The gang talks about the new season of Castlevania: Nocturne. Our hero team is mostly split, but the animation is amazing, Maria gets multiple dads, our straights get together, and we talk a lot about Olrox and Mizrak despite their incredibly limited screen time.

Episode We Mentioned:
Castlevania: Nocturne Season 1
Castlevania: The Netflix Series
The Priory of the Orange Tree
Interview with the Vampire
Mutant May: Marauders (2019), to get any of Marika's X-men references

Marika finally makes the gang talk about The Priory of the Orange Tree, the first Roots of Chaos series book by Samantha Shannon but the second one the gang's read. The excellent world building continues. There's an old sad gay man, queer women Marika are obsessed with, and another ace/aro character.

TW: depression, alcoholism, miscarriages, and mentions of suicide

Episodes We Mention:
A Day of Fallen Night
Castlevania Nocturne: Season 1
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Interview with the Vampire
Fallout: The Amazon Series

Cal makes the Hyperfixation gang talk about A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows from 2022, a fantasy romance with the most trigger warnings. Marika and Bret find the audiobook bad, there is a rather violent rape rather early on, but eventually the books gets to good queer world building and fun fanfic troupes.

Trigger Warning: Rape, sexual assault, and suicidal ideations

Episodes We Mention:
X-Men: Marauders (2019)
A Day of Fallen of Night
Interview with the Vampire
Dragon Age: The Masked Empire
Interview with the Vampire Season 2 Ep. 1-4
Castlevania: Nocturne Season 1