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Fangirlin’ on Meghan O’Brien with KD Williamson Les Do Books with Tara and guest KD Williamson This week, Tara and author KD Williamson welcome you to The Fangirl Zone. The subject of this visit to the zone? Meghan O’Brien. Enjoy a deep dive into their favorite books and a discussion into what really speaks to them across her books. For a bonus, KD breaks down the relationship structure of the Harlequin books of her youth. Topics and Works Discussed: Cops and Docs series by KD Williamson Big Girl Pill by KD Williamson Wild by Meghan O’Brien The Night Off by Meghan O’Brien Thirteen Hours by Meghan O’Brien The Sex Therapist Next Door by Meghan O’Brien Camp Rewind by Meghan O’Brien Battle Scars by Meghan O’Brien Her Best Friend’s Sister by Meghan O’Brien Truth and Measure: Devil Wears Prada Fanfic by Telanu (Roslyn Sinclair) The X Ingredient by Roslyn Sinclair Find KD Williamson online: Website Facebook Twitter More info If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please consider contributing to the Patreon for TLT. You can see all of our reviews, top 10 lists and author profiles on TheLesbianReview.com and don’t forget to send your emails, questions and more to Tara@TheLesbianReview.com.

After last month’s episode sharing our initial reactions to The Force Awakens, this month’s episode begins our analysis and discussion of the new movie, as well as the lessons about storytelling and speculation that can be learned from it. Needless to say, we’ll have plenty more discussion of the movie to come in future episodes. Before turning to The Force Awakens, though, we start off the show with a different topic for our meta segment on how to speculate wisely – the Star Wars Rebels midseason trailer for the back half of Season Two. We consider some elements of the trailer that make connections to The Force Awakens to increase interest in Rebels, such as the Jedi crossguard lightsaber, a Jedi temple site, and the appearance of Princess Leia. We also discuss the trailer’s links to prior Star Wars lore, such as a Sith holocron, Twi’lek freedom fighters and Mandalorian warriors from The Clone Wars, and the “Old Master” Ezra encounters. Another feature of note was the social media message shared by showrunner Dave Filoni prior to the trailer’s release, advising fans about its spoiler-heavy content. For the world-building segment, longtime fan of the Empire, Jay Shah, joins us to talk about the First Order in The Force Awakens. In some ways the First Order operates as a direct descendant of the Empire, but in other ways it differs significantly. Some of these distinctions, Jay points out, have significant moral implications for whether fans would feel willing to root for the First Order in the way they may have done previously for the Empire. In addition to the politics and military statuses of the galaxy, we share our views on the individuals who lead the First Order, including Supreme Leader Snoke, Kylo Ren, and General Hux. The storytelling segment focuses on the use of the Original Trilogy’s legacy heroes in The Force Awakens and the hints at their post-Return of the Jedi backstory revealed in the movie. A key touchstone for our discussion is Devin Faraci’s article at Birth Movies Death on the portrayal of Han Solo in the film. Faraci analyzes Han’s character arc in The Force Awakens as a regression to his early Original Trilogy persona rather than progression forward, and maintains that alternative characterizations and backstories for Han could have kept his role in the movie essentially the same in relation to the new generation heroes while making his characterization stronger and more believable to the audience. Our discussion of the legacy Big Three agrees in large measure with the kinds of concerns Faraci raises, and we discuss similar dilemmas with the portrayals of Leia and Luke in the movie, as well as Han. Our plot bunny giveaway draws upon one of the great open questions after The Force Awakens: how missing scenes might be used to reveal or further hint at Rey’s heritage. You can also listen to Hyperspace Theories at Libsyn or download the show there. Or subscribe on iTunes.   Hyperspace Theories is on Twitter @HyperspacePod! Tricia is @FANgirlcantina on Twitter, as well as posting at FANgirl Zone on Facebook and on Tumblr. Kay tweets @Geek_Kay. B.J. tweets @RedPenofLex. Jay Shah tweets @admiraljello.

Hollow9ine is proud to present, in syndication and affiliation with our partners at The FanGirl Zone, as we join them for their talk on Star Wars-Episode VII: The Force Awakens. Join Shawn Fangirl S and a panel of guests from shows like Nerd Element, Geek Uprising, Blerds on Nerds, and partners Hollow9ine as they tackle the J.J. Abrams directed latest installment in the Star Wars Saga. http://fangirlzone.com/ http://blerdsonnerds.libsyn.com/ http://www.thenerdelement.com/ http://thegeekuprising.podbean.com/ E-mail: Hollow9inePodcast@gmail.com Follow: @Hollow9ineCast YouTube: Hollow9ine Productions http://www.felixthoo.com/ https://vimeo.com/141305937

The Force has awakened. In the December episode of Hyperspace Theories, Tricia Barr, B.J. Priester, and Kay from the popular Star Wars critical discussion site FANgirl Blog share their initial reactions to Episode VII. We discuss the characters, plot, and more after multiple viewings of the film, with minimal additional information from opening-weekend creator interviews or the opening-day book releases. We also address the storytelling decisions to withhold certain key information from the audience in the first movie of the new trilogy, as well as the trailers and other marketing containing imagery and dialogue that do not appear in the final film. This episode contains discussion of all of the major spoilers from The Force Awakens from the opening minutes of the show, so steer clear if you haven't yet seen the movie. You can also subscribe on iTunes. If you listen, please rate us and write a review as a simple offer of gratitude. Hyperspace Theories is on Twitter @HyperspacePod! Tricia Barr is @FANgirlcantina on Twitter, as well as posting at FANgirl Zone on Facebook and on Tumblr. Email: tricia@fangirlblog.com Kay tweets @Geek_Kay. Email: Kay@fangirlblog.com B.J. tweets @RedPenofLex. Email lex@fangirlblog.com  

Johnamarie Macias from The Wookiee Gunner joins Tricia Barr, B.J. Priester, and Geek Kay for a wide-ranging discussion on storytelling in Star Wars. We continue our exploration of the individuals influencing the future of Star Wars storytelling with Diana Williams, a member of Lucasfilm’s Story Group. In October, Johna attended “A Conversation With Diana Williams” at the New York Film Festival, in which Williams talked about her upbringing, her path into the entertainment industry, and her perspective on transmedia storytelling and other technological changes altering the ways people can tell stories. At Lucasfilm, Williams is the Story Group’s lead on videogames, including the recently released Star Wars Battlefront, which offers a wide variety of gender and ethnicity combinations for players to use. She is vocal on Twitter about her criticisms of Hollywood for its problems with diversity, inclusion, and representation, and she no doubt speaks her mind within Lucasfilm’s creative team, as well. Thank you to Johna for sharing her report and reactions to Williams’ presentation. For our world-building segment, we discuss Claudia Gray’s novel Lost Stars, released in September as part of the Journey to The Force Awakens. Like the three regular hosts, Johna also is a big fan of the book. We praised Gray’s effectiveness at designing the two cultures on the planet Jelucan, the valley kindred and the second-wavers, to create the personality traits in the lead characters, Ciena Ree and Thane Kyrell, which ultimately motivate the choices they make as the Empire and Rebellion clash over the course of the story. The early season two episodes of Star Wars Rebels are featured in our storytelling segment. Johna is keeping spoiler-free for The Force Awakens, so Tricia, B.J., and Kay conclude the show with a Spoilers Beware segment examining the new information and clues revealed in the marketing for the movie since our last show. Next month The Force Awakens arrives! Look for a reaction show from Hyperspace Theories soon after opening weekend.   Related Links J.J. Abrams interview with Wired, and quoted in EW Lawrence Kasdan interview with Wired George Lucas interviews with Vanity Fair and CBS News Daisy Ridley cover story in Elle Hyperspace Theories is on Twitter @HyperspacePod! Tricia is @FANgirlcantina on Twitter, as well as posting at FANgirl Zone on Facebook and on Tumblr. Kay tweets @Geek_Kay. B.J. tweets @RedPenofLex. Johna on Twitter @bluejaigeyes