[PUBLIC EPISODE] The Wizard, the Witch and the Wild One: ep025 “The Retinue"
Added 2024-04-23 10:30:30 +0000 UTC
The stars at the top of the world begin to align, and the meeting of the coven draws ever nearer. Old debts are paid and new collateral is put on the line. Ame plays politics, Eursulon plays cowboy, and Suvi's not playing around, not even a little. Remember, the number one rule of hospitality and protocol is never ever tell your host that all your rowdy friends are coming over tonight. They hate that.
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Comments
As a 5'1" homie who would absolutely wreak havoc if anyone came for my husband, I think I'm gonna have to cosplay Orima
Erin Michelotti
2024-09-02 20:48:56 +0000 UTCThe top of the world and a buried secret spell it's what you wanted
Jonesey
2024-08-25 00:14:27 +0000 UTCTo the production of chapter 3, and to Taylor (I believe): French Horn? *chef's kiss*
Steven
2024-06-19 14:46:19 +0000 UTCOK I finished my re-listen and I'm here and catching up. Brennan is too good at doing Small Human Speech Patterns.
Ashley Teatum
2024-05-27 14:30:22 +0000 UTCAbsolutely. Prokofiev rules. Love the Russian romantics and he’s my favorite of them. And obviously Peter and the wolf in particular was a huge influence in how we thought about the score in general. See if you can hear his Cinderella waltz in ep26! -t
Worlds Beyond Number
2024-05-20 00:09:28 +0000 UTCSo the Green man... Is it the same from Grandmother Ren's bed frame?
Glen Petrofski
2024-05-19 23:47:13 +0000 UTCI know folks are loving the Suvi/Ame Kendrick Lamar/Drake content, but let me just say, Ro-Ro is an absolute dear and I can't want to see the family back again lol.
leotoffee
2024-05-12 03:50:30 +0000 UTCWow, last couple minutes had me conflicted. On one hand I'm like "noooo stop fighting!, you're friends!" And on the other it's "YEAH GET HER!"
MKE2ND
2024-05-07 11:34:21 +0000 UTCdamn, suvi! they're in the north pole but the weather is not the coldest thing there!
Blaze
2024-05-07 08:46:31 +0000 UTCSame. I don't let anyone speak to me that way, I would have dropped Suvi as a friend at this point, it's unacceptable.
Konner
2024-05-05 14:47:55 +0000 UTCI got to this episode and realised I was all caught up so far. Nearly wailed in frustration until I realised this meant I had time to go back and listen to all the Children’s Adventure again! Serendipity works!
Michelle Neville
2024-05-04 03:45:59 +0000 UTC“Is this *all* the secret? I just wanna know what I can say and what I can’t say…” brb screaming for eternity at this adorable scrne
Mary Wimmer
2024-05-03 14:14:12 +0000 UTCTaylor, the music behind the Sun Horse is absolutely breathtaking and the tonal quality of the french horn is a perfect representation. I was immediately reminded of my childhood watching the Disney animated version of Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf" and wonder if that was a particular inspiration?
David Pendragon
2024-05-02 12:58:02 +0000 UTCThe sheer number of times I have contemplated this is wild even to me
Caitlyn
2024-04-29 22:55:08 +0000 UTCThirdly: Though maybe unintentional, wild parallel of the Witch of Hospitality breaking her basic tenants at the Citadel to Suvi having to jump through twenty-six hoops at the ice palace. Which she does, for Ame.
Bria A.
2024-04-29 14:45:15 +0000 UTCFirst of all, Taylor, the horse riding score ruined my life in the best way. Secondly, I mentioned this elsewhere, but: *we* as an audience know the Citadel is a power-hungry and self-absorbed institution, but even with that said…Suvi’s ending speech wasn’t wrong (fight me). If I take you to my house to nurse you back to health and you act a goddamn fool on your way out with not even a fleeting thought to the repercussions it would have on me*, your alleged friend—much less the structure of my home—I would also be pissed off, heartbroken, and feel deeply unappreciated. (*For no reason, mind you, because they were still going to leave with Steel anyway — and as we’ve just seen, Suvi wasn’t even late! She was early! 😭)
Bria A.
2024-04-29 14:32:05 +0000 UTCI love that the actors are good friends irl but can still have such intense moments in the show! Suvi and Ame’s interaction had me at the edge of my seat 😭😭😭! Also I love Eursalon is a true friend and tried his best to help his friend despite finally finding his long-lost family 😭😭😭
Sammi Jacobs
2024-04-28 17:09:43 +0000 UTCI started this series during a rough time in my life and it honestly brought me much needed joy and excitement! Thank you to the cast and crew for making this awesome series!
Sammi Jacobs
2024-04-28 17:03:21 +0000 UTCThe second one. I just couldn’t conceive of a Sun Horse without some brass. Although maybe it’s not the theme of the horse but of the bridle, whose provenance is yet unknown?? Mysteries abound here, on the hit podcast Worlds Beyond Number. -t
Worlds Beyond Number
2024-04-27 09:17:11 +0000 UTCHey Taylor, does the use of the French Horn indicate that our new friend the Sun Horse is connected to the Citadel? Or is it just the French Horn is the best instrument ever? (Signed, former French Horn player)
Erika Iverson
2024-04-26 21:52:12 +0000 UTCHey! Hey CC you're the COOLEST PERSON EVER. I had no idea about this! 😭
Aabria Iyengar
2024-04-26 21:08:44 +0000 UTCI truly don't understand the reaction of "Suvi should be trying to understand why they did this." Suvi had all the same information Ame did. Ame and the Fox set off an explosion in the Citadel and nearly killed four people simply because they were unwilling to wait two hours (to get to a meeting that, I might note, no one else has even arrived at yet), and Suvi came to the North Pole for them anyway. Ame and Eursulon are "nicer" than Suvi, so it's easy to feel that Suvi being "mean" to them is unfair. But the idea that someone can blow up your home and you should still enter the conversation wanting to hear their point of view is... not something I agree with. Would it have been very magnanimous of Suvi and made her the bigger person if she did so? Yeah, sure. But I don't think it's a reasonable expectation. People are literally acting like, "Hey, I know I set off a bomb in a crowded town square, but you don't have to YELL about it." (To be clear, I love Ame and Eursulon just as much as Suvi, but we fundamentally don't have any evidence that anything bad would have happened if they had waited or that Steel wouldn't have stuck to her word, so I think there's nothing that justifies that destruction they left in their wake. Especially because this is a lesson they ALREADY should have learned in Port Talon.) Also Suvi is clearly treating them as "witch" and "spirit" because she can at least stomach the idea that they felt compelled by their duties in those capacities to pop off. If they were instead acting as Ame and Eursulon and still deecided they had so little respect for Suvi's home, then things are... much more dire. I think they will reconcile soon enough and Suvi will understand that they were outsiders in the Citadel who felt pressured and trapped, and Ame and Eursulon will chill out and figure out that their instinctive actions have consequences and they can't keep treating wizards' lives as expendable because they decide they can't wait, but in the meantime I think Suvi's anger is overwhelmingly reasonable.
Adarsh Nednur
2024-04-26 18:28:32 +0000 UTCI mean, Ame literally exploded Suvi's hometown and almost killed 4 people because she couldn't wait two hours to get to Toma, only to get to the North Pole and find that none of the other witches were there and might not be there for hours, if not days. This is a lesson that her and Eursulon have now collectively learned at least 3 times over. And Suvi *still* set that beef aside and dropped everything to come to the North Pole because Ame would be in danger otherwise. I love Ame to death but I think the anger is... kind of justified 😬 Imagine if your best friend set your house on fire because they were worried about being late to a meeting, only to find out they were the first one there? I'm not an angry guy but I think some F bombs would get dropped tbh
Adarsh Nednur
2024-04-26 17:23:29 +0000 UTCIndri alluding to the overlap between being "The Witch of Wind and Stars" and "Sky" reminded me that there is actually a NOAA telescope called "SUVI" haha. (SUVI stands for "Solar Ultraviolet Imager." It's used to monitor the sun.) NOAA is a WBN fan confirmed??? Details: https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/goes-solar-ultraviolet-imager-suvi
CC
2024-04-26 16:30:45 +0000 UTCSurprised at how many people take Suvi's cruelty towards Ame as a kind of righteous telling-it-like-it-is. I don't think being that much of a dick towards your best friend is justified simply by being angry with them! That's not a respectful way to treat a friend!
seventhrib
2024-04-26 13:48:40 +0000 UTCNot related to this episode but I'm curious about the couple that Ame gave the cock ring to.
grent
2024-04-26 09:03:54 +0000 UTCy'all can't end with THAT confrontation and then THAT follow-up and now I gotta wait TWO WEEKS 😭😭😭😭
Cheese
2024-04-25 19:30:26 +0000 UTCIf one of the coven catches Suvi in a lie, will they cast Tongue-Tie? 🤔 Would be hilarious if Suvi and Ame had Othershoes cast on them for fighting, but I can’t see one of the coven cursing Ame. And I feel like Suvi is going to get hit with Spellwarping Curse at some point in this arc. The homebrew witch spells are so cool!! I can’t wait to see them in action. Even Ame’s cackle cantrip
CommodoreBlue
2024-04-25 19:23:36 +0000 UTCI have a feeling that the Music Box Plan only happened because Suvi explain to Steel how important and powerful the coven is, suddenly Steel wasn’t so dismissive of the meeting like she was to Ame
ceeg
2024-04-25 17:28:14 +0000 UTCAhhhh I’m so glad the girls took it there and that Eursulon interrupted before we could hear a rebuttal! I’m so hype for the next ep. Anybody else finish RPDR S16 while arc 3 started? I can’t help but hear every “sister” from the witches as if they were Plane Jane 😭 had to relisten to the final act of this ep just to take all the shade out the congenial conversations.
Ren Dara
2024-04-25 14:10:21 +0000 UTCI can't help but wonder if Steel still would have gone through with The Music Box Plan if Ame had done what she'd asked and waited/been teleported at Steel's convenience....like, would Suvi have been the one with The Music Box or would it have been one of the other wizards on the ship...?
Sydney Jay
2024-04-25 05:24:06 +0000 UTCI'm always so overjoyed with how the acting, narration, and stunning music and sound scaping makes every feeling feel so... BIG! And GRAND! I'm truly swept away every episode. <3
Evelina Meiklejohn
2024-04-25 01:50:33 +0000 UTCTo be fair, Suvi is the only one who has had a large support system available to her.
Emily Pesnichak
2024-04-24 21:55:30 +0000 UTCEvery time you end on a cliffhanger and everytime im like !!! No! Not a cliffhange!! Now i have to wait another fortnight (I love the waiting and i love that you live up to anticipation) The sunlight horse!!! The pancakes!!! The end! The politics of witches! Im in love with this world
Dervla O'Brien
2024-04-24 21:43:47 +0000 UTCTHE D R A M A
Brandon Rilling
2024-04-24 20:57:08 +0000 UTCAlso just need to point out that so far in the grown up game, Suvi is the only one who hasn't needed help with anything. Ame needed her curse broken, Eursulon needed to find the sword/honor/breath. Suvi came to pay respects and help
The Wizard Sound
2024-04-24 19:05:04 +0000 UTCOne of the things I love about d&d, and this story in particular, is how players can act in a way that is completely sincere and morally right, and be completely in the wrong as it relates to legit parts of the larger world. And because the pcs have such strong connections to the power structures of the world, there is great weight and risk with every misalignment. Those connected to the Spirit have every right to take issue with the forced captivity of spirits. Those connected to the Empire have a right to take issue with large scale destruction and death within the empire.
The Wizard Sound
2024-04-24 19:01:28 +0000 UTCWould depend on who put a curse on Ame to brainwash her out of a lifetime of Grandmother Ren's knowledge. Could be wizards (you never know, they are devious), could be the spirits, could be her fellow witches.
Ecceptable
2024-04-24 18:58:23 +0000 UTCI think it's because the Citadel is a more apparent and intentional parallel to human injustice, while the witches and spirits read as more metaphors for nature. Often I feel silly holding them to the same standards. But people are real quick to overlook the Great Bear alternately neglecting and eating his kids, the Witches plotting to murder their new sister to increase their grip on power, and the fact that Orima's response to her husband's kidnapping is laying waste to innocent villages and growing murder-weeds from the corpses of those who couldn't escape.
Ecceptable
2024-04-24 18:31:42 +0000 UTCAgiddysea
2024-04-24 17:41:37 +0000 UTCI can't wait for Suvi to get hit with the realization that her mom Drugged and brainwashed her. Maybe THAT will be enough to make her realize the Citadel and it's wizards kinda suck.
HexMix
2024-04-24 15:18:14 +0000 UTCThe end of this episode makes me want to reread “Conflict is not Abuse” by Sarah Schulman because once we see how the story plays out (which my underlying assumption based on the cast’s past work is that there will inevitably be repair) this story will be a stellar case study in helping people understand interpersonal conflict.
Nathan Bakken
2024-04-24 14:51:04 +0000 UTCFor the Witch of the Worlds Heart, Ame sure has a paternalistic attitude towards humans. I’ve been thinking this for a while, but Ame’s reaction to the frozen prisoners really cemented it for me.
Makenzie
2024-04-24 14:09:27 +0000 UTCYou gotta stop doing the Wizard hubris so well, I'm over here just waiting for Ame to pop off & remind Suvi she hasn't wayshadowed anyone, so she can cool her jets on the guilt projection. DAMN IT Y'ALL, I DIDN'T HAVE PLANS TO GET THIS INVESTED IN THESE CHARACTERS!!
Sil
2024-04-24 13:50:22 +0000 UTCAnd like as a Witch, she should know better than to be a bad houseguest??
Makenzie
2024-04-24 13:43:38 +0000 UTCTotallyyyyyy. The Witch of the Worlds Heart really shouldn’t be that quick to burn bridges either
Makenzie
2024-04-24 13:37:02 +0000 UTCAfter listening to the episode, and thinking about it, Suvi is not wrong in being angry with Ame. Sure, she could be handling it better, but she's not wrong. Ame needs to be raked over the coals a bit for her actions, and the consequences that follow them. Ultimately, because of Ame's explosive exit, Eursulon (and most likely Ame) can never go back to the Eirion, and who knows what might happen to Ame's contacts there as well. There's gonna be some hard conversations next episode.
Michael Munene
2024-04-24 12:17:55 +0000 UTCJuicy ass episode with some Juicy ass comments I for one, am simply rolling on the floor that immediately after the "I will never forgive you IF-" speech, xxxx rocks up with a xxxx cheering "I FOUND MY xxxx! xxxx GAVE ME A xxxx AND IM HERE NOW!" Like. Give your poor wizard girl a break from her eco-terrorist bff's wild ride lmao
Anonymous Developer
2024-04-24 11:16:21 +0000 UTCAlso, Eursulon’s black as hell for that “I’m gonna go the other way” with a Nat 20 🫡
Abigail W
2024-04-24 07:27:55 +0000 UTCI’ve never been more down with inter-party conflict 🤌🏾 Let them cook! It will be worth it!
Abigail W
2024-04-24 07:21:56 +0000 UTCWhen Eursulon rode off on the horse, the music made me feel like a kid again ❤️ magic
Witpending
2024-04-24 06:05:52 +0000 UTCdoubt it
Aabria Iyengar
2024-04-24 04:28:35 +0000 UTCMount Suvius
Sanna G.
2024-04-24 03:48:57 +0000 UTCStraight up sobbing at Roro’s first spell.
Essie Ruth
2024-04-24 03:19:55 +0000 UTCMan, Eursulon's absence is never more sorely felt than the instant Suvi and Ame get back in a room together and there's no modulating third voice between them! There's a lot of stories where you understand why two people are friends. But there are few stories that capture that feeling of a perfect triangle of THREE friends, whose presence is all required in the relationship, or the chemistry gets weird and the seesaw kinda wobbles. Ame, Suvi, and Eursulon don't just complement each other -- they're each incomplete without BOTH of the others. They're like a band. When the drummer's out sick, the vibes get weird in the studio. It's especially interesting to me how the group dynamics of the main trio explicitly do NOT align with the broader dynamics of the magical domains they represent. In the rest of Umora, it's witches acting as the go-between for wizards and spirits. In this house? Nah. It's the wizard and the witch who most often butt heads, and the wild one who bridges the gap emotionally. It's such a fun little dramatic irony.
Brandon Carbaugh
2024-04-24 02:45:18 +0000 UTCI definitely understood Ame's hesitation with Steel there. However, similar to how Port Talon went down, by not utilizing the help offered by Steel or at least looking for alternative means of finding the root causes of the problems (who placed the curse on Ame and Grandmother Ren, who in the Citadel gave permission to harvest blood from a Great Spirit, etc.), Ame is allowing for these situations to repeat themselves possibly in even worse manners.
LadyMage
2024-04-24 01:31:36 +0000 UTCOof. Suvi should be angry with how Ame and Fox left, but I don't think its fair to Ame about being in a coma. Steel pretty much told her she wanted to study her like a science experiment and so far Ame's intuitions about the Citadel have been right.
MagnaniMel
2024-04-24 01:08:41 +0000 UTCI am going to kick Suvi’s ass
ceeg
2024-04-24 00:54:44 +0000 UTCAlso Suvi out here laying everything out on the table for her best friend is so raw and on-point. Needed to be said 🥂
Cha Cha Rae
2024-04-24 00:14:37 +0000 UTCOk so y’all might have finally convinced me I need to learn to draw horses. Eursulon ONCE AGAIN making me weep (extremely affectionate)
Cha Cha Rae
2024-04-24 00:09:51 +0000 UTCEursulon’s music when he took off on the horse was so warm and vibrant!! The only thing that made it better was hearing him hollering in the background as they took off. This story is very very good and I’m just constantly blown away at how Taylor’s sound design perfectly complements and elevates the story to incredible heights. 💜✨💜
✨ Marlee ✨
2024-04-24 00:07:45 +0000 UTCWas the dressing down of Ame harsh? Yes. Was it also completely fair and warranted? 1000%
tayycro
2024-04-23 23:55:39 +0000 UTCI also want to point out that the delay didn't have anything to necessarily due with Ame. At the point that Ame was notified of this coven meeting, shit went down with the war and the Citadel got put on lockdown. If I remember correctly, Ame was going to be allowed to leave, it's just that the teleporters that would've gotten her to the cottage sooner were not going to be available for use. I know that Ame felt like something was wrong or felt that it was important for her to go back to the cottage first but...you can take five minutes to explain to your friend so that she can help you better lol.
LadyMage
2024-04-23 23:43:13 +0000 UTCAs someone who constantly plays a wizard, Suvi's chastising of Ame felt fully warranted. You don't be a bad house guest for people who can cast fireballs.
Kamuraki
2024-04-23 23:30:40 +0000 UTCAs someone who flipped from team Ame in season 1 to team Suvi at the end of season 2, I still can't quite wrap my head around why Ame HAD to leave right then and there. Season 1 I could at least understand because the priority to Eursalon and Ame was rescuing Naram and I can certainly understand (not necessarily agree with) saving my people even if the cost is other people. But leaving the citadel when there are 3 days left, Steel needs 12 hours leaving them with 2 and a half days, a quick return to the cottage for Ame to replenish whatever she needs to and then an instantaneous teleport to the North Pole was more than feasible. It really felt like a I just need to go with no explanation or justification
Mubarak Abdi
2024-04-23 23:23:34 +0000 UTCI didn’t realize ame learned the polymorph spell! During the whole scene with suvi she had polymorphed into a doormat
Krusty Bo Busty
2024-04-23 22:52:49 +0000 UTCI really like how, because of the way the PCs are connected to the various worlds, *where* they are very much plays into *who* they are at anytime. Suvi and Ame are both judgey McJugertons 😂
The Wizard Sound
2024-04-23 22:31:01 +0000 UTCAnybody else feel like Ame or more so Erika was teeing up that Suvi-splosion? I recall something about pre-negotiations for character conflicts (mentioned in a fireside). I wonder if this is an artifact of that or maybe not, idk. Just curious.
Zer
2024-04-23 22:27:29 +0000 UTCThe way that Suvi copes with pain and betrayal and fear is extremely infuriating but also extremely entertaining to follow as a listener. From the outside I can really sympathize with her perspective and can easily see that her mean-queen-routine is how she is expressing her very legitimate reasons for feeling hurt, but god damn if I was in Ame's shoes it would be so hard to not clap back at the moment where Suvi called out Ame for being judgmental in the midst of behaving like the most judgmental judge to ever have judged.
Glue Wilson
2024-04-23 22:14:42 +0000 UTCTwo weeks waiting for Eursulon to get in the mix is gonna be tough!! Suvi was intent to blame Ame for pretty much everything at the end there, but Eursulon ran from Steel as well... can't imagine he'll let all that blame falling on Ame really fly. But yea the drama and conflict had me steamin' and flying to the comments to defend Ame by the end =p. I'm suuuuper curious where things will end up now that Suvi is taking some serious shots at her friends. Two whole weeks of waiting!!
Oakenguard
2024-04-23 22:08:03 +0000 UTCYes, but it cleared up quickly.
Carrie Mook Bridgman
2024-04-23 22:06:17 +0000 UTCI finished the episode and said, "Hang on. It can't be over yet. They just got everyone in the door. What was that, half an hour?" Try nearly an hour and a half.
Carrie Mook Bridgman
2024-04-23 22:05:36 +0000 UTCOh man! I think next episode we’ll get to meet the coven. So looking forward to that! This episode was pretty awesome :)
Alex Ochoa
2024-04-23 22:04:12 +0000 UTCWhat a beautiful ahoohoo
lil guy
2024-04-23 21:55:59 +0000 UTCI loved this episode so much!! Unrelated but, for the newer episodes I can't find transcripts on spotify or patreon. Am I just missing them, or have they not been uploaded yet?
lil guy
2024-04-23 21:55:03 +0000 UTCI came straight to the comments after listening to this episode for the drama and boy did everyone deliver lol This conflict between Suvi and Ame is sooo well done, 👏👏 it’s real. It’s so real because it ISNT clear or healthy communication. Sure, conflict in adult relationships shouldn’t be communicated in this way, but I barely classify our lovely protags as adults. And you can only really know how to “act right” when it’s modeled, or you learn through correction. When has Suvi had that opportunity? I think Ame hasn’t had a lot of practice with anyone other than Ren….so good. . I hope both characters are able to make up and it’ll all be love again, sure. But this isn’t a Disney special, And I’m here for everyone’s messiness, mistakes and triumphs. I’m so excited for the character growth. And I can’t wait 2 whole weeks for Eursulon to have no idea what he is walking into.
Witch of the Willow Bowers
2024-04-23 21:42:28 +0000 UTCI just love this story so much. Top tier hands down
Yaseen abdul-malik
2024-04-23 21:25:35 +0000 UTCThe words of the first witch of the world's heart that are carved into this courtyard have got to be "Be kind" right?
Leith H.
2024-04-23 20:31:36 +0000 UTC"Homie is five foot one" lmao
Sam A.
2024-04-23 20:21:35 +0000 UTCNot sure I’ve ever heard the word “retinue” used more than 3 or 4 times before in my life, I have since more than doubled that number since listening to “The Retinue” 🤘🏻😑🤘🏻
Bryan
2024-04-23 19:40:11 +0000 UTCSuvi saying “Spit it out” did something vile to me… and that’s all I’d like to say on the subject Edit: I finished the episode and I’m dead now… 💀 <- that’s me, but it’s ok because Eursalon is back 🥴
Bryan
2024-04-23 19:31:49 +0000 UTCYep that was nooooot nice to listen to lol. But hey at least Suvi got a W over Ame... or something?
Oakenguard
2024-04-23 19:03:03 +0000 UTCRo-Ro buried it.
Whyse Wytch
2024-04-23 19:01:56 +0000 UTCTeam Ame and Eursalon reporting in. What time and where =p
Oakenguard
2024-04-23 18:29:12 +0000 UTCI'm kinda spooked cause Suvi plays to win, Ame tries to make peace... and that seems a recipe for disaster. I think Suvi is gonna put Ame down hard (too unjust for me not to get spicy about), and she may just get away with it.
Oakenguard
2024-04-23 18:27:14 +0000 UTCThis two week wait is going to be brutal. Like the fraction between Ame and Suvi is sooo real knowing that they both have made errors and suck at assertive communication which who isnt. Can tell the Ame being a peace keeper wants to say so much more but is hard to apologize when your good friend got hurt by your actions of leaving and causing chaos rightfully soo. However Suvi has the right to feel sooo hurt and her hurt turns into anger. I hope they are able to see the error of both their ways but hope that Suvi can try to be more understanding and so her true feelings which again is so human and hard to do. Such amazing story telling truly is.
Cocomoose
2024-04-23 18:10:29 +0000 UTCgrowth is realizing that even though suvi makes me stressed out and sad, she’s being a daughter and a friend in the ways she knows how and growing alongside her friends. i love aabria’s work here so much!!!
Morgan Belcher
2024-04-23 18:10:12 +0000 UTCSuvi calling out the harm of the escape was badass. I’m team Suvi. Fight me.
The Overthinker
2024-04-23 18:02:16 +0000 UTCI think Suvi is there for something like "duty" (which is probably close to how Suvi understands love?) to what her relationship with Ame and Eursalon was? She thinks she's there to help, but I feel like the ice queen act really just makes it obvious that she wants them to hurt as bad as she felt hurt when they ran. And she still doesn't understand why lol
Oakenguard
2024-04-23 17:49:08 +0000 UTCEh, Suvi is just trying to hurt her friends at this point, nothing else. Whether they "have it coming" or not, she has certainly given up trying to understand the why of what happened, not that she ever really tried. It is a petty and small way to act.
Oakenguard
2024-04-23 17:45:53 +0000 UTCAlso, this may be the most elder millennial niche reference ever, but all I could envision when Brennan described the “statue” garden was the scene in Rainbow Brite “The Beginning of Rainbow Land” when the Sprites have to run across this gloomy expanse and get struck by lightning, turning them into ice statues. Just me? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DpLapCht3Yo
Morgan Perkins
2024-04-23 17:36:42 +0000 UTCI love Suvi’s character so much. She’s complicated and makes mistakes and that leaves so much room for interesting character growth. And while Ame had her reasons, I don’t think there’s a clear right and wrong for what went down at the end of season 2 and it’s perfectly reasonable for Suvi to be pissed. Ame (and the fox) basically set off a bomb in Suvi’s home, and Ame hasn’t even asked if anyone was hurt. At the same time, Ame has a lot going on too. I love that there is no clear cut right or wrong.
Morgan Perkins
2024-04-23 17:34:14 +0000 UTCGlad he rode in when he did! I'm curious to hear if Ame's choice leading to Eursulon finding his family does anything to change her tune. Probably not, but here's hoping!
bluebluebutton
2024-04-23 17:31:19 +0000 UTCYes!
bluebluebutton
2024-04-23 17:30:05 +0000 UTCoop. 🤭
Aabria Iyengar
2024-04-23 17:00:11 +0000 UTCWith Lolth/Ted and angry Suvi it’s a feast for everyone who lives for the morally questionably girlies and adores Aabria’s incredible rp
Abigail M
2024-04-23 17:00:10 +0000 UTCBig a wind in the willows vibes from the opening music. Anyone else?
Connor
2024-04-23 16:54:20 +0000 UTCThe lie I don’t believe is that Suvi is there to help. At this point, Suvi acting like a true-friend would feel out of character. It feels like she’s been waiting for an opportunity like this well before Ame left the Citadel, and like she’s reeaally going to enjoy the havoc about to unfold, especially, if she causes it.
Zer
2024-04-23 16:49:59 +0000 UTCI DONT LIKE SUVI BEING SO COKD…. (1 hour in)
Louis Magallanes Jr.
2024-04-23 16:41:28 +0000 UTC"But if in the manner of your leaving any harm came to Bear, I will never forgive you. And I need you to know that" 🔥 Wizards might not have retributive curses, but Suvi has absolutely set a condition in their relationship. Suvi engages friends different from family, she's always called Ame her best friend and Eursulon her brother
The Wizard Sound
2024-04-23 16:35:58 +0000 UTCErica made the smallest noise when Suvi referred to Ame by her title and it was heartbreaking. But she had it coming
The Wizard Sound
2024-04-23 16:29:06 +0000 UTCTreating her friends like shit because she doesn't understand why they did what they did is totally called for, I'm sure. She's acting like a petulant child.
Oakenguard
2024-04-23 16:25:35 +0000 UTCSuvi is making me sick to my stomach lol... losing respect for her by the second. She is so "smart" and so "logical", yet she elevates her friends to witch and spirit without even trying to understand them beyond "OH THEY JUST DO WHATEVER, MY FEELINGS ARE SO HURT". Then she uses that justification to treat them (Ame specifically, I guess) like shit. I absolutely loathe that. Also, the emotional cliffhanger suuuucks >.> Gotta wait a couple of weeks to see if Ame and Eursalon roll over for Suvi's "Ice Queen", "Oh so high, mighty, and logical", abusive bull. Something tells me they just might >.>
Oakenguard
2024-04-23 16:14:24 +0000 UTCEursulon's family is simply the best; if a podcast could give you an ear hug i'm telling ya
Katie Butler
2024-04-23 16:07:37 +0000 UTCI’m dying Lou actually sounds like he’s on a horse
Audrey Huynh
2024-04-23 15:48:03 +0000 UTCRoRo whispering in Eursalon's mouth tells me absolutely everything about his character 🥰 As a dad, I'm excited for the moment when the Wizard Sunny whispers her first secret into Brennan's mouth.
Tommy Deibel
2024-04-23 15:20:36 +0000 UTCAnd I guess I mean that in a very appreciative way - hell of a story, hell of a bunch of storytellers.
Care Bear
2024-04-23 15:09:07 +0000 UTCI am beefing hard with a best friend right now, like I haven’t spoken to her in months because I feel so maligned, and the Ame-Suvi beef has me so, so on edge. I need this resolved. It’s more important than anything else in the story. Please please please can’t everyone just get along. 😭🙏🏼
Care Bear
2024-04-23 15:08:24 +0000 UTCMan, oh man, Mount Suvi was ready to erupt before Eursulon showed up. Next episode is going to be wild!
Michael Munene
2024-04-23 15:06:58 +0000 UTC"I know better than to attempt to deceive a witch" BUT DO YOU 🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣
Genna
2024-04-23 15:04:31 +0000 UTCThat "NO DONT DO IT!" had me cackling!
PhillyMoe
2024-04-23 14:55:34 +0000 UTCAbsolutely criminal to end the episode right there. Straight to jail!!
Jessie Van Rooyen
2024-04-23 14:22:29 +0000 UTCAgiddysea
2024-04-23 14:15:50 +0000 UTCAnother one for the freaking books. Changing my life one Tuesday at a time <3
Ale
2024-04-23 14:14:09 +0000 UTCAnyone else tearing up at the entire Eursulon scene? Oh just me? Okay
geansai
2024-04-23 13:38:39 +0000 UTCBrutal - - I need a billion more minutes of this, please.
Al
2024-04-23 13:31:18 +0000 UTCSongs for the episode that come to mind: "Cold as Ice" by Foreigner, "Witchy Woman" by The Eagles, and "Here comes the Sun" by the Beatles.
Charles Shields
2024-04-23 13:29:07 +0000 UTCThis just clicked in my head, Eursulon has the power of Divine SCENTS not sense.
DarkHeroZark
2024-04-23 13:28:38 +0000 UTCAaargh! What a place to leave it! How are we meant to wait a whole two weeks to know the words?!!
Beth Fraser
2024-04-23 13:23:42 +0000 UTCI would never want Aabria to be mad at me. That was rough.
Michelle Spurgeon
2024-04-23 13:07:34 +0000 UTCLess than two minutes in and I'm like " this is the most relatable thing I've ever heard"
Squirrelly Girlie the not very girlie squirrel
2024-04-23 12:48:09 +0000 UTC“I know how important this is to you” OOOF! Shots fired! Drag her!
Maxwel Anderson
2024-04-23 12:46:40 +0000 UTCJust started listening to this new episode and I’m like I need to make pancakes this morning!!!!!!
Cocomoose
2024-04-23 12:30:30 +0000 UTCNot sure if anyone has mentioned it but the music with Kalaya and Eursulon is reminding me deeply of Little Bear
Peabodie
2024-04-23 12:19:18 +0000 UTCI also like pancakes, and if you tell anyone I WILL flip out
Benedict Lelijveld
2024-04-23 12:17:22 +0000 UTCI was so stressed for the entire Ame and Suvie section. Aaàaaaaahhhhhh
Invalid Syntax
2024-04-23 12:14:56 +0000 UTCThe girls are fightiiiiiiiiiiiiiing 😭
Invalid Syntax
2024-04-23 11:56:04 +0000 UTCThat chilly reunion between Ame and Suvi... where better than the North Pole?
Whyse Wytch
2024-04-23 11:53:41 +0000 UTCGreat episode so far loving it. Does anyone get a bit of an audio glitch around 48:58?
Dusker
2024-04-23 11:47:57 +0000 UTCThe music behind the beginning scene with Eursulon makes me so cozy and happy 🥹
lunarsummer
2024-04-23 10:57:42 +0000 UTCConfirmation Orima is a short queen.
SvenTS
2024-04-23 10:52:16 +0000 UTCAHOoO HOoO
Genna
2024-04-23 10:49:09 +0000 UTCAhoo hoo
Bill Posters
2024-04-23 10:46:52 +0000 UTCTo be fair, I was refreshing the page like a stalker creeping through their shrubbery. I feel weirdly accomplished (even though I was behind WBN)
Whyse Wytch
2024-04-23 10:45:35 +0000 UTCPerfect timing. Something good to listen to while I eat.
Sanna G.
2024-04-23 10:42:30 +0000 UTCAwe I wanted to be first. I saw the notification. Rats..
Eleanor King
2024-04-23 10:41:03 +0000 UTCThe Fox was right in ep 6: “… Let me have more…”
SmileyGuy
2024-04-23 10:41:01 +0000 UTCFinally another episode 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Samuel Frenk
2024-04-23 10:40:00 +0000 UTCLol
Johnny
2024-04-23 10:39:28 +0000 UTCFIRST! Nope, second lol!
Whyse Wytch
2024-04-23 10:32:02 +0000 UTCFirst.
Worlds Beyond Number
2024-04-23 10:31:15 +0000 UTC