The Silt Verses

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Something ends.

tisanegarden asked:

I'm replaying the silt verses, after a replay of eskew, both are just as good the second time round! I've enjoyed picking up little bits here and there, seeing the characters in new lights knowing where they end up, and appreciating the worldbuilding, it's a joy and a comfort!

What's the deal with the familial terms of address in the silt verses? Was it a deliberate part of the language of the world? I noticed it's not just in the faiths (brother Faulkner, sister Carpenter) - Dennis addresses Paige as daughter, Mercer and Gage use sister and sibling, and it seems like these familial terms are preferred over names and used more often than in our world.

Also, I've been thinking about whether Roak's miracles come from the trawlerman at all. I remember in his tape he views the white gull river as dead and lifeless, in contrast with the withermark and the transformed boat which are teeming with life and change. It feels like Carpenter's reaction to them is "you were never like this, my river", and maybe she's in denial or maybe it actually isn't her god. I wouldn't ask for a definitive confirmation or denial, death of the author and all that, but I'd love to hear your thoughts on it, both in and out of universe

Thank you!

Hey and thank you for listening!

The familial addresses are less worldbuilding, I think, and more about how characters use their familial relationships to pressure and manipulate one another (we know that Dennis was vocally supportive of Paige's transition but also leverages that support to get what he wants out of her, so referring to her as 'daughter' has weight to it; likewise, Mercer and Gage's whole toxic codependent deal is emphasised in how they refer to each other...I'm trying to remember if they're actually confirmed as blood siblings?) In the case of M&G, I think it's also just an efficient way to signal pronouns to the audience.

I think we could have been clearer about it, but Roake's worship is definitely intended as an open question about the nature of the Trawler-man - is this god more complex and multi-faceted than the Parish believes, or are there two different entities being worshipped in the same language? Equally, is the Trawler-man about drowning and death or teeming life, and how can it possibly be both at once beyond theological two-headed paradox?

cainposts asked:

how do you imagine the title song as spoken aloud? I always think of it to the tune of jolly sailor bold

(On second thought, the entire concept of mermaids sounds straight out of tsv)

Someone did point out once that you can (sort of) sing it to the Pokemon theme, but now I can't hear it in anything other than Méabh's final recital in the QnA.

heartofhubris asked:

Hello, I went about 7 or 8 years not listening to podcasts and I've now listened to TSV and IAIE in like 3 months thank you for getting me back into the media type 💕

I'm really glad! Thank you so much for listening

foldedphoenix asked:

Hi, I know you're working on the book rn, but I know that you mentioned in the 2nd Q&A that you were gonna do a bit of a remaster for season 1 at some point, and I just wanted to ask if plans have changed w/ regards to that?

Although tbf, you might've done it already, and I just haven't noticed lol.

Plans haven't dramatically changed! I have just had to brutally come to terms with realities of parental routine vs workload vs awakeness so am working through things at a steadier pace and focusing on on one thing at a time.

Anonymous asked:

Sorry a weird question: I’ve been following this page awhile and you write beautifully, thoughtfully, lucidly & in-depth(edly?) on matters like the role that stories/storytellers play in struggling against Capitalism, on how oppression affections different intersectionalities differently, on the pathways of resistance & what they look like & how they can be co-opted, on how we live in an increasingly hostile reality…

I was wondering if you read theory, straight up? Or do you have an educational/professional background in this? Or have you somehow just magically developed all this lucidity from years of reading and writing, bc you sound a lot more informed & thoughtful about all this compared to most other authors/creatives I follow?

(Basically I want some of what you’re having. Books, textbooks, whatever. The goooooood shit.)

That's very kind and definitely over-generous! I do read a bit of theory sometimes but I don't have any grounding in it and usually I don't have a fucking clue what it means. If you want a recommendation I have recently been reading Judith Butler's Bodies That Matter and now just point to anything I see and go 'social abjection'.

toseebirds asked:

I'm so delighted to hear more Silt Verses material is in the works! Wishing you and Muna all the best, especially with the publishing process. You've created a wonderful (horrible, crab-apocalyptic) world that I can't wait to revisit.

Thank you very much!!

Anonymous asked:

can we use silt verses official season 2 posters as pfp here? is it free and ok to use just as pfp??

Yes, of course!

Anonymous asked:

Oh boy! I can't wait to buy a copy of the Silt Verses so I can use it to hide my heretical bird field guides! Surely the lawful authorities won't suspect a thing...

Sounds great! Unfortunately this entire three-season podcast has been an unnecessarily complex sting operation by ornithological traditionalists like me precisely to catch heretic birdwatchers like you in the act. GET EM FELLAS

#sandmartin luther must not be allowed to split the bird church asunder

Anonymous asked:

Are the silt verses books currently being sold?

not yet, and this is probably my fault for being answering too many stray questions about them on tumblr without always caveating I AM STILL WRITING THE FIRST ONE AND IT DOES NOT HAVE A PUBLISHER YET, but sincerely, thank you v much for asking

wegottagetouttahere asked:

Hi there! I’m currently pursuing a theater and audio engineering degree, and I have to say the sound design of the silt verses has been one of my biggest inspirations for what I want my work to sound like. I love how well the changes in setting are illustrated through the soundscaping, and the specificity of all the effects, especially for the magical elements is so good. When I’m done with TSV, I’m going to start Eskew. Can’t wait!

Thank you very much! Please do not expect a lot from Eskew's sound design, but I hope you enjoy it nonetheless.

Anonymous asked:

Given the silt verses noveization, even if it was redundant, I was wondering if there'd be an attempt to make an audio book some of the original voice actors? I wouldn't expect anything like it to be as in-depth as the podcast but I think that would be very fun!!

That's a million years and a lot of maybes away, but if I ever get the opportunity to upset a publisher by proposing that we try and hire all the show narrators back to do an audiobook, I definitely will.

melandrops asked:

Hello! Apologies in advance for the long ask. I'm currently writing an essay for a rhetoric class and I'm analyzing TSV via American Indigenous theory on bordertowns (written by Nick Estes et al) and I was wondering if you had any comments to make that I could use in my writing. I'm discussing:

- the relationship of voluntary sacrifice and implicit faith in the system in TSV versus the involuntary and violent sacrifice of Native land and blood to uphold capitalism

- the similarities between illegal faiths who must be kept in line to maintain order and peace and the Native tribes who are policed militantly both inside and outside the reservation to maintain order and peace in settler society

-the difference between liberal methods of reform (Shrue) revolution and fighting fire with fire (Woundtree) and the end solution of refusing the basis of society and leaving altogether

I'm curious on if you had considered the relationship between the saints and people of color (specifically Indigenous tribes in settler societies like US, Canada, Australia and NZ) when making TSV or if that was largely unintentional? I enjoy that the Linger Straits and the Peninsula are based heavily on settler society mentality and culture, but that the colonization comes from within via the people and the land. Just curious on if you had any comment on Indigeneity as it relates to the Silt Verses, or anything else that stands out to you.

Sounds like a really fascinating essay! Uh, OK, let me try my best here.

We absolutely did consider thematic relationships between saints/sacrifices and communities of colour, but I think our primary influence was probably the treatment of migrant workers within wealthier nations who are made integral supports to some key internal function - whether that's domestic help in an upper-class household or social care or construction while also being horrifically exploited (and viewed with contempt, treated as abject and unwanted in their suffering and poverty, etc) on the basis of their outsidership. They are brought into the heart of things while remaining perpetually outside; becoming both pariahs and martyrs at once.

That slippery relationship and ultimately unwinnable choice between insidership and outsidership for the powerless (remain an outsider and be despised and destroyed; become an insider and be exploited and consumed) is I think a big concern in the show, and something that I definitely think it'd be very valid to apply as a parallel to experiences of indigeneity in America, as you have.

I personally wouldn't compare the illegal faiths of the setting to indigenous communities under settler colonialism (mostly because I think we come down pretty firmly on the side that the illegal faiths like the Parish of Tide and Flesh are equally awful and that they've always perpetuated the same monstrosities and exploitative power structures as everyone else, in almost exactly the same way as everyone else - they've now just ended up on the wrong side of the story.)

For me the Parish is most comparable to something like the rebels of Hereward the Wake in the English Fens, who may have partly inspired Robin Hood. A local resistance movement out in the marshlands against foreign Norman invaders, made up of Anglo-Saxons who'd been the foreign invaders against the Britons just a couple of hundred years earlier but could now be mythologised in turn as heroic nativist defenders against a colonial power.

The oppressor, when under any kind of attack, gratefully embraces the consolation of reimagining themselves as a plucky oppressed underdog and cleansing themselves of any historical sins. (This is a very English thing, we do it all the time.)

Anonymous asked:

I just recently noticed and I'm incredibly excited about the novel, I've been listening to TSV since season 1 came out and i can say it's easily one of my favorite pieces of media

My questions are however (and ik it's probably been asked before im sorry) when is the estimated release? Will be shipment to Europe available, specifically Poland? And how is purchasing gonna work, will there be a preorder/Kickstarter or will it be available in store?

Thank you very much! Unfortunately I can't answer any of this yet, lol. The book has an agent who's going to try and place it with a publisher who would handle distribution; if nobody picks it up, that's when we'd just go to directly publishing it ourselves. But either way we'll probably have at least one more audio project out by the time the novel sees the light of day.

Anonymous asked:

I have a friend who cannot listen to podcasts and I'm so excited to be able to buy him your book once it comes out! Y'all have done some amazing work and I hope life is being as gentle as it can be these days.

Life is gentle (other than having my hair and face yanked by a baby constantly), and hope yours is too! Thank you very much

adhdemongirl asked:

I've been listening to the silt verses for the first time for the past couple of weeks and among the many thing I adore are the credits. The way they're, for a lack of a better word, semi-diagetic makes it feel like some horrible god of podcasting took over these characters for a moment. It delights me every single time.

Thank you very much! Yeah, they've kind of spoiled credits for me going forward. I don't know how we can possibly go back to a traditional model for future shows.

psych0ruinz asked:

do they have credit cards in The Silt Verses or its all physical cash and change?

I'd imagine that the more fragmented, factionalised and divided nature of society in TSV means that it'd be hard for the concept of a credit card to really take off, but probably major commercial faiths would have their own credit systems for worshippers (use your Church Electric charge-card at suppliers that stock Church Electric electrical hardware, etc).

littlesnowcloud asked:

I saw there was going to be a novelization and I got so excited that I got violently physically nauseous for like. Three hours. This is simply what Faulker does to people ig. I will be buying two of book, one for Read, one for Shelf

Thank you! I'm quietly petrified so this genuinely means a lot.

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