Retro Fanfic Retrospective

Episode 149: Addams Family: The Last Rites of Wednesday Addams

Serena joins us on this Monday to talk about Wednesday, but not the Wednesday from Tim Burton's Wednesday, although you'd better believe we talk about that anyway. In the story, Wednesday must decide how to fulfill the honored traditions of her Nightshade ancestors... no, not the Nightshades from Wednesday... look, the important thing is that Pugsley got buff, okay?

 

Link to the story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/68398

RFR Special Episode - Therapy for Batman

Gaelan returns to offer his expertise as an art therapist while we try to figure out how to provide therapy for "old Batman." We revisit "Only One Can Wear the Crown," a Batman Beyond fanfic, with Gaelan's new hot takes. Spoiler alert: he definitely thinks Bruce is gay for Dick--Dick Grayson, that is, what were you thinking? Tory fumbles a lot doing Amado's job and they didn't even have to find the fic! We all learn to appreciate Amado more and maybe, also, ourselves.

Episode 148: The Sentinel - Unsung

We welcome back ChaosBlue of the Fanfic Maverick podcast, a true Fanfiction First Responder ready to jump into action to help in any fandom emergency.  A natural catastrophe pushes Jim's powers, and his relationship with Blair, into uncharted territory. Simon is our audience identification character in wanting those two to hook up. And the story puts forth the controversial thesis that people are pretty good, actually.

 

Link to the Fanfic Maverick podcast: https://www.fanficmaverickpodcast.com/

Link to the story: https://www.squidge.org/~theforest/lrecent/unsung.htm

AO3 link to the story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/797282  

Episode 147: The Muppet Christmas Carol

At what point does "movie adaption" become fanfiction? Possibly when you double the number of Marleys and add a talking rat. Or maybe not, but that's not going to stop us from talking about the Muppets' first big foray into classic literature. Gonzo has more range as a dramatic actor than Amado thought. The Christmas Ghosts are the best one-shot Muppets ever. 

 

The movie is available for viewing on Disney+, and probably on a VHS shoved into the back corner of your garage.

Episode 146 - Dungeons & Dragons - The Gamers

Tory, Amado, and Della (and don't forget Mark!) look back over their hastily-scribbled session notes about The Gamers, which might not be fan fiction but is definitely a fan project. And what they're fans of is goofing around with a bunch of your friends being low-key assholes to each other as your character fumble their way forward to an inevitable villain confrontation. The essence of roleplaying.

 

Link to the film: http://deadgentlemen.com/projects/the-gamers-series/the-gamers/

Episode 145: Godzilla - Godzilla vs. Jagereth

Telepathic homeless orphan high-school student Miki Segusa finds herself psychically linked to the King of the Monsters himself. Will they be able to relate to each other? Will Godzilla defeat the Flying/Psychic-type kaiju, Jagereth? Will the real treasure be the friends we made along the way? And will G-Force do anything useful? (In order: yes, yes, yes, no.)

 

Link to the story: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2804025/1/Godzilla-Vs-Jagereth

Episode 144: Batman Beyond - Two Short Fanfics

We plunge into the DCAU ass-backwards with two short Batman Beyond stories. In "Only One Can Wear the Crown," Bat "Bruce Wayne" Man reminiscences about how goddamn good Dick Grayson was at acrobatics. (Spoiler: very good.) In "Hope Is The Thing With Leather," Max finds herself drawn increasingly deeper into the bat-lifestyle, which is a great idea that nobody ever regrets.

 

Links to the stories:

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7091848/1/Only-one-can-wear-the-Crown

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3096336/1/Hope-Is-the-Thing-With-Leather

RFR Special Episode - Anime Music Videos

Anime Music Videos: the carefully-crafted works of transformative media that we watched in our youth, largely because downloading full episodes of anime off the internet was nigh impossible. Tory, Della, and Amado each pick a few AMVs to discuss, and somehow we don't hit any Evanescence songs. (We've got U2 and Linkin Park covered, though.) Amado tries to force his arbitrary categorization dichotomy on the others to limited success.

 

Links to the AMVs:

• Jinnai and the Bugrom Live (El-Hazard): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypGWEXFpxyA
• Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Utena): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYPGqyF4GJY
• Elevation (FFIX): https://youtu.be/Hdum57uAOLQ
• 500 Miles (Ranma): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkeuzElAIDA
• Move Bitch (Various): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yilAb5phPc
• In the End (Rurouni Kenshin): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd73iNKUCds
• Caffeine Enconium (Kodomo no Omocha): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc8dFL9Mk0o

 

Episode 143: Captain Planet - Alternate Destination

Soviet and/or Eastern European Planeteer Linka is transported to an alternate (?) future where she died five years ago, but her troubles don't end there - she'll need to survive a cruise ship full of villains, environmental devastation, Central Park, and maybe a Balrog if we're lucky. Also, romancing sad future Wheeler.

 

Link to the story: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2819108/4/Alternate-Destination

Episode 142: Various - Daicon III and IV Opening Animations

We continue to stretch the ambit of our podcast by discussing proto-Gainax's fan animations for the Nihon SF Taikai science fiction conventions. It's a kind of fanfiction, although the narrative that emerges is mostly "what if all of early-1980s sci-fi crashed into each other and exploded?" In the time it took you to read this, a woman dressed as a playboy bunny could already have beaten up Godzilla, Darth Vader, and a Xenomorph.

 

Daicon III and IV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THZqXJotlBY

Remastered Daicon III: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQjruwkyOaU

 

Remastered Daicon IV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDN68LxWW-8&t=314s

Densha Otoko Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jg7tpJO6P4

 

 

Episode 141: Star Wars - Father’s Heart

In the wake of the Obi-Wan Kenobi TV series, we return to Fernwithy's take on young Leia, the Alderaanean princess who is also a senator who is also the bio-kid of a fascist supervillain who used to be a child slave. Could it be that underneath Vader's cold shell is a deeply wounded man desperately seeking personal connection? Probably. Is any relationship with him going to end in horrible betrayal? Oh, definitely.

 

Link to the story: http://fanfic.theforce.net/fanfic.asp?action=view&ID=368

RFR Special Episode - Stefan Gagne Interview

Erstwhile fanfiction author and Arcade Spirits co-writer Stefan "Twoflower" Gagne joins us to talk through his background in anime fanfiction. There are plenty of digressions along the way, as we talk old anime fan culture, the utilization of nostalgia in fiction, and Stefan's one degree of separation from Bryan Lee O'Malley.

 

Link to the author's webfiction: stefangagne.com 

Link to the Arcade Spirits site: https://www.arcadespirits.com

Episode 140: The Beatles - The First Year

Sara B. rejoins us with a strong recommendation to the world of music RPF. In Liverpool circa 1958, John Lennon is a charismatic asshole, while Paul McCartney is less charismatic but also less of an asshole. Together, they make music and have outrageous chemistry together. Stuart Sutcliffe is also there. Everyone needs to be a lot nicer to poor George Harrison.

 

Link to the story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/188089

Link to Sara's AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/Storyshark2005

Episode 139: Sherlock Holmes - The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet

It's time to investigate a 100 year-old fanfic zine, with Vincent Starett's The Adventure of the Unique Hamlet (no, not like a small town). The author writes what he knows, and what he knows is bibliophiles. The more Sherlock moves like some kind of dog or spider, the happier we are. We expect more of Watson.

 

Link to the story: http://www.bestofsherlock.com/story/unique-hamlet-text.htm

Episode 138: Anime/Fighting Game Crossover - MTCFF Ultra 1-6

Taran joins us, ready for a moderate amount of Ultraviolence, as we chat about the beginnings of the classic Improfanfic headliner, MTCFF Ultra. It's a wrestling-style gonzo megacrossover where Gambit, Dan Hibiki, Lina Inverse, and Shinji fight under the sponsorship of God Herself, Kasumi Tendo. But the real struggle is for each author to keep their predecessor's plot threads going.

 

Link to the story: mtcffultra.com

Episode 137: Buffy - Moving On

Actual fanfiction writers OutHereNow and EveHypo555 of the Canon Divergent podcast join us to talk Buffy. Spike commandeers a company jet to deal with a crisis from his past in Italy. Italy is also where Buffy is half-heartedly sleeping with the hottest supernatural being on the continent. Could these two crazy kids get back together? Maybe it would be a good start if someone got around to telling Buffy that he was still alive?

 

Link to the story: http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=24538

Canon Divergent on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/canon-divergent-a-fanfic-podcast/id1615306973

Episode 136: Buffy - Next

Post-series Buffy needs a vacation, and what better way to relax than to spend some quality time with your erstwhile enemy who totally stole your body at one point? Well, beggars can't be choosers.

 

Link to the story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/35958

RFR Special Episode: About Crossovers

We continue our ongoing series discussing the fundamentals of fanfiction. 

This week we discuss crossovers, what we ourselves look for in a good crossover and elements we found in some not so good crossovers.

Episode 135: Rurouni Kenshin - Fever Dreams

Taran, also known as the deadly Podcaster X, joins us to talk Rurouni Kenshin. The guys fall in a freezing lake and it's up to Kaoru to nurse them back to health. Sano is about as good a patient as you'd expect. Kenshin/Battousai overcomes his psychological trauma through fever-induced therapeutic roleplaying with edged weapons.

 

Link to the story: http://www.sekiharatae.com/Akabeko/fanfic/fever/index.html

RFR Special Episode: What Is Fanfiction?

As a break from our usual routine, we sit down to hash out what the definition of fanfiction is, once and for all. Della's community-based theory sounds like too much work for Amado. On the other hand, Amado accidentally talks himself into categorizing Disney's Snow White as fanfic. RPF continues to stress us out.

Episode 134: Animaniacs/Akira - Akatie

Taran joins us to do the same thing we do every night: read an old fanfic and talk about it. Classic anime movie Akira is smashed together with Animaniacs... and long story short, Akira wins. Brain's friendship with Pinky is front-and-center, while Pinky's friendship with Crow T. Robot is sadly secondary.

 

Wayback Machine link to the first chapter: bit.ly/rfrakatie

Episode 133: Quantum Leap - The Last Measure of Devotion

Annie of the Fangirls Library and Audio Fanfic Podcasts leaps temporarily into our recording room to discuss a post-series-ish Quantum Leap story. Ziggy is breaking down and Sam is losing his self-identity, so Al is willing to do whatever it takes to bring him back home ASAP... and the best way to do that is definitely lying to him about them being in a long-term sexual-romantic relationship. It's possible that people might be acting a wee bit out of character?

 

The Fangirls Library podcast: https://thefangirlslibrary.com/

Audio Fanfic Podcast: soundcloud.com/audiofanficpod

Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrlmod

Episode 132: Monkey Island - Curse of Monkey Island Radio Play

We set a course for pirate shenanigans with this collegiate radio adaptation of LucasArts' classic adventure game, The Curse of Monkey Island. They've got one banger of a script to wrestle down to size, and a limited number of thespians to cover the roles. You work with what you have, even if what you have is a rubber chicken with a pulley through the middle.

 

Link to the audio files: bit.ly/comiradio

Episode 131: Hikaru no Go - A Resolution of Territory

Pop culture chronicler Aja Romano introduces us to a story about two kids who really love Go... and each other. Hikaru has the most wholesome sexual awakening a queer himbo could ask for. Waya has to put up with a lot, but not as much as Hikaru's mom does. Sai's absence haunts the story. (See what I did there?)

 

Aja Romano's website: https://www.ajaromano.com/

Link to the story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/20460

 

Episode 130: Utena / Anime Crossover - Symphony of the Sword

We summon Chris from across the dimensional void to help us tackle one small corner of the expansive Undocumented Features universe. Exiled from her home world of Cephiro, post-series Utena Tenjou needs to make a new life in the 25th Century. Luckily, she'll have the support of author-avatar-offspring roommate Kaitlyn Hutchins, Kaitlyn's friends and family, and a steady trickle of familiar Ohtori faces. Really, there's a whole lot of support going around in every direction - it's all very wholesome. Wholesome and long.

 

Link to the story: http://www.eyrie.net/UF/FI/SOS/symphony-1.html

Episode 129: Dark Angel - All the King’s Horses and All the King’s Men

Special guest Brihana joins us on a trip to the future Seattle of the Dark Angel TV series. It's dark, but probably not as dark as our actual present. When Alec's tryptophan run goes south, he's forced to take refuge at Logan's place, and we've all read enough fanfiction to know where this is headed. (Towards some thoughtful characterization, obviously.)

 

Link to the story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/46739?view_full_work=true

Link to the podfic: http://audiofic.jinjurly.com/all-kings-horses-and-all-kings-men

Episode 128: Rainbow Magic - The University Life Fairies

Someone must have stolen one of the Podcasting Fairy's magic objects, because we need to fill a last-minute gap in our recording schedule. Serena and Amado discuss a hefty Rainbow Magic sequel from someone who has lots to say about fairy bureaucracy, goblin revolution, and the differences between Kirsty Tate and Rachel Walker. (For example, Kirsty is brunette while Rachel is blonde.)

 

Link to the story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/23027782?view_full_work=true

Episode 127: Animorphs - The Wheel

Sergio and Kai of the So You Think You Can Fanon podcast join us as we head over to the Fanfiction Scholastic Book Fair and pick up a lovingly-written Animorphs pastiche. Between us, we are vaguely-qualified to talk about it! Having a friend who you think might be a Yeerk is very stressful. Robot doubles are very convenient for maintaining your secret identity.

 

Link to So You Think You Can Fanon: https://anchor.fm/sytycfanon

Link to the story: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1026376/1/The-Wheel

Episode 126: Adventure Time - Undeath

We ring in the new year by reading an Adventure Time fanfic that's so new, it's not even old enough to drive. Also, it's a monologue by entropic demigod The Lich - perfect for welcoming in another year of global pandemic! But even as our bile-filled bodies crawl screaming toward oblivion, at least we can take comfort in the fact that the Lich has a really sweet character design and voice acting.

 

Link to the story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/685537

Episode 125: TMNT - Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Turtles

Do not adjust your television set: Christmas magic has returned us to our youth of three years ago, and we are once again discussing Blue's festive Ninja Turtles story. "Festive" here means, of course, that it's full of awkward family tensions and simmering resentments. Not to mention love, cookies, cute puppies, toxic masculinity, and Lutheranism. (Just like every year, Casey Jones brings the toxic masculinity.)

 

Link to the story: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5807/1/Peace-On-Earth-Goodwill-To-Turtles

Episode 124: Doom Patrol - Doom Patrols

We venture far off the beaten path with Steven Shaviro's mid-90s "theoretical fiction" named after Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol, which is absolutely not fiction but was definitely written by a fan. Amado struggles with the definition of postmodernism, Tory struggles to stay positive, and Dom is along for the ride.

 

Link to the essay: http://www.dhalgren.com/Doom/index.html

RFR Special Episode - Brian Clevinger Interview

We're delighted to have erstwhile 8-Bit Theater author Brian Clevinger join us to discuss his college independent project that got slightly out of hand. It's an improvement over our previous 8-Bit Theater discussion, in that he's actually re-read the whole comic recently! The conversation touches on author-artist collaborations, Cecil Turtle, and the Street Fighter combos that are apparently permanently seared into Brian's memory.

 

Link to the Atomic Robo website: https://www.atomic-robo.com/

Link to Brian (and Scott's) Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tesladyne

Episode 123: Masters of the Universe - the Trollan Trilogy

Regular guest Chris brings more (he-)manpower to our table as we discuss the first three chapters in a Masters of the Universe saga. A collection of extradimensional floating visitors come to Eternia to romance Orko, mentor Orko, and/or manipulate Orko . He-man is mostly irrelevent. Skeletor is mostly bored out of his skull. We're not 100% sure what Evil-Lyn's game plan is, but she seems to know what she's doing and we're definitely here for it.

 

Link to the fanfic: http://www.c4vct.com/kym/numbskul/fic/index.htm

Episode 122: Wonderfalls - Homing Pigeon

The short-lived TV show Wonderfalls might have only squeaked out one season, but you can always count on fanfiction to continue the story. A fire in Jaye's trailer leaves her scrambling for a place to live, and eventually leads to Tyler siblings' romantic lives being outed to their parents. But honestly, with dialogue as fun as this, who cares what the plot is?

 

Link to the story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/1152583/chapters/2337081

Episode 121: Final Fantasy - 8-Bit Theater

Taran joins us to revisit the most popular fanfic webcomic of our youth, which retells the original Final Fantasy as a tabletop RPG-influenced bizarro comedy. In an example of life emulating art, we talk in circles and take forever to get anywhere in the discussion. To our credit, however, none of us attempt to murder each other.

 

Link to the story: https://www.nuklearpower.com/8-bit-theater-archive/?archive_year=2001

Link to our Discord channel: bit.ly/rfrdiscordserver

Episode 120: Stargate SG-1 - Ripples

Kerri of the Stargate SG-1 rewatch podcast Window of Opportunity joins us to compensate for Amado's complete lack of Stargate knowledge. Following "Shades of Gray," Daniel is kidnapped and Jack, unsurprisingly, doesn't take it well. Villains of the day recieve their inevitable comeuppance. The depiction of trauma is pretty astute for a fanfic from circa 2001.

 

Window of Opportunity podcast: https://windowofopportunity.libsyn.com/website

Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrripples

Episode 119: Sailor Moon - Sailor Moon 4200 Chapters 8-15

(TW: child abuse)

The cycle begins again, as special guest Mar joins Amado and Tory to scratch futilely at the surface of Sailor Moon 4200 chapters nine through fifteen. We see Crystal Tokyo fall, up-close and personal. Sailors Moon die, and are (re?)born. The Church of Serenity makes some sound theological points.

 

Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrsm4200

Link to our Discord channel: bit.ly/rfrdiscordserver

 

 

RFR Special Episode: Centaurworld Review

Schedule blip means Tory and Dom get a chance to talk about the newly released season 1 of Centaurworld. Tory ends up enjoying themselves after the characters stop personifying their farts and start supporting each other, and Dom gets overwhelmed trying to list all the Broadway credentials of the cast while restraining herself from talking too much about how much she enjoyed the songs. Both agree that they'd love to have more show set in Rider's world, that just looks badass.  

Retro fanfic discussion resumes next release. Thanks for listening!

Episode 118: The A-Team: Dark Passage

(Trigger warning: sexual assault & abuse)

 

ChaosBlue of the Fanfic Maverick Podcast joins us for an A-Team story that goes some places we did not expect. A long-term undercover mission led by Face absolutely requires him to pretend to be married to Hancock, and also for Hancock to pursue a career in design. Then things start going south, and they keep going south. Hannibal is surprisingly hands-off. B.A. has a very high tolerance for fools.

 

The Fanfic Maverick podcast: https://fanficmaverickpodcast.tumblr.com/

Link to the story: http://ateamslash.sockiipress.org/archive/1/darkpassage.html

Link to our Discord channel: bit.ly/rfrdiscordserver

Episode 117: Smallville - Interstitial

Sara of Talkin' Fanfic carefully curates a fanfic for us from the early Smallville fan scene. Like, pre-season-two early. Clark is lying low in his professional life at the Daily Planet, when a sudden loss of powers brings Lex Luthor back into his life. Lois Lane is awesome even when she's petty and unhelpful. There's nothing more punkish than thoughtful attention to characterization.

 

Link to the story: http://https://archiveofourown.org/works/3180

Link to Talkin' Fanfic: https://talkinfanfic.podbean.com/

Link to our Discord channel: bit.ly/rfrdiscordserver

Episode 116: Alice in Wonderland - Dungeonland & The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror

Resident Lewis Carroll enthusiast Julia returns to help us tackle two Advanced Dungeons & Dragons modules written by D&D codifier Gary Gygax. He's more in his "Tomb of Horrors" mode than his "Keep on the Borderlands" mode. Roleplaying is a realm of limitless possibility, but you absolutely can't cut through the thick garden hedge. The White Rabbit needs to stop polymorphing people into weird animal hybrids. Amado is definitely going to loot the Caterpillar's hookah.

 

Link to the modules (on the old TSR website!): bit.ly/rfrdungeonland

Episode 115: Hellblazer/Oh! My Goddess - Dire Fates

Chris completes our trio of divine fanfic readers as we tackle the classic O!MG/Hellblazer crossover, Dire Fates. A bevy of goddesses and demons suddenly gain an interest in John Constantine (the Hellblazer who blazes in Hell), leading to the Constantine/Skuld team-up we didn't know we wanted. The Norns are not the most responsible sysadmins. It is perhaps a LITTLE too easy to bluff archangels.

 

Link to the fanfic: bit.ly/rfrdirefates

Swing by our Discord channel! bit.ly/rfrdiscordserver

Episode 114: Sailor Moon - Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Orion

Special guest Victoria of the Sailor Moon Fan Club podcast joins us to read a whole novel worth of fanfiction! Welcome to Crystal Tokyo, where you can take a standardized test to become a magical warrior of love and justice for the definitely 100% praiseworthy immortal monarchy. The story jumps from school to space. The queer romance is completely happy and angst-free.

 

Link to the story: http://www.lethesbanks.com/BestFanfiction/mi_orion.txt

Link to the Sailor Moon Fan Club podcast: https://www.sailormoonfanclub.com/

Link to our Discord channel: bit.ly/rfrdiscordserver

RFR Special Episode - Robin of Sherwood Fandom Discussion

Special guest Rache joins us to discuss the fandom of Robin of Sherwood, an acclaimed fantasy TV series that Tory and Amado missed out on because they are practically babies. She's full of information about the Major Oak fanfiction awards that she ran, and amazing anecdotes from decades of conventions. Also, Tory tries to catch up on the show while podcasting, with limited success.

RFR Special Episode - I Lost My Body Review

Dom and Tory discuss "J'ai perdu mon corps," the award-winning animated movie about a hand in search of a body. It's incredible, although officially not as good as Toy Story 4. Dom gets to exercise her French. Tory describes the plot in terms of short stories, but the episode runs rather long. C'est la vie.

 

Episode 113: Duck Tales 2017 - Huey Duck's Non-Comprehensive, Ever Growing List of Reasons Why Being a Triplet is Awesome

Dom(-ald Duck) completes our trio to discuss a Duck Tales 2017 fanfic that's a series of fluffy, characterful vignettes. Donald has his nephews' backs, the triplets have each others' backs, and they also have Webby's back. Basically, everyone's got each others' backs. It feels like your heart is nestled in duck down.

 

Link to the fanfic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/16979757

Swing by our Discord channel! bit.ly/rfrdiscordserver

Episode 112: Star Trek Voyager - Absumption

Special guest Anika Dane takes the command chair to lead us through this even more depressing version of the episode Timeless. Shockingly, a desperate plan in Star Trek doesn't work. Janeway keeps her shit together for an impressively long time. Children are the future except when their future is retroactively taken from them. Sorry, children!

 

Link to the story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/2401565

Link to Anika's website: https://www.manicpixiedust.com/

Come chat fanfiction at our new Discord channel! bit.ly/rfrdiscordserver

Episode 111: Zelda - The Wind Waker

We wave our sacred baton to call upon Rosie, author of a Wind Waker novelization that took years and years to complete. Link is a little chattier than in the game. The King of Red Lions is kind of a jerk. Amado tries to contribute to the conversation despite neither having played the game nor finished the fanfic.

 

Link to the story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/942435/chapters/1838259

 

Come chat fanfiction at our new Discord channel! bit.ly/rfrdiscordserver

Episode 110: X-Men Evolution - The Day the Earth Stood Back

Katie & Britt of the "Is it an X-Man?" podcast return to the show, ready to rag on Cyclops and enthuse about X-Men: Evolution. In the fanfic, a grown Kurt and young Kurt switch places in what you might call a... cross-time caper? This results in temporal angst, fun character work, and an obligatory fight against Magneto. Amado is almost as enthusiastic about Nightcrawler as the author is.

 

Link to the story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/5224844

Episode 109: TMNT - Transcension

It's turtles all the way down as Chris joins us to discuss a crisis on finite turtle-earths. Renet Tilley has a very bad day, but the Mighty Mutanimals have an even worse one. A lot of turtles are not very good ninjas. Amado gets passionate about methods of mutant turtle propagation.

 

Link to the story: http://www.thegreenlanterncorps.com/tmnt/transcension.html

 

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