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Explore your favorite fictional worlds from unique perspectives and find new stories to enjoy with author Arthur McMahon. In each episode we explore a fantasy universe together and pull apart its building blocks. Every creation from Harry Potter to Star Wars will be put under the microscope. Creative influences, author intentions, and social impacts will be referenced. We will look at why these worlds were constructed and how they evolved over time. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.s ...
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Gonarch's Lair is a podcast that will take you on a topical, honest and anecdotal romp through the history of gaming, movies and music with a bit of almost everything else in between. Off-Planet is a study of what becomes of two, relatively sane, escape pod occupants when subjected to their greatest fear: each other's company.
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Welcome to the Paracosm! So, we went to Tampa Bay Comic Con and all we got was A REALLY GOOD TIME AND A BUNCH OF FRIENDS? (Don't even mention the wrist bands over badges...) Shout out to all of the amazing cosplayers we met, took pictures with or just stopped to say hi! We absolutely can't wait to see everyone at New York Comic Con in October (+ Me…
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Welcome to the Paracosm! We herald our own end today as we talk about FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS! We're finally here, with our first family during the fight (so far) of their lives! (MOLE MAN DOES NOT COUNT.) What did you think of our new First Family? Do you still have trust in The Four? Spoilers - For the entire movie, right down to the credits …
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Welcome to the Paracosm! We herald our own end today as we get closer to GALACTUS and the FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS! We're ranting, raving and trying to survive the destruction of worlds based on what we want to see, what we know we will see and things that probably won't happen (the X-Men..) but would make us cry (see you later, space baby). Are…
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Welcome to the Paracosm! We're discussing the long awaited, and unfairly rated, Iron Heart for Marvel Television! Plot twist - IT WAS A GOOD SHOW. Did we all really think Darmommu was the villain? Was anyone surprised by THE DEVIL? Should we kill all of Peter Parkers extended family!? Spoilers - For both the comics and the show, since we're finally…
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Welcome to the Paracosm! This week is fully dedicated to all of the absurd, wild, amazing and plain perfect MCU X-Men Reboot casting rumors online, right now! PLUS, a little hopeful plot discussion! Do we really need the Magneto v Professor X stories again? Are the X-Men just a fancier dressed Charlie's Angels? Could Walter Goggins really play EVER…
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Welcome to the Paracosm! This time were talking about the second issue of the anthology series, Fantastic Four: Fanfare! This one focuses primarily around Mister Fantastic himself - Reed Richards...kinda? With 3 mini's there's a lot of fun and unhinged science madness to go around. Like Doom at a party, Johnny vs the Creature and Reed being the Mos…
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Welcome to the Paracosm! This week we're talking about Marvel Voice's Pride Special - the anthology series telling one-shots featuring Marvel's sweetie pie queer characters! Four stories with angst, love and the gay tragedy? Sign us up and make us CRY! (Steve definitely has a little something he should've done with Arnie...or Bucky...we're not judg…
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Welcome to the Paracosm! This week we're back with more Godzilla! This time fighting...Spider-Man? With some help from the Shocker?! AND SYMBIOTES!? AND BLACK CAT?? Is Peter really the smartest guy in the room...or just the only guy in a crop top at the time? Find out in Godzilla vs. Spider-man by Joe Kelly! Don't worry...it's a little wild for us,…
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Welcome to the Paracosm! This week were riding out the Fantastic Four: First Steps wait with Ghost Rider vs. Galactus by J. Michael Straczynski and Juan Ferreya! In this one-shot we run into Ben Grimm, an evil HR guy and a couple New Yorkers before Johnny Blaze rockets into Galactus and a surprise (I guess) guest makes Johnny question his choices? …
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Welcome to the Paracosm! This week is fully dedicated to the one, true Queen Mother and her Toaster - Vision & The Scarlet Witch #1 by Steve Orlando! In this continuation series we meet again with Wanda, Darcy Lewis and the Vision as mysterious Death's Door start to appear and call to folks, leading them into the unknown. The villain is truly fun, …
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015: wrath_extrusion_cartoons It was a tempestuous start to the latest meeting between our subjects, the origin of the anger was not divulged but we were given some insight into how the pair process such emotion. Mostly this involves the destruction of inanimate objects, such as stationary and gaming peripherals, a rather primal and futile coping m…
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Welcome to the Paracosm! We're cracking into an old Kaiju friend in a new story this week with Marvel's Godzilla vs. X-Men! Were the mutants really just the kaijus we made along the way...? Or....something like that? Leave it to Dr. Trask to turn the King of Monsters into the most misunderstood but fully understood mutant battle participant, ever. …
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Welcome to the Paracosm! We're checking back in this week with the anthology series The Fantastic Four Fanfare! This issue is all about the Human Torch himself - Johnny Storm! Do you enjoy an anthology series? Or do you prefer a structured, multi-issue story? Sound off in our NEW DISCORD! Spoilers - we're telling the whole issue, plus a little bit …
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Welcome to the Paracosm! We decided to read the one-shot series "What If Galactus Transformed...?" for both Gambit and Rogue! It's been a while since we did an old fashioned comic reading & discussion! Did you like the What If Galactus series? Which missing timeline was a bigger loss, Gambit or Rogue? On our next episode we'll be talking about the …
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Welcome to the Paracosm! We're rating, discussing and absolutely gushing over BOB...I mean...the Thunderbolts*..I mean...the *New Avengers?? Bounce along as we answer a few of our own questions over The Void, talk about the BADDIE YELENA, how a Bucky Barnes hug could cure our depression and SO MUCH Fantastic Four talk it'll make Galactus' head spin…
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Welcome to the Paracosm! We're back and we're analyzing...chairs! From the five-hour wait for more Chair, to NIGHTCRAWLER coming back, we're all in! Will Doomsday give us more Spider-Man? Where is Wanda? Are we going to have to watch Professor X die...AGAIN? How will Sam Wilson lead this massive team against...RDJ? AND MORE PEDRO PASCAL! What do yo…
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Welcome to the Paracosm! We're back with the finale of Daredevil: Born Again - Straight to Hell! Follow along as we break down some of the most wild moments from the finale and rate on a 1 - 10 scale how weird we think Daniel is...and will be? Plus, WHY IS JACK IN A CAGE? Is Buck on a road to redemption? Does he want to be? Where does this leave th…
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Welcome to the Paracosm! We're back with the eighth episode of Born Again - Isle of Joy! We have some pretty strong opinions about Dex's outlandish escape and Matt's raging Catholic Crash Out. Join us as we, much like Vanessa, plot out the rest of this season and have the great debate around if Dex missed that shot and what it means for Fisk and Ma…
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Welcome to the Paracosm! We're back with the seventh episode of Born Again - Art for Arts Sake! We're gabbing all about Vanessa maybe being shady, Luca for sure being SHADY, Buck being DONE, Matt being WILD, Heather being SUS of Matty and THE MUSE!?! Join us as we have incredibly strong feelings about how the Muse's story (maybe?) pans out and wher…
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Welcome to the Paracosm! We're back with episodes five and six of Born Again - With Interest & Excessive Force. Did the double feature work for everyone? Would a Day in The Life of Matt Murdock truly been enough to carry 18 episodes of the original plan? Is Heather really in it for Matt, or her career? Do we really think the cops would have found M…
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Welcome to the Paracosm! We're back with the fourth episode of Born Again - Sic Semper Systema, or, the return of Frank Castle! We're discussing each of our key players in this new entry to the Daredevil Saga and really breaking down the heart wrenching guilt trip Frankie has sent Matt on this episode. Join us as we scream and cry over Frank & Matt…
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Welcome to the Paracosm! We're back with the third episode of Born Again - The Hollow of His Hand. Is the show moving in the right direction? Are we mad at Matt for dropping a BOMB on Hector's life? Are we ever going to emotionally recover from this show and how they seem to hate their most beloved characters? (RIP Foggy Nelson, you ain't dead but …
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Welcome to the Paracosm! We're finally talking about the long awaited Daredevil continuation...or new series? Either way, the Devil is back and we are seated. What did you think of the two episode premier? CW: There is mention of gore, death and suicide. Spoilers - we talked about key comic story lines from Soule & Zdarsky, including the fates of s…
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Welcome to the Paracosm! We're recapping our long weekend at Megacon Orlando, the people we met (Frank Miller and Marco Checchetto!!), almost getting into a fight? and filming TikTok's with just about everyone! We're also diving into the THUNDERBOLTS* Superbowl trailer and how they are definitely going to be The Champions and Bob is definitely Void…
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Welcome to the Paracosm! We're talking about Captain America: Brave New World, its re-writes, tense moments and overall unfair critics score! Plus, obsessing over Joaquin Torres & Sam Wilson's absolute demanding charisma. They truly, really and whole heartedly are just a couple of dudes. Spoilers - we're talking about everything from past MCU phase…
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014: beards_records_superstition Subject A has experienced a period of boredom, forcing him to seek new ways of occupying himself in the pod. To maintain our mandate, we have not provided any additional forms of entertainment, which appears to have inspired his creative side. We have witnessed examples of vanity many times during our multiple trial…
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Welcome to the Paracosm! We're reviewing the full season one (hopefully) of Agatha All Along this time...or was it really Billy All Along! Spoiler alert - we loved it. (YES, even that one flying solo shot.) There is literally nothing better than Marvel's First Naked Butt and her gay sidekick (you pick who), except maybe the costuming department on …
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Welcome to the Paracosm! We're breaking down the first two episodes of Agatha All Along (streaming on D+ now) and discussing all of the history and easter eggs from both live action and comics! As always, major spoilers for characters, places and comics. We're talking about everything from the Mephisto tin foil hats coming back to the delulu of Wan…
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Welcome to the Paracosm! We're talking Venom: The Last Dance final trailer and breaking down Knull in this weeks episode! Is Knull a Thanos level threat? Will Sony actually give us Knull, or will they shelve it with their Sinister Six goon squad (including Morbius)? We'll find out on October 25! Spoilers - we're talking about the King in Black comi…
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Welcome to the Paracosm! We're talking all about Uncanny X-men #1 today and what WE loved and what the internet seems to hate? Spoilers - we love the art and Gambit. All rights reserved for their respected parties; we're just here for that sweet, sweet unhinged mutant from the swamp. FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram: @paracosm616 Twitter: @paraco…
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013: reeducation_beaches_antagonists It’s the end of term for one of our cadets, and we hear him disclose first-hand experience of our reeducation program to his compatriot: it was intriguing to witness a disarmed and honest assessment of our methods from one of the courses most mediocre students. We commenced with subject B as he has proven to be …
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Welcome to the Paracosm! We're breaking down SDCC24 and IS IT WORTH IT? CAN YOU WORK IT? (or whatever Missy Elliot said..)From the panels to the vendors, costumes and Ubers - we're throwing it all out!!As always, major spoilers for DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, plus a few techinal auto issues. Apologies! All rights reserved for their respected parties; we'…
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Welcome to the Paracosm! WE ARE BACK and talking about Deadpool & Wolverine in PART TWO! We are literally trying to be so normal about this movie right now.As always, major spoilers for DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, plus various other Marvel projects. All rights reserved for their respected parties; we're just trying to frolic in a field with that sweet an…
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Welcome to the Paracosm! WE ARE BACK and talking about Deadpool & Wolverine in a TWO PART episode, because so much happened in this movie and we can't simply be normal about it. From all the cameos to the action and dancing, we've got a long ride in this Honda Odyssey ahead of us. Buckle up, big bois because it's time for MAXIUM EFFORT! As always, …
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012: identity_unicorns_stingers Subject B skipped the pleasantries at the start of todays meeting, opting instead to interrogate his counterpart on their knowledge of antique-based reality television. His intention behind the line of questioning was not to explore the worth of humanitys lost or forgotten junk, rather to identify the masks they surr…
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Welcome to the Paracosm! We're catching up on episodes 6, Lifedeath- Part 2, and 7, Bright Eyes this week! It's all leading up to our very spoiler filled breakdown of the epic Tolerance Is Extinction, coming soon!As always, major spoilers for X-Men '97, various X comics and X-Men the animated series. All rights reserved for their respected parties;…
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Welcome to the Paracosm! We're back to tell you eXactly how we feel about the first five episodes of X-Men '97....in a two part episode! There's a lot to unpack between the Goblin Queen and one Mr. Remy LeBeau being the only one not for the streets. What a wild first ride these five episodes have been! As always, major spoilers for X-Men '97, vario…
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011: condiments_apidae_disasters Life in the pod appears to have become too bland for subject B: he bemoans the lack of flavour in their rations and so, in an effort to fool his tastebuds, sparks a conversation with his compatriot about condiments. In a further attempt to inject some spice into their existence, subject A suggests they seek stimulat…
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Welcome to the Paracosm! We're back to tell you eXactly how we feel about each of the 11 live action versions of these geeks and freaks. There's a lot of gems and a lot of questionable choices in these films, but boy do they give you that fresh kick of a Saturday morning breeze. All rights reserved for their respected parties; we're just here for t…
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010: halitosis_property_melodramas My suspicion of ongoing deception by our specimens was confirmed during today’s meeting: affecting accents and masking personalities are clear signs of espionage, what they stand to gain from spying on us I am yet to uncover. I shan’t expose their secret until I understand more about their individual skillsets. An…
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009: paracosms_cranchiidae_booze In a vain attempt at shrouding his lacklustre approach to pod upkeep, subject A has manufactured an autonomous valet. In theory it should alleviate an already congested list of errands for B, but an unforeseen quirk of said servant could dash his hopes before any benefit is felt. As we know, this newly employed mini…
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008: vacation_ophidianists_thiriokinesis It was both pleasing and concerning to discover that subject A has created a resort within the pod: pleasing as it will give the inhabitants somewhere to relax and reflect, concerning due to the resources exhausted during its manufacture, resulting in a negative impact on the craft’s stability. B appeared to…
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007: sanitation_execution_epitaphs Today’s meeting was a mostly morbid affair, despite a positive start that saw B boasting about the numerous chores he had completed. The act of spring cleaning can be seen as an expression of the desire to improve or change one’s surroundings, could they finally be settling in for the long haul? Conversely, A seem…
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006: proctology_invertebrates_sensorium Both were verging on hysteria for the duration of this session: subject A believes his co-habitants erratic behaviour is a reaction to a homemade narcotic, I suspect it is due to the oxygen rationing we have had no choice but to enforce. Their entertainment value rises dramatically when starved of the life-gi…
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