The Magic Circuit

021 - The Forbidden Boy (Gandr Short 1)

thepanncakez@gmail.com (Mia and Ben) — Tue, 31 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Sengo Muramasa. The elusive Alter-Ego in the body of Emiya Shirou. What's the deal with this character, and when will DW let us roll for him?

Limited Over Zero's hideous hand: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/5/5b/Limited_zero_over.png/revision/latest?cb=20150912065658

Shimousa manga Noble Phantasms
Shuten Douji: https://s7.mkklcdnv7.com/mangakakalot/p1/ph918911/chapter_3_devils_and_demons_bottom/15.jpg
Hozoin Inshun: https://s7.mkklcdnv7.com/mangakakalot/p1/ph918911/chapter_3_devils_and_demons_bottom/20.jpg

020 - Grave For Me, Grave For You

thepanncakez@gmail.com (Mia and Ben) — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

Some Case Files viewers have reported that they found it incredibly hard to follow at times. Ben and Mia, thankfully, did not, and are here to answer everything from who Gray really is all the way to what "mystery" means to mages who aren't everyone's favorite cigar-smoking detective.

Clock Tower reference image: typemoon.fandom.com/wiki/Clock_Towe…ower_schema.png

Timestamps:

4:20 - Gray, Add and Rhongomyniad
24:14 - The Clock Tower: organization, hierarchy, and politics
49:15 - Executors and the Holy Church
52:48 - Mystic Eyes and the Rail Zeppelin
1:04:50 - Doctor Heartless, Servants, Ghost Liners, and Faker
1:25:16 - The Forest of Einnashe

019 - Melty Finals in the Parking Lot

thepanncakez@gmail.com (Mia and Ben) — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 23:00:00 +0000

With the return of FGO's yearly challenge quest gauntlets, Ben and Mia sit down to talk strategy both past and present, the state of the game, and their thoughts on what might be welcome additions in future difficult content.

018 - Hero Creation E-

thepanncakez@gmail.com (Mia and Ben) — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 23:00:00 +0000

This week, Ben and Mia once again welcome special guest Urie for a fun exercise in character creation! Each of us were given a choice of historical figures, and a little bit of time to design them into Servants worthy of the franchise.

4:03 - Ben gives Mia his picks
8:36 - Mia gives Urie her picks
13:30 - Urie gives Ben his picks
24:09 - TIME STOP!!
25:50 - Ben reveals his Servant
40:00 - Urie reveals his Servant
55:35 - Mia reveals her Servant
1:14:22 - Random Page

Ben's picks:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Tri%E1%BB%87u
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranavalona_I
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancho_Villa

Mia's picks:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Gildong_jeon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faust
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hua_Mulan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhenaten

Urie's picks:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henry_(folklore)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorro
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecumseh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes

Ben and Mia's Servant sheets: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WEaLImx4Wm_Hmb_ZoRi_gByTwxnZtcAg89DqyTcGbVA/edit?usp=sharing

017 - Retrogression Canal: Genesis Light-Year Plan

thepanncakez@gmail.com (Mia and Ben) — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 22:52:00 +0000

Just as Goetia destroyed all of panhuman history, Nasu has stated that one day he plans to end Fate/Grand Order as we know it. Ben and Mia step up to fight for the future: what lies beyond that empty horizon?

Links:

https://www.frontlinejp.net/2019/01/02/fate-grand-order-interview-nasu-kinoko-discusses-the-end-of-fgo-what-comes-after-part-1/

https://www.reddit.com/r/grandorder/comments/aaktko/why_you_really_shouldnt_worry_about_fgo_ending/

016 - Four Years Down the Drain

thepanncakez@gmail.com (Mia and Ben) — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 23:00:00 +0000

It's the most wonderful time of the year, as FGO's fourth anniversary comes with many new things, in game and out, to discuss. This episode, Ben and Mia discuss up to episode 6 of Case Files, the Babylonia prologue episode, and all the new happenings in Fate/Grand Order: Summer 2019, new bronze servants, strengthening quests, and more!

Drama CD Dantes: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/2/21/FGO_The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo.png/revision/latest?cb=20170727181256

Chen Gong nonsense: https://youtu.be/aRU9TJ_TQMM

Salome/Euryale charmlock team: https://youtu.be/LO9m1EU3dLU

Timestamps:
1:55 - Lord El-Melloi Case Files
15:51 - Babylonia Episode 0
26:45 - Could an anime-only fan watch the Babylon anime with only episode 0 for context?
35:07 - Summer 2019!!!
48:00 - Strengthening Quests
1:05:28 - Rider Da Vinci and NEW BRONZE SERVANTS
1:35:20 - Lostbelt 5 Teaser
1:36:59 - Random Page: Outer God

015 - Fate/Stay Woke, Route Two

thepanncakez@gmail.com (Mia and Ben) — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 23:00:00 +0000

For the latter half of our Fate/Stay Woke series, Ben and Mia turn their attention from gender and sexuality to race, culture, whether Fate's depiction of figures from non-Japanese societies is respectful or not, and when/how that really matters.

014 - Fate/Stay Woke, Route One: Gender's Feel

thepanncakez@gmail.com (Mia and Ben) — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 23:00:00 +0000

This week, Ben and Mia take a little change of pace and talking about something a bit more important than gameplay or lore. We're both big proponents of active reflection on the media you consume, and heaven knows that the Fate series has a lot of content about gender, sexuality, and cultural appropriation. In this episode, we take a deep dive into genderbent Servants and what they have to say about gender stereotypes, sexual objectification, and LGBT representation.

Also, the Case Files anime is out and in this house, we stan Waver.

Content warning: use of transphobic slurs

This episode also contains spoilers for Sarazanmai and Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire. See below for timestamps.

8:11 - Our positionality
14:33 - The History of Genderbending
23:20 - Nero, Kagetora Nagao, and historical justifications for genderbending
29:08 - How do we feel about the existence of genderbend servants now?
31:12 - Un-gaying the Gilgamesh/Enkidu relationship
31:48-33:51 - Vague SARAZANMAI SPOILERS about the depiction of gay relationships in media
35:33 - Why do they make genderbends?
38:55 - Sometimes, genderbends can be a cool take on a historical figure.
49:30 - Gender ambiguity: Astolfo and the "Are traps gay?" meme
1:01:05 - Le Chevalier D'eon, trans representation, and Agartha
1:07:43 - Mordred and masculinity
1:12:14-1:16:50 - GAME OF THRONES/A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE SPOILERS about Cersei Lannister and internalized misogyny
1:16:59 - What hills can we choose to die on?
1:21:39 - Wokeness reprieve: El-Melloi Case Files anime episode one!!!

013 - Two Wars, One Grail

thepanncakez@gmail.com (Mia and Ben) — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 23:00:00 +0000

Finally, after shilling the series constantly at every opportunity, it's our dedicated Fate/Strange Fake episode! With volume five of Ryohgo Narita's epic having been recently released and in the process of translation, Ben and Mia recall the first four volumes of the series and predict what will happen next as one of the best ever (in our opinion) Fate stories continues to unfold.

Fate/Strange Fake can be read here: https://humbertozero.tumblr.com/post/150696689780/how-to-read-fatestrange-fake-light-novel-read

1:18 - Lightning Round Recaps
20:11 - Remembering all the shit we missed in the recaps
23:36 - Brief note on Haruri Borzak and True Rider
24:36 - Who's at the hospital fight?
29:36 - Someone has to die first -- it's probably Pale Rider?
35:51 - Who's the "Final Boss?"
38:29 - What the fuck is up with Ayaka Sajyou? Does Manaka Sajyou exist in this timeline?
51:31 - Other predictions: Saint Germain, Watcher, False Assassin, Zelretch, and more
1:08:51 - Random Page: Bazett Fraga McRemitz

012 - Dude, Where's My Belt?

thepanncakez@gmail.com (Mia and Ben) — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 23:00:00 +0000

Ben and Mia finally take on the most important, most mysterious, and most frightening ongoing story in the Nasuverse: FGO's Cosmos in the Lostbelt. What is the God of the Foreign Star? What can we expect to find in the Indian Lostbelt and those that come after it? Are Chaldea even the good guys anymore? And who the hell is Scandinavia Pepperoncino, really?

This episode is chock full of spoilers through Lostbelt 3 and the Tokugawa Labyrinth event.

3:08 - Why we love Lostbelt One
8:33 - The Alien Priestess and Olga Marie Animusphere
12:04 - What are Lostbelts? Who are the Crypters? And how do we deal with their moral dilemmas?
26:41 - What's going to happen to Kadoc Zemlupus?
31:21 - Who the hell is Scandinavia Pepperoncino, really?
40:13 - Who is Lostbelt Berserker? And -- Karna and Arjuna in the Mahabharata vs in Fate.
48:33 -- Brief freaking out about the year given for Lostbelt 4
51:17 -- The return of Ashiya Douman and the God of the Foreign Star
1:00:08 -- Tinfoil theory: Sherlock Holmes is a Foreigner.
1:06:34 -- Caenis is kinda problematic.
1:08:34 -- Finishing thoughts and minor predictions on future Lostbelts, including Daybit zem Void, Fantasy Trees, and David Bluebook.
1:19:16 -- Random Page: Blut die Schwester

011 - The Throne of Podcasts Exists Outside of Both the World and the Time Axis

thepanncakez@gmail.com (Mia and Ben) — Mon, 27 May 2019 23:00:00 +0000

With Mia away, Ben goes solo -- and digs up an old recording we made when we first had the idea of starting a Type-Moon podcast, from the far-off days when didn't even know what Strange Fake was yet.

010 - Bottom Black, Moon Gamers

thepanncakez@gmail.com (Mia and Ben) — Tue, 14 May 2019 23:28:00 +0000

Ben and Mia take a break from being educational and indulge in some good old fashioned Q&A. Topics include their favorite Servants in FGO, fun team comps, and the ones that got away.

Timestamps:
2:43 - Who is the first Servant you Max Bonded With?
5:05 - What Servants are you working toward Max Bond?
9:19 - Favorite Servant Class?
13:46 - What is your favorite kind of party?
17:48 - What's your favorite battle tactic?
20:32 - Who is always on your frontline?
23:52 - Who is always in your party?
24:38 - Favorite Mystic Code.
27:58 - A Mystic Code you want.
29:52 - Are you waiting for a rate up of a Servant already in the game or someone who isn't out yet? Who?
32:33 - A Servant that didn't come home.
33:21 - A Servant that needs work.
37:48 - A Servant that you didn't like at first but now love.
39:59 - Who is your favorite Servant(s) for each class?
55:42 - What Support Servant do you use most?
56:52 - Favorite story arc?
58:36 - Favorite attack animation?
1:01:23 - Favorite Noble Phantasm animation?
1:02:07 - Favorite boss battle.
1:04:40 - Favorite plot twist. (spoilers up to Lostbelt 2)
1:06:21 - Favorite music.
1:07:31 - Do you have a dream Servant? Who is it?
1:13:18 - An event you want to happen or want a rerun of.
1:14:33 - Favorite enemy mob and an enemy mob that you despise.
1:15:57 - A material you never have enough of.
1:17:06 - A material you have too much of.
1:18:52 - Favorite hunting grounds?
1:22:18 - Random page: Galahad (spoilers up to Lostbelt 1)

009 - Swirly of the Root

thepanncakez@gmail.com (Mia and Ben) — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 22:00:00 +0000

Mia and Ben actually, really, truly, discuss the intricacies of the TYPE MOON magic system, addressing age-old questions like "Why do spells need incantations?" and "What even is the Spiral of Origin?" Also, the Warrior Cats series by Erin Hunter, because even the most lore-rich episode to date wouldn't be complete without a healthy digression.

Links:
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/f/f7/Shadow_giant_actual_size.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140620141503

Timestamps:
(coming soon)

008 - Requiem for a DEEN

thepanncakez@gmail.com (Mia and Ben) — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 22:00:00 +0000

DISCLAIMER: We recorded this episode before 6 and 7 (probably around early March), and as a result some of the information we present here is out of date.

Ben, Mia, and their guest Tay (FateSteelTaylor) discuss the (at the time) recently translated prologue of Fate/Requiem, a new entry in the Fate franchise written by Meteo Hoshizora. The trio bumble their way through their first impressions, reflect on how it fits into the overall canon, and get into some hijinks along the way.

007 - "The greatest joke of all: the TYPE MOON magic system"

thepanncakez@gmail.com (Mia and Ben) — Wed, 3 Apr 2019 23:46:00 +0000

This time, Mia and Ben try to tackle the nitty gritty of the TYPE MOON magic system, only to derail themselves immediately and spend the whole episode talking about Heaven's Feel II: lost butterfly.

GENERAL SPOILERS FOR THE HEAVEN'S FEEL MOVIES

Links mentioned in the video:

Hansa doing the Bajiquan pose
vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/im…50531172212

"The Prophecy" (slightly censored)
puu.sh/D8FnI.png

Timestamps:

2:48 - How sick were the new fight scenes?
6:31 - Gilgamesh and Sakura confrontation
9:50 - Saber Alter vs Berserker
14:10 - How Lost Butterfly improved the VN's pacing
19:00 - Archer's Arm and shounen powerups
21:35 - Did Lost Butterfly do Illya justice?
24:20 - Digression about the pole-vaulting memory
25:50 - Illya discourse continued
31:55 - Sakura's representation in the franchise vs Illya's
39:09 - How Lost Butterfly did Shinji wrong
43:26 - We ramble for a bit about our bad time management sklls
45:16 - Random page: Fierce Tiger Forcibly Climbs a Mountain
49:20-51:45 - Minor Losbelt 3 and Fate/Extra spoilers
53:01 - BAJIQUAN MASTERS
58:16 - Melty Blood, the greatest fightan game to ever grace convenience store parking lots and hotel bathrooms
1:05:55 - We realize that this April, we are the real fools.

006 - The White Day Tier List, or, "He can do a lot of things with that big hand, if you know what I'm sayin'"

thepanncakez@gmail.com (Mia and Ben) — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 23:00:00 +0000

Following up our Valentine's Day girl tier list, Ben and Mia evaluate every boy in Grand Order for dateability in honor of White Day!

See our final tierlist here: https://i.imgur.com/jihZXPx.jpg

Make your own tierlist here: https://tiermaker.com/create/fgo-date-tier-list-boys

Cute Cursed Arm: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/typemoon/images/b/b1/TrueAssassinTCending.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/300?cb=20141028211343

Babbage oven with Fran and Moriarty: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVajIl6W0AErNRJ.jpg:large
Which is a reference to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgHW02YF50s

3:00 - Explaining the Parameter system
9:54 - Siegfried
12:19 - Julius Caesar
14:15 - Emiya
16:08 - Gilgamesh (Archer)
19:34 - Robin Hood
24:14 - Arash
26:58 - Cu Chullain
31:54 - Musashibou Benkei
35:02 - Leonidas
39:13 - Romulus
42:19 - Saint George
44:55 - Blackbeard
45:22 - Gilles de Rais
45:36 - Mephistopheles
46:07 - William Shakespeare
50:21 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
52:58 - Waver
59:54 - Sasaki Kojirou
1:02:05 - Cursed Arm Hassan
1:06:15 - Charles Henri Sanson
1:07:16 - Phantom of the Opera
1:07:45 - Heracles
1:10:48 - Lancelot (Berserker)
1:11:34 - Lu Bu
1:12:10 - Spartacus
1:19:34 - Sakata Kintoki
1:22:24 - Vlad III (Berserker)
1:25:59 - Asterios
1:26:39 - Caligula, Darius, and Eric Bloodaxe
1:27:20 - David
1:28:39 - Hector
1:30:15 - Fergus mac Roich
1:34:51 - Nikola Tesla
1:36:08 - Paracelsus
1:37:55 - Charles Babbage
1:40:33 - Jekyll and Hyde
1:44:32 - Arjuna and Karna
1:48:25 - Fionn mac Cumhaill
1:52:18 - Beowulf
1:53:08 - Amakusa Shirou
1:54:30 - Astolfo
1:56:20 - Edmond Dantes
1:58:25 - Cu Chullain (Alter)
2:00:00 - Rama
2:02:33 - Li Shuwen (Lancer)
2:03:15 - Edison
2:04:37 - Geronimo
2:05:50 - Billy the Kid
2:07:25 - Angra Mainyu
2:09:27 - Iskandar
2:10:08 - Emiya Kiritsugu
2:10:48 - Fuuma Kotarou
2:13:25 - Ozymandias
2:15:12 - Lancelot (Saber)
2:15:36 - Tristan
2:17:12 - Gawain
2:18:32 - Tawara Touda
2:19:45 - Bedivere
2:20:12 - Vlad III (Lancer)
2:20:33 - Enkidu
2:21:46 - Gilgamesh (Caster)
2:23:20 - Merlin
2:23:43 - Goetia
2:24:08 - Solomon
2:24:39 - King Hassan
2:27:48 - Moriarty
2:28:51 - Emiya (Alter)
2:30:00 - Yan Qing
2:31:42 - Arthur
2:33:50 - Hijikata
2:34:50 - Christopher Columbus
2:35:00 - Sherlock Holmes
2:37:05 - Hozoin Inshun
2:37:28 - Munenori Yagyu
2:38:15 - Avicebron
2:40:28 - Antonio Salieri
2:41:25 - Ivan
2:42:18 - Achilles
2:43:19 - Chiron
2:45:31 - Okada Izou
2:47:37 - Sakamoto Ryouma & Oryou
2:50:44 - Napoleon
2:53:23 - Sigurd
2:54:35 - Diarmuid Ua Duibhne
2:56:46 - Xiang Yu
2:56:57 - Prince of Lanling
2:58:51 - Qin Shi Huang
2:59:47 - Li Shuwen (Assassin)
3:01:45 - Red Hare
3:05:02 - Conclusion

005 - Definitive Objective Best Girl Rankings, AKA the Valentine's Tier List

thepanncakez@gmail.com (Mia and Ben) — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 14:00:00 +0000

As a Valentine's Day special, Ben and Mia evaluate every female character in FGO for dateability! Join us as we slowly lose our minds realizing just how huge of a task ranking 135 girls can be.

See our final tier list here: https://i.imgur.com/J463kd1.png

Make your own tier list here: https://tiermaker.com/create/fgo-date-tier-list-girls

Timestamps:
4:21 - Fate/Strange Fake news
6:34 - Gender disclaimer
10:25 - Mashu Kyrielight
12:39 - Artoria (Saber)
13:18 - Artoria (Saber Alter)
16:46 - Artoria (Lily)
19:13 - Nero
22:27 - Altera
24:41 - Elaborating on tiers (which becomes meaningless once we change them)
27:17 - D'eon
29:17 - Atalante
31:15 - Euryale
31:24 - Elizabeth Bathory
33:34 - Medusa
35:46 - Boudicca
37:00 - Ushiwakamaru
39:06 - Marie Antoinette
40:50 - Saint Martha
42:04 - Medea
44:27 - Stheno
44:31 - Jing Ke
45:37 - Mata Hari
49:11 - Carmilla
51:06 - Kiyohime
51:17 - Tamamo Cat
52:54 - Jeanne D'Arc
54:43 - Artemis
55:58 - Tamamo no Mae
58:18 - Francis Drake
59:38 - Anne & Mary (revisited 1:43:00)
1:00:04 - Medea Lily
1:00:14 - Okita Souji
1:01:35 - Oda Nobunaga
1:03:03 - Scathach
1:05:15 - Mordred
1:06:20 - Artoria (Lancer Alter)
1:07:13 - Fran
1:08:31 - Mysterious Heroine X
1:09:19 - Brynhildr
1:09:52 - Ryougi Shiki
1:11:19 - Nightingale
1:12:15 - Medb
1:13:52 - Jeanne D'Arc (Alter)
1:18:05 - Hundred Face Hassan
1:19:17 - Irisviel
1:21:01 - Shuten Douji
1:28:48 - Sanzang
1:30:15 - Raikou
1:32:21 - Artoria (Lancer)
1:33:39 - Nitocris
1:34:41 - We realize we've made a terrible mistake, and rework the tier system, many servants get moved slightly to reflect the changes
1:39:31 - Hassan of Serenity
1:41:02 - One more tier added
1:42:11 - Da Vinci
1:43:00 - Anne Bonny
1:44:15 - Cleopatra
1:46:24 - Ishtar
1:48:48 - Enkidu
1:49:27 - Quetzlcoatl
1:50:06 - Gorgon
1:50:47 - Jaguar Man
1:51:51 - Tiamat
1:52:09 - Miyamoto Musashi
1:53:57 - Mysterious Heroine X (Alter)
1:55:53 - Meltlilith and Passionlip
1:57:40 - Suzuka Gozen
1:58:50 - B B
1:59:15 - Sessyoin Kiara (Extra CCC spoilers)
2:03:24 - Sherezade
2:03:54 - Penthesilea
2:04:24 - Parvati
2:06:42 - Tomoe Gozen
2:07:53 - Mochizuki Chiyome
2:08:48 - Kato Danzo
2:09:39 - Osakabehime
2:11:07 - Circe
2:12:05 - Ne Zha
2:13:14 - Sheba
2:14:06 - Ereshkigal
2:16:08 - Kastushika Hokusai
2:17:21 - Semiramis
2:18:15 - Asagami Fujino (Kara no Kyoukai Part 3 spoilers)
2:22:00 - Anastasia Romanova
2:23:56 - Okita Alter
2:24:35 - Valkyries
2:27:10 - Skadi
2:27:26 - Qin Liangyu
2:28:06 - Yu Miaoyi (Lostbelt 3 spoilers), revisited 2:38:14
2:30:06 - Bradamante
2:30:21 - Murasaki Shikibu
2:32:29 - Wrapping up

004 - The Ben Gets to Rant His Feelings Away Episode

thepanncakez@gmail.com (Mia and Ben) — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 22:57:00 +0000

Part two of our celebration of Fate/Stay Night's 15th anniversary! This time we talk about how the Fate series has changed since the original VN, the de-emphasis of the Holy Grail War itself in recent Fate stories, the importance of balance between Servant and Master characters, and more.

Timestamps
1:50 - Hollow Ataraxia
9:15 - Fate/Extra
17:00 - Fate/Extra: Last Encore
20:15 - Extella, Grand Order, and the de-emphasizing of the Holy Grail War
28:52-31:51 - Fate/Requiem (no spoilers, just talking about the setting)
33:52-35:29 - Grand Order first arc and Prisma Illya spoilers
36:21-40:25 - Strange Fake spoilers as we have our obligatory-every-episode non-sequitur gushing about how good it is
41:00 - Intertextuality, cultural context, and why the series needs Masters
48:08-50:45 - Minor Cosmos in the Lostbelt spoilers through Russia
52:07 - Do we need the Holy Grail?
57:13 - Random Page

003 - Remember Emiya Shirou? This is him now. Feel old yet?

thepanncakez@gmail.com (Mia and Ben) — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 21:00:00 +0000

Happy New Year! In honor of the 15th anniversary of Fate/stay night, Ben and Mia reflect on how they got into the series, the original visual novel, its adaptations, and where the series has gone since then.

CORRECTION (1/15/19): We are both aware how dumb we are and that the actual release of F/SN was January 30th. See also: https://twitter.com/TheMagicCircuit/status/1085205654871134209

Timestamps
6:33 - Our intros to the series
11:53 - Rin and Shirou's dynamic
16:48 - Carnival Phantasm, Emiya Gohan, and why spinoffs work
31:48 - Fate Route
45:33 - Heaven's Feel
50:18-50:28 - major spoiler for upcoming Heaven's Feel movies
52:13 - How faithful should an adaptation be? Who is their audience and what do they want?
1:10:03-1:10:43 - minor Grand Order Agartha spoilers
1:11:13 - random page attempt 1, Prisma Illya spoilers
1:13:43 - random page attempt 2

Links
https://theafictionado.wordpress.com/2018/07/05/swords-and-saucepans-domesticity-masculinity-and-emiya-shirou/

002 - Quantum Timelocks

thepanncakez@gmail.com (Mia and Ben) — Fri, 4 Jan 2019 00:42:00 +0000

Ben and Mia discuss Christmas 2018, the end of Grand Order Part One: Observer on Timeless Temple, Quantum Timelocks, and more.

Discussion topic and spoiler timestamps:

6:30 - Christmas 2018
18:00-19:00 - Minor Shinjuku EoR spoilers
23:00 - Merlin and Time Temple
26:00-50 - Extra CCC and CCC event spoilers
33:10-30 - minor Cosmos in the Lostbelt prologue spoiler
37:40-39:50 - Fate/Apocrypha and Melty Blood spoilers
41:45-43:45 - Kara no Kyoukai Part 5 spoilers
51:30 - Quantum Timelocks
56:35-58:50 - Fate/Extella spoilers
1:08:30 - random wiki page, Apocrypha spoilers

Are you a big jazz boy or a little jazz boy?
https://quizzes.clickhole.com/are-you-a-big-jazz-boy-or-a-little-jazz-boy-1825124525

001 - Trace, On!

thepanncakez@gmail.com (Mia and Ben) — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 23:13:00 +0000

Ben and Mia introduce themselves and what the podcast is all about. Topics include feelings on Lostbelt 3, the nitty gritty on the new Servants, their first impressions of the Christmas 2018 event, and Fate/Strange Fake.

CW: rape mention (we discuss a Strange Fake character's backstory).

Things we mention in the episode:

https://twitter.com/madocactus
http://humbertozero.tumblr.com/post/150696689780/how-to-read-fatestrange-fake-light-novel-read