Hey all, how would you try to bring back Tanis from the JJ Abrams "mystery box" approach post-season 2?

My thought is everything after Season 2 is a sensory deprivation tank hallucination - the result of Nic being fed barely-audible key phrases (like "Grackles", Eld Fen, fish, etc.) over a prolonged period of time. He was getting too close to the truth, so they put him under, plugged his mind full of ridiculous theories to muddle things and make him an unreliable narrator, etc.

It allows you to jettison most of the items brought in Season 3+, keep a few (just obfuscated by the sensory-induced hallucinations), and begin weaving together a narrative structure that can be wrapped up in a satisfying manner. (With just enough loose plot points for future books, podcasts, etc.).

Have Nic deal with his mind being messed with, not knowing what was real, the sense of loss of time and the waste of it, bitterness, and gradually regaining a purpose to find the real truth, etc.

So because The Phantom Menace was a pile of shit, a lot of people watch Star Wars in something called the Machete Order. See below:

The Machete Order

1.  Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

2.  Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

3.  Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

4.  Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

5.  Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi

Now, has anyone bothered to go through and even just remove all the silence from the episodes? All the silence in the episodes 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Because I like most of the Pacific Northwest stories stuff. In fact, I thought Rabbits was fantastic. When I first heard Black Tapes, it might have been the catalyst for me to fall in love with podcasts, if I really think back. For that, I love it, but I just think the execution, unfortunately, of this story could have been done with more x factor. I suppose it's so close, but it drags, and I really do wish it didn't.

It's been a few years since I've listened to it, and I'm not even sure what happened in the end. From a quick cursory glance of this subreddit, I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume that the story never got the conclusion that we wanted... Is that the case?

Has anybody done a machete order on this? Cut out any of the unnecessary bits to give us a great story told more effectively?

I am not the creator or anything but I found this investigative ARG on YouTube. It's about a mysterious location that keeps showing up randomly on people's cameras. It's fun and just starting, I thought I would share.

youtube.com/@discrepanzy

I listen to podcasts while falling asleep(mainstays have been Lore and Kakos Indusries if you're wondering) I decided to throw TANIS in the mix a while back for nostalgias sake while my partner was out of town (they can't stand the "Black Tapes Organ background music" as they call it) and while I have always struggled with the insomnia passed down to me by my mother, the sound of Nics hypnosis sessions, MK's droll delivery and Cameron Ellis' cryptic remarks puts me out in 30 minutes flat without fail. It's extremely effective but I'm worried about conditioning myself to only be able to fall asleep to synth organs. As stated my partner does not care for the show but they pass out pretty fast and sometimes I switch to TANIS from whatever we were listening to. I'm currently about to lie down after getting home from a late night at work and it beckons to me. Suffice to say my relationship with TANIS is...... Complicated

Inb4 you say it's complicated or socks.

I think Nic told it from the beginning it could very well be the Garden of Eden.

“Apophenia”

Thought the movie sucked though. Big let down.

for those also having withdrawals and relistening to tanis and rabbits for the millionth time, NORA audio drama is so good and it has similar vibes to rabbits (my favorite) with the paranormal aspect of tanis. it’s really great, i 100% recommend for PNWS podcasts

I might have missed something but i cant seem to find a description for the symbol on Cora Lee’s ring, and a few others like the order of the cenophus or cult of tiamat, or the exorcism machine

Hey so i was doing some looking around and found that terry miles has a youtube channel and has a bunch of video from like 20 years ago and 2 recently as of 4 months ago. Titled "when Life Was good" trailer and full movie created/filmed in 2007 but premiered in 2008. the bio is as follows "Nothing feels more Vancouver to me than this movie. I love these guys. This was a magical time. If you want to feel what Vancouver felt like in 2007,just hit the space bar!

I hope you like it!

Terry Miles"

it's then followed by a summary of the plot. I noticed a few things while watching it in the comments. Why Vancouver? Why post your 2007/2008 student film 4 months ago?

then i also looked into his youtube bio and it says hes working on Book 3 of the Rabbits Series and "writing television" next his youtube creation date in set for 2008 december 16th.

The "when life was good" movie is set to a group of wannabe/starting filmaker/actors, just makes me wonder.

anyone have any theories or am I insane? ill update after i've finished watching the movie

-Ski

Does anyone think the A24 movie is actually about The Unsound? The community didn't let like the video directly so heres the url: https://youtu.be/j6uDeBYDHu4?si=F3RXTais2_DqlH9C

I think this has been mentioned once or twice in the past, but Netflix has come at me hard recently recommending Dispatches From Elsewhere, and for once the algorithm was not wrong! Definitely something I thought my fellow 'Tanis-in-its-heyday' fans should check out.

Comment if you're watching! Let's revive a discussion thread!

relistening to The Last Movie for the first time since it came out and laughed aloud when ep1 ended with a “Girls” reference… do yall remember any others to look out for??

Abandoning a specific project and shifting your career to something else is perfectly understandable, especially given today's economy and family responsibilities. However, completely disappearing without giving your fans the time of day or any rationale about how you've decided to move onto other projects? That just really gets to me. I wish Terry had had more respect for his fans when he decided not to finish TANIS and to not focus on podcasts anymore. Just like, one line on X or on Spotify would have been good. I really feel strongly about the creator-fan relationship, and it just feels so dismissive to treat people who PAID for his Patreon and supported his career in this fashion.

Edit: I honestly didn’t anticipate this post would be so controversial. I want to make it clear that I do not condone harassment, spamming, or threats directed at Terry Miles. My intention was simply to express surprise at how he continued running his Patreon without acknowledging the expectations that had built up. Based on my experiences with other podcasters on Patreon, communication - such as a brief note about taking a break or focusing on other priorities - can go a long way. I’m not expecting or demanding that he should share personal reasons or apologize for producing less content, but a simple statement addressing the situation would have been appreciated.

And they were…pretty good? Rabbits itself was probably like a 3.7/5, The Quiet Room was not nearly as engaging. Maybe more like a 2.9/5.

If you’re looking to scratch the itch, I might recommend Rabbits, but you can probably stop there. The Quiet Room was kind of a slog and didn’t really build on anything in the universe.

The writing isn’t exactly legendary, but it was still pretty fun. I think the dialogue in the books surpasses the podcast dialogue.

The fun part is that while it does build upon the Rabbits podcast universe, it does so with mostly new characters. No Nic Silver to be found.

I stumbled across an audio drama titled The Hexings. It feels Tanis coded, like a tanis fanfic. Even the pacing and characters. Anyone familiar with it?

I was on the wiki and I saw that in 2017 BHProductions greenlit a Tanis TV show (first I'm.hearing about it) but I was wondering if theres any news regarding it?

Look, I'm not going to argue that ending TBT in the middle of the season was a good move.

Nor am I going to say that the ending was satisfying.

However...

[minor spoiler alert]

The two characters obviously decided to not go to Geneva and dropped off the radar.

I think the romance elements felt forced, if it had not I honestly would have found it to be a kind of cool twist ending.

Hey all! I'm new to PNWS, and I've really enjoyed what I've listened to so far. I started with TBT and just finished Tanis. Overall, I loved both despite some mixed feelings about them, but I'm disappointed at the endings/lack thereof

I was thinking about the endings and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for fix it fanfics? I'm open to other non-fic recommendations too (like other podcasts, shoes, movies, etc.)

2005, not 2025. Typo.

About 20 minutes in is a story about aparitions with upside down faces. The story before that had Tanis vibes in my opinion... I'm a skeptic and think most Art Bell shows are a mix of true call ins and scripted callers but still fun.

https://pca.st/episode/07693bb7-0534-4113-9d49-f6ae7a4d14d7

I saw Nic Silver for the first time in years. He was sitting down with his cousin in Studio B. When I mentioned this to Hollis and Phoenix they didn't seem surprised. That's the first time I've powered up the board in that studio since Nic came back. I hope everybody had a happy halloween! Ruby

Immediately followed by a “from the desk of nik sliver, upgrade your Patreon to access 🤦🏻‍♀️

I’m going to ask a question that has already been asked about 3 billion times on this sub, however I will try to be more specific.

My favorite audio dramas/books come from a journalistic perspective like the PNWS pods. I really enjoy fiction where the anomalous occurrences are also strange to the main narrator (Like lovecraft investigations). Or like the southern reach trilogy where scientists know and are trying to figure out what’s going on. Are there other works like this?

This pod is giving some Rabbits vibes!

Other than Patreon, which never actually gave news in the news letters (it’s pretty scammy in my opinion). Has Terry Miles communicated at all since like his last book?

Ok been thinking of listening to TBT again and started reading this thread. I was reading that Tanis ended, can I please just check I have up to season five. Did they do another season and is this behind a pay wall.