Join Lizzie and Mairead as they tackle the oft asked question: "is Lucy an unreliable narrator?" and the even more oft asked question: "what the heck does unreliable narrator really even mean?"

Just a warning, we do discuss some examples of unreliable narratorship, which in many cases is a spoiler in and of itself. However since none of these is less than 10 years old, hopefully you've already experience most of these for yourself (that or tumblr has certainly spoiled you already).

Also since we were wearing our literary analyst hats, we may have gotten a bit highfalutin with out vocab, so at the request of Nat who helped edit this ep, "elegiac" means characteristic of an elegy and "diegetic" refers to anything that exists or happens within the world of a story, and that the characters within that story are aware of or can perceive. Hope that's helpful!

Today we are taking another turn towards the deadly serious: the top ten moments Lockwood shows how in love with Lucy he is (which in our planning document was simply “Simpwood”).

(Also, we can't count.)

Join Natasha, Máiréad and Meg (and Meg's allergies) as they walk us through their collective top ten moments of Anthony Lockwood going all marshmallow gooey over Lucy Carlyle (violating several DEPRAC HR statutes and surely driving his other employees to drink in the process).

ps. anyone who wants to let us know if you think Lockwood is actually a simp, a cinnamon roll, or any other confectionary, we’ve put up a poll. :)

Episode 17 is coming on June 11 and the topic is a surprise 😘

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Maybe we should have saved the in-depth ghost talk for Halloween but around here it’s always spooky season! And by here I do mean inside Lizzie and Qiqi’s brains.

Join us for some seriously nerdy talk about the mechanics of ghosts, hauntings, and the mysterious and mystifying Other Side as we dissect the scientific knowledge contained in this entirely fictional book series with the tenacity of theoretical physicists attempting to solve quantum gravity.

Our next episode is out 28th May and is titled I Love Lucy. Make of that what you will.

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