In Deep Ship!

Welcome to an extra spooky Halloween special where we dive into Supernatural’s internet-defining ships, focusing on Destiel (Dean/Castiel) and with a ittle sprinkle of WinCest (Sam/Dean) for good measure. We recap how Castiel was introduced to raise Dean from hell, became a long-running character due to fan reception, and how fandom culture (SuperWhoLock, Tumblr, conventions, writers monitoring forums) fueled shipping amid criticism of how women characters were handled. We hunt down the key D...

What does a ship that's taken the internet by storm need the most? Certainly not another two random ladies yapping about it. That's why we're forgoing our faves to see how they measure up against any other potential ships from the Game Changers world. We're exploring four new Heated Rivalry pairings and seeing if they can get us on that ship. The fics we read this week were: Hayden's Crush by dawg_at_the_cottage Tempt Not A Desperate Man by Iome_2121 I've never felt like this before (I want y...

Hang on to your $%#!*@ ribbons and detachable body parts, we've got an adventure for you today. We're diving into the world of The Amazing Digital Circus, an indie YouTube animated seris. This week, we're unpacking the listener-submited ship "Abstragedy" or the relationship between Gangle and Zooble. These two humans navigate being trapped in a program run by an AI ringmaster Caine in this animated YouTube dark comedy series. We will dig into the show’s popularity, fan engagement, and ~20,000...

Join the patron saints of one-way trips as we explore the containment-shattering cross ship "BloodyMary." This week we're exploring the mind child of some internet genius who took quirky scientist, Ryland Grace (Project Hail Mary), and paired him with brooding space terrorist, Simon (Iron Lung). This is truly a crack ship that some how has us all in a chokehold. We discuss its origins, why fans like it and how we reacted to the fan works. All to figure out if we're getting aboard the ship! Ou...

Love gothic teens and bubbly werewolves, oh my! Join us for our first ship of the season, Wenclair (Wednesday Addams and Enid Sinclair) from the Netflix show Wednesday. We're debuting our new format where we explore the ship and the fan art to see if the fans can get us aboard their ship. This episode tackles listener-requested Wenclair (Wednesday Addams/Enid Sinclair) from Netflix’s Wednesday, outlining the show’s premise, huge viewership, TikTok-famous dance, and fandom stats (21k AO3 works...