Get ready for a rambling conversation about all the wild tropes and topics that make us love fandom (and make real life media look super boring by comparison). Featuring discussion of  polyamory, sexwork, BDSM, romance as psychological horror, and taking care of each other while exploring the dark weird stuff. 

Additional topics include an 8-minute recap of the last Twilight movie (29:54 to 37:02), and an in-depth discussion of A/B/O, and its significance as a fandom trope that has developed a canon of its own (from 46:20 on). Plus, stay-tuned after the regular content as we answer the question, "which ghost do you ship Scrooge with?" (We originally meant to post this episode on Christmas).

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Content warnings: horrific pregnancy (Twilight), A/B/O, biological prescriptivism as a trope, heat cycles, dubious consent, dark!fic in general. 

Fanfiction referenced in this episode: Suppress that shit by appalachian_fireflies