In this episode, meet @henswilsons (aka Mia), hear all about the creation of Mr LAFD Updates Man, and listen to Rachel repeatedly mispronounce LAFD!

Show Notes:

Full show notes here

Topics:
- Welcome and guest intro (02:53)
- How Mia got into 9-1-1 (featuring Mia’s refusal to watch the 2x01 gym scene) (05:20)
- Favourite things about 9-1-1 (and a tangent about reading fic of media you haven’t actually consumed) (17:05)
- Favourite character (28:27)
- Favourite episode and scene (including the inherent romanticism and/or sexual tension of Buddie in kitchens) (31:29)
- Discussion of Mia’s writing and fic (37:43), focused on: the Mr LAFD Updates Man series (feat. the highs and lows of html coding) (37:43); no one quite like you (feat. the ravi fic ravi is canon) (1:25:31); and your dreary mondays (feat. the power of wip wednesday, fuck it friday, seven sentence sunday, and the like) (1:49:47); and mentioning the other fics Rachel had to exclude lest this episode be twice as long (2:24:15)
- What Mia is working on (2:30:21)
- Discussion of Mia’s gif and edit making (including the truly unhinged way Mia used to make gifs) (2:32:08)
- Mia’s fandom history (featuring the way in which Mia is Eddie in Mr LAFD Updates Man) (2:46:10)
- Thoughts on Season 6A and predictions for 6B (3:04:21)
- Recommendations for creators and fanworks (3:13:35)
- Goodbye and outro (3:22:24)

Referred to in episode:
- Mia’s henswilsons Tumblr and hammersmiths AO3
- Mia’s main smileymikey Tumblr
- Fics discussed: the Mr LAFD Updates Man series; no one quite like you; and your dreary mondays
- Edits/Gifs discussed: the great war lyrics photo edit; you two are in something gifset; and Taylor reacting to Buck vs Eddie reacting to Buck comparision gifset
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Mia's recommendations:

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Contact details:

Dispatch Tumblr: dispatchpodcast.tumblr.com
Dispatch email: dispatcha911podcast@gmail.com

Credit:

Intro and outro music by BrightestAvenue from Pixabay