Simp City Simp City Council

Don’t worry! Why? Because we are here to talk about your favorite shonen manga, My Hero Academia! Time for us to go plus-ultra in discussing the reason behind this show’s popularity, our favorite heroes and quirks, and then examine how ‘quirks’ relate to contemporary issues with discrimination and inequality we see in today’s society. After listening in on this week’s council session, let us know what your quirk would be!

Akbar Tsai's 'Touch You' Guitar Cover

SALE! Well, not really. Come on down to Simp City for this week’s sale, er discussion, of Octopimp’s fandub of the anime Free!: 50% Off. This cult classic of a fandub delivers iconic lines and scenes like no other and we literally cannot stop gushing over it. We also discuss what fandub brings to fandom and the effect of subcultural poaching on original/content creators. Check this episode out, otherwise you’ll owe Easter Dave a favor and you do not want to be in that position!

Octopimp's 50% Off Playlist

Akbar Tsai's 'Touch You' Guitar Cover

On this week’s podcast, we continue with the theme of love! Well, Boys' Love that is. That’s right, we investigate the rise of gay love in modern society and in the realm of fandom. We discuss our favorite boy’s love stories, how Instagram quenches our thirst, and examine common issues brought up in BL. We also hear from Emylia, who has many experiences in the realm of boys' love, and is our first Simp City Resident guest host! The episode then rounds off with a delightful game of simp-themed mad libs! Happy Boys' Love y’all!

Akbar Tsai's "Touch You" Guitar Cover 

Happy Valentine’s Day fellow love-struck simps! Emma and Izzy decided to curate a lovely mixtape to show our love for you (and to inspire the imagination)! We have seven cute songs prepared for you based on the theme ‘Imagine you’re on a date with your preferred bae(s).’ We hope these easy listening songs will be the perfect accompaniment for a day spent by yourself (daydreaming about being with your baes) or a Valentine’s Day actually spent with a loved one! (You lucky bastards!)

Featured Songs:

Sweet Girl - B1A4

You Belong with Me - Taylor Swift

Teenage Dream - Katy Perry

Dimple - BTS

Just the Way You Are - Bruno Mars

Unconditionally - Katy Perry

Complete Me - Rocky

Merry Simpmas our fellow simps! Celebrate the holiday season with Izzy and Emma as we discuss shipping! In the theme of giving and ‘shipping’ presents to our loved ones, we debate the ins and outs of shipping in fandoms and where our love for shipping falls! We also briefly discuss fandom holiday specials (like mini-bangs and Yuletide!) and what’s on our very own Simpmas wishlists!

Check out the articles we discuss in the episode here:

https://www.fansplaining.com/articles/shippers-on-shipping

https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/669

Happy Simpsgiving dear residents! Join us as we talk about what we’re thankful for this Thanksgiving holiday. We discuss what we enjoy about simping, fandoms, and how much we appreciate content creators and the people in fandoms themselves. This episode is very much meant to be a catch-all, as we discuss many topics near and dear to us: anime baes, BTS, and fandoms in general. Join us in celebrating Simp City’s first holiday and let us know what you’re thankful for this Simpsgiving.