Fade to Obsidian

SPOILERS FOR RED RISING CONTAINED BELOW. Episode contains spoilers of the entire episode including Light Bringer.This week we continue our new series, Bye Felicia!! We're reading through Pierce Brown's Red Rising books and discussing the deaths that make the biggest impact on the series. Harvest joins us this week to talk about all the smaller deaths in Red Rising. Priam (and the rest of the passage), Lea, Tamara, Titus, Proctor Apollo, and of course House Pluto. Do you agree with what we say? Let us know in the comments below.

SPOILERS FOR RED RISING CONTAINED BELOW. Episode contains spoilers of the entire episode including Light Bringer.This week we continue our new series, Bye Felicia!! We're reading through Pierce Brown's Red Rising books and discussing the deaths that make the biggest impact on the series. Lotus joins us to talk about the first hat death of the series, and the saddest in the first book PAX AU TELEMANUS! While we appreciate the sacrifice he made to bring us closer to his family in later books, we definitely would have loved to have more time with the big guy. Do you agree with what we say? Let us know in the comments below.

SPOILERS FOR RED RISING CONTAINED BELOW. Episode contains spoilers of the entire episode including Light Bringer.This week we continue our new series, Bye Felicia!! We're reading through Pierce Brown's Red Rising books and discussing the deaths that make the biggest impact on the series. Maude Garrett of Maude's Book Club joins us to discuss her brother-in-law Julian au Bellona. One of the most impactful deaths of the series we discuss his affect on Darrow, Cassius, Lysander and so many more. We also tested Crescent's knowledge and discussed if we would survive the institute. Find Maude on instagram and join her wonderful book club: https://www.instagram.com/maudesbookclub/Do you agree with what we say? Let us know in the comments below.

SPOILERS FOR RED RISING CONTAINED BELOW. Episode contains spoilers of the entire episode including Light Bringer.This week we are starting our brand new series, Bye Felicia!! We're reading through Pierce Brown's Red Rising books and discussing the deaths that make the biggest impact on the series. Starting strong, Sharkbate (aka Cassie from Highkey Obsessed) joins us to discuss Eo. Our catalyst for the story, and how it all begins. We discuss her as a character and the waves she makes throughout the books. Do you agree with what we say? Let us know in the comments below.

Tunes / Cackler joins us from Violet Clayworks to talk creating ceramic in Red Rising work!Tunes gave us an inside look at how her art is made, what inspires her, and a sneak peak into what to comes. We also talk about our favourite RR books and so much more. You can find her on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/violetclayworks/

As we come to the end of our artist series, we wanted to highlight a few fan favourites who were unable to come on to the show. Backstitch/Hearthweaver/Caroline Krunchy joins us to talk about gorgeous stained glass work of Liz from Lehigh Stained GlassYou can find Liz on instagram here:https://www.instagram.com/lehighstainedglass/linktr.ee/lehighglass

As we come to the end of our artist series, we wanted to highlight a few fan favourites who were unable to come on to the show. Backstitch/Hearthweaver/Caroline Krunchy joins us to talk about amazing woodworking of Leland from Deflagrated Designs. You can find Leland on instagram here:https://www.instagram.com/deflagrated_designs/He also referenced https://www.invadergirlart.com/

As we come to the end of our artist series, we wanted to highlight a few fan favourites who were unable to come on to the show. Backstitch/Hearthweaver/Caroline Krunchy joins us to talk about the beautiful paintings of Brittany Vogt.You can find Vogt on instagram here:https://www.instagram.com/vogtpaintings/

As we come to the end of our artist series, we wanted to highlight a few fan favourites who were unable to come on to the show. Backstitch/Hearthweaver/Caroline Krunchy joins us once again to stare lovingly at all the amazing Sevros created by RedMurphy.Art (and the rest of her work too)You can find RedMurphy on instagram here:https://www.instagram.com/redmurphy.art/The Cassius x Lit Escalates merch is available here (as of Feb/24/2026):https://www.lit-escalates.com/collections/valentines-day

As we come to the end of our artist series, we wanted to highlight a few fan favourites who were unable to come on to the show. Backstitch/Hearthweaver/Caroline Krunchy joins us to talk about the incredible work, and dust jackets of Bronwyn.psd. You can find Bronwyn on instagram here:https://www.instagram.com/bronwyn.psd/

Do we ever have a real plan when we record with HowlerPod? We have an idea of a plan... A scent of a plan, and then it all goes off the rails. Join us this week while we pretend to talk about memes, and really just talk about anywhere our hearts take us. Remember to leave a comment with what song you think can be parodied to be about Red Rising. You can find them on instagram here:https://www.instagram.com/howlerpodAnd make sure to like every single one of their posts. ALL OF THEM.

Me Like Bees joins us about creating music and loving Red Rising. Jake & Luke join us to discuss their band, music and love of Red Rising. We cover HowlerCon, how they got there and improving Sevro's Song. You can find them on instagram here:https://www.instagram.com/melikebees/Their website: https://www.melikebees.com/And spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6b0G9aPXmaLLDWJHhCrv1Q?si=NxVwyf57Q2-kBmWUA4BM-w

Taylor Ash joins us about creating music for the Red Rising world. Taylor joins us to discuss what inspired her to create music for the Red Rising world. We also discuss some of our favourite moments of the first trilogy, and why Science-Fiction is so important to read right now. You can find her on instagram here: ttps://www.instagram.com/taylorashmusic/And spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/track/367AePpIUx0IdXUNNgug8l?si=c61d0c7175344799

Alanna joins us from La Rosa Studio to talk Stained Glass Fanart in Red Rising.Alanna joins us to discuss how Stained Glass is created, what makes her inspired, the ties of Red Rising to the ancient world and so much more. You can find him on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/larosa.studio_/

CatBackPack Carl joins us from Lit Escalates/Shit Escalates to talk how he joined the team, behind the scenes of Book of Lorn, comics in general and LOTS. We mean LOTS. Make sure you join the https://shit-escalates.com/ patreon and check out the https://www.lit-escalates.com/ merch shop.Here is your reading syllabus!Carl's Work:Ostrich Cycles: https://archive.org/details/ostrichcyclesCarl's website: http://www.cantocomics.com/The Ardent: https://www.fieldmouse.press/shop/p/the-ardentSocials: http://www.instagram.com/cantocomix, @cantocomics.bksy.socialOpen Casket Soundsystem: https://opencasketsoundsystem.bandcamp.com/One Aux: http://www.instagram.com/one.aux, https://www.oneaux.feedback/, http://oneauxrecordings.bandcamp.com/Not Carl Things:Center for Cartoon Studies: http://www.cartoonstudies.org/Contract with God: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Contract_with_GodPentiment (appropriately enough from Obsidian Games): https://www.obsidian.net/games/pentimentGiannis!: https://milonogiannis.com/From Crescent: Tom Grummett - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Grummett

Scott / Black Hole joins us from Book & Box Co to talk Fanart in Red RisingOn top discussing how he puts his own spin on designs, the creation of merch, putting the perfect touches on pieces, we also discuss our favourite characters and some hopes and dreams for Red God. You can find him on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/bookandboxco/In this episode we also highlight: https://www.instagram.com/vogtpaintings/https://www.lit-escalates.com/

It's 2026 and we're still talking about Red Rising Fanart. This time with Bethanie of Danger & Beauty Art!We talk about lots in this episode, her art, her fanfiction, a couple Red God predictions, Our favourite characters and so much more. You can find her on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/dangerandbeauty_art/In this episode we also highlight: https://www.instagram.com/sleepyslothdraws/https://www.instagram.com/vogtpaintings/

Crescent and community members came up with fact or fiction Red Rising questions for us to answer. Did this thing ACTUALLY happen? Unfortunately, we had eat terribly flavoured beans for every incorrect answer. Feel free to play along and let us know how you did! (We don't actually recommend the beans though). Thank you Sanguine, Zephyr, Nova for submitting questions!

This Christmas all we want is for Steve Harrington to live.Harvest joins us for this ridiculous episode where we discuss which Red Rising characters would get along best with each Stranger Things character. We're pretty proud of some of these pairings, and think the Duffer Brothers need to write us some crossover stories. Let us know in the comments what you agree and disagree with. For obvious reasons, full spoilers including Light Bringer and Stranger Things Volume 5: Episode 4.

We continue our venture into the world of Red Rising fanart, and we're so excited to have Miles Bensky as our guest. We talk about his creation of Red Rising art, the creation of the board game, how much Howlers love disc golf, and as always THE FANDOM. You can find him on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/mbenskydesigns/In this episode we mention MANY creators, but want to highlight: https://www.instagram.com/eldanmarkart/https://www.instagram.com/redmurphy.art/https://www.instagram.com/taylorashmusic/https://www.instagram.com/violetclayworks/