Chris, Tory and Amado sample the finest aged delicacy that the Rescue Rangers fandom has to offer, with a graphic novel featuring action, Gadget/Chip romance, and cool panel layouts that are hard to describe verbally. Former one-shot characters get promoted. Gadget gets trauma but also therapy. The Rescue Rangers deliberately murder almost no humans. Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrmayhem Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are n...
Dec 07, 2020•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 114
We're joined by Katie & Britt of the "Is It An X-man?" podcast to confirm that Gambit is, indeed, an X-man. But is he the traitor that Bishop says will one day lead the X-men to ruin? Or is his whole deal way, way more convoluted than that? Don't worry, though, things aren't so serious that we can't fit in some good old-fashioned Rogue/Gambit romance. Link to the fanfic: bit.ly/rfrbetrayal Want to check out "Is It An X-man?" : https://linktr.ee/isitanxman Three friends read old fanfiction th...
Nov 23, 2020•1 hr 58 min•Ep. 113
No, it's not fanfiction fanfiction. Amado, Tory, and Dom look back on the many, many episodes of fanfic discussion we've produced over the last couple years, as well as where we're going in the future. To the cold, harsh light of 2021 and onward! Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not. Check out our website at https://bit.ly/retrofanfic Send us emails at [email protected] Visit us on Facebook at https://w...
Nov 09, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 112
The continuation of Evangelion continues as Taran, Tory, and Amado tackle ONE of its endings, at least. We finally reach the theatrical trailer and its professional voice work. Rei's soul does a super-cool battle move. The ending is either happy or existentially terrifying. bit.ly/rfrevar Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not. Check out our website at https://bit.ly/retrofanfic Send us emails at RetroFanficRetrospective@...
Oct 26, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 111
Taran the Third Podcaster joins us to discuss Evangelion: R, the classic fanfic with such high production values (for a fanfic) that it has original voice talent, a trailer, a soundtrack, and VHS covers. And there's a story there too! Rest assured that more children with mother-related emotional trauma get shoved into giant alien robot thingies. bit.ly/rfrevar Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not. Check out our website ...
Oct 12, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 110
Skeptical Tory and true-believer CJ team up to investigate a short X-Files fanfic from early 2000. The author, who pays close attention to the relationship between two federal agents, writes about an author who pays close attention to the relationship between two federal agents. The truth may or may not be out there, but a twist ending is definitely in the cards. bit.ly/rfrstrangers Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not....
Sep 28, 2020•42 min•Ep. 109
Tory and Amado are joined by Serena to try out a new format of fanfiction, which starts out cutely creepy and then becomes steadily less cute. Billy has a rough time at camp. Tom Nook holds many secrets. Only part of the horror comes from capitalism. bit.ly/rfrac We read old fanfiction that we think might be good. Sometimes we are right. Sometimes we are not. Check out our website at https://bit.ly/retrofanfic Send us emails at [email protected] Visit us on Facebook at https://w...
Sep 14, 2020•51 min•Ep. 108
Special guest Mar joins us to talk about Sailor Moon 4200, a perpetually-unfinished masterpiece. The utopian Crystal Tokyo was destroyed long ago by monstrous forces, but we still have a pair of plucky talking cats wandering the streets seeking out young girls to awaken as Sailor Senshi, so things can't have changed that much, right? bit.ly/rfrsm4200 Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not. Check out our website at https:/...
Aug 31, 2020•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 107
Special guest Rosie joins us to talk about Doctor Who. Rose makes the difficult decision to leave the Doctor, because she's understandably got hella trauma. She deals with things in very healthy, productive ways, then in some more questionable ways. Sarah Jane is a cool friend to have. The fanfic only barely avoids becoming a threesome with two Doctors. bit.ly/rfrdisintegration Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not. Chec...
Aug 24, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 106
Tory and Amado keep their sacred promise to return to Revolutionary Girl Utena, with an unusually short post-series fanfic. Juri, Professor of Being a Cool Lesbian, is our viewpoint character to a mysterious reunion of duelists. Saionji is less bad, Touga is probably equally bad and Nanami is on-point as usual. Link to the story: bit.y/rfrtenyears Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not. Check out our website at https://bi...
Aug 17, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 105
Special guest Chris is enlisted as a minion on our ageless, decadent podcast to discuss a Vampire Hunter D fanfic out of a 1980s anime fanzine. Rei Ginsei has a rough and confusing backstory. Facing down vampires is, in fact, terrifying. Everybody finds something to like about the award-winning art, but nobody can agree on what. Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrrule Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not. Check out our websit...
Aug 10, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 104
We're delighted to find an epistolary fanfic based on everyone's favorite C.S. Lewis work that doesn't have any lions in it. The story is only 1600 words, but our meandering conversation takes far more than that. Screwtape's Rolodex is probably pretty impressive. The cosmologies of the Buffyverse and the Screwtape Letters aren't... completely incompatible. Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrscrewtape Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes t...
Aug 03, 2020•49 min•Ep. 103
We return to everyone's favorite unsettling childhood movie in this sequel to The Secret of NIMH. We spend equal time exploring the rats' sweet-ass civilization, and Elizabeth Brisby's solid single parenting. Meanwhile, a special ops team of rats survives behind enemy lines. And Johnathan Brisby has a lot of explaining to do. Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrnimh Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not. Check out our website a...
Jul 27, 2020•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 102
Intrepid partners Amado and Serena unveil the mysteries of Neil Gaiman's award-winning mashup fanfic. Baker Street attracts consulting detectives in any timeline. The rich and powerful might as well be tentacled monstrosities, for all the difference it makes. The moon is a comforting red. Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrstudy Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not. Check out our website at https://bit.ly/retrofanfic Send us ...
Jul 20, 2020•43 min•Ep. 101
Averting tomorrow's disasters today can be a rough job, and Gary pushes himself a little too far in the process. The author writes what she knows, and what she knows is respiratory illness. Chuck tries to step up to the plate, to limited success. We smile nostalgically about the quaint concept of reading the newspaper. Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrsand Author's website: http://mpmcdonald.com/ Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes the...
Jul 13, 2020•57 min•Ep. 100
You'd think that after escaping from his apocalyptic timeline, Future Trunks's life could only improve. But now he has to spend a year trapped in a room with a hateful, malevolent entity that thrives on his anger and bloodlust. And that's just his dad - there's an evil spirit involved, too. Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrroom Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not. Check out our website at https://bit.ly/retrofanfic Send us...
Jul 06, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 98
It's the late 60s, and aspiring writer Velma Dinkley and her college buddies are facing some tough choices. For instance, is it better to go to war in Vietnam, or cruise around the country in a sweet hippie van with your best friends and a large dog? ...okay, maybe that choice isn't so hard after all. Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrscooby Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not. Check out our website at https://bit.ly/retrof...
Jun 29, 2020•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 97
An unexpected gap in the schedule gives Dom and Tory the opportunity to breakdown another new animation. This time they discuss season one of Bluey, an Australian made cartoon for a preschool audience that has been gaining popularity worldwide after being included on Disney+ which emphasizes the importance and benefits of playtime. Would you enjoy watching it even if you're not babysitting a kid? We think so, yes. RFR is a podcast where usually three friends read old fanfiction that they think m...
Jun 22, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 99
(TW: fucked up non-consensual sex) In the melting pot of Deep Space Nine, can two people of different species who are both sort of smug jerks fall in LOVE? Yes, but it will probably take Shakespearean levels of misery to get someone to confess. "Anthony and Cleopatra" is the book club discussion topic of the day. Dukat is terrible. Garak and Bashir get it on. And on. And on. Link to the story: bit.ly/rfralliance Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are ...
Jun 08, 2020•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 96
Thundercracker gets an unexpected promotion that thrusts him into prominence early in the war on Cybertron. He'll grow a little, learn a little, and maybe, just maybe, become a better, kinder evil space robot. Some Transformers are beasts and some are cars, and everyone is just going to have to live with that. Flywheels is more than meets the eye. Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrbest Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not. C...
Jun 01, 2020•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 95
Will this Tamers fanfic finally break the Digimon curse? Takato has been written out of reality, but that won't stop him from being the viewpoint character. Forced romantic pairings among children abound. It all reads like an early-2000s https://www.facebook.com/RetroFanficRetrospective/ See our tweets and episode previews at https://twitter.com/RetroFanfic
May 25, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 94
Dom and Tory turn away from Retro to talk about some new animation. Midnight Gospel has them waxing philosophical and nerdy as they discuss death, drawing, and what it's like to watch a show so completely unwrapped from reality that it ends up making the most sense. Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not. Check out our website at https://bit.ly/retrofanfic Send us emails at [email protected] Visit us on F...
May 18, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 93
The cinematic spy shenanigans continue as Harry and Hermione get involved with MacGuffins, secret plans, double-crosses, triple-crosses, and body doubles. Harry is a superwizard. Hermione messes with time magic again but it's fine. Draco is in leather pants way back in the year 2000. Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrpou Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not. Check out our website at https://bit.ly/retrofanfic Send us emails ...
May 11, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 92
Amado sits down with one of his nostalgic favorite authors, John Biles, to discuss his decades-spanning fanfic writing career. The topics are wide-ranging and very, VERY geeky. We return to the previously-featured "Children of an Elder God" as well as his other major collaboration "Sailor Moon Z." John can't resist a crossover. He also never stops writing. Children of an Elder God: bit.ly/rfrchildren Sailor Moon Z: bit.ly/rfrsmz Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. So...
May 04, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 91
Thom and Nina of the Mobile Suit Breakdown podcast join Amado to discuss a First Gundam fanfic from 1988. Military cadets Char and Garma are best buds, except for part where one is planning to murder the other. A heist is planned and executed perfectly. The sexual content is shockingly heterosexual. Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrsomething Find Mobile Suit Podcast at: https://gundampodcast.com/ Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes the...
Apr 27, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 90
Amado & Taran team up to tackle two short fanfics. In "Reminiscence," an adult Calvin looks back with rose-colored lenses on his childhood, Susie gets fridged, and the torch of imagination is symbolically passed on but also maybe regained somehow. In "Geniuses," college-aged Calvin gains a romantic interest in the form of Jason Fox. And we are so on board with that premise. Link to the stories: Reminiscence (Text): bit.ly/rfrcalvin Reminiscence (Podfic): https://archiveofourown.org/works/431...
Apr 20, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 88
We need a lot of help tackling Suburban Senshi, the text fanfic turned irc-formatted fanfic turned sprawling fan project. Luckily the original author himself, Dr. Xadium, joins us to explain just what we're looking at. The breadth of geekiness involved is staggering. Michiru is Dr. X's nemesis. The real Suburban Senshi are the friends we made along the way. Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrss Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they ar...
Apr 13, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 86
Our first podfic - an audio recording by Serena, of lvlyvmk's BTS fanfic "out of the woodwork." Enjoy, and send your thoughts and suggestions! Link to the story: bit.ly/cefdbts Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not. Check out our website at https://bit.ly/retrofanfic Send us emails at [email protected] Visit us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/RetroFanficRetrospective/ See our tweets and episode p...
Apr 10, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 89
Amado and Serena host Cutting Edge Fanfic Deep-cut as we discuss a high-kudos BTS fanfic. Taehyung gets soap opera amnesia. Serena is ARMY and Amado is barely a recruit. The joy of the Vmin pairing is that they can cuddle, stroke, and call each other pet names, and still angst over whether the other person is into them. Link to the story: bit.ly/cefdbts Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not. Check out our website at http...
Apr 06, 2020•47 min•Ep. 87
In the midst of professional ennui, Hemione gets caught up in the work of her best friend Harry Potter. As the most famous hero in the wizarding world, he’s obviously well-suited to be a professional spy. Ron is gone. Warning shots are fired. Cho plays a certain narrative role. Link to the story: bit.ly/rfrpou Three friends read old fanfiction that they think might be good. Sometimes they are right. Sometimes they are not. Check out our website at https://bit.ly/retrofanfic Send us emails at Ret...
Mar 30, 2020•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 85
