The old Lettuce crew is back together in this week's
episode of The Lettuce Podcast! Tori stops by to guest moderate one of her favorite books: Phoenix and Ashes
by Mercedes Lackey. This densely layered fantasy novel has a host of
interesting themes to dissect, including a distinct theme for each host.
Tori shares why the complex magical systems and WWI politics in the
book are her favorite themes to explore. The interpretation of the Cinderella
fairy tale has the girls comparing characters from each story, which
leads to Charlotte's explanation of why she didn't find Reggie to be a
good representation of the Prince. Laura chats about the function of
Tarot cards in the novel and how it relates to traditional Tarot study.
In addition, the girls chat about the function of magic, Reggie's PTSD,
magical hierarchy, and more. Does Mercedes Lackey's version of this
classic fairy tale fix some of the problems with Cinderella?
What makes the magic in this book unique? Is Warwick Locke the laziest
name for a wizard? All of this topics and more and discussed on this
week's episode of The Lettuce Podcast.
The
Fun & Games segment features the return of House Hogwarts. Tori,
Charlotte, and Laura fuse this world with Harry Potter to determine in
which house each of the 4 main characters belongs. They also head to the
addictive quiz site Sporcle to test their knowledge on mythical creatures.
The girls scored very well on the quiz, but missed one answer. Listen
to hear the clues for the creature they didn't know and tweet
@TheLettucePod if you know the answer!
This
week's podtail was inspired by the element fire, which is the specialty
of the main character Eleanor: Killian's Irish Red Ale provided by
Tori.
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Don't
forget to join us next week for The Lettuce Beets! The next topic
episode of The Lettuce Podcast will feature the World of Warcraft movie.
Not only will we cover the film, but Charlotte will be sharing one of
her favorite hobbies with Laura who has never played the game. Join us
for more fantasy fun next week!
Until then,
Arugulater!
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