#chismo-writes

[noadventurespod]

Do you plan to make any merch?

May I suggest: stickers that like Bea's laptop gem? Or Happy's Business Babe hats?

There are some sticker designs up on TeePublic but I haven't seriously invested into merch because I don't think there are enough people clammoring for merch for me to hire someone to design all of that and I can't do it myself--graphic design is *not* my passion haha.

If ANA suddenly got popular enough that I had a good reason to make merch, Business Babe hat is the literal first thing I'd make.

[noadventurespod]

If it's okay to ask, how old are Sig, Bea and Happy?

I've been listening to this podcast on repeat for weeks and I can't shake off the "burnt out gifted kid" vibes I have from Bea...

First of all, glad you've been enjoying the show :)

Second of all, I actually answered this question recently and I don't mind answering again! They're all roughly in their 20s with Happy being closer to late mid 20s (like 25-27), Sig is solidly in his mid 20s (24-25), and Bea is the youngest (like 22-24).

And when I say that Happy is 25-27 I mean that, if he were a human he'd be 25-27. He's an Abberant One and time doesn't flow linearly in the Abyss so he wouldn't be able to say, "I'm X years old," like a human person would be able to, but socially, by the standards of his people, he's treated like he's in his mid 20s and that's what he looks like. This actually comes up in Season 3.

(To anyone who has watched The Good Place, I think if Happy got to the part where Michael is explaining Jeremy Bearimy, he'd just nod sagely like yeah, makes total sense.)

And I think Bea was def feeling some burnout before she ended up in Solegard. Her doing grad school applications to me feels like it was coming from a place of, "Can I avoid/escape the work force for a long time and defer my student loans?" more than really wanting to go to grad school for computer stuff. But she loves learning and Hexwell gives her a chance to do that in an environment where she doesn't have to worry about debt or rent or the realities of the IRL job market. She does have to worry about the Forest of Death but that's *way* less stressful to her, lol.

[noadventurespod]

Have you always loved fantasy?

Pretty much, yeah! I have been a huge fantasy fan since I was a kid. On my bookshelf, there are tattered copies, of Ella Enchanted, The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe, The Lightning Thief, several Magic Treehouses, the Sisters Grimm, Dealing with Dragons, and lots of other fantasy books. I was also watching Disney movies, American Dragon: Jake Long, Buffy, Bewitched, Merlin, Winx Club and lots of others. I've been really steeped in the fanasy space for basically my entire life!