Rogue Podron Mission 3 – 7: State of the Squadron #3
To Rogue Squadron. To the friends we’ve lost, the battles we’ve fought, and the utter fear our return will bring to our enemies.
We gather once more to sum up our adventures through book 3: X-wing: The Krytos Trap as well as discuss our thoughts on Poe Dameron #3. Joined by Brian and Nanci, we run down the character roster, discuss our thoughts on where we’ve been and where we are going, and, of course, discuss our favorite (and least favorite) #trashyromance couples.
Hosted by Meg, Danny, Saf, and Heath, with Nanci and Brian from Tosche Station.
We will be on summer vacation but keep your eyes peeled for bonus episodes to discuss the Poe Dameron comic and any significant Rogue One news over the summer.
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Mountain Sound | Eight
“When are we leaving?”
The moment the words leave her mouth Harper feels Efa stiffen around her, the droid freezing so completely she may as well be sculpted stone. Efa’s silence descends upon Harper’s skin like a cool mist.
“We are leaving, right?” she asks. “We can’t stay here.”
Rogue Podron Mission 3 – 6: Roasted Corn
All wings report in! This episode: X-wing: The Krytos Trap Chapters 32-the end.
This week on Rogue Podron, we wrap up our discussions of X-wing: The Krytos Trap in which ALL THE SECRETS are revealed! Who is the Rogue Squadron spy? Where is the Lusankya located? Will Tycho be sentenced to death? Is the Krytos virus going to wipe out the entire alien populace of Coruscant? Is Diric brainwashed or what? Will Borsk ever not be the worst? (No). When will Luke Skywalker ever make a cameo appearance in this series? And, is Corran actually…? Wait, no, is Corran seriously able to…? Is this actually happening???
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Hosted by Meg, Danny, Saf, and Heath.
NEXT WEEK: X-wing: The Krytos Trap, State of the Squadron
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Rogue Podron Mission 3 – 5: Lovestalkin’ Like A Bothan
All wings report in! This episode: X-wing: The Krytos Trap Chapters 21-31.
This week on Rogue Podron, we discuss our current anticipation levels for Rogue One, and chapters 13-20 of X-wing: The Krytos Trap, including: Corran’s many escape attempts, a mysterious ally named Jan, how Wedge got his groove back, Kitten Loormat’s excellent idea (not), Bothan creepiness reaching new levels, and so much more!
Listener Question of the Week: How will Asyr respond to Borsk’s request? (No spoilers!) Tweet your answers to @roguepodron or send your stories to [email protected].
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Hosted by Meg, Danny, Saf, and Heath.
NEXT WEEK: X-wing: The Krytos Trap, chapters 32-the end.
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Guest Post: The Girl on Fire – an UNsobering Denouement
Hello Panem! We know you’re ready and excited for the 75th Hunger Games, and so it’s the Capitol’s pleasure to bring you a saucy little cocktail to warm up your vocal chords so you can cheer for your favourite victor all night long.
You saw her last year as she prepared to sacrifice everything in the name of love, and you’ll see her again this year as she represents the only female victor from District 12 in the Quarter Quell. It’s our favourite victor, Katniss Everdeen, The Girl On Fire!
The Place Where I Love You
Katniss holds Prim, encircling her little sister in the safety of her arms, and sings. Of a meadow. Of a better world where Prim can be safe and loved. The meadow, to Katniss, is beyond life; no place in their reality could offer such peace. Yet, years later, she somehow finds that meadow. Both in herself, and in the real world that surrounds her. Grown upon years of death and suffering, both Katniss and her home find life, even when she may have preferred death.
The epilogue of both the films and the novels is bittersweet, but it is filled with a kind of hope. There may never be a free happiness to be found for either Katniss or Peeta, who have suffered so much, but there’s something else for them: comfort, safety, the knowledge neither they nor their children will have to face those horrors again. They find a kind of peace.
Rogue Podron Mission 3 – 4: Party Like You’re Telling the Truth
All wings report in! This episode: X-wing: The Krytos Trap Chapters 13-20.
This week on Rogue Podron, we discuss what we are hoping to learn about Rogue One at Celebration, and chapters 13-20 of X-wing: The Krytos Trap, including: the beginnings of Tycho’s trial in the courtroom, Corran’s continued torture and uselessness to Isard, Kirtan Loor the doormat, Gavin and Asyr the power-couple, and so much more!
Listener Question of the Week: What secret powers does Ooryl have? Tweet your answers to @roguepodron or send your stories to [email protected].
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Hosted by Meg, Danny, Saf, and Heath.
NEXT WEEK: X-wing: The Krytos Trap, chapters 21-31.
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Set My Hands on Fire
Katniss Everdeen seems a cold character, often defined by her less-positive traits: her lack of empathy, selfishness, and anger. She is emotionally distant to all but a few—and yet, so many become endeared to her. The rare times she allows someone close, when she reaches out to them physically and emotionally, are meaningful; once she lets a person in, she will likely kill—or even die—for them. It’s only those she trusts not to burn that she will touch.
From the mine explosion that kills her father to the war she becomes a figurehead of, she finds herself protecting those around her, even the people who stoke her anger more than anything else. She volunteers for Prim, is willing to sacrifice her life for Peeta, stocks up on white liquor for Haymitch, risks punishment to help her prep team imprisoned in District 13, and on and on. Most of her life is driven by the need to keep those she can safe and secure, despite her fears of getting hurt or hurting others through her actions.
Guest Post: What The Hunger Games Means to Me
Many, many years ago I used to be a theater kid. I still am if we’re going to be honest, but not to the degree that young teenage me was. I had my favorite musicals and my favorite musicals with my all time love being Spring Awakening. I could honestly write an auto-biography on how the show affected me but I’ll focus on the one tiny piece that opened a whole new world for me; John Gallagher Jr.
He played Moritz in the original production and is the one who introduced me to the world of The Hunger Games. He talked about them on Twitter once way back before a movie was even an idea to Hollywood and being the impressionable youth I was, I was hooked immediately. So I got the first book from the my library and actually never read it. I have a really bad attention span, so it wasn’t until about a year later that I would actually pick up the book and read it through. And that’s where that spark of interest turned into a full blown obsession.
A Dandelion in Spring: The Power of Support
When I first read The Hunger Games at sixteen, I hated the book. As a young girl struggling with asexuality and aromanticism, I had been plagued by love triangles or relationship drama in almost every Young Adult novel I picked up. At the time, I was hyper-sensitive to hints of love triangles in stories, and so I severely misunderstood Katniss’ character, completely missing what was actually important in her relationship with Peeta: the support he offers her as someone who genuinely cares.
The narrow thinking that creates the idea of a female character needing to choose between two male characters is a serious issue in fiction aimed at young adults. While it’s a topic for another post, this does sometimes alter people’s interpretations of the series, creating kneejerk reactions like my own initial one, and it’s a trend that needs to be questioned.
Katniss is much more than her potential love interests, the entire series being about far more than her feelings towards Peeta or Gale. Trivializing any of the characters by their level of attractiveness or romance potential entirely misses the point. Katniss’ fluctuating relationship with Peeta is a driving factor within the series, and a large part of the woman she becomes.
