Episode 9: Man-Carrot

We’re starting a new fanfic this week! We read chapters 1-3 of Forbiden Fruit: The Tempation of Edward Cullen. This is a personal favorite for both of us and we’re excited to discuss what makes it such a good trollfic. As a point of comparison, this week we also take a look at the first three chapters of Twila, The Girl Who Waz In Luv With A Vampyre (another Twilight badfic with very clear My Immortal influences). Content warnings: chapter 3 of Forbiden Fruit contains a rape scene, and the entire story merits a warning for consent issues as the protagonist being sexually assaulted is a plot point and thus something we can’t avoid discussing. We give a more in-depth warning for this fic’s content before beginning the chapter reading. There is also an instance of homophobic language in the fic we read for the closing segment.