| “ | Ladies and more ladies. For fifty thousand years, this has been the event that has brought all Nymphs together as one. Just today we’ve seen poetry, battle, rivalry, love… and very soon, loss. Who will rise victorious? Who will free the Damsel? And who will lose his life? We find out now, in the final round… of SPORT! |
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—Sunny Budkin
Second Citadel - The Sportive Nymphs (Part 2) is the twenty-fifth episode of the second season of The Penumbra Podcast. It was released July 31, 2018.
Overview[]
Well, the boy-knights have definitely learned one thing about nymphs: nymphs LOVE Sport.
And at first, the boys loved Sport too... until it became clear that this was less throw-the-ball-around-with-your-friends-and-rivals and more blood sport. Twists and turns wait behind every rule of this violent game, and one such twist is just in the distance... where the sound of great wooden wheels signals the arrival of the Nymphs' long-awaited Damsel.
Trigger Warnings[]
- Sudden loud noises
- Ableism and sexism
- Violence and threats of violence
- Death and injury
- Nudity
- Violence towards (monsters/animals)
- Deception and gaslighting
Episode Summary[]
Cast and Crew[]
Cast[]
Starring
- Stefano Perti as Sir Marc
- Jason Mellin as Sir Talfryn
- Matthew Zahnzinger as Sir Damien
- M Sutherland as Sir Angelo
- Kristie Norris as Sunny Budkin
- Allison Choat as Pitley
Crew[]
- Kat Buckingham, Head of Merchandise and Outreach
- Alice Chuang, Head of Design
- Scott Galica, Recording engineer
- Harley Takagi Kaner, Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, Sound designer
- Noah Simes, Production manager
- Kevin Vibert, Co-creator, Head of Operations, Lead writer
- Ryan Vibert, Composer and performer of original music
Quotes[]
ANGELO: Saints above, man! The woman is bees!
PITLEY: Oh, men. What would we do without ‘em, Sunny? SUNNY: Watch women kill each other, probably. PITLEY: Or whoever, am I right?
PITLEY: Can you beat that! Marc just slapped Sir Damien straight across the face! DAMIEN: Owww! What was… why?! MARC: Just trying to remind you that you don’t like me so you won’t feel bad about shooting at me in a minute.
ANGELO: You have no beast for us to best! And it is improper for a woman to lie! DAMIEN: Sir Angelo, I do not think we should still be— ANGELO: And it is also improper for a man to lie, and for bees to lie! In summary, I would request that everyone stop lying!
MARC: Yeah, well, we already wasted a lot of time, okay? Rilla’s still out there. We still have to save… DAMIEN: That doesn’t sound quite as heroic anymore, does it? MARC: Yeah, there’s definitely already something wrong with that. ANGELO: Leaves rather a bad taste, I think.
TAL: I don’t think I like damsels. MARC: You… what? I’m guessing you don’t mean the bugs. TAL: No. MARC: So… guys, then? TAL: No. I don’t like men, or women, or bugs, or… anybody. Not that way. MARC: Huh. No joke? No interest at all? Sounds kinda nice, actually. TAL: I think it’s going to be. Now that you know.
Trivia[]
- In this episode, Talfryn is established to be asexual and aromantic.
- The nymphs being revealed to be swarms of insects is a play on the fact a juvenile damselfly is called a nymph.