Binary System Podcast #384 - WTNV #237 "Frown Night" and more Loki

<p>This episode originally broadcast on November 9, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/11/binary-system-podcast-384-wtnv-237-frown-night-and-more-loki/</p> <p><br></p> <p>This week&#39;s episode of Welcome to Night Vale features the surprise return of Kevin from Desert Bluffs! AND Lauren, who&#39;s sporting a fashionable set of priestess robes and a permanent frown tattoo, courtesy of an angry mob that was at least partly Kevin&#39;s fault. The two frenemies spend the episode telling the story of Frown Night, and prove that while Kevin may have had a redemption arc and Lauren may have gotten her comeuppance, Desert Bluffs is still a <em>terrible </em>place to live.</p> <p>After that, of <em>course, </em>we&#39;ve got an in-depth recap of season 2 episode 5 of Loki. We&#39;re not <em>quite </em>sure about some parts of this season; there seems to be two sets of writers with dueling consequences, Loki takes <em>way </em>too long to get up to speed on everyone&#39;s new lives, and really? You&#39;re serving bourbon in <em>shot glasses?? </em>But there are some satisfyingly twisty things going on with time, the spaghettification effects are mesermizingly gorgeous, and the season just went full-on meta, so how long until the next episode?</p> <p>This week&#39;s outro is a clip from <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Frau_Holle/different-ways/curious-satellite/">Curious Satellite</a> by Frau Holle.</p> <p>Looking for a present for that hard-to-shop-for person? Want to buy them (or yourself) a square foot of a castle in Scotland? Look no further! You can support the restoration of Dunan&#39;s castle, legally call yourself Lady or Laird, AND if you use <a href="http://www.scottishlaird.co.uk/#_a_2gk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">this link</a> to get there, you can support this podcast too! <a href="http://www.scottishlaird.co.uk/#_a_2gk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ScottishLaird.co.uk.</a></p> <p>For updates, fan art, and other randomness, come foll