That's right, it's the fanfic episode! Dean is away so the mice get to play. The mice, in this instance, meaning Morgan and returning guest Eileen, finally get to talk about fanfic. What is it? We'll find out!

Topics include: Some of the origins of fanfic; false reports of Dean's death; a lot of discussion about gay hockey yaoi; TWO games; some fanfiction recommendations; very tenuous connections to the X-Men; and more!

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As always, we'd like to thank Ollie (@OlliePhresh) and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our theme music and graphic design.