Trope Confessions

Maggie and Aya discuss their favorite trope.... evil boyfriends! This episode is not an endorsement of bad behavior. Works mentioned: Star Wars, the Grishaverse, 50 Shades of Grey, Twilight, The Vampire Diaries, Dr. Horrible, Firefly, Buffy, A Discovery of Witches, Beauty and the Beast, The Shape of Water, Axiom's End, Gone Girl, Breaking Bad, How I Met Your Mother, and SHREK.

Maggie and Aya get a little personal in this episode, in which we discuss how instances of sex-on-page (or screen) influenced our ideas about sex and as teens. Works under discussion: Twilight, His Dark Materials, the Princess Diaries, Tamora Pierce's work, Gilmore Girls, 50 Shades of Grey, the Flame and the Flower, A Court of Thorns and Roses. Left out for this discussion but worthy examples of this or related tropes: Sixteen Candles, House of Night, Dirty Dancing, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

The Trope Confessors sit down with Star Wars aficionado Wendell Britt of Integral Emergence. Maggie learns that the Star Wars books might be worth reading.

This is the first episode of a new segment: Spoiler Alert! Our first recap and exploration will be of: Gilmore Girls! Also known as Maggie's favorite show. Listen in as Maggie explains the goodness to Aya and Sam. And tune in soon for Star Wars!

As a child, did you ever pretend to be an orphan? We did. We explore how common this trope is and when it works for us and when it doesn't.