It’s Nikki & Meg’s birthday, and they’ll rant about romance tropes if they want to!

Our hosts are back with a special mailbag episode, where they challenge each other with the most ridiculous, thought-provoking, and delightfully unhinged romance scenarios they could find.

No prep. No planning. Just pure chaos and strong AF opinions.

Check inside this birthday episode and their debates on:

🎁 Grand gestures: Romantic or gross?

🎁 The worst possible job for a romance protagonist

🎁 The ultimate pet name cringe factor (Are we team "Babe" or "Absolutely Not"?).

🎁 And, of course, Nikki’s villain origin story—involving pure administrative evil.

Books & Media We Mention:

The Villain Was Right podcast

The Walshes series by Kate Canterbary

Palm Springs (film)

In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren

Stargate SG-1 “Window of Opportunity” 4x06

Warhammer 40k

“Secret Level” animated series on Amazon Prime

Story Graph (find Meg as Bailey Seaborn)

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