We survived a historical fandom event that coincided with a national political tipping point. Do you remember where you were when the American election results were still being counted and a certain show was nearing its final episode? Recorded around the time all this was unfolding (November 11, 2020), Becca and Hannah Davey witnessed Tumblr melting down on November 5th due to rumors of Vladimir Putin’s resignation, the collective breath the world was holding as we counted the votes for the 2020 U.S. Presidential election, and the homophobic gay love confession on the show Supernatural’s penultimate episode. That’s right, fandom friends, we’re going to take you back to Super Gay Hell.

To be clear, neither Becca nor Hannah Davey watch Supernatural. We spend most of this podcast just reciting our favorite memes that emerged, including a follow up recorded in January 2021 of our favorite meme that emerged a little later due to translation times. This was a big, messy fandom deal, we lived it and laughed a lot. It was bizarre to experience such a tense time politically and such a bewildering time in fandom.

Our show notes, fic recs, and sources can be found at taggedtforswears.tumblr.com. You can email us at tforswears.pod@gmail.com.

Music/Sound Effect Credits

Intro: ‘The Messenger - Silent Partner’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XiitCHuE5g

Outro: ‘Brain’ by Lobo Loco via Free Music Archive