Ravin' Girls Episode 31: Not a MacGuffin

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Ravin' Girls: A Raven Cycle Podcast

Shannon Pack and Nievita Hartness

47 episodes

5 months ago

We’re Shannon and Nievita, and we’re the Ravin’ Girls! Welcome to our Raven Cycle podcast, where we analyze Maggie Stiefvater’s Raven Cycle as a cycle, taking a look at the connections and foreshadowing running throughout the series. We dissect the themes of the books, discuss the arcs of the wonderfully complex characters, and take “Deep Dives” on the origins, folklore, mythology, history, and fandom that surrounds this iconic young adult series. Each episode covers 3-5 chapters worth of material, and each book has its own self-contained Season. We often cover Maggie Stiefvater’s new novels or other related works in Special Episodes. New episodes release on the first and third Thursdays of every month. Join us as we follow the adventures of four dysfunctional teenagers and their dead Welsh boyfriend!

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Ravin' Girls Episode 31: Not a MacGuffin

Ravin' Girls: A Raven Cycle Podcast

1 hour 37 minutes 58 seconds

5 years ago

Ravin' Girls Episode 31: Not a MacGuffin

Welcome to Season 3 Episode 31, where we cover the Prologue through Chapter 1 of Blue Lily, Lily Blue! Shannon starts off this season totally subdued and not at all excited to be covering BLLB… YAH RIGHT! We kick off the first two chapters of Blue Lily, Lily Blue reintroducing the characters, their quest, and a bottomless pit. Who really is the MacGuffin in this book? How many pages of a novel could possibly take place only in a cave? How many Deep Dive pages did Shannon have to delete about animals, and how many did Nievita delete about ghosts? Actually, I don’t think we answer any of those questions, but we do talk about the topics of crappy highschool poetry, why Sassy Adam is the Best Adam, who is Nievita’s BROTP of the Raven Cycle, how to tell a jig from a reel, how incredibly gross humans can be (SO GROSS), and reiterate, “When in doubt, always blame Niall.” If you have read Call Down The Hawk, stick around after the stinger for our new SPOILER ZONE! DEEP DIVE: Cave Systems of Appalachia (from approx. the 36:42 minute mark to 54:38, depending on your player) SPOILER ZONE: Call Down The Hawk Spoiler Discussion starts at approx. 1:34:02 CORRECTION: Nievita stated from memory that Blue Lily, Lily Blue was originally titled “The White Lily”. Maggie’s post was later found saying the title was “White Lily, Blue Lily” Subscribe at: https://link.chtbl.com/d8E86BFy or wherever you get your podcasts, and please comment, rate, or review! - - - - - Next Episodes: Unfortunately, right now we are in self-isolation and are not sure when we will be able to record and release further episodes for Season 3. Past Episode Guide: https://ravingirls.com/episodes - - - - - Links to Articles, Websites, and Other Discussions: Visit us at https://ravingirls.com for complete podcast details! - - - - - Acknowledgements: The Raven Cycle,The Dreamer Trilogy, and all affiliated properties (The Raven Boys, The Dream Thieves, Blue Lily, Lily Blue, The Raven King, and Call Down The Hawk) are copyright Maggie Stiefvater and Scholastic, Inc. The Ravin’ Girls reference these properties for the purpose of literary analysis. Intro and Outro music by Damiano Baldoni, used under CC Attribution License: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Damiano_Baldoni/Lost_Dinasty/ The original “Death Of Floyd Collins”, recorded by Vernon Dalhart, 1926: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8qoR1s4434 “Tequila” © The Champs 1958, released by SME (on behalf of Rhino) and EMI Music Publishing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDD21ZJF3mI Sound effects found on FreeSound.org, attribution where requested. “Cave Drips” sounds by everythingsounds, used under CC Attribution License: https://freesound.org/people/everythingsounds/sounds/199515/ “Rocks Falling In Cave” sounds from Freesound.org, used under CC Attribution License: https://freesound.org/people/150134/sounds/327085/ “Raven Flyby” sounds from Freesound.org, no copyright: https://freesound.org/people/JamesOC/sounds/86883/ “Ducks Landing” sounds from Freesound.org, used under CC Attribution License: https://freesound.org/people/uair01/sounds/86567/ “Nature - Field-recording- Ravens” by lmr9, used under Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0: https://freesound.org/people/lmr9/sounds/265342/ All original tracks have been edited for the podcast. Ravin’ Girls logo and banner art © 2018 Mio Mäkijärvi, All Rights Reserved. Please visit http://kojotei.tumblr.com/ for more information.