<description>The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy, chapters 16-18

RIP Doctor Who. The Tardis crashed into a space embankment at two trillion miles per hour and he blew up. There's been precious little Potter news lately, so we spend some time chatting about how every major tentpole franchise seems to be falling apart these days and how we hope that it happens to Harry soon. Then we discuss our penultimate reading of TIUTFFYE, which... was pretty fun? It's a pleasant surprise, but it's also a tick upward right before the end of the book, so it could all come crashing down next week. We spend a while discussing this surprising turn of events, and then plan a vacation by sifting through a list of wizarding-themed AirBNB listings.

NOTES: 

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/stays/arizona/themed-airbnb-az
https://www.purewow.com/travel/harry-potter-inspired-airbnb</description>

The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy, cha…

The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy, chapters 16-18

RIP Doctor Who. The Tardis crashed into a space embankment at two trillion miles per hour and he blew up. There's been precious little Potter news lately, so we spend some time chatting about how every major tentpole franchise seems to be falling apart these days and how we hope that it happens to Harry soon. Then we discuss our penultimate reading of TIUTFFYE, which... was pretty fun? It's a pleasant surprise, but it's also a tick upward right before the end of the book, so it could all come crashing down next week. We spend a while discussing this surprising turn of events, and then plan a vacation by sifting through a list of wizarding-themed AirBNB listings.

NOTES: 

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/stays/arizona/themed-airbnb-az
https://www.purewow.com/travel/harry-potter-inspired-airbnb

Episode 231: You Just Have to Find Him

<description>The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy, chapters 13-15

Woof. Remember how last week we thought things might be improving? Forget we said any of that. This week we've got some just plain nasty stuff to dig through, but don't worry! We have some fun chatting about Final Fantasy, James Bond, and Dodgers fan Dobby too. Then we get right with the Lord and learn what sort of people are still writing Potter clickbait in 2026. It couldn't possibly be a conservative Christian getting mad about his kid learning that slavery is bad, could it? Well,,

Some notes:

-This week's reading features a lot of clumsy, tasteless depictions of sex work and attempted assault, and we spend most of our time going in on it. Nothing too specific, but it's a bit too broad to give a specific skippable timestamp. It's just kinda all bad this week

-"Fun" fact: ye olde revivalist preacher in the third segment was not only a slave owner, but I did some idle reading after the show and discovered that he also got fired from his parish for inappropriate behavior. In the 1700s! The more things change, eh? </description>

The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy, chapters 13-15

Woof. Remember how last week we thought things might be improving? Forget we said any of that. This week we've got some just plain nasty stuff to dig through, but don't worry! We have some fun chatting about Final Fantasy, James Bond, and Dodgers fan Dobby too. Then we get right with the Lord and learn what sort of people are still writing Potter clickbait in 2026. It couldn't possibly be a conservative Christian getting mad about his kid learning that slavery is bad, could it? Well,,

Some notes:

-This week's reading features a lot of clumsy, tasteless depictions of sex work and attempted assault, and we spend most of our time going in on it. Nothing too specific, but it's a bit too broad to give a specific skippable timestamp. It's just kinda all bad this week

-"Fun" fact: ye olde revivalist preacher in the third segment was not only a slave owner, but I did some idle reading after the show and discovered that he also got fired from his parish for inappropriate behavior. In the 1700s! The more things change, eh? 

Episode 230: Ginny Drone Spectacle

<description>The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy, chapters 9-12

We begin this episode with an utterly earth-shattering shock! Then we move on to discuss a really gross set of chapters. Only, these might be the best ones so far? Is this book improving, or are we just getting used to it? We chew on that for a while before checking in on another, much more expensive podcast to see what's going on over in Official Content World.

Notes: I do spoil The Mandalorian and Grogu in this, so if you want to remain un-Grogu'd skip to 26:30. </description>

The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy, chapters 9-12

We begin this episode with an utterly earth-shattering shock! Then we move on to discuss a really gross set of chapters. Only, these might be the best ones so far? Is this book improving, or are we just getting used to it? We chew on that for a while before checking in on another, much more expensive podcast to see what's going on over in Official Content World.

Notes: I do spoil The Mandalorian and Grogu in this, so if you want to remain un-Grogu'd skip to 26:30. 

Episode 229: It Actually Does Work On Us Sometimes

<description>The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy, chapters 7-9

We're a little rambunctious on this one. We love genre crap, but there's something in the air that's making us not click with the current epoch of genre crap. Are we just getting old, or is this stuff actually getting worse? Maybe this book just makes us cranky. Who could blame us when this week's reading includes an oddly offensive "crazy" professor, coworkers who want to sit on the floor and eat pretzels instead of doing their paperwork, and an honest to God entire chapter about a drunk guy playing with his nutsack? With apologies to Dungeon Crawler Carl fans, this media landscape has us stymied. </description>

The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy, chapters 7-9

We're a little rambunctious on this one. We love genre crap, but there's something in the air that's making us not click with the current epoch of genre crap. Are we just getting old, or is this stuff actually getting worse? Maybe this book just makes us cranky. Who could blame us when this week's reading includes an oddly offensive "crazy" professor, coworkers who want to sit on the floor and eat pretzels instead of doing their paperwork, and an honest to God entire chapter about a drunk guy playing with his nutsack? With apologies to Dungeon Crawler Carl fans, this media landscape has us stymied. 

Episode 228: It Just Doesn't Work on Me

<description>The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy, chapters 4-6

We're getting nasty with it this week. On this episode we roll up our sleeves and stick our hands into a trio of very sexual but oddly unsexy chapters. There are a lot of penis jokes to discuss, but it's also a surprisingly good springboard to talk about what makes for interesting sexual tension between characters, the effectiveness of removing fanfiction from its sources, and the importance of making deliberate decisions when choosing a setting. There's also a lot of boner and cum gags too so sorry about that.  And last but certainly not least, the return of Jack Sloper?</description>

The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy, chapters 4-6

We're getting nasty with it this week. On this episode we roll up our sleeves and stick our hands into a trio of very sexual but oddly unsexy chapters. There are a lot of penis jokes to discuss, but it's also a surprisingly good springboard to talk about what makes for interesting sexual tension between characters, the effectiveness of removing fanfiction from its sources, and the importance of making deliberate decisions when choosing a setting. There's also a lot of boner and cum gags too so sorry about that.  And last but certainly not least, the return of Jack Sloper?

Episode 227: We're Really Good at Being Annoying

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