Retro Fanfic Retrospective

We indulge ourselves in reminiscences about the voyage of discovery and exploration that was being an anime fan around the turn of the millennium. We remember the slow internet speeds, purple Kodocha Fansubs tapes, and inability to find any given volume of manga! Also, we had to walk to the anime con uphill, through the snow.

We return to an old favorite, armed with marginally more Xena: Warrior Princess knowledge than we had the first time around. Xena kills a very large man, Gabrielle tells fairy tales, and the two of them have sex together at LEAST three times. bit.ly/rfrdragon

After more five years and 170 episodes of podcasting, Amado has finally written a full 1600 words of actual, genuine Magic School Bus fanfiction. And Tory and Della are ready to listen to it and try to serve as betas. Beta readers, I mean. You can't be too careful with the Omegaverse out there. Link to the (slightly revised) story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/57044551

We return to Newgrounds (not to be confused with Newsgrounds, which is presumably a news site) to discuss the early fan animations of LegendaryFrog. Do they still hold up in 2024? And does it really matter, because dozens of lines from them are lodged in our middle school lizard brains either way? I'm looking at YOU, Aeris! Link to the videos: https://legendaryfrog.newgrounds.com/

Seatbelts, everyone! Tory and Amado go on a magical journey to compare and contrast two Magic School Bus fanfics that have very different ideas about where the magic lies. Arnold may be the heart of the show. Mary Poppins makes a guest appearance. Link to the stories: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4787280/1/What-Comes-After https://archiveofourown.org/works/296134