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From the seamless way Filipino culture and folklore is woven into the modern setting and the compelling story it results in to the production that amplifies the listening experience with eerie scoring and sound effects that further immerse you into the world, Hi Nay is definitely a podcast worth checking out.
Subtext is fun and funny to do and also a great way for me to communicate things that are very obvious to me but may not be for others; for example-
1) In Hi Nay episode 2, the cold ghost calls Mari a "foreign chit". This is in order to communicate to the audience that this creepy ghost man would absolutely have said a racial slur (without having to write one into the script)
2) In Hi Nay episode 21, I mentioned that a priest "no longer leered [...] at Sunday mass". This is to indicate that he was a creep who was eyeing up tween girls (which also contextualizes the particular brutality of his fate later in the story 🔪🦵🏻)
3) In Hi Nay episode 3, both Mari and Laura mention that they are into older women (and in Mari's case, older anyone). This was foreshadowing for their later romantic interests (with age differences between 11 years and 120+ years)
i’ve been meaning to make some version of this meme since i picked up on that in my re-listen 😆
I want to mention a bunch of things that are in Hi Nay to see if people would be interested in listening to it
How scary is the show? As a fellow Canadian and lover of ADs, Hi Nay has been on my radar for a while, but I've hesitated because I'm not generally a big fan of horror. I can handle some, but don't like being terrified. What level would you say the show is at, from "cosy listening" to "will give you nightmares"? Thanks! :)
I like to compare the scary levels of Hi Nay to that of the series Supernatural - the first three seasons are properly spooky, but then as it becomes more plot driven it's less straightforwardly scary and more horror fantasy.
In Hi Nay, we do some spooky sound effects here and there, but I don't think we'll give anyone nightmares~ I'd say, if you've listened to the Magnus Archives, that we're just a bit scarier than that SFX wise, but only for a couple of episodes. The scariest we get are Episode 1: Bulok (Rot), Episode 12: Pagbigti (Hanging), and Episode 25: Talikuran (Turn Your Back).
Each episode has extensive trigger warnings to help people decide what they can handle content-wise.
Most of the rest of the series isn't too spooky, though some may be conceptually scary. But I'd love to hear other listeners chime in as well about how spooky you all think Hi Nay is!
People call us cozy listening regardless of all this, but I think that's because of our characters 😊 They have a fantastic and compelling relationship, and they add a level of comedy and warmth that helps combat the scares.
Tl;dr It might help to listen to us in the daytime for some of our episodes, but the overall experience isn't just all scares, and I hope you get to listen and enjoy anyway!
In which we read entries from the Book of Elders; Richard Henry, The Benefactor, William Sauvard, and… The Vagabond.
Listen to the hefty 50+ min episode on Acast, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts! 👇🏾
Listening on Acast, Spotify etc supports us with ad revenue! So feel free to listen to it more than once ;)
Or support us on Patreon or Ko-Fi @ hinaypod! We're a tiny (unemployed) indie podcast and the support would be MASSIVE!
(art by rusticfurnace, godsrot and azreto on Twitter!)
just finished ep 83 😐
Mx. Wellman you are an incredible writer but OUCH
Oh you’re in the bad place
“Mx Wellman says as though s3 or s4 are good places” truer words never spoken
Murphy, what are you doing?
I received the loveliest birthday gift, and my friend gave me permission to share it on the socials!
Mari doesn't have an official birthday (but I'm personally convinced she's a Taurus). Look at how happy everyone looks! 😊
(Art by shmoki!)
In which we read entries from the Book of Elders; Richard Henry, The Benefactor, William Sauvard, and… The Vagabond.
Listen to the hefty 50+ min episode on Acast, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts! 👇🏾
Listening on Acast, Spotify etc supports us with ad revenue! So feel free to listen to it more than once ;)
Or support us on Patreon or Ko-Fi @ hinaypod! We're a tiny (unemployed) indie podcast and the support would be MASSIVE!
(art by rusticfurnace, godsrot and azreto on Twitter!)
Oil pastel doodle on 11”x14” wood panel.
leitmotifs never get old to me like holy shit dude there’s this melody that corresponds to this one guy and if you hear the melody it means the guy is there. holy shit. and sometimes it refers to ideas too not just guys. has anyone heard about this
Sometimes something fucked up happens to the guy and their melody gets fucked up too. Sometimes the thing that fucked them up also has its own melody and when the first melody gets fucked up the second melody gets mixed in
no fucking way dude. are you serious
The Benefactor...
Very important question for all the Eye themed horror (?) audio dramas
Eye Bad? Eye Good? Eye Unknowable And Dangerous But Not Falling Under A Moral Binary?
Please fill in the survey ✅
(Surprise! Hi Nay Eye Good and Unknowable/Dangerous, as per pre-Catholic Tagalog anito [gods])
oh to be the gay lead character with an eye motif from a spooky yet cozy podcast
Highly recommend.
It's her....
We at the show would like to say that we have never been prouder of a negative review. That's Breathing Space in a nutshell and it's rad actually.
i’d like y’all to know that i have a ridiculously terrible migraine, but sitting here reading through all the tags you’re leaving on the reblogs are going a long way toward helping.
-a
This is entirely true. I went looking for the post we'd made, and can't find the original, but it kept happening.
We'd write something for YuKon and say "ok, this is probably too over the top evil, and it'll break suspension of disbelief" and within weeks, if not days, Amazon came out with something that evil or worse.
Honestly, it came to a point where I (ash, in this case) stopped trying to make Space Amazon be worse, because it'd gone past the threshold of evil I'm ok writing in this genre.
If Discord's search wasn't entirely terrible, I'd post some of the writer room conversations.
But, uh, yeah. That.
In which we read entries from the Book of Elders; Richard Henry, The Benefactor, William Sauvard, and… The Vagabond.
Listen to the hefty 50+ min episode on Acast, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts! 👇🏾
Listening on Acast, Spotify etc supports us with ad revenue! So feel free to listen to it more than once ;)
Or support us on Patreon or Ko-Fi @ hinaypod! We're a tiny (unemployed) indie podcast and the support would be MASSIVE!
(art by rusticfurnace, godsrot and azreto on Twitter!)
Here are the shows which got me through a particularly heavy set of night shifts! 😌
👻 @tellnotalespod (S2E78) The music in this episode was so sad 😭. Of COURSE Frank hadn’t considered the emotional nature of the tether in his research. Jesus 🙄. Leo needs to start running this show ASAP.
🌲 @hellofromthehallowoods (148) I’m absolutely obsessed with Buck’s glow up. Honestly, goals. What an interesting cast of characters we have aboard this ship, I can’t wait to spend more time with them. Dashiell reporting to have never met Valerie snuffs out one of my early theories … unless he’s lying! I’m so scared for Shelby and Clem! The action writing has always been amazing in this show but the TENSION this season. I can’t cope. Also, that body at the end! A reference to the circle of fifths?? I’m gonna get emotionally wrecked by the murderer reveal, I can already tell.
🧳 Travelling Light @monstrousproductions (18) oh these Augurians are so lovely and mystical but I was hit by a wave of sadness thinking about one old soul whose aviary is down to one single bird companion and then getting the prophecy of when it will die 🥺 But my sad thoughts were soon drowned out by the 🚨HOLDING HANDS ALARM🚨. Good grief, they’re bloody adorable.
🎙️WTNV (246) I’m so glad we actually got to hear this story!! I couldn’t agree more, Abby, it is not incomprehensible that two living people could haunt each other. I’m reminded of a fave Everything Everything lyric ‘if he’s dead, he’s not a deadbeat dad’…. you feel me?
🏛 @the-mistholme-museum (ERASED) oh, boy, I sure hope this episode title is just a fun word which begins with E and not a reference to what’s happened with HoResearch! Anyone down to make a petition for one more season where the guide just talks to itself? It’s so cute!!
🖥️ The Magnus Protocol (12) oh god, I bloody hate mascots/clowns and this is not helping at all….
🍎 @notquitedeadpod (XXXVI) I don’t like listening to Alfie cry 😭 forgive me, but I’m mentally not ready to give up on the idea of Cas coming back. I believe that Haley believes in what she’s telling Alfie but I’m also like… babes, you maybe want to ask your consultant about that? I need to relisten with a notepad or something to get this new biology lore down because it’s so interesting!!
I’m thinking about starting Hi Nay or Small Victories this week, I’ve heard such good things about both of them! If you have a particular fave or if there’s a show you think I’d prefer more - let me know!!
Hi Nay creator here! Do Small Victories first 🥰 it's nominated for an NAACP Image Award with their first ever podcast category, and it's shorter than Hi Nay with a complete season 2.
We've done a feed exchange with them before and love the folks at WGC productions.
Then do Hi Nay 😉 we're ongoing, at over 50 episodes between 20 and 50 minutes, and a story where the big reveals are happening right now. And once you're caught up it's a 2 week wait per episode. We would absolutely LOVE for you to give us a listen, but we would also love to see support for BIPOC audio drama in general.
So we're hyping our friends first, then you can come hang out in our world 🙌🏾
Up to you, we'd be thrilled either way. As long as you give us a listen eventually 🫶🏾
TANDA (ELDER/RECORD), our 50+ minute episode about our major villains both old and new, The Benefactor, Richard Henry, and William Sauvard, goes LIVE on YouTube tonight!
Come join the chat with other listeners on YouTube @ hinaypod
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