Hyperfixation: A Queer Fandom Podcast

Marika makes the Hyperfixation gang wrap up our discussion of Xena's third season with the gayest episode possible and the two part finale, which also manages to be pretty gay. Xena and Gabrielle are confessing their love to each other in a barn, being totally OK with dying for each other, and being too gay for a 90s genre show. 

Our Other Xena Episodes:
Queerness through Xena: Warrior Princess Season 3 Part 3 (of 4)
Queerness through Xena: Warrior Princess Season 3 Part 2 (of 4)
Queerness through Xena: Warrior Princess Season 3 Part 1 (of 4)
Queerness through Xena: Warrior Princess Season 2 Part 2
Queerness through Xena: Warrior Princess Season 2 Part 1
Queerness through Xena: Warrior Princess Season 1

Thank you for attending Cal's Ted Talk about Dragon Age 2 and revolutionary media. We discuss the way Dragon Age 2 handles Anders choices throughout the game and compare it to Andor and that show’s view on rebellion and rebellious acts.

Our Other Dragon Age Episodes:
Dragon Age: The Masked Empire
Dragon Age: Tevinter Nights
Dragon Age: Redemption and Absolution
Dragon Age: Inquisition

Coming to you from District 12 (probably), the Hyperfixation gang talks about Sunrise on the Reaping, the fifth Hunger Games book. Haymitch is much more chatty than Katniss was, the movie casting is great, and this book has a lot to say about rebellion and fascism. 

Literally years in the making, the Hyperfixation gang finishes the Aftermath series. Sinjir and Jas don't spend that much time together as the Empire ends while Han and Leia take up too much time. Norra acts like a doofy child, Sloane makes odd choices, and Mon Mothma fits very well into her Andor canon.

Episode We Mentioned:
Aftermath: Life Debt Part 3
Aftermath: Life Debt Part 2
Aftermath: Life Debt Part 1
Aftermath: Part 2
Aftermath: Part 1
The Priory of the Orange Tree
A Day of Fallen Night
Kotor and Queerness in Knights of the Old Republic

The Hyperfixation gang returns to Xena for Maternal Instincts and The Bitter Suite, the peak but not the end of The Rift. A lot of serious stuff happens in Maternal Instincts and The Bitter Suite is very 1990s musical episodes.

Episode We Mentioned:

Queerness in Xena: Warrior Princess Season 3 Part 1 (of 4)
Queerness in Xena: Warrior Princess Season 3 Part 2 (of 4)
Andor: Season 2 The Finale Arc
Interview with the Vampire Season 2 Ep. 5-6
Interview with the Vampire
Song of Achilles
Queerness in Xena: Warrior Princess Season 2 Part 2
Andor: Season 2 Arc 2
Brokeback Mountain

The Hyperfixation gang actually watches and talks about Brokeback Mountain, a movie we grown up hearing jokes about but never saw. Cal explains the historical context for the film, its Oscar snub, and the need for all types of queer representation.

Episodes We Mentioned:

Queerness through Xena Warrior Princess: Season 2 Part 1

Patience and Sarah

The Matrix

Song of Achilles

Andor: Season 2 Arc 2

We talk about the fantastic end to Andor. Cassian and Melshi are roommates, the hairdresser on Yavin is terrible, Kleya and Vel might be gay, and nobody knows where Saw is.

Our Other Andor Episodes:

Andor: The Premiere Arc
Andor: The Aldhani Arc
Andor: The Prison Arc
Andor: Finale Predictions
Andor: The Season One Finale
Andor: Season 2 Arc 1
Andor: Season 2 Arc 2
Andor: Season 2 The Ghorman Arc
Rogue One

Fascists decide to fascist as Ghorman erupts into chaos, Cassian makes numerous hard choices, Mon flees Coruscant, Syril goes full incel, and the Hyperfixation gang decides to keep Liz around. 

Episode We Mentioned:
Andor: Season 2 Arc 1
Andor: Season 2 Arc 2
Rogue One (Recorded before Andor)
Andor: Season 1 Finale
Andor: The Prison Arc
Andor: The Aldhani Arc
Andor: The Premiere Arc
The Mandalorian Chapter Sixteen: The Rescue
Ashoka: Season 1

After a brief pause and replacing Cal's spouse for Marika's, we are talking about the second arc of season two of Andor. This is a strange arc that started weird but stuck the landing very well despite what it did to Vel and Cinta. 

Minors spoilers for the rest of season two of Andor. 

Episodes We Mentioned:
Andor: Season 2 Arc 1
Republic Commando: Triple Zero Part 1
Chapter Nineteen: The Convent
Rogue One
Chapter Sixteen: The Rescue
Andor: The Prison Arc
Andor: The Finale Arc
Andor: The Aldhani Arc
Chapter Eleven: The Heiress
Castlevania: The Netflix Series

Hyperfixation returns to Star Wars to talk about the first arc of season two of Andor. Cassian gets trapped by some disorganized rebels, which is saying something. Mon and our Ferrix crew are going through a lot. And we focus too much on our queer women and their  limited screen time.

Episodes We Mentioned:
Andor: The Premiere Arc
Andor: The Aldhani Arc
Andor: The Prison Arc (the original)
Andor: Finale Predictions
Andor: The Season One Finale
Rogue One
Castlevania: Nocturne Season 1
Yellowjackets Season 1
Aftermath: Part 1