ACOFAE: A Collection of Fandoms and Exploration.

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Dracula: "Dracula is so girly pop!"

How does ACOFAE get Jessica Marie to watch a horror film? Tell her that is has Gary Oldman and Keanu Reeves in it will do the trick! ACOFAE is covering Dracula a couple different ways: Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 classic film AND the 1897 novel itself. Did you know Dracula begins in May? Jonathan Harker is on his way to Transylvania and his life is about to change in unexpected ways. Mina, his fiancé, and her best friend, Lucy, are in England and wait for Jonathan's return. What Dracula is and what he does becomes the stuff of legend and it all begins here. Laura Marie has read the book, Jessica Marie has watched the movie and together a discussion emerges about morality, purity, and how the addition of a love story changes the view of Dracula from villain to..something else.

"Good for Lucy."

TW / CW: discussions surrounding sexual assault

Spoilers: Dracula

Mentions: Dracula, Nosferatu, Buffy, Dracula 2000, Underworld, What We Do in the Shadows, Kill Bill, Scream

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ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Stormbreaker:"'The Wastes' are just Brooklyn."

You know how Jessica Marie loves a New York setting and how Laura Marie loves purple? Put those things together and add in some storms and some trauma and you've got Storm Breaker, and you've got ACOFAE'S attention. Poet Graves is 19, engaged, and ready to rebel at college, even if she doesn't know it yet. Poet has a secret and keeping it under wraps from new friends, old lovers, and new more than friends, is a huge priority. Rook is a stranger from the Wastes and he may or may not have the same secret as Poet. Throw in a school setting with warring houses and initiation rituals and Poet has her work cut out for her. Oh and her parents are the worst. Join ACOFAE as they explore a future Manhattan, the only place left on earth.

TW / CW: parental abuse

Spoilers: Storm Breaker by Nisha J. Tuli, Silo series

Mentions: The Hunger Games, Crescent City, ACOTAR, ACOSF, Six of Crows, Doctor Who, The Raven Scholar, Hamilton, Fourth Wing

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ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Women and Media Vol. 1.

Since February 2026 in particular, Jessica Marie has been fired up to talk about the treatment of women in media and ACOFAE has not had the right moment for this discussion. The time is now. Laura Marie and Jessica Marie are discussing the relationship between women and media using the 2026 movie adaptation "Wuthering Heights" as a framework. The art of film is discussed as well as tangent conversations spanning economics, fandoms, fangirls, and of course a brief touch on Taylor Swift. ACOFAE calls this VOL 1 because the conversation is ongoing and they are sure that VOL 2. will happen very soon.

TW / CW: the patriarchy

Spoilers: Wuthering Heights

Mentions: Devil Wears Prada, Moulin Rouge, Burlesque, Big Fish, Swiftynomics, ACOTAR, New Girl, A Fault in Our Stars, Barbie, Oppenhiemer, Josie and the Pussycats, Babygirl, The Drama, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Elvis, Mean Girls, Stripstease

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"It's the misogyny."

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: The Mummy Returns: "They’re all so hot. It’s problematic.”

The Mummy Returns, better known as The Mummy 2 or The cast that launched a thousands of kids onto the path of bisexuality. ACOFAE promised they would cover this movie and here they are lamenting at how how these actors are, how smart the kid is, and how fun history and the movies is and can be. The Mummy Returns is a movie that everyone but Jessica Marie saw when it came out, and lots of people love and and some even hate it. The CGI isn't great and the story has it's low points but The Rock is in it and he has one speaking line, a little victory. Join Laura Marie and Jessica Marie as they return to Egypt, and then London and then Egypt again in under a week, somehow, and journey on hot air balloons to temples that were buried in the past life of a reincarnated princess. It's great stuff. It's ok to have fun.

TW / CW: none to our awareness

Spoilers: History, The Mummy, The Mummy Returns

Mentions: Cleopatra mini-series, Hook, Jumanji, National Treasure, Moulin Rouge, Dramione, Shadowhunters

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ACOFAE Podcast Presents: The Devil Wears Prada: The Movie: "The Hemline Effect."

Did you know that the 2006 movie,The Devil Wears Prada, is one of Jessica Marie's all time favorite movies? Did you know that Laura Marie has never seen the entire movie in one sitting? Jessica Marie didn't either. A movie that is better than the book is a rare thing but it happens here, (this is one of ACOFAE Jessica's hills to die on) and even that is saying something when the movie is filled with frustrations. Who is the true villain in this story? The boss? The boyfriend? The lack of ambition? Or all of the above according to ACOFAE Laura who stops this movie after the iconic line, "Everyone wants this." Join ACOFAE as they discuss 2000's New York work culture and how good of a journalist Andy actually is.

TW / CW: ED's and homophobia

Spoilers: The Devil Wears Prada

Mentions: Mean Girls, Entourage, Drive Me Crazy, 13 Going on 30, How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Moulin Rouge, Kill Bill, Hocus Pocus, Toy Story, Sister Act II

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ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Cleopatra: "They knew a baddie when they saw one."

It's easy to get your kicks in 2026 when the hyper-fixation of Laura Marie's childhood is the focus of the episode! Cleopatra by Saara El Arifi takes all of the well known highlights of the Queen's life and adds in a supernatural element that brings a complexity to a character that is known for so many things. Goddess reincarnated, Queen, mother, and lover Cleopatra wore all these titles and more during her reign as Egypt's Pharaoh. Join Laura Marie and Jessica Marie as they move through history in the shadows of these figures that were larger than life and bigger than divinity for a time.

"Lower."

TW / CW: none to our awareness

Spoilers: History, Cleopatra by Saara El-Arifi

Mentions: When We Were Gods by Colin Faulkner, Pharaoh by Karen Essex, Sailor Moon, Wuthering Heights, 1984, The Mummy, Mighty Max, Looney Tunes, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Aladdin: King of Thieves

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ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Pop Culture Poetry 004: Useless Magic by Florence Welch.

ACOFAE continues their Pop Culture Poetry series by covering the fae queen, Florence Welch, and her lyrics and poetry. Laura Marie and Jessica Marie couldn't resist the physical copy of this book, so this episode is filled with poetry recitations, lore drops, and the rustling of pages as ACOFAE flips through to find their five favorite selections. If you're a fan of Florence and maybe especially if you aren't, Useless Magic shows us all how important words can be.

TW / CW: domestic abuse

Spoilers: Florence and the Machine lyrics

Mentions: ACOMAF, Wicked: Act I (Broadway), TTPD (The Tortured Poet's Department), Throne of Glass, Wait til Helen Comes, Francesca Lia Block

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ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Kill Bill vol.1: "Iconic."

Female rage is always something that ACOFAE is looking for, and in 2026 it felt like the time to dig into the 2025 archives (hear the old intro!) and pull out Kill Bill, Vol 1. A movie that Jessica Marie had never seen and Laura Marie had seen a million times, ACOFAE dives into the beauty of filmmaking and the power of women. The Bride has been wronged and is out for revenge. Throw in amazing fight scenes and music, and add in a bit of Samurai culture, and you've got Uma Thurman in a yellow suit kicking ass and taking and crossing out names.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

TW / CW: death of a parent, miscarriage, sexual assault

Spoilers: Kill Bill, Vol. 1

Mentions: Machete Kills, Zoolander, Scream, Zoolander, Batman, Splash, Machete Kills, Charlie's Angels, Power Rangers

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ACOFAE Podcast Presents: 1984: "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."

ACOFAE doubles down with fatherly feelings as they dive into 1984 in memory of Jessica's loss. Honoring family in her own special way, Jessica Marie explores 1984 for the first time along with Laura Marie who has read the book several times over the years. Winston lives in Air Strip One, formally London, and is unsettled. He has feelings of discontent and that cannot be tolerated. A world that is filled with double speak, Big Brother, and the perpetual state of War Winston finds himself seeking out love, freedom, and revolution in a world that is constantly watching you. A book that is filled with ideas that have become too real for 2026, 1984 shows us that we must know our past, our selves, and our minds because history is editable.

"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past"

TW / CW: death of a parent

Spoilers: 1984 by George Orwell

Mentions: V for Vendetta, Mockingjay, Chernobyl, Idiocracy, The Little Mermaid, The Hunger Games, Eagle Eye, Road Rules, The Real World, The Handmaid's Tale, The Matrix, Wuthering Heights

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ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Star Trek '09: "Since childhood."

March is a tough time for ACOFAE, so while we're all trying to find our kicks in 2026 Laura Marie has chosen to remember the good times and introduce Jessica Marie to a family favorite: Star Trek. We're starting easy with the Chris Pine movie that Laura Marie saw in the theater with her dad, and contains a cast that rivals them all and is well known to Jessica Marie. James T. Kirk is a character Chris Pine plays to perfection and Jessica Marie's joy at how funny the film is will make anyone smile. Join ACOFAE as Laura Marie talks a lot (she's sorry!!!) about what Star Trek means to her, where someone can start, what makes the Fandom special, and why man and no one is an important change!

To boldly go.

TW / CW: death of a parent

Spoilers: Star Trek (2009 movie)

Mentions: Star Trek (franchise), Star Wars, Avatar, Superman, Crossroads, Guardians of the Galaxy, House, The Boys

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