Perfectly Generic Podcast

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Episode 36: I Am Ascending, and It Is Terrible (w/ Cee L. Kyle) May 04, 2019

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Cee L. Kyle joins Kate to talk about the epilogues, mental health, and our community. Topics: Mob behavior. 4chan. How our actions impact the creation of independent art and survivors of abuse. Kate's personal story of growing up online. Piss Christ. Issues with Homestuck's ending. Sadstuck. The Homestuck Cinematic Universe. Trans narratives. Psychosis. Essentiality. Ownership of characters. Jane. Dirk and self-harm. Vrisrezi. Catharsis. Manic pixie dream girls.

We discuss this thread by Pip D and Overcast.

Music: “perfectly generic” and “Another Noir” by Goomy

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Episode 35: Egberticles (w/ Lily) Apr 27, 2019

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Lily discusses Homestuck’s relationship to classical literature with Kate. Topics include vore, ergonomics, Virgil as Andrew Hussie’s dancestor, the Condesce as Juno, fate in Homestuck, unreliable narrators, Tiresias, the epilogues and binary choice, Pickle Inspector, and MSPA Reader.

Music: “perfectly generic” by Goomy and “muse” by Kate.

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Episode 34: Hot Takes on the Homestuck Epilogues (w/ Chelsea & Xtine) Apr 24, 2019

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Kate, Xtine and Chelsea have a round-table on the The Homestuck Epilogues. We talk girls’ plot agency, Vriska…2!, split timelines, Problem Sleuth, Dirk’s parallels to Doc Scratch, Jane’s arc, Terezi’s reduction to love interest (again), and what we want next.

Music: “perfectly generic” by Goomy

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Episode 33: Relevance, Truth, and Essentiality (w/ Sam) Apr 14, 2019

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Kate welcomes first guest Sam back to the show to discuss The Homestuck Epilogues. Topics include Rose and Roxy’s relationships to their aspects, content warnings, metanarrative callbacks, Vriska (LET ME IN!), being a depressed 20-something, and hopes for the future.

We discuss optimisticDuelist’s essays “The Meat/Candy Binary” and “Rose Lalonde at the Heart of the World”.

Music: “Old Secret” by James Roach and “perfectly generic” by Goomy.

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Episode 32: Je Suis Les8ifins (w/ Cro & Sis) Apr 09, 2019

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Cro, Kate and Sis discuss Meenah and Aranea. Subjects include the Fallout series, Meenah and Jane as heiresses, Beforan society, Karkalicious, Aranea’s poetic irrelevance, roleplay, and more.

Music by Goomy

Bonus: Post Erisol Fic On April 6 Apr 01, 2019

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Aysha documents Kate’s descent into Eridan-liking madness. Topics include FRIENDSHIP, Dammek, a Shape of Water AU, Shrek, Dualscar’s cancellation, March Eridan and identity(yes really), the pinnacle of Equius achievement, normie birthday parties where you’re not allowed to talk about Homestuck, mind palaces, Murrit, and an Erisol fic challenge.

Play Hiveswap: Friendsim. Stan Loona.

Music: “it be like that sometimes” by James Roach from Hiveswap: Friendsim

Episode 31: Pgenpod Live, Pt. 2 - Vast Error Mar 29, 2019

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Kate, Austin and Heather discuss Vast Error on its 8th anniversary. Topics include what Murrit’s hiding, Kate’s fixation on seadwelling Republicans, Komaeda, Albion as lesbian bait, the Dirk-as-an-old-OC theory, boiled Monster Energy, capitalism, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Recorded live at the Guildhall Bar in Burbank, California.

Music by Goomy, President-for-Life of the Perfectly Generic Music Team (Bandcamp).

Episode 30: Pgenpod Live, Pt. 1 - Homestuck Mar 25, 2019

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Kate asks James Roach, Pip, Paige, Heather, Austin, Dia, Slapras, optimisticDuelist, and Aysha a simple question: What does Homestuck mean to you?

Recorded live at the Guildhall Bar in Burbank, California.

Music by Goomy, President-for-Life of the Perfectly Generic Music Team (Bandcamp).