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The Subreddit for OSP.

Sarcastic, yet informative, summaries of classic and not-so-classic literature and mythology, as well as major historical events!

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This is a place for any and all humanoids mortals to come and discuss History, literature, and mythology. Recommend topics for future Videos. Complain about the lack of Part V for Journey to the West and all that Stuff!...

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We don't talk about music history all that often. Last episode was a fun change of pace!

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2025/02/01
21:12 UTC

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History Hijinks: Was Antonio Stradivari wasting his time?

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2025/01/31
16:32 UTC

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Has anyone kept a record of Red's bad movie nights? like, saved or transcribed the twitter threads?

I'm asking because they were funny and interesting and I don't want them to be lost when Twitter finishes burning to the ground. If someone has link, I would really appreciate it.

2 Comments
2025/01/31
01:53 UTC

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There’s an entire Subgenre about Sherlock Holmes fighting Cthulhu

22 Comments
2025/01/30
05:36 UTC

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Searching for the soundtrack playing at Lovecraft special: Cool Air

Hey everyone, I'm sure you couldn't wait for yet another music search question! Your wait wasn't in vain, because I would like to know if someone knows the soundtrack that plays during the Cool Air section in the Lovecraft special video, the time stamp is 9:58 - 10:35. With the help of the OSP Soundtrack YouTube playlist (166 tracks) I could already find 3 other tracks from the video that I was searching for, only this one is still missing. There are quite a few videos deleted or set to private by now (13 tracks), so maybe the track is among those? I'd be very thankful for any help, thank you in advance!

Edit: I found it by isolating the background music using vocalremover.org and searching for the song with aha-music.com; the track is Freeza Osorubeki Power from the Dragon Ball Z OST

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2025/01/29
23:25 UTC

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The Anti-Nihilist

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2025/01/29
22:46 UTC

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Lémón

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2025/01/29
17:03 UTC

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Matt Stover ROS

After the detail diatribe about revenge of the sith I wanted to read Stovers novelization, but I'm struggling to find a copy: none of my bookstores or libraries hold it, I need to go to out of my country to find the nearest copy. Archive.org doesnt have a copy available for loan, google books recently made their ebook unavailable. I see amazon has a copy, but ideally i dont want to support a large company like them, especially not Amazon. Do anyone have any tips to where I can get my hands on the book?

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2025/01/28
18:08 UTC

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Necronym

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2025/01/28
00:15 UTC

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IRL, how strong do you think Red actually is?

How buff?

116 Comments
2025/01/27
11:58 UTC

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"A Better World" trope talk?

ive been watching through the justice league and recently got to the episode "A Better World" and remembered that red had talked about it in a trope talk and was interested in watching it again with the added context of having actually seen the episode but i cant remember which trope talk it was in. does anyone here have any ideas?

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2025/01/27
05:11 UTC

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What is your favorite o s p myth video or history video?

3 Comments
2025/01/27
00:30 UTC

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Modern Memes of Antiquity

36 Comments
2025/01/26
19:56 UTC

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Peloponnesian War Video Gone?

I was looking for Blue’s video on the Peloponnesian War but can’t find it at all. I checked the ‘bad history’ unlisted playlist too and nothing. I have memories of watching the video (or maybe another osp video on the same topic??) and found a reference to it at around 0:15 in the Alcabiades video. Can anyone else find the video? Has it been deleted or maybe just blocked in my country?

(Also it has been a while since I watched the video so I might be thinking of another osp video that covered the same topic 😅. If anyone knows if there is another video on the Peloponnesian War pls let me know!)

1 Comment
2025/01/26
09:28 UTC

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Describe the odyssey events as if they were Florida man news letters (using Ithica man instead)

Example: Ithica man stabs guys eye after trying to cook his pet

44 Comments
2025/01/25
22:22 UTC

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In honour of it beings Burns Night, I have a decent suggestion for a video (I think)

Maybe they could cover the life of Robert Burns in a history summarised. I'm not sure if it'd be quite interesting enough, but it'd be nice to see. If you read this post, you're pretty goddamn cool. I don't make the rules, I just make em.

1 Comment
2025/01/25
21:20 UTC

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What if the protagonist of JTTW and Odyssey switch place...

Like the title said,what if Tripitaka and Odysseus switch places? Could both of them complete the mission given to them?

Odysseus goal:to go to Western Heaven

Tripitaka goal:back to Ithaca

Personality stays the same

Scenario 1: their original team also follows them(like Monkey, Pigsy, Sandy and Horse also transfered to Odyssey to assist Tripitaka and vice versa)

Scenario 2: both teams stay the same( only both of them switch places).

(Additional scenario for Tripitaka)

  1. He doesn't anger the gods/Poseidon

  2. He somehow and for some reason blinded Polyphemus (could be accidentally) and make Poseidon angry

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2025/01/25
11:15 UTC

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Very intelligent conversation among my class regarding Medea

I wrote the first part, then someone added the question mark and it devolved from there

34 Comments
2025/01/24
22:52 UTC

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Trope Talk: The Dreaded

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2025/01/24
18:12 UTC

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I feel like more Trope Talks expanding on Redemption arcs would be interesting in today's climate.

I feel like these types of stories are innately controversial because everyone has a different threshold for forgiveness or acceptance of an offending party's reformation efforts. No one person will full agree that XYZ villain/anti-hero has sufficiantly made up for the damages caused. There's also the idea of "deserving redemption" when turning oneself around is a personal choice first and foremost.

Especially now when it seems like the greatest supervillain has taken over the world and we just want a hero to leap off the big screen to at least punch him in the nose. Redemption arcs complicate our feelings on villains we loved to hate. Is it any wonder the Diamonds from Steven Universe still has the fandom polarized?

I just think there's more for Red to chew on.

6 Comments
2025/01/23
23:33 UTC

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I read about the Themistocles chronicles and the obstacles he overcame in articles thanks to my spectacles.

16 Comments
2025/01/23
13:45 UTC

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Which piece of OSP media does red talk about xanatos "pay a man enough" line?

I remember in either a video or a podcast episode red talks about david xanatos saying "pay a man enough and he'll walk barefoot into hell" but idr when/where she says it, anyone know?

5 Comments
2025/01/22
22:15 UTC

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What is your least favorite OSP?Video

I did.What's your favorite a while ago?And now in curious , what's your least favorite?

24 Comments
2025/01/22
22:00 UTC

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If some dofus gets the time machine, in Time Heist 6, and inadvertently causes the inciting incident of Time Heist 1. Which Red and Blue have undo without messing with the original Time Heist story.

20 Comments
2025/01/21
23:29 UTC

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Gold Plated Dionysus Pin

I noticed that this year had some of the gods in gold plated, but not my boy Dionysus! Does anyone know if the gold plated ones kind of rotate or is there any place I could find one?

2 Comments
2025/01/20
20:05 UTC

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Me whenever something bad happens to me.

Next week’s Trope Talk will be about, The Dreaded! 😈

1 Comment
2025/01/20
16:23 UTC

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🤦🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️

1 Comment
2025/01/20
09:16 UTC

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