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ACOFAE Podcast Presents: SPECIAL EPISODE 014: Our new friend, J.M. Wallace!

ACOFAE welcomes to the podcast Romantasy author J.M. Wallace to discuss her new audio release Heir of Shadows and Ice! JM and ACOFAE keep things spoiler free and discuss everything from ironing out the writing process, finding your inspiration, how the audio experience is different, and even Shadowhunters! Laura Marie and Jessica Marie loosely touch on the plot, the politics, and the men of the world JM has created while keeping the mystery alive for book 2 which will release on audio Summer 2024! Laughing like old friends, J.M. Wallace and ACOFAE talk out their favorite tropes and bond over found family and being true to yourself and discover that greatest strength is self acceptance.

TW / CW: none to our awareness

Spoilers: none to our awareness

Mentions: Heir of Shadows and Ice, Shadowhunters

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Read Heir of Shadows and Ice and all other work by J.M. Wallace

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ACOFAE Podcast Presents: The Prisoner's Throne:

Welcome back to Elfhame, things are a bit wild at the moment. Oak is in prison and The High King and Queen are going to do something about it in 3 days. 3 days Oak! Get it together! Jumping off right from where the The Stolen Heir ended, The Prisoner's Throne gives the reader exactly what they (ACOFAE!) wants, namely some epic Jude and Cardan content as well as some excellent parties, politics, and murders. It wouldn't be Faerie without a little betrayal by characters old and new and it wouldn't be Elfhame without murders. Listen with ACOFAE as Laura Marie and Jessica Marie admit that they've lost the plot a little bit and revel in the majesty that is Jude. High Fucking Queen.

TW / CW: none to our awareness

Spoilers: The Folk of the Air series (The Cruel Prince, The Wicked King, Queen of Nothing, How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories, The Stolen Heir, The Prisoner's Throne)

Mentions: House of Hollow, Manacled

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ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Pop Culture Poetry: Megan Fox: Pretty Boys are Poisonous.

How do we feel about Poetry? Are we cool with it? ACOFAE hopes so because Laura Marie and Jessica Marie are thrilled to introduce a new section of the podcast: Pop Culture Poetry! Each new PCP episode will cover a celebrity poetry book and Megan Fox was the only choice to kick off this new venture! Megan's new poetry book Pretty Boys are Poisonous is filled with poems that make you think, make you feel, and make you reflect in ways that may be uncomfortable but worth it in the end. Join Laura Marie and Jessica Marie as they discuss their background with poetry, sort through their favorite poems, and decide if the audio or the physical reading experience was the choice for them.

TW / CW: sexual assault, suicide, miscarriages, toxic relationships

Spoilers: Pretty Boys are Poisonous by Megan Fox

Mentions: The Vagina Monologies, Jennifer's Body, ACOTAR, Friends, Transformers, A Night Without Armor

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ACOFAE Podcast Presents: My So-Called Life: "They don't make them like they used to."

Do you remember being 15? Everything MEANT something, everything was important, and everything was life or death. Friendships were deep and intense and crushes were the only thing that like, kept us going. Angela Chase is on a journey to discover herself and is making it everyones problem as ACOFAE covers Episode 1 and Episode 2 of the cult classic "My So-Called Life." If you're looking for intense friendships, parents with their own drama, and a gorgeous boy by the name of Jordan Catalano then look no further. Angela and her friends Rayanne, Ricki, Sharon, and Brian take us along on their journey of self discovery and evolution and challenge us to find the beauty in the mundane.

"So when Rayanne Graf told me my hair was holding me back, I had to listen ... 'cause she wasn't just talking about my hair. She was talking about my life."

TW / CW: sexual assault

Spoilers: none to our awareness

Mentions: Drive Me Crazy, The Mortal Instruments, The Little Mermaid, The OC, The Summer I Turned Pretty, Euphoria, Dawson's Creek

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ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Iron Flame: "Hear me out..."

If you think you know where this is going, ACOFAE assures you that you do not! Surprises abound as Laura Marie and Jessica Marie strap in to discuss Iron Flame. Violet is reeling with a shock, Xaden is hiding things, and don't call it a rebellion, it's a revolution. Romance takes the center stage here but it's the politics between regions, dragons and leadership that really grabs your attention. Secondary characters and plots hold a lot of sway as discussions about assimilation, absorption, translation and the loss of culture are the meat of the story. What happens when every source has been translated 4x times? What happens when the scribes hold all the power? How do you know what really happened?

TW / CW: death of a parent

Spoilers: Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, Crescent City: House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS)

Mentions: JLA, The Shadowhunters (specifically The Mortal Instruments), Josie and the Pussycats, ACOTAR (book 1), ACOWAR, The Black Witch Chronicles (specifically The Demon Tide), Kingdom of Ash, Supernatural, 28 Days Later, Game of Thrones, The Prisoner's Throne

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ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Josie and the Pussycats: "It's good for the economy."

You know the songs. You know the actresses. You had the body glitter. You even watched MTV. But did you understand the message? If you're anything like ACOFAE maybe not, but that's why we rewatch! The music industry is a machine and after DuJour disappears, it needs a new way to sell things! Enter trendpimps The PussyHats, wait no- Pussycats! They've got a dream and the talent and Parker Posey has a message for them to push out. What happens when fame and fortune are instantly thrust upon bandmates? Will the friendship survive? Does it want to?

DuJour means crash positions.

TW / CW: none to our awareness

Spoilers: Josie and the Pussycats

Mentions: Drive Me Crazy, Idiocracy, 2Gether, Can't Hardly Wait, Revenge, Parks and Rec, Burlesque, Spice World, The White Lotus, Barbie, The Hills, 10 Things I Hate About You

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ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Female Friendships: "Its been a long time coming but..."

There are a few consistencies on ACOFAE and one of them from the very beginning has been the love of female friendships. All friendship is important and has its place, but there's something special about female friendships that make an impact different than all others. Join ACOFAE as they reflect on their own friendships, their favorite book friendships, and their favorite friendships in media at large. Touching on the fragility of girlhood and the intimacy of the bedroom hangout, ACOFAE focuses on those little subjects that can be often overlooked in media. What does it mean to be a best friend? Are you the BFF/BSF to your BFF/BSF or does your BFF/BSF consider someone else theirs? Is that ok?! Do we have to know ever detail about our friends? If we don't, are we bad friends? Are we!?

TW / CW: none to our awareness

Spoilers: Throne of Glass, Crescent City (House of Earth and Blood / HOEAB, House of Sky and Breath / HOSAB , House of Flame and Shadow / HOFAS ), Sex and the City, A Court of Silver Flames (ACOSF), Sex Education, Jennifer's Body, Pretty Little Liars, Shadowhunters

Mentions: Jem and the Holograms. Phantom of the Opera, Now and Then, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Clueless, Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, Romy and Michelle, Parks and Recreation, Grey's Anatomy, The Craft, My So-Called Life, The Hunger Games

Links mentions:

https://www.college.ucla.edu/2022/08/10/susan-perry-female-capuchin-monkeys-social-study

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ACOFAE Podcast Presents: MST 3000: "It's not so serious all the time."

Let's set the scene: You're two weeks into a book-hangover. You're DNF-ing everything and AO3 isn't getting you where you need to be. What is a reader to do?! Where do you go?! Sometimes taking a step back and changing up the format can do wonders. Enter MST 3000. Enter Spaceballs. Exit the funk that has kept the slump alive. Parody and Satire can keep you in the genre you want to be, the headspace you want to be, but allow you to laugh at yourself, at the content, and at the world in general. Join Laura Marie and Jessica Marie as they reset and have a good laugh. Everything doesn't have to be the be all end all ALL the time. Sometimes you just need to laugh until you cry and then cry until you laugh again.

TW / CW: none to our awareness

Spoilers: Spaceballs

Mentions: Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love, Star Wars, House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS0, Third Eye, Austin Powers, Star Trek, Jaws, Dune, Looney Tunes, The Lion King, Manacled, The Love Hypothesis, Starship Troopers, Twilight, 50 Shades of Grey, Mystery Science Theater

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ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Bookhangovers: "Write the good write."

ACOFAE is in a book slump. You know that feeling when nothing it hitting, you're DNF-ing everything after a few chapters, and the ick is insurmountable? Where does one go when that feeling threatens to overtake you? Fanfiction. Fanfiction will pick you up when all you've been doing is putting things down, and ACOFAE needs a little pick-me-up. What's a deeper comfort than ACOMAF and getting a little insight through Rhy's POV by IllyrianTremors. Laura Marie and Jessica Marie discuss the joys of comfy fics, the conversations about book-hangover, and what happens when all you want is to stay in a time and a place. When the story moves on are you still at the restaurant or do you follow chasing the high? Get comfy with ACOFAE and let them know your fanfic thoughts!

TW / CW: none to our awareness

Spoilers: For the entire SJM Universe

Mentions: SJM Universe

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ACOFAE Podcast Presents: House of Flame and Shadow (HOFAS) Initial Reactions: "MEANWHILE..."

Hype. There was a lot of it surrounding HOFAS. Feelings. There were many different kinds when that last bonus chapter was read (or was there?!). Conversations. That's what ACOFAE is having in HOFAS Initial Reactions. Surprises that's what's in store when Laura Marie and Jessica Marie dig into CC3: HOFAS and what they loved, what they didn't, and what they felt neutral about. Bryce has gone to a place that the readers know but she doesn't and wow does she make some choices there. Hunt and the boys are all tied up, and Tharion and the other boys are getting into all sorts of trouble. World shattering lore drops abound as history is pieced together and origins are discovered in this world and others. CC3: HOFAS takes the reader on an adventure that closes the story of Bryce and Hunt and opens the possibilities of so many more.

Release the Snyder cut.

TW / CW: none to our awareness

Spoilers: For the entire SJM Universe

Mentions: SJM Universe, Star Wars, Doctor Who, The Cruel Prince, The Wicked King, Queen of Nothing

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