The Wonderful World of Darklords

A monthly podcast converting Disney movies to Ravenloft domains of dread. No affiliation with Disney or WotC. New episodes drop on the 13th of every month!

The Wonderful World of Darklords is a leisure podcast hosted by Tom and Rachel Kolar, with 142 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Tom and Rachel Kolar hosts The Wonderful World of Darklords, a leisure show with 142 episodes published.

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  The Wonderful World of Darklords

  The Peddler's Tales, Episode 4: Gummi Bears

  —1h 10m

  Welcome to Wonderful World of Darklords! In honor of Small Screen Summer, Kris Newton joins us for a Disney show that literally no one has ever asked for: Gummi Bears. Not only are they dashing and daring, courageous and caring, but they have much more complex and interesting lore than anyone would expect from a show about colorful bouncing bears, and it can lead to some terrific stories if you can get past the idea of a character named Tummi Gummi. Topics discussed include: Yes, really, this isn't a belated April Fools episode; The absurd amount of mythology in Gummi Bears, from the Great Gummis and the Gexodus to Gumadoon and the Barbics (I swear we are not making any of this up); The many connections between the culture of the Gummi Bears and that of the Vistani (NO, SERIOUSLY, Y'ALL); How to connect a Gummi Bears story to themes of the fragility of hope, the inherent corruptibility of man, and the need for trust in a fallen world (NO COME BACK WHERE ARE YOU GOING); and more! Full writeups for the Gummi Bears and Gummi Berry Juice can be found for free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/135151538 You can find Kris at MegaDumbCast (https://megadumbcast.podbean.com/ ) and the now-completed Gameable Podcast (https://gameabledisneypodcast.tumblr.com/) All music recordings are in the public domain (mark 1.0) and are licensed through https://musopen.org : Arabian Dance, from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite , via the European Archive Dialog for Yensid was written by Azalin Rex himself : http://www.tumblr.com/darklordazalin The Wonderful World of Darklords logo was designed by Halite Jones, whom you can find on Tumblr and Instagram : https://www.tumblr.com/halite-draw and http://www.instagram.com/insta_halite Contact us on: Gmail: wonderfulworldofdarklords@gmail.com Facebook: @wonderfulworldofdarklords Tumblr: @wonderfulworldofdarklords Patreon: www.patreon.com/WonderfulWorldofDarklords YouTube: @wonderfulworldofdarklord

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  Episode #45

  Episode 45: KPop Demon Hunters

  —2h 11mS4

  Welcome to Wonderful World of Darklords! It's our annual non-Disney episode, and this year, what could we choose except the movie that soundly ate Disney's lunch? There's a TON of terrific overlap between KPop Demon Hunters and D&D/Ravenloft, from "group of heavily armed people who kick supernatural butt through the power of song" to "villains who get pulled into a special hell of their own creation and also of a dark power's creation," but it's also grounded specifically in the 21st century pop music scene, which is...decidedly not terrific overlap. Like Huntr/x, though, Kolars don't quit. Topics discussed include: Why we went with Jinu as our darklord instead of Gwi-Ma or Celine (don't worry, we have an AU for darklord Celine if you hate her unconditionally and want Jinu and Rumi to kiss); How Celine's ethos can make everything worse even if you don't have her as the darklord, and can provide a reason for Huntr/x to have a non-adventurer cover identity in the process; The OG domain that tackled the theme of intrusive thoughts, guilt, and shame, and why KPop Demon Hunters does it better (it's partly the lack of kender); Alternate rules to make combat more cinematic and to incorporate Huntri/x style themes of teamwork into your party; and more! The full write-up for Golden City is available for free on DM's Guild: dmsguild.com/en/product/562849/Bardcore-Demon-Slayers-A-Ravenloft-Domain-of-Dread?preview=1 Our Listener's Choice poll is available through the end of April: https://www.patreon.com/posts/listeners-choice-154445268 Timestamps 0:00 Introduction 4:14 The Lord 31:25 The Land 58:25 Dread Possibilities 1:30:21 Aging up (sexual content, drugs, gaslighting, emotional abuse, eating disorders, general depression ickiness) 1:36:46 Aging up ends 1:41:33 Parting thoughts 2:05:06 D’s Parting Thoughts Content Advisory for D's Journal (details on content advisories can be found on Facebook, Tumblr , and Patreon ) Gaslighting (major), parasocial grooming (moderate), emotional abuse (moderate), psychological torture (moderate), death (minor), fire (minor) All music recordings are in the public domain (mark 1.0) and are licensed through https://musopen.org : Chopin Nocturne in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No.1 (main theme), performed by Eduardo Vinuela Chopin Etude Op. 25, No. 12 in C Minor: “Ocean” (darklord theme), performed by Edward Neeman Chopin Nocturne in F Minor, Op. 55 No. 1 (land theme), performed by Luke Faulkner Rachmaninoff Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3 - 2. Prélude in C sharp minor (Dread Possibilities), performed by Sergei Rachmaninoff Chopin Nocturne in E Minor, Op. 72 No. 1 (parting thoughts), performed by Luke Faulkner Dialog for Yensid was written by Azalin Rex himself: http://www.tumblr.com/darklordazalin The Wonderful World of Darklords logo was designed by Halite Jones, whom you can find on Tumblr and Instagram : https://www.tumblr.com/halite-jones and http://www.instagram.com/insta_halite Contact us on: Gmail: wonderfulworldofdarklords@gmail.com Facebook: @wonderfulworldofdarklords Tumblr: @wonderfulworldofdarklords Patreon: www.patreon.com/WonderfulWorldofDarklords YouTube: @wonderfulworldofdarklord

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  The Wonderful World of Darklords

  Horror Movie Minisode 1: Repo! The Genetic Opera

  —1h 12m

  Welcome to Wonderful World of Darklords! Our generous listeners donated to the Capital Area Food Bank and voted for their horror movie minisode of choice, so here we are with Repo! The Genetic Opera. This was our first time watching it, and we're going through the Rotti Largo highs and the Luigi Largo lows to bring you a splatterpunk gothic dystopia. With uncensored F bombs. You have been warned. Topics discussed include: How to bring your PCs into a movie that, at its heart, is a personal story about a handful of people making their tragic backstory everyone's problem (but then, isn't that Ravenloft in a nutshell?); The possibility of a heroic faction in a movie where pretty much everyone is awful; The gloriously weird and RPG-friendly potential of genetic modifications; An old-school domain we've never talked about on mic before that gives a model for killing Rotti without freeing him from his torment; and more! Timestamps 0:00 Introduction 3:43 The Lord 22:14 The Land 36:58 Dread Possibilities 48:26 Parting thoughts All music recordings are in the public domain (mark 1.0) and are licensed through https://musopen.org : Chopin Nocturne in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No.1 (main theme), performed by Eduardo Vinuela Chopin Etude Op. 25, No. 12 in C Minor: “Ocean” (darklord theme), performed by Edward Neeman Chopin Nocturne in F Minor, Op. 55 No. 1 (land theme), performed by Luke Faulkner Rachmaninoff Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3 - 2. Prélude in C sharp minor (Dread Possibilities), performed by Sergei Rachmaninoff Chopin Nocturne in E Minor, Op. 72 No. 1 (parting thoughts), performed by Luke Faulkner The Wonderful World of Darklords logo was designed by Halite Jones, whom you can find on Tumblr and Instagram : https://www.tumblr.com/halite-jones and http://www.instagram.com/insta_halite Contact us on: Gmail: wonderfulworldofdarklords@gmail.com Facebook: @wonderfulworldofdarklords Tumblr: @wonderfulworldofdarklords Patreon: www.patreon.com/WonderfulWorldofDarklords YouTube: @wonderfulworldofdarklord

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  The Wonderful World of Darklords

  D's Letter to Binx: Yule (abridged, episode 41.5)

  —21 min

  In which D travels home for the holidays. The full episode can be found on Patreon, but we wanted to make this portion of it public to give a sense of the status quo with D's family. Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:55 First Letter ("Despite Yensid's petulant silence on the matter...") 4:38 Second Letter ("There's no feeling quite like that of coming home...") 10:32 Second Letter, continued ("And to my relief and delight, the door was opened...") Content Advisory (details on content advisories can be found on Facebook, Tumblr , and Patreon ) Emotional abuse (major; I'm going to stop calling it "subtext" because it's text by now), psychological torture (major) All music recordings are in the public domain (mark 1.0) and are licensed through https://musopen.org : Granados Twelve Spanish Dances, Op. 37, II. - Oriental (letter to Binx theme), performed by Monica Alianello (public domain mark 1.0) Mozart Piano Sonata No. 11, K. 331, 1. - Andante Grazioso (Poppy's theme), from the European Archive Schumann Scenes from Childhood Op. 15, Movements IV, VII, X, and XII (Max and Dani), performed by Donald Betts Chopin Nocturne in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No.1 (main theme), performed by Eduardo Vinuela The Wonderful World of Darklords logo was designed by Halite Jones, whom you can find on Tumblr and Instagram : https://www.tumblr.com/halite-jones and http://www.instagram.com/insta_halite Contact us on: Gmail: wonderfulworldofdarklords@gmail.com Facebook: @wonderfulworldofdarklords Tumblr: @wonderfulworldofdarklords Patreon: www.patreon.com/WonderfulWorldofDarklords YouTube: @wonderfulworldofdarklord

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  Episode #26

  Episode 26: Wish

  —1h 54mS3

  This is what you give me to work with? Well honey, I've seen worse! We're going to turn this sow's ear Into a silk purse Welcome to Wonderful World of Darklords! In this episode, we're taking a look at a deeply flawed Disney movie whose numerous defects include an underdeveloped villain, an underdeveloped setting, and underdeveloped potential for some light existential horror. Luckily, our raison d'etre is developing villains, settings, and heavy existential horror, so we're here to extract the most wondrous, beautiful parts of this movie and help them come to fruition. Topics discussed include: How to represent removing and/or granting a wish with the mechanics of D&D, other than "I guess Magnifico's giving that one woman a Flying speed;" Some AU timeline shenanigans so you can have a fully evil, post-Act of Ultimate Darkness Magnifico who retains his Act One subtlety; The genre that best matches the plot and themes of Wish, which was a terrible fit for "Disney fairy tale pastiche" but a beautiful fit for a Ravenloft domain; Ideas for working in the evil power couple version of Magnifico and Amaya from the concept art; and more! The full writeup for Rosas is available on DM's Guild: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/493104/The-Kingdom-of-Roses-A-Ravenloft-Domain-of-Dread?affiliate_id=241770 The jungle juice recipe we used for Book Club of Dread is here: https://www.staysnatched.com/jungle-juice-recipe/ Honestly, though, in the spirit of jungle juice, you're probably best off just mixing together whatever juices you have in the fridge and throwing in some alcohol if you want. Also, per a listener request: introducing timestamps! Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 4:32 The Lord 39:05 The Land 59:49 Dread Possibilities 1:23:59 Parting Thoughts 1:50:13 D's Parting Thoughts All music recordings are in the public domain (mark 1.0) and are licensed through https://musopen.org : Chopin Nocturne in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No.1 (main theme), performed by Eduardo Vinuela Chopin Etude Op. 25, No. 12 in C Minor: “Ocean” (darklord theme), performed by Edward Neeman Chopin Nocturne in F Minor, Op. 55 No. 1 (land theme), performed by Luke Faulkner Rachmaninoff Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3 - 2. Prélude in C sharp minor (Dread Possibilities), performed by Sergei Rachmaninoff Chopin Nocturne in E Minor, Op. 72 No. 1 (parting thoughts), performed by Luke Faulkner Dialog for Yensid was written by Azalin Rex himself: http://www.tumblr.com/darklordazalin The Wonderful World of Darklords logo was designed by Halite Jones, whom you can find on Tumblr and Instagram : https://www.tumblr.com/halite-jones and http://www.instagram.com/insta_halite Contact us on: Gmail: wonderfulworldofdarklords@gmail.com Facebook: @wonderfulworldofdarklords Tumblr: @wonderfulworldofdarklords Patreon: www.patreon.com/WonderfulWorldofDarklords YouTube: @wonderfulworldofdarklord

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