In this premiere episode, we breakdown the first 50 pages of Manacled by SenLinYu, the fanfic phenomenon that reimagines Hermione Granger as a memory-charmed Handmaid in a world where Voldemort won.

We break down the early plot, unpack the fertility-dystopia setup, compare narrative choices to The Handmaid’s Tale, and ask: what exactly is a Death Eater, and why does Voldemort sound like a bureaucrat?

One of us has never read Harry Potter. One of us read Manacled twice, but has never done a podcast. What could go wrong?