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November 4, 2024: AO3 Creators Choose Whether To Warn (TW Mentions of CSAM, Censorship, Murder/Death)
This week, Emily and V take a deep dive into AO3's updates to its TOS in 2024, and specifically, the culture divide between newer fans and Fandom Olds that was exposed when, for the first time, the OTW solicited user feedback on the TOS.
October 27, 1997: SOS Saves The Sentinel... Kind Of
What gives, CBS?! We wanna slash the thing! We want to participate in all of the fanfiction this fandom produced! SOS!
Batman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode #013: A Sparkling Halloween Special with @kingstoken
This week, our C-List Superhero is Vampironica AKA Veronica Lodge but a vampire (Archie Comics), and our A-List Superhero is Michael Morbius AKA The Living Vampire (Marvel). I am aware that I should have swapped their roles, that's my mistake. That's on me. Our Uninformed Expert Panel this week is Emily Jaye, as always, and our special guest is our wonderful Patreon patron, Fanlore editor kingstoken. Listen in as they learn about our two heroes and weigh in on whether either, or both, is fuckable... like, at all.
October 15, 2015: The Zamii070 Incident (TW Suicide, Cyberbullying)
In late October 2015, a 19‑year‑old fan artist from Arizona named Paige Paz, known online as Zamii070, posted a video from a hospital room after surviving a suicide attempt. For months, she had been the target of escalating harassment from corners of the Steven Universe fandom — a community built around a show that preached empathy, communication, and radical kindness.
BONUS! TWIFH Plays Their First Fannish TTRPG (Dis/Continuity with GM Jeff from Party Of One)
Roll for initiative! V and Emily play Dis/Continuity with GM Jeff from Party of One Podcast.
October 14-16, 1988: The Blake's 7 Slash Wars Build Fandom's Fourth Wall (with Lena Barkin)
Down and... safe? This week, V and Emily are joined by fandom scholar Lena Barkin (The Fanthropologist) to discuss an event that should, really, be as notorious in fanfiction culture as the Anne Rice debacle or Cassandra Clare kerfuffle: the Blake's 7 Slash Wars.
Batman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode #012: Emily's Safeword Is 'Pedro Pascal' with @elismor
This week, our C-List Superhero is Craig Hollis AKA Mr. Immortal (Marvel), and our A-List Superhero is Andromache the Scythian (The Old Guard, Image Comics). Our Uninformed Expert Panel this week is Emily Jaye, as always, and our special guest is our wonderful Patreon patron, Elismor. Listen in as they learn about our two heroes and weigh in on whether either, or both, is fuckable... like, at all.
BONUS! Mind the Tags - Ready or Knot: Our Deep Dive into the Omegaverse
In this episode, our friends Vee and Emily from Mind the Tags (not to be confused with TWIFH’s Emily and V) do a deep-dive into the inner workings of the omegaverse. Thank you for saving us after TWIFH suffered a Tech Tragedy, friends!
CONstruction || Episode #007: Five Months Out
Breaking down how the Faberreunion and first-ever TGIF/F Virtual Con happened!
October 3: Mean Girls Day with Allegra from STAN Podcast
She doesn't even go here! This week, V and Emily are joined by a friend who, indeed, does not normally go here. Allegra Ponti from STAN Podcast is here to join our cafeteria clique as we discuss the 2004 movie phenomenon Mean Girls.
Batman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode #011: Is the Squirrel in the Room With Us? with Lauren Shippen
This week, our C-List Superhero is Richard Henry Benson AKA The Avenger (Dynamite Comics/Moonstone Books), and our A-List Superhero is Doreen Green AKA Squirrel Girl (Marvel). Our Uninformed Expert Panel this week is Emily Jaye, as always, and our special guest is Lauren Shippen. Listen in as they learn about our two heroes and weigh in on whether either, or both, is fuckable... like, at all.
September 24, 2014: In Which We Got Jossed By Dan & Phil
This week’s episode is a little different. This week, Emily and V finally release an episode that has been sitting in our vault for over a year — not because it wasn’t good, but because the universe pulled off one of the most chaotic, timeline‑breaking acts of accidental fandom trolling we’ve ever witnessed.
September 13, 2005: Supernatural Premieres, Lightning Bottled, with Heidi Tandy (at SDCC!)
V and Emily are joined by friend-of-the-pod Heidi Tandy, who calls in from San Diego Comic-Con 2026 to discuss the fandom that spells SDCC for her, and thousands of others in the fannish community: Supernatural.
Batman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode #010: Let’s Leave Mommy Out Of It with Ella Dawson
This week, our C-List Superhero is Ami Han AKA White Fox (Marvel), and our A-List Superhero is Kal-El AKA Clark Kent AKA Superman (DC Comics). Our Uninformed Expert Panel this week is Emily Jaye, as always, and our special guest is Ella Dawson from Rebel Ever After. Listen in as they learn about our two heroes and weigh in on whether either, or both, is fuckable... like, at all.
September 4, 1995: Xena Reinvents Fandom
The Xenites weren’t just early adopters of online fandom. They were architects of it.
BONUS! Feed Drop - Femme & Furious - Fast 5 - August 18, 2026
In this episode, our friend Julia Portela looks with a feminist lens at five (secretly six) pieces of extremely current media: Obsession, The Drama, Odyssey, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Sterling Point, and the novel Girl's Girl by Sonia Feldman.
September 1, 1850: Lindmania Shapes the American Middle Class
Did you know that the fangirls of 1850 were Just Like Us? They sobbed, they squeed, they schemed to meet their faves, and they spent way, WAY too much on concert tickets. Come wait outside the stage doors with us for a glimpse at the Swedish Nightingale.
Batman Wouldn't, Spider-Man Would || Episode #009: A Shaking Were-Chihuahua with Paul Caiola
This week, our C-List Superhero is Paco Ramone AKA Vibe (DC Comics), and our A-List Superhero is Patsy Walker AKA Hellcat (Marvel). Our Uninformed Expert Panel this week is Emily Jaye, as always, and our special guest is Paul Caiola from That Aged Well. Listen in as they learn about our two heroes and weigh in on whether either, or both, is fuckable... like, at all.
August 27, 2014: #Gamergate Coined
While #Gamergate easily warrants an entire long-form investigative podcast all on its own, Emily did a fantastic job condensing it down to one infuriating hour for V.
CONstruction || Episode #006: Six Months Out
The Faberreunion is tomorrow, and TGIF/F Virtual Con is one week away!