In this classic fan novel, Buffy is brought back to life in a vampire-infested post-apocalyptic dystopia, with significantly fewer musical numbers than in canon. Slayers avoid the inverse ninja rule. The only thing that hasn’t changed in 350 years is sexual tension.

Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrphoenix

Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not.

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Special guest Gaelan returns to watch a defining piece of comedy from the 2000s anime convention circuit, and try to find things to say about it. I guess pimps as a concept were funny back then or something? On the other hand, personal intro music will be funny forever.

Link to the video: bit.ly/rfrredeath

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Actual Harry Potter fan Emily joins us poseurs to discuss a breezy fanfic filled with fantastic creatures that Hagrid finds boring. Harry is officially dangerous. Hermione is a savant of bureaucracy. Hogwarts’ teaching staff have dubious teaching qualifications and minimal oversight.

Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrharmless

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Special guest Taran returns to help us navigate Ganondorf’s anti-imperialist manifesto. Ganon, the Hylians, and the Goddesses are all assholes, but at least the Oracles are cool people I guess. Problems are resolved by hacking at them with a sword. To everyone’s relief, author Uncle Pervy fails to live up to his name. 

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If Xena is a professional computer nerd in modern day Miami, is it still a Xena fanfic? We struggle with the fundamental assumptions of our show while waiting to see if anybody gets decapitated by a Chakram.

Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrstorm

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We all get deja vu as special guest CJ returns to discuss a father/daughter story by Fernwithy. In stark defiance of the entropic principle, people sail to the East FROM Valinor. Hobbit ages are confusing. Merry is the kind of friend who will call you out on your shit.

Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrjewel

Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not.

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Back in the day, Daria fans didn't have enough Daria, so they had to make their own Daria. Special guest Serena fills in for the still-traveling Dom to discuss the first two episodes of a classic fan-written season. Glasses and whether to wear them are a very big deal. Daria's one (1) cool relative comes to the fore. Tory does an unprecedented amount of preparation.

Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrwild

Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not.

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Special guest Joel joins us to discuss this immediate sequel to The Robots of Dawn that features even more frank discussion of sex with robots. We figure that Isaac Asimov would probably be cool with that. Beverly Cleary, however, would disapprove of this whole enterprise.

Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrcfe

Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not.

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In Trunks's post-apocalyptic future, Androids are like cockroaches - you just can't get rid of them for good. We discuss how the position of God is outsourced to foreign labor, and Tory tries to convince us that the muscles in Dragonball are really metaphorical, to limited success. The amount of fan Japanese almost does us all in, but we try to gaman.

Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrsuperz

Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not.

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Special guest CJ returns to sample a bit of Cat Tales, a sprawling fanwork that manages to win us over despite none of us having any investment whatsoever in Catwoman and Batman making out. Alfred is the best human being. We avoid making any DuckTales jokes until the very end. Be proud of us.

Link to the fanfic: bit.ly/rfrcattales

Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not.

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