Episode Notes:

• Thanks to everyone who wrote in with questions, and sorry we couldn’t get to all of them!
• We are gonna try to make this more of a Ted Talk
• Ted immediately regrets letting Jenny ask him some questions
• Casting ourselves in Worm: The Musical
• Jenny reflects on her expectations and Ted sets some new ones
• A meditation on tropes
• Does Skitter seem like a supervillain?
• Willingness to killingness
• Putting the die in Dinah
• In this essay, will Jenny see monsters in the hearts of humanity? Only time will tell!
• Who Goes Nine? By Dorothy Thompson
• Amy dies at the end of Worm: The Musical
• When do we get the Oliver arc???
• Contrasting the first two “books” of Worm
• Jenny has to answer her own question, ha!
• Mapping out book 3 and beyond
• Noelle’s power speculation
• If you aren’t in the Discord, you’re missing out on excellent speculation and analysis from our first time reader listeners!
• On Worm’s writing
• On Jenny’s writing — pre-order Teammates To Lovers and subscribe to her newsletter!
• We pitch our infinite budget short film adaptations
• Nominative determinism: Undersider edition
• It’s bracket time! Who’s the best person who got eliminated too soon? Who’s the worst person who got eliminated early? Write in and tell us!
• We don’t actually spend another half hour on the worst person, but we do talk lowlights
• A new five man band
• Animorphs Corner (spoilers for book 22 again!)
• Jenny fills out the ranks of the Nine
• Hmm, did we forget someone obvious in our discussion of the worst parent in Worm? Listener, WE DID
• We wind down with a chat about other stuff we might want to chat about
• Bonus: Ted’s capsule review of Everworld 11 and 12

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• https://jennylinskyauthor.com/ 
• https://www.patreon.com/Wildbow