And you can even hear Janet encourage Alicia to embark on her highly-anticipated rant on the "Watcher" creature and the cultural history of Japanese tentacle "art."

We discuss Janet's approach to encourage lore accuracy and consistency in the film's script, and how she pursued questions like "Could glasses and spyglasses reasonably exist in Middle-earth?". We also explore queer readings of the film', especially Sapphic and ace/aro readings.

And be sure to check out some of the other great presentations about women and gender in the works of Tolkien and other Mythopoeic media too!

dc.swosu.edu/oms/oms4/

*please pretend we spelled "Chose" correctly above. 😅

(Plus Producer Tim is on the organizing committee, and will be hosting a participatory "Mystery Science Theater 3000"-style film viewing on Sunday)

We can definitely second Mercury's work on queer Sauron! Top notch! That's why we had them and @cameronbourquein.bsky.social on the podcast a while back to talk about queer Sauron shipping/Silvergifting.

Some are new Birches, and others are Lodgers we've been lauding since we started the podcast. But good things are coming soon to distract from.... All This.