Amado is away this week, but special guest Chris joins Dom and Tory to complain that their assigned Digimon fanfiction doesn't have enough Digimon in it. They struggle to stay on-topic, just like the DigiDestined's endless fight to keep Daemon contained. Takato makes poor life choices. Everyone is fictional to each other and it's just as confusing to them as it is to us.

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

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On this early April episode of Cutting Edge Fanfic Deep-cut, we discuss a brand new fanfic just like we always do. Steven is going through that time of life when you start to grow very quickly, turn pink, and generally start to look like your mom. For some reason he finds this distressing.

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Ryouga wanders into the Muppet Show and ends up hogging the spotlight. He doesn’t like it at first, but eventually stop swineing. The rest of the Muppets ham it up at usual. We agree that the fanfic isn’t a boar.

Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrmuppets

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Back in 1997, a bunch of fans got together and attempted to write a better third season than the Goliath Chronicles. Apparently this is not a high bar. Special guest CJ joins us in our exploration of the first few episodes, and to discuss how great a villain Demona is.

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

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Taran the Human joins us remotely to talk about the history of Mobius and its royal family, and also some blue hedgehog who runs fast or whatever. Antoine's knowledge of heraldry becomes plot relevant. Bunnie learns the secret of fighting SWATbots. We are caught off-guard by the truly offensive twist ending.

Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrbloodlines

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

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(TW: domestic abuse)

Old-school Sailor Moon fanfiction, courtesy of old-school Sailor Moon fan Jet Wolf. For being generally awesome, Makoto is granted a wish by the most immensely-helpful wish-granting fairy ever. Surely nothing can go wrong.

Link to the fanfic: bit.ly/rfrending

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

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Legolas and Gimli go on a spelunking trip, if you know what I mean. Then they go gaze upon a beautiful wood, if you get my gist. Gimli is not sure Legolas gets the gist.

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

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To celebrate Valentine’s Day, we look back on these paramilitary guardians of feelings. How will they cope with the arrival of a long-lost, magic-using member of their family? Probably with love and caring. (Except for Share Bear. What is your problem, Share Bear?)

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

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We lure special guest Gaelan onto the show with two Final Fantasy Tactics stories, each of which earned their authors cold, hard cash. Delita gets stabbed more than once. Facing down a JRPG protagonist in combat is a terrifying prospect.

Links to the stories: bit.ly/rfrtactics1 and bit.ly/rfrtactics2

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

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We get in deep over our heads trying to untangle the plot threads in this alternate ending to Endless Waltz. In response, we deploy our secretly-developed weapon, special guest Chris. (Overuse of Chris may drive the user insane.)

Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrwing

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

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