Monday Mar 21, 2022
Mortified! Episode 92: Wolf Anglo Saxon Protestant (Alpha and Omega)
Mortified! The Friendship Quest
Every Monday, hosts Aaron and Leyla bounce a media recommendation to one another in order to bolster - or in some cases, really, really test - their long-distance friendship. Join us for a discussion on anything from our favorite Terrible Boys to the profitability of grown men dressing up as Bulbasaur and loudly shouting their own names.
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Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
This week, Leyla gets revenge for watching Pan (2015) by dragging Aaron through a Xenosaga 2 workshop. Join us for a slightly unorthodox writers' room where we try to put our own spin on an unhinged Nietzsche-flavored JRPG reduction and Aaron actively forgets what property we're talking about, and then rants about carrots.
Show Notes:
Nietzsche Explained: Beyond Good and Evil (ALL PARTS)
THE Vampire Diaries Video
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
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Monday Mar 07, 2022
Monday Mar 07, 2022
This week, Aaron and Leyla shuffle back to 2013 to discuss authorial growth (and not-death!) in Samantha Shannon's "The Bone Season!" Join us for a discussion of aged tropes, our usual chats about the zeitgeist, and a moment of self-discovery.
Show Notes:
Sarah Z: The Rise and Fall of Teen Dystopias https://youtu.be/-hxGGWn3gWA
Samantha Shannon re: Paige's assault (CW: mention of sexual assault)https://sshannonauthor.tumblr.com/post/677667073942585344/was-paige-sexually-violated-in-the-penal-colony-of
The Priory of the Orange Treehttps://bookshop.org/books/the-priory-of-the-orange-tree/9781635570304
What Type of Voyant Are You? https://www.playbuzz.com/bloomsbury13/a-what-type-of-voyant-are-you
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
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Monday Feb 21, 2022
Monday Feb 21, 2022
This week, Aaron and Leyla visit the Monsterverse on devastatingly small screens with Godzilla vs Kong! Join us for discussions of Aaron as a cryptobro, Leyla's nuclear core, and what makes the Monsterverse the second-best cinematic universe out there (the first being the Princess Switch cinematic universe, of course).
Show Notes:
Godzilla vs. Kong brings the ruckus for an unbelievably good timehttps://www.polygon.com/reviews/22356658/godzilla-vs-kong-review
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Monday Feb 14, 2022
Monday Feb 14, 2022
Timecodes to skip some light mention of suicide/body horror:
Shuu: 11:17 to 12:52
Kazuaki: 13:04 to 14:24
Nageki: 24:00 to 26:27
This week, Aaron and Leyla partake in a heartful, hurtful whirlwind with Hatoful Boyfriend. We talk bad romance route division, Leyla's embarrassing taste in men, and how we keep finding time capsule games we don't necessarily love.
Hatoful Boyfriend - A Literary Analysis (pt. 1)
Hatoful Boyfriend - A Literary Analysis (pt. 2)
HeartForge Games
Final Fantasy X/X-2
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
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Monday Feb 07, 2022
Monday Feb 07, 2022
This week, Leyla drags Aaron kicking and screaming into yet another convoluted anime video game series with the Nietzsche-and-Jesus based Xenosaga I: Der Wille zur Macht! We cover Mortified's longest media summary ever performed, keep secrets from Aaron, and discuss a storied set of characters who are all dressed for completely different events.
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
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Monday Jan 31, 2022
Monday Jan 31, 2022
This week, Aaron and Leyla traverse back in time and sideways in dimensions to talk about Netflix's historical fiction anime miniseries, Yasuke! We talk about wanting to be hooked, frustrating Russian mercenaries, make odd comparisons to children's properties, and think about how we'd like to immortalize local-to-us historical figures.
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Show Notes:
The British Empire’s homophobic legacy could finally be overturned in IndiaYasuke: The mysterious African samurai - BBC NewsThe Significance of Yasuke, the Black SamuraiAfrican Samurai by Thomas LockleyNot My Daimyo: Looking at Feudalism in the Book of Boba Fett
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
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Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
This week, join Aaron and Leyla as they ascend the GenCo hierarchy and find out what type of vessel Zydrate comes in while watching 'Repo! The Genetic Opera!' We talk about why "bad" art needs to happen, the state of media criticism, terrible dads, teenage rebellion, and Paris Hilton's subtle cultural comeback.
Show Notes:
Paris Hilton's (Rumored) Radio Restoration HobbyThis is Paris (Documentary)A retelling of Oedipus Rex with vegetables (CW for sexuality, violence, incest)What is Camp? When the “Good Taste of Bad Taste” Becomes an AestheticAaron's Review of Future.Shock"That's Hot" by Ayesha Erotica, which is the song Leyla was thinking of when she said Paris had a song about being an heiress
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
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Monday Jan 17, 2022
Monday Jan 17, 2022
This week, Aaron and Leyla color outside the lines with Chicory: A Colorful Tale! We talk about good animals, Aaron's fear of bugs both real and imagined, impostor syndrome, and the pressure put on artists and creators in the modern day.
Show Notes:
Maddy Myers “Best Video Games of 2021” Chicory review: https://www.polygon.com/c/22796149/50-best-video-games-of-2021-polygon-goty
Rebekah Valentine’s IGN Review: https://www.ign.com/articles/chicory-colorful-tale-review
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Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco, from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit Volume 2."
Our other projects:Aaron's TTRPGsThe Bible BoysAstral Heart