Welcome to Season 2 Episode 26, where we cover Chapters 40-43 of The Dream Thieves!
Gansey gets disturbing texts from Ronan’s phone, Adam has gone missing, and Ronan and Kavinsky are out having a Dagobah moment. We tackle (no pun intended) the Great Dick Pic Controversy, and question how many times Shannon read through the books before she thought Ronan was “okay”. We find out what autocorrect has decided Glendower’s poet should be named, and talk about a disturbing number of bodies stuffed in trees. Shannon wonders if we should continue our Fast and the Furious franchise by watching Tokyo Drift and comes down firmly on the side of Team Adam, and Nievita talks about her dream Raven Cycle cosplay accessory. We also mangle a lot of Welsh words. We’re sorry. We tried.
DEEP DIVE: Hywel Sele and Related Legends (from approx. the 16:57 minute mark to 29:37, depending on your player)
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6/27/19-- Ravin’ Girls S2 Episode 27, covering chapters 44-49 of TDT
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Links to Articles, Websites, and Other Discussions:
D*ck pics sent to Dick Gansey: https://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/141739155736/hello-so-uhm-in-dream-thieves-gansey
Definition of bildungsroman: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bildungsroman
Highlander, “There Can Be Only One”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J3VeogFUOs
Maggie’s husband’s ringtone: https://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/89220941241/1-warning-this-clip-has-boss-level-swearing-2
Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men: https://www.xplainthexmen.com/
Wikipedia on Hywel Sele: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hywel_Sele
The death of Hywel: http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/hauntings/hollow-demon-oak/
Nannau Estate history: https://www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=763
Memoirs of Owen Glendower ... with a sketch of the history of the ancient Britons, from the conquest of Wales by Edward the first to the present time by Thomas Thomas, pub. date 1822: https://books.google.com/books?id=p2sUAAAAQAAJ&lpg=PA88&dq=hywel%20glendower&pg=PA88#v=onepage&q=hywel%20glendower&f=false
Nannau lodge for rent: https://dioni.co.uk/cottages/unique-self-catering-cottage-above-dolgellau-hywel-sele-lodge/
The Hywel Sele Lodge: http://www.yourholidaytv.com/hywel-sele-lodge/4578707263
Nannau Estate History: https://nannau.wales/video/nannau-deer-park-video/
Cadair Idris: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykn59iHL344
The Spirit’s Blasted Tree, a poem by Sir Walter Scott: https://books.google.com/books?id=7yYhAAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA342&dq=the%20spirit's%20Blasted%20Tree%20walter%20scott&pg=PA342#v=onepage&q=the%20spirit's%20Blasted%20Tree%20walter%20scott&f=false
Full text of The Spirit’s Blasted Tree: https://nannau.wales/oak/the-spirits-blasted-tree-poem/
Skeleton trees in Wales: https://folklorethursday.com/regional-folklore/folkore-wales-skeleton-tree-derwen-ceubren-yr-ellyll/
Furniture made from the tree: https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21727/lot/646/
Artist depictions: https://nannau.wales/oak/depictions-of-derwen-ceubren-yr-ellyll/
Brocilande: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broc%C3%A9liande
Myrddn Wyllt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrddin_Wyllt
Merlin’s Oak: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin%27s_Oak
Who put Bella in the Witch Elm: https://theunredacted.com/the-hagley-woods-mystery-bella-in-the-wych-elm/
“Bella” facial reconstruction (correction-2d not 3d): http://mentalfloss.com/article/541525/digital-reconstruction-reveals-face-murder-victim-bella-wych-elm
Welsh folktale about the bride in the tree: http://nantgwrtheyrn.org/about-nant/history/folktales/rhysameinir/
Tafheet street racing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tafheet
WikiHow Dreaming article: https://maggie-stiefvater.tumblr.com/post/160739089521/i-love-wikihow-they-gave-me-the-go-ahead-to
Transient Global Amnesia: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/transient-global-amnesia/symptoms-causes/syc-20378531
Transient Global Amnesia, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transient_global_amnesia
“Two bros” vine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwAajOtfNT8
Maggie Q&A re: Chainsaw: https://ravenboys.tumblr.com/post/34241110284/maggie-stiefvater-answers-questions-about-raven
History of methamphetamines: https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/features/meth-101#1
**MAGGIEWATCH**
Maggie released a short excerpt from the prologue of Call Down The Hawk: http://maggiestiefvater.com/call-down-the-hawk-excerpt/
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Acknowledgements:
The Raven Cycle and all affiliated properties (The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves, Blue Lily, Lily Blue, and The Raven King) are copyright Maggie Stiefvater and Scholastic, Inc. The Ravin’ Girls reference these properties for the purpose of literary analysis. The Dream Thieves audiobook excerpts narrated by Will Patton and copyright Scholastic Audio 2013.
Intro and Outro music by Damiano Baldoni, used under CC Attribution License: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Damiano_Baldoni/Lost_Dinasty/
The original tracks have been edited for the podcast.
Бела Жига by Ъпсурт (Bela Jiga by Upsurt) copyright managed by Facing The Sun (http://facingthesun.eu/#/bela_jiga) -- fair use. Track available through Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/samuil-slavchev/cyqxwnuedjaz or Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Bela-Jiga-Single-Upsurt/dp/B009REFPPU for download
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