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And the second after we learn of the twist the plot pops off!  We compliment Veronica Roth on her pacing, we once again get lost in the IMDB page of the Divergent movie, and we go on lots and lots of tangents.

Plot is happening! Teenagers are happening! 

I apologize to Christians everywhere for saying Jesus only spent 30 days in the desert. It's 40. Excommunicate me.

This one's beefy, ladies, theydies, and gentlemen.  Buckle up for the next act to kick off and for five million things to happen in one chapter in order for that to happen!

This club has everything - cult talk, dtr, jokes at Four's expense, inconsistent characterization of Tris and so much more.

Both of these chapters are...4 pages long. We swear. 

We ~learn things~ about Four (that we already knew); what a ~mysterious and sexy man~

tw: suicide and suicidal ideation for the entirety of the episode

In this chapter we talk about Al, his incredibly fucked up memorial service and we touch on our favorite topic - cults.  We also talk about how Colleen's dad invented a boyfriend for her whole-cloth over Christmas so it's not all doom and gloom.

Happy New Year! You still can't beat up or hit on your students! 

Should you fear God? Should you have a name? Should you talk to adults? 

This one is TOO LONG. TOO MANY THINGS. WHO ARE YOU STEPHANIE MEYER.

CW for the last 10 minutes: physical and sexual assault

Thank you for your patience with our getting this episode up a day late - we battled end of year stresses and a migraine to bring you this delightful entertainment today!\

In this episode we finally get more (but not better) information about being ~Divergent~ from both Four and Tori!  We also have more information about how deep the cult programming in this compound runs!  We get introduced to another character who's not like other girls because he's a dolphin!

Also notable, fun, and relevant fact - today I, Rebecca, learned that Joseph R McCarthy died in 1957.  Tune in to see how we connect those dots.

Why are teenagers terrible at handling each other? We simply don't know.

Article referenced: https://clickhole.com/heartbreaking-the-worst-person-you-know-just-made-a-gr-1825121606/

Happy American Thanksgiving! Have a great week and we hope you also take some time to reflect on the history of this holiday and colonization in America.

Quileute Move to Higher Ground Project: https://mthg.org/

The History of American Thanksgiving: https://www.potawatomi.org/blog/2020/11/25/the-true-dark-history-of-thanksgiving/

There's some praise of Stephanie Meyer in this one so you know it's gotten bleak.

This one's got...a lot not about the chapter, because nothing happens in this chapter.

Find Joseph's Technicolor Memecoat here: https://twitter.com/josephsmemecoat?lang=en

WE ARE BACK!

Apologies for the break - life is happening! All the time! But we are still reading these bad books! 

Edit this episode done by Archer! Big thanks! 

We meet...an interesting character? Learn...some plot??

SNL skit mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOq0dzxouts

Characterization whomst? Consistency wherest?

Content warning for SA and related situations (more in episode) from 13:26 to 21:32.

In this episode we get more "Teaching" from Four and we explore how he may in fact be an undercover feminist icon.  As always we have thoughts on cult programing and how Tris doesn't understand The System(TM) that she's in well enough to play it. Thank you to everyone for sticking through our two week hiatus as life happens all the time.