Nervape Podcast EP08 - Story 4 Friend or Foe w/ Nerdape & Piyo
This podcast is a continuation of our reading of the Nervape Saga with Story 4 - Friend or Foe (https://www.nervape.com/story/4-friend-or-foe).
Tagline: Captured by the Mechanic on a self-driving van, Dev, Cookie, and Chip learned they are part of his unexpected plan. 🦧 🚌 🍄
Writers Nerdape and Piyo join Nervape James again to share insight behind the writing process and characters in this story as well as what they hope readers get out of reading the Nervape Saga.
Read the rest of the Nervape Saga here: https://www.nervape.com/story
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
01:13 Reading of Story 4: Friend or Foe.
13:37 Nerdape and Piyo introduce themselves.
14:34 Who are Mechanics in this world? Is there a real world inspiration for the character Kraft?
17:24 What were the inspirations behind the technology, the items, and the look of the world?
20:05 Cookie talks about his child siblings having to work in the factories. Dev mentions having to work non-stop. Are you trying to comment on toxic work culture or oppression?
24:15 If you were Dev would you also choose to escape the factories? Why or why not?
27:14 The dog is a living lie detector test. So cool. Where did this idea come from?
28:40 The Paopupu mushroom having to be eaten a certain way is hilarious. What inspired this?
30:20 The ape Cookie has pockets?
31:28 Dev and Cookie have starkly different personalities. In your own words, how are Dev and Cookie different? What themes are you both trying to explore with these characters?
33:10 What do you hope audiences/readers get from reading the Nervape Saga?
37:09 Any last thoughts?
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Intro and outro music: “Driving Home” by Noam Zaguri via Artlist.io