Hyperfixation: A Queer Fandom Podcast

We've had another slight scheduling issue, so the Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar episode will be coming out next week. In the meantime, please enjoy another episode of us talking about a sad, eventually orphaned and alcoholic boy, who is kinda from the Midwest. There is very little queerness in this one but we are excited by those trailers.Our Other Recent Book Episodes:Almost Life by Kiran Millwood HargraveThe Queen of the Damned by Anne RiceThe House in the Cerluean Sea by TJ KluneBury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle

Marika makes the Hyperfixation gang (again) talk about a very Sapphic book, but this one has no fantasy elements and is just about emotions and relationships. Two queer women meet in late 1970s and that effects the rest of their lives. Topics include the power of being straight passing, being queer in the 70s and 80s, the AIDS epidemic, and the complexities of bisexuality.Episode We Mentioned:Queen of the DamnedBrokeback MountainPatience and SarahFor All MankindQueerness and CloningA Day of Fallen NightAmong the Burning FlowersThe Vampire Lestat

We talk about different representations of cloning and queerness in The Alters, Orphan Black, and We Are Legion. The Alters open up an interesting view on bisexuality, while Orphan Black fought against the main conception of queerness in the Born This Way era, and We Are Legion tackles robots.Episodes We Mention:Hansry Romance in Kingdom Come Deliverance 2Our First Xena: Warrior Princess EpisodeBaldur's Gate 3Brokeback MountainDragon Age: InquisitionKaosHouse of GuisnessThe Queen of the Damned

Trigger warning for the India arc. We revisit season four of Xena. Marika really only likes one of these episodes, but they are important to Gabrielle's character arc. There is some queerness but mostly just bad stuff and controversy. Episodes We Mentioned:Our First Xena Season 4 EpisodeOur Xena Episode about The Debt Part 1 and 2Castlevania: Nocturne Season 1Our First Xena Episode

Bret and Marika struggle through Cal's favorite Vampire Chronicles book, The Queen of the Damned. There is a lot of Devil's Minion, but also numerous new characters showing up to tell us about their backstories and so much philosophy talk. We also briefly discuss the movie, which is fun but a weird adaption.Episodes We Mentioned:Interview with the Vampire (season one and the book)The Vampire Lestat (the book)The end of Interview with the Vampire season twoThe start of Interview with the Vampire season twoThe start of The Vampire Lestat seasonA Strange and Stubborn EnduranceOur first Dragon Age episode

The gang revisits the Fox X-Men movies from the early 2000s. They are possibly the gayest the X-Men will ever be on the big screen. Iceman is doing a lot of closeted teen behavior, Ian McKellen plays Magneto gay, and the queer metaphor is strong.Spoilers for Spiderman: A Brand New DayOur X-Men Episodes:Deadpool and WolverineMarauders (2019)Kate Pryde and Murder WivesIceman (2018)X-Men Blue Origins #1New Mutants: Dead SoulsNew Mutants: The Vita Ayala Run Part 1New Mutants: The Vita Ayala Run Part 2The New Mutants Movie

Lestat defends his life to Gabs and the Fledglings of Failure. Louis has to stand up to gremlin Armand and save Regina. We spend a lot of time at the long table. There are numerous interesting montages and thankfully we have learned that the series has been renewed for a fourth season. Episodes We Mentioned:The Vampire Lestat: MontrealThe Vampire Lestat: New YorkThe Vampire Lestat: The Devil's RoadThe Vampire Lestat: TorontoThe Vampire Lestat: ToledoThe Vampire Lestat: DetroitInterview with the Vampire (season one and the book)The Vampire Lestat (the book)The end of Interview with the Vampire season twoThe start of Interview with the Vampire season twoCarmilla: The Web Series 

Louis and Lestat reunite and make a series of terrible decisions on one crazy night in Montreal. Lestat is preparing for his big concert, Louis might be acting out of character, and Claudia hates everyone but Madeleine. Episodes We Mentioned: The Vampire Lestat: New YorkThe Vampire Lestat: The Devil's RoadThe Vampire Lestat: TorontoThe Vampire Lestat: ToledoThe Vampire Lestat: DetroitInterview with the Vampire (season one and the book)The Vampire Lestat (the book)The end of Interview with the Vampire season twoThe start of Interview with the Vampire season two

Lestat fakes his own death, starts working on an album, and awakes Akasha. Armand is planning... something. The band wants to be vampires. Louis has Lestat met Regina and he writes a fantastically sad song about Claudia. Episodes We Mentioned:The Vampire Lestat: The Devil's RoadThe Vampire Lestat: TorontoThe Vampire Lestat: ToledoThe Vampire Lestat: DetroitInterview with the Vampire (season one and the book)The Vampire Lestat (the book)The end of Interview with the Vampire season twoThe start of Interview with the Vampire season two

Armand is going on an apology tour, Lestat and the band write a dis track about it, Louis is being real weird in that diner, and Cal has made this a Devil's Minion podcast.Episodes We Mentioned:The Vampire Lestat: TorontoThe Vampire Lestat: ToledoThe Vampire Lestat: DetroitInterview with the Vampire (season one and the book)The Vampire Lestat (the book)The end of Interview with the Vampire season twoThe start of Interview with the Vampire season twoBaldur's Gate 3