This episode is all about the nature of crossing genres - romantasy, urban fantasy mysteries, satirical fantasies, romance monster movies. You name two genres, we love to see how they combine. But things can be more complicated then they appear. Really, Vivian and Holly just wanted to chat about all the things they love.

Some of the Media Mentioned

C.J Sansom

Stuart Turton

Shape of Water

Micky 17

Psalm of the Wild Built

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Today, Vivian and Holly are diving into a slightly uncomfortable fandom for them - true crime! Inspired by the very unmarked CDs of case files Vivian received for a maybe-project, we're diving into the world of true crime. Topics include: why we love crime, the fascination and allure of crime, why Vivian hates journalists, and how true crime fandom isn't really new... like at all.

Some Stuff to Check Out!

Gangster

Do Go On

Drunk Women Solving Crime

Ruth Penfold Mounce - a sociologist of crime whose amazing and lovely and wonderful

The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective

The Bravo Docket

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Today, we're stepping into the world of Drag Con, the drag-based convention of Ru Paul's Drag Race. Ru Paul has brought drag to a mainstream stage, but what does that mean for us, for drag, and for the development of a drag fandom? Topics include: what is drag, the history of drag, the role of drag kings, and the way drag may actually not be as subversive as it seems.

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Today, we've got some breaking fandom Swiftie news, and Vivian comes with notes on all the drama.

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We're chatting about coffee fandom, coffee culture, and coffee shop culture today. And a splash of tea because its hard to talk about one without the other, especially for Vivian and 'Olly. Topics include: coffee shops vs diners in the United States, history of coffee in the UK vs the US, how food and drink show us our culture, and what a British tea ceremony looks like.

References

You're Dead to Me epsiode on the history of coffee

Vivian's Writing Vlog around Coffee Shops

Food and Culture: a Reader (for anyone interested in the anthropology of food and culture)

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We're back for Season 3, and we're starting off with a topic voted on by our Patreons! Today, we're talking about representaiton in video games, primarily through our object of the day: South of Midnight, by Compulsion Games. We chat about some of the folklore behind it, the history of the colour haint blue, and 'Olly explains why representaiton matters so much.

VIvian's Southern Gothic References

Fiction writers: William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor

Music: the Dead South

Movies: O Brother Where Art Though? and Sinners

Video Games Referenced

Dragon Age: The Veilguard

South of Midnight

Kingdom Come Deliverance

Split Fiction (Hazelight Studios)

Stardew Valley

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This is a Patreon Unlock. Our Patreons at the Associate Producer level or above get access to bonus episodes during our season break. This episode was initially released to our Patreons on January 13.

Vivian has come back from Christmas break with a fun game for 'Olly to play. Well, fun for her. For 'Olly, it's a source of fandom-wracked identity questioning dread.

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Happy Holidays everyone! Fan of That is back this December with our yearly Christmas Special, and this time we're continuing from last year to discuss Spooky Christmas. But the emo and goth teenagers living deep inside both Olly and (less deep) Vivian means today we're discussing Nightmare Before Christmas. We chat about spooky Christmas, the lovely turn of coming of age narratives gone different, how we couldn't have had Evanescence without Tim Burton, and how nostalgic we all are for the good ol' emo days.

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