Wrapping up this current run of King Arthur episodes, we find a kingdom in shambles. We'll see the final(ish..for now at least) battle between the Saxons and the Britons, and then the rule of King Arthur's uncle and father. Uther then decides to risk this extremely tenuous peace to woo a woman who isn't into him at all. And by woo, I mean declare war against her and her husband and use your fancy magician friend's fancy magic to trick her into...well, you'll see. Then, the sword in the stone! Also, the definitely true origins of Stonehenge!
The creature of the week carries an impractically large bowl of blood with him at all times - just sloshing around everywhere he goes - that he will dump on you if he catches you on the road at night.
Music:
"Taking Dark Matter Lightly" by Alan Singley
"Love and Mystery" by Oursvince
"Max Flashback" by Lee Rosevere
"Something Elated" by Broke for Free
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Relistening to these all the kids can hear the legends and just noticed something on this episode.
You say, Whosoever pulleth this Stone from this Sword.
Oops?
Deez nurs
Hey! Listen!
Jason. you are a man of myth and legend.
So answer my SUPER MOST SERIOUS questions.
Invoke the guidance of Merlin if necessary.
1. Mulan. She and her sister had their feet bound at a young age. you described the process. Nasty business.
Yet you say her father trained her how to fight and hunt and be an all around badass. How was she able to do all these things with broken, tiny feet that had been essentially mutilated to nearly useless proportion?
Then she unbound them and what? Her feet instantly became magically larger and stronger? Did she have a potion for that too?
I’m starting to think Aladdin isn’t the only Mary Sue from ancient China…..
2. Koschei the Deathless.
Honestly why didn’t Marya just tell Ivan that a psychotic, lightning-wielding, naked immortal wizard was in the dungeon?
Because then we wouldn’t have a story? Pfft.
Do you know what that tells me? It tells me that Russians have trust issues. Yeah. I can infer that. Thanks Marya.
3. Who would win in an wizards-only arm wrestling match tournament between Koschei the Deathless, Baba Yaga, Rasputin, Voldemort, Ice King, Merlin, Gandalf and Ganondorf?
Dumbledore is not participating because he gave up “being a badass” for Lent.
4. Vortigern is pretty dumb for lots of reasons. but a pretty cool guy for hanging out with the Saxons so much.
I understand they ‘d play the saxophone upon charging into battle. perhaps my history about Anglo-Saxons is a bit rusty…..
Can you briefly tell me what exactly made the Saxons so dang awesome? (was it the mead?)
5. Sooo Merlin is a half-demon, huh?
Could he be vanquished with garlic, holy water, salt, or a stake to the heart? maybe vampire rules don’t apply here….
Apologies I’ve been watching a lot of Castlevania recently.
I would rather just take Merlin out for a salty steak and potatoes dinner than try to kill him. he seems too smart for any of those tactics anyhow.
Also, i think we should move Stonehenge again. Just sayin’.
Take it easy, Jason. the myths must go on!
I really like this podcast and also the other one ‘Fictional’. I have learned to really appreciate these types of genres where I haven’t before. Had never read Frankenstein or any of the others so thanks. I also really like your adaptations of them and your voice is nice for reading. Keep going!
Apparently I can’t count.
Couple of things:
1. I’m really enjoying the podcast so far (this episode is as far as I’ve gotten). So keep that in mind as I offer a criticism below. I don’t waste my time commenting on junk.
2. Thanks for the music listing. I’ve been trying to find out the title/composer of Gymnopedie for a while in order to maybe arrange a banjo/ukulele version.
3. I originally thought your speaking style was not well suited to storytelling, but it’s growing on me. Not every format has to be a in a sing-songy style. The music helps a lot too. I especially enjoy chip tunes when you throw them in.
3. Very early (1st or 2nd episode), you apologized in advance for mispronouncing things that you were just sure you were botching. Then later, you said that you would stop apologizing for botching mispronunciations, and then you resumed the apologies. At no point (as of Ep. 6c) have you stopped mispronouncing things. So here are my thoughts in this:
A. It’s easy to forgive mispronunciations or mis-usages of some words that aren’t proper names, because it’s hard to know when you’re getting it wrong. For example, a couple of times in the Merlin episodes you said “PROF-uh-size” when the correct word was “PROF-uh-sigh.” (Present tense verb.) Other than having someone else proof every episode before you upload it, I’m not sure how you’d catch something like this.
B. What is less forgivable is mispronunciations of proper names that would be pretty easy to look up. For example, “Tintagel” is not pronounced TINT-uh-gel (hard g); it’s Tint-A-jel (short a, soft g, emphasis on middle syllable; see https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m17s8L4Tdyg). I would recommend checking the pronunciation of all proper names before recording, because EVERYTHING else about the podcast is quite professional. I understand that some things are obscure or not in English and therefore not easy to research, but you’re undoubtedly doing lots of work on the podcast already; why taint it by such an easily-correctable oversight? If you need to enlist others’ help (e.g., from a Japanese speaker), then instead of recording a podcast with things you know you mispronounced and then ask listeners to send you corrections (or worse, just forgive you), why not ask for listener help at the beginning of a podcast for an episode you want to do but haven’t recorded yet?
C. After doing proper research on pronunciation and giving it your best shot, stop with the apologizing. You have nothing left to apologize for. If after your best effort you still get a few things wrong, you’ll probably still get corrections from jerks like me even if you don’t point them out.
Thanks again for an entertaining and educational podcast which–pronunciation anomalies notwithstanding–is still more professionally done than most.