The Gothic Narrative (Let Them Go)

2020-06-29

"It's a 21st century take on an era hundreds of years removed that isn't afraid of holding gothic up to the light." Welcome to part one of our final episode on the New Century Multiverse story, Let Them Go. Even with thorough editing, this episode ended up very long, and after the experience with our introductory episode that covered chapters 1-5, I decided not to do that to you, or myself. So our final discussion is divided into two episodes, the next to be released the following Monday. This go around, we reflect on the story through the lens of the...

"It's a 21st century take on an era hundreds of years removed that isn't afraid of holding gothic up to the light."

Welcome to part one of our final episode on the New Century Multiverse story, Let Them Go. Even with thorough editing, this episode ended up very long, and after the experience with our introductory episode that covered chapters 1-5, I decided not to do that to you, or myself. So our final discussion is divided into two episodes, the next to be released the following Monday.

This go around, we reflect on the story through the lens of the gothic genre, which Toby and I boned up on prior to tackling this episode. We talk about the components of said genre, and where the story plays it straight, and where it necessarily, wonderfully diverges. We learn about the subgenre of the Female Gothic, and we have a lot of laughs along the way. One of the great things about finally talking about the story as a whole is nothing is held back, but we don't have to dive too deeply into heavy subjects: we already did most of that heavy lifting.

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Recommended links for fun and profit learning:

Sharon Shaw, modelling for the LTG cover

https://twitter.com/NewCenturyShaw/status/1230572711455399937?s=19

The original podcast graphic Alex designed on the fly:

https://twitter.com/NewCenturyShaw/status/1221842430368022528?s=19

Links we used to learn more about Gothic:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_fiction (specifically Elements of Gothic and The Female Gothic)

https://www.nature.com/articles/palcomms201742

https://epublications.marquette.edu/gothic_supernatural/

The New Century Multiverse Website: