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The wildly popular webcomic Lore Olympus wraps up with episode 280! We were a little worried that there were so many unresolved plot threads left for the final episode, but Rachel Smythe managed to tie everything together in a pretty little bow.







No spoilers, but if you have any questions about how it all ended for anyone in the story, the answer is pretty much the same: they’re fine. The couple that you haven’t seen for months? They’re fine. That one character you really liked? They’re fine. Yes and that other one too. They’re fine. Apollo isn’t fine, but that’s a good thing. Zeus is more “okay I guess” than fine. But everyone else has nothing to complain about.







Of course, being who we are, we found a few tiny things to complain about: the occasional wonky expression in the artwork, some big confrontations that we never got to see (and now never will). But for the most part we’ve adored every part of this delightful little webcomic and all the talent and effort that went into making it for the last (wow) six years!







So now only one question remains: what the heck are we going to recap now?







Fortunately there are still plenty of things in the nerdsphere for us to obsess over, so after the recap we talked a little about Skibidi Toilet (yes, we’re still watching it), some complaints about Mayor of Kingstown getting thrown behind a paywall (curse you, Amazon Prime), and Elizabeth’s watching the final season of Picard, which led to a discussion of a few Star Trek storylines that the writers created and then dropped like they were on fire.







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Correction: Turns out the big celebration of Persephone’s worshippers WAS when she went back to the Underworld every year. Hat tip to the Lore Olympians instagram page for so many years of historical tidbits.







This week’s outro is a clip from March on Megopolis by TeknoAXE.













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There is nothing wrong with your radio, Night Vale, do not attempt to adjust the dial. Mother Lauren is controlling the transmission. And she is pissed.







This week’s Night Vale recap features nightmare images of a clawed monster Freddy Kruegering her way down the street, but also asks the age-old question: is a hot dog a pizza? (Kathryn and Elizabeth disagree about it being a sandwich, but they definitely know it’s not a taco.)







After the recap they have a spoileriffic look at the first two episodes of Mayor of Kingstown (we love how Jeremy Renner short circuits potential story arcs by just punching someone) with tangents into Furiosa hype and how if a movie doesn’t make Marvel money it’s considered “a flop.”







Finally, Elizabeth almost missed the recording because she took a nap after a Memorial Day party and woke up to messages from at least four different people going “WHY AREN’T YOU ANSWERING YOUR PHONE ARE YOU DEAD” and she’s really sorry she worried everybody, but she’s also weirdly relieved, because if you live by yourself sometimes you wonder “…if I fell down and hurt myself and couldn’t get to the phone, how long would I lie there before someone came to check on me?” Well, if you’re missing a podcast recording, it’s 43 minutes.







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This week’s outro is a clip from Encryption by Beat Mekanik.







Here’s links to both Hugh and David Leninhawk’s reviews of Furiosa (they both agreed there were some CGI issues.)







Here’s the TikTok about how insane it is that we’re all expected to be on call to everyone 24 hours a day.







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Only three episodes left of Lore Olympus, and there is a lot going on. We’re not sure how many of the unresolved plot threads are gonna get wrapped up in the series finale (Eros and Psyche? Zeus’s millennia of betrayal? Leto finally getting her comeuppance?), but in the two episodes we’re recapping this week we can promise the return of a few long-lost characters, a fantastic appearance by some moon-goddesses, and Apollo getting the beat-down of his life.







Elizabeth’s also watched most of the first season of the Jeremy Renner series Mayor of Kingstown and she can highly recommend it. Kathryn hasn’t seen anything new lately, but she did rewatch Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse, and can confirm that it really does hold up.







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This week’s outro is a clip from Behind the Moon by Beat Mekanik













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It’s another Travel Edition this week as we brave the wilds of Southeast North America (otherwise known as our parents’ place in Bradenton.) First up is a lightning quick recap of Night Vale as Cecil revisits a very strange kids show and correctly answers the daily puzzle. (It’s entropy. The answer is always entropy.)







After that we also do a quick update on what promises to be a VERY LONG process as we put together the Flametoys Windblade model. (“Easy for beginners?” The hell you say.)







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This week’s outro is a clip from Daily Commute by Brylie Christopher Oxley.







The synthwave composer Elizabeth was thinking of is suncity80s.







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Okay everybody GIANT SPOILER WARNINGS DANGER DANGER THIS IS NOT A DRILL.







So, way back on August 2, 2018 the 24th episode of Lore Olympus was released. Apollo let himself into Persephone’s bedroom and what happened next set in motion a series of events that changed the story forever and made a lot of people very angry.







Almost six years later, episodes 276 and 277 are the culmination of all these event and WE HAVE SOME THOUGHTS.







After that we very briefly talk about Avatar: the Way of Water, because Elizabeth finally watched it and she definitely doesn’t think it’s worth mentioning. (James Cameron: please find an editor who’s strong enough to cut three plot lines and a half dozen characters, thank you.)







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This week’s outro is a clip from Dancing Mr. Mime by Maarten Schellekens.













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The Lore Olympus comic tackles a lot of issues about abuse: spousal, parental, generational. The latest two episodes are no exception, but they also don’t really need trigger warnings because the focus here is the response to that abuse. Rachel Smythe gives a balanced look at how abuse victims can overcome the feeling of guilt at something that was never their fault, and how refusing to take the high road and forgive the abuser is exactly as valid a response as forgiving in order to move on.







It’s also a brutal smackdown, with the titan Kronos starting to get everything that’s coming to him, and it’s glorious.







Listen in as we squeeee once again in the countdown to the final episodes of Lore Olympus. We also go on a few tangents about YouYube metrics, the nightmare process of getting a comic book adapted to a cartoon, and also movie and TV producers deciding to cancel things for no reason, which is an odd thing for us to get angry about since neither of us seem to have the energy to start even one more series, so why are we all fired up to have even more to catch up on?







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This week’s outro is a clip from Regret by Beat Mekanik.













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Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan’s castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use this link to get there, you can support this podcast too! ScottishLaird.co.uk.







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