Episode 11 - Stay Gold, Jacob Black (Eclipse, Preface - Chapter 3)

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01/23/19 • 84 min

Briana and Sid begin the third Twilight book, Eclipse, discussing the preface through the end of Chapter 3. Wuthering Heights haunts this text in a confusing way! Other topics include how Edward's behavior escalates to straight-up horror movie antagonist, Jacob inspires some Twilight/The Outsiders crossover fiction, and Stephenie showcases her passion for graphic design.

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Episode 10 - Heathcliff Heathcliff, Grave Robbing Entrepreneur (Wuthering Heights)

A special holiday season piece of ghost-adjacent content! As Wuthering Heights is referenced repeatedly in Eclipse, Sid and Briana read and reread (respectively) the 1847 novel by Emily Brontë.

Topics include how everyone in this book probably has tuberculosis, Heathcliff's ethnic ambiguity and... extracurricular activities, and how Kate Bush may have exaggerated just how much ghost content Wuthering Heights truly contains.

(Apologies for the poor sound quality, I used the wrong mic input like a chump!! And happy holidays y'all!!)

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Episode 12 - Dumpster™ Brand Trash Fire (Eclipse, Chapters 4-6)

We're finally back (sorry!!!) with chapters 4-6 of Eclipse, which can really only be described as a DumpsterTM fire.

Topics include justice for Emily, how kidnapping is never casual, this franchise's ever more troubling relationship to aging (now with 20% more racism), and Edward's tacky goth interior design taste. Also, what if this story had witches and ghosts? Or if we had started a podcast about Animorphs instead?

(Content note: like most of our episodes, this includes discussions of abuse.)