Not Quite Dead – Details, episodes & analysis

Hey folks! Something a bit different this week. Last year, I got quite a lot of interest in the idea of me talking about my relationship with existing vampire media, queer readings of those vampires, and how those things contributed to the creation of Not Quite Dead. Mild Spoiler Warnings for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Twilight, Dracula, Interview with the Vampire and Underworld. Based Vampirification is me discussing the various pieces of vampire media that set me down the path which would eventually lead to the conception of Not Quite Dead. It involves tenuous leaps, stretched interpretations and deeply personal readings of the texts in question, all informed by many years of academic literary study and not-so-academic vampire brain rot.

Transcript available here: https://hangingslothstudios.com/based-vampirification/

Or here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AZ0aYTVZ9j_FL1OBoNQAlfWUoPsPQxAAKaYqssHe_Ns/edit

If you're intrigued to take a slightly more scholarly jaunt into this subject matter, here are some things which I think make for a great jumping off point. There's a range of things listed here, including a fun video essay, some non-academic articles and an academic paper:

• ‘The trail of blood : queer history through vampire literature’ https://louis.uah.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1220&context=uah-theses
• ‘Vampires Are Us’ https://glreview.org/article/vampires-are-us/
• ‘Closet and Coffins: The Queer-Coded History of Vampires and Representation’ https://ohiofusion.com/closet-and-coffins-the-queer-coded-history-of-vampires-and-representation/
• ‘Vampiric Seduction and Vicissitudes of Masculine Identity in Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ https://www.jstor.org/stable/40347238 
• ‘Twilight’ (a video essay) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqloPw5wp48

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Hi everyone! It’s Eira here, creator of the show and voice of both Alfie and Neige! I’m planning a Season 3 Q&A, and I’m really excited about it. I have some questions left over from the last Q&A which I didn’t get chance to answer last time, and I’m actively seeking out more! You can send your questions using the form you can find at https://hangingslothstudios.com/qna, that’s hangingslothstudios.com/ the letters ‘Q', 'N', 'A’.

You don’t have to put your name on the form, you can just put ‘anon’ or a nickname there if you’d prefer. Please note that it may not be possible for me to answer every question I receive, though I’ll do my best to answer as many as possible. If you have multiple questions, feel free to group them together, or send them separately. There is no upper limit on the number of questions you can ask.

And one more time, you can send your questions from hangingslothstudios.com/qna.

There’s a link in the notes for this episode, too, and it’ll be posted across all social media. Looking forward to answering you!

Live, laugh, bite.

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Alfie becomes the prodigal friend, and suffers the consequences.

Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-33/

Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n2zBBKwiZRk93KuOCOC4k0tjHpuWl2-kFSUY4c_BFrM/

Please bear in mind that this show is a work of horror fiction and frequently places characters in situations which jeopardise their psychological and physical health. This episode contains:

– sudden, loud noises

– profanity

– descriptions of medical injuries

– mishandling bodies of deceased/potentially deceased persons

– descriptions of violence and torture

– descriptions of nonconsensual blood-drinking

– discussion of violent medical abuse and torture, including medical abuse which harmed children

– mentions of IV access points

– mentions of needles/cannula

– audio depiction of a blood draw

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Alfie reaches breaking point and has chosen to take drastic action. Before he solidifies his decision, he reflects on the factors pressing him to make it.

Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-32/

Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tdm6h4PlDSbwGnD_upSbIpgC4CXz8QD0zKw_E086qtg/

Please bear in mind that this show is a work of horror fiction and frequently places characters in situations which jeopardise their psychological and physical health. This episode contains:

– profanity

– descriptions of medical injuries

– mishandling bodies of deceased/potentially deceased persons

– descriptions of violence and torture

– descriptions of nonconsensual blood-drinking

– discussion of violent medical abuse and torture, including medical abuse which harmed children

– mentions of IV access points

– sounds of a character in emotional distress

– implied threat to life and references to intent to end life

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Tensions are mounting between Alfie and Neige as they struggle to resolve their different views of what to do with Casper. It's clear that Neige is holding things back, and though Alfie is pushing for more, Neige always seems to find a way to change the subject... 

Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-31/

Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14dFHgxXSPCvmLZdYsZvo_CEs8ax0s70ZvdJfn1Aa-XE/edit?usp=sharing

Please bear in mind that this show is a work of horror fiction and frequently places characters in situations which jeopardise their psychological and physical health. This episode contains:

– profanity

– depiction and descriptions of injections – vein access, cannulas, blood draws, infusions

– references to implied sex and sexual acts

– descriptions of violence

– depictions of drinking blood

– mentions of violent medical abuse and torture, including vivisection (of vampires)

– sounds of characters in emotional distress

– implications of past physical abuse and trauma

– mentions of violent murder and killing

– scenes with sexual and violent implications

– sounds of medical equipment

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Alfie is making some questionable decisions as he learns more about the mechanics of vampirism.

Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-30/

Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gu1zEWS7gzeI3pH7-fDLN3inQnyM-IdhEn4aJi7in50/

Support us on Patreon to get Early Access to new episodes: https://www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudios

This show is a work of horror fiction frequently places characters in situations which jeopardise their psychological and physical health. In addition, listeners should be aware that this show contains the following throughout:

- profanity

- references to sex

- frequent violence

- traumatic injury

- death, including violent death

- references to medical procedures

- hospital settings

– profanity

– depiction and descriptions of injections – vein access, cannulas, blood draws, infusions

– descriptions of violence and torture (sounds of hitting, gushing blood, squeals of cries)

– depictions of drinking blood – descriptions of violent medical abuse and torture, including vivisection (of vampires)

– sounds of a character in emotional distress

– descriptions of violent murder and killing

– mentions of sex

– sounds of medical equipment

Metal clanging SFX recorded by Jack Locke.

Not Quite Dead is written, performed, and edited by Eira Major, under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License. Live, laugh, bite.

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Some time after the incident at the laboratory, Alfie and Neige continue to investigate what happened to Casper. This time their approach is a little more hands-on.

Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/nqd-29/

Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dF9C3CSC1rwJD1BR4reqmLZnOPWxLV-ClLTTUHasMM8/edit?usp=sharing

Support us on Patreon to get Early Access to new episodes: https://www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudios

This show is a work of horror fiction frequently places characters in situations which jeopardise their psychological and physical health. In addition, listeners should be aware that this show contains the following throughout:

- profanity

- references to sex

- frequent violence

- traumatic injury

- death, including violent death

- references to medical procedures

- hospital settings

– profanity

– descriptions of injuries (broken cheekbones, medical injuries)

– depictions of violence and torture (sounds of hitting, gushing blood, squeals of cries)

– depictions of drinking blood, with sounds – descriptions of violent medical abuse and torture, including vivisection (of vampires)

– depictions of violence (hitting, slapping, breaking bones)

– hyperventilating

– implied threat to life and references to intent to end life

– sounds of medical equipment

– description of a blood draw/blood donation

Not Quite Dead is written, performed, and edited by Eira Major, under a Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License. Featuring a guest performance from Will Cummings. Live, laugh, bite.

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Find out more: https://hangingslothstudios.com/not-quite-dead/

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Join show creator Eira as he answers a selection of questions from you, the weird and wonderful audience of Not Quite Dead! In this first part of the Q&A, Eira will focus on answering questions surrounding the role of vampiric literary traditions in shaping the show, and on the mechanics of the vampires in the world of the show.

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1waUF4AHNft8LOf0y0n5XeA7Do_J2ZZ7t5p5Winy6910/edit?usp=sharing

Want to help make Season Three a reality? Support the show on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudios

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Hello, it’s Eira here, creator of the show, just dropping in very briefly to let you know that I’m currently accruing questions for a Q&A episode! You can ask anything you like about the show, my creative process, or basically anything that pops into your head in relation to the show! I’ve had a bunch of really cool questions already and it’s been so fun to start assembling the responses to them, so thank you so much for all of the questions I’ve had so far! If you’ve got a biting question of your own and you fancy a big juicy answer to it, go to https://hangingslothstudios.com/qna, like literally the letters ‘q’ for ‘queen’, ‘n’ for ‘nobody’ and ‘a’ for ‘android’. I’m so excited to hear what you want to know about the show and I’m honestly really relishing the opportunity to just talk about it incessantly, it’s so much fun. Remember to go to https://hangingslothstudios.com/qna to ask your questions! The inbox will only be open until midnight UK time on the 15th of December, which is the Friday of the week this trailer is going out. Hope to see you in there. Bye!

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