Best Zac Benn Podcasts (2024)

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The War in Our Stars Ch 11-12: What's For Dessert? A BLAST! 48:11

1+ y ago48:11

48:11

Lucy and Zac rank the Star Wars films, and Zac has a gift for Lucy. Luke and friends return to the Gungun world while Fireeyes participates in a Tourney to become The Vade's apprentice. Don't forget to give us 5 stars and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. Credit to travisskywalker58 for this excellent fic. You can read it in full on FanFiction.n…

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The War in Our Stars Ch 9-10: After They Found the Lorde 46:50

1+ y ago46:50

46:50

A profound lesson from today's episode: because you sleep naked you will fight naked, because who you are is who you will do a fight with. Any questions? Don't forget to give us 5 stars and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. Credit to travisskywalker58 for this excellent fic. You can read it in full on FanFiction.net. Our fabulous theme music is …

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The War in Our Stars Ch 6-8: The Cuban Missile Crisis But More in Space 43:59

1+ y ago43:59

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In this three-chapter bumper episode: Fireeyes trains with the muscular, experienced Vader under Kan's watchful eye. We meet Mace Window and his Earthling boyfriend, Seemore, and missiles are fired just like in the Cuban missile crisis, but more in space. Like, Hab, Jar Jar the Gun, R2, C-Three-Pee and Chewie search for the precious emerald. Leia h…

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The War in Our Stars Ch 4-5: That is Storytelling 50:52

1+ y ago50:52

50:52

Zac refuses to watch the Star Wars shows on Disney+, and Lucy is way too nice about this very wrong take!!!!! Lucy makes an impassioned argument about the cyclical nature of storytelling in Star Wars, then we remember that this is a comedy podcast. In the most confusing action scene we've ever come across, Fireeyes and Dart Vadue take over the Ente…

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The War in Our Stars Ch 1-3: He Luked in the Mirror and Saw His Face 58:48

1+ y ago58:48

58:48

We're baaaaack! We've moved into an entirely new canon with this season's fic, and it feels so good to engage with something we actually like. We read the first THREE chapters of "The War in our Stars" by travisskywalker86 (bonus chapter for ep 1!) and cannot wait to read more. Topics we cover: our journeys with Star Wars, the best Star War, the fa…

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We Wish You A Goffik Christmas 46:32

1+ y ago46:32

46:32

We searched high and low for the worst Christmas fanfic to brighten your holiday period! What is going on??? Is this even a Christmas story? Is this even... a story at all? We didn't know what at all what we were getting into, as usual. We had... fun, question mark? Happy holidays beloved listeners, and thank you for making the first year of Fangfi…

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Expanding the My Immortal Universe Miniseries 4: The Fangfic 54:10

1+ y ago54:10

54:10

We conclude our miniseries by reading the prologue and the first chapter of our listener Jamie's fanfic rebooting My Immortal. Jamie is on the socials @my_agricultural_romance. On Archive of Our Own he is CryptidCatKid, where he is planning to do some similar worldbuilding and rewriting with the Supernatural finale in November. You can follow us on…

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Expanding the My Immortal Universe Miniseries 3: Character and World Building 1:08:05

1+ y ago1:08:05

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We have some Big Chat about creative practice and writer's block, before diving into Jamie's very thorough worldbuilding and character profiling for his reboot fic of My Immortal. Jamie is on the socials @my_agricultural_romance. On Archive of Our Own he is CryptidCatKid, where he is planning to do some similar worldbuilding and rewriting with the …

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Expanding the My Immortal Universe Miniseries 2: Walk Within the Gruy 42:43

1+ y ago42:43

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We're back (finally) to finish looking at our brilliant listener Jamie's thesis exploring the connections between vampiric folklore and Harry Potter. Zac and Lucy are in more thoughtful and serious moods than usual, and we enjoy delving a little deeper into characterisation and worldbuilding than usual. But we're still Fangfiction, so we still go o…

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Expanding the My Immortal Universe Miniseries: Vampire Potter Confirmed??? with Christina from The Restricted Section 1:13:38

1+ y ago1:13:38

1:13:38

We're doing some new and different things! This is the first episode of our mini series to see out the end of the year, using content from a listener to expand the MIU and lead into a reboot of My Immortal. Today we are joined by a special guest for the very first time! Christina, host of The Restricted Section, joins us to read through some listen…

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The Temptation of Edward Cullen Ch 9: Finale 1:01:07

1+ y ago1:01:07

1:01:07

2 of our horniest little donkeys (+ Zac) have written Forbiden Fruit fangfic! We couldn't let things end like that, so we called on our listeners to send us their version of the long lost Chapter 9. And boy did they come through! We read 3 alternate endings for Forbiden Fruit, and feel a lot of joy at the possible futures for our girl Tiaa. Thank y…

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The Temptation of Edward Cullen Ch 8: Pablo Nightmare 46:57

2y ago46:57

46:57

We incorrectly thought this was the penultimate episode! We are both completely exhausted, but are enlivened by this absolute BANGER of a chapter, before being supremely let down when we realise that this is in fact the FINAL CHAPTER of Forbiden Fruit! Zac makes a throwaway joke about burning bookstores that we then labour the point over until we r…

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The Temptation of Edward Cullen Ch 7: Lavender Man-fruit Thing 52:15

2y ago52:15

52:15

We're back!!! We took a little emergency break AGAIN, we're so sorry, but we're back!!! We start off talking about fan theories, then of course we are derailed by: The Road to El Dorado, hating the MCU in 2022, and the role of Amelie in the rise of the alt-right. We bumble through a recap before launching into Chapter 7: Surprises, and what surpris…

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The Temptation of Edward Cullen Ch 6: Throbbing Male Object 54:33

2y ago54:33

54:33

CONTENT WARNING: mentions of sexual assault. Normally we would skip all the Uncle Larry content, but in this chapter some of it is necessary for the flow of the story. We censor as much of it as we can, but if that's distressing for you then feel free to skip 32:44-33:00. News flash: Edward Cullen wears awful outfits!!!! Also, this is NOT the secon…

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The Temptation of Edward Cullen Ch 5: My Mom Died When I Was Bored, That's It 55:39

2y ago55:39

55:39

We're back from our surprise mid-season hiatus with Chapter 5: The Talent Contest! First, we discuss moments in the culture that made us realise that pop culture was for us. This is not a movie podcast, but of course we talk mostly about movies. And a little bit about music! And then a lot about Forbiden Fruit!!!!! All the drama is really starting …

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BONUS EPISODE: Fangfiction in Hollywood 16:44

2y ago16:44

16:44

MORE FANGFICTION FANFICTION!!!! We're on our way to the homeland of all preps, LA!!!! Angel babe listener David has written a Fangfiction fanfiction! You do NOT want to miss this one!!!!1!1!!!12!!! No content warnings necessary for this episode (what a relief!) and as per David's request, we would like to take this opportunity to shout out LGBTQIA+…

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The Temptation of Edward Cullen Ch 4: Soddenly 51:41

2y ago51:41

51:41

Don't flame; there's no point!!!!1!!1! Tiaa is NOT a Mary Sue, CONFIRMED!!! She's really unhappy! Would you like her life???? Not at all! Now that that's been established, let's get on with the Chapter 4: La Push. After a status update on Thirds for Foster Parents, we dive straight into some chat. We discuss: what kind of vampire story we would wri…

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The Temptation of Edward Cullen Ch 3: Fring Off 50:46

2y ago50:46

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CONTENT WARNING: This chapter contains descriptions of sexual assault. We do not read it out on mic but do stumble around it when it initially comes up. If you would like to skip this part it is from 45:00-46:00. We talk for far too long (always) about Lucy’s vampire baby before diving into creative practice, burnout, and why you shouldn’t FLAME yo…

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The Temptation of Edward Cullen Ch 2: His Man Carrot 40:01

2y ago40:01

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Chapter 2: Edward gives us our wettest and sexiest chapter yet. We expose (or potentially revisit) our problematic faves in respect of our formative problematic experiences with Twilight. Lucy dives into her dom/sub Kylo Ren fanfic, which is absolutely true information and not a lie that she can’t deny unless she actually reads the show notes. In C…

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The Temptation of Edward Cullen Ch 1: Horny Little Donkeys 55:39

2y ago55:39

55:39

The official launch of Fangfiction Season Two!! Get ready to flame Forbiden Fruit: The Temptation of Edward Cullen. We're getting #twihard baby. We debate the physics and biology of vampires which, lucky for you, descends into some very wet and mouthy blood-sucking ASMR. Lucy prepares for her Hot Leech Summer before we dive into Chapter One: Atlant…

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FANGFICTION #CANCELLED!! 9:12

2y ago9:12

9:12

It’s all in the title. Are you #TeamLucy or #TeamZac? Season Two of Fangfiction is coming next week! Twihards assemble for Forbiden Fruit: The Temptation of Edward Cullen. You can follow us on Instagram and Twitter @FangfictionPod, or check out our website https://fangfiction.transistor.fm/ to listen to episodes or find links to subscribe to Fangfi…

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I'm Not Okay Ch 5: Sweatergate Uncovered 26:25

2y ago26:25

26:25

I'm Not Okay comes to its thrilling conclusion in Chapter 5: In The Shadows Lucy and Zac dive into hustle culture and how you always need to be hustling, even when you’re hustling #blessed. Fangfiction officially becomes the Only Content AND we get to find out what has become of ‘Zac?’ AND chat about nipples getting bit. After a very special surpri…

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I'm Not Okay Ch 4: Gigantic Black Unicorn 19:37

2y ago19:37

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Chapter 4: Bring Me To Life literally wakes Eternity up inside (can’t wake up). Thank goodness we get to talk about gold enemas, a welcome distraction as production on ‘Zac?’ comes to a halt due to Jared Leto’s ‘Morbius 2: More Bees’ commitments. FINALLY we get some incredible outfit descriptions, including pink stuff and pointed boots. Darren make…

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I'm Not Okay Ch 3: A Big Goffik Slumber Party 25:03

2y ago25:03

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Chapter 3: Duality brings some much-needed warm fuzzies into the MIU. Shooting on 'Zac?' has hit a few road bumps, perhaps due to the increasingly erractic behaviour of the executive producer and titular character, so Zac is able to make it into the studio again. Starting off with a strong mansplanation of how art works and a reveal of his current …

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I'm Not Okay Ch 2: Half Vampire, Half Bloke 22:56

2y ago22:56

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Zac is feeling pretty tired and is missing Bidet and Keanu, but he's made it back from LA to read Chapter 2: The Beautiful People. In Chapter 2, Eternity disembarks from a train, sees a beautiful castle, and follows a large, bearded man into some little boats. She interacts with a prep wearing a Hilary Duff t-shirt (blood) then meets some goths. Ha…

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I'm Not Okay Ch 1: "My Name's Eternity," Said Eternity 29:31

2y ago29:31

29:31

Zac has found time in his busy schedule to fly in from LA and record a mini-season reading the companion work to 'My Immortal', 'I'm Not Okay' by none other than the queen of beta readers herself, Raven! Thanks to Fangfiction Season 1, Zac is off in LA living the high life, having optioned his life out to Netflix to make 'Zac?', a biopic about his …

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My Immortal Ch 43-44: The Finale 1:03:11

2y ago1:03:11

1:03:11

You guys, we have made it. We have FINISHED My Immortal!!!111111!!2!1 It's the final episode of Fangfiction Season 1! Zac has put on his wildest outfit, Lucy is doing her best to finally get cancelled once and for all - we're pulling out all the stops, baby! We do an epic recap, including a return to the best opening paragraph in history, and make …

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My Immortal Ch 41-42: Good Luck, Tara 1:16:20

2y ago1:16:20

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Everything is coming together in this, the penultimate episode of Season 1!!one!!!! Ebony wakes up back in 1980 and devises a new plan for saving Satan's soul. We are completely DESTROYED by the latest character reveal. Trust us - you do not know what you're in for!!! We then return to 2006. The whole gang is back together, and the REAL villain is …

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My Immortal Ch 39-40: Hoes of Wax 1:07:31

2y ago1:07:31

1:07:31

In this Very Special Episode, we read two versions of Chapter 39! Don't know how it's taken this long, but this week we talk SHIPPING! Lucy walks Zac through the beauty and madness of fanon shipping, and Zac writes a Larry fic on mic. Zac leads Lucy down a road of utterly mysterious ship names. Who or WHAT is Banglesnatch??? A "Trolling Genious" ha…

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My Immortal Ch 37-38: I Took Out His Nightmare Before Christmas Cigar 1:01:21

2y ago1:01:21

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CONTENT WARNING: Zac has gone off the deep end with some shower drain hair content. Not even Lucy can handle it, so you may want to skip this episode entirely. Zac has decided to leave the goffik life behind and commit to a lifetime of corporate drudgery. Can the power of My Immortal bring him back into the horny simpleton fold?! Lucy asks Zac abou…

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My Immortal Ch 35-36: Da Bolevrad of Borken Dremz 53:06

2y ago53:06

53:06

These may be our favourite chapters in My Immortal thus far, but that doesn't stop both of us from threatening to quit at some point!!1! Ebovy hustles her way into a new goffik band, meets a fellow time traveller, and returns to her own time to see some more Dumbledore character assassination. Justice for Spartacus! Zac, not yet recovered from Wetn…

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My Immortal Ch 33-34: He Put His Wtnss Into My Yu-Knw-Wh*t, Sexily 52:42

2+ y ago52:42

52:42

Egogy finds out what Draco and Serious are getting up to with Lumpkin and Snap, changes clothes, then gets undressed again before returning to the '80s. We know that for you, dear listener, it has only been 1 week since the last episode. But for us, it has been 3 months! Lucy had her baby, we took a little break, and now we are RARING to go, baby! …

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My Immortal Ch 31-32: I Jumped Sexily into the Pensieve 37:02

2+ y ago37:02

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The final episode recorded before Lucy had her baby! Will Enovy finally go back in time to seduce Volxemort and prevent the outbreak of evil?!!!1? Zac's outfit pushes the boundaries of fashion to new heights, which is appropriate as we also hear the best outfit description in the MIU to date. Lucy and Zac discuss the tragic loss of big Christmas ci…

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My Immortal Ch 29-30: They Took Out Their Guns, With Magic 46:10

2+ y ago46:10

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Eboby, Vampire and Draco are caught in the act by Professors Snap and McGoogle. Eboby must find a way to escape from Snap/Snoop's torture dungeon before Draco gets caught in a rap battle! Lucy came unprepared as usual, so this time it's Zac's turn to ask a question. Instead of answering it, Zac and Lucy go on yet another tangent about the genius of…

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My Immortal Ch 27-28: Hung Like A Stallone 38:04

2+ y ago38:04

38:04

Lucy and Zac discuss the lost art of DVD menus, whether or not they will watch the Harry Potter 20th Anniversary Special (spoiler alert: neither of us have watched it yet), and the ethics of seducing baby Hitler. CONTENT WARNING: mentions of suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling, you are not alone. Support is always available. Lifeline …

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BONUS EPISODE: A Fangfiction Fanfiction! 11:34

2+ y ago11:34

11:34

Devoted FangGirl666 Bonnie Marie has written a short fic about Fangfiction. We're so excited about it that we couldn't wait until the release timeline catches up with the recording timeline to let it out into the world, so here is a bonus episode! Receiving this fic has made our year, so if you too would like to try your hand at channelling Tara an…

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My Immortal Ch 25-26: C, Is Datoot of Craktor? 39:19

2+ y ago39:19

39:19

In spite of some VERY long and off-topic tangents, this is Fangfiction's shortest episode yet. Just as we were starting to think Tara could no longer surprise us, she comes through with some newfangled sex and drug lingo and another perfect deployment of "motherf*cker". Also discussed: Spotify Wrapped, shants, fake cancer grifters, and yet another …

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My Immortal Ch 23-24: "Okay B*tch," I Said Sadly 41:57

2+ y ago41:57

41:57

We discuss how the Internet can be a horrible place, but fanfiction sites are an oasis of community and creative development. We also cover Zac's least convenient gothic outfit to date, and Lucy goes on another rant about cool teachers. CONTENT WARNING: mentions of suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling, you are not alone. Support is alw…

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My Immortal Ch 21-22: The Bark Lord 55:00

2+ y ago55:00

55:00

First of all, if you're a homophone just f*ck off O.K.!! Today we're talking about the undeniable eroticism of both Nosferatu and hot dog neck, as well as diving into the strange physics of invisibility cokes. And OMFG we're officially halfway! That means it's all downhill from here! Sisyphus who?? CONTENT WARNING: mentions of suicide. If you or so…

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My Immortal Ch 19-20: I'm Nut Okay, I Promise 54:16

2+ y ago54:16

54:16

After coming in classically unprepared we dive into a serious discussion about representations of sexual violence, and the merit of trigger warnings. We then reluctantly pivot into the greatest trigger of all, My Immortal, visiting the strangely beige world of chapters 19 and 20. No one understands Draco, Vampire is extremely hot, Dobby watches fro…

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My Immortal Ch 17-18: Suddenly, Gerard Pulled Off His Mask 1:00:52

2+ y ago1:00:52

1:00:52

You moronic idiots! You are back and hungry for more. Cliffhangers are ignored and plot twists are resolved, but more importantly Volcemort has a knife! Kanye has a sword! Who is the mysterious stranger in the Avril Lavigne Robes? And who the frick is hotter out of Mikey, Gerard Way, and Billy Joe Armstrong?? I wish we could find out the answers, b…

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My Immortal Ch 15-16: Then, He Started to Sing 1:13:37

2+ y ago1:13:37

1:13:37

It's our longest and most serious episode yet! We talk sincerely about how fans reclaim and transform their favourite works for the greater good, and what being a true fan means to us. After celebrating the beauty of fan fiction we get sticky with the greatest exception to the rule the internet has ever seen. Fishnets are torn, pentagrams are turne…

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My Immortal Ch 13-14: You Despicable Snobs! 52:42

2+ y ago52:42

52:42

We talk about pregnancy and daylight savings and really anything at all to avoid unlocking the trauma box of last week's chapters. Alas, the allure of transformative fiction drags us back into the darkness and we confront our spookiest chapters yet! Will Enoby and Vampire save Draco from bondage? Why is Dumblydore evil-laughing? And what goes clack…

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My Immortal Ch 11-12: "Abra Kedavra!" He Shouted, Pointing His Womb 1:01:08

2+ y ago1:01:08

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We're somehow already a quarter of the way through My Immortal! After a very brief discussion of the highlights and lowlights we've encountered thus far, we can't help but dive straight back into the story. The chaos ramps up AGAIN in these chapters, and we find ourselves trying to navigate mastication, horny simpletons, a gothic cover of a 50 Cent…

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My Immortal Ch 9-10: CROOKSHANKS! 54:09

2+ y ago54:09

54:09

We are characteristically unprepared today, but we finally stumble across a discussion: love triangles! Turns out, neither of us are particularly well-equipped to discuss love triangles, but we can agree that My Immortal offers up an extremely juicy version of a love triangle. We learn that Tara didn't read all the boox before embarking on this wor…

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My Immortal Ch 7-8: She Isn't Perfect; SHE'S A SATANIST! 49:37

2+ y ago49:37

49:37

Today we discuss: distributing Pokémon fanfiction at the school library, the masculine version of a Mary Sue, Al Gore, and the best way to finish a chapter. In the MIU: the love triangle DEEPENS, we celebrate the arrival of another new character (with the world's most tragic backstory), and Ebony throws down in Potions class. You can follow us on I…

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My Immortal Ch 5-6: Ludacris Fools and Mediocre Dunces 45:05

2+ y ago45:05

45:05

We discuss the vampire content that we grew up on, as well as social media in the noughties, whether or not vampires cry blood, and the most important rule of writing: never use "said" if another verb is possible. Listen to the end for the drop of a HUGE character reveal..................................... and the beginnings of a love triangle! Yo…

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My Immortal Ch 3-4: He Put His Thngie Into My Yu-Knw-Wht 57:34

2+ y ago57:34

57:34

We discuss our long and fabled histories with the source material for My Immortal before reading maybe the best two chapters of the entire work. Also discussed: fandom hatred toward their idols' partners (#justiceforhilary), the trials and tribulations of writing sex scenes, and our continuing war with the Hemingway fandom. CONTENT WARNING: self ha…

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My Immortal Ch 1-2: I'm Not Related to Gerard Way, but I Wish I Was 52:35

2+ y ago52:35

52:35

We introduce ourselves (briefly), the podcast (badly) and My Immortal (a little more thoroughly). We paint a picture of what our lives looked like at the time of publication (2006-2007: The Golden Years), Lucy gives her first impassioned speech on behalf of fanfiction, and talk far too much about rejecting God. You can follow us on Instagram and Tw…

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