even though I couldn't wait for the growth episode by episode, it was infinitely more satisfying to have been made to wait. Love all of your work. Happy Holidays!
Picton
2025-12-23 21:45:23 +0000 UTCMudkip!! Just a wee little cutie
TētēKura
2025-12-23 21:44:25 +0000 UTCAs the owner of an aging cat myself whom I adore with my whole heart & soul, this made me tear up a little—best of luck to your kitty in the next world 💕
Zoop
2025-12-23 21:32:15 +0000 UTCCHIKORITA!!!
WL Stevens
2025-12-23 21:29:33 +0000 UTCCyndaquil And I know I’m breaking the rules, but you guys are fantastic. The amount of times I weep while listening to your shows makes me feel the deep shared humanity we all have.
Kayzar
2025-12-23 21:26:27 +0000 UTCJor Jor Well is my favourite Pokémon
The Wizard Slut
2025-12-23 21:09:28 +0000 UTCStraight up tie between Turtwig and Rowlet. My beautiful round grass type boys
Alex Perelgut
2025-12-23 21:08:39 +0000 UTCI watch much fewer films or shows because WBN has brought me back the joy of listening to stories. It has also made me appreciate improvisational collaborative storytelling more than prescriptive methods. Having said that, any film by Yasujiro Ozu is up there and Pixar's Turning Red was fabulous.
The Wizard Slut
2025-12-23 21:02:38 +0000 UTCseeing someone mention columbus (2017) is wild bc i lived there for a few years
deirdre
2025-12-23 20:57:05 +0000 UTCWorlds Beyond Number regularly makes me laugh and cry. Y'all are incredibly talented and clearly having so much fun--it's a delight to listen to!
Sky
2025-12-23 20:56:06 +0000 UTCLOTR-two towers Stardust Knight and Day Spirited Away Always my lightning boy Pikachu. WBN makes Tuesdays a better day. (And other days when releases get delayed!) It’s so cool to see people getting to do what they love and feel like I can be at least a little part of that. Got to go to 2 D-20 shows this year, playing through Ghost of Yotei right now, and have finally been dragged over to CR by the BLeeM - so absolutely feasting in all the stories right now! Thanks for all your craft - also for the avatar of the people, and Taylor, and the people behind the scenes that make this happen!
sabertruth19
2025-12-23 20:50:20 +0000 UTCamélie (2001)/spirited away (2001)/pride & prejudice (2005)/mamma mia! (2008)[the fall (2006), suspiria (1977), and brief encounter (1945) are close picks too tho] pokemon starter: charmander, though as a chronic migraine girlie psyduck is a vibe, and my fav is haunter (gen 1 is the one i know best) something beautiful about wbn: it’s become a comfort listen for when i’m in a dark place emotionally. it makes me feel less alone, and more hopeful
deirdre
2025-12-23 20:50:05 +0000 UTCCyndaquil has always been baby and will forever be baby, and I love him. Ahoo-hoo, crackle crackle, see you in 2026!
D. Goggles
2025-12-23 20:37:37 +0000 UTCOkay we're gonna say (in no particular order, and quite pecariously) Marie Antoinette (2006), Clue (1985), Orlando (1992), Hamnet (2025)
Heartly
2025-12-23 20:32:56 +0000 UTCWe feast!
Charles Ewing
2025-12-23 20:17:42 +0000 UTCFennekin is right there lol
Skeletal Cleric
2025-12-23 20:16:53 +0000 UTCIn no order: Sing Sing (2023), Porco Russo (1992), Punch, Drunk, Love (2002), and Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Grayson Benoit
2025-12-23 20:13:12 +0000 UTCPiplup, cuz it was the starter I had for the one and only Pokémon game that I actually finished 🤣
Arillusine
2025-12-23 20:12:09 +0000 UTCI’m a Treeko stan.
JohnMark Uwagbae
2025-12-23 20:12:05 +0000 UTCi saw the tv glow is SUCH a good movie
GC
2025-12-23 20:05:40 +0000 UTCMy favorite starter is Mudkip, because Swampert is GOATED!
Brandon Bozeman
2025-12-23 19:56:42 +0000 UTCCharmander yo!
Bryan Phillips
2025-12-23 19:52:54 +0000 UTCrrrrr... (1) Andrei Rublev (Tarkovsky, 1966) (2) Certain Women (Reichardt, 2016) (3) Columbus (Kogonada, 2017) [beat out Naked upon reflection] (4) [battling off other contenders] eXistenZ (Cronenberg, 1999) Pulling teeth but easier than finding a way to properly express how beautiful a part of my life WBN has been these last few difficult years. Thanks all (and thanks AotP for your invaluable presence at the Fireside!)
GC
2025-12-23 19:49:55 +0000 UTCOshawott is my goat
Samuel Ness
2025-12-23 19:48:04 +0000 UTCBrinner!
Cody Zimmer
2025-12-23 19:47:26 +0000 UTCslyandgrandmawrenhookedup What?
GC
2025-12-23 19:38:33 +0000 UTCBulbasaur!! He's just a little guy
Ashley
2025-12-23 19:31:14 +0000 UTCStanding in defense of beloved and world-renowned author George Orwell for a second, he was not positing some theoretical future dystopia, but describing the rapid decent into one that he was observing.
Kataclysm
2025-12-23 19:24:12 +0000 UTCTurtwig
Max
2025-12-23 19:18:08 +0000 UTCFavorite starter Pokémon: Mudkip
chiralitycounts
2025-12-23 19:05:28 +0000 UTCAnd now I need a recording of brennan singing Auld Lang Syne, his voice is so pretty!
Laetificat
2025-12-23 18:51:35 +0000 UTCAbout WBN: have been here since the children’s adventure and am not going anywhere. This podcast has changed how I approach and follow stories
Alex Gonzalez-Garcia
2025-12-23 18:51:25 +0000 UTC(did anyone catch what Brennan said about Sly at the very end their? I slowed the playback down to 0.5 and still couldn’t catch it 😂)
expandingnebula
2025-12-23 18:49:05 +0000 UTCBeautiful about WBN: Life has been hard the past few years. But the pod has been there through all of it. Whether it's Suvi holding my hand and saying "we can change for the better" or Ame pulling me along and saying "be clever and brave and kind" or Eursulon with an arm around my shoulders reminding me of honor and valliance and to care for my friends and strangers with passion, or Brennan reminding me that there are stories in the dark times that light the way if we have the courage to see them through, or Taylor showing me that care for details and repetition of action are a kind of love and faith. And the community that has been built on these ideals too. We've all bonded around these pillars of humanity (and spirit-manity?) And it makes us better to each other than many communities I've been a part of. The home that is WBN to me is all comfort and love and warmth in a world that has been cold and isolating at times. And thats a beauty thats been built by you all at the pod. Thank you and happy new year
Jackaloop
2025-12-23 18:37:18 +0000 UTCCan oddish be a starter pokémon? I think I want oddish
VanillaSilver
2025-12-23 18:37:16 +0000 UTCI will donate a 1 year gift sub to WBN if I see video evidence of Aabria and Erika flying a bee around!
Matthew B
2025-12-23 18:31:41 +0000 UTCLove these fools
Ryan Higgins
2025-12-23 18:28:34 +0000 UTCJust yesterday I learned that a colleague is a Dropout fan, loves Dimension 20, but didn't know WBN. I fixed that.
Carrie Mook Bridgman
2025-12-23 18:24:39 +0000 UTCOh, and another beautiful thing about the Wizard, the Witch, and the Wild One was that during the children’s adventure, I believe there was an episode about the fox that had such perfect soundscapes of the woods, and my cat, who was dying at the time, loved. As he was put to sleep, I played it for him, so that he could feel safe and excited for the next world. I imagine him out there, hunting mice and bugs and getting to prowl in the big wide spaces of the Otherworld. Thank you for giving him peace as he passed.
Witch of the Winding Rivers
2025-12-23 18:11:50 +0000 UTCLetterboxed Top 4: -The Princess Bride -Young Frankenstein -Singing in the Rain -Fellowship of the Ring
Laetificat
2025-12-23 18:11:47 +0000 UTCLetterboxd Top 4: - After the Storm dir Hirokazu Kore-eda - Carol - Princess Mononoke - The Taste of Things
Tapan Srivastava
2025-12-23 18:09:28 +0000 UTCCyndaquil was my favorite starter
Stephen Carraway
2025-12-23 18:07:47 +0000 UTCMy top four films changes pretty constantly, but obviously, The Princess Bride, Fréwaka (an incredible Irish language horror film that is SO GOOD), Scream, Lord of the Rings (the entire trilogy, but specifically the two towers). I think something beautiful about WBN is how much it’s validated my storytelling perspective and then *expanded* it beyond what I could have conceived. In the new year, I’m planning to take acting lessons because of how much this space has made me remember how much I loved acting as a child, and how much of my storytelling I don’t want to be just on paper - even though I love writing! It’s made me want to improve exponentially as a DM, and part of that is improving my acting skills. I’m also so happy to report that due to a bad head cold this Yuletide season, even though I will have to postpone Christmas plans, now I have something to do with my time, which is catch up on the Miyazaki Oeuvre I have missed!
Witch of the Winding Rivers
2025-12-23 18:07:31 +0000 UTCThank you, avatar of the people! - The Handmaiden, Jurassic Park, Nausicaa, The Philadelphia Story 😅 - I don't really know Pokemon but I love a Psyduck, relatable stressed out little guys - Something beautiful about Worlds Beyond Number is how it's grown and blossomed over these years just as the story itself has. I'm known as the WBN representative amongst my friends because I never stop hyping it up and I couldn't be more proud of earning that title.
Lay
2025-12-23 18:04:21 +0000 UTCStarted pokemon with blue, so Squirtle gets my vote, although mudkip is really cute too
Daniel Wong
2025-12-23 17:53:18 +0000 UTCLetterboxd Top 4: - Liar, Liar - Waiting to Exhale - The Color Purple - Coming To America
Nandi Kayyy
2025-12-23 17:52:38 +0000 UTCTepig holds a special place in my heart
Oliver Denny
2025-12-23 17:46:45 +0000 UTCi love in the mood for love!! favorite film of all time but i feel like i never hear anyone talk about it, even all the film buffs i know
Trish K
2025-12-23 17:39:13 +0000 UTCTotodile's been the greatest starter Pokémon for 20 years, and doesn't get the love it deserves. Honorable mention to Snivy fornhaving so much attitude.
Christos Rousakos
2025-12-23 17:35:19 +0000 UTCSomething beautiful about WBN: how evident it is that the cast loves each other. I graduated college this past May, and moved across the country, and I miss the friends I had in school, but listening to Brennan and Lou loudly sing Auld Lang Syne over Aabria and Erika’s protests is so rambunctious and joyful, it helps me remember the ways I am loved and have loved.
Mackenzie Hughes
2025-12-23 17:32:45 +0000 UTCLetterboxd Four Faves: - Castle in the Sky - Lady Bird - It Follows - Fellowship of the Ring Starter: Fennekin or Bulbasaur I love about WBN: more than I can succinctly say. That we’ve all found storytellers who have such rich, vibrant hearts, instincts that serve the story and their listeners, who all seem to be kind and courageous people? It’s a dream come true.
AJ Luna
2025-12-23 17:32:30 +0000 UTCSquirtle, then Mudkip immediately behind, and then sweet baby Rowlet :')
Mimi
2025-12-23 17:30:30 +0000 UTCMerry festivus holidays to all the WBN team! Thank you for making my year more tolerable with your wonderful, wonderful stories!!! ❤️ 🤍💜❤️
William Hazelden
2025-12-23 17:29:58 +0000 UTCthere’s so much i could say about what’s beautiful about WBN but i think number one is what a source of inspiration it is to lock in on my own creative pursuits! it always lights a fire under my ass to work on the fantasy novel that’s live in my head for a decade and i’ve wanted to try making a video essay since i love watching them on YT so much and i figured a WWW recap would be the perfect thing to delve into and yap about! much love and happy holidays to everyone involved in this lovely show!!
Trish K
2025-12-23 17:29:12 +0000 UTCLetterboxed Top 4 (in a particular order): • Spirited Away • Everything, Everywhere, All At Once • The Truman Show • In the Mood for Love
Titus Weikal
2025-12-23 17:27:08 +0000 UTCBrennan! You can pick Fennekin!!! T.T
Daniel Wong
2025-12-23 17:24:13 +0000 UTCOkay, I know "one" was in all caps and everything, but i gotta shout out my boi Pinplup! 🩵💙
Fraud_Monet
2025-12-23 17:23:35 +0000 UTCLetterboxd Top 4: - Casino Royale - Perfect Blue - Coraline (3D) - The Thing
Fraud_Monet
2025-12-23 17:22:15 +0000 UTCI love Squirtle so much. Easily my favorite Pokémon.
Surest Tuna3
2025-12-23 17:21:23 +0000 UTCWithout Aabria and Brennan's advice on world building as a DM, I doubt I ever would have been able to finish my fantasy novel. They taught me more about how to create a world and make it feel real to an audience than any other resource I've ever come across.
Misty Hayes
2025-12-23 17:20:05 +0000 UTCPikachu is the best starter pokemon!
Alex Kurth
2025-12-23 17:16:18 +0000 UTCWBN has been an excellent source of escape this year when real life has been rough. It has also been a fun source of bonding between my best friend and I. Every week we swap updates on the different shows/podcasts we enjoy and WBN is the one she is by far the most interested in. It has been so much fun to theorise with her.
Jennifer Sieben
2025-12-23 17:15:37 +0000 UTCCharmander my cute little fire lizard
Jerry Mac
2025-12-23 17:15:00 +0000 UTCI play the ones that let me have Pikachu as my starter. But I've had Bulbasaur and Fennekin. I laughed when using leech seed when I was younger. I'm sure there's optimal ways to play but I had fun
somnimae
2025-12-23 17:09:20 +0000 UTCSomething beautiful about World's Beyond Number and specifically the Children's Adventure is that it took me back to being a kid! I listened to it while hiking last summer and it was just immaculate vibes all around
GhastlyGrapefruit
2025-12-23 17:09:19 +0000 UTCYa know what? I’ll allow it. I was gonna flame you for wanting to start the game with a Pseudo-, and then realized your preference is Feraligator. You’re playing for you, not for meta. Go catch ‘em all man.
Ryan L
2025-12-23 17:03:16 +0000 UTCI’m basic. My favorite starters are Chimchar/Torchic/Scorbunny. Fire/Fighting is great.
Ryan L
2025-12-23 17:01:13 +0000 UTCCrossing Delancey, Squirtle, the movie that played in my head during ABASSIN
Sarah W.
2025-12-23 16:59:56 +0000 UTCNoticing everyone’s Pokemon contribution, I shall give a tiny inside joke: Me- I know more than a few Pokemon! I know charmander, squirtle, pikachu… Spryo?? Sibling- SPYRO IS A SKYLANDER
Johnathan Xavier Hutchinson
2025-12-23 16:59:00 +0000 UTCMy favorite starter pokemon is Torchic. It was the first started I got to level 99 and I nicknamed it 'Hotwing.'
Keith Reid-Cleveland
2025-12-23 16:55:33 +0000 UTCThe Wizard, the Witch, and the Wild One has me so inspired! On one hand, I will be more active in advancing my voice acting this new year (not just because of this campaign but you get the jist). On the other hand, I will dump time, money, and effort into getting a Ghibli inspired animation show for this campaign. Much like how Critical Role has Legend of Vox Machina and The Mighty Nein. The fan animatics are fantastic! And they very well could be a starting point
Johnathan Xavier Hutchinson
2025-12-23 16:55:23 +0000 UTCSomething beautiful about World's Beyond Number is it inspires me to make things, like paintings and cocktails and playlists and maybe one day a uquiz that asks what fireside guest you are and buttons that say SOMEONE GET THIS KNIGHT SOME SHOES!!!! and goblin wizards who can get advantage on her shadow blade attacks with the secret of the twilight crown or use the secret of the second chance in a fugue state to no mechanical effect, but to great magical effect. i love it very much <3
Toe
2025-12-23 16:54:08 +0000 UTCIn no particular order: Fallen(1998), The Blues Brothers (1980), The Twelve Chairs (1970), Batman (1989). Only two of these were made after I was born! Squirtle #1! And this show was a major help through some very dark parts of the last year for me. Thank you all for making it.
Mike Sapienza
2025-12-23 16:54:01 +0000 UTCThe Avatar of the People!!! Squirtle.
Joshua Stephens
2025-12-23 16:52:41 +0000 UTCTotodile! But if I could choose any Pokémon as a starter: Dratini
Beast
2025-12-23 16:52:25 +0000 UTCTop 4 films: Arrival, Superman 25, Netflix Fyre documentary (don't judge me lol), Pride and Prejudice ✨️✨️
T. B. Shaw
2025-12-23 16:49:07 +0000 UTCWorlds Beyond Number helped me get through a major move in my life. I moved into my new home, away from a previous home that wasn't accepting of my queerness, the day that The Children's Adventure dropped. Suvi, Ame, Eursulon, and Grandmother Wren helped me unpack and create my new home.
James
2025-12-23 16:48:49 +0000 UTCBulbasaur since Dec. 25 1998
Skeletal Cleric
2025-12-23 16:44:37 +0000 UTCCharmander forever and always. 🔥 I saw the dragon on the Pokemon Red cartridge and never looked back.
Just a Fox
2025-12-23 16:44:29 +0000 UTCocean's eleven, cure, into the spiderverse, lotr: the return of the king
Casey
2025-12-23 16:43:02 +0000 UTCCHARMANDER
Sam Moody
2025-12-23 16:41:13 +0000 UTCI would never in my wildest dreams have thought to listen to a podcast where people play D&D until I took a long, end of summer trip with my adult son and his partner to visit, yes, grandma. My world is forever changed by the beautiful story of The Witch, the Wizard, and the Wild One and now I am working through the amazing stories on Dimension 20. Thanks for your unique approach to storytelling and the love in your friendship that makes it possible. Cannot wait to hear the new projects.
Lisa Harkins
2025-12-23 16:41:02 +0000 UTCIt is a special thing to find such profound expertise paired with such an enthusiastic and generous instinct to invite the audience into the *how* of your craft - into the joy and confusion, the learning and sharing, the bullseyes and whoopsies. Y'all's work feels like a refusal of perfect, preservable outcomes in favor of a whole and human process, and it makes my heart sing. Many cheers to our collaborative human superpowers that convince one plus one to equal three, and the beauty of making things together. Thank you all.
Sam Moody
2025-12-23 16:40:54 +0000 UTCTotodile!!
Kevin Engelkamp
2025-12-23 16:38:41 +0000 UTCBulbasaur was my first and one of my favorite Pokémon. Piplup is my favorite starter though. And I absolutely love WBN. WWW has been such a beautiful and heart wrenching ride. I cannot wait to see what Aabria brings with Solera (name not final).
Andrew M
2025-12-23 16:38:25 +0000 UTCVery proud (and not surprised at all) to have streamed nearly 8000 minutes of WBN on Spotify alone! Thank you for the wonderful story, characters, music, and many giggles and tears
Janneke Noij
2025-12-23 16:36:47 +0000 UTCHas to be Cindaquill! Favourite forever <3
Nicholas Deacon
2025-12-23 16:34:00 +0000 UTCMudkip or Rowlet
Elijah Golob
2025-12-23 16:29:35 +0000 UTCdead poets society, i saw the tv glow, dune part two, into the spiderverse
caleb
2025-12-23 16:29:07 +0000 UTCPikachu, but also cyndaquil
KaffinatedWitch
2025-12-23 16:28:41 +0000 UTCYou are all so lovely and wonderful. The thing I think is most beautiful about WBN is that you’re all so kind to each other. You can really feel the love in all your art.
Shelby Welby
2025-12-23 16:27:59 +0000 UTCMy LB top 4: Swing Girls (2004), Drive My Car (2021), The Matrix (1999), Holiday (1938) Pokemon Starter: OSHAWOTT NATION RISE UP Worlds Beyond Number pushed me into looking into audio editing!! :))
deardani
2025-12-23 16:27:15 +0000 UTCpiplup and rowlet are holding hands as my favs!
Kathleen Singleton
2025-12-23 16:26:41 +0000 UTCcharmander 4ever the green knight, alien, princess mononoke, blade runner
euan
2025-12-23 16:26:39 +0000 UTCA beautiful thing about the podcast is this stumbling across this incredible story and getting to share it with my partner as she is now listening to it and almost done. It’s a powerful and inspiring story told by some of my favorite performers and I have loved every second
Tim St Aubin
2025-12-23 16:23:06 +0000 UTCalso forgive me if all this reveals is my limited knowledge of Pokémon. WBN showed me the possibilities of stories and inspired me to be more thoughtful in my own pursuit of play and story telling and I think helping me be a better therapist along the way. Thank you for an amazing year and I cannot wait for WBN 2026💜💜💜💜
expandingnebula
2025-12-23 16:22:02 +0000 UTCHuge fan of Bulbasaur — there is nothing better than a lil earth dino with strangle vines comin’ atcha to bitch slap a Pokeball away. chefs kiss
expandingnebula
2025-12-23 16:19:30 +0000 UTCrowlet my beloved
dealwithitson
2025-12-23 16:17:33 +0000 UTCTurtwig babyyy
Sam Thomas
2025-12-23 16:15:34 +0000 UTCIma do all 3 Letterboxd Everything Everywhere All at Once, Paris is Burning, Howl's Moving Castle, and The Muppets Christmas Carol PKMN Starter: Piplup (but all starters are vaild) Worlds Beyond Number has opened my and many others eyes to the wonder and joy of storytelling across mediums. Thank you WBN for the laughs, tears and everything in-between. In short, Aabria, Lou, Erika and Taylor the work you put into this podcast changes lives. Thank you.
Charlie Hjortshoj
2025-12-23 16:11:23 +0000 UTCSnivy <3 🐍
Amber Miller
2025-12-23 16:11:20 +0000 UTCTepig is my favorite!! I feel like I'm the only one who will stand up for that sweet little guy!!!!
Tucker Wilson
2025-12-23 16:10:49 +0000 UTCThe Wizard the Witch and the Wild one, is one of my favorite pieces of media. The heart, love, attention all the folks at WBN put into this project is astounding!! And I cant wait to see what ya'll do in the new studio and new year!!
Zoe Camila Macias
2025-12-23 16:09:42 +0000 UTCThere needs to be some Turtwig representation in here! Always love my little guy 🌱
Em Holmes
2025-12-23 16:05:41 +0000 UTCFUECOCO.
MxDami
2025-12-23 16:04:35 +0000 UTCTop 4 PCboxed: 1 Bulbasaur 2 Mudkip 3 Cindaquil 4 Totodile
Luke
2025-12-23 16:03:49 +0000 UTCWBN is how I got my partner interested in DND. She was supportive, but didn't really "get" it. We listened to the first couple of episodes of the Children's adventure and she fell in love. Also, Squirtle. I understand the love for Charmander, but there's no one for me like my little bubble buddy.
Steve Googs
2025-12-23 16:03:46 +0000 UTCChikorita :3
Vincent BOUSCARLE
2025-12-23 16:03:34 +0000 UTCdiehard bulbasaur
Megan Hodge
2025-12-23 16:02:18 +0000 UTC*Obviously,* my top film is D(e)ad from the incredible Isabella Roland!
MamaMayhem, the moderately touted
2025-12-23 16:01:27 +0000 UTCMudkip
Brendan Fitzpatrick
2025-12-23 16:00:38 +0000 UTCTop 4 Films: The Prestige Brick Hook Dark City
Vegas Vanguards
2025-12-23 16:00:35 +0000 UTCTop four favorite movies in no particular order 1. Coraline 2. The Labyrinth 3. The Princess Bride 4. Alien
Lee Donohue
2025-12-23 16:00:16 +0000 UTCLove seeing Arrival on someone else's top 4 too! Such a great movie
Langorian
2025-12-23 15:55:41 +0000 UTCWBN is the biggest reason I finally decided to get a bunch of my friends together and run the campaign that had been bouncing around in my head for a while now. You're all incredible storytellers and incredible inspirations, and I cannot count the number of long drives where I've cried listening to WWW because of how beautiful you all have crafted the world, story, and characters to be. Happy Holidays!
Metta
2025-12-23 15:55:37 +0000 UTCCharmander
Javin Hatcherian
2025-12-23 15:55:25 +0000 UTCSamurott was such a desapointment. Why a cuadruped??? I'll never get it
Franco Muscellini
2025-12-23 15:55:25 +0000 UTCI herd u liek Mudkipz (I do, and yes it's 2006 again)
Velhelm
2025-12-23 15:53:56 +0000 UTCI’m choosing between OG starters… which means charmander all day everyday
Julie
2025-12-23 15:51:35 +0000 UTCWBN is something I stumbled upon and made me fall in love with Ttrpgs!
Nox
2025-12-23 15:50:54 +0000 UTCTop Four Movies: 1. Big Trouble in Little China (1986) 2. Point Break (1991) 3. Prey (2022) 4. (help please) In The Mood For Love or Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2000)
MJ the BFG
2025-12-23 15:50:35 +0000 UTCI was not in the holiday spirit this season until Alf Gappens Day dropped. Thank you WBN for bringing the magic into the real world so many times this year; it's so needed. ♡ A-Ho-Ho, Sláinte, Sláinte!
I Ride A Pegasus To Work
2025-12-23 15:50:26 +0000 UTCWelcome Mel!! I don't use Letterboxed so my Top 4 right now: The Lion King (1994) Star Wars: A New Hope Mad Max: Fury Road Beverly Hills Cop 2
Ernest Lewis Jr.
2025-12-23 15:49:33 +0000 UTCyus cause wbms is beytiful anf teh holidays r so fun as you can get real, real close and hear brenneans voice and slowly touch funny style with lou and taylor who always make me laugh lolol;lolo
The Pompous Peasant
2025-12-23 15:48:11 +0000 UTCTorchic!!!!
Wyatt Gildea
2025-12-23 15:47:17 +0000 UTC⭐️ Sinners, Wake up Dead Man, Frankenstein, LOTR! ⭐️ Piplup or Rowlett ⭐️ Eioghorain’s conversation with Eursulon about “all forms are your true form” always gets me as a NB/trans person! It gave me a lot of comfort to know that my self is comprised of many different selves, and they’re all true.
finn
2025-12-23 15:46:25 +0000 UTCTop four right now: Mad Max Fury Road, Parasite, Moonrise Kingdom, Inside Llewyn Davis. Also, in physical structure, the citadel reminds me of Starstruck’s Rec 97
Jackie
2025-12-23 15:45:49 +0000 UTCBulbasaur!!
Cole Pulcinella
2025-12-23 15:45:24 +0000 UTCLetterboxd top 4 Star Wars The Lion King (1994) That Thing You Do! Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World Fave starter: Squirtle!! WBN has some of the greatest audio production I've ever heard! :)
Willoughby B. Dobbs IV
2025-12-23 15:45:14 +0000 UTCI like Sprigatito but I LOVE Lechonk!
Mara Linskey-Deegan
2025-12-23 15:45:06 +0000 UTCSurfs up Digimon the movie Zoolander Tarzan Youre welcome
eyevan
2025-12-23 15:42:47 +0000 UTCSomething beautiful about WBN is how genuinely inspiring WWW is and has been. Not just as a feat of storytelling and audio drama podcasting, but the narrative itself, too. For me, specifically, it has been Eursalons level up moments in Book 1 and Book 4 (especially Book 4) which have roused something in me and permanently altered my neurochemistry. Because of this podcast, I have taken steps towards being more politically active in my country and sought out ways to contribute to mutual aid programs in my local communities. Stories like these are important, especially in times like these, and I'm genuinely thankful and joyful that WBN exists to tell them. Thank you x1000, happy holidays and a brighter tomorrow to you all ❤️🔥
Just a Fox
2025-12-23 15:40:29 +0000 UTCMy lettboxd top 4 is as follows: 1. How to Train Your Dragon 2. Everything Everywhere All at Once 3. Princess Mononoke 4. Godzilla Minus One
Violet
2025-12-23 15:37:46 +0000 UTCPrincess Bride, Spirited Away, LOTR Return of the King, Young Frankenstein
Roy
2025-12-23 15:36:54 +0000 UTCChikorita 🌿
Kei Fae
2025-12-23 15:36:30 +0000 UTCTop 4 Films in no particular order: Arrival Moonlight The Princess Diaries Pirates of the Caribbean - Part 1 WBN has made me fall in love with a story again, like I only did once in my life before in my childhood. Since the start of WBN, story has once again become part of my every day. It is hard to pick a favourite part of your favourite thing but no story has ever touched me like Suvi's arc and it's not close. My only sorrow is that I can't share these wonderful stories with my mom, because she doesn't speak English.
Langorian
2025-12-23 15:35:32 +0000 UTCThe most beautiful thing about wbn is the friends we made along the way
Anthony Mineghino
2025-12-23 15:34:24 +0000 UTCThis is perfect. It’s gonna kill one of the three hours that I have to travel home.
The Wizard Sparrow
2025-12-23 15:34:07 +0000 UTCLeterboxed top 4: The Passion Of Joan Of Arc The Princess Bride Funeral Parade Of Roses But I'm A Cheerleader
Ollie
2025-12-23 15:31:06 +0000 UTCTreecko is my favorite starter, they’re just great. Oshawott and Dewott are so good, but Samurott is just so meh. Why does a bipedal otter evolve into a bigger bipedal otter into a quadrupedal Narwhale thing? It’s sooo close to perfect. My biggest gripe with Pokémon.
Nate Freeman
2025-12-23 15:30:57 +0000 UTCTop 4 is 1. Curious george-quite simply the greatest movie ever made 2. Of an Age 3. Everything Everywhere All at Once (although honestly might drop it) 4. The Boy and the Heron
Kevin
2025-12-23 15:29:20 +0000 UTCThis podcast has been a bright light during a really difficult year. The stories, the friendship, and the true dedication to making something beautiful together have meant a lot to me. Thank you.
Ashe
2025-12-23 15:29:18 +0000 UTCJaws, Shaun of the Dead, The Sound of Music, Little Miss Sunshine
Midora DuBose
2025-12-23 15:28:33 +0000 UTCYay Mel!
John Liang
2025-12-23 15:27:50 +0000 UTCTop 4 films: - Adams Family (1991) - Dogma - Naussica and the valley of the wind - Hook Favorite starter Pokemon: a tie Squirtle (cause warturtle is peak) Piplup (cause emplyeon) Sometime beautiful: the choices you make to delight and surprise each other.
Samuel Kirby-Grove
2025-12-23 15:27:02 +0000 UTCSquirtle is and will always be the best!
Patrick Kille
2025-12-23 15:26:51 +0000 UTCIf they touch the fifth element I'll burn down hollywood right next to Aabria
Franco Muscellini
2025-12-23 15:24:09 +0000 UTCWorlds Beyond Number: An invitation to leave your sorrows behind, a portal to your mystical dreams and a doorway to your inner peace.❤️
Nina Nachtmann
2025-12-23 15:23:29 +0000 UTCTop 4 is pretty impossible but at the moment, I will say: Our Hospitality (1923); Dear Frankie (2004); The Shawshank Redemption (1994); Arsenic and Old Lace (1944); The Fall (2006). I know The General is technically considered the best Buster Keaton film, but Our Hospitality was my first feature length viewing experience and holds a special place in my heart.
I Ride A Pegasus To Work
2025-12-23 15:23:25 +0000 UTCLetterboxd: Mean Girls, Scooby Doo (spooky island), Everything Everywhere All at Once, Phantom Thread. Pokemon: Treeko
Jack Loewe
2025-12-23 15:23:07 +0000 UTCNot going to respond to any of the prompts, but instead going to offer my own. My favorite book I read this year was The Buried Giant By Kazuo Ishiguro with Susanna Clarke's Piranesi being a close second.
Nicculus
2025-12-23 15:23:05 +0000 UTCThank you all for the work and dedication you have put into everything thus far, i am excited to hear what cones next! A-hoo-hoo and Crackle Crackle
Sean Britcher
2025-12-23 15:22:00 +0000 UTCMy Letterboxd Four: Star Wars: A New Hope, Jurassic Park, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Moonrise Kingdom Starter Pokémon: Fennekin WBN: The whole dang thing, but also the creativity and generous collaboration between everyone involved.
STUART POPP
2025-12-23 15:22:00 +0000 UTCSeconded!
D
2025-12-23 15:22:00 +0000 UTC"every hearth needs a sweeping and every witch needs to fly" it's one of my favourite things i've ever heard
mel
2025-12-23 15:21:39 +0000 UTCWill there be a Catbus adjacent spirit?
Eric
2025-12-23 15:20:59 +0000 UTCPiplup!
The Wizard Simulation
2025-12-23 15:20:20 +0000 UTCA-hoo-hoo-hinged
SvenTS
2025-12-23 15:19:26 +0000 UTCWorlds beyond number has helped me be more creative and more in touch with the world around me
Lee
2025-12-23 15:19:22 +0000 UTCWorlds Beyond Number has helped me rediscover the magic in magic. Thanks for helping me remember that childish wonder and curiosity.
PotatoSack
2025-12-23 15:18:36 +0000 UTCBulbasaur
Joshua H Katz
2025-12-23 15:18:13 +0000 UTCMy top 4: Empire Strikes Back, Le Cercle Rouge, Heathers, Spirited Away
Doan Roessler
2025-12-23 15:18:03 +0000 UTCBulbasaur 🙏
MrContent
2025-12-23 15:17:35 +0000 UTCTop 4 films are Star Wars: A New Hope, The Bourne Identity, Wings of Desire, and Nimona. Favorite starter Pokemon is Rowlet. And a beautiful thing about WBN is the emotion it brings out in both the players and the audience 🥰
Alex W.
2025-12-23 15:16:36 +0000 UTCi too love what WBN does for the medium but i also love my letterboxd top 4. so The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Knives Out (2019), The Fifth Element (1997), Arrival (2016)
vivs
2025-12-23 15:16:16 +0000 UTCMy top 4 on Letterboxd is Bicycle Theives, Back to The Future, Pinocchio, and Tick Tick Boom! Love the surprise drop and the podcast!
Tim St Aubin
2025-12-23 15:15:57 +0000 UTCAlso I fuck with Snivy, best starter around
Ted Collins
2025-12-23 15:15:55 +0000 UTCPiplup
Matteo Cinotti
2025-12-23 15:15:53 +0000 UTCLetterboxd top 4: The Fall (2006) The Princess Bride All That Jazz The Red Shoes
Amy L
2025-12-23 15:15:16 +0000 UTCLetterboxd top 4 this year: Speed Racer (2008) Superman Sinners I've only reviewed three movies on letterboxd
Shameel and Mariam
2025-12-23 15:14:23 +0000 UTCSomething beautiful about Worlds Beyond Number: Perfectly and beautifully depicting what it looks like for love and family to be made up of individuals who are wildly different from one another, but all so powerful in their own rights.
Amanda Reilly
2025-12-23 15:13:52 +0000 UTCI'm an earth sign and love turtles, so Turtwig has always been my guy 💚
Noah the Gentleman Fister #HonortheCock
2025-12-23 15:12:09 +0000 UTCIt’s gotta be froakie or mudkip for me
HatofMoney
2025-12-23 15:11:51 +0000 UTCMy top 4: Paddington 2, Dead Poets Society, Muppet Christmas Carol, Lord of the Rings (just all of them) Favourite starter: Mudkip Something I love about Worlds Beyond Number: the sheer sense of joy and wonder that it fills me with and the absolutely absorbing story
Conor Doyle
2025-12-23 15:11:40 +0000 UTCPaddington 2 is so goated
Erin Morse
2025-12-23 15:11:34 +0000 UTCSomething beautiful about WBN; Not getting into my full trauma dump, but this series has been with me during some of the hardest times of my life. Got married, got cheated on, getting divorced, and that was just this year. This story has still been such a good escapism from everything going on, and I hope you guys know how much you are all appreciated for everything you do. Truly, truly appreciated for just being a constant as everything happens in reality. I cannot accurately put into words how much it has helped me. Thank you so much, and looking forward to future worlds to explore <3 (In slightly better news, in talks with someone else who is already a fan of this show! So already bringing me to new people too! Gonna be really funny if she sees this 👑)
Smitsel
2025-12-23 15:11:33 +0000 UTCDitto is my favorite pokemon and honestly I love the music in WBN it's my favorite part
Ryan
2025-12-23 15:11:15 +0000 UTCOne of the most beautiful things about WBN to me is the genuine love for storytelling shown by each and every one of you. Everything you do from the restraint in some scenes so that something will pay off chapters later, to jumping into quest fever, picking up a bit, locking in, the sounds and music created, the editing. The sheer respect for the art of telling a story in every way shape and form is absolutely beautiful.
Erin Morse
2025-12-23 15:10:39 +0000 UTCWorlds Beyond Number has inspired me to create so much of my own art, fanart and otherwise. I started teaching myself to draw about a year and a half ago, and I can see improvements, some directly due to wanting to draw things from WBN:WWWO.
Emily C
2025-12-23 15:10:36 +0000 UTCIt's beautiful to have artists loving what they do and sharing it with others so they can love it too. It's so fun to be part of this community! Thank you for what you do!
Meagan Morrow
2025-12-23 15:10:25 +0000 UTCListening as I travel home for Christmas. I love this show because Worlds Beyond Number is such a beautiful tale that it turns distance into a journey. Thanks for making stories 🏕🔥
Ted Collins
2025-12-23 15:10:09 +0000 UTCRowlet!
Kyle Swaggerty
2025-12-23 15:10:01 +0000 UTCFennekin forever psychic fire is such a cool type also go play pokemon lazarus its a romhak of an entire new region in the visual style of emerald and it fucks
Chase!
2025-12-23 15:09:36 +0000 UTCDuring the more climatic episodes I had to pull over in my car because i was too invested and immersed in the story to drive safely.
Mediocre
2025-12-23 15:09:27 +0000 UTC!! thank you for the surprise (to me) bone cone drop!
blue piou
2025-12-23 15:09:25 +0000 UTCmy top four films are Pride & Prejudice (2005) Good Will Hunting (1997) The Princess Bride (1987) My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Hanna Dahl
2025-12-23 15:09:18 +0000 UTCLetterboxd top 4: Paddington 2, Millennium Actress, Everything Everywhere All At Once, and His Girl Friday
Just GJ
2025-12-23 15:08:31 +0000 UTCBulbasaur!!!
Stephanie Godin
2025-12-23 15:08:23 +0000 UTCThe Matrix, A Real Pain, Jurassic Park, Wild Mountain Thyme
Christopher Underhill
2025-12-23 15:08:20 +0000 UTCMudkip forever
Cordial
2025-12-23 15:07:53 +0000 UTCIt's gotta be my boy Treecko
AJC
2025-12-23 15:07:41 +0000 UTCJurassic Park, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Creep, Pacific Rim :D
Eliza V.
2025-12-23 15:07:36 +0000 UTCSomething beautiful - this podcast has given my brother (not a nerd) and I (big nerd) a shared topic to discuss during a truly horrific year. Thanks to all by the fireside for keeping it going.
Ryan Fish
2025-12-23 15:07:34 +0000 UTCCharmander gang! Also, hi 👋 Mel!!!
Christopher [CW] Williams
2025-12-23 15:07:00 +0000 UTCTorchic gang 🤙🐥🔥
Kayjii
2025-12-23 15:06:43 +0000 UTCSomething beautiful about Worlds Beyond Number is how inspiring it is. Never has a piece of media made me want to create like this podcast has.m
Daniel Joseph
2025-12-23 15:06:32 +0000 UTCFennekin is probably my favorite starter... And as I type this out, it feels like I'm pandering...picking the fox Pokemon that evolves into a witch...🤷🏽♂️
Matthew Poonamallee
2025-12-23 15:06:30 +0000 UTCTop 4 films: Transformers One, Transformers (Micheal Bay), Transformers the second one by Micheal Bay, and then Transformers but this time is the third one by Micheal Bay. Also, I don't know what Letterboxed is.
Amy Waller
2025-12-23 15:06:22 +0000 UTCSquirtle. Also, you correctly assumed I often listen to WBN on the way to visit my grandmother.
Ryan Schlichting
2025-12-23 15:06:00 +0000 UTCCharmander <3
Dominic Ladeza
2025-12-23 15:05:56 +0000 UTCTotodile for liiiiiiife. Just look at his cute dumb little face!
KyleCat
2025-12-23 15:05:51 +0000 UTCThis FSC is a regular amount of long at best! (Chimchar☺️)
Lax
2025-12-23 15:05:31 +0000 UTCThe gifts keep coming!
Kevin Rice
2025-12-23 15:05:30 +0000 UTCMulholland Drive, Jurassic Park, One Battle After Another, Interstellar
eric
2025-12-23 15:05:24 +0000 UTCSquirtle. How much joy it has brought so many people.
Mason Zack
2025-12-23 15:05:19 +0000 UTCbulbasaur you will always be famous!!!! i am fond of that little weed cat as well though
Jo Ismail
2025-12-23 15:05:07 +0000 UTCMy favorite starter pokemon is Rowlet. I love how ROUND he is
Jonah
2025-12-23 15:04:42 +0000 UTCCHIKORITA SUPREMACY!!!!!!!!!! 😤😤😤😤😤
Thomas Flott
2025-12-23 15:04:03 +0000 UTC
