“Nostalgia Hurts Sometimes” - Nostalgia and Toxic Fandoms PART 1

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Three Black Halflings

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4.8 • 531 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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This week! Liv, Candace, and Jeremy take a little detour into sharing some of their scariest and spookiest tales. From petrifying Polaroids to demonic dreams, the Halflings dive into it all. Why are we drawn to nostalgia? What exactly makes us feel nostalgic. Within this conversation, they tackle the big elephant in the room: Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling’s disappointing outlook. From plagiarism claims to damaging public statements, they unpack why separating the artist from the art doesn’t hold up in this case. This episode is about the grief of losing something that once meant everything, and coming to terms with the fact that the magic didn’t simply fade — it was taken. But this isn't the full story! If you want to listen to the Halfling's full discussion, head over to the Patreon where you can listen to Parts 1 and 2 right now, along with bonus solo podcasts and extra interactive elements, all completely ad free! Also - did you miss out on our first 🎉FULLY FUNDED🎉 Kickstarter, the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠City of the Black Rose Campaign setting⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, in collaboration with ⁠⁠⁠Roll and Play Press? Well, good news! In the next few weeks, it'll be open to late pledges and pledge manager edits! So everyone gets a chance to grab a copy of the book and any extras you'd like! Follow the halflings: Jasper William Cartwright: @JW_Cartwright Jeremy Cobb: @JeremyCobb1 Liv Kennedy: @livkennedy Candace: @candacethemagnificent Find all of our links here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/tbhalflings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can buy all our lovely merchandise ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠as featured on Critical Role! Connect with us on Instagram, Bluesky and Facebook @3blackhalflings, on our Discord, or email. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠megaphone.fm/adchoices⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What happens when two people who grew up in a very strange corner of Los Angeles look back and realize just how bizarre their upbringings really were?
0:09.0	They start a podcast, of course.
0:11.1	I'm Ashley Johnson.
0:12.3	And I'm Talas and Jaffe.
0:13.8	Before we became the internet people we are today, we spent our childhoods as working actors,
0:18.7	appearing in shows like growing pains and films like Mr. Mom.
0:21.8	In our podcast, Weird Kids, we're diving deep into our unique upbringings, our friendship
0:26.5	with each other, and all the delightfully odd interests we still carry with us today.
0:31.9	In each episode, we get to share stories of our youth, the things that bring us joy, the
0:36.6	problems that we face,
0:38.2	and occasionally the friends we've collected along the way.
0:41.1	If you're a misfit, an outcast, or just a weirdo who loves all things nostalgic and
0:45.7	unconventional, come take a seat at our table.
0:47.8	Each week, we'll be releasing previously members-only episodes on YouTube and all major podcast
0:53.2	platforms, with new episodes dropping exclusively and ad-free on beacon.tv. Who's doing the Hello Halflings? Liv, it feels like it's been a while. I can do it! Sorry, that was really, that was a lot. Do you want to do it? Do you want to do it? I'm scared to do it. Okay, if you're scared to do it, I could do it.
1:11.0	Katas, would you be comfortable if I did the hello? I would love it if you did the hello. Okay, wonderful stuff. Okay, fantastic. Okay, here we go. Okay, yeah, do it. Just do it, love. Deep breath. Hello. Outstanding. You got so noise gated.
1:28.4	You got so noise gated.
1:30.4	I heard hello. Outstanding. You got so noise gated.
1:28.4	You got so noise gated.
1:30.4	I heard hello, and that was it.
1:33.1	I got noise gated by my own body is what happened.
1:37.9	My body was like, no, no.
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