From left to right: Elisa (Maven, Makeover Fairy), Lindsay (Nostalgia Chick), and Nella (
Nella).
Lindsay Ellis, aka
The Dudette, is the Nostalgia Chick. She was one of three winners of a contest on
That Guy with the Glasses to recruit a
Distaff Counterpart for
The Nostalgia Critic, along with That Chick With The Goggles and
MarzGurl. Like MarzGurl her concept has drifted into other waters (though she hasn't given up on 'girly' movies completely); her videos nowadays talk about the themes surrounding the movie more than the movie itself, which stems from Lindsay's Master's degree in film criticism. There have been a few
story arcs too, which can be summed up in three tropes:
Foe Yay note The Chick breaks out of the Girl Show Ghetto to review whatever she likes, leading to a power struggle with The Nostalgia Critic,
The Dog Bites Back note Much-abused sidekick Nella is taken over by a Superpowered Evil Side and wreaks vengeance in a form of the X-Men "Dark Phoenix Saga" (This is also where the character of the Nostalgia Chick really consolidates) and
Stalker with a Crushnote Reality Subtext leads to the Chick developing an obsessive crush on Todd In The Shadows and going to great lengths to try and make him love her (while he remains fixated on Obscurus Lupa).
Her website,
Chez Apocalypse, can be found
here
. Her blog is
here
, her official
Facebook is
here
, her
Tumblr is
here
, and her
Twitter is
here
. A list of reviewed works, which also includes the shows by Lindsay's friends Elisa Hansen (also host of
Vampire Reviews) and Antonella "Nella" Inserra, is
here.
Lindsay and Nella are currently writing a parody of
teen-oriented paranormal romances, tentatively titled
Fifty Shades of Green or
Sexy Alien Book. The plot (so far) can be summed up as "
Twilight meets the
Cthulhu Mythos", with the Bella-analogue
falling for one of the Old Ones. The book is being crowdsourced, with Lindsay and Nella fielding ideas for it on
this Twitter page
. Their videos on the writing process can be seen
here
. The book has its own page
here.
This show provides and discusses examples of:
"I only like
X-Men in an intellectual, analytical, culturally relevant way—
[dosed with Truth Serum] —oh my god this was the best show ever, you guys!"