409: I ❤️ Hamish

[EYE OF ZA]

I'm considering an alternative interpretation where this is some strange deep internet romance ARG someone was running, like kindle authors doing a weird Reptilians conspiracy thing as a cute supernatural romance. I don't know if I believe it, as that's pretty high concept and her actual prose and art are not that at all. Maybe she just reminds me of whatever episode it was that had the alien romance that was also Settlers of Catan? Because the mismatched alien marriage to a primitive planet thing is like a whole romance sub-sub-genre, and the idea of being stuck with your bizarre abusive boyfriend alien because you're his eugenics project feels of that ilk.

[adrenochrome dome]

I'm considering an alternative interpretation where this is some strange deep internet romance ARG someone was running, like kindle authors doing a weird Reptilians conspiracy thing as a cute supernatural romance. I don't know if I believe it, as that's pretty high concept and her actual prose and art are not that at all. Maybe she just reminds me of whatever episode it was that had the alien romance that was also Settlers of Catan? Because the mismatched alien marriage to a primitive planet thing is like a whole romance sub-sub-genre, and the idea of being stuck with your bizarre abusive boyfriend alien because you're his eugenics project feels of that ilk.

I'd guess it's more a product of the same kind of logic being employed. Even if she believes everything she writes, she's still telling a story to herself and using ideas that show up in bizarre niche romance plots. Sort of like how a Lokiwife might use Joss Whedon tropes in a transcript of an encounter without realizing how fake it seems.

[Tipsy Almond]

Listened to this episode recently, and the "what did we learn today" segment struck me as... not quite odd, but missing the obvious reason why Eva Draconis was doing all this in the first place. Or lack of reasons, rather.

Psychosis does not have internal logic supporting its actions. A malfunctioning brain does what it does, regardless of what a (comparatively) healthy mind might try and guess at. Eva Draconis is most likely INCREDIBLY mentally ill. To her, she's simply recounting reality. To the rest of us, she's completely off her rocker and hallucinating Hamish tossing her around like a poltergeist with a ragdoll. Any perceived expression of creativity or selection of tropes/characterizations for Hamish is more akin to looking at a Rorschach Test than reading a biography.

I dunno. I found the episode interesting to listen to in the same way it's interesting to read about Gene Ray discovering what biracial people are. The final segment was more of a curveball when listening to it, like "Do the hosts know that mental illness doesn't really follow any sort of rules?"

Also while listening, I think (like 75% sure) Hamish is a literal sock puppet filled with whole hard-boiled eggs, according to Eva's descriptions. (10 peanuts to the person who draws that)