Retro Fanfic Retrospective
200 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsFriends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not.
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Episode 133: Quantum Leap - The Last Measure of Devotion
April 11, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 96 MBAnnie of the Fangirls Library and Audio Fanfic Podcasts leaps temporarily into our recording room to discuss a post-series-ish Quantum Leap story. Ziggy is breaking down and Sam is losing his self-identity, so Al is willing to do whatever it takes to bring him back home ASAP... and the best way to do that is definitely lying to him about them being in a long-term sexual-romantic relationship. It's possible that people might be acting a wee bit out of character? The Fangirls Library podca...
Episode 132: Monkey Island - Curse of Monkey Island Radio Play
March 28, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBWe set a course for pirate shenanigans with this collegiate radio adaptation of LucasArts' classic adventure game, The Curse of Monkey Island. They've got one banger of a script to wrestle down to size, and a limited number of thespians to cover the roles. You work with what you have, even if what you have is a rubber chicken with a pulley through the middle. Link to the audio files: bit.ly/comiradio
Episode 131: Hikaru no Go - A Resolution of Territory
March 14, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 124 MBPop culture chronicler Aja Romano introduces us to a story about two kids who really love Go... and each other. Hikaru has the most wholesome sexual awakening a queer himbo could ask for. Waya has to put up with a lot, but not as much as Hikaru's mom does. Sai's absence haunts the story. (See what I did there?) Aja Romano's website: https://www.ajaromano.com/ Link to the story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/20460
Episode 130: Utena / Anime Crossover - Symphony of the Sword
February 28, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 126 MBWe summon Chris from across the dimensional void to help us tackle one small corner of the expansive Undocumented Features universe. Exiled from her home world of Cephiro, post-series Utena Tenjou needs to make a new life in the 25th Century. Luckily, she'll have the support of author-avatar-offspring roommate Kaitlyn Hutchins, Kaitlyn's friends and family, and a steady trickle of familiar Ohtori faces. Really, there's a whole lot of support going around in every direction - it's all very wh...
Episode 129: Dark Angel - All the King’s Horses and All the King’s Men
February 14, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 80.7 MBSpecial guest Brihana joins us on a trip to the future Seattle of the Dark Angel TV series. It's dark, but probably not as dark as our actual present. When Alec's tryptophan run goes south, he's forced to take refuge at Logan's place, and we've all read enough fanfiction to know where this is headed. (Towards some thoughtful characterization, obviously.) Link to the story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/46739?view_full_work=true Link to the podfic: http://audiofic.jinjurly.com/all-ki...
Episode 128: Rainbow Magic - The University Life Fairies
January 31, 2022 13:00 - 57 minutes - 69.8 MBSomeone must have stolen one of the Podcasting Fairy's magic objects, because we need to fill a last-minute gap in our recording schedule. Serena and Amado discuss a hefty Rainbow Magic sequel from someone who has lots to say about fairy bureaucracy, goblin revolution, and the differences between Kirsty Tate and Rachel Walker. (For example, Kirsty is brunette while Rachel is blonde.) Link to the story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/23027782?view_full_work=true
Episode 127: Animorphs - The Wheel
January 17, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 93.4 MBSergio and Kai of the So You Think You Can Fanon podcast join us as we head over to the Fanfiction Scholastic Book Fair and pick up a lovingly-written Animorphs pastiche. Between us, we are vaguely-qualified to talk about it! Having a friend who you think might be a Yeerk is very stressful. Robot doubles are very convenient for maintaining your secret identity. Link to So You Think You Can Fanon: https://anchor.fm/sytycfanon Link to the story: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1026376/1/The-...
Episode 126: Adventure Time - Undeath
January 03, 2022 13:00 - 49 minutes - 59.9 MBWe ring in the new year by reading an Adventure Time fanfic that's so new, it's not even old enough to drive. Also, it's a monologue by entropic demigod The Lich - perfect for welcoming in another year of global pandemic! But even as our bile-filled bodies crawl screaming toward oblivion, at least we can take comfort in the fact that the Lich has a really sweet character design and voice acting. Link to the story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/685537
Episode 125: TMNT - Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Turtles
December 20, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBDo not adjust your television set: Christmas magic has returned us to our youth of three years ago, and we are once again discussing Blue's festive Ninja Turtles story. "Festive" here means, of course, that it's full of awkward family tensions and simmering resentments. Not to mention love, cookies, cute puppies, toxic masculinity, and Lutheranism. (Just like every year, Casey Jones brings the toxic masculinity.) Link to the story: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5807/1/Peace-On-Earth-Goodw...
Episode 124: Doom Patrol - Doom Patrols
December 06, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 152 MBWe venture far off the beaten path with Steven Shaviro's mid-90s "theoretical fiction" named after Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol, which is absolutely not fiction but was definitely written by a fan. Amado struggles with the definition of postmodernism, Tory struggles to stay positive, and Dom is along for the ride. Link to the essay: http://www.dhalgren.com/Doom/index.html
RFR Special Episode - Brian Clevinger Interview
November 22, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 218 MBWe're delighted to have erstwhile 8-Bit Theater author Brian Clevinger join us to discuss his college independent project that got slightly out of hand. It's an improvement over our previous 8-Bit Theater discussion, in that he's actually re-read the whole comic recently! The conversation touches on author-artist collaborations, Cecil Turtle, and the Street Fighter combos that are apparently permanently seared into Brian's memory. Link to the Atomic Robo website: https://www.atomic-robo....
Episode 123: Masters of the Universe - the Trollan Trilogy
November 08, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 271 MBRegular guest Chris brings more (he-)manpower to our table as we discuss the first three chapters in a Masters of the Universe saga. A collection of extradimensional floating visitors come to Eternia to romance Orko, mentor Orko, and/or manipulate Orko . He-man is mostly irrelevent. Skeletor is mostly bored out of his skull. We're not 100% sure what Evil-Lyn's game plan is, but she seems to know what she's doing and we're definitely here for it. Link to the fanfic: http://www.c4vct.com/k...
Episode 122: Wonderfalls - Homing Pigeon
October 25, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 171 MBThe short-lived TV show Wonderfalls might have only squeaked out one season, but you can always count on fanfiction to continue the story. A fire in Jaye's trailer leaves her scrambling for a place to live, and eventually leads to Tyler siblings' romantic lives being outed to their parents. But honestly, with dialogue as fun as this, who cares what the plot is? Link to the story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/1152583/chapters/2337081
Episode 121: Final Fantasy - 8-Bit Theater
October 11, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 214 MBTaran joins us to revisit the most popular fanfic webcomic of our youth, which retells the original Final Fantasy as a tabletop RPG-influenced bizarro comedy. In an example of life emulating art, we talk in circles and take forever to get anywhere in the discussion. To our credit, however, none of us attempt to murder each other. Link to the story: https://www.nuklearpower.com/8-bit-theater-archive/?archive_year=2001 Link to our Discord channel: bit.ly/rfrdiscordserver
Episode 120: Stargate SG-1 - Ripples
September 27, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 212 MBKerri of the Stargate SG-1 rewatch podcast Window of Opportunity joins us to compensate for Amado's complete lack of Stargate knowledge. Following "Shades of Gray," Daniel is kidnapped and Jack, unsurprisingly, doesn't take it well. Villains of the day recieve their inevitable comeuppance. The depiction of trauma is pretty astute for a fanfic from circa 2001. Window of Opportunity podcast: https://windowofopportunity.libsyn.com/website Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrripples
Episode 119: Sailor Moon - Sailor Moon 4200 Chapters 8-15
September 13, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 268 MB(TW: child abuse) The cycle begins again, as special guest Mar joins Amado and Tory to scratch futilely at the surface of Sailor Moon 4200 chapters nine through fifteen. We see Crystal Tokyo fall, up-close and personal. Sailors Moon die, and are (re?)born. The Church of Serenity makes some sound theological points. Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrsm4200 Link to our Discord channel: bit.ly/rfrdiscordserver
RFR Special Episode: Centaurworld Review
August 30, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 166 MBSchedule blip means Tory and Dom get a chance to talk about the newly released season 1 of Centaurworld. Tory ends up enjoying themselves after the characters stop personifying their farts and start supporting each other, and Dom gets overwhelmed trying to list all the Broadway credentials of the cast while restraining herself from talking too much about how much she enjoyed the songs. Both agree that they'd love to have more show set in Rider's world, that just looks badass. Retro fanfic...
Episode 118: The A-Team: Dark Passage
August 16, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 191 MB(Trigger warning: sexual assault & abuse) ChaosBlue of the Fanfic Maverick Podcast joins us for an A-Team story that goes some places we did not expect. A long-term undercover mission led by Face absolutely requires him to pretend to be married to Hancock, and also for Hancock to pursue a career in design. Then things start going south, and they keep going south. Hannibal is surprisingly hands-off. B.A. has a very high tolerance for fools. The Fanfic Maverick podcast: https://fanficm...
Episode 117: Smallville - Interstitial
August 02, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 242 MBSara of Talkin' Fanfic carefully curates a fanfic for us from the early Smallville fan scene. Like, pre-season-two early. Clark is lying low in his professional life at the Daily Planet, when a sudden loss of powers brings Lex Luthor back into his life. Lois Lane is awesome even when she's petty and unhelpful. There's nothing more punkish than thoughtful attention to characterization. Link to the story: http://https://archiveofourown.org/works/3180 Link to Talkin' Fanfic: https://talkin...
Episode 116: Alice in Wonderland - Dungeonland & The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror
July 19, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 258 MBResident Lewis Carroll enthusiast Julia returns to help us tackle two Advanced Dungeons & Dragons modules written by D&D codifier Gary Gygax. He's more in his "Tomb of Horrors" mode than his "Keep on the Borderlands" mode. Roleplaying is a realm of limitless possibility, but you absolutely can't cut through the thick garden hedge. The White Rabbit needs to stop polymorphing people into weird animal hybrids. Amado is definitely going to loot the Caterpillar's hookah. Link to the modules (...
Episode 115: Hellblazer/Oh! My Goddess - Dire Fates
July 05, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 229 MBChris completes our trio of divine fanfic readers as we tackle the classic O!MG/Hellblazer crossover, Dire Fates. A bevy of goddesses and demons suddenly gain an interest in John Constantine (the Hellblazer who blazes in Hell), leading to the Constantine/Skuld team-up we didn't know we wanted. The Norns are not the most responsible sysadmins. It is perhaps a LITTLE too easy to bluff archangels. Link to the fanfic: bit.ly/rfrdirefates Swing by our Discord channel! bit.ly/rfrdiscordserver
Episode 114: Sailor Moon - Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Orion
June 21, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 218 MBSpecial guest Victoria of the Sailor Moon Fan Club podcast joins us to read a whole novel worth of fanfiction! Welcome to Crystal Tokyo, where you can take a standardized test to become a magical warrior of love and justice for the definitely 100% praiseworthy immortal monarchy. The story jumps from school to space. The queer romance is completely happy and angst-free. Link to the story: http://www.lethesbanks.com/BestFanfiction/mi_orion.txt Link to the Sailor Moon Fan Club podcast: htt...
RFR Special Episode - Robin of Sherwood Fandom Discussion
June 07, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 169 MBSpecial guest Rache joins us to discuss the fandom of Robin of Sherwood, an acclaimed fantasy TV series that Tory and Amado missed out on because they are practically babies. She's full of information about the Major Oak fanfiction awards that she ran, and amazing anecdotes from decades of conventions. Also, Tory tries to catch up on the show while podcasting, with limited success.
RFR Special Episode - I Lost My Body Review
May 24, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 222 MBDom and Tory discuss "J'ai perdu mon corps," the award-winning animated movie about a hand in search of a body. It's incredible, although officially not as good as Toy Story 4. Dom gets to exercise her French. Tory describes the plot in terms of short stories, but the episode runs rather long. C'est la vie.
Episode 113: Duck Tales 2017 - Huey Duck's Non-Comprehensive, Ever Growing List of Reasons Why Being a Triplet is Awesome
May 10, 2021 13:00 - 56 minutes - 130 MBDom(-ald Duck) completes our trio to discuss a Duck Tales 2017 fanfic that's a series of fluffy, characterful vignettes. Donald has his nephews' backs, the triplets have each others' backs, and they also have Webby's back. Basically, everyone's got each others' backs. It feels like your heart is nestled in duck down. Link to the fanfic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/16979757 Swing by our Discord channel! bit.ly/rfrdiscordserver
Episode 112: Star Trek Voyager - Absumption
April 26, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 213 MBSpecial guest Anika Dane takes the command chair to lead us through this even more depressing version of the episode Timeless. Shockingly, a desperate plan in Star Trek doesn't work. Janeway keeps her shit together for an impressively long time. Children are the future except when their future is retroactively taken from them. Sorry, children! Link to the story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/2401565 Link to Anika's website: https://www.manicpixiedust.com/ Come chat fanfiction at ou...
Episode 111: Zelda - The Wind Waker
April 12, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 159 MBWe wave our sacred baton to call upon Rosie, author of a Wind Waker novelization that took years and years to complete. Link is a little chattier than in the game. The King of Red Lions is kind of a jerk. Amado tries to contribute to the conversation despite neither having played the game nor finished the fanfic. Link to the story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/942435/chapters/1838259 Come chat fanfiction at our new Discord channel! bit.ly/rfrdiscordserver
Episode 110: X-Men Evolution - The Day the Earth Stood Back
March 29, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 210 MBKatie & Britt of the "Is it an X-Man?" podcast return to the show, ready to rag on Cyclops and enthuse about X-Men: Evolution. In the fanfic, a grown Kurt and young Kurt switch places in what you might call a... cross-time caper? This results in temporal angst, fun character work, and an obligatory fight against Magneto. Amado is almost as enthusiastic about Nightcrawler as the author is. Link to the story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/5224844
Episode 109: TMNT - Transcension
March 15, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 258 MBIt's turtles all the way down as Chris joins us to discuss a crisis on finite turtle-earths. Renet Tilley has a very bad day, but the Mighty Mutanimals have an even worse one. A lot of turtles are not very good ninjas. Amado gets passionate about methods of mutant turtle propagation. Link to the story: http://www.thegreenlanterncorps.com/tmnt/transcension.html We read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not. Check out our websit...
Episode 108: Aladdin - Jeweled Entrapment
March 01, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 183 MBWe call forth Taran from his itty-bitty living space, to join us in reading a follow-up to Aladdin and the King of Thieves. Life in Agrabah is quiet enough for Aladdin to get bored, for about fifteen seconds. Cassim and Iago plunder ancient tombs because why not. You can't throw a rock in the Seven Deserts without hitting an evil sorcerer. bit.ly/rfraladdin
Episode 107: Harry Potter - Lily Potter and the Worst Holiday
February 15, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 209 MBSequoia of the podcast Fanatical Fics and Where to Find Them joins us to educate us about Muggle Quiddich (and also discuss a Harry Potter fanfic). Lily Potter, Professor of Charms, gets involved in some continuity-crossing time travel shenanigans. Harry has an impressive number of super-powers. Two Ginnys is awkward, but it's impossible to have too many Lunas. Fanantical Fics: https://www.fanaticalfics.com/ Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrlily
Episode 106: Jem and the Holograms - Our Time is Now
February 01, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 191 MBWe're joined by Nick and Victor of the MEGASheen podcast, who bring their impressive Jem knowledge to bear on a post-series continuation. Jerrica has a whole lot on her plate, such as the illicit affair that she's having with her own boyfriend. Pizzazz seizes creative control. Eric acts truly outrageous, even for Eric. And Riot also exists. MEGASheen: https://www.podofthesheen.com/ Link to the fanfic: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/960902/1/Our-Time-Is-Now
Episode 105: Ranma 1/2 - Thy Inward Love
January 18, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 234 MBWe drag special guest Fire Princess Lily of the One Half Podcast into the deep end of the cursed waters of Ranma 1/2 fanfiction. In this post-manga continuation, Ranma tries to pull his shit together and be a better person, and so does practically every other character in the series. Obviously this is going to take a lot of work. I'm looking at you, P-chan. Link to the fanfic: bit.ly/rfrinward Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. ...
Episode 104: ReBoot - A Glitch in Bob
January 04, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 182 MBDom takes a break from terrorizing the sprites and binomes in our editing software to chat about ReBoot with Tory and Amado. We witness the end of the series from the perspective of the incongruously-named Key Tool, Glitch. Turns out he's the host of a party inside Bob, and all the Key Tools are invited! It's all a very accurate representation of how computers work. Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrglitch Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are...
Episode 103: Star Trek TNG - Audacter Ire
December 21, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 215 MBSue of the Women at Warp podcast leads us where we've hardly gone before - Star Trek: The Next Generation fanfiction! In the wake of the Enterprise's destruction, Jean-Luc and Beverly finally have the free time to address twenty years of built-up sexual tension. It's going to take quite a lot of addressing. At least they'll be relaxed for that Starfleet court-martial! Link to the PG story: bit.ly/rfraipg Link to the NC-17 story: bit.ly/rfrAINC17 Three friends read old fanfiction tha...
Episode 102: Rescue Rangers - Of Mice and Mayhem
December 07, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 254 MBChris, Tory and Amado sample the finest aged delicacy that the Rescue Rangers fandom has to offer, with a graphic novel featuring action, Gadget/Chip romance, and cool panel layouts that are hard to describe verbally. Former one-shot characters get promoted. Gadget gets trauma but also therapy. The Rescue Rangers deliberately murder almost no humans. Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrmayhem Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometime...
Episode 101: X-men - Betrayal
November 23, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 269 MBWe're joined by Katie & Britt of the "Is It An X-man?" podcast to confirm that Gambit is, indeed, an X-man. But is he the traitor that Bishop says will one day lead the X-men to ruin? Or is his whole deal way, way more convoluted than that? Don't worry, though, things aren't so serious that we can't fit in some good old-fashioned Rogue/Gambit romance. Link to the fanfic: bit.ly/rfrbetrayal Want to check out "Is It An X-man?" : https://linktr.ee/isitanxman Three friends read old fanf...
Episode 100: Retro Fanfic Retrospective Retrospective
November 09, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 160 MBNo, it's not fanfiction fanfiction. Amado, Tory, and Dom look back on the many, many episodes of fanfic discussion we've produced over the last couple years, as well as where we're going in the future. To the cold, harsh light of 2021 and onward! Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not. Check out our website at https://bit.ly/retrofanfic Send us emails at [email protected] Visit us on Facebook ...
Episode 99.5: Evangelion - Neon Genesis Evangelion: R (Part 2)
October 26, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 183 MBThe continuation of Evangelion continues as Taran, Tory, and Amado tackle ONE of its endings, at least. We finally reach the theatrical trailer and its professional voice work. Rei's soul does a super-cool battle move. The ending is either happy or existentially terrifying. bit.ly/rfrevar Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not. Check out our website at https://bit.ly/retrofanfic Send us emails at RetroFanfi...
Episode 99: Evangelion - Neon Genesis Evangelion: R
October 12, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 149 MBTaran the Third Podcaster joins us to discuss Evangelion: R, the classic fanfic with such high production values (for a fanfic) that it has original voice talent, a trailer, a soundtrack, and VHS covers. And there's a story there too! Rest assured that more children with mother-related emotional trauma get shoved into giant alien robot thingies. bit.ly/rfrevar Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not. Check out...
Episode 98: X-Files - Strangers and the Strange Dead
September 28, 2020 13:00 - 41 minutes - 95.6 MBSkeptical Tory and true-believer CJ team up to investigate a short X-Files fanfic from early 2000. The author, who pays close attention to the relationship between two federal agents, writes about an author who pays close attention to the relationship between two federal agents. The truth may or may not be out there, but a twist ending is definitely in the cards. bit.ly/rfrstrangers Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes t...
Episode 97: Animal Crossing - The Terrible Secret of Animal Crossing
September 14, 2020 13:00 - 51 minutes - 117 MBTory and Amado are joined by Serena to try out a new format of fanfiction, which starts out cutely creepy and then becomes steadily less cute. Billy has a rough time at camp. Tom Nook holds many secrets. Only part of the horror comes from capitalism. bit.ly/rfrac We read old fanfiction that we think might be good. Sometimes we are right. Sometimes we are not. Check out our website at https://bit.ly/retrofanfic Send us emails at [email protected] Visit us on Faceb...
Episode 96: Sailor Moon - Sailor Moon 4200
August 31, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 211 MBSpecial guest Mar joins us to talk about Sailor Moon 4200, a perpetually-unfinished masterpiece. The utopian Crystal Tokyo was destroyed long ago by monstrous forces, but we still have a pair of plucky talking cats wandering the streets seeking out young girls to awaken as Sailor Senshi, so things can't have changed that much, right? bit.ly/rfrsm4200 Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not. Check out our we...
Episode 95: Dr. Who - Disintegration
August 24, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 166 MBSpecial guest Rosie joins us to talk about Doctor Who. Rose makes the difficult decision to leave the Doctor, because she's understandably got hella trauma. She deals with things in very healthy, productive ways, then in some more questionable ways. Sarah Jane is a cool friend to have. The fanfic only barely avoids becoming a threesome with two Doctors. bit.ly/rfrdisintegration Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they a...
Episode 94: Utena - Ten Years After
August 17, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 204 MBTory and Amado keep their sacred promise to return to Revolutionary Girl Utena, with an unusually short post-series fanfic. Juri, Professor of Being a Cool Lesbian, is our viewpoint character to a mysterious reunion of duelists. Saionji is less bad, Touga is probably equally bad and Nanami is on-point as usual. Link to the story: bit.y/rfrtenyears Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not. Check out our website ...
Episode 93: Vampire Hunter D - For One Day's Rule
August 10, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 174 MBSpecial guest Chris is enlisted as a minion on our ageless, decadent podcast to discuss a Vampire Hunter D fanfic out of a 1980s anime fanzine. Rei Ginsei has a rough and confusing backstory. Facing down vampires is, in fact, terrifying. Everybody finds something to like about the award-winning art, but nobody can agree on what. Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrrule Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not. Check out...
Episode 92: Angel/Screwtape Letters: A Letter from Screwtape to Mr. Holland Manners
August 03, 2020 13:00 - 49 minutes - 113 MBWe're delighted to find an epistolary fanfic based on everyone's favorite C.S. Lewis work that doesn't have any lions in it. The story is only 1600 words, but our meandering conversation takes far more than that. Screwtape's Rolodex is probably pretty impressive. The cosmologies of the Buffyverse and the Screwtape Letters aren't... completely incompatible. Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrscrewtape Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right....
Episode 91: The Secret of NIMH: The Rats of Thorn Valley
July 27, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 202 MBWe return to everyone's favorite unsettling childhood movie in this sequel to The Secret of NIMH. We spend equal time exploring the rats' sweet-ass civilization, and Elizabeth Brisby's solid single parenting. Meanwhile, a special ops team of rats survives behind enemy lines. And Johnathan Brisby has a lot of explaining to do. Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrnimh Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not. Check out ...
Episode 90: Sherlock Holmes/Cthulhu - A Study in Emerald
July 20, 2020 13:00 - 42 minutes - 98.3 MBIntrepid partners Amado and Serena unveil the mysteries of Neil Gaiman's award-winning mashup fanfic. Baker Street attracts consulting detectives in any timeline. The rich and powerful might as well be tentacled monstrosities, for all the difference it makes. The moon is a comforting red. Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrstudy Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not. Check out our website at https://bit.ly/retrofa...
Episode 89: Early Edition - Sand and Water
July 13, 2020 13:00 - 57 minutes - 131 MBAverting tomorrow's disasters today can be a rough job, and Gary pushes himself a little too far in the process. The author writes what she knows, and what she knows is respiratory illness. Chuck tries to step up to the plate, to limited success. We smile nostalgically about the quaint concept of reading the newspaper. Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrsand Author's website: http://mpmcdonald.com/ Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. ...