DEEP CUTS Episode 33: When Characters Do Distasteful Things

Scott Sigler Slices: SLAY

Empty Set Entertainment

Books, Fiction, Arts, Science Fiction

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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When characters must do awful things, does it get yucky for the creator? While we can only speak for Scott, it certainly does. What about Thomas Harris, the creator of the horrifying Hannibal Lechter? What about the writers of Marvel’s Loki during the Avengers movies? How many innocents died off-screen due to Loki’s maniacal mechanizations? Hint: it was a lot. Scott and ARealGirl Herself dive deep into this critical part of storytelling. Deep Cuts is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs Produced by Steve Riekeberg Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment Dr. Hannibal Lecther wants to invite the GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG for dinner. Fava beans and 99% off year one of a three-year new dot-com domain registration? We’re ready when you are, Office Pembry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Legends. Long have legends inspired people the world over, for in legends we see the worlds of the impossible unfold before us.
0:08.1	Heroic quests, horrific monsters, gods, magic, tales of the valiant and the villainous. But more than that, in legend, we see ourselves reflected in the stories we tell.
0:19.7	I'm William Stark.
0:22.1	And I'm Omar Timsa.
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0:29.1	Join us as we explore the fantastic lore of the world's most popular tabletop RPG.
0:35.2	You can find D&D Legends and Llor on YouTube, iTunes, Spotify, or anywhere podcasts can be found.
0:36.6	What's up, everyone?
0:37.8	It's Noah Daniels.
0:38.4	Hey, y'all.
0:38.9	I'm JJ.
0:39.7	Hey, guys.
0:40.3	It's Kat.
0:42.1	And we're your host of the Real Hauntings podcast.
0:46.9	We bring on guests who share their first-hand-encounter ghost stories and supernatural experiences.
0:48.7	Now on to the trailer.
0:59.6	I've been warned to not tell this story. but I think because of the way it ends, it's okay to tell this story.
1:01.4	Because some people say that with certain entities to like speak of them or talk about
1:08.3	them or in any way like portray them as powerful will attract them
1:13.6	to other people. The creepiest thing about it to me is a lot of times it would wait for me to notice
1:18.4	it. Like it would just lay its arm out like this and then I'd be like, where is it? Where is it?
1:24.1	And then I'd see it and then it would just slither back. For more information on the Real Hauntings, Real Ghost Stories podcast,
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