Ep59 - Driving Ms Bose

Malkier Talks: If you've ever felt like the third wheel, this podcast is for you. If you love Wheel of Time, this podcast is for you. If you're bored and have nothing better to do, this podcast is for you. Join Rob, Megan, and Jen in celebrating the Wheel of Time and its statistically best fandom. Then ridiculous gaming skills. And probably a few cocktails. And find out which one of them will be the third wheel this time. This is three wheeling. Hello. It's gonna be ⁓ in the words of Megan, a quickie today, everybody. Because they are together and they've come to tell me all the juicy gossip from Watkarden and they are on a boat. Which patrons I promise you there is a lot of lot of water behind them. It's the camera's adjusting. Yeah, wait, Megan, go out of frame and we'll come back. All right. If we go out of frame it should adjust. I think you I think you may maybe even just need to completely get up. ⁓ no, no, there it is suggesting there is a beautiful lake for patrons. There we go. They're recording on a boat. we are in Michigan. ⁓ this is our post WatCon wrap-up, which we would normally be doing in the atrium at WatCon. With Rob. With Rob. Yeah. And and our and our our bestie of our three wheel is was sadly not with us and we missed you so much. So much. I missed you guys too. I was watching. I was watching. It was wonderful. Yeah. So I was watching and I was laughing a lot because I really fell for some of the boo boos that were happening, especially on Sunday with the Family Feud. ⁓ my God. ⁓ yeah, that was F Family Feud had a lot of technical difficulties. Yeah. In in the funnest way. Yeah. Yeah. So but ⁓ but like ⁓ t tell what was the weekend like? Come on, what what did you guys get up to? I mean, did you meet anybody new? Did you make friends with anybody? Well, we're like best friends with Priyanka now. Yeah. Which I love. ⁓ We were so ⁓ you know, honestly, Rob, it was because we it was because you instigated the idea of interviewing your first since we weren't gonna be able to interview her after on the podcast. And so as we sat at the time, we were like, Hey, if you need anything, we're here for you, like you'll have a friendly face when you get to the when you get to the wat con, so you'll you'll recognize two people and and so you know, we had been DMing with her, I think just to say, Hey, we're we're you know, we j we just we I am Her on Instagram and just said, Hey, you know, want to make sure you're good and everything's okay. And you know, and she was like, I just landed at JFK. It's okay, it's a bird. I know, but it's going to attack us. Like, don't do outside. Megan doesn't like Well, this was my idea, but it was. Yeah, Megan's an inside baby, everybody. But anyway, we just we just would want to make sure you're all good. And she was Yes, I'm exhausted, of course. Like, you know, she'd already come from Mumbai to like Abu Dhabi and then JFK, and then ⁓ and then there was weather and And she was like, ⁓ my flight's delayed. And so she reached out to us to let us know. We were like, okay, we'll keep an eye on your flight. You know, I hope all goes well. And then she DM'd us a few minutes later and she was like, they canceled it. And they won't put me on another flight because of the weather and everything was going out. So in that and so we just said, Well, well, you know, let us know what you're doing. They should put you know, the airline should put you up in a hotel. It all should be fine. But it didn't go smoothly. So she just reached out to us at one point and was like, Help me! So LBF well okay, so LB and F L B F and I were together and he came in clutch, being the money bags that he is, that's what I've calling him all weekend. ⁓ but saint. Yes, he is a saint. So he bought her hotel room Saved the day. Yeah. ⁓ because na Nablus was in the middle he was actually in the moving truck. Like he was like in the process of returning the moving truck, like the rental truck that they have for bringing in all the equipment. So in that moment she couldn't get a hold of him. And so she just said, I can't get a hold of him, can you know and reached out to us and said, Can you help me? Because the ping on running her credit card at the hotel to go back to India and then come back for approval was just like Taking too long and having it, yeah. Yeah, because it was middle of the night in India, whatever. So like it just wasn't it wasn't like working, it wasn't going through, and she was like, I don't have any other recourse right now because like it can't reach my bank in India or whatever. So ⁓ so LBF came in clutch and he was just like boom-boo-boo-boo, booked her a hotel. We got her squared away in New York, ⁓ like so that she would have her flights coming for you know the next morning. And then the next morning we were just like, We're only a few minutes from the airport, we'll just come get you so you don't have to figure out an Uber and deal with the hotel page. Or the credit card ping thing again. And so ⁓ so we picked her up at the airport. Yay! And we were listening to nineties jams on the way. She was playing my cymbal that's in my car. It was fine. Yeah. It was really fun. I love that. ⁓ my god. So she's amazing. I I gotta ask, I gotta ask. In your wildest dreams, five years ago, when the TV show was announced, did you ever think Alana Sadai is gonna be in my car playing my cymbal? ⁓ No! Like No. No. No. And and if you're because this is a podcast, what you didn't see was what Rob could see, which is as soon as he started talking, Megan and I just started shaking our heads. No. Like vigorous shaking of the he of the nose. She she is just the you know, it's funny, she said something about like, I don't know from authenticity, I'm just trying to be myself. Or she said something like that in the interview, I think, at WatCon. But The way I would describe her is as one of the most just genuine and authentic and real people I've ever met. Like, you know, not even just like celebrities that I've ever met, just person. She's just she's just who she is. And it was so beautiful and wonderful and you know, all the way down to like You know, when I got to airport, she's Well, how will I recognize you? 'Cause you know, our I mean our she was in her car when we did our podcast. She didn't have like a great view of me. And I you know, and I was like, Well, I'm pretty sure I'll recognize you And then she was like and then she was like, I don't know. 'Cause she'd been traveling for like forty hours and look like I'm about to go begging. Yeah. She was She was, you know, and she sent then she sent me a selfie of of her at the moment, which was good 'cause I had to find her and she, you know, did not look like the put together Priyanka Buzz that we all know and love. But she still looked fucking amazing. Of course she does. She doesn't have to do anything. I know. Of course she did. Yeah. She was a perfect thing. But it was just great. Like the whole weekend she was just as real as she could be. And people were saying that about the I mean, you watched the interview at Watcon as well, I think. Yeah. Did you watch yeah. I mean, people were like It was one of the best interviews they'd ever seen and like it was it was just so genuine and real and like not afraid to tell stories and not afraid to tell stories that like other people don't tell. They like, What do you miss from the Wheel of Time? She was like, ⁓ the people and the paycheck, you know? I mean like Yeah. That's The paycheck it was brilliant. I'm like, it's yeah, that's a real thing. Celebrities never say that. Like of course not, you know? And it was just it was wonderful. It made me think about the fact that like You know, and this is like a real thing, but like David and I have talked recently with a couple of PR companies and they're like, Yeah, yeah, we you know, we we like to give people media training. And you know, before David he's like he's doing a panel at Comic Con, before he's done interviews and stuff, they're like, We ⁓ Nickelodeon's like, Let's do a media training and I was like, I don't know if Priyanka's done media training, but if that's no media training, that's that's what people want. Yeah. I I reckon she's had media training and then ignored every single second of it. Maybe. She maybe she's gone to media training to make someone happy and exec or whatever and then she's gone, Cool, box ticked, not doing any of it, you know. Yeah. Just being myself. Yeah. And she was but she was just so lovely and Megan and I were so grateful that, you know, I mean So happy that we were a friendly face that made her feel comfortable and then also, you know, we were like, We promise we're not trying to monopolize her, but we we did. We got to you know, we sat with her at breakfast and and ⁓ you know, so at dinner on Saturday, like she was like, Megan Jen, come sit with Yeah, she saved us seats 'cause 'cause again, I was trying not to monopolize her time. So I was like You know, I I I got her in so she could go to her seat and I'm like, I'm gonna go at the back of the line 'cause I don't wanna cut. So then I was looking for an open spot and then she was like, Guys, I saved you two seats. ⁓ my god, that's amazing. And and you know, and we just like we were just making sure she was like we kinda we kinda did what Guy Robert's daughter did. We acted as handlers. Sorry, there's a lyric going over. That's okay. Loud. Very loud. But we kind of You we we acted like her handlers just in like saying, Okay, you're gonna need to be somewhere at six thirty, we'll come up and knock on the door and get you or you know, or like remind you and then she'd say, Okay, come up and get me, you know, and just like so she could know where she was going and I mean 'cause we know that convention hotel like the back of our hand. That's her first time there for sure. Yeah, and we also know the schedule and how it works. But yeah, but then it was also great because that meant we were walking with her back and forth to things. So when anybody walked by, I'd be like, Have you met Brianka yet? Have you met Brianka yet? So yeah. Yeah, we just tried to make sure everybody got a minute to say hi if they hadn't and ⁓ and she was just like so gracious with everybody and so sweet and always willing to just like turn and sign something or take a selfie and yeah. Did she sign any of the calendars? People talked about taking their calendars. Well I was going to surprise you. So I was gonna ask you for your email, so I have to send you your cocktail book, but I got her to sign your page and I'm sending it to you. ⁓ my god That's so And I know she's seen it before, of course. Like she see she has the calendar, but when she got we had her sign Meg's page first, we were going through it in ⁓ monthly order. In monthly order. Yes. You are yeah. She signed Miss January first, then she signed Miss March, and then we went to your page and she just went I I don't remember the words that she used, but she kind of screamed. She was just like, It's so good. Yeah, yeah. Okay. I'm obviously sad to have missed WatCon and you know, like there was no meme off this year because I'm not there. I've kind of built that into something that only I can do apparently. you know, I couldn't host, which I was really looking forward to after I talked to neighbours last year. ⁓ you know, so I was sad and I wasn't sure I w if I was gonna like even you know, sign in and watch anything and and I did and it was actually, you know, i i it was really good, the few things that I did watch. ⁓ and I've kind of finished the weekend and I've been like, okay, so I've I've missed a WatCon. I I'm I'm kind of okay. Now I'm super sad. I wish I'd been there for that reaction, that moment. You know ⁓ I know. ⁓ it was amazing. Yeah. She she loved it. She just thought it was so cute. Yeah. She clearly and I don't blame her, but she clearly got the calendar at like, you know, July, August or whatever it was it eventually got to her and she's like, ⁓ this is amazing, this is cool and then put it to one side. Yeah. I don't blame her for that at all. But it was it was ⁓ it was great. I mean Wacon as a whole was great. Priyanka was one hundred percent that You know, I mean certainly for us, but I think for probably everybody, but you Brianka was the she was the the highlight of the weekend and of course the special guests and so great. But like of course Michael and Kate were there and Maria was there and it was so amazing and wonderful to see them all again. I got to interview Mich Michael and Kate for virtual interviews, so that was really fun. ⁓ I'm gonna have to go watch that one 'cause I've only watched ⁓ ⁓ Priyanka's virtual interview so Kevin, yeah. With Kevin, yeah. Which Kevin knows Kevin. ⁓ my god. He was so happy. And then and then Thirsty serenaded her after dinner. ⁓ with a during the costume parade at the end. Yeah. Dressed in full like Alana. Right scene in the White Tower. And ⁓ So yeah, Thursday looked amazing. Thursday looked gorgeous. And then just saying saying Like a parody. ⁓ I'll do it my way, but but Alana would be I Sid I way. Yeah that but Alana. About Alana. Mm-hmm. And it was delightful. Yeah. It was so sweet. I got many compliments on my cosplay from Laura. Megan ⁓ my god, she looked fire! That was so good. I know. She didn't And and ⁓ you you you were fucking you you I just The vibes in it when you put you I put that photo on the Yeah, you were on did you ⁓ did you see her on the social media? I did, I did, yeah. Yes, she looked incredible. And then I made a new best friend. I want to give her a shout out, hurl. So we were on two panels together. We were on the Shark Tank Trangriel panel and the Omerlin debate. And so she she was she was keeper, put potential keeper as Nynaeve to Yukiri, and I was potential keeper moraine to Pavara. So we had this whole vibe going. It was really fun. And then she was on our team for trivia. And we're like the same exact person. You know, you know how Meg is on trivia and she's like insanely competitive. Yeah. We were a pair. And very type A, and just I love her so much. And I just made my new best friend. Yeah. She was great. She ⁓ Heral asked ⁓ I was her question and LBF's questions during the question and answer during her interview that were my two favorite. ⁓ but she was the one who's asked she's Indian and she asked about like the whatever the show. Yes, and Priyanka just lit up and she was like, You know, you know. It was so delightful. It was such a sweet moment. Yeah. Yeah. That's incredible. Yeah. I mean that was that that was a really good moment though when she brought that up because Priyanka's like, Nobody else gets this. I know, she was so happy. ⁓ it was very sweet to see that body moment. So So highlights for you. ⁓ I mean highlights for me. It was just gre it you know, I as you know, and I don't this this is the hardest part I think about the FOMO but It's just great to see everybody. ⁓ you know, it's just it's the once a year and we catch up and it was ⁓ it was just wonderful to see everybody and hang out and and catch up and you know, Matt Hatch being like the surprise guest was fun because I didn't think I was gonna see him at all and it was nice to say hello to him and I thought Jen and Tom did ⁓ my god, I did it again. I kept saying Jen and Tom all weekend. Joe Joe, I love you and Joe and Which it's an obliteration. So you think it would be easier to say Joe and Jen? I think I usually say Joe and Jen and Tom and so like Tom comes naturally after and then you've just been saying Jen first. Yeah, and I say Jen first. So Joe and Jen. So we're sorry, Joe, because you totally listened to our podcast. I know. Joe I Joe and I I literally just said it again. So Joe and Jen were amazing. I thought they were super fun. They were really great. I mean watching them interview Priyanka was fantastic. They did a great job and ⁓ really knew how to like let her just spin a tail if she needed to and then draw something out of her. It was a great it was a great interview. Honestly I told Priyanka right after I I went up, I took her lunch up to her room afterward and I was like, you give great fucking interview. Like she was just she was amazing. She was amazing. ⁓ absolutely yeah and it was like I mean highlights, I don't know. My highlights was just like the whole thing. ⁓ we gotta tell you the best story though. ⁓ we do have a funny story. ⁓ okay right tell tell me a funny story. I'm down so ⁓ and Matthew, so clearly Matthew Reyes does not listen to our podcast, which I'm calling him out for now and telling him he should start listening. So Matthew Reyes and I have done the Build an Outrigger panel for the last three years together. Matthew's an amazing author. He's got this great horror book out. I'm I'm buying it from his website right now. He is ⁓ he's a delight, he's a sweetheart. And so I've known him now for three years, for three seasons of Wat Cons. And ⁓ during my panel I not even the panel I did with him, I don't think, but during one of my panels, I I've had a cold going on for some ages. It's not COVID. It's not COVID. I and I'm on antibiotics, but as you all know from the podcast, I've been coughing for months. So ⁓ I started to cough in the middle of one of my panels. Megan was our volunteer in that panel, and I was like miming to her, I need a cough drop. And so she ran to our room, got my cough drops, brought them back to me, you know, the way that a sister would. Because sisters love each other and take care of each other. So anyway. Last night of the con, Matthew was talking with Megan and I and I said something about, Yeah, we're going back to our mom and dad's and he looked at me and he said, Your sisters? Your sisters? Now Megan's response was You thought she was my mom, didn't you? I mean, I'm not gonna lie. I d I don't think it and I never thought it when I met either of you, but you know, Wolfie Wolfie. We're calling out Wolfie because the first time we met Wolfie he said, Is this three generations? And I almost punched him. So Yeah, like I I've I've heard people make this mistake, so I'm assuming Maddie did this as well, but apparently not. And granted, I am the same age difference, me to Megan, as Anne Hathaway to Tom Holland in Odyssey. So I'm just saying it is possible, I guess. But But that's not the funny part of this. But that's not the funny part. So so Matthew said, You guys are sisters? And then I said, ⁓ you think she's my mom, right? And he said, ⁓ wait. Did he think you were together? I thought you were married. That's amazing. Rob, are you crying? I mean, I'm not far off from it. Yeah, Megan was crying. Megan was laughing so hard she couldn't breathe. Well, and then I was a little bit like, ⁓ no, are we giving off like a weird sexual energy? Are we giving off weird incest vibes? What's happening? ⁓ you you're giving off sister vibes that he's decided to turn into married vibes. For sisters, sister wives, it's a very fine line. You know. Absolutely. Among the ayel. We do not promote incest on this podcast. No, we are not involved in that way at all. ⁓ anyway, it was we laughed so hard and then Matthew. That's not a disclaimer I ever thought we would need on the podcast. Thank you, Matthew, for that. It was so funny. And Matthew was like, I am so horrified and so embarrassed. And I was What are you kidding? No, that's hilarious. And then he started telling everybody the story too, because it was too funny. Basically told everyone at the con over the next six hours. And then and then and then we told Priyanka at breakfast the next morning. She's like, No, you just have a great partnership. So I could see Where it could be confused. Yeah. So yeah. Yeah. No, absolutely. But that's just I had to think about it in the context of of Matt. I'm just like, when you were telling the story, I'm like, okay, do we reassess? Matt is the one looking at the. ⁓ I yeah, I just that's so funny. Yeah. So I'm the third wheel then, because I'm the one that's not married. Yes. You are. ⁓ that's amazing. Yeah. That's amazing. Yeah. God. It sounds like it was a really good weekend. It was. It was fun. It was a great weekend. Yeah. Yeah. But you were missed. I mean, you know, it was it was a lighter con. We all knew it would be. You know, lots of people don't want to travel to the US. Fair. Very fair. Thank to Oshkova for braving it so we could finally meet you in person. We love you and you're fabulous. And your Savannah costume was absolutely insane. And I miss I missed saying goodbye to you. I was trying to say goodbye to a million people and it was crazy. And I didn't get to give you a good hug. So I'm sorry, Ashkova. It's so funny. So she took some stuff me across. ⁓ so the posters from the season three ⁓ premiere finally got it to the last two people. ⁓ the one that one what a holiday and then the one I say for Laura. ⁓ and then like CDs from Juliet and ⁓ a t shirt that went from Sulein to me. To Ashrikova to Jessica Sadai, so thank you to both of those. ⁓ which and then eventually made it to Silvertooth for a lot of people just to get there. but I was chatting to her about things about the trip and she's like, What about this and what about that? She's asking me, What can I take, what can I not take? Like, do I need to declare? Like, I've got snacks and sweets, do I need to declare them? I like, No, you'd be telling me, just take them. No one's no one's got a button, I don't care. You know, but one of the funniest things she was telling us, this was like a few weeks ago. She's got two versions of that costume that she wore. ⁓ and one of them one of them is painted wooden spikes, like ⁓ skewers. Yeah. ⁓ because she was worried about taking actual porcupine s ⁓ spines into America and then being like, ⁓ no, you can't bring that in. That's not that's our tablet. Sharon just carried around That is. Yeah. It like Sharon just carried one of those around in a bag. But yeah, she has two versions. So ⁓ I won't see the the skewer version, I'll the real version. Which looked insane and it looked amazing. It looked amazing. It did look amazing, yeah. She told us that before we saw it and I was like, ⁓ I'm sad she can't have like the real thing. ⁓ no, you would never have known. It was amazing. It was amazing. Yeah. That's so good. Yeah. Yeah. I mean the costumes did look great. Costumes were the costumes were phenomenal. It was so good. Yeah. Silly w silly ones and serious ones. They were all just amazing. Yeah. Yeah. And and shout out to Laura. Her costumes were fantastic and her costume she made for Meg was just incredible, just insane. And thank you for getting me in and out of it. I was Megan's dresser. ⁓ I was getting you dressed. See? No wonder Matt thinks what he thinks. I mean ⁓ ⁓ wha where is where is this like where is this going today? We started off with Bang being like, Can we record now just like do a quickie and now we're talking about dressing each other and also this is a crazy episode. It's it's it's all kinds of things. I think some boat rides in our future, you're gonna be packing. I would love to see you get on the tube today. We'll see. We'll see. Last thing I need to do is like break an arm the day before I'm supposed to drive back across the room. No water, you're not gonna break an arm. ⁓ Water can you can absolutely break a limb on water. That's absolutely a thing. I know people who have broken broken bone skiing. It's it's very possible. It's like a couch, you'll be fine. ⁓ god. You kayaked this morning, didn't you? I did I kayaked. I went out for a little kayak. Kayaking's great. Yeah. It's beautiful. David and I went around the lake. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Well just around this part, right? Not the whole thing. ⁓ we went through the we went through the canal at some time. ⁓ okay. Yeah. Did people like the ribbons? Yes. Yes. Although we did not follow through and make anybody do anything. I felt weird. So I'm just like here Yeah. But we have more we still have some for next year. So we have we have plenty of We got plenty for next year too. What were we gonna do? We were gonna have them say why they were the third wheel and then she and I had conspired but we didn't do it. We're gonna say why Rob is the third wheel and Because you weren't here. Because you weren't ⁓ here. Right. ⁓ you probably would have gone a lot of people just being like, Rob's the third wheel because he's not here. Right. Exactly. Exactly. ⁓ but they were great. They were great. But it was like I said, it was a smaller con. You know, it was like we knew we all knew it would be between the cancellation and you know, like being a full year after the cancellation and between travel restrictions and travel being so expensive right now. And unreliable. And unreliable. And so we knew we knew it would be a lighter con and it and it was. I mean I think I think the main places I felt that well actually because there were actually only three panel sessions per session instead of three. There were as well, yeah. And what's Was it one of them there was only two running at once as well? One of those only two, I I think the last two on Saturday. Yeah. There were only two running. But yeah, so they they combined one side that it was just one long room and that was where they had the more expected to be in demand panels with like previous. ⁓ Yeah, so I mean, but it so because of that it in a way, like the rooms didn't feel lighter. So that was nice because it was just a different way of doing it. And then you know, Maine felt a little lighter, but it was still like it also just meant you could kind of get around and talk to more people. You know, in in years past, sometimes I'm like, you know, ⁓ last year, you know, ⁓ Island we or Drew and I last year barely saw each other and like literally just said bye hi at the end of the weekend and said we didn't even see each other. And we got to have dinner with them. Yeah, we got dinner with them this year and was great. Yeah. Amazing. I was gonna ask if you did dinner with anyone on Friday. Yeah, we but we had Island Wee and ⁓ Tavern. Well, I we we we did it with the huge thing, but we were actually a little bit grateful we had just a four top because just the four of us. It's just easier to have a conversation. So yeah, it was us two and then Island Wee and Tavern. ⁓ Yeah. ⁓ that was really nice 'cause the then we actually could chat and catch up and yeah. Yeah. I mean I've definitely in previous walk cons like said hello to people when I first seen them and then j ⁓ n not seen them for the rest of the weekend basically. Yeah. Yeah. You know? And then you leave and you're like, ⁓ I said hi, I'm sure, but that's it. We didn't actually catch up. Yeah. So yeah. Yeah. And it's it did. It made it just a little more intimate, a little bit easier to get around and see most people and and that was that was really nice. Yeah. Yeah. Amazing. ⁓ and we won trivia. Sorry. You did win trivia, yes. I I saw the announcement of closing. We already said that. Well what did we win trivia last year? Yeah. Was I on your yes, okay. I couldn't remember we were all on the same team last year or not. Yeah. ⁓ 'cause I played that that was my first year playing. ⁓ Well and so last year I I played a little dirty and I stacked the deck. So ⁓ Zool and I had you know pulled in Omar and we got Ben on our team and like so we had a bunch of Ben was clutch. Yeah. And it's so funny 'cause Ben was walking around like He's No, I'm going to dance. And then he started coming down the atrium. I'm like, ban he's No, I'm going. She was trying so hard. But we we won on our own merit with our new friends. Yes. So it was it was really fun. Yeah. Yeah. We were a big team last year as well. I think there was like a dozen of or something, wasn't it? It was a bigger team. Like we had eight, nine. There were only three teams this year, and it was eight. Yeah. Yeah. Like each team had about seven or eight people. ⁓ wow, it was only three teams this year. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean that's what happens when there's no Tom. So Tom could have wrote Tom wrote the questions and he got one wrong. Yeah. So so we we had to look it up. So And we use primary sources. Somebody had their Kindle in the book on it, so we made sure we found it with the primary source. Nice. Yeah, no, as soon as that question was read out, ⁓ I was just like you know, they said the answer was figs and mice. I was like, No, that's what he like had used another time, what he suggested. Yeah. It took me I couldn't remember the salt. No, I couldn't remember the oil. I was like, it's salt and something ⁓ salt and a liquid and then. Yeah, so Drew, who was who was also Narg in the ⁓ Shark Tank Trangriel panel, ⁓ he was the one that remembered that. So he came and clutched for that. He clutched on that one. For sure. Because I was all over figs and mice. I was like ha and I was like, Wait, was that something about rats? And then yeah. So Perfect. Absolutely perfect. So what panels did you so Meg, you did the So I did the Shark Tank, or actually we called it the Lionfish Tank Tyrangrial. So just like you know how the Shark Tank show is like with ⁓ you're you're creating a product and then you're trying to get ⁓ entrepreneurs to essentially invest in your product and sort of things. So I I was on that panel. So how did that work? Like did you have people? Yeah, so so we so I it was ⁓ so the panel was me, Hiral, Darouch, and Andrel. Right. And then so what we ended up doing was, ⁓ half of us were sharks. So I was Elaine because she has money and she's into Terangrial. So I actually dressed up in my ⁓ buttercup costume from Halloween a couple of years ago, like from Princess Bride. Because I thought that was a perfect Elaine costume. ⁓ right, okay, yes, yes. And then Darouch was High Lord Wiramon. Of course he was, yes. So we were two of the sharks and then we had two audience members come in as like guest sharks sort of thing. And then and then so Darusha come up with a bunch of like images and product ideas and we all kind of like chipped in some ideas. I was very lax on that panel. I was like working more on the Omerlin debate, so the rest of my crew, thank you for picking up my slack. So anyway, so we came up with a bunch of product ideas and then like Andral and Heral, you know, ⁓ presented most of those, but then we had some audience members, you know, get in on that. And then what we ended up doing was like the the so we had three categories. We had household items, last battle items, and health and wellness, which typically usually ended up being sex toys or something dirty like that. Of course. That's my so we had each each each audience winner from each category got a ⁓ drink ticket that that they could use at the box. Nice. Yeah. That's really cool. So that was that was my first one. And then I had Watt Fantasy Draft, which I was the only woman on that panel. And I clearly got the best. She won both. I won both, but but the guys were like, nah, I don't know about that. I'm like, the patriarchy. She was spicy. Well, and then I was like, ⁓ it's totally like ⁓ the woman won, but then everyone said that the man won anyway. Hmm, I've never seen that before. I mean, I like it when men get spicy on panels and things that makes it very entertaining. It's easy to do. She's spicy. And then my last one was the Amerlin debate, which I kinda talked about already. And ⁓ Jess and I were elected Amerlinen keeper. Yes. So Yes, yes. It's very good. Very cool. So very good. Jen, you did the Outrigger with Matt and the others, and then what else did you do? I did the Outrigger. I did ⁓ Watt Parody, which was really fun. It was kind of just give people like let people ask questions about creating Watt parodies. Where did the ideas come from? We kinda showed our process and you had Alyssa, me, ⁓ Jen Isgrow. Jen Isgrow. ⁓ we actually ended up having Avi join join the panel as well. I mean Avi Avi is kind of perfect to be on that panel. Yeah, I mean Avi was there. I was like, ⁓ and then so he was g I was like, Are you coming to the talk? And are you on the panel? And he was like, Well no, but I'm coming. And so he was in the audience and like anytime it was a technical question I was like, throw it to Avi and then finally I was like, Just just get up here and sit. Just sit with us. So that was great. I mean Kev and I could do that. And Kevin was on the panel too. Kev was on the panel. ⁓ Kev okay. 'Cause I'd be like, Kevin and I should have done that panel and then we would have just like had an empty room and turned up at the last 10 minutes, you know. Right? I mean, and he was, you it was great because we all talked about where the inspiration comes and like how silly it can be and like, you know. ⁓ yeah, it was really fun. That was a great panel. And I think, I'm pretty sure, that ⁓ we came up there was an idea that came up in the panel. And then we kinda ran with that with the whole with the whole group to like throw some lyrics out there and some ideas out there. And I think Alyssa, Meg and I are maybe gonna do that actually as a parody. That's amazing. And didn't Priyanka end up recording something for someone else? Yeah, she did. And so Avi so w they asked her about karaoke. Avi asked her about like karaoke or what songs do you like, or if you were to do a parody, what would you do? And she mentioned a particular song. I'm not gonna say it just in case it's still under like raps, but she mentioned something and then Avi got inspired and he wrote what that parody would be. Within like an hour. Yeah, like in an hour. And he was like we wrote it. Yeah. I think she'll sing it. So we asked her if she was interested, like we told her and we were like, you know Maybe just like sing a line or two. And No. It turned into a whole thing. She sang the whole thing and I don't know exactly what they're gonna do with it, but it will be a big exciting exciting thing. It was right after we left yesterday that they recorded. ⁓ I saw the photo of her with a sound of the microphone and Avi seemed to be like sad at the computer or something, so yeah. That's amazing. I look I bet that comes out at ⁓ what idle, so probably forward to seeing Probably. Megan and I may or may not have had a sneak ⁓ preview to the song she sh Priyanka sent it to us last year. And then and and and Avi sent us the file too. Yeah. Right, well, I'm sorry, I've literally gotta send RV a message right now and be like, How can you say it we'll share it with two thirds and not me? So ⁓ if I don't hear it from him, I'm gonna ⁓ I'm gonna hit up ⁓ Priyanka and be yeah, send me the song. Sorry. It was really it's ⁓ it's really fun. I think obviously Avi hasn't mixed it yet. Yeah. And then you were also on the build of seasonal. ⁓ yeah, and then I was also on the Build a Season Four panel. So that was I you know, and I said, like we've been Rob and Megan and I have been doing this on three wheeling, but it was essentially taking, you know, what we know about where we left off in season three, and then like saying what would be season four, and what I didn't know until I started doing this panel, ⁓ Ryan was on the panel, Jen Isgra was on the panel. And Priyanka was on the panel. But in the prepping stages with Ryan and Jen and I, Ryan said, I was at Walcon and Sarah Nakamura their two items. No, you're at JordanCon. He was at Jordan Khan. JordanCon. And he and Sarah Nakamura confirmed that there were two things that were gonna happen in season four and where they were gonna happen. So we kind of put those in as our tent poles and built around that. But because we had Priyanka on the panel, like we really tailored the whole thing to what what would Ron be doing in season four and ⁓ so that was fun. And then she it was great. And honestly, it was a really good lesson for me. I want to share this. I didn't tell her this and I I kinda wish I had had a chance to. Okay, we were obviously talking full spoilers. We were talking about Alana bonding rand. And Alana talked about this on the on her interview. I'm sorry, Priyanka talked about this in her interview where she said, you know, something about like becoming a villain. Like when someone you loves becomes a villain. And I have just been trying, because I love Alana, the character, so much, I have been trying to justify like, is it like Elaine and Brigida? Is Randon like almost dead and she does it to save him? And so I kind of was coming up with these things. And Priyanka said Yeah, I don't think so. Like I think that this is a moment where we see someone that you love as a character who does something that is unquestionably wrong. Mm-hmm. But she says, It's right. I have the reasons and it's right to do it. And isn't it more interesting to watch a character that you love make a choice that you just can't get behind? And I was like, Fuck She's doing job for me. Like it was so like sh it was just really right on. And in in in my n need to justify my characters and make them not bad. I wanted to find a way to have her do it and she was like, No. I don't think she regrets it. I think she's like, I'm doing this and I did it and I'm doing it for a reason. Yeah. It was great. I mean this is what she's like in the books, isn't it? You know? Yeah. Yeah. It was like it's just needed to be done, so I did it. It was the right thing to do, even though it's a horrible thing to do. So yeah. And it was a good writing lesson for me to not be so precious with the characters I fall in love with. Mhm. You know, to make them have to justify, but to allow them to do something that is That I I personally, Jennifer, don't agree with. It was great. It was really good. It was a really great it was it it wa I mean, it was a great lesson for me. It was a great working moment for me. It was fun. I love that. But it was fun, 'cause I ran it like a room, I had a whiteboard and I got to jump up and down and like that. You were so excited. So excited I almost couldn't breathe from your coffin. I know. Yeah. I gotta go watch that one. So I like that. Well, next year's tickets are out, ⁓ and they're on sale. ⁓ they'll the the ten per seventy two hour thing will have ended by the time this comes out, I'm sure. Unless I put this out tomorrow. ⁓ which I I don't know, maybe I will. Who knows? No, no, because it'll be ended. Even if I put it out tomorrow I think it'll be ended. So yeah. Maybe. Doesn't matter. ⁓ but it's the ninth to the eleventh of July, is that right? Next year? ⁓ it sounds right. Yes. So you can go and get your tickets, folks. I might even get a ticket and come this time. Who knows? I literally like I was watching closing ceremonies and Lites Meg said I promise I'll try to start saving now. So Yeah I will I will I've got a different project that's coming up, ⁓ folks, ⁓ that will be ⁓ a movement on that in the next couple of weeks, so I'll I'll keep that vague for now until that's revealed. ⁓ but once that's kinda like steamrolled through I'll be working on, you know, getting myself to Walcon. So I I won't miss another year, folks. ⁓ unless America decides to not let anybody in, you know. So I'll I'll try and sneak in the Let's not do that. Let's not do that. Alright, well there's our fun little recap. Or Or Megan Jen's fun little recap. ⁓ I hope you all survived a WatCon having ⁓ Priyanka as the the third part of the trio. We did and we are so grateful. You are irreplaceable. You are irreplaceable and you were missed. But it was we we we we were happy we had a a a third wheel. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Pranka Bose was your third wheel. Mm-hmm. I still can't get over that you were like Yeah driving in the car, blasting out nineties twos and she's like playing the cymbal on your dashboard and yeah. That is just so cool. Yeah. It was amazing. We were so we were grateful and and very happy. Very happy to know her. She is a lovely human. Mm-hmm. Yeah. She really is. Very exuberant, full of life and joy. So Yeah. Well thank you for listening everyone. ⁓ I hope to see you at WatCon next year if we don't see you at Malkirikon or any other event where we all get together. ⁓ like, subscribe, comment, tell us your story of meeting Priyanka at WatCon, that would be really good to hear. Mm-hmm. And yeah, we will see you next time. I'm looking at it for the Walshville. It's a fun episode, so bye. Once again, we've proven that even when you're the third wheel, you can always find a place to fit in. Join us next time. On three wheeling. On three wheeling. On free wheeling.