Such a fun chat. Storytoob is so cool and I've been loving this series of theirs. Carlos' mannerisms are spot on. Thanks for hosting as always Philip!

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy

Ай бұрын

My pleasure, and my very best wishes for your book launch!!!

@ZOMGfantasy

Ай бұрын

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy Thank you sir, very kind of you to support 😊

I only started following Carlos and Yolanda this year, but it's already been such a fun journey! They are one of the best duo's on booktube, and I love their dedicated booktuber reading months. Super fun to hear you all chat about some of your personal faves, Philip, this episode was just an instant shot of dopamine hahah 🤩

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy

Ай бұрын

Aw, thank you, Esmay! It’s been a blast to get to know Yolanda and Carlos. They bring a lot of fun to our community!

I am loving this. Storytoob is one of my favourite channels and I am pleased how well their channel has done

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy

Ай бұрын

Carlos and Yolanda are wonderful, and it’s fantastic that they are part of this community. I’m glad you enjoyed the video!

Can confirm. I grew up in the Northwest of Ireland and I can only speak a few sentences of Gaeilge.

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy

17 күн бұрын

It’s understandable, but I still root for Irish. I’ve even considered learning it myself!

Carlos just needs that mask, he has the gesticulations and the laugh down. Wait, is he actually... Doctor Fantasy? 😂

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy

Ай бұрын

Fortunately, there is only one mask. Unfortunately, the Nemesis has it . . .

@Paul_van_Doleweerd

Ай бұрын

@@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy Perhaps Mister Maitz can be convinced to complete the pair, you, however, would have to work on your accent 😂

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy

Ай бұрын

@@Paul_van_Doleweerd It would be worth the effort!

@Paul_van_Doleweerd

Ай бұрын

@@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy Even if AP were briefly speechless, it would be a win 😁

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy

Ай бұрын

@@Paul_van_Doleweerd 😂😂😂

I'm a bit late to this one but this was a great and hilarious episode of DDF. I think I have a relative who went to Evergreen college vaguely sometime around the time you would have.

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy

Ай бұрын

Cool! I’m class of ‘94. Cheers, Eric!

This was wonderful! The first 30 minutes of the episode being a linguistics chat was fantastic. All three of you were the catalyst for me finally reading Beowulf. I loved it! I loved it so much that I filmed a video. Then I watched this while I was editing the video and realized how different my interpretation is. This was a great conversation!

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy

Ай бұрын

One of the cool things about great works of literature is that they can often support multiple plausible interpretations. I’m so glad that you enjoyed Beowulf!

@JosephReadsBooks

Ай бұрын

@@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy the more I think about Beowulf the more it grows on me. I enjoyed it quite a bit when I read it(listened to the narration by George Guidall, one of my favorite Bards 😁). Now that I am diving into the Beowulf discussion I keep finding more things I enjoy(other people's thoughts on the story and how it works as a progenitor for most modern Fantasy).

Only watched the first half and loved it already. Loved the languages discussion. And of course the Beowulf discussion. Didn’t hear the answer about the translation. For those of us who can’t flex our old English - which translation would you recommend

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy

Ай бұрын

Seamus Heaney’s translation is great if you want a more poetic experience. If you want something that comes closer to conveying the meaning of the Old English, then I recommend Tom Shippey’s translation. I’m glad you enjoyed the chat!

The Evergreen College mention caught me off guard listening to this on my commute. I was living in WA a year and a half ago, went on a date with an Evergreen College grad and she showed me around the campus. Definitely fits the description based on my quick romp around there Philip. Just a, "Hey wait a second, I've been there" kind of moment. Also had an at length discussion about the student led curriculum in all that which contributed to the deja vu nature of that part of the video.

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy

Ай бұрын

Cool! I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Evergreen. Learned a lot. Never thought about grades because there weren’t any, and I found that liberating.

That was fun! Should be in bed by now but this was far too entertaining. Thanks for another great DDF episode, Philip!

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy

Ай бұрын

I’m so glad you enjoyed the conversation, Angela, and I hope you get some good, deep, and restful sleep!

@DoUnicornsRead

Ай бұрын

@@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy Thank you, Philip! Yes, some nice, restful sleep has happened.😴🙂

The thumbnail 😂

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy

Ай бұрын

Seemed appropriate! 😁

A lovely conversation! You guys made me smile 😁

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy

Ай бұрын

I’m glad to deliver smiles, Jarrod! Thank you for watching!

There's a storytelling lesson for writers the Beowulf poet left for us subsequent storytellers. Grendel is such an incredible threat of a monster, how do you top him -- with his MOMMY? She's nowhere near as impressive. So, the poet made Beowulf have to take the fight to her and play on HER court, underwater!, where he was at a disadvantage and she had the advantage. Suddenly, even with a less impressive villain, the stakes were raised and there were real risks. If your second villain doesn't rise to Magneto status, make your protagonist have to be in an environment where the subsequent lesser bad guy is in charge...as w/ the lesser X-Men Villian Arcade. I read Beowulf long ago in grad school, and only taught the first Grendel section every year in Brit. Lit. One, and so I didn't know about the Siegfred connection until this conversation. Verry cool! So, Beowulf and Siegfried exist in the same fictional universe, then? A crossover, anyone? Time separating them is no problem in fantasy. Robert E. Howard managed to team up his King Kull of Atlantis with his Pict hero Bran Mak Morn to fight the Romans in "Kings of the Night."

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy

Ай бұрын

Interestingly, in the analogue stories to Beowulf in Old Norse, it’s the second troll-like creature, the mother, who poses the greater threat. The hero fights her in her domain, so that may play a part once again, but the hero consistently struggles more against her. Cheers, Micah!

@merleharris7485

Ай бұрын

@@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy Interesting contrast with the analogs indeed. Could the "uping" of Grendel I have perceived as the more outstanding threat over his mother be another if more subtle instance of the same Christian revision that overtly introduces Biblical elements into the pagan epic? I'm thinking of how Grendel can easily be seen invading Heorot as a "serpent in Eden." Beowulf as a Christ redeemer figure in the revision (though, arguably, he was always a Christ figure in the sense of such pagan heroes that Christians Tolkien and Lewis saw in their beloved pagan mythologies), is struggling against and defeating Grendel as a Satan figure . Any altercation afterwards, for a Christian writer, would be a secondary threat. Just wondering....

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy

Ай бұрын

@@merleharris7485 I think that’s an extremely plausible interpretation, Micah!

@merleharris7485

Ай бұрын

@@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy Thanks! I do value your professional opinion. :)

Hello Philip! I haven't listened to the entire episode yet, but I had to comment on a point important to me: Finnish was never on the verge or even danger of disappearing, as it was never put down in any way during the time we were part of Sweden. The bigger threat really came during some attampts of Russification after 1809. So, why did you say that?

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy

Ай бұрын

I actually thought it was the case, but I'm happy to be corrected, and I'm very glad that Finnish is thriving!

@toinenosoite3173

Ай бұрын

@@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy That it has, in all the ways you can imagine. You know that I read books in different languages, and of those the ones in Finnish are really the least endangered.

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy

Ай бұрын

@@toinenosoite3173 I wish people here in the United States viewed education and reading the way people in Finland do.

@toinenosoite3173

Ай бұрын

@@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy To be honest, I wish that everyone here in Finland wouuld do it, too. Btw, have you read a book in German this year? Myself, the thing I am most proud of is that for the first time in about 20 years, I have read a book in French: L'Étranger by Albert Camus.

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy

Ай бұрын

@@toinenosoite3173 Alas, I have not read much German this year. But I did read L’Étranger in French once! It was the first novel I read in French.

Well, greetings from South-West Germany!✌

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy

Ай бұрын

One of my ancestors came from Hornberg, so I have roots in your neck of the woods, Marc!

RE: Grendel and his mother. Erikson has a comment about the usage of demons in stories. I believe you will encounter that statement when you read Midnight Tides.

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy

Ай бұрын

Great point!

Are you much into video games? I think you would be enthralled by the story in the Dark Souls series. If not I hear there are graphic novels based off of the games! Just felt like sharing haha Oh, and also Berserk, which I’m sure you’ve heard of, is a Japanese manga which heavily inspired works such as Dark Souls. Maybe you could give it a try! I’d love to hear your takes on the story!

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy

Ай бұрын

I don’t play video games mostly because I strongly suspect that, if I did, I wouldn’t do anything else. 😂 However, I do intend to try Berserk when I finish One Piece. All the best!

@john4556

Ай бұрын

@@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy That’s reasonable 😂 Certain games can get pretty addicting Wishing you the best on your reads! And I’m excited to see your updates!

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy

Ай бұрын

@@john4556 Cheers! 🙏