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ACOFAE: A Collection of Fandoms and Exploration. — 293 episodes
257. This Wicked Fate: "Mer-Hoes."
256. Curse of the Golden Flower: “What I do not give, you must never take by force.”
255. This Poison Heart: "Unconditional love."
254. Atmosphere: Jessica's Choice!
SPECIAL EPISODE 27: Our new friend, Meghan Le Fay!
253. A Forbidden Fate: "Loopholes! Scuba gear? Garden gloves?!"
252. Heated Rivalry: "All romance feels like fantasy at this point."
251. Dracula: "Dracula is so girly pop!"
250: Storm Breaker: "'The Wastes' are just Brooklyn."
249. Women and Media Vol. 1.
248. The Mummy Returns: "They’re all so hot. It’s problematic.”
247: The Devil Wears Prada: The Movie: "The Hemline Effect."
246: Cleopatra: "They knew a baddie when they saw one."
Pop Culture Poetry 004: Useless Magic by Florence Welch.
245. Kill Bill vol. 1: "Iconic."
244: 1984: "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."
243: Star Trek '09: "Since childhood."
242: V for Vendetta:" It had to be now."
241: Lady Tan's Circle of Women, with friend of show Aris!
SPECIAL EPISODE 26: Swiftynomics: How Women Mastermind and Redefine Our Economy!
240. The Raven Scholar: "Everything is important!"
239. Mockingjay Part 1 - The movie: "Everything old can be new again...like democracy."
SPECIAL EPISODE 25: Our new friend, A. T. Qureshi!
238. Bitten: “Never date a guy who’s like your father.”
SPECIAL EPISODE 24: Our new friend Rachel Van Dyken!
237. Blood like Magic: “Heavy is the head that wears the crown.”
236. Arrow of Fortune: “More men need to be brought to their knees by the feminine”
235. Heavenly Tyrant: "Seven months to save the world."
234. Crossroads: "The legendary Ms. Britney Spears."
233. House of Earth and Blood- Revisited! "Let's do something with this potential!"
232. Shadowhunters: Better in Black: "Back with old friends."
231. Showgirls x The Life of a Showgirl: "Men are usually the villain."
SPECIAL EPISODE 23: Our new friend, Charlie N. Holmberg!
230. Thankful 2025: Cons, Ali Hazelwood, and murder mysteries!
229. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West.
228. The Things Gods Break: "Bad Wolf"
227. Tomb of the Sun King: "Yes, yes tiny anchors."
226. Daughters of the Moon #5: "Fandoms and exploration baby!"
225. Now and Then: "Truth or Dare?"
224. Blood and Chocolate: "She's so cool." A vintage YA throwback.
223. Twilight: Eclipse: "All hail King Charlie!"
222: Wicked Believer with author Kait Ballenger!
221. Elizabeth: "I am no man's Elizabeth."
220. Lord of the Rings: A broad discussion with friend of show Gene!
219. Empire of Shadows: "Find your joy, find your niche."
218. Saved!: "I crashed my car into Jesus!"
217. Witches and Wine: A Small Town Monster Romance with author Carly Spade!
216. Cruel Intentions: “I’m the Marcia F***ing Brady of the Upper East Side…”
215. Accomplice to the Villain with our established friend, Hannah Nicole Maehrer!
214. Oathbound: "Then drown."
213. Bride: "I'd be Alpha."
212. Eurotrip: "King. Cooper."
211. A Far Better Thing: “2025 - it was the worst of times, it was the worst of times”
210. Cinderella is Dead: Reading is timeless.
209. The Robin on the Oak Throne: "Gentleman in the streets, freak in the sheets."
208. Jessica's Genre: Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood.
207. Bury our Bones in the Midnight Soil: "Hunger."
206. Coming of Age: Seven Little Kisses by Samantha Ferrand.
205. Cursebound: "Why are we letting people go!?"
204. Shield of Sparrows: "You are a bird."
203. Lilo and Stitch '02: "Ohana means Family."
202. The Mummy: "The triangle, like a pyramid, is the strongest shape."
SPECIAL EPISODE 22: Our new friend, Aimee Phan!
201. Roswell '99: "Men don't yearn anymore."
SPECIAL EPISODE 21: Our new friend, Jade Presley!
SPECIAL EPISODE 20: Our new friend, Kait Ballenger!
200. ACOFAE celebrates 200 episodes: "We could be syndicated."
199. Heat of the Everflame: "I'm not a regular mom, I'm a spy mom."
198. Marie Antionette: "The revolution can be girly pop."
197. Series Fatigue: The Dryad Storm.
196. True Blood: "Bill, I've got the ick."
195. Want: "Fantasy is freedom."
194. Onyx Storm: "Why, Rebecca? WHY!?"
193. Faebound: "When someone offers you a throne, TAKE IT!"
Pop Culture Poetry 003: Wicked: Act 1: "Something bad is happening in.."
192. Glow of the Everflame: "Going through the motions not the Emotions."
191. The Truman Show: "You’re afraid. That’s why you can’t leave.”
190. Spark of the Everflame: "Denial with a capital D."
189. The Wizard's Brew: "January is weird, let's make it weirder."
SPECIAL EPISODE 019: Our new friend, Melissa Landers!
188. Catching Fire: "Eyes bright, chins up, smiles ON."
187. Secrets of Blackthorn Hall: "Back with old friends as we always say."
186. Happy 4th Birthday ACOFAE: The yearly reflection.
Pop Culture Poetry 002: The Tortured Poets Department.
SPECIAL EPISODE 017: Our new friend, Rachel Howzell Hall!
185. We are Thankful: Hockey Romance and Faebound!
184. The Love Hypothesis: "Let me have this."
SPECIAL EPISODE 015: Our new friend, Amber Chen!
183. Shatter Me: Defy, Imagine, and Believe Me: "Justice for Aaron Warner."
182. Idiocracy: "It's got what plants crave!"
181. Donnie Darko: "Have you ever seen a portal?"
180. Long Live Evil: "Who wouldn't take that deal?!"
179: Twilight - New Moon: The movie: "Bella, where the hell have you been loca?"
Small Shop Highlight 001: Bewitched Edges with Jackie!
178. Laura's Genre: Nefertiti: "History can be so f*cking cool!"
177. The Handmaid's Tale: “Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.”
SPECIAL EPISODE 018: Our new friend, Abigail Owen!
176. Clueless: "You're a virgin who can't drive."
175. Heir of Embers and Ash with J.M. Wallace!
SPECIAL EPISODE 017: Our new friend, Nataly Gruender!
174. Bring It On: "Meat Ranch High School".
173. Our established friend, Hannah Nicole Maehrer!
172. The Wren in the Holly Library: "Take my brain directions."
171. The Fifth Element: "Of course it would take a woman to save the Universe."
170. Death Becomes Her: "Wrinkle, wrinkle, little star."
169. Hell Bent: "Have we become desensitized? Because that was hot."
168. We Shall be Monsters: "Shocked. I didn't see either one of the twists coming."
167. Jessica's Genre: Business or Pleasure: "You undersold it."
166. And I Darken: "Souls and thrones are irreconcilable."
165. So Let Them Burn: "Dragons, dragon school, dragon ROBOTS!"
164. Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love: "Stop listening to us and go read this!"
SPECIAL EPISODE 016: Our new friend, Christina Bacilieri!
SPECIAL EPISODE 015: Our new friend, Sara Wolf!
163. Romy and Michele's High School Reunion: "You got to fake it till you make it, and they did!"
162. Five Broken Blades: "They're always standing on business."
161. The Phoenix King: "Then die."
160. Ferngully: The Last Rainforest: "You two keep calling it Faerie!"
SPECIAL EPISODE 014: Our new friend, J.M. Wallace!
159. The Prisoner's Throne: “We’re here for the Jude and Cardan of it all.”
Pop Culture Poetry 001: Megan Fox: Pretty Boys are Poisonous.
158. My So-Called Life: "They don't make them like they used to."
157. Iron Flame: "Hear me out..."
156. Josie and the Pussycats: "It's good for the economy."
155. Female Friendships: "Its been a long time coming but..."
154. Mystery Science Theater 3000/Spaceballs: "It's not so serious all the time."
153. Book hangovers: "Write the good write."
152. House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) Initial Reactions: "MEANWHILE..."
151. Third Eye: An Ode to Fandom Culture.
150. Midnight Ruin: "We're Endgame baby."
149. House of Sky and Breath (HOSAB): Revisited: “You can be a whole person by yourself."
SPECIAL EPISODE 013: Our new friend, Aurora Ascher!
148. Rise of a Dark Throne: "Here before, here now, here after."
147. ACOSF Revisited: "I respect her."
146. Chain of Thorns: "I'd thrive in Thule."
145. Happy 3rd Birthday ACOFAE: The Virgin Suicides and Fourth Wing.
144. Chain of Iron: "Reverse the trope: 'He is MINE.'"
143. Chain of Gold: "Why aren't you telling your parents?!"
142. Addams Family Values: "Don't I YEARN and ACHE and SHOP?"
141. We Are Thankful: Business or Pleasure and Edge of the Woods.
140. The Hunger Games: The Movie: "That is mahogany!"
139. Sword Catcher: "She's scheming, he's scheming."
138. Twilight: "Bella knew 3 things with absolute certainty..."
SPECIAL EPISODE 012: Our new friend, Melinda Taub!
137. Underworld: “Why are they so obsessed with each other?”
136. The Throne of Broken Gods with Amber V. Nicole, the Queen of edging!
135. Kingdom of the Feared: "Grab the stalagmites. Stalactites?"
SPECIAL EPISODE 011: Our new friend, Tracy Wolff!
134. Chasm: "Men will do everything but go to therapy."
133. Drive Me Crazy: "Onward through the fog!"
SPECIAL EPISODE 010: Our new friend, Hannah Nicole Maehrer!
132. The Magicians: Toot toot toot let's make it worse!
131. The Serpent and the Wings of Night: "That's not the person I fell in like with..."
130. Cruel Seduction: "..sexy Clue, now we have The Purge."
129. The River of Silver: "Don't let others make you feel small."
128. Manacled: "If he is a monster, then I'm his creator."
SPECIAL EPISODE 009: Our established friend, Sam and Sayonara Wild Hearts.
127. The Empire of Gold - Part 2: “Not wanting to be destroyed by despair doesn’t make you a coward."
126. The Empire of Gold - Part 1: "He's not a smart man."
125. Fourth Wing: "Quick as what!? Fast as what?!"
124. The Bane Chronicles: "Ducks! Embrace me as your King!"
123. Wicked Villains 1-3: "They all come here."
122. Burlesque: "Air Rights!"
121. The Hunter and the Heart: "I wish to be a potato."
120. The Kingdom of Copper - Part 2: “Go steal some happiness for yourself, my friend."
119. Soul of the Deep: "I choose to be me."
118. Jennifer's Body: "Hell is a teenage girl."
117. The Kingdom of Copper - Part 1: "I need to put some men in their place."
116. Iron Widow: "Welcome to your nightmare!"
SPECIAL EPISODE 008: Our new friend, Maurene Goo!
115. A Light in the Flame: "Poppy, no Sera. F**k."
114. The City of Brass: "In what world do men and women pay the same price for passion?”
113. Empire Records: "What's with today, today?"
112. The Virgin Suicides: "Obviously, Doctor, you've never been a 13-year-old girl."
111. Queen Among the Dead: "We'd be remiss if we didn't bring it up."
110. Shadows and Lies: "Madly."
109. House of Hollow: "Check the vibes, the vibes are off, the vibes aren't there."
108. Of Love and Forge: With author Carly Spade!
107. Ghosts of the Shadowmarket: Part 2: "Brother Let-him-see-my-rack-ariah."
106. Radiant Sin: "Dun Dun Dunnn.. M**der."
105. Skin of the Sea: "Humans are cruel in their curiosity."
104. Ghosts of the Shadowmarket: Part 1: "At this point in his Silent Brother-hoodness."
103. Bloodmarked: “Nah. I think you’re stuck with us, Bree.”
102. The Stolen Heir: B**ches love easter eggs. We are b**ches.
101. Ninth House: "Like the ghost in Mario?"
100. ACOMAF revisited: "You can make yourself hate something."
099. The Dark Artifices: Queen of Air and Darkness: "Oh I fu**ed up."
098. Happy 2nd Birthday ACOFAE: "Where I felt part of something bigger."
097. The Dark Artifices: Lord of Shadows: The Law is hard, but it is the Law.
096. The Dark Artifices: Lady Midnight: "We said this wouldn't be linear!"
095. Shatter Me: 2-4: "Want to hear another hot take?"
094. We are Thankful: Book Lovers and Babel.
093. Daughters of the Moon 3-4: "Never trust men."
092. The Mortal Instruments: The Movie: "It blew up into snow!?"
091. Practical Magic: "My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue?"
090. The Oleander Sword: "Women. How they haunt this tale."
089. Kingdom of the Cursed: "I want to be clear I love Wrath, however.."
088. Wild and Wicked Things: 1 for malice 2 for mirth...
087. Interview with the Vampire: The movie: This, this is my sh*t.
086. Fearless (books 1-2): Middle school me wanted to be her.
085. Kingdom of the Wicked: Bargains, cooking, chalk, and pockets.
084: Daughters of the Moon (Books 1-2): This is what High School is going to be like! The goal!
SPECIAL EPISODE 007: Our new friend, Stacey McEwan!
083. Chicago: The Movie - "We couldn't have done this without you, truly!".
SPECIAL EPISODE 006: Our new friend, Deanna Ortega!
082. Jawbreaker: "You mean The Meow?"
081. All of Us Villains: Speaking of the finger...
080. Ever After: "I wonder if they Mythbusted this?"
079. A Forbidden Fate: Spoiler-Free with the author herself, Kaven!
078. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Movie: "He's a blood sucking fiend from beyond the grave!"
077. Weetzie Bat: "I know about happily."
076. Shadowhunter Academy: Back with old friends, plus Daddy Will Herondale.
075. A Touch of Ruin/A Game of Retribution: Miscommunication at its finest?
074. The Jasmine Throne: Boss B*tch Bhumika does the damn thing.
073. Wicked Beauty: “Use your words. Be explicit."
SPECIAL EPISODE 005: Our new friend, Carly Spade!
072. Strictly Ballroom: "A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
071. The Book of Azrael: "I don't see a problem with anything she did."
070. Mean Girls: "So you can go shave your back now. It's like ASMR."
069. Book of Night: "It totally got me. I did not see it coming at all."
068. Our Violent Ends: “Together or not at all, doragaya”
067. The Kricket Series 1-3: “Your ambition scares me…your lack of it angers me.”
066. These Violent Delights: “The stars incline us, they do not bind us.”
065. A Knight's Tale: Do not shhhh me and spare him! NOW BE GONE! GO!
SPECIAL EPISODE 004: Our new friend, Samantha: Part 2.
064. The War of Two Queens: “That’s some sexist, patriarchal bullsh*t.”
SPECIAL EPISODE 003: Our new friend, Samantha!
063. Shatter Me: "No thoughts just vibes here."
062. The Demon Tide: "This was always bigger than us."
061. CC2: House of Sky and Breath: Initial Reactions
060. Electric Idol: "I belong to myself."
059. Crescent City: What we know so far: Hunt "Kite Man" Athalar.
058. A Psalm of Storms and Silence: “You deserve to be as angry as you need."
057. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: "Who you are now is based on the worst moments of your life also."
SPECIAL EPISODE 002: Our new friend, Amber Nicole!
056. A Touch of Darkness AND Neon Gods: "Once I eliminated that, I went 'Oh! this is a really good meaty story' "
055. A Song of Wraiths and Ruin: “This is my mind. I am the strongest person here."
054. We Free the Stars: "Your happiness completes you."
053. The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Princess: "Who are you in love with?" "F**k YOU!".
052. One year of ACOFAE: It's fucken WIMDY.
051. The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Prince: "With hope at last, Will Herondale.”
050. The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel: "If you have the soul of a warrior, then you are a warrior."
049. Shadowhunters: TMI 4-6: "If you had said in the beginning I'd be crying over *imo*..."
048. We are Thankful: "Holidays are hard and books are here for you no matter what.”
047. 10 Things I Hate About You: "You don’t always have to be who they want you to be."
046. Rebel Mages: Lightmage: "Ganja Root? OH! Sanjire Root!"
045. Rebel Mages: Wandfasted: "Your ambitions far outweigh both your beauty and your charm."
044. A Shadow in the Ember: Lasania, Lasagna, and Daddy Nyktos.
043. Dune: "The Spice must flow" / "Let them have their orgy."
042. Romeo + Juliet: F**k you DHL.
041. The Craft: "We are the weirdos mister."
040. We Hunt the Flame: "You become who you are in the face of adversity."
039. Moulin Rouge: Freedom. Beauty. Truth. Love.
038. Kaven is BACK. Part 2: "Be your own main character."
037. Kaven is BACK. Part 1: Damon, Klaus, Stefan
036. Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments 1-3: Nothing less than 7 inches.
035. Moana: "You know who you are."
034. Gaming: Why is it difficult to make friends?
033. Gods and Monsters: "Our scars mean we survived..."
032. Con life: Always meet your idols
031. Blood and Honey: Manic Pixie Dream Girl and Fragile Masculinity
030. Serpent and Dove: I'm wonderful, appreciate me now!
029. Audiobooks/Traditional reading: "You need to meet people!" "F*** you! I have all these books!"
028. The Shadow Wand: "Hide your power? 'No!' Believe in lies about yourself? 'NO!' The last 'no' comes out in a roar."
027. The Iron Flower: Power changes everything.
026. Priory of the Orange Tree: And my jaw was on the floor.
025. The Black Witch: Real education doesn't make your life easy.
024. Legendborn: Survive. Resist. THRIVE.
023. Queen of Nothing / HTKOELTHS: Come home and break my heart.
022. Netflix Shadow and Bone: "Hello fellow kids!"
021. Morally Gray: Can we have a reverse harem?
020. Six of Crows / Crooked Kingdom: The Heart is an Arrow
019. The Crown of Gilded Bones: I'm going to call her Ellie.
018. Shadow and Bone - The Grishaverse Trilogy: Shadow and GROANS.
017. A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire: Everyone is aroused all the time.
016. From Blood and Ash: Everything is rising.
015. Kingdom of Ash: To whatever end, Fireheart.
SPECIAL EPISODE 001: Our new friend, Kaven!
014. The Cruel Prince/The Wicked King: Kiss me until I am sick of it.
013. Tower of Dawn: Fine Chaol, you have my attention now.
012. Empire of Storms: The world will be saved and remade by the dreamers.
011. ACOSF: Everything is sticky.
010. Queen of Shadows: Fire breathing b*tch queen
009. ACOTAR: Series (so far) recap
008. ACOTAR: A Court of Red Flags and Regret
007. Heir of Fire: "You cannot pick and choose which parts of her to love."
006. ACOMAF: Our man, the myth, the legend.
005. Villains: haters gunna hate hate hate hate hate.
004. ACOWAR and Batty Daddy Azzy
003. ACOFAS: Fluff and spice and Nesta's not nice.
BONUS EPISODE 001: Throne of Glass kickoff: “I am Celaena Sardothien and I am not afraid…”
002. Crescent City: From bros and toes to hoes and foes.
001. Because who doesn't love an awkward elevator pitch...
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