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Ethics Town | Wrong Place, Wrong Crime | Mundane Side Quests | Please Come To My Funeral | https://ethicstownprod.weebly.com/

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A fake instagram account for t.lancaster. Their account name is Ripley and their bio says: Actor, writer, stage manager, stand up (but only when I'm drunk), incestuous little twink on Broadway this summer. Their profile picture is a distressed prehistoric creature. The images on their account, from bottom to top are: a stage set up to look like a library, a black and white photo of a cat on a window ledge, a wall of neon signs, a black and white photo of the theatre Les Mis is showing in, a cast photo after a show, a black and white photo of two pigeons on the docks, a cathedral, a black and white photo of a man in period costume laughing, and a selfie.
A fake instagram account for chuck.andrews. Their account name is Chuck and their bio is three shrimp emojis. Their profile picture is a selfie. The images on their account, from bottom to top are: a distant beach photographed through a concrete shelter, two kittens on a scratching post a sunset seen from a hill, an autumnal lake, trees silhouetted against sunrise, two actors in period piece, and a selfie.
A photo of a drawing tablet. On the table is a black and white line drawing of a concerned-looking man. He has long, wavy hair, freckles, and a hipster-esque moustache. He's wearing a bandanna, choker, denim vest, and stripy long sleeved shirt. On his best is an anarchy A, the flag of Bangladesh, a rainbow, a bi pride flag, and a black lives matter/black power fist. Text: and here is a voice note of me just talking...
A chatter box, folded up to be held. It has the number one written on the outside and some text can just be seen inside.
A Tumblr poll asking if people know where the following places are: Borough Market, 36.4%. Cox's Bazar, 0%. Both, 18.2%. Neither, 45.5%.
KAFKA: I will absolutely be on the news. Do you know where Cox's Bazar is? REPORTER: Um, is that next to Borough Market? KAFKA: Oh my god, yes.
CADENCE: What’s he… like? CHUCK: What do you mean? CADENCE: As a person, what’s my son like? CHUCK: Again, I think you’d know better than me- CADENCE: But I don’t. I don’t know anything about him. Is he kind?
A white Columbia University sweatshirt with blue text and crest.
The details: 12 episodes Potential for future seasons, but the main emotional conflict is (sort of) wrapped up 5-15 minutes per episode Currently scripts are being edited and should be mostly reocrded over summer, edited in early Autumn, and ready beofre the end of the year (ideally late autumn) All characters made using makowka’s picrew. It’s my fave one, go check it out!
Text 1: ‘Chuck Andrews. Chuck is a psychology graduate working in customer care. Their parents split when they were young and their dad quickly started a new family. When their mum married Ripley’s dad she took his surname, leaving Chuck to feel completely alone. They have a good relationship with their younger brothers, and with Ripley, until he moved away. They pride themself on being a good friend/sibling and try not to let people see much of their personality outside of that.’ A picrew of Chuck shows they are a young person with short, brown hair and one ear piercing. They look concerned but are otherwise very non-Descript. Text 2: Thomas ‘Ripley’ Lancaster. Ripley is a talented musical theatre performer, well-known on the West End. Whilst on stage he’s a bundle of confidence and energy, in reality he’s anxious and awkward in social situations. He’s a very sweet and well-intentioned person, but he’d rather do nothing at all than do something wrong. While making his Broadway debut, Ripley finds himself both home-sick and unable to connect with anyone back home.’ A picrew of Ripley. He has a round, freckles face and is smiling widely. His hair is a messy, brown wolf cut with a blond fringe. He has a nose ring and an ear piercing. He’s wearing a colourful jacket over a Kermit the frog shirt.
Text: ‘Mundane Side Quests. MSQ is a short-form slice-of-life sitcom (ish) about dysfunctional families and trying to get your shit together. While Chuck’s step-brother, Ripley, is away for work, Chuck tries to find a fun new way for them to keep in touch. But Ripley doesn’t seem to be interested in playing silly games, or having a relationship with his step-sibling for that matter. In fact, Ripley’s having a hard time being interested in anything at all. Chuck’s patience begins to wear as a new friend helps them realise just how easy it could be to have a good relationship with their brother. But are they willing to just give up? What is family, really, and how much does it matter?’ To the right of the text is a drawing of a little pirate-style map. A Trail loops around a CVS sign, a woods, a rail line, a bowl of soup, a theatre mask, a mother and child, a house, and completely loops around ‘X marks the spot’.
CL Hendry talking to camera, wearing a steampunk phantom of the opera mask.
Text. Chuck: Oh nooo. Is he going to break up with you because you have someone else’s liver? That’s soooo sad.
A page of transcript/social media screenshots in text boxes. From left right right, top to bottom: 1. Ian: Yes. And heart palpitations. Shortness of breath. Fatigue. Nausea. (Lmao, he’s kind of a salty bitch) And yes, I’m sure that can all technically be symptoms of being fat but technically, technically, I’m supposed to have been alive for thirty six years and I’ve been fine for the other thirty five. 2. [January moves the table so he can sit down more comfortably] 3. Rory: Yeah, that’s why he likes the hat so much. Covers his face, he says. Though I don’t know why he’s want to. I know the guy’s married- Addi: And like a decade older than you. Rory: But damn! 4. Noah: I’ve never seen you smile before. Rory’s right, you are cute. 5. January: (grumpy - this is kind of a sensitive topic for him) Ugh, I remember that one. Yeah, just push a fat person onto the tracks. 6. (a lil baby boy) I, I usually only lose weight when I’m really I’ll. it makes me feel really uncomfortable in my own body. And I’m already so uncomfortable. 7. But the things that have been mentioned, off the top of my head, for anyone who’s curious: January is a big boy. Very tall, heavy set, curly hair, attractive, very symmetrical face. 8. Responsibility has a way of finding people. Especially here. And anyway, he has a very distinctive face. A lot of people think he’s very handsome and eh, I can see it. 9. I also gotta find a nice and fun way to be like ‘love this boy, great boy right here, but January is just not this thin.’ Hard to be the No. 1 January is not some twink advocate when he is in fact some twink. (That’s unfair to Rhys he is not some twink, but on a scale of some twink to January Johnson yes he is). 10. But they really messed up this chunky, queer, mentally ill little boy. But they still raised him. Against all odds, he survived to adulthood. 11. Tumblr post: what a nice cast of characters, why are all of them skinny. 12. Cartoon of January labelled ‘only “canon” drawing of January.
Louis and Liz taking a selfie in a small park.
A white square with the text ‘S2 “crew” Q&A’ at the top. In the bottom left is a stick man with the label ‘just one guy’.
Text: I don’t matter anymore. Honestly? I doubt I ever did. There’s so much that we will never understand, it’s shortsighted to assume any of us matter. Though… Sometimes I feel like I matter. Just briefly, for a moment. And it’s… I don’t even know how to describe it. It’s… Okay. I feel okay. I’ve never felt okay before. But how you feel and what you are: those are two separate things. Sometimes I feel like I matter. It doesn’t mean I do.
Ollie, Louis, and Cai crouched down next to a big rock. Louis is holding a microphone.
The second is his teeth: canines sharpened to a point and white as porcelain. There’s an old Earth legend about monsters with pointed teeth, but I can’t remember whether it was about pirates or vampires. It probably isn’t true. I gave up those paranoia-induced stories when I gave up drinking. But still… Hmm…
Apple library playlist section that shows a playlist titled ‘Owl City’.
A brown and white hamster looking up at the camera with one paw on the side of her enclosure.
I’ve been stuck on a train for over 24 hours and the only solace has been the naming of year episode… there’s 10 minutes left of this accursed episode. If this god damn year is named tummy buddy life I’m actually going to break in two. This cannot be it. I am tearing up the floorboards with my teeth.
Rhys, Ollie, and L standing on stage. Rhys is wearing a blue cardigan, yellow T-shirt, baggy blue jeans and brown shoes. Ollie is wearing a black cropped vest, low-rose black track pants, and red high tops. L is wearing a T-shirt patterned with tiny lightening bolts, black trousers and black shoes.
A purple flannel.
An XY axis. The y axis runs from creature to little guy. The x axis from skrunkly to just a dude. In the top left quadrant: Dr Clayton. In the top right quadrant, from top to bottom: Alex, Artemis, Alice. In the bottom left quadrant, from top to bottom: Noah, Grace, Rory, January. In the bottom right quadrant, from top to bottom: Addi, Elaine.
1. What stage of production is the most fun for you? 2. What’s a role in a different show you’ve heard one of your cast members in and just been absolutely blown away by? 3. Show us an excerpt of script you’re extremely proud of. 4. Is there a specific episode that was especially fun to work on? 5. Be honest, which is your favourite character to write lines for? 6. You have to turn your podcast into a different type of media: what do you go for? 7. Tag a show you think would make a great crossover with your own (and maybe make it happen, who knows 👀) 8. Pick a character from your show and put together an outfit you think they’d wear. 9. If your show was a different genre what genre would it be and how would the plot change? 10. Recommend a couple of other shows for people who like your own!
Two people sitting at a table talking.
A tweet from the Ethics Town account that reads ‘Actually you can commit crimes, but only if they’re objectively funny and can be written into podcast scripts.’
Rhys, Ollie, and L on stage with microphones at London Podfest.
A quote saying ‘guess what’ but the original post just says ‘deleted.’
A metal sculpture that resembles a penis and balls.
A metal sculpture that looks like a penis and balls.
Kids’ make your own felt hand puppets set.
Simpson’s ‘don’t make me tap the sign’ meme an the sign reads ‘AAAAHHH.’
Title: if you like these shows... The Welcome to nightvale art with text: radio show, weird town, town mysteries, eccentric and anxious radio host, talks directly to audience. The magnus archives art with text: i always see magnus fans recommending ET to each other when they’ve finished magnus. I guess single person narrator (s1), storyteller format, erratic british guy? The my town art with text: weird town, weird guy, weird secondary characters, mystery, neurodivergence really pops off with this guy, huh?
Title: cast. Text: We have cast members from Tales from the Fringes of reality, The Silt verses, the secret of st kilda, wake of corrosion, we know none, the kingmaker histories and more! Look at them I love them all so much. Below is a large collage of pictures of the cast and crew: Louis and Rhys at podfest, Cai, Michael, Louis and Paddy at Audio Drama Hub podfest, a screenshot from a zoom call in which Liz is a cow and everyone is laughing, Sophie and Louis in a cable car, Cai, Ollie, and Louis at the beach, Louis and Subhi in the underground, Ollie and Rhys outside a Leon, L, Louis, Ollie, and Cai at podfest, Rhys wearing a top hat, Louis and Michael looking at a stuffed bird, and L and Ollie on stage at podfest.
Title: the plot. Text: After their current mayor passes away, the town of ethics quickly elects a replacement: out-of-towner ian jacobs. he makes some questionable decisions during his first few months in office, which causes eccentric town local january to set up a panicked emergency broadcast to ask for help. january meets a lost girl, artemis, who’s also been affected by the mayor’s questionable decisions. as ethical dilemmas seem to come to life, january and artemis try to figure out what is actually happening in ethics (hint: it’s nothing good). At the side is a small doodle of January, a chunky guy with curly hair, with the text 'he is not some twink.' An annotation on the image reads 'january I drew for a live show.'
The Ethics Town logo, a top hat with a cty skyline on top, and the text: Philosophical cosmic horror. your classic 2010s audio drama setting of ‘weird, small town’. radio-broadcast style. full cast. S1 - 2 main cast members. s2 - 1-2 main cast members per episode. immersive sound design. 2/3 seasons out now, s3 coming next summer. 8 episodes per season - can listen in a day if you’re really dedicated!
The top half of a stick person. Text: 10am on a Saturday, time to recreate paddleboat episode 2.
A black cat curled up upside down, stretching his front paws out.