Episode 9: The Princess and the Frog

Welcome to Wonderful World of Darklords! In this episode, we discuss Tom's favorite Disney movie of the neo-Renaissance, and possibly his favorite Disney movie of the entire 21st century. You're in his world now, not your world . . . but if the friends on the other side give you what you want and take what you have, rest assured that they're doing the same to Dr. Facilier, and with great gusto. Topics discussed include:
• The horror of a domain that's essentially an MLM, complete with a darklord who projects success but has to hustle, hustle, hustle just to keep his head above water;
• The joy of a setting based on a real-world city chockablock with weird and haunted history (and a cornerstone of the southern gothic to boot!);
• Why, despite that "cornerstone of the southern gothic" thing, we didn't choose Gothic for one of our genres of horror, and how to incorporate the gothic if that's what you want;
• So many Disney Easter eggs you'd swear we'd been to Disney World more than zero times;
• and more!
Come on, darling. Think of all the episodes you've listened to, the hours you've sacrificed. Just click on the link. You're almost there . . .
The full writeup for Crescent City is available for free on DM's Guild: www.dmsguild.c... Heads up: if you usually read or skim the writeup before listening to the episode, please listen to the episode first this time. There's a moment with D that's going to land better in audio format than on the page. What moment, you ask? The cards, the cards, the cards will tell . . .
The books we plugged are Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik and The Good House by Tananarive Due. Check them both out!
Rachel's MLM horror story can be found on Podcastle, not Pseudopod, here: podcastle.org/... If you listen to the audio, there's an f-bomb.
All music recordings are in the public domain (mark 1.0) and are licensed through musopen.org (musopen.org/) :
Chopin Nocturne in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No.1 (musopen.org/mus...) (main theme), performed by Eduardo Vinuela
Chopin Etude Op. 25, No. 12 in C Minor: “Ocean” (musopen.org/mu...) (darklord theme), performed by Edward Neeman
Chopin Nocturne in F Minor, Op. 55 No. 1 (musopen.org/mu...) (land theme), performed by Luke Faulkner
Rachmaninoff Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3 - 2. Prélude in C sharp minor (musopen.org/mu...) (Dread Possibilities), performed by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Chopin Nocturne in E Minor, Op. 72 No. 1 (musopen.org/mus...) (parting thoughts), performed by Luke Faulkner
Dialog for Yensid was written by Azalin Rex himself (www.tumblr.com/...) : www.tumblr.com/...
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[@t2nwolf]

So the domain is kinda Souragne with all the banking and debt of Borca?

[@WonderfulWorldofDarklord]

That...is an excellent description, actually

[@paladinponyt1556]

*Mama Odie stood in front of her tub, stirring her gumbo silently. Her beloved snake Juju rested above her head. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door, the old woman smiled* "Come in child, door's always open." *A young lad entered wearing a mix of white and bronze clothing. His cloak however, was dark gold, old, and travel stained.* "Good evening Mama Odie," he said taking off his hood, "Sorry, if I'm late, It took longer than I thought." *Mama Odie filled three bowls and levitated them to the table.* "Not a problem child, I don't sleep much these days." *They all sat down, Juju started eating at once, while the young lad took off his gloves.* "So, I guess you found it." Mama Odie said happily. *The lad reached into his old black bag and pulled out a large and beautiful gem. It glowed with many colors, although Mama Odie could not see it. She felt its incredible power.* "Found out why the Shadow Man wants it so badly," the young lad said, "There a wish trapped inside. Imagine what he could do with that." *Mama Odie frowned.* "I'd rather not, so whatcha gonna do with it?" *The lad picked it up and looked at it sadly.* "I don't know, what does a wish, wish for?"
Thank you guys for the great idea ^^^ I like how you mixed two movies together. See you in the next one.

[@WonderfulWorldofDarklord]

I never thought of combining those two, but man that's an awesome idea!

[@paladinponyt1556]

@@WonderfulWorldofDarklord Thank you.