***SPOILER ALERT*** this week's episode contains spoilers for the entire twilight saga. listen at your own risk. This week Gabi and Eryn take a break from obsessively overanalyzing the behavior of fictional people and mythological creatures, and instead answer questions from listeners about fictional people and mythological creatures. They attempt to break down the main trio's astrological charts, discover that literally every mainstream vampire has fought in the civil war (for the confederacy ........ ), and dive into the most important question of all: how did Edward's undead penis achieve an erection, and produce living sperm to conceive a child?

This week Gabi and Eryn delve into Bella's blossoming inner turmoil and martyr complex, Edward's confusing flirtation tactics, and attempt to answer the age old question: is Shakespeare's treatment of female characters misogynistic? (Spoiler Alert: yesh). Joined by another college bestie Grace Heller, a late-in-life Vampire Diaries stan, and witness to the infamous Carlo Rossi incident.

Covering the first four chapters of Twilight, Gabi and Eryn summarize and (over)analyze Bella's parentification, the predator/prey survival instincts at play, and ponder whether or not period blood would be more attractive to a vampire than non-period blood. Joined by Christa Knickerbocker, a victim of a vampire free upbringing, to offer her fresh perspective on Bella's obsession and Edward's gaslighting.

Welcome to Fangirls (like fang + girls but also fan + girls mhmm) a Twilight Saga reread podcast! Meet your cohosts, vampire superfans and bffs Gabi Gilbride and Eryn McVay, and follow along as they reread the iconic Twilight Saga. Each week they will read and discuss chapters with a Twilight newbie, getting both a nostalgic and fresh perspective on the world's favorite sparkling vampire franchise. This week, Gabi and Eryn explore their first exposure to Twilight, try and figure out just why vampires are so sexy, warn against the dangers of Carlo Rossi sangria wine, and cringe at Eryn's horrible audio (which will be fixed for all future episodes). *SPOILER WARNING* this episode contains spoilers for the entire Twilight Saga. Listen at your own risk.