After a long and unplanned hiatus we're back and we're excited to talk about what we've been up to. Not Off, though, we'll be back on the gay agenda soon. In the meantime Hayden wanted to talk about the weird themes in Night in the Woods, and Lu was excited to share a look at the sexy robots of Warframe. Our episode includes the music from "Anachronist," "Just Nasty," "Love Song," and "Phantom from Space"  by Kevin MacLeod. Find more of his work at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod. We also included the "Cloudbusting" MIDI cover by Chiptune Planet that you can find at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guhVb2_B_Jc Our logo art is by FDolagaray. Find more of their work at https://twitter.com/FDolagaray. You can find Lu at @Lunostophiles on Twitter or lunostophiles@snouts.online.

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Ep: 21 We're Back! (Not the movie, just us)

It's Christmas Day so we're talking about the 2015 movie Krampus. When a family loses the Christmas spirit it unleashes an evil version of Santa with hooves and dental problems and far more vore than any of us remembered. We discuss the thematic impact of code switiching, the power of character arcs for the ones who survive into the second act of a film, and the true meaning of family. Our logo art is by FDolagaray. Find more of their work at https://twitter.com/FDolagaray. You can find Lu at @Lunostophiles on Twitter or lunostophiles@snouts.online, and Hayden through whatever arcane methods he suggested this episode. This episode included the music "Anachronist"  by Kevin MacLeod. Find more of his work at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod.

Ep 20: Krampus

With the winter deep upon us it's time to visit a lesser known Rankin/Bass film about the Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, as well as take some time to think about Santa himself. We talk about whether Santa even did anything in this film, the surprise monster Lu didn't remember from the film, and how old we were when we figured out the Santa myth. Then Hayden finally digs down to explain why the term "daddy" makes him uncomfortable. Our logo art is by FDolagaray. Find more of their work at https://twitter.com/FDolagaray. You can find Lu at @Lunostophiles on Twitter or lunostophiles@snouts.online, and Hayden through whatever arcane methods he suggested this episode. This episode included the music "Anachronist," "Spyglass," and "Parisian" by Kevin MacLeod. Find more of his work at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod. This episode also included the music "Midnight Mass", "Angel of Light", and "A Child" from the Free Music Archive. Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

Ep 19: The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

We're in the thick of holiday season now so this week we're talking about The Nightmare Before Christmas. Join our look back at this Halloween/Christmas story about a skeleton king who isn't satisfied with his life and so tries to take over a new holiday. We talk about Hot Topic romances, what happens when a movie doesn't know its own metaphor, and how Jack Skeleington is really just actual Tim Burton.  Our intro and outro music is Anachronist by Kevin MacLeod. Find more of his work at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod. Our logo art is by FDolagaray. Find more of their work at https://twitter.com/FDolagaray. You can find Lu at @Lunostophiles on Twitter or lunostophiles@snouts.online.

Ep 18: The Nightmare Before Christmas

It's just past Thanksgiving so it's time to celebrate with The Addams Family Values. We explore this absolutly fantastic movie with a deep dive into the radical love and honesty of the Addams's's's's's, the reason why the Addams embrace the villain of this film, and the many perils of summer camp.  We also discuss the famous Thanksgiving scene, why it's important, and where it may not hold up, if you want to skip past this rather tough discussion you can jump to 1:03:00, or if you're interested in some discussion of Thanksgiving from an actual Native perspective check out these articles: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-orange-thanksgiving-history-20171123-story.html, https://truthout.org/articles/the-future-is-indigenous-decolonizing-thanksgiving/. Our logo art is by FDolagaray. Find more of their work at https://twitter.com/FDolagaray. You can find Lu at @Lunostophiles on Twitter or lunostophiles@snouts.online, and Hayden through whatever arcane methods he suggested this episode. This episode included the music "Anachronist," "Bossa Antigua," and "One-Eyed Maestro" by Kevin MacLeod. Find more of his work at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod.

Ep 17: The Addams Family Values

It's been a few weeks but we are back and better than ever with Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror classic Alien. We talk about the real monster of this movie, the horny creature and set design of H. R. Gieger, and good self destruct button design. Thanks to @Pug50 on Twitter for suggesting this episode. Our logo art is by FDolagaray. Find more of their work at https://twitter.com/FDolagaray. You can find Lu at @Lunostophiles on Twitter or lunostophiles@snouts.online, and Hayden through whatever arcane methods he suggested this episode. This episode included the music "Anachronist," "Gathering Darkness," and "ProtoFunk" by Kevin MacLeod. Find more of his work at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod. This episode included the music "Earthwork" by Hinterheim, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. Find out more at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Hinterheim/face_b/earthwork.

Ep 16: Alien

We picked a wild one for this week. After some talk on coffee and tabletop games we take a look at Bram Stoker's 1897 novel about the most famous of vampires and it might be the most queer thing we've seen yet! We break down whether Mina Harker is a good feminist character, why Bram Stoker might have been better as a screenwriter, the most homoerotic scene in this novel, and so much more. Our intro and outro music is Anachronist by Kevin MacLeod. Find more of his work at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod. Our logo art is by FDolagaray. Find more of their work at https://twitter.com/FDolagaray. You can find Lu at @Lunostophiles on Twitter or lunostophiles@snouts.online, and Hayden through whatever arcane methods he suggested this episode.

Ep 15: Dracula

We're finally finishing up Queer Lust Month and our look at witches with Death Becomes Her, a movie that strains belief by asking you to find Meryl Streep unattractive. We talk about gothic architechture, Goldie Hawn's terrible wigs, and whether or not we would want to live forever. Our intro and outro music is Anachronist by Kevin MacLeod. Find more of his work at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod. Our logo art is by FDolagaray. Find more of their work at https://twitter.com/FDolagaray. You can find Lu at @Lunostophiles on Twitter or lunostophiles@snouts.online, and Hayden through whatever arcane methods he suggested this episode.

Ep 14: Death Becomes Her

Queer lust month continues its exploration of witches this week with.... The Witch! We talk about how to read this movie as folklore, how Thomasin's entire family throws her under the horse drawn cart, why Will is just the worst, whether real villains of this film are witches or parents...... and a lot of other stuff, too. There was just a lot to talk about in this one. Our intro and outro music is Anachronist by Kevin MacLeod. Find more of his work at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod. Our logo art is by FDolagaray. Find more of their work at https://twitter.com/FDolagaray. You can find Lu at @Lunostophiles on Twitter or lunostophiles@snouts.online, and Hayden through whatever arcane methods he suggested this episode.

Ep 13: The Witch

Queer Lust Month continues its look at witches with a dive into the 1993 Disney "Horror" movie Hocus Pocus. We talk about how the Sanderson sisters feel like family, one of the best written 8 year olds ever, why no one is talking about the book made of human skin, and Disney's weird obsession with virginity in a PG film. Then Hayden talks about why the actual Salem "witches" get such a bad break in horror movies. Our intro and outro music is Anachronist by Kevin MacLeod. Find more of his work at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod. Our logo art is by FDolagaray. Find more of their work at https://twitter.com/FDolagaray. You can find Lu at @Lunostophiles on Twitter or lunostophiles@snouts.online, and Hayden through whatever arcane methods he suggested this episode.

Ep 12: Hocus Pocus

It's Queer Lust Month and we're offically starting it off right with a good long talk about history's embodiement of strong lesbian energy: Witches. Is Mrs. Frizzle a witch or a time lady? Is worldbuilding sometimes bad? Who are the formative witches of our lives? Listen to find out answers to these questions and also a deconstruction of anti-capitalistic autonomy in proto-capitalist society. Our intro and outro music is Anachronist by Kevin MacLeod. Find more of his work at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod. Our logo art is by FDolagaray. Find more of their work at https://twitter.com/FDolagaray. You can find Lu at @Lunostophiles on Twitter or lunostophiles@snouts.online, and Hayden through whatever arcane methods he suggested this episode.

Ep 11: Witches

We're late but we're back with some iconic queer supervillains. We talk about storylines about recovering from abuse, learning to be better through better relationships, and we try very hard to not talk about the Batman of it all (we fail a little). Then Hayden has some notes on It Chapter 2. Our intro and outro music is Anachronist by Kevin MacLeod. Find more of his work at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod. Our logo art is by FDolagaray. Find more of their work at https://twitter.com/FDolagaray. You can find Lu at @Lunostophiles on Twitter or lunostophiles@snouts.online, and Hayden through whatever arcane methods he suggested this episode.

Ep 10: Posion Ivy and Harley Quinn

We're coming at you atomic hot this week with some big lizard energy. Lu and Hayden talk about language for a bit before looking at the original Japanese monster movie: Godzilla. We talk about in your face metaphor, weapons of mass destruction, and what exactly is "macro." The Lu talks about Hypnospace Outlaw and why the 90s were a good time for the internet. Our intro and outro music is Anachronist by Kevin MacLeod. Find more of his work at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod. Our logo art is by FDolagaray. Find more of their work at https://twitter.com/FDolagaray. You can find Lu at @Lunostophiles on Twitter or lunostophiles@snouts.online, and Hayden through whatever arcane methods he suggested this episode.

Ep 9: Godzilla (1954)

This week we sit down to talk about orcs. How are they so tragic? Why are they so sexy? Where can I find the orc of my dreams? We also share how orcs made our friendship (and by extension this show) possible. Then it's time for some more Very Weird News about baby werewolves. Our intro and outro music is Anachronist by Kevin MacLeod. Find more of his work at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod. Our logo art is by FDolagaray. Find more of their work at https://twitter.com/FDolagaray. You can find Lu at @Lunostophiles on Twitter or lunostophiles@snouts.online, and Hayden through whatever arcane methods he suggested this episode.

Ep 8: Orcs

We're back this week to gush over the often overlooked 2010 animated film Megamind. We talk about how well this film has aged, what it looks like to be a kidnapping victim with agency, and how it feels to think you belong in the corner. Then Lu shares his thoughts on the best hot new historical pop musical featuring women who were beheaded. Our intro and outro music is Anachronist by Kevin MacLeod. Find more of his work at http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod. Our logo art is by FDolagaray. Find more of their work at https://twitter.com/FDolagaray. You can find Lu at @Lunostophiles on Twitter or lunostophiles@snouts.online, and Hayden through whatever arcane methods he suggested this episode.

Ep 7: Megamind

Two queer men spend an hour each week chating about monsters, their problems and complexities, and why we connect to them as queer figures.

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