Chris Ryan

And every fucking thing a hobbit ever said is really helping me get through this dark time and to find the courage and the strength to protest and donate and be active in my community.

So that's something that Elsie said that like,

our podcast was sort of a good escape for her.

We got an email from our listener, Paul, as well.

And I can't really get into the specifics of what Paul wrote because it was about some things that we would only talk about in the spoiler section of this podcast.

But I think I can say, you know, I think it's already clear if anyone has like watched the trailer for this show, Night of the Seven Kingdoms, that this is a show about

and standing up for what's right and defending sort of people against bullies and oppressors and all this sort of stuff.

That is the source of this story.

And so thinking about that a lot when thinking about what's been going on in Minnesota, in Minneapolis in general, and specifically what happened this weekend, which really hit me really hard.

And

I am going to wrap this up with – I mean, we don't always talk about politics, but sometimes we do as it pertains to, like, the story that we're telling.

And I think this story really resonates with some things that people are feeling.

But I thought I'd just go back to a classic, which is our guide, Nemec, from Andor, who said in season one,

The imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural.

Tyranny requires constant effort.

It breaks.

It leaks.

Authority is brittle.

Oppression is the mask of fear.

And then ellipses.