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Coming to you from District 12 (probably), the Hyperfixation gang talks about Sunrise on the Reaping, the fifth Hunger Games book. Haymitch is much more chatty than Katniss was, the movie casting is great, and this book has a lot to say about rebellion and fascism https://www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/episodes/17494228-sunrise-on-the-reaping

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Literally years in the making, the Hyperfixation gang finishes the Aftermath series. Sinjir and Jas don't spend that much time together as the Empire ends while Han and Leia take up too much time. Norra acts like a doofy child, Sloane makes odd choices, and Mon Mothma fits very well into her Andor canon https://www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/episodes/17434948-aftermath-empire-s-end

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The Hyperfixation gang returned to Xena and finally reached Maternal Instincts and The Bitter Suite. It’s dramatic. And gay. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/episodes/17401243-queerness-in-xena-warrior-princess-season-3-part-3-of-4

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The Hyperfixation gang actually watches and talks about Brokeback Mountain, a movie we grown up hearing jokes about but never saw. Cal explains the historical context for the film, its Oscar snub, and the need for all types of queer representation https://www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/episodes/17355295-will-we-ever-be-able-to-talk-about-brokeback-mountain

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We talk about the fantastic end to Andor. Cassian and Melshi are roommates, the hairdresser on Yavin is terrible, Kleya and Vel might be gay, and nobody knows where Saw is https://www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/episodes/17263029-andor-season-2-the-finale-arc

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We’re talking about the Ghorman Arc of Andor. Fascists decide to fascist as Ghorman erupts into chaos, Cassian makes numerous hard choices, Mon flees Coruscant, Syril goes full incel, and the Hyperfixation gang decides to keep Liz around https://www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/episodes/17225627-andor-season-2-the-ghorman-arc

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After a brief pause and replacing Cal's spouse for Marika's, we are talking about the second arc of season two of Andor. This is a strange arc that started weird but stuck the landing very well despite what it did to Vel and Cinta https://www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/episodes/17193958-andor-season-2-arc-2

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We talk about the first arc of season two of Andor. Cassian gets trapped by some disorganized rebels, which is saying something. Mon and our Ferrix crew are going through a lot. And we focus too much on our queer women and their limited screen time https://www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/episodes/17076521-andor-season-2-arc-1

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In anticipation for season two, we’re re-releasing our episode about the Prison Arc of season one of Andor from when we were Briikasak: A Mandalorian Podcast. There isn't much queerness for how our podcast is now but Marika was still too focused on the lesbians https://www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/episodes/16992958-re-release-andor-the-prison-arc

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The gang expresses our views about musicals as we talk about Epic: The Musical, an online, musical adaption of The Odyssey. Cal and Marika make lots of connections to modern era musicals as Bret has extensive knowledge of The Odyssey and Greek Mythology https://www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/episodes/16886772-epic-the-musical

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In a very lesbian episode, the gangs talks about Patience and Sarah by Isabel Miller from 1967, a historical fiction, feminist novel that we all feel should be better known https://www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/episodes/16820681-patience-and-sarah

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We support gays’ rights and we enjoy gays’ wrongs. Please enjoy The Spectrum of Queer Representation in Movies because Cal needed to talk about two seemingly unrelated movies https://www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/episodes/16736626-the-spectrum-of-queer-representation-in-movies

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Hyperfixation continues our book club moment with Cal's favorite book Song of Achilles from 2011. These Ancient Greek gay boys are horny and fighting in the Trojan War. Cal and Bret know a lot about The Iliad and Marika was a lesbian about the Troy movie from 2004 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/episodes/16634599-song-of-achilles

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The gang talks about the new season of Castlevania: Nocturne. Our hero team is mostly split, but the animation is amazing, Maria gets multiple dads, our straights get together, and we talk a lot about Olrox and Mizrak despite their incredibly limited screen time https://www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/episodes/16530914-castlevania-nocturne-season-2

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We’re recording about Castlevania Nocturne season 2 today, out Feb. 7. In the meantime, enjoy our episode on season 1: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1371367/episodes/16023842-castlevania-nocturne-season-1

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Marika finally makes the gang talk about The Priory of the Orange Tree, the first Roots of Chaos series book by Samantha Shannon but the second one the gang's read. The excellent world building continues. There's an old sad gay man, queer women Marika are obsessed with, and another ace/aro character.

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Cal makes the Hyperfixation gang talk about A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows from 2022, a fantasy romance with the most trigger warnings. Marika and Bret find the audiobook bad, there is a rather violence rape rather early on, but eventually the books gets to good queer world building and fun fanfic troupes.

Trigger Warning: Rape, sexual assault, and suicidal ideations