Inside Light’s Monarch Podcast | Guest Interview

What is up BBB Army, welcome back to our channel BBB Army Hearts of Hearts, I'm Ruth.

What up it's a little Nikki.

I'm Casey.

Nice to meet you.

Yes, hi guys.

And we have a wonderful guest with us today in today's episode.

We have our awesome friend here from the Army, Casey for right here.

So, welcome Casey guys.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Yes, thank you.

Thank you so much for coming on.

First of all, we appreciate it and we are excited to talk to you and I get to know you

more and obviously about your podcast.

Of course, thanks for having me.

I really appreciate it.

So for people who are just listening or tuning in, can you describe your podcast real quickly?

Yes, of course.

My podcast, I just kind of ramble, yeah, if you will, about some of my favorite things,

passions that I have, mostly regarding music, but I tend to go into sports or video games

and stuff like that too.

Big, big topic has been Black Fail especially recently because they're new Vindicate album,

you know, that right around the corner.

So yeah, it's nice to be able to have an outlet to be able to just share a passion and

have other people, you know, share and said passion to that we will just dive on into

the question.

So our very first question is, what inspired you to start your podcast that, you know,

centers around music as recently as you said, BVB and like other things from the pop culture

universe and stuff?

Well, luckily I wrote down some, so I wasn't completely lost, but to be honest, like my

inspiration to start the podcast up was kind of from the basement yard, Joe Sanagano,

it's a different podcast.

More of a comedy podcast, I don't know if anyone knows, I'm sure they're pretty big,

but when he first started, I kind of watched at the beginning and it really inspired me

to be just wanting to give it a shot since I figured it would be the easiest to just kind

of get into the world of creating or just content, I guess, of some sort, but always been

very shy, kind of nervous and it was a good push to get started.

And the whole like reason it's kind of centered around these things is because it is my passion.

I have so much inspiration from especially Blackfield Rides to like 21 pilots and other

artists, all the ones that have been very inspirational to me.

And because of that, I wanted to share it and be able to get more comfortable just in

front of not only like a camera, but my voice and not, you know, not overthink things.

Hopefully that answered the question, I kind of rambled, but my bad.

Are you good?

I know.

Answers it perfectly.

Actually, how do you balance fan content with broader pop culture conversations?

I haven't found the greatest balance yet because to be honest, I haven't, I guess I haven't

wanted to come off to disingenuous or unauthentic when it comes down to what I like.

So I try my best to try to have some sort of balance, but I haven't found the perfect

kind of balance yet.

Still working progress to say the least.

Hey, we've been there.

It's all about trial and error.

We get it completely.

What has been your most rewarding part of hosting your like or starting your podcast so

far?

So far with starting the podcast, the most like rewarding part I could honestly say is

just being able to feel more confident, the growth that I've personally seen within

myself and being able to share some of myself with the community that I've always kind of

watched more so from afar, especially with Blackvail or other fandoms.

So just never felt worthy of that in some sense.

So being able to feel more worthy and more comfortable, more confident.

It's really been the biggest thing that has come from making my podcast.

And I mean, now I get to talk to you guys.

So that's awesome.

I hope that something like that continues because it's just a lot of fun to just share.

And you know, life's too short.

So why not?

See, I totally understand like the challenge of wanting to like be yourself and growing

the podcast and everything because I feel like that me personally, I can't speak for

Ruth, but like, I am a huge introvert.

So even though we've done this for four years, I feel like I'm still like sheltering myself

and haven't fully let myself come out.

So I feel you on that.

I'm definitely trying as well.

Glad to know I'm not alone.

Yeah, 100% no.

I mean, I'm her BFF.

So I see a different side of her.

You say it offside.

I see the Grimlin Nicole as the spaces, but just from like, I do listen to your podcast

when you do upload and I just have to say like, I don't know if this is a weird thing

to say, but your voice is a very good podcast voice.

I'm just like, thank you.

I appreciate that.

I listened to a lot when I'm at work prepping and stuff.

I'm like, okay, I could dig this.

I like his voice.

So almost it's very calming soothing.

Yeah.

Thank you.

I've actually gotten that from a couple people that I know personally, not so much like

through the podcast, but just saying like, you know, you have a voice for that or like

you do.

Listening to you just kind of, yeah, relaxing calming and it's always nice to hear.

So thank you.

So where do you see your podcast going within the next year?

In the next year is a little bit tough because honestly, I'd love to see my podcast get

to the point where like I can have more of these kinds of conversations with people,

be it other fans or just fans of myself if that ever comes to be, but the biggest thing

would be able to talk to the people that have inspired me and kind of pick their brains

of like what got that under start and maybe some other personal questions haven't really

dived super deep in it, but I know that's not super realistic for just a year.

I guess it could be, but just more growth being able to make the podcast shine more than

it has and put more effort into it.

So I'm hoping that it can grow, of course, long story short, but it would be awesome to

get to the point where I can talk to all of these artists that really inspired me and

have been a very big focal point of my life with their own art.

So I think it's safe to say that maybe I could be wrong on this, but is one of like the

first artists hoping to have on Blackwell Brides, of course.

That would be insane.

They've they've been my favorite, like they're really what shot me into having a passion

for music.

So realistically, like growing up completely different, like I grew up with country music.

And so it's very different vibe, but once I found Blackvale myself, it just opened up

the gate of so much, and that's really what just ignited it, so they would be a wicked

first guest, you know.

Well, that says a good way to transition, like, how did you discover Blackwell Brides

that?

Oh, boy.

Kind of in a sketchy way, not going to lie, and I say that I don't know if you know

what Omega was.

Oh my God.

Oh my God.

Oh my God.

Wow.

So I haven't heard that word in a few.

It's been a minute.

Yes, which nobody should ever hear those words, but it's fine.

Yeah, I found it through Omega.

I think I remember it was like the summer of 2014, just, you know, going through school

in summer break anyways.

And I ended up going on Omega and typing in just Canada, because I didn't have a webcam

on my laptop, so I just had to be the chat function of it.

Yeah, within doing that, I met somebody that is vaguely like far away, went a peg to

Alberta, very vast difference or distance rather, but yeah, no, it kind of went from there

as some random person that we ended up giving each other our kicks.

If that is familiar, K-I-K kick, like a little messaging app, but regardless, yeah, I know

you're talking about.

Yeah.

So she video-chatted me on Skype, throwing out all these old things that are probably dead.

God, what has been taken off?

Wow.

Wow.

You're even all the old.

Aging myself, my bad.

That's why I'm not that old, but, um, yeah, no, it's, uh, we video-chatted and she showed

me some of her favorite bands and one being a Venge 7 Fold, which I hadn't experienced

before, but the main one and her favorite was Black Vale.

And I was curious to see what they were about, because again, brand new to this world of

rock and roll music pretty much, and aside from what my parents showed me, that was more

classic rock than anything like this, but, uh, yeah, had me on video chat and got me to

watch the perfect weapon music video.

So that was my first experience with finding Black Vale and the outcasts intro of, like,

Andy's grandfather into the big scream, um, and all the leather and studs, of course, can't

forget that very integral and makeup.

But yeah, it was such a vastly different world for me that when I first heard it, I was

like, that was a lot.

That was such like an eye opening, like, whoa, um, because I do come from small town, very

rural, um, close-minded area, unfortunately, um, glad I'm not kind of in that anymore.

I've found myself and grown, but, uh, when it comes to Black Vale, I didn't actually like

their song when I first heard it, like, I didn't love it.

Um, it wasn't until, like, a couple days after, maybe a week that something was in my brain

and I'm like, what was that song?

What was that band?

I need to just experience it again.

And, uh, I went through YouTube history, found it, and yeah, rest was history, because

from that moment on, I was like, well, I don't know what I was thinking.

This is great.

And it just kind of snowballed from there completely.

Yeah.

I'll just say, we've all been there.

I feel like with bands where you listen to a song and you're like, nope.

But then you're just like, wait a minute.

Everyone's talking about them.

I'm seeing more things.

So you go back and listen and you're like, yeah, why did I not like this song or why

did I not like this band?

100%.

I mean, that was me.

Especially blackmail.

Yeah.

Oh, that was just me with knives and pens.

It was like my, one of my high school boyfriend was like pushing rock with me because I wasn't

really into it.

Like, I need like the classics, but not like all, like, I've been 7 fold bullet for my

valentine.

Uh, obviously my chemical romance and stuff.

Oh.

So like, he was like throwing all these bands and I'm like, no, no, no, no.

And then he finally posted the knives and pens music video on Facebook.

And I'm like, okay, I'll click it.

It's just that he doesn't annoy me at school.

Oh, yeah, the rest of the story, as he said, as it should be, blackmail is definitely

worth it.

Well, and I have to say out of everyone that we've had on to share, you know, their story

of how they discovered black for brides, yours is probably my favorite because while most

people are always like, it's always like with friends or they discovered on their own.

But I love that yours was long distance and the fact that you brought up all the nostalgia

and music ways.

Like, okay, you keep calling it Omega, I call it Omega.

I was like, oh, oh, Meg, oh, Meg, oh, Meg, oh, yeah.

So now I must know what is your like all-time favorite blackmail bread song?

This, I was actually trying to think of it because it's so hard to just pick one.

One that I always find myself going back to for personal reasons, for how much it just

kind of inspired me and helped me from blackmail bread would be lost at all, which I

know is very popular amongst a lot of fans.

It's hard to pick just one, but I'd have to say if it was like desert island kind of thing,

you only get one song, I guess it would have to be that one just because of how much it

has truly inspired me and to get, to be able to see that live, which I did once, absolutely

insane.

I was a mess.

Like so much a mess, my buddy that came with me, he took my phone and he's there, let me

record it because I was just, I was shaking, I was like, I can't.

Perfect for a song.

I was saying perfect for a desert island song because you'll need that inspiration to

get off the island.

100%.

100%.

I mean, it might be better to get one that like tells you how to make a raft, I love songs

like that exist.

Okay, that's fair.

That is fair.

Okay, so we did songs and now let's go into albums, which one is your favorite album so

far?

We can't say Vindicate right now because it's not fully released.

Yes.

Well, my favorite work of theirs isn't necessarily an album, but if I had to pick an album,

I will say it has been since it came out, which isn't necessarily the most common one

to hear, but Black Fail Bride's self title, like the BVB4.

Yes, love that, yes.

But for my favorite work they've ever done, definitely the Morning EP, that like start

to finish.

I know it's only four songs, which sucks.

I wish we could have gotten more if like the Phantom Tomorrow 2 didn't get canned and

all that nonsense was seen, but what we got was fantastic, and in my opinion, the best

work they've ever put out until maybe this coming album, we'll see, of these singles

have been very good, but I just love the vibe of the songs on the morning, like they're

very emotional and kind of very specific in the sense, ones that I really resonated

with.

I would say you could totally say the EP is like your favorite album, like these albums,

they're just like short albums, like yeah, like they have, just wish there was more.

I know.

I feel the same with the Knights, that's just me though, I don't know, and they've only

had two songs.

That's only a duolage, what happened to those?

Where did those go?

I don't know, the purple era.

It was short, but it was welcome, and it made it.

Oh yeah, I remember when those music videos dropped, I was like what, or at least like

for a saint of the blood, sitting on my floor just perched up, friends all around me,

like we have to watch this.

Safe to say Vindicate is going to replace all of that, so for I think all of us, I mean,

come on.

We'll see.

Might replace mine.

I think it's very much going to be just their most like authentic selves, like that's

what it's been so far.

So.

Oh yeah.

Oh my God.

Oh, those lucky ducklings for the listening party in LA in the 20s.

Right.

I'm just like, it's the exhibition with Richard Villa, and I'm sure Richard Villa is going

to have some works that he's so jealous.

Like some artwork we haven't seen for this era kind of thing, like I swear to God,

if that is that I'm just going to, yeah, okay, well, maybe different concepts for what

Vindicate's album was going to look like, like, because I'm sure they had to pick through,

like they had to sit through them, right?

I don't know if I want more artwork of his beautiful The Bride that's on Vindicate.

I just like, I want more of that.

Yes.

Because she's sick, like absolutely wicked.

So what has been your favorite memory when it comes to Blackville Brides?

My favorite memory.

I would have to say probably seeing them live for the first time, like obviously there's

a lot that they've done for me in my life or at least helped me push through.

But being able to see them live for the first time is the Trinity of Terror Tour.

Unfortunately, I didn't get to see them anytime sooner because the time that they did

come by was the Black Mass Tour.

Was it the first leg of the Trinity of Terror?

I can't remember the tour.

Okay.

With Lilizar, Einstein Kills, Motionless and Blackville, of course.

Yeah.

The first time seeing them, I got to go to both shows that were near enough.

One was like six and a half hours away, but that's fine.

I got to see both of them and just the actual memories of being able to make it to the

barricade and have a moment with the band members.

I know people always say, oh, you know, he made eye contact with me or whatever, but like

having that and actually like singing along with an artist like Andy or singing along,

even like Jake looking down and just like, you know, hell yeah, those moments are so

impactful for someone that's looked up to these people for so long.

And I know they're just obviously regular dudes, but with their art, like it just has meant

so much to me that it's just been amazing to be able to re-experience that in a live setting

from that moment and forward, like even into the tour they did with VV.

Well, I hope you get to experience a lot more Blackville Brad concerts and hopefully maybe even get

VIP.

Yes, I have gotten VIP before.

Yeah.

So I've met them and actually my first time meeting Andy was the homecoming tour curtain call

for Andy Black.

Oh, yeah.

Okay.

How was that experience?

It was amazing though I was incredibly nervous.

I was a lot younger than I am now.

I think I was maybe just 18, maybe 17.

But when I got to meet him, I was I think third or fourth in line and I walked up to him

and just kind of froze and was like, oh my god, you're real.

And he showed his hand out, sure, I'm shook it, how you doing, you know?

So that was a really surreal moment.

And it's one that I look back on and just kind of talk about because of how silly it sounds.

But since then, you have been able to meet them at least a couple of times and every time

is worth it.

I always make sure to do it at least once for one of the shows that I'm able to go to.

So are they by chance going out near you for this or unfortunately not they need to come

to Alberta because I think they're just going to the classic Canada, which is like Toronto

and Montreal.

Yeah.

We have another friend who lives in Canada too and so she experienced the same pain.

Like they're coming here, but I'm over here or so.

I'm so sorry.

I hope that they do like another, I guess I know they're doing like a European tour and all of that,

but hopefully they do like another Canada tour, Canada tour yet and go up for you, like your area.

Yeah.

That would be sweet.

I'm hoping for it, but I'm not going to like, not going to cry over it, you know?

Obviously if they come here, that'll be amazing.

I'll be sure to go and, but if they don't, I'll still enjoy it through the, you know,

TikTok or YouTube or whatever, people that are in the fandom posting videos and stuff.

So at least I'm not missing out completely.

Yeah.

Okay.

So how has Blackville Brides impacted your life?

We know that this can be a deep question, so feel free to share with how much you want

to.

Yeah.

It is a very deep question, a loaded question, but Blackvale has impacted my life or the

better in every way.

As I mentioned, when I first found them, I didn't really have much of a passion for music.

Aside from like, I like to sing, which was always something that I would do in the vehicles

going to and from places, but with Blackvale Brides and showing me this kind of new world

of expression and not just the music itself, but the conversations outside of it, especially

with how introspective Andy would always be and, you know, kind of talking for the outcasts,

which is kind of, you know, how I felt being where I grew up and whatnot and it was something

that I just can't help but be thankful for with their art and their music.

Truly, their art has helped me through a lot.

Definitely have had my fair share of mental health struggles all throughout life and their

music has really been the focal point.

I know I have a lot of other bands like on my podcast, they'll talk about that have

helped me all the same, but again, with Blackvale being the first and the most prominent

and with Andy and the rest of the band members kind of becoming my personal heroes to an

extent, especially when I was in that young age, growing up in such a time.

It was definitely something that I can't be anything but thankful for and I'm so glad

that I'm still able to be hearing them because I know that they've had their fair share

of time where they almost weren't a band anymore or I'm sure they'd all still do music

to some extent, but when they're together is when they really create these pieces of art

that really just speak more to me than much other music does, from many different aspects

and just being able to feel not alone and have kind of a community be it through the

BVB Army or just with one-on-one with the music, it's very important and it has impacted

me incredibly throughout my entire life.

I hope that it still does because it's actually pushed me to create myself and I mean, again,

that's why I started with this podcast to try to get more comfortable with everything.

So I just want to real quick say, I'm really happy to hear how they've impacted your life

because I can 100% relate to your experience of not having a passion for music before

finding Blackvow Brides.

I have not met another fan that has shared that same experience as me, so it's really

nice to meet a fellow member in the BVB Army who has experienced that same thing and

I just want to point out, I also grew up in rural redneck country, so I completely understand

like the sticking out like a sore thumb and having everyone stare at you, so I just love

your answer.

I can 100% relate to you on everything.

Thank you.

Thank you for that.

I will say this again, I think you were that very beautifully about because I know other

fans feel the same way, a lot of fans do have their challenging ways with mental health

issues too, like we do too and stuff, so I think how you just word that is just beautifully

done.

Thank you.

Yeah, they've always been such like, I don't know, like a voice for everybody that feels

so kind of out of place in life, and I love that they've never lost that because it's

authentic.

It's actually how they feel, and it shows through everything that they do.

For me, it's every time that I read about it or just listen to new music or even at times

when I do get a chance on Patreon, watch The Andy Show, I'm so behind, it's bad, but

I'm just like, it's almost like an escape route, another gateway, just to escape reality,

honestly.

I'm tired of being an adult, sometimes I just wanted to escape being an adult.

Tell me about it, yes.

I don't make this back, I know.

So how has your experience been with the BBB Army?

It's been good.

I haven't really had any bad experiences by any means.

I haven't had many to say the least, usually when I would kind of go into it, it would be

more so through the Blackvale Facebook, when that was first kind of created the fan page

on Facebook.

Yeah.

Because that was a part of that right away, and I don't know if anyone remembers, but they

used to have like cards, like BBB Army cards.

I don't have any on me, I don't know where they went, but I vividly remember begging my

mom for one of those.

But yeah, the BBB Army, I gotta say, it's been, it's been good, because just searching

through this stuff, seeing again how creative everyone is, like the ones that do feel comfortable

to share, and even the ones that just might not feel fully comfortable, but they put it

out there anyways.

That's always been, again, inspiring that this art has inspired them to do so, and it's

nice.

It's nice to have a community that, yes, every single community might have its toxic

parts or moments, but overall, I haven't seen much of it, and I haven't ever partaken

in any of it.

So, it's been a good, it's been a good time, so I'm happy to be a part of the BBB Army

and have been for, I guess since the last summer of 2014 when I first found them, so.

It's a good part about social platforms now, because even if you're not a part of like

the BBB Army group itself, if you just put yourself out there and you post something about

Blackvale Brides, the fans, they flooded.

Thank you.

Oh yeah.

Oh yeah.

One member in the army who always finds people, and I'm sure you have an idea who I'm talking

about.

I think I know exactly who you're talking about, yeah.

Chris Beersack, I mean, like, honestly, if I'm going to be forward, it wasn't in, it

was Chris who actually told us about your podcast and stuff, like he mentioned it and

stuff, he can't mention it, so I'm like, you know what, okay, I'm going to sit down,

look up this, okay, I like this podcast, okay, continue on, let me see your point of

view of this stuff of Blackvale Brides, so.

Awesome.

Well, yes, of course, thank you Chris, I'm sure he's watching, so hopefully he's having

a good day.

But, yeah, he is most certainly the, as much as I would like to say, I love Blackvale,

but he loves them.

Obviously, Andy is a big focal point of why, but yeah, he's been somebody that always,

I see, I follow him, so that's how I see a lot of the BBB Army stuff, right, because

he shares pretty much everything.

So.

Oh, yeah, if you have a question, ask him, he probably knows, probably, yeah, he's their

number one fan.

Oh, yeah, out of curiosity, I mean, because like for at least Nicole and I, it was a kind

of like a surreal moment when we discover, oh, that is actually Chris Beersack talking

to us.

Like when he discovered you, did you have to double take it like, wait, is this actually

Chris Beersack, like Andy's dad?

100% yes, just to be straight up honest about it, because I was like, wait, I remember,

because I followed him, obviously, I was like, is this actually his comment?

Like, I think I've first seen it on YouTube since I have posts up there and yeah, it

definitely was a surreal moment to get that and then to subsequently like have him comment

and actually partake in like, if I didn't know something fully, he would give that information

and you know, push for me to even talk to you guys, like he's, you gotta get on the

podcast.

So of course, I'm glad to finally be here, because it has been a while, and I think like

maybe half a year or so since we first ever like got in touch, but long time coming,

here we are.

I did it Chris.

I know.

Now, you know, I can't lie, I would love to see Chris come on your podcast.

Oh, yes.

Yes.

Yes.

And actually something that he mentioned once, I haven't really brought it up because

I don't want to be pushed here anything, but he did mention that we have, he doesn't

mind.

He doesn't mind.

Keep that in mind.

If he's such a sweetheart, and if it does happen, I'm excited for you.

So.

Thank you.

I hope so.

And it probably will to be honest, he listens to me every week.

So at least that's what he says.

So of course, probably more chance that he does than not.

Look forward to it.

This is just kind of like a, I guess our last question.

So our last question is honestly, if you have any questions for us, does not have to

be BBB relate at whatsoever.

Well, I was trying to think of something.

And I guess my mind kind of just kept going to with doing the BBB Army Heart Starts.

I was just kind of curious what, how that has impacted your own personal lives and

like what, what you're most proud of from it.

For me, well, obviously long story short, if you do not know this, we started at

this podcast four years ago, it was Papa Chris's idea he reached out to me and then he also

reached out to Nicole and we just kind of planted and stuff.

Honestly, I've told Nicole this and I told all their close friends is like this podcast.

I look forward to every week because it is like a therapy for me because life in the world

right now in the United States is kind of crazy and stuff, which I don't want to deal with

or look at the news.

So I look forward to this and just again about the passion and stuff because I feel like

all BBB fans are kind of like, where are the only ones in our little small town or city

that likes black flowbrides and stuff and actually there's so many fans out there.

So to have my friend Nicole and I just talk about non-stop black flowbrides, it's like

really cool because I have someone to talk about that and like push the amazing news

to other fans who may not know about them or didn't know these little details and also

it has saved me a lot from my mental issues, mental health and stuff because like there

have been times where I was very low in my life and this was a good distraction to just

kind of distract my brain and stuff and I mean, I think it has helped me with my self-confidence

a lot because I was a bit of an introvert here and there and so I didn't really want to

talk even though I'm a teacher, which is weird.

So it's just like, I don't know, it was just really cool and then the fact that I can

actually talk to these amazing guests we have on, like for example Andy, yeah, words

actually came out of my mouth when I talked to him so I think that was like one of the

coolest things to just like being seen all these bring the army closer to how I'm showing

the army like, you know, we're here, this is a safe heaven, let's just like talk about

BVB, we need to talk about theories or like concepts or anything, let's do it.

I think for me, it's kind of relatively the same like I've always wanted to just have

I always want to talk about BVB all the time in high school, I didn't have any friends

that liked BVB, it was just my husband.

So we would discuss BVB things, but you know, sometimes you kind of want to be able to

get like an outsider opinion, someone who might not be so close to you or whatnot.

So it was kind of one of those things to be able to have a platform where we can discuss

BVB and we can connect with other people, I think was just absolutely meaningful to

me and it's impacted me in ways where I am still hugely introverted.

So it definitely takes me outside my comfort zone where I talk to, you know, special guests

such as yourself that comes on and I am super nervous because I don't, I'm socially

awkward, I don't do well talking with other people.

So I don't need to roast my best friend and I still struggle to form words with her

because I'm like, oh gosh, she's gonna think I'm stupid for saying this.

And it's really all just anxiety in my head.

So this every, it's like a, a weekly challenge for me every single weekend where it's okay.

Can I be much better than I was last weekend?

I think I always fail, but I don't need to do not, I always say this and I'm like, maybe

it's just me, but I'm like, yeah, I'm too hard on harsh, yes, everyone's a little harsh

school.

Yeah, that's very true.

Exactly.

I love your answers.

Thank you.

Yeah, real quick.

Really weird side note, but I wanted to know like the inspiration behind the name lights

monarch.

Ah, um, so it's actually not anything to do with Black Vale.

It, um, I don't know, are you guys familiar with something called Kingdom Hearts?

It's a video.

Oh my God.

Yes.

Yep.

My best friends in kindergarten is a, that's what that game.

As they should be, um, yeah, Kingdom Hearts is one of my absolute favorite things.

Like if I had a tier list, it'd be up there with Black Vale and music in general for how

much it has inspired me as well with its story and everything, but not to go on a tangent

about Kingdom Hearts, not the place or time, but for lights monarch specifically, there

was a video game on, or a mobile game, uh, called Unchained Key, Union Cross Dark Road

is what, what it was eventually rebranded to, but within that game, you're able to have

a faction and your own little party for your friends.

And I made my own and as you level up and gain, um, you know, progress through the story,

you unlock these title cards and you're able to have two of them.

So eventually, I was just trying to find one that I liked and the first one was lights

and the other one was monarch and that's kind of, from that point, I'm like, damn, I like

that.

And it just stuck so much like right in my brain that it's, it's been something that's

kind of evolved from just a Kingdom Hearts thing to where like, I have concepts of like

a storyline behind what lights monarch is and like all these things that are just brewing

in my brain, uh, with the name, but that's kind of what originally brought it to be or

else I probably wouldn't have thought of it.

And just wow.

I love that.

So I would say Kingdom Hearts is definitely like a childhood video game for you for sure.

Oh, yeah.

Favorite video game from a kid.

It wasn't my first ever that one has to go to like Pokemon yellow, but, um, yeah,

Kingdom Hearts though is most certainly one that I grew up playing Kingdom Hearts 2 was

the first one I ever tried.

Yeah.

Well, cool.

Yeah.

It's one of those.

You have to definitely be like a huge Kingdom Hearts fan to get the reference, right?

Well, now I'm going to call my BFF and ask him about this and stuff.

Which I'm pretty sure he knows already.

So, okay.

I do have kind of like a bonus silly question for you.

Okay.

I definitely ask all special guests this question and oh my god, I know what you're asking

exactly right.

And stuff.

So this question will make you think so it just heads up and stuff.

Okay.

All right.

So, our silly question is just a kind of wrap it up.

If you could have any liquids coming out of your fingers and then you can control them,

any any liquids, let me emphasize any liquids, uh, what liquids would they be?

So like the same liquid through all the fingers.

So like, no, you get five different liquids one for each finger.

Oh, oh boy.

I guess first and foremost, I would, it's going to sound basic, but one would have to

be water just for the simplicity of like not just for myself, maybe other people as

well.

Some plants, you know, might see a dead plant like you need some water, so water of course,

chocolate milk, because hell yeah, this is where it gets tricky, narrowing it down.

Love me some orange juice.

I'll give that.

I'm giving all things that you can drink.

I don't know if there's anything else, but you can always do like condiments too.

Like, as you know, that's technically like anything that squeezes like us too, I guess

I can be considered.

Andy, we ask Andy this is how you his answers.

He like chose barbecue sauce, honey mustard, olive oil, water.

And then his favorite, uh, I snow cone tiger blood syrup.

So yeah.

Um, downside to me, I'm not someone that really likes a lot of like sauces, like it random

thing to say and very controversial, I'm sure people get upset, but like salad, I don't

have dressing on salad.

I just eat the like like a rabbit wood, I guess, like just vegetables, um, but if I had

to pick any others, I suppose it would be can't go wrong with like ketchup as gross

as that sounds.

I don't know how often that would come in handy, but I'll say I have two more or one

more.

One more.

I will have to say, oh, this is too hard.

The pressure is really on, uh, uh, uh, uh, peach juice because that's always good.

Interesting.

Okay.

Oh, yum.

I ordered chocolate milk, oh, Jay, uh, peach juice, and you said ketchup, ketchup,

ketchup.

I'm like on the fence about because it just sounds gross, I'm like, how that would ever

come in handy, but yeah, it might one day.

Yeah.

I mean, maybe you'll have friends that like need some ketchup for the fries at like a concert

or something, you know, or hot dog.

What else is burger?

People who like ketchup on eggs, which I question, but okay, um, Casey, thank you so much

for just taking the time out of your day to come on and our podcast and hang out with

us for a bit.

We greatly appreciate it.

Tell us where can fans find you on social platforms?

Of course.

And thank you for having me for some foremost.

You guys are very welcoming, very comforting to talk to and any nerves I had definitely

gone.

So thank you very much.

And as for to find me, uh, at lights monarch on, there's Instagram, TikTok, uh, Twitter

or X, I guess, Facebook, pretty much everywhere, any sort of social media and YouTube, uh, at

lights monarch, just one word.

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