PotterFicWeekly’s third season finale, and the final episode of classic Poufwa, has been released!

Our fellow Poufwanians, after three and a half years of appendix-rupturing, whale-slicing, volcano-rupturing, scorpion-biting, vicodin-downing madness resulting in one arrest, one traffic citation, six near deaths, one aquatic fornication and matching insemination, a conversion, two weddings, three babies, two buns in the oven, a runaway tractor, two bags of non-temperate dairy products, a scandalous of use popcorn and a hit ’round the rear, the team that inspired a forum to become a family and launched more lifelong friendships that can be counted is handing over the reigns to the next generation of Poufwanians!

Everyone reading this has busy lives, and you’ve stuck with us longer than we deserved your attention and longer than we ever thought we’d need it. We can’t thank you enough for the journey! When we think back to the people we were when this whole trip started, it’s hard to believe we’re the same people. When we’re old and gray, and have several weeks free with nothing to do, we’ll listen to the whole journey again, probably having forgotten most of it, and remember very good days while asking the question any newbie would ask:

Is Jen real or did we make her up for the ratings?

First of all, PotterFicWeekly isn’t going anywhere, and it’s only getting better from here. The fourth season of PotterFicWeekly launches in the next few days and offers strikingly sober analysis of Harry Potter fan fiction with a Poufwa twist. I think that means they come prepared and do a better job than we ever did, but something blows up anyway. If you’re not done with Harry yet, the story isn’t close to ending. If you are, listen anyway. They’re Poufwanians, and this is their schedule!

Starting next week, the Poufwa Exchange launches it’s second season and is upgraded to a full-time podcast! The classic Poufwa hosts will dive into other fandoms with PotterFicWeekly-style discussion episodes that may or may not be on-topic. Read up, watch up, or come as you are. The season premiere will also be out in a few days. Here’s our upcoming lineup!

Tonight’s episode is a quadruple-length edition! We begin with a special introduction written by Scarlett, starring herself, Dethryl, PS, Scott, Sue, Jen2, Kezza, Julia, and Kat. The Friday the 13th joke was funnier when she wrote it.

We then move on to our episode discussion, concluding wonderful Kezza’s equally wonderful Rebuilding Life, discussing Chapters 46 through to the epilogue!

Straight from there, you’re all invited to the combination author interview/wrap party! It’s a good thing Kezza is one of our own, because the alcohol was flowing at this point. There’s so many bullet points I could use at this point, but all I can tell you is one very special Poufwanian woke up the next morning with no memory of the recording and a note written on her palm to call me to discuss the events of the previous evening. I’ll give you a hint. It wasn’t Sarah Palin!

Bring kleenex!

And in the final episode of PeonCast, Math Geek Heaven: Arithmancy and an Imaginary Train, the Peons discuss Platform i by shewhoguards!

~Tim Tams = Yummy
~Scott’s microphone and a special hat
~Infinite fractional platforms
~Wizard spam
~We love to laugh
~Moving boundaries
~That’s not a number!
~Those weird Arithmancy wizards
~Walking into walls
~Muggles know their stuff
~Marauder daze
~Things fall apart
~This is the train you’re looking for
~Remus Van Winkle
~Last PeonCast

We hope you’ve had happy listening! Subscribe to both podcasts and stick with us in the years ahead!

So say we all!

Hosts: Ryan, Jen, PS, Kezza, Rinna, Dethryl
Peons: Sue, Scott, Julia, LadyChi, Aaron, Kat
PeonCast: Sue, Kelly, Scott, OG
Poufwa Editor: Kezza
PeonCast Editor: Sue and Scott
Episode Length: 5′25′54

Episode 112 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Due to a gas leak in the Poufwa Offices, the first 82 lucky downloaders have received an advanced copy of Episode 114, our fourth season premiere, in place of tonight’s PeonCast. If you’re one of the lucky ones, feel free to download the episode again!

In classic Poufwa’s penultimate episode, we resume coverage of Kezza’s Rebuilding Life, discussing Chapters 39-45!

A little.

We also settle the Mac/PC debate, figure out what’s going on with that whole Tea Party business, and debate the pros and cons of tipping at the Olive Garden. Jen’s here too, prepared with notes and highlighters but three years late.

Next week’s triple-length episode will be the final PotterFicWeekly of the original crew, containing final chapter analysis of Kezza’s fic and the Poufwa wrap party. You’ve known us for years and know what we’re capable of, but all that goes out the window when Rinna brings the beverages.

Join us in toasting Poufwa, the best podcast on the feed!

But the story never ends and neither does the podcast. The Peons take over with Episode 114 and are busy at work on the best season of Poufwa yet, while myself and many of your favorite Poufwanians are moving over to our sequel podcast, the Poufwa Exchange. Full-time Poufwanians will snort their way through some of the best fandoms ever conceived. With Aaron’s keyboard feeling our way through the dark, the journey begins in two weeks. Since we’re Poufwanians, more like three. We hope to see you there!

Speaking of Peons, in Episode 55 of PeonCast, Crying under the Oak Tree, the Peons discuss Wednesday Dates and A Proper Place, by fizzmonkeys!

~Kelly gives this a pass
~Relationship advice from Tricia
~The romantic tree
~And the one that’s not
~He’s all alone
~The text reader needs to ‘read’ italics
~”I’m helping him cry.”
~We needed a laugh
~Ryuu doesn’t like H/G, but was touched anyway

And stay tuned for our first Author Interview.

Happy listening!

Hosts: Ryan, Rinna, PS, Jen
Peons: Dethryl, Aaron, Scott
PeonCast: Sue, Kelly, Scott, LadyRyuu
Poufwa Editor: Ryan
PeonCast Editor: Sue and Scott
Episode Length: 4′40′39

Episode 111 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Three Poufwa’s left until the Torch is passed! In our fourth of six episodes covering Kezza’s Rebuilding Life, we move on to Chapters 30-38.

This episode features one, final and unforgettably interactive Jen story, a Melinda-ism, the malpractice of Poppy Pomfrey, the lack of sterilization of the Quidditch changing bench, Hagrid’s Happy Targ, Ron the Hobbit, Harry the idiot, Ginny the Vorlon, a banging door and the Poufwaization of now feature-length SpellCast. PBS to Fox News: You have been assimilated!

in Episode 54 of PeonCast, The PeonCast Curse, Chocolate Gingers, and The Chest Monster, the Peons discuss Letting Go, by Emma, Fics by Fumph!

~The least prepared
~New Ravenclaws
~Apprentice wand makers
~Kelly wonders about Ron’s wand
~What charm would you pick?
~Monsters in the night
~Just like reading Harry Potter
~Most prepared
~Cooking with Peons

Happy listening!

Hosts: Ryan, PS, Jen
Peons: Sue, Scott/Helen Keller/Maris Crane, Robert, Dethryl, Aaron
PeonCast: Sue, Kelly, Scott, Last Haven/Jessica
Poufwa Editor: Omly
PeonCast Editor: Sue
Episode Length: 2′19′30

Episode 110 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Four more Poufwa’s before the Torch is passed! In our third of six episodes covering Kezza’s Rebuilding Life, we move on to Chapters 22-29.

This episode is packed with unpredictably on-topic analysis of some of the best chapters of Kezza’s fic! A little. PS also beats Scott at accents and the 2007 US Farm Bill pops up. And a bird tried to kill me.

in Episode 53 of PeonCast, We lost the Jew, It’s The Harry Potter, and Welcome to the Weasleys, the Peons discuss Number Eight Privet Drive, by rhye aka Jess!

~Ryan drops by
~Incisive and on Topic
~Get the phone
~Tonksism
~Scott’s lessons
~Karma
~A whole new family

Happy listening!

Hosts: Ryan, PS
Peons: Dethryl, Scott
PeonCast: Sue, Scott, Julia
Poufwa Editor: PS
PeonCast Editor: Sue
Episode Length: 2′31′24

Episode 109 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Five more Poufwa’s before the Torch is passed! In our second of six episodes covering Kezza’s Rebuilding Life, we move on to Chapters 16-21.

In this episode, Kezza stops by for a visit and is wicked hot all at the same time, PS is determined to tell an interesting story and won’t quit until she makes it, Aaron makes out with an iPad, and I make out with PS. Typical Poufwa stuff!

in Episode 52 of PeonCast, Apocalyptic Flaming Tornado of Death, the Peons discuss The Baby Tale, also by Kezza!

~BaconCast
~Tidbit for the day
~Duct Taped Scarlett
~Kezza FTW
~A Flock of Weasleys
~Duh!!!
~Scarlett’s plot bunny
~Phobias
~howmanytimesdidyoudoit
~Cooking with Kelly
~Songfic = Epic Suck
~Arthur’s advice
~and a cartoon the Peons found after the recording!

Happy listening!

Hosts: Ryan, PS
Peons: Sue, Aaron, Scott
Special Guest: Kezza!
PeonCast: Sue, Scott, Kelly, Aaron
Poufwa Editor: Wayne
PeonCast Editor: Sue and Scott
Episode Length: 3′06′37

In celebration of the one hundred podcasts we’ve released since our last ill-fated half episode, Episode 108.5, our Deathly Hallows Trailer Special Edition, has been released!

In order to jam our traditionally Poufwanian thoughts into sixteen minutes, half of the podcasters agreed to talk like chipmunks.

Happy listening!

Hosts: Ryan, Sue, Kelly, Aaron
Episode Length: 15′46

Episode 108 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

After much anticipation, the final six Poufwa’s before the Torch pass are here! Returning the spirit of our After the End roots, we will be closing out our season with Kezza’s Rebuilding Life! Tonight’s coverage is for Chapters 1-15.

Harry has defeated Voldemort but is going back to his life going to be easy? What will he go back to, the life he once had is meaningless now. It’s time to build a new one and to create a new post-Voldemort world. Ginny is there waiting for him, what do they need to do to rebuild their lives?

In this episode, Deth has gas, Scott gets fangirled, I can’t beta, Melinda has a Cast, we MasterFic the Family Jewels, Kezza makes us cry, PS explains how car engines work, we meet Devel, the love child of Dethryl and Neville, and Melinda and I do some shipping!

in Episode 51 of PeonCast, Baby It’s Cold Outside so Play that Funky Music, the Peons discuss Tradition, also by Kezza!

~Did I write that?
~Flash from the Past
~Let’s sing the podcast
~Scott’s a Young Pup
~Going to Oz
~Ron is Motivated
~Kezza-The Smart Ass
~Milo FTW
~Tricia sings
~Where’s my Sock?
~Rating the corniness
~Tricia pulled a Scott
~”Oh Hai”

Happy listening!

Hosts: Ryan, PS,
Peons: Scott, Dethryl, Melindaleo, Sue
PeonCast: Sue, Scott, Tricia, LadyRyuu
Poufwa Editor: Ryan
PeonCast Editor: Sue and Scott
Episode Length: 3′25′40

Episode 107 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Tonight, with seven episodes left before your humble hosts pass the Torch and incinerate five square-miles of Texas, Poufwa offers our final of three episodes reviewing Stealing Harry, by Sam_StoryTeller, with discussion of Chapters 22-28!

Snape works for OnStar, we remember the o-zone layer, and final thoughts on the fic!

…A slip of the tongue: there’s a book for that!
…the creepy eyes of goat boy!
…the lost art of courting!

in Episode 50! of PeonCast, Tears, Balls and Apple Pie, the Peons discuss In My Garden, by Aggiebell, AKA Jules!

This week, Peoncast covers such diverse off-topic tangents as:

Chicken balls that make Tricia run off the road
Technical difficulties and duct tape
Frozen non-hitchhikers, AKA podcasting from January
Salmon and market-freshness
The origin of cream of tartar
Mike the plant
A tangent on Thestrals
A wheelbarrow, and Uncle Algie

Happy listening!

Hosts: Ryan, Kezza, PS
Peons: Sue, Kelly, Etai
PeonCast: Sue, Kelly, Scott, Tricia, Oliversgal
Poufwa Editor: Omly
PeonCast Editor: Scott
Episode Length: 2′38′55

The long awaited Episode 106 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Tonight, with eight episodes left before your humble hosts pass the Torch and incinerate five square-miles of Texas, Poufwa offers the second of three episode series reviewing Stealing Harry, by Sam_StoryTeller, with discussion of Chapters 7-21!

No show-notes. You wouldn’t believe it if we wrote them. This episode is one of the best we’ve ever released, combining hosts of past and present who are all on the mark, or off the mark…whichever is the good one. So as much as I want to spoil you on PS’ naval career, you’re on your own.

After these two very helpful necessary visual aids that you are ordered not to open until the time is right…

Open me only when everyone checks out PS’ artwork!

Open me when everyone checks out Jen1’s artwork!

in Episode 49 of PeonCast, History, Choices and Parchment Love, the Peons discuss Sepia, by Red Sioda!

~Kelly monologues
~Never forget! It Did Happen!
~Hermione the author
~The characters run the show.
~Scott likes the kids
~OG channels Mike
~Beam me up
~Just the facts
~It’s our choices
~How will future generations learn about us?
~Sue rants
~RedSioda responds

Happy listening!

Hosts: Ryan, Jen1, Kezza, Rinna, PS
Peons: Sue, Scott, LadyChi, Omly
PeonCast: Sue, Kelly, Scott, Oliversgal
Poufwa Editor: Kezza
PeonCast Editor: Sue and Scott
Episode Length: 4′10′34

Episode 105 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Tonight, with nine episodes left before your humble hosts pass the Torch and incinerate five square-miles of Texas, Poufwa launches a three episode series reviewing Stealing Harry, by Sam_StoryTeller, with discussion of Chapters 1-6!

Stealing Harry grabs canon by the throat and disembowls it. If Lucius Malfoy got to Peter Pettigrew before Sirius could, Sirius would be a bookshop owner, Remus would have a steady job, and one day, when Harry Potter was eight-and-a-half years old, they might kidnap him from the Dursleys… (Sirius/Remus in later chapters)

In this episode, LadyChi returns to the fold, bringing back that special something that’s been missing. I drink jet fuel, PS may or may not be drunk, Rinna is very upset, and half of the dialogue gets bleeped.

And Harry gets stolen!

This episode also includes:

…Rinna in the dryer
…koolaid!
…big words!
…surgery on the cheap
…something so horrifying that Rinna almost wishes for…small anatomically impossible, same-sex reproduced humans.
…the most lying liars
…Melinda’s favorite line EVAH
…a Rinna foreshadowing shocker
…the losing of Jen1
…the breaking of PS, and how a purple comforter and blood relate to her love of Saul Tigh and Horace

in Episode 48 of PeonCast, My Name is What?, Drunk Podcasting and Dobby the Cardshark, the Peons discuss Registration, also by Sam_StoryTeller, or Copperbadge!

~Remus - Squeeeee
~Mike - the plant, not the person
~Sue can’t speak
~Wizard scrapbooks
~Tricia - a celebrity
~Watch out for pregnant woman
~What’s an elevator?
~Another Weasley
~Minnie

Happy listening!

Hosts: Ryan, PS, Rinna
Peons: Melindaleo, LadyChi
PeonCast: Sue, Scott, Tricia, Lassie
Poufwa Editor: Ryan
PeonCast Editor: Sue
Episode Length: 2′31′01

Episode 104 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

In tonight’s double-length episode, Poufwa concludes its coverage of Tale of a Time Long Gone, by Star of the North, with discussion of Chapters 16-24 and 25-32!

On the docket:

Australian pronunciation 101
Opened hailing frequencies
All that is far out and groovy
Possessed Hogwarts
PS repeatedly and utterly bested by doors
Bob Hufflepuff and the Podcast of Hell
9th century birth control
And Poufwa gets a dog…

in Episode 47 of PeonCast, Sorting the Marauders as All Roads Lead to Philosophy!, the Peons discuss Legacy of the Thinking Cap, by Andrea13!

~Disembodied Minds
~Salazar Sulks in Sibillants
~Sue can’t do 3 things at once
~Albus a Slytherin?
~Text reader FAIL
~Bring back Dolt and Ruffian
~Really boring sex
~Why Sort?
~Greasy Git - A Brief Psychoanalysis of Severus Snape

Happy listening!

Hosts: Ryan, PS, Rinna, Kezza
Peons: Scott, Dethryl
PeonCast: Sue, Scott, Oliversgal, Etai, Julia
Poufwa Editor: PS, Kezza
PeonCast Editor: Scott, Sue
Episode Length: 4′07′11

Episode 103 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

In this episode, Mike and Ryan finally understand it all!

Following the melting of Ryan’s laptop, Poufwa One, and the original version of this episode - a stunning and artfully crafted piece of audio delight - to preserve an important piece of essential Poufwa history, we re-imagine (like Battlestar Galactica) the moment at which PS finally enables Mike to finally understand that Aaron is heterosexual - as he has consistently been.

Like forever.

Ryan meets PS … and finds out that she has hidden a very important piece of herself from us, but he’s not letting her get away with that any longer!

And Rinna - who nearly tried to strangle the other hosts during the lost ‘magical Cylons invade Hogwarts’ plot bunny exploration, makes up for it with a tripping dream where Kezza is pregnant, Ryan insists he’s the father and Mr Kezza doesn’t know - he’s not even home!

Dethryl brings drinks and the world’s biggest moustache, and all of this takes place in the first 25 minutes, before we start to discuss the fic, Star of the North’s Tale of a Time Long Gone, Chapters 8-15, which on FF.net would be 7-14. You’ll understand when you get there.

Oh, and the Peon’s have a special announcement…

Speaking of Peons, in Episode 46 of PeonCast, The Letter T is bigger than a Bread Box?…and Bumper Stickers, the Peons discuss The Thinking Cap Returns and Riddle of the Thinking Cap, by Andrea13. An audio version of the fic is available, courtesy of Scott!

~Twitter saves the Podcast
~We miss Luna
~They are Bored
~Something Black - A Badger
~Kelly is surrounded
~Harry was suppose to DUCK
~Kelly moves us along
~Fred and George: Headmasters
~BooHoo Fred
~Continuing Education
~Albus breaks the news
~Toad Breath
~Nimrod
~Old Moldy shorts
~Hufflepuff/Hasselhoff
~Helga is a Happy Badger
~Snort

Happy listening!

Hosts: Ryan, PS, Kezza
Peons: Sue, Scott, Dethryl
PeonCast: Sue, Kelly, Scott, Oliversgal
Poufwa Editor: Kezza
PeonCast Editor: Sue
Episode Length: 2′36′05

Episode 102 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

For the next three weeks, join Poufwa as we travel back in time and visit the Four Founders of Hogwarts, with Star of the North’s Tale of a Time Long Gone! In tonight’s podcast, we cover the first seven chapters, which on FF.net would be the prologue through Chapter 6.

We’ve never been closer to the Founders than Bob Hufflepuff and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, so when reading the summary, We all know of them, for without them where would Hogwarts be? Bold Gryffindor, Fair Ravenclaw, Sweet Hufflepuff, Shrewd Slytherin, I was expecting stereotypical, one-dimensional echoes of Harry, Ginny, Hermione and Draco. I couldn’t have been more mistaken, and Star of the North created a very deep world where the founders are fully realized people not remembered with startling accuracy. These characters are my new canon, so please enjoy!

Rinna was also hit by a wild animal. Swallow all liquids, for it’s at the top of the fold!

This episode, when recorded, also blew up the Poufwa forum for about nine days. Memories…

Also in this episode:

There is singing.
Kezza needs netflicks.
Aaron, Asleep again? He’ll never live that down.
Mr. Kezza has a stalker.
Aaron can’t multitask.
Hat is Alive.
Molly is Jewish.
More singing
Rinna, the mad stapler
Kezza is the new Mike.
Rocks, rocks and more rocks
Puffy
Who has the bigger, er, Horse?
I am a Ravenclaw.
Who goes there?

In episode 45 of PeonCast, We’re interchangeable, Was there a Fic? and We love the Banter, the Peons discuss The Thinking Cap, by Andrea13. An audio version of the fic is available, courtesy of Scott!

~Scott has audiofic
~Come to the PFW Forum
~We are A-Typical
~PFW-An AU of our own
~Sue recruits a young Puff
~Kezza is a Hufflepuff
~Hannah has Boobs
~Kelly’s joke
~Helga and the Badgers
~Ravenclaw’s not so bad
~Neville-the brave one
~Kayla can’t talk

Happy listening!

Hosts: Kezza, Rinna, PS
Peons: Dethryl, Aaron
PeonCast: Sue, Kelly, Scott, Kayla
Poufwa Editor: Kezza
PeonCast Editor: Sue
Episode Length: 2′20′57

Episode 101 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Except for one final Poufwa Exchange episode that has yet to see the light of day, this episode is Mike’s last contribution to PotterFicWeekly. There’s no one else in the universe quite like Mike, and I find it difficult to put into words precisely what that was that he added to our podcast over the years! Certainly, images of LadyChi in African safari gear, collapsing tables, and four thousand cockroaches are flashing before my eyes.

Mike, please give our best to Kim, Meg, Phil and the other lost Poufwa hosts when you meet up with them beyond the rim. Rest assured that the next batch of Poufwa episodes to come have, fortunately, very stellar content, truly Poufwanian stuff that I’m immeasurably proud of. I’m grateful to you for spraying us down with your special brand of oomph before leaving.

Safe journey, and on behalf of Poufwa: Bai!

Oh, in recognition of your years of tireless service, please do enjoy this jar of store-bought pasta sauce.

This episode covers Chapters 35-45 of In Blood Only, by EM Snape, and our final of four episodes on the fic!

Join us next week for three spectacular Poufwa episodes covering Tale of a Time Long Gone, by Star of the North.

We all know of them, for without them where would Hogwarts be? Bold Gryffindor, Fair Ravenclaw, Sweet Hufflepuff, Shrewd Slytherin. Founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

In episode 44 of PeonCast, Learning to Live With What Life has Dealt You, the Peons discuss Cauterize, by lady_altair.

~Robert has pants
~Tricia is in her jammies
~Robert is confused…oh, wait.
~The Celebrity Guest Star
~No Twilight
~Tricia’s drooling
~Robert sparkles
~Charlie-the brash Weasley
~Harry’s chest = Victory
~Tricia’s grossed out??
~Kelly’s photo lesson
~Now Scott’s sparkling
~Fred’s hand
~Draco the hero?

Happy listening!

Hosts: PS, Mike
Peons: Dethryl, Rae
PeonCast: Sue, Scott, Kelly, Tricia, Robert
Poufwa Editor: Wayne
PeonCast Editor: Sue, Scott
Episode Length: 2′29′32

After 38 months, 99 episodes, 21 special editions, and fourteen days, thirteen hours, ten minutes, and five seconds of conversation packed with volcanic eruptions, erectile dysfunction, hyper-electrocuted mascots, twenty-six near death experiences and the bulk purchase of Kool-Aid, members of the Poufwa community got together to produce skits for every fic covered by PotterFicWeekly!

You may laugh, you may cry, and you may want to cry. You may be moved–we won’t say where–and regardless of whether you are pregnant or not, your water will break.

This project was conceived by Jen on March 17, 2009, and has literally been one year in the making. With thirty different versions of every line in a bajillion different pieces, Scott and Sue labored and edited this project every day for the past year, finding the perfect music and just the right sound effect, and then edited it all over again just to make it better! I got my hands on it and broke it within minutes, but luckily Poufwa stocks duct-tape by the crate.

PotterFicWeekly proudly presents Episode 100, a Masterfic Theatre production. Welcome to the place where the story never ends.

We won’t let it.

Happy listening!

Episode 99 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Before Mike bids us farewell, he decides to capture Poufwa! His reign of terror involves the spread of communism, an explosion of sound effects, Conan the Adventurer, Richard M. Nixon, a bagel, the ultimate victor in the battle between an armchair and a love-seat, and former US Vice President George Clinton.

Allow me to present one of the best episodes Poufwa has ever put out!

Along the way, we also touch on In Blood Only, Chapters 25-34!

In episode 43 of PeonCast, Smart Children, Old Folks and Surprise Email, the Peons discuss: The Wizard and the Hopping Pot, by Vikki3!

~This makes Kayla sad.
~Sue is reminded of her Grandpa.
~This Wizard is a Puff.
~Listen to the 4 year old.
~How do you say it?
~Old folks should be cherished and loved.
~Kelly’s Grandfather makes history.
~Half Blood Prince is coming out, oops, did come out.

Happy listening!

Hosts: PS, Mike
Peons: Sue, Raesive, Dethryl
Peon Hosts: Sue, Kelly, Scott, Kayla
Poufwa Editor: Ryan
PeonCast Editor: Sue
Episode Length: 2′34′31

Episode 98 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

In this episode, I forget we’re not doing an Exchange episode and spend nearly 28 minutes boring Mike to death about:
PS’s theories on BSG through S2;
Laura Roslin’s hair stylist;
BSG compared to Dr Who, Firefly & V;

Mike and I play “I’ll Show You Mine”;

Jen2 learns how to use a computer, and forgets she’s not on an Exchange podcast about BSG;

This conversation is included with and greatly expanded on in Poufwa Exchange Episode 19 - BattleStar, Doctor Who, and Boobs: Gaul Style!

After 43 minutes, we start In Blood Only, everyone’s favorite fic;

Lucky, Lucy, Luscious, Lucius… it’s all the same dude, man;

Jen2 starts a Facebook group to save innocent waterfowl;

Mike disses PS;

Jen2 comes out of the closet;

I conjugate the verb, ‘to bagel’;

We say serious stuff, srsly…

On tonight’s 42nd episode of Peoncast, A Garden, a Blender and a Big Pizza Pie, the Peons discuss Fountain of Fair Fortune from Beetle the Bard by JK Rowling!

The Peons would like to enthusiastically plug The Butterbeer Experience and mention the full-length musical based on the last section of Deathly Hallows, for presentation at Infinitus!

~Kayla is confused
~Scott’s got the UK book
~Brain sharing
~Kayla’s on Mars
~Lena helps out
~Altheda’s a Puff
~She may in fact be Sue in disguise
~That’s Amore…..
~Analyzing JK’s sketch
~Bad Kitties
~Learn to work together
~The Garden is Magic
~Sir Slytherdor

Please enjoy the special edition of the Quibbler, courtesy of ADH Scarlett, made exclusively for this episode!

Hosts: Ryan, Jen2, PS, Mike
Peon Hosts: Sue, Kelly, Scott, Kayla
Poufwa Editor: Jen2
PeonCast Editor: Sue and Scott
Episode Length: 2′32′10

Episode 97 of PotterFicWeekly has been released! In this episode, we begin our four part series covering In Blood Only, by E.M. Snape. Tonight we begin with the first fourteen chapters!

Snape is Harry’s father. No one is happy to hear it.

In this episode, Kezza is definitely not happy to hear it. Mike wonders why. It’s a very heated conversation that had me laughing so hard that my real-life friends were desperate to find Poufwa and discover what was so funny. If only they knew!

Next week’s episode will cover through Chapter 25.

Episode 41 of PeonCast, Classic PeonCast, Nothing but the Best and F is for Final, covers The F Series-Fortune and The F Series-Fireworks by Antosha.

~Where’d the money go?
~Harry is crazy.
~James/Scorpius
~Scott’s here!!!
~Ginny is a snitch?
~Kelly’s family tree
~Scent association
~Antosha-Will you do a Next Gen fic for us? Called Future?
~How many ways can you say Fireworks?
~Harry/Luna?
~Lily Luna - a force of nature
~Kayla thinks Neville is HOT
~Sue’s older than dirt
~F Series stands for FUN!

Episode Hosts: Ryan, PS, Kezza, Mike
Peons: Sue, Scott, Kelly, Kayla, Hufflepuff Dan
Poufwa Editor: PS
PeonCast Editor: Sue
Episode Length: 3′35′20

Episode 96 of PotterFicWeekly has been released after an extended hiatus, with coverage of Harry Potter and the Triangle Prophecy, and Barb’s Psychic Serpent trilogy, drawing to a close! In tonight’s episode, we discuss the final chapters, break for PeonCast, and return with an extended interview with Barb. It’s been a terrific nine part series, and we very much look forward to covering our final four fics with you over the coming months!

Be sure to join us for coverage of In Blood Only, by E.M. Snape, beginning next week. From there, we’ll travel back in time 1,000 years to meet my very famous yet not so much flame retardant ancestor, drop by a bookstore in Surrey that believes in reading the best of CS Lewis in chronological order, and find out what Kezza’s really been up to all these years!

On PeonCast #40: The Handyman, Hotels, Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans and Duct Tape, the Peons discuss Folly, Act 3, by Antosha. In this episode:

~Scott’s shy
~Kelly passed her Charms OWL
~You have One Hour, to find a Chess Master
~Prune juice for the old folk
~First Responder???
~Antosha said that Molly changed the room
~April Fools - A good day to wed
~We all love this series
~Kayla says, “BAI”

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: Ryan, PS, Kezza, Jen2
Episode Guests: Dethryl, Sue, Melindaleo, Barb
Peons: Sue, Kelly, Scott, Kayla
Poufwa Editor: PS, Omly
PeonCast Editor: Sue
Episode Length: 4′22′11

Special Edition 21, Poufwa’s commentary of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, has been released!

The following podcast is created by Poufwanians, for Poufwanians. Expect at least two schoolyard brawls and one house fire during this production, to say nothing of our far-out and groovy coverage of the film itself! There’s also necking, a planned marriage, and PS is not drunk at all, but is wearing man pants.

Happy listening!

Hosts: Ryan, Kezza, PS
Peons: Julia, Sue, Mrs. Huggles, Kismatt
Poufwa Editor: Ryan
Episode Length: 2′38′17

Special Edition 20, Poufwa’s third annual holiday podcast, has been released!

The hosts take the night off, and the Peons are pleased to present their 39th episode, covering Christmas 1980, by Ignipes.

Harry’s first Christmas doesn’t go exactly the way his mum hoped it would. (Lily/James)

An audio version of the story is available right here, narrated by Kismatt!

With tonight’s episode, Poufwa is happy to release messages and songs from members of our forum community! In editing the episode together, I joked to myself that we should put out a “Best of Poufwa” CD, and as a result of that stray thought, this episode will also include all of the songs, plays, and messages created by our members over the years. At this time of year, it’s a lot of fun to remember where we all were as a community, and as people, back in Poufwa’s Golden Age.

A very Merry, safe, and peaceful holiday to you all!

Happy listening!

Peons: Scott, Kismatt, Sue, Julia, Kat
PeonCast Editor: Scott
Episode Length: 5′39′21

Episode 95 of PotterFicWeekly has been released, with coverage of Harry Potter and the Triangle Prophecy, Chapters 11-23!

Tonight’s episode summary, provided by Scarlett, LLC:

Ryan is uncomfortable
Sukie@Ducksfoot
Reality as told by the Son & Heir
In which there are Zoo MRIs
Happy Aug-Hallow-cember
Ryan/Kezza: The Quibbler got there first!
Hagrid is armed
Sue is a razor-toothed alien
Bernad. Nuff said.
Ryan is a time traveler
Matt & Ryan geek out
Canada is not safe anymore
Poufwanians are map-challenged
Petunia Potter: Brain Bleach Pronto
A Hufflepuff Revolt
Boats capsize, so the world is good
Kezza doesn’t know canon
Ryan and Kezza equal illegal, but they have theme music
Matt cannot talk
BAD kissing jokes (sans lemurs)
The plot says so…we’re still cranky
Hermione - The Battered Girlfriend
Harry & Hermione are not allowed a Delorean
Shhh….plot’s talking…time for logic to hush
Neville’s getting snogged!
Poufwa just went where PeonCast went. So, who started the bloody thing?
1 VAT of brain bleach please
Master Harry-Wan Kenotti
Kezza pulls a Ryan and monologues
Dragon jam! Now in handy resealable jars
Kezza is a circular podcaster
BAD cat jokes. Still no lemurs involved.
Splodey brainz tiem nao.

Don’t miss next week’s episode, complete with coverage of the final chapters of the trilogy and an interview with Barb!

On PeonCast #38: Luna’s Lost her Mind, Bandicoots and Clean the Table, covering Folly Act 1 and Folly Act 2, by Antosha!

~Kayla is Ryan
~Sue-er doesn’t work
~Never mess with a Hufflepuff
~Neville kisses and tells
~Luna logic
~Snorkacks do exist
~Words…..
~Sirius drives by
~Purple People Snorkack Eater…..
~Dung bombs rule

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: Ryan, Kezza
Episode Guests: Dethryl, Matt, Sue
Peons: Sue, Kelly, Scott, Kayla
Poufwa Editor: Kezza
PeonCast Editor: Sue
Episode Length: 2′51′44

Episode 94 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

With three episodes to go in our coverage of Barb’s Psychic Serpent trilogy, Poufwa jumps into a discussion of Chapters 1-10 of Harry Potter and the Triangle Prophecy!

Harry’s 7th and final year of school. In a time of uncertainty, the Muggle world has found a source of comfort and stability. Only Harry suspects that it isn’t safe. Wizards are more concerned about themselves than Muggles since Voldemort’s return, but are only Muggles at risk? Will anyone listen to Harry? He must decide whether to make a sacrifice that will change him–and the wizarding world– forever.

Sue, Melindaleo and Dethryl are driving the bus this week, and I mean that literally in Sue’s case. It sounds like she’s actually driving a bus while podcasting!

In tonight’s episode:

ADH Harry is a roofer…
Dethryl objects to Harry being considerate of morning people…
Melinda objects to Slytherins…
Dethryl turns purple and has a coronary…
Canon versus AU versus real versus fake leads to one conclusion: Harry Potter is real!
Sue’s in a tunnel…
Molly’s in a plant…
The gang’s in a clown car…
…and because the plot says so!

PeonCast #37: In Which Snorkacks Lay Eggs, Singing is Dry Work, and Neville is Suave…ish, covering Forever, by Antosha!

~Technical difficulties all around.
~Sue is Jen.
~Ms. Lupin not M.S. Lupin.
~Slughorn is the new Lockhart.
~A non sparkly vampire, who wears his heart on his sleeve.
~Luna knows Quidditch.
~Kayla, forgive us.
~Sue knows her sports. Not!
~Sternum as metaphor
~Harry Potter Who???
~Ginny, weak in the knees.

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: *Crickets*
Episode Guests: Sue, Melindaleo, Dethryl
Peons: Scott, Kelly, Sue, Tricia, Oliversgal
Poufwa Editor: Matt
PeonCast Editor: Scott
Episode Length: 1′58′39

‘Nuff said!

Episode 93 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Topping off our discussion of Harry Potter and the Time of Good Intentions with Chapter 15-21 discussion, Poufwa crashes at Ruth’s house to bone up on the latest Hebrew updates from Poufwa’s own Resident Jews!

There is singing involved. Mike and I are on the line. Do-the-math.

And don’t drink carbonated refreshments while listening!

In between discussing terrific character moments and complex time-travel mechanics that scream out for the assistance of Doc Brown’s dry-erase board, Mike weighs in with his weekly commentary on an important social issue that he feels is plaguing the human race. You’ll recall that three weeks ago he weighed in on sex ed classes in a Mike Administration. There was gasping and headdesking.

This week, Mike outdoes himself. That’s all I can say. And once you listen, you’ll likely be as speechless as I am!

And tonight, the Peons are proud to release Episode 36: Sue confused, the Wrong Track, and Plinky, Planky Soup, covering First, by Antosha!

~Cody is Duct Taped in the corner.
~We try tongue twisters.
~What hand does Dean use?
~It’s a quadrangle.
~Kreacher: matchmaker or interior decorator?
~ #13 Grindlewald Place.
~Dan has the emotional range of more than a teaspoon.
~Monty Python defeats Scott.

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: Ryan, Jen2, Mike
Episode Guests: Dethryl
Peons: Kelly, Kayla, Scott, Sue, Dan, Cody
PeonCast Guests: Antosha
Poufwa Editor: Jen2 and Ryan
Episode Length: 2′38′37

Episode 92 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Resuming our discussion of Chapters 8-14 of Harry Potter and the Time of Good Intentions, Poufwa blends together solid fic discussion and analysis with the literary equivilant of off roading in a Ford Escort.

In this episode:

Mike is charge, can’t tell who anybody is, thinks Dethryl is an imposter, pre-interprets prophecy, has a million questions, and reveals to us that he - Mike - the big guy - has a crazy brother…

PS is a Subaru, Dethryl is a Nissan, and Kismatt is the Vicar of Dibley…

Harry has emotions, Dumbledore’s a pirate, and don’t forget those five important words: The-plot-said-so.

Following Episode 92 of Poufwa, stay tuned for Episode 35 of PeonCast: Two True Poufwanians, Vernon on Top, and Mike is Harry, where the Peons discuss The F Words 4: Family, by Antosha!

Daniel walks on water….
Sue takes on the tractor.
Making the TEA…
Kelly interrupts, then changes her mind…
Hawt Dudley…
Kayla wonders, who’s on top?
We love Mike…
Mel Brooks…..who?
…Men in uniform.

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: Ryan, PS, Mike
Episode Guests: Dethryl, Aaron, Tim
Peons: Sue, Kayla, Kelly, Dan
Poufwa Editor: Ryan
PeonCast Editor: Sue
Episode Length: 3′00′57

Now that it’s debuted on PFW Radio, Special Edition 19, Poufwa’s Halloween edition, has been released!

In this episode, PS searches high and low for the nearest Dairy Queen, everyone forgets which holiday they’re celebrating, the true identity of Santa is revealed, and the Headless Horseman gallops through Hogwarts while we gallop through Halloween themed HP fics: both of them.

On behalf of the crackerjack team over here at PotterFicWeekly, Merry Christmas everyone!!!!

Episode Hosts: Kezza, PS
Episode Guests: Sue, Melinda, Scott
Episode Length: 1′48′53

In the meantime we have a Facebook page

Hopefully, we’ll see you soon back on the forum - feel free to download a podcast or two while you’re here

Episode 91 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Join us for the fourth installment in our series on The Psychic Serpent Trilogy by Barb.

In this episode the Peons take over as we cover chapters 1 through 7 of Harry Potter and the Time of Good Intentions. Highlights for tonight include:

~ Kayla isn’t prepared because she’s moving to Germany.

~ The New Lord Voldie:  He’s the new Hair Club for Men Spokesman.

~ Draco and Harry BFFs.

~ Potterficweekly, you never know who your hosts really are…

~ Recording Rae = Epic Fail

~ The Hero’s List:  No ticking alarm clocks.

~ Harry’s Hot Liquid Sexiness.

~ Snape the good Dad.

~ Harry does the math:  Brain Beach Please.

~ “Stalkers Never Give Up”

~ Hufflepuff Truth or Dare.

~ Draco is a good friend, really.

~ Beware of Hogwarts Ghosts:  “Fix it!”

~ Mike has questions and more questions.

~ The newest Hufflepuffs are loyal men of action.

~ Elvis is in the Podcast.

~ Rae finds herself in an episode of COPS!

In Episode 34 of PeonCast, The Next Generation: Birthday Presents, a Hufflepuff from Peanuts, and Dallas Ruins Fanfiction we cover F Words 3: The F Word.  Available here or here, and also (at the second link) read on audio by the author.

• Death Eaters: better or worse than cockroaches?
• Non-forking family trees
• A moment of silence for Fred
• How long a line?
• Definitely more depth than a teaspoon
• Tension, release, and ways of doing so
• Always theirs together
• The important F-word

Episode Hosts: Sue, Kelly, Kayla, Scott, Mike
Episode Guests: Dethryl
Peons: Sue, Kayla, Daniel, Loswen
Poufwa Editor: Sue, Omly
PeonCast Editor: Scott
Episode Length: 2′18’05

Episode 90 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Join us for  the third instalment in our series on The Psychic Serpent Trilogy by Barb.

In this episode we cover chapters 24 through the Epilogue of The Psychic Serpent. In this episode:

Mike podcasts from a falling dryer on Neptune that is rolling down a hill infested with cockroaches

Jen2 and Kezza break up over movie tickets and biscuit cans but Kezza and Mr Kezza get married in spite of Titanic

Mike breaks up with Draco and Ryan breaks Mike with hugs and a love-meter

The Harry Potter child actors meet Diff’rent Strokes and grow pot while dressed as transvestites without knickers looking super-meg-foxy-awesome hot

Ryan cracks against Jo Rowling and menopausal Rosmerta while favouring the F-word

Mike makes Jen2 blush in the fluffy room and Kezza loses it at the thought of popcorn

Dethryl collides with Wizards in Kilts and Mike and Kezza try to forget Irish lesbian McGonagall and Scottish Seamus

Ryan Turns Around for Barb, Dethryl ships Mike and Ryan thinks about Kezza’s popcorn when he should be working
Mike solves the duelling mystery and is not helped by the quicksand wisdom dispensed by the hosts

None of the hosts know who the Head Boy is, who dated Cho and Fleur, if Cedric Diggory has more going for him than great hair or whether Roger Davies is evil or just boring like Terry Boot

Even when they all drop off the call they pick it right back up again right where they left off talking about Harry’s banana

There is nothing to be said about the Viagra … just listen as Mike delivers a safe sex PSA

In Episode 33 of PeonCast: The Next Generation, Three Puffs and a Gryffy walk into a Podcast, the Peons share with us Antosha’s The F Words 2: Fame.

Loswen arrived to balance out the Puffiness but we forgot to tell her to read the previous chapter. Oops.

The Hufflepuffs steal Harry and Luna, the Gryffindors throw Hermione out and Daniel plucks heartstrings. Then it?s time for popcorn as The Next Generation goes back, waaaay back to Number Ten …

Listen on as Daniel and Loswen have a showdown, Dumbledore is cast in Lord of the Rings because he has a ring and Kayla gets visitors to Canada, the safest place next to Oz …

Episode Hosts:  Ryan, Jen2, Kezza, Mike
Episode Guests:  Sue, Dethryl
Peons:  Sue, Kayla, Daniel, Loswen
Poufwa Editor:  Kezza
PeonCast Editor:  Sue
Episode Length: 2′45′21

In this instalment of PotterFicWeekly, we review chapters 11-23 of The Psychic Serpent by Barb. Stay tuned for some exciting announcements!

In the actual fic …

Hermione visits the water cooler to protect against Harry’s super sperm

Harry’s penis is conflicted and leading him around the castle like his own very short leash

Draco Malfoy is a Skeevy Perv, George has a beautiful chest and fake Neville, the bagel is not horny enough

Sandy is a Big Brother Contestant but clearly, it’s actually a teen sex comedy – behold, Porky’s at Hogwarts

In other news …

The ED belongs to Ryan (unfortunate …)

Aaron and Dethryl are too young to laugh about sixteen candles and Daniel Radcliffe is a poor’ little tiny man

None of this was apparently enough to keep a red-blooded American male awake … WAKE UP AARON!

On Tonight’s PeonCast Scott goes MIA but Editor Sue comes to the rescue as the team begin their sojourn with Antosha’s F Words, er series, with the first fic – Friends.

Introducing Ryan and Chi’s Love Child

~Cody is in a tunnel

~Luna has Faith

~Dan doesn’t know which twin dies

~ Terrible Teens

~It’s all Sue’s fault

~Scott’s audio is contagious

~Kayla’s blond moment

Episode Hosts: The Ghost of Ryan, Jen2, Kezza
Episode Guests: Melinda, Aaron, Dethryl
Peons: Sue, Cody, Scott, Kelly, Kayla
Peon Special Guest: HDan
Poufwa Editor: Omly, Kezza
PeonCast Editor: Sue
Episode Length: 2′29′52

In honor of the release of ABC’s new series Flashforward, we flashback without reason to Episode 86 at several points in this episode. Sadly, we’re so random anyway you likely won’t notice!

Episode 88 of PotterFicWeekly, our funniest episode yet, has been released!

For the next nine episodes, Poufwa dives butt first into Barb’s classic Psychic Serpent Trilogy!

In Harry’s fifth year he gets a snake with the Sight. Hermione’s torn between Ron and Harry, who’s torn between her and Ginny, who’s torn between him and Draco Malfoy, who’s torn between her and loyalty to his father. Plus: a Prophecy, Animagus training, a Dueling Club, Snape’s Penseive, kilts, giants, house elf liberation and more!

Over the next few weeks, prepare for in-depth character analysis, lips drawn into invisible lines, Hermione’s bikini, sex-ed with Mike, possums with Kezza, and Poufwa’s best Spamelot! As we close in on Episode 100, and more importantly - sweeps! - watch for your favorite Poufwanians to pair off!

In tonight’s episode, we cover Chapters 1-10 of Psychic Serpent!

Jen2 and Kezza are forced to make a thingie…

Mike, lights, and the wall cockroach!

Mike predicts the end of the Psychic Serpent triology after reading something like six paragraphs, and knocks his inability to comprehend mpreg firmly into second place on the “Top Ten Mike Moments” listing!

Hermione’s bikini pops up, or something like that.

Mike knocks his prediction on the end of the Psychic Serpent trilogy firmly into second place, and his inability to comprehend mpreg firmly into third place, with his own self-ship projection, revealing his middle name and PS’ first name for the first time. Oh, you thought they were two different names? You must be a new listener!

Jen2 ships Ryan, Kezza ships Ryan, Mike ships PS, Jen2 ships Kezza, Son and Heir ships eBaby, Danny ships Sandy, and Ryan ships Mike!

There’s singing. A cat dies.

On tonight’s PeonCast, disaster struck. Cody’s computer exploded and melted her lines for tonight’s episode. Not to allow fantastic episode to go to waste, Sue recruits Mike to play Cody!

Please join the peons in reviewing Up to Speed, by Amelia Bedelia!

Lily and James used to be best friends, hanging out in their neighborhood with each other. But once they were accepted into Hogwarts, they went their separate ways - James, the popular prankster, and Lily, the know-it-all bystander. But will their past be able to bring them back together?

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: Ryan, Jen2, Kezza, Mike
Episode Guests: Dethryl
Peons: Sue, Cody, Kelly, Scott, Tricia
Poufwa Editor: Ryan
PeonCast Editor: Sue
Episode Length: 3′17′24

Episode 87 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

In our final episode discussing Dumbledore’s Army and the Year of Darkness by Andrew/thanfiction, we review chapters Chapters 20-25 and bring Andrew onto the podcast!

The fandom is an escape from real life that is primarily a text-based environment. We may speak to each other on Poufwa, but there’s no visual component and we’re denied the assistance of body language. Suffice to say, the interview was a bit awkward due to a remarkable series of crossed signals. When you think you’re defending a friend, reality gets blurred, and everything snowballs.

Not every experience with authors and their readers have been pleasant ones for us at PotterFicWeekly. I’m pleased to say that above and beyond, this one truly was. Any rockiness on the journey will soon be forgotten because the partnership ended on a very high note. I look forward to my future participation in the DAYD universe, including spending most of my Irish honeymoon curled in the fetal position!

Back to work! In this episode:

~ Jen Classic is missing and presumed dead. You’ll never guess where we found her…

~ Madam Pomphrey is a bitch!

~ I nearly have an end-of-the-story flip-flop!

~ Mike on Spiders and Swedes!

~ Drunk Mike in the woods with a stolen shoe!

~ Mike explains the accidental wank, as only he can…

~ Tim is a fanboy, and why Andrew is the coolest person ever…

~ The wheels come off the wagon…

Thanfiction’s Artwork - Dumbledore’s Army and the Year of Darkness

The DAYDverse: Hope Is Still Recruiting

The Peons close out the evening with Episode 30, a double-edition of PeonCast, And then there were Crickets, with discussion of thanfiction’s DAYD one-shots Praeclarus_Merde and Ducere

In tonight’s PeonCast:

~ Special thanks to LassieLupin and Lexy fer helping out at the last minutes!
~ Hagrid’s Harry Pirate Party
~ Ravenclarrr Door FTW
~ Twin talk w/o the twins
~ Crickets attack Sue
~ Scott gives us a language lesson
~ Ravenclaws do it with Style
~ A haircut fer Terry
~ Glasses-a tactical weakness or hidden strength
~ Being a officer
~ Every House has a strength
~ Debating: a time and a place
~ Kids’ book or adult: a fandom split
~ What details really mean
~ Sometimes simple spells win
~ Hooked on potions
~ Brotherly support
~ Wacky and serious–two sides of the M&T coin
~ Canon complexity in character
~ Peoncast makes another convert
~Also featuring a voicemail from Scarlett!

Next week, be sure to catch the first of nine episodes covering the full Psychic Serpent Trilogy , by Barb!

In Harry’s fifth year he gets a snake with the Sight. Hermione’s torn between Ron and Harry, who’s torn between her and Ginny, who’s torn between him and Draco Malfoy, who’s torn between her and loyalty to his father. Plus: a Prophecy, Animagus training, a Dueling Club, Snape’s Penseive, kilts, giants, house elf liberation and more!

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: Ryan, Mike, Sue, Tim
Episode Guests: Jen Classic, Andrew
Peons: Sue, Scott, Lexy, LassieLupin
Poufwa Editor: Omly, Ryan
PeonCast Editor: Sue, Scott
Episode Length: 2′59′54

Episode 86 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Poufwa jumps back into its coverage of Dumbledore’s Army and the Year of Darkness by thanfiction with coverage of Chapters 14-19!

For your listening pleasure:

~ I am the new Chi and a fanboy, all at the same time!

~ Poufwa tries to make a phone call. Thank God email still works!

~ Were we discussing a fic?

~ Neville pulls rank…

~ Jen2 and Kezza share a brain…

~ Mike learns the facts of life - AGAIN!

~ Squirrels rampage!

~ Neville needs Hannah to water him. Turn around!

~ Ryan *HEADDESK*

~ Mike is Delusional. And yes, I cut and paste that from a past episode release!

~ It’s time for a political analogy!

~ Kezza needs a break. She needs those.

~ Jen2 cracks herself up with Latin. She’s so silly.

~ Six degrees of separation and everything’s related to incest.

~ We applaud Andrew’s attention to detail…

~ Harry Potter: Pizza Delivery Guy

~ Death Eaters get Continental Breakfast: Discuss.

~ Jen2 snarks at me. She is no longer silly!

~ Neville is Made of Awesome. Want to fight about it?

~ For Cedric and Hufflepuff…

~ Gran: A military Mama!

~ “There is nothing more romantic than baby cheese…”

~ Mike is 0 for 5…

~ Zach Smith turns more yellow…

~ A Ravenclaw, in the Great Hal, with a butter knife…

~ Babies grow in tummies…

Also this evening, the Peons are pleased to release Episode 29 of PeonCast, Courage and Cowards, with discussion of thanfiction’s DAYD one-shot Wisdom To Know The Difference!

Grant me the courage to change the things I can, the serenity to accept the things I cannot, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: Ryan, Jen2, Kezza, Mike
Episode Peons: Scott, Kayla, Kelly, Sue
Poufwa Editor: Kezza
PeonCast Editor: Scott
Episode Length: 2′52′06

The DAYDverse: Hope Is Still Recruiting

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Episode 85 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

This evening, Poufwa resumes its coverage of Dumbledore’s Army and the Year of Darkness by thanfiction, highlighting Chapters 7-13!

We remain in Jen2’s debt for choosing this thrilling fic for our podcast. She wanted to be here this evening to contribute - she really did - but apparently her hip popped out of its socket in a freak vacuuming accident. The frame to her bed also snapped so she’s out shopping. Hope to see you soon, Jen2! *chomps on popcorn*

In this episode:

~Rinna and Mike spend two hours together and Snape comes up frequently. Maybe we all need popcorn!

~The characters of Filch, Snape and Seamus are heavily analyzed. You’ll never guess who thinks Filch was misunderstood!

~Also included in this episode are several doses of carnal impropriety and several more rounds of “Was that canon or After the End?”

Also this evening, the Peons are pleased to release Episode 28 of PeonCast, Not Starring the Whomping Willow, with coverage of Tied Together, by stmargarets!

~Kelly’s favorite author

~Scott impersonates Alex, Ryan’s text reader

~Kayla is happy to be done with school

~Kid voices for the win

~Herbology lesson from Sue

~Engorgement Charms

~Kayla channels Ryan

~And as always, Kayla records over a bistro

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: Rinna, Mike, Scott, Tim
Episode Peons: Kelly, Kayla, Scott, Sue
Poufwa Editor: Rinna, Ryan
PeonCast Editor: Scott
Episode Length: 1′56′09

Episode 84 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

I am so-thrilled-I-could-monologue to officially release the first of four podcasts covering Dumbledore’s Army and the Year of Darkness by thanfiction. This fic was chosen by Jen2 for discussion on the podcast, and is now one of my all-time favorite fics ever discussed on Poufwa.

During the reign of Snape and the Carrows, Dumbledore’s Army becomes a true resistance movement under the most unlikely of leaders.

In this episode:

~Mike finds Jen2’s address and madness ensues…

~I detail my plan to personally save the world on my lunch hour…

~Jen2, well…gets a reputation…

~Mike gets into Snape’s mind…think about that!

~Commander Longbottom…who’da’thunk it?

~I monologue…told you!

~Scott gets company…

~Jen2 fangirls Ginny…

~The Hufflepuffs are messed with…

~Jen2’s reputation continues into the second hour…

~I need a woman…

~Kezza opens hailing frequencies…

~The Poufwa microphone curse strikes Mike, who trades bodies with me…

Tonight on PeonCast, the Peons resume discussion on Greater Than Gravity,by startinglines!

In PeonCast:

*Molly plans a wedding…

*Arthur sprays soda…

*Sue remembers Hannah’s assets…

*Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of Time pops up…

*Sue and Kayla think Percy’s a prat…

*Kismatt laughs at the Nimbus…

*All are jealous…

*”Magic”…

*and there is no mention of Harry Potter…

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: Ryan, Jen2, Mike, Kezza, Tim, Scott
Episode Peons: Sue, Kayla, Kelly, Scott
Poufwa Editor: Wayne, Ryan
PeonCast Editor: Sue
Episode Length: 2′04′09

Episode 83 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

A whole slew of different people podcast tonight in this third and last installment of our three-part series covering When a Lioness Fights by kayly silverstorm!

In this two-part episode covering Chapters 38 - 77:

~ Ryan has wank;

~ Jen Classic makes Jen2 steer the ship;

~ Jen2 shocks Julia by suggesting a slash relationship between Harry and Draco, thus officially turning on Julia’s gaydar(which isn’t nearly as sensitive as her Jewdar);

~ Queer Eye for the Straight Guy makes its mark on the HP fandom and Harry shall forevermore be making fish tacos with Ted in the Grimmauld Place kitchen;

~ Dumbledore’s lemondrops make another appearance, only this time we’re not sure whether they’re entirely legal;

~ We do a decent job of actually discussing the story;

~ Omly shares about the family’s guard donkey and Julia explains the function of an Israeli attack turkey;

~ and Jen2 shares a musical selection from YouTube by Sungha Jung, child-prodigy and guitarist extraordinaire, in the hopes that everyone else will be plagued by SIHS as well! (Intermission music is also a selection featured from Sungha Jung’s YouTube archive!) Thanks a lot, JULES!

In Episode 26 of PeonCast, titled Greater than Gravity Take Two, the Peons feature Greater Than Gravity, by startinglines!

Due to technical difficulties this is our second try at Greater than Gravity.

~ Fresh fruit and chocolates

~ Salad is boring

~ “Mails here”

~ Hawks vs. Old People

~ Puffed up Percy

~ Merlin is REAL

~ Sword in the Stone

~ Percy’s wand

~ “Audrey, do you know what cola is?”

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: Jen Classic, Jen2, PS, Julia, Raesive, Omly, Sue
Episode Special Guests: Ryan, eBaby
Episode Peons: Sue, Kayla, Kelly, Scott
Poufwa Editor: Jen2
PeonCast Editor: Sue
Episode Length: 3′34′37

Episode 82 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

The ladies capture the podcast tonight in this second installment of our three-part series covering When a Lioness Fights by kayly silverstorm!

In this episode:

The women cover Chapters 21-43, in order and without missing a beat!

Julia is out of the dryer!

Baby Lee does not approve of kayly’s Hermione!

The ladies convert memories to ounces…while sober!

Hermione knows Kung Fu… Whoa….

Dumbledore takes his candy dish too far…

…and we learn what Jen’s left eyeball, Julia’s liquor, Cody’s fifteen roomates, Rae’s husband’s skin, PS’ funeral food and Sarah Palin’s hunting opponent have in common!

PARTS OF THIS FIC SCARED THE BEJEEZES OUT OF ME, AND I’VE SEEN MY BEST FRIEND IN THE MORNING WITHOUT HER MAKEUP ON. READERS UNDER SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE WILL BE BEATEN WITH PICNIC TABLES IF THEY READ IT, IN COMPLIANCE OF FANFICTION.NET AGE RESTRICTIONS!

In Episode 25 of PeonCast, Hagrid at Customs and We Love Dudley, the Peons conclude their coverage of A Different Fate, by lordhellebore!

In this episode:

*Tricia is shocked.

*Guest Peons FTW

*Scott’s getting visitors

*Remus knows people in low places

*An author with punch

*Kelly’s timeline

*Scott channels Snape

*Plan B

*Three new words: Normal, Disabled, Freak

*Thanks to Last Haven

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: Jen Classic, PS, Raesive, Cody, Julia
Episode Peons: Sue, Scott, Kelly, Tricia, Raesive
Poufwa Editor: Ryan
PeonCast Editor: Scott
Episode Length: 2′20′26

Due to Jen Classic’s ironclad contractual obligations, unstopped by rain, snow, sleet, vicodin, rampant nausea, inability to see feet, and lifegiving moments captured on Facebook video, Poufwa is pleased to present its three week arc on the Snape/Hermione fic, When a Lioness Fights, by kayly silverstorm!

In this episode:

Hermione is a quite troubled, young caffeine-addicted, Vulcan/Borg Death Eater hybrid who thinks tribal warriors are girly men who stare at delicate waves for comfort.

Dumbledore has Parkinsons. If it were a ship, Remus/Tree would be unemployed.

Snape is Batman…

Hermione’s spleen is missing…

…and we’re pretty sure Jen is committing a federal crime during the recording of this episode.

PARTS OF THIS FIC SCARED THE BEJEEZES OUT OF ME, AND I’VE SEEN MY BEST FRIEND IN THE MORNING WITHOUT HER MAKEUP ON. READERS UNDER SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE WILL BE BEATEN WITH PICNIC TABLES IF THEY READ IT, IN COMPLIANCE OF FANFICTION.NET AGE RESTRICTIONS!

In Episode 24 of PeonCast, Kayla finds the Mute Button and Canada speaks English, the Peons move on to A Different Fate, by lordhellebore!

In this episode:

* Kayla lives in a noisy house

* Cody’s ambivalent

* Harry is delayed

* Adults aren’t stupid

* Drabbles are like Chips

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: Ryan, Jen Classic, Sue, Rae
Editor: Kezza
Episode Length: 1′52′04

Episode 80 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Tonight, Poufwa concludes its three-episode arc covering CreativeQuill’s Harry Potter and the Power of Faith!

Due to a labor shortage and issues of dyslexia and erectile dysfunction, the hosts abandoned ship and requested a bailout. This two-part episode is driven completely by our lovely neighborhood peons, covering Chapters 1-11 in the first hour, and the balance in the second.

They discover:

War is like paintball

Tricia channels Mike

NPR = PFW

Susan the communist!

Social Services: You have one hour!”

After cleaning up for the hosts, the Peons take four seconds off before returning with tonight’s PeonCast: Spoilers, Dean “Bloody” Thomas and What’s Ron Eating? which concludes discussion of the prequel story, In the Beginning, where:

Ron combines food and sex

Kelly spoils Kayla and Tricia

Lav Lav has assets

Kelly is logical

and Sue is not a communist…for now!

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: *Crickets*
Editor: Omly
Episode Length: 2′20′34

Our thrilling round robin episode where we discuss the great and important points of the new Half-Blood Prince film has been released! Early!

It’s Classic Jen as she falls off the line, Ultimate Jen2 as she has an Ebaby related emergency and Richard and PS hold to Poufwa tradition by shocking us all.

It’s not a commentary but because we’ve all been to see it twice in 24 hours we know half the scenes off by heart and learned to love the Harry/Ginny moments.

We’re not sure exactly what happened, but somewhere along the way we wanted to wrap Slughorn in a blanket, take Dan Radcliffe home and keep him on a shelf to amuse us and fell in love with Michael Gambon. WTF? Michael Gambon, FTW?

Oh, if you’re wondering - For The Win!

Episode Hosts: Kezza, Jen1, Jen2, PS, Melindaleo, Kismatt, Richard, Dan, Tim, Ryan
Editor: Kezza, she who has not slept
Episode Length: 1′51′49

Episode 79 of PotterFicWeekly, has been released!

In this episode of PotterFicWeekly, we continue our three-episode arc covering Harry Potter and the Power of Truth and Harry Potter and the Power of Faith, by CreativeQuill!

In tonight’s book club:

…We discuss Chapters 15-26, concluding Harry Potter and the Power of Truth …

…We discover where children come from! Whether they originate from the womb of Kezza or Harry and Ginny’s biracial manor, we’ve locked our GPS on their point of origin!

…I crash my car into a gas station and learn why Chapter 6 was in fact…quite important.

…Rinna reminds us why she loved this story in the first place.

…and I remind us all why, once again, Poufwa almost made me unemployed.

PeonCast: TNG, Episode 22 continues discussion of the prequel fic, In The Beginning, by CreativeQuill, moving into Chapter 2. It involves the middle. They’ve got Star Trek theme music and everything. I love these people.

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: Ryan, PS, Kezza, Rinna, Mike, Kismatt
Editor: No one remembers, but well done!
Episode Length: 2′13′50

Episode 78, the third season premiere of PotterFicWeekly, has been released!

In this episode of PotterFicWeekly, we launch into a three episode arc analyzing Harry Potter and the Power of Truth and Harry Potter and the Power of Faith, by CreativeQuill!

What if the magical world DID exist? What if Harry Potter and the major characters from the books were real, and there was a very real threat looming from the magical world?

Hand selected by Rinna for the podcast, the CQ universe may not be the most polished playground in Poufwa history, but provides fertile ground for Poufwanians to be Poufwanians.

In this episode:

Mike expands past MPreg…
I get to the bottom of the number 47…
Mike writes the word “Maura” on the inside of his hand to prevent Kezza from strangling him…
I love Hermione and hate the newspaper lady…
Kezza loves Chapter 6…
We get into a fascinating discussion about Gordon Brown’s eyesight…
Kezza sings…
Rinna tells us what she really thinks about Mike….
…and I make a shocking discovery about the Potter family.

…and did I mention that a very special, sweeps-week romance will break out between two of your favorite Poufwa hosts? Shippers, start your engines.

On behalf of the Poufwa staff, I am also extremely pleased to announce the premiere of PeonCast: The Next Generation!

Starring a whole new generation of Peons, Peon Antics, Pencil Fascination and Harry is a Basketball Player analyzes the prequel to tonight’s fic, In The Beginning, by CreativeQuill. In a burst of activity, the Peons discover:

*their own lack of Star Trek knowledge…
*what is in that Pumpkin Juice, anyway…
*who is looking for Nargles…
*what hair fastener you use…
*and that burning question: how do you see around walls?

This episode will be available later in the week for standard download.

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: Ryan, Rinna, Kezza, Mike
Editor: PS
Episode Length: 2′38′20

And we’re back!

Special Edition 17 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Poufwa has always been about pushing the envelope, and we’ve done it again. Tonight, we offer a twelve hour podcast that is easily the longest non-live podcast in the history of the Harry Potter fandom, and possibly the in the history of the world.

The second season of PotterFicWeekly represents sixteen months in the lives of our community, our podcast production, and most importantly each other. We are united because we love the universe of Harry Potter so much that we can’t stand the prospect of it ending, and through that common bond share laughter and friendship.

But as proud Poufwanians, the entire process is kicked into overdrive. We laugh so hard we need our inhalers, which promptly burst in our hands. We jab ourselves with EpiPens to prevent unwanted death, but hit veins and require emergency medical transportation. Our ambulances are delayed due to herds of goats clogging the highway, themselves fleeing from an approaching lightning storm. Sadly, all we probably needed was some vicodin.

From Kezza’s peanut butter railway to Classic Jen’s winter-induced lesbianism…

From drunk Jen2’s notes to the conversion of PS to the dark side…

From the attempted assassination of Rinna by cat to Mike’s fascination with rising coastal waters…

From the entrepreneur who wanted to buy my bed to whatever Chi was on during the Smutgiving podcast…

…we dedicate this episode to the Poufwanian community, and the lifelong relationships it has created.

But most importantly, we dedicate this episode…to Susan Bones!

The full podast is 340 megabytes. In the event you have storage or connection issues, the episode is also available in two installments below.

Next week, the third season of Poufwa launches with our three-part coverage of Rinna’s selection for the podcast, Harry Potter and the Power of Truth and Harry Potter and the Power of Faith, by CreativeQuill.

What if the magical world DID exist? What if Harry Potter and the major characters from the books were real, and there was a very real threat looming from the magical world?

It is also my great pleasure to announce the debut of PeonCast: The Next Generation in our third season! Sue, Kismatt, Kayla, Scott, Mslupin, and Cody - together with their own peons - will pick up the baton from their ancestors and deliver weekly coverage of one-shots and short novel length fics, beginning next week with discussion of In the Beginning, by CreativeQuill!

Happy listening!

Episode 77 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

In the penultimate episode of Poufwa’s second season, like Jen’s runaway Camry, we cruise to the finish in style before crashing into a large wooden fence.

Recorded during the Great Poufwa Blackout of 2009, PS, Mike and Aaron steer the ship, Camry…whatever it is…through a discussion and analysis of the Backward with Purpose companion, The Book of Albus, by Deadwoodpecker. Picture two Star Trek geeks and the guy who thinks Professor Xavier is the captain of the starship Voyager debating time travel.

For those of you who loved Special Edition #4 from Poufwa’s first season but can’t remember what the episode was actually about, this is the episode for you. Poufwa was down. The chain of command had collapsed. Within thirty minutes, the topic turns to, and I’m quoting, “If you could remove Ryan’s brain and insert it into another host’s body, who would you choose and why?”

That’s just the first hour.

You’ll also hear Jen’s brief return to Poufwa, which lasts just long enough for her to injure herself in the stupidest way possible, treat herself with makeshift medical supplies I find in her freezer, and try to stay conscious by solving math problems involving Jimmy the Bus Boy and the worst scale ever built.

We also interview Ella. She doesn’t know any poetry, and we’re shipping her with Mike because it works. He’s not the father.

That. We. Know. Of.

Links from tonight’s episode:

Natural Order by moshpit
Altered Destinies by DobbyElfLord
Ginny Returns by _KB_

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: PS, Mike, Aaron, Ryan, Jen1, Jen2, Legobean, Kezza, Kelly
Special Guest: Ella! She wrote the thing!
Editor: Ryan
Episode Length: 4’17’51

Episode 76 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

In tonight’s episode of PotterFicWeekly, our hosts discuss Chapters 39 through the Outtakes of Backward with Purpose, by Deadwoodpecker, proving once again that our hosts can and will, when given the opportunity, turn something totally benign into a confusing mess, monologue incessantly and gossip like old women.

Some of tonight’s highlights include:

Sue discusses bagel mpreg;

Ryan publicly apologizes to Jen2 for sucking her into the madness of BSG;

Classic Jen bails because of Lee’s butt problems;

Mike buys LSD;

Ryan gets the down-low on Merlin;

PS establishes the existence of Ron’s intelligence;

Ryan forgets yet once again he’s not podcasting on Deep Space Nine;

Ryan he’sgoingsenile completely misses major plot points of Deathly Hallows, Snape doesn’t die a lame death and Lavender Brown may be alive;

PS reveals flashbacks from a former life;

A conversation about Daphne Greengrass leads Aaron to monologue on Hitler; 

PS frets over the absence of Slughorn and why stories aren’t worth reading if Sluggy isn’t on the character list;

All this and more awaits you…

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: Ryan, PS, Sue, and Aaron (Kronkk)
Editor: Jen2
Episode Length: 1’56’37

Episode 75 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Classic Poufwa fans rejoice! We are pleased to announce the return of Jen and Chi to PotterFicWeekly!

For like an hour.

Jen celebrates her long awaited return to Poufwa by taking a seven week hiatus after this episode, and Chi’s voicemail and I are still on a first name basis. Never fear. Jen brought the kid!

In what is possibly the shortest episode in the history of PotterFicWeekly, our hosts discuss Chapters 25-38 of Backward with Purpose, by Deadwoodpecker, weighing in on their fresh thoughts of the fic as a whole, the Weasley’s betrayal, Neville’s thoroughly depressing trip to Azkaban, the shocking lack of Horace Slughorn, the normal excitement factor present in microbiology, and weigh in on when Jen should conceive her second child!

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: Rinna, LadyChi, PS, Mike, Classic Jen
Special Guest Stars: Baby Lee
Editor: Omly
Episode Length: 1’20’44

Episode 74 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

This evening, we resume our analysis of Backward with Purpose, by Deadwoodpecker and cover Chapters 16 through 24.

We get deep. We’re rowdy. We talk about the origins of time and destiny. It’s like college in here!

I can’t make sense of the author’s name and call half of the characters disloyal. Well, at least Molly and Hermione.

While we’re on the subject, President Laura Roslin has a few things to say about Molly Weasley’s parenting skills. She’s coming for all of you!

Melindaleo, back from accusing Susan Bones of being a communist, is sadly in complete denial of her addiction to AU.

PS is utterly charming, but read the fic and sequel in one sitting and may need a catheter.

On that note, happy listening!

Episode Hosts: Ryan, Mike, PS, Cody, Melinda
Special Guest Stars: Colonel Sherman Potter, Loswen
Editor: Wayne
Episode Length: 2’33’50

Episode 73 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

No, we mean it this time.

I promise.

Tonight we commence our scintillating and in-depth discussion of the first fifteen chapters of Backward with Purpose by Deadwoodpecker
Harry, Ron, and Ginny send themselves back in time to avoid the destruction of everything they hold dear, and the deaths of everyone they love.

In this episode we investigate Nigerian Goat Trials without a full and complete knowledge of Nigerian law, but we do bring up Bernard.

We also discuss temporal time travel without referencing Star Trek, but we do bring up Twilight.

Our goals for this podcast were to avoid Bagel Wank and/or giving away the plot with multiple spoilers.

We failed on so many levels …

Happy Listening!

Episode Hosts: Kezza, PS, Cody, Legobean
Special Guest Stars: Reincarnated Goats, Visionary Vampires and Bagels
Editor: Kezza, assisted by the special Spoiler Avoider, Chandler Bing
Episode Length: 2’17’19

Episode 73 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Breaking with our established practice, we conclude PotterFicWeekly’s second season by offering our five episode arc covering Deadwoodpecker’s Backward with Purpose ahead of schedule! This first episode is packed with discussion and analysis of the first fifteen chapters.

Harry, Ron, and Ginny send themselves back in time to avoid the destruction of everything they hold dear, and the deaths of everyone they love.

Happy listening!

PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Your dedicated hosts planned an efficient and professional summation and analysis of the Chapters 40-56, concluding LavenderBrown’s epic two-part character study.

We vowed to do it without mentioning boobs even once.

Instead, Rinna got a concussion. She broke her leg, lost her dog at the groomers, and dishwashed her cellphone.

Julia brought a magazine, PS fell asleep, and Ryan was electrocuted right there in the middle of the podcast.

This is Episode 72 of PotterFicWeekly.

We…are the survivors.

This podcast is rated R, and while it is available to the public without password, it may not be suitable for younger readers.

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: All hands on deck
Editor: PS, Omly, Ryan, Jen2
Episode Length: 4′02′01

Episode 71, of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Tonight’s podcast covers through Chapter 39 of LavenderBrown’s The Final Reckoning!

Welcome back for this long-awaited episode… It was doomed from the start. We tried to record it; something like thirty-seven times. In the end, the Peons took over and performed beautifully.

On topic? You bet. They’re Peons. It’s their mantra.

Interesting and informative? Of course. We learn all about how edible underwear are acceptable as a form of food under Jewish law. And that Tricia must wear flip-flops in public shower stalls for fear of coming in contact with random body fluids.

Poufwanian? Sheesh. Who do you think we are? Listen and learn, people. Draco’s squicky relationship with Pansy, Ron’s fight with the garbage disposal and Hermione’s gun fetish: they’re all in this week’s episode!

(Oh. And we promise no elephants were harmed in the recording of this episode.)

Any feedback/comments/voicemails covering tonight’s podcast or chapters can be emailed directly to ryan@potterficweekly.com.

This podcast is rated R, and while it is available to the public without password, it may not be suitable for younger readers.

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: Julia, Kismatt, Scott, Sue, Tricia (MsLupin)
Special Guests: Jen2, Mike, Ryan
Editor: Jen2
Episode Length: 2′20′39

Welcome back to PotterFicWeekly! This is Ryan.

First, allow me to quickly answer the most common questions I’ve heard over the past few days.

1) I have not left the fandom.

2) I did not forget to pay the bill.

3) Yes, I noticed the site was down.

4) No Mike, I didn’t ban you from Poufwa.

5) No Jen. I didn’t ban you from Poufwa.

Like many of you, I woke early on Wednesday morning to check on Poufwa before heading to work and found PFW, the Poufwa Exchange, and the Poufwa forum listed as suspended by our former webhost. We’ve had issues with our provider for months which resulted in short periods of downtime, but this time I was unable to resolve the issue and needed to immediately find a new home for Poufwa. Due to a busy work schedule and dinner plans on Wednesday, I wasn’t able to start the process until late Wednesday, and due to severe demand from our new web host, the process of transferring our files took much longer than expected.

The whole “three hour podcast” thing finally bit us in the butt!

As of this afternoon, PotterFicWeekly and the Poufwa Exchange are back online. The forum should be back shortly.

This entire experience has solidified for me 1) that we’re a community and 2) that we’re a Poufwa community. Because our staff email accounts went down with the ship, I contacted our hosts via my personal email account to ask them to start relaying information through skype and facebook.

Jen2’s response was my favorite: “Who are you?!?!”

Major kudos to Richard/LonelyRiddle, who was jostled awake last Wednesday by my repeated calls for help and who has talked me through explanations of forum coding and website transfers that I never would have understood otherwise. I have a masters degree in Business Administration. My kingdom for knowledge of mysql!

My thanks to Kismatt, Sueatducksfoot, Jen2, and LadyChi who kept the community together.

Many of you have contacted me over the past few days asking how they can send in donations to assist in maintaining Poufwa. I had never considered accepting donations before as this is my gift to this community and to myself. While the last week did cost money, it was not nearly what it could have been, and there’s zero risk that Poufwa will ever end over financial concerns. That being said, so many generous Poufwanians feel such a strong connection to this community that I will set up a paypal account so members can contribute towards the future costs of maintaining Poufwa.

That said, until the forum comes up, please use this space to keep in touch with each other!

Ryan

Episode 70, a PotterFicWeekly double feature, has been released!

Tonight’s double-length podcast covers Chapters 1-16 and 17-30 of LavenderBrown’s The Final Reckoning!

Included in tonight’s podcast:

- A poignant message from Kezza regarding the devastating fires in Australia.

- Distracting humor about human excrement!

- Professor Hopkirk: Role model from Hell or just a really good shot?

- Dumbledore’s Retirement. What part of “leave office” are you missing?

- Poufwa GPS: Where does the Head Boy really sleep?

- The unexpected loss of a legend.

Any feedback/comments/voicemails covering tonight’s podcast or chapters can be emailed directly to ryan@potterficweekly.com.

This two-parter is rated R, and while it is available to the public without password, it may not be suitable for younger readers.

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: Ryan, Kezza, PS, Mike, Rinna, Jen2, Kronkk, Sue
Editor: Kezza and Omly
Episode Length: 3′37′39

Episode 69 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Tonight, PotterFicWeekly presents presents the the second of six podcasts discussing LavenderBrown’s The Book of Morgan Le Fey, where we analyze Chapters 22-41! At this time, we would like to apologize profusely to the listeners who reported falling off their treadmills at the gym during the listening of Episode 68. Heh.

Topics on the docket for this evening:

…Susan Bones: Friend or Foe. She’s like Britney Spears. We can’t help ourselves.

…The characterization of Voldemort, Draco Malfoy, and Hermione’s breasts!

…The villification of dear, sweet, June-cleaver Melindaleo. By us.

…We critique Eddie the non-Crane’s burial arrangements. We’re very dark.

…Roundtable on Ron’s first time!

Any feedback/comments/voicemails covering tonight’s podcast or chapters can be emailed directly to ryan@potterficweekly.com. Episode 70 will begin our four podcast series covering The Final Reckoning.

The sequel to The Book of Morgan Le Fey. Ron, Hermione and Harry are going into their seventh year at Hogwarts, determined to defeat Voldemort once and for all. Ron’s learning to use his new skills, and Harry gets a second chance at love. But the girl he falls for may be special in more ways than one, and she could be a perfect target for the Dark Lord. Rated R for language, violence and sexual situations.

This two-parter is rated R, and while it is available to the public without password, it may not be suitable for younger readers.

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: Ryan, Rinna, Kezza, Sue, Scott
Editor: Kezza
Episode Length: 1′52′41

Episode 68 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Tonight, PotterFicWeekly begins a six-part series covering LavenderBrown’s epic two parter, The Book of Morgan Le Fey and The Final Reckoning!

A sixth year fic told from Ron’s perspective. The Trio return to Hogwarts to learn that Voldemort is hatching an evil plan to kill Muggles. Not only must they try and stop him, Ron must deal with his feelings for Hermione.

The summary doesn’t do it justice. Lavenderbrown tackles plot points from Order that Jo left on the cutting room floor, and creates over 90+ chapters a world where characters are real people, villains are scary, and where victories have costs.

Tonight, we break down the first 15 chapters of The Book of Morgan Le Fey, and even find time to help you plan for college before draw lines in the sand on an important age old question.

Susan Bones - friend or foe?

Any feedback/comments/voicemails covering tonight’s podcast or chapters can be emailed directly to ryan@potterficweekly.com. Episode 69 will cover the balance of The Book of Morgan Le Fey, before we move on to The Final Reckoning in Episode 70.

This two-parter is rated R, and while it is available to the public without password, it may not be suitable for younger readers.

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: PS, Kezza, Jen2, Mike, Melindaleo
Special Guest Stars: Ryan, Danielle, Wii Golf
Editor: Wayne
Episode Length: 2′14′05

Episode 67 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Tonight, we proudly conclude our four-part series covering They Shook Hands, a realistic fic by Dethryl!

Chapters 7+ of Year 3 are on the docket for review and analysis by our Slytherin-led majority, who cap off the evening with an extended interview with the author, who is coincidentally on pain medication.

I’d like to thank our hosts and guest hosts for incredibly focused discussion over the past four weeks. We’ll try not to do it again.

There was a bit of a Poufwanian glitch in the creation of this episode’s bullet points. I went to type “Mike impersonates McGonagall”, and it came out, “Mike impregnates McGonagall.” As a result, I think it’s best that everyone just listens for themselves. Yes?

Starting next week, PotterFicWeekly begins a six week series covering The Book of Morgan Le Fey and The Final Reckoning by LavenderBrown.

A sixth year fic told from Ron’s perspective. The Trio return to Hogwarts to learn that Voldemort is hatching an evil plan to kill Muggles. Not only must they try and stop him, Ron must deal with his feelings for Hermione.

Any feedback/comments/voicemails for next week’s episode can be emailed directly to ryan@potterficweekly.com. This two-parter is rated R, and while it is available to the public without password, it may not be suitable for younger readers.

While I’m on the subject, remember what happened the last time Melinda read something R-rated? Heh. She’s on next week!

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: Mike, Omly, Cody, PS, Raesive, Sue, Ryan
Special Guest Stars: Dethryl
Editor: Ryan
Episode Length: 3′58′51

The forum is currently down. I’m working to bring it back online, but it may take until the end of the work day. Feel free to use this thread to communicate in the interim!

Episode 66 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

The objective: They Shook Hands, a realistic fic by Dethryl. Chapters 10+ of Year 2 through Chapter 6 of Year 3.

The premise: Mike is steering the Slytherin ship with Jen2 as first mate!

The goal: Continue our two week streak of classic, on-topic and substantive Poufwa.

The reality: Great conversation about Harry’s decent into darkness, the impact of forced adoption on Muggleborn children, Lucius Malfoy as a realistic role-model, and a canonesque shipper’s surprise thoughts on Dethryl’s universe. And then…

The surprise: Harry’s a crossdresser, Mike and Jen2 swap ships, and there’s something about the continuing adventures of Steve and MaryAnne.

The result: T-backs, Y-fronts, and note that when “Harry tapes It”, It’s capitalized.

The disclaimer: No sign of PS’ breasts this week. Stay tuned. Also, I listened to this episode for the first time and spit water out on my computer. Electrocuting yourself is apparently not a laughing matter.

The most prepared podcaster: Mike by a nose.

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: Mike, Jen2, PS, Omly, Raesive
Special Guest Stars: Some due from the mafia
Editor: PS, Jen2
Episode Length: 2′42′11

With Special Edition 16, PotterFicWeekly is pleased to present its second annual extreme-sized holiday podcast!

This is Poufwa, so don’t expect a June Cleaver Christmas. Tina nearly assassinates her children in the first ten minutes while Kezza and I beat each other up on the front lawn. Flamingos were involved.

You will, however, find:

…holiday-themed musical submissions from the PotterFicWeekly community, including How the Chi stole Poufwa, Ryan got run over by a reindeer, and shoutouts from Poufwanians to Poufwanians.

…full-length holiday-themed radio plays written and edited by our Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw members.

…the not-supposed-to-be-recorded podcast afterparty!

…and a bonus episode of the PwnCast of Wrock.

On behalf of PotterFicWeekly, we wish you a safe and very merry holiday season! We could never do this without you!

Happy listening!

Episode 65 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

The premise: Ryan the Hufflepuff and a Slytherin House reunion!

The objective: They Shook Hands, a realistic fic by Dethryl. Chapters 16+ of Year 1 through Chapter 9 of Year 2.

The goal: Remember classic Poufwa? When the hosts were on-topic? You’re getting warmer.

The reality: Success!

The unexpected: Mike in his underwear with a lawnmower and what’s-his-face from SpellCast.

The surprise: The Poufwanian Mike most wants to vacation with in the jungles of South America!

The result: The best of classic Poufwa with a liberal dose of wackjob.

The disclaimer: We talk about PS’ breasts again. Sorry PS.

The most prepared podcaster: Mike and Omly deathmatch.

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: Ryan, Mike, PS
Special Guest Stars: Omly
Editor: Omly

Special Episode #15 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Join the ladies as, once again, they give thanks … for Smut.

The promise: All smut, all the time.

What really happens? Bananas.

On tonight’s podcast we ask the in-depth questions. The kind of hard hitting questions you have always wanted answered about how Julia feels about Snape/Harry, whether or not PS will ever write smut and which phallic object Ryan is.

Porpoises, showtunes, RST and more all on this jam packed episode of Smutsgiving!

This episode is meant for members over the age of 18. If you are a PotterFicWeekly forum member, you can access the podcast here! If you are eighteen or older and are not a PotterFicWeekly member, register at our forum and send a private message to username Ryan, confirming your age and requesting access. You can also email ryan@potterficweekly.com.

Episode Hosts: Ps, Jen2, LadyChi, Julia
Special Guest Stars: Kezza!
Editor: Kezza

Happy listening!

Episode 64 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

The premise: Harry. Is. A. Slytherin….by choice!

The objective: Podcast on Chapters 1-15 of They Shook Hands, a realistic fic by Dethryl!

The goal: Substantively examine Slytherin-shaded AU. What if Harry shook Draco’s hand seven years ago?

The reality: When I get substantive, everyone dozes off.

The unexpected: This was the most on-topic episode since Episode 1!

The surprise: Wayne tries out some fancy editing moves behind the scenes.

The result: I sound like I’m broadcasting from the East Room of the White House.

The disclaimer: These chapters will prompt Hufflepuffs to become militant.

The most prepared podcaster: Mike!

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: Ryan, Mike
Special Guest Stars: Sue, Rae, Omly
Editor: Wayne

Episode 63 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

The premise: Duct-tape three podcasts together and release it as a triple-feature!

The objective: Podcast on Chapters 15 through to epilogue of Curse of the Damned, and interview Melinda!

The goal: Provide thoughtful analysis and ask probing, enlightening questions.

The reality: We overreach!

The unexpected: Chi didn’t show up on drugs.

The surprise: Chi’s on drugs next week!

The result: We ask Melinda questions you won’t hear anywhere else. Really. We’re not kidding.

The disclaimer: This episode is brought to you by the Committee to Elect Melindaleo 2012

The most prepared podcaster: Omly!

Why that doesn’t help very much: She’s podcasting from a thumpy mineshaft.

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: Everyone and their brother.
Special Guest Star: Melindaleo!
Editor: LadyChi, Omly, Rinna, Ryan
Zombie Link: Waking the Dead

Episode 62 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

The premise: An evening with LadyChi, PS, Mike, and Kezza!

The objective: Podcast on Chapters 1-14 of Melindaleo’s Curse of the Damned!

The goal: Don’t screw up the boat scene!

The reality: Remember Episode 19?

The unexpected: Chi hasn’t read the fic in a month and Mike can’t drive.

The result: We screwed up the boat scene.

The disclaimer: If the thumping noise you may here during the podcast bothers you, please contact Customer Service directly at ladychi@potterficweekly.com.

The most prepared podcaster: Kezza!

Why that doesn’t help very much: Chi doesn’t have a microphone.

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: LadyChi, PS, Mike, Kezza
Special Guest Star: Editor Ryan
Editor: Ryan

We will be concluding our series on Melinda’s fics in next week’s double-length episode, which will cover the remaining chapters and cap off with a conversation with Melinda! Have a boat question for Melinda? Email ryan@potterficweekly.com!

This week on PeonCast, our newly promoted Peons deal with the fallout of PS’ startling H/G announcement. Bring the popcorn!

Happy listening!

Episode 61 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

The premise: An evening with Ryan, LadyChi, PS, Mike, Kezza, and Anne Walsh!

The objective: Podcast on Chapters 20-37 of Melindaleo’s Power of Emotion!

The goal: Be on topic and don’t offend anyone!

The reality: We can’t walk down the street without walking into a parking meter on a good day.

The unexpected: PS makes a startling announcement!

The result: We lose focus and get off-topic!

The disclaimer: We would like to express our sincerest apologies to anyone who may have been offended, including but not limited to:

Melindaleo
Albus Dumbledore
Emma Watson
Melindaleo again, re: Emma Watson
LadyChi’s cats
Everyone who already knew how clocks work
Everyone who already knew the operational purpose of spoons
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Harry’s Potter’s head
Small children
Tom Cruise
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Chickens
Australians re: see below

The most prepared podcaster: Kezza!

Why that doesn’t help very much: Australians all share one skype line.

Happy listening!

Episode Hosts: Ryan, LadyChi, PS, Mike, Kezza, Anne Walsh
Special Guest Star: Jen2
Editor: Omly
Secondary Editor: Ryan
The person Melinda should see regarding this week’s episode art: Jen2

Episode 60 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

PotterFicWeekly is very pleased to pop a couple of 9 volt batteries into the old heat lamp and welcome Melindaleo, one of our own, back to the hot seat!

Tonight kicks off a five episode series covering both Power of Emotion and its sequel Curse of the Damned. Many of our listeners and hosts, myself included, started our fandom experience with these two fics.

That’s right. It’s all Melinda’s fault.

We attempted to cover Chapters 1-19 of Power of Emotion this evening, but use that as an estimate only. We’ll bounce around even more than usual and we break our spoiler policy many times throughout these episodes.

Harry is struggling to come to terms with the events of his fifth year. Can he learn to depend on those he considers family and become what he needs to be in order to survive? Can the certain sister of a friend show him that there are still things worth fighting for?

In addition to eye-twitching analysis on Hermione Granger: Friend or Foe, Her Majesty Ginny Weasley, death, a recap to Yellowstone, an explanation of the finer points of Facebook, an unprovoked attack on yours truly by a usually euphoric LadyChi, a visit with Mama Huggles, and a call into Jo Rowling - be prepared for an absolute, bare-knuckled, knock-down, drag-out, Hufflepuff-on-Ravenclaw death match between myself and Kezza over a timeless question which will captivate scholars for decades: which one of us does Melinda like better?

Happy listening!

Episode 59 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

In this episode, the peons rule. Jen, LadyChi and Rinna have the night off. I’m joined by Robert, Aaron, Sue, Mike and a special guest as we conclude our discussion and analysis of the The Show That Never Ends and the Paradigm of Uncertainty trilogy, covering Chapters 4 through to the conclusion.

They’re the longest chapters in the world. Bring bottled water to the podcast.

We finalize our discussion on the Harry/Hermione ship, the challenges in writing a trilogy over many years, story cohesiveness, last minute twists and turns, and of course - the untold ending.

Poufwa prides itself on being diverse, and speaking as a raging Harry/Ginny fan, I have truly enjoyed every significant glance.

Oh, and Robert’s also naked and there’s a subplot involving Mike’s dining room table. I’m sure it’s nothing.

Speaking of Harry/Ginny - be sure to tune in next week for the launch of our five episode series devoted to Melindaleo’s Power of Emotion and Curse of the Damned!

On PeonCast this evening, the peons discuss A Very Young Girl’s Record of Her Own Impressions, by Eggo Waffles

Ariana Dumbledore shares her thoughts on Oscar Wilde, Nietzsche, and Gellert Grindelwald’s bum. AberforthGoat, AlbusGellert, onesided ElphiasAlbus.

Happy Barn Time!

Episode 58 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

PotterFicWeekly has somewhat turned into PotterFicBiWeekly lately. Rather than buy up that URL and change all the stationary, we’re going to release Episode 59 one week from tonight and just stay on schedule.

This being Poufwa, that should last a week.

In this episode, all the hosts are present! Somewhat. Aaron returns to join Jen, LadyChi, Rinna and me as we remain relatively on topic through our discussion of Chapters 11-15 of Lori’s, The Show That Never Ends and the first three chapters of her final installment, Hero with a Thousand Faces!

In addition, we predict Rinna’s death, I’m nearly assassinated, and LadyChi makes a shocking discovery in her bathtub.

We also brush on religion and politics. In other words, wank free as always!

Many thanks to the wonderful Omly for editing tonight’s episode. Her daughter has begun singing Jen’s ringtone while at home. Add another Poufwanian to the list!

Next week, we will conclude our discussion of Lori’s trilogy before moving on to our five episode series on Melindaleo’s Power of Emotion/Curse of the Damned two-parter. Boats. Everywhere.

On PeonCast this evening, the peons discuss At the Leaky, by Gingerale

No synopsis. I don’t want to spoil the ending.

Happy listening!

Episode 57 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Prepare for classic Poufwa. In this episode, your humble hosts gathered together for our ritualistic recording session as prepared as always!

I drank the first batch of coffee to brew and was off the wall.

Jen got sick at the last minute and had to back out.

LadyChi downed some cold medicine. We’ve never had a problem with that before!

Rinna was recovering from a recent assassination attempt and may have been a bit cranky.

Aaron filled in for Jen at the last minute and had a whole six minutes to reread the chapters!

Suffice to say, while that recording will be buried in Poufwa’s special place with the lost version of Episode 8, we did manage to salvage what is probably the best debate on the merits of the Harry/Hermione ship I’ve heard anywhere and it will air at the conclusion of the episode.

Kezza, Sueatducksfoot, Rae, Aaron and I were luckily able to schedule time to rerecord!

…at 12:15 in the morning.

Anyone who tells you that middle-of-the-night podcasts go well is lying to you. Run away from these people.

The later it gets, the less in touch with reality we are, and the more likely I am to quote Star Trek.

Future-Kezza should be immune, you say? Not. So. Much.

Please enjoy our discussion of Chapters 4-10 of Lori’s, The Show That Never Ends!

This week on Peoncast:

The peons tackle Snarry! If the thought of Harry/Snape makes you feel like Jen during her first trimester, this is the episode for you! Bonus points to Kezza and Scott for what has to be my favorite episode of PeonCast yet!

Happy listening!

Episode 56 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

In this episode, PotterFicWeekly completes the first novel in our current three-parter, Paradigm of Uncertainty, and pushes ahead through the first three chapters of the second installment, The Show That Never Ends.

No bullet points. Kezza couldn’t stop being struck by lightening long enough for bullet points. Aaron and I couldn’t stop turning around long enough for bullet points. Shiny and Jen couldn’t stop evicting small children from their homes long enough for bullet points.

This week on Peoncast:

Veiled, by greengecko

Severus Snape faces his most serious challenge yet after the end of the war. Post-Deathly Hallows one-shot.

Happy listening!

Episode 55 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

PotterFicWeekly is pleased to kick off our five-week analysis of The Paradigm of Uncertainty trilogy, by Lori! Tonight’s episode covers the first nine chapters of the first fic.

Nine years after graduating from Hogwarts, Charms fellow Hermione Granger again finds herself caught up in Harry Potter’s mysterious life.

That simple summary line fails to do the fic justice. Lori began this fic prior to the release of Goblet of Fire, setting the stage ten years after Hogwarts. Harry and Hermione are still struggling with the loss of Ron at the hands of Voldemort, and are joined by a cast of characters from the canon years, Lori’s imagination, and from just about any fandom you can imagine. Susan B. Anthony shows up at one point or another, as I recall.

I’m a tough, blunt critic. Putting aside wank wars and old, delusional arguments, I would urge anyone who has not done so to read Paradigm of Uncertainty. While I have lots to say, both favorable and critical, it was a truly enjoyable reading experience. The characters are deeply layered and provoked great discussion and thought. I’ve never laughed this hard on a podcast in my life.

Enjoy, and happy listening!

*Significant glance*

Episode 54 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

In this double-length episode, PotterFicWeekly concludes our analysis of With all my Love, by LadyChi! Melinda, Jules, Rinna, Jen, Julia and I will be discussing Chapters 8-23, break for PeonCast, and upon return will bring LadyChi onto the show for a dignified and respectful interview.

Heh.

We will also be discussing:

…what happens when Jen gets bored.
…why Ryan thought Dan was the victim of a hate crime.
…Melinda’s efforts at making a funny.
…Ryan’s 27-minute response time.
…Rinna’s hatred of the Post Office.
…Melinda’s hatred of Harry breastfeeding.
…Jen’s hatred of activity.
…Mike’s hatred of Arthur.
…The assassination of Rinna!
…Arkansas road-sign installation.
…why Julia is evil and must be destroyed at all costs.
…why LadyChi really is just plain mean.
…and yet a very talented writer.

This week on Peoncast:

Visiting Arthur by Arnel

Percy Weasley goes to visit his father in St. Mungo’s after he is attacked by Nagini.

Happy listening!

Episode 53 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

For the next two weeks, PotterFicWeekly will be discussing With all my Love, by our own LadyChi! Chapters 1-7 are up tonight. We have a double-length episode next week covering the remaining chapters.

James and Lily are falling in love in rough times during their seventh year at Hogwarts. Remus and Sirius must come to terms with what happened during sixth year and desperately try to regain trust in the other.

With James’ parents so outspoken against a rising-to-power Voldemort, it’s only a matter of time before the Dark Lord tries to attack the Potter family. Can James and Lily survive the newness of their love in such a hostile environment? Read and find out!

A Lily who is not a Mary Sue? A Peter Pettigrew…in a Marauder fic…who is not an evil bastard?!?! A clothed Sirius Black who is actually a troubled youth? Say it isn’t so, Chi! There’ll be nothing for Rinna, Jen, Tina, Mike, PS and me to talk about! How could you do this to us? Nothing at all!

Aside from:

…Required family naming rituals.
…A word from our resident Jew!
…Terrorist cockroaches.
…Dogs and suitcases.
…Jen’s disease of the week and a visit to Dr. Rinna!
…Narcissa Malfoy: Friend or Foe?
…Peter Pettigrew: Friend or Foe?
…LadyChi: Friend or Foe?
…Eyebrows: Friend or Foe? (around this point no one can be trusted!)
…five attempts to explain sarcasm and snark to Mike using Chi as an example.
…MPreg Childbirth: The Untold Story
…Mike’s secret plan to force Jen to name her child Ryan.

This week on Peoncast:

Not as a Last Resort by Arabella

Hermione and Ron, a snowstorm, and Hagrid’s cabin. Takes place during fifth year. This story was written prior to the release of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.”

Happy listening!

Episode 52 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Tears of the Phoenix is an orginization which has taken the tallents of Harry Potter fanfic writers and fan artists and organized them into a beautiful anthology inspired by New Orleans librairans. Buy a copy of “Ripple Effect” to support the libaries destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

In our final Living with Danger episode, we’re all over the map. Chi, Rinna, Scott, and I join Anne Walsh in discussing the final chapters of her first installment. It’s difficult to hear your own story discussed in a format like ours, and due to the circumstances it’s even more difficult to be in the room and ungagged while we’re doing it. Anne was a sport. Ten points to Ravenclaw!

Chi was also sucked up by a tornado and Canada lost power. Mickey Mouse was involved, as was the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. It’s Poufwa. Roll with it.

After a rather polarizing episode of Peoncast, where the Kezza, Jen2 and PS discuss by Elemental, by Purple Fluffy Cat:

A remarkable man such as Albus Dumbledore commanded devotion from several people. How was his magic woven? What will become of those who remain after him as they seek solace in one another? This is tale of Air, Earth, Fire and Water.

…we return with a second full episode of PotterFicWeekly! After being blindfolded, gagged, and thrown in the trunk of Anne’s car, I podcast live from Dangerverse Central! There were talking animals everywhere. I think I saw a lemur! Anne and Dangerverse regulars Josh and Brit join me in exploring one of the many communities created by fan fiction and the lives still being affected by Jo Rowling a year after she put down her pen.

Next week we return with a two part series on With all my Love, a fic by our own LadyChi. Check it out! We cover the first seven chapters next week!

James and Lily are falling in love in rough times during their seventh year at Hogwarts. Remus and Sirius must come to terms with what happened during sixth year and desperately try to regain trust in the other. With James? parents so outspoken against a rising-to-power Voldemort, it?s only a matter of time before the Dark Lord tries to attack the Potter family. Can James and Lily survive the newness of their love in such a hostile environment? Read and find out!

Episode 51 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

In our third Living with Danger episode, the women fail us and Scott, Mike and I are forced to spray PotterFicWeekly down with testosterone in order to survive. Despite all that, we analyze Chapters 24-37 with organizational skill and preparation unequaled in our previous sixty-five episodes!

I wonder why.

Anne Walsh, author of the Dangerverse series, thought it would be really entertaining to listen in on this episode’s recording session. I must only assume that PBS was really, really boring that night. We were thrilled to have her, although as it wasn’t time for her interview and due to the many benefits of our aforementioned testosterone-only policy, Anne was duct-taped to her chair in the far corner and was provided with Chi’s Mach 1 microphone for this podcast.

In tonight’s episode, we discuss:

…Sue the Grocer and Ron: The Dynamic Duo
…pack kids vs. the twins: Not even a fair fight.
…pack kids versus the Pack adults: Even less of a fair fight.
…why Snape should really avoid using heavy machinery of any kind.
…whether Petunia Dursley is a neglectful parent or just a misunderstood community pillar.
…whether Severus Snape is a self-centered bastard or just socially awkward.
…why the hell we’re debating Petunia and Snape.
…Mike’s English accent.
…Weasley hair, the Pack’s decision making process, and why they need a Witness-Protection-Program planner.
…Ryan’s prediction as to where the Canonverse and Dangerverse split. Please cover your children’s ears on that one!

It was around that point that Mike crashed the show into a prophetic tree. We continue to miss the women and have flowers waiting upon their return.

Depending on my level of ambition, you may see two more standard episodes on the Dangerverse series or a big-honking episode containing our breakdown of the final chapters, interview with Anne, and visit to Dangerverse Central!

This week on Peoncast:

Falling Free, by Alecto

Intoxication. Nobody is quite himself during the full moon. Sometimes we do things we shouldn’t have done. Sometimes it keeps us alive.

Happy listening!

Episode 50 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

In our second episode covering Living with Danger by Anne Walsh, we cover chapters 11-23. Ryan recalls why he loves Rinna, LadyChi reminds us she’s in college, Scott explains the Pack, and you’ll learn how to spell Poufwa!

Please see the episode title for additional information.

This week on Peoncast:

A Christmas Like No Other, by Melindaleo

This PeonCast is brought to you by the letter S.

Enjoy!

Episode 49 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

This episode begins our five episode series on Living with Danger, by Anne Walsh.

Lone wolf. Dream-seer. Bright child. Scarred child. Singer. Prisoner. Dancer child. Dragon child. Eight semi-ordinary people. One extraordinary family, and how they became one.

Having completed the story and started on the sequel, this is the first time I ran across that summary. I truly wish this I read it prior to starting Chapters 1-10 for tonight’s episode. I believe it captures the quality and essence of the story far better than the one I read.

Her landlady married a dog and had his baby. Her little sister is far too smart. She helped to steal two little boys, one with a famous scar, and her husband is a werewolf. Her name is Danger. This is her story. o-)

Living with Danger has passed the threshold from story to universe, becoming a cult-classic within the fandom while pushing the limits of community and imagination. You can expect our analysis (often even on-topic!!) of the fifty-chapter first installment (often with Anne in the room with us!), the interview, and something special to cap off the series over the next several weeks.

Just a warning - Episode 49 is an extreme edition of our podcast, meaning that everything including the soundcheck is in here.

For those of you who are new to our podcast for the Dangerverse series who haven’t listened to our podcast before, you can get a feel for the show by listening to this recap episode.

This week on Peoncast:

Horace Slughorn and the Cauldron of Secrets, by The Plaid Slytherin

Come see why PS is both a brilliant writer and someone who should never, ever give you directions.

Enjoy!

Episode 48 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Twice.

As our fourth and final installment covering HWhimsey’s Coven of Echoes was too graphic to release over the standard feed, the following version of our podcast contains only our interview with HWhimsey. The chapter discussion and Peoncast are not included.

An uncut edition of tonight’s podcast, including our analysis of Chapters 20 through the epilogue, the interview with HWhimsey, and an R-rated version of Peoncast is available in the Restricted Section of the PotterFicWeekly forum. If you are over eighteen and would like access, all you need to do is register for an account and email ryan@potterficweekly.com, confirming that you are over the age of eighteen, your username and requesting access to the Restricted Section of our forum.

Next week, we begin our four episode series devoted to Living with Danger of the Dangververse series, starting off with discussion of Chapters 1-10. A early screening of this episode will be held Saturday, June 29, 2008 at 8 PM EST on PFW Radio, home of Pwncast and Wizard Rock.

Happy listening!

Episode 47 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Let me set this episode up for you. Jen and Chi had the night off. It was set to be just the peons and me. At the last minute I had to bail, and Rinna agreed to return to the podcast a bit early and take the reins. I told her the chapters to cover, gave her a big hug, but forgot to explain to her about this guy named Mike we discovered who had unique perspectives and questions on everything.

Heh.

In our third of four installments covering HWhimsey’s Coven of Echoes , Rinna, PS, Tina and Mike analyze Chapters 15 through to the infamous Chapter 19, hitting on such importance concepts as wizarding fashion, old men in Star Wars, and the hotness factor of the dude from CSI. Believe it or not, they’re still incredibly on-topic. *Tips hat*

Later in PeonCast, the peons discuss SIYE’s 2007 Dumbledore Silver Trinket Award winning Minding the Baby by kschneyer:

Andromeda is left alone with Teddy, or so she thinks.

We will conclude our discussion of Coven of Echoes with Episode 48 and our sitdown with HWhimsey before we move on to the Dangerverse series. Episode 48 will likely be released exclusively to the 18 and over Restricted Section at the PotterFicWeekly forum. You can register right here , and then send a private message to Ryan or email me at ryan@potterficweekly.com. Confirm that you’re over eighteen for access.

Happy listening!

For the past eighteen months, the PotterFicWeekly community has been a notable exception within the Harry Potter fandom. We get along well and genuinely enjoy each other’s company. Please take a moment to process this information and compose yourselves.

After releasing hundreds and hundreds of hours of fan fiction analysis about a single fandom and the same core set of characters reliving similar circumstances, I understand that we will at one point say all there is to say. Fortunately, our community has a few other topics to touch on before turning out the lights. The Poufwa Exchange represents an opportunity to explore dozens of new genres. Hardcore members and newcomers alike can exchange their favorite TV shows, movies, books, and fan fiction. We’ll watch together and record commentaries, or will debate and discuss with the professionalism you’ve come to expect. This is our podcast, but it’s also yours. Listen along, but be sure to participate. As much as we want to relive our favorites, we want to try new things.

Tonight, we have recorded a commentary for the pilot episode of Heroes, and welcome Richard of Poufwa fame to the show. We believe he’s caught an episode or two.

Happy listening!

Episode 46 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Please forgive our sound quality this week. One of us was podcasting from inside a tornado. Guess who!

In our second of four installments covering Coven of Echoes by HWhimsey, we are joined by Melindaleo and PwnCast’s Dan as we review chapters seven through fourteen. We laugh, Jen cries, Chi explains the difficulty of stopping, and Melinda almost ends up drunk on my lawn!

This week, the peons discuss Maps to the Stars’ Homes by LizBee.

After the war, Harry buys a plane ticket and leaves, but the memories follow.
PG-13, post-HBP, quite gennish.

Happy listening!

Episode 45 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

We, the hosts, peons and staff of PotterFicWeekly wish to dedicate this episode to Bob, Squirrel King.

This episode is our first of four installments covering Coven of Echoes by HWhimsey.

Twenty-five year old Healer Ginny Weasley is in for the ultimate mystery when a patient’s mysterious scars lead her to a long-guarded secret surrounding a dangerous and deadly force. She must now work with the Aurors, including ex-boyfriend Harry, to solve the mystery before it’s too late.

It’s an H/G fic and PS loves it. Think about that. We’re also not promising anything, but we sense Harry’s wearing leather.

In addition to covering the first six chapters in this half extreme edition, half peon takeover, and all around very late yet wicked funny episode, we:

…discover more information regarding the secret identity of our favorite Horace Slughorn fangirl, and why I should look over my shoulder before leaving the house in the morning.

…celebrate two new Poufwanians for which we’re considering starting fan clubs!

…learn an enormous amount of information regarding Australian dumpsters and why living green will kill Kezza!

This week, the peons discuss Willpower 3: Understanding by ChreeChree.

The night of Dumbledore’s death is a difficult one for Ginny. All she wants is to be with Harry. HBP missing moment.

Please keep Richard, our head peon, in your thoughts during this week’s podcast. He’s a Harmonian.

Happy listening!

PotterFicWeekly is pleased to present Special Edition #14, a conversation with Viridian. We’d like to thank Matthew (and his wife!) for sitting down to speak with us and for their feedback over the past five weeks. Please enjoy!

Next week, our four-week discussion of The Coven of Echos begins. Happy reading!

Episode 44 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Strap on your grumpy pants and hide your children! The following is a LadyChi production.

In this episode, LadyChi is joined by the gang from PeonCast and welcomes Etai to the show for the first of what will hopefully be many guest-hosting gigs.

Chi has proved from her first week in the big chair that her episodes are enormously entertaining! If you listen very carefully you can actually hear the wheels come off the wagon as the Poufwa mobile veers into not-really-scary-yet-terrifying movies, tongue twisters, and even makes a trip to YellowStone where we all learn a valuable lesson about parenthood.

After that, they discuss Chapters 31-35 of Harry Potter and the Nightmare of Future’s Past, by Viridian, which will conclude our coverage of a fic that made us think harder than ever before while similtaneously making bagels a four letter word. Our interview with Viridian didn’t make the cut and will be released as a special edition early next week. The truth about Draco’s career as a time-traveler will finally be revealed!

Whatever you do, don’t miss PeonCast this week. Somewhere between song hour and discussion of Open at the Close by DQBunny, Mike makes a terrifying discovery.

Comments are welcome. You can email or send voice files to ryan@potterficweekly.com, or you can call 781-352-0643.
Happy listening!

(This episode was edited by Scott - twice.)

Episode 43 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

In this episode, I’m joined by Jen, the other Jen, LadyChi, and Julia as we discuss Chapters 23-30 of Harry Potter and the Nightmare of Future’s Past, by Viridian. I believe we had a full moon during the recording of this episode. It’s the only way to explain it. If you think I’m overstating matters, listen to the last three minutes. Ten house points if you’re reminded of another Harry Potter podcast.

We’ll conclude our five part series next week with a discussion of Chapters 31-35 and a conversation with Viridian. If you have comments for Viridian, you can email them to ryan@potterficweekly.com and we can play them at the conclusion of our episode. You can also leave a voicemail by calling 781-352-0643.

Our coverage of the first six chapters of The Coven of Echoes begins in two weeks.

On PeonCast this week, our peons cover A Distinctly Different Manner of Finding Prince Charming

Happy listening!

(This episode was edited by Wayne.)

Episode 42 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

It continues to be your glass.

In this episode, I’m joined by Jen, PS, Mike, and Tina, with Mac bringing up the rear. We discuss Chapters 17-22 of Harry Potter and the Nightmare of Future’s Past, by Viridian, and because I uncharacteristically read ahead there are light spoilers for future chapters. Don’t expect it to become a habit.

We get logistical updates on Jen’s mailbox and Season 3 of BattleStar Galactica on DVD, call the Department of Social Services on Molly, and I completely nail the secret ending to Nightmares, once again proving that Pansy the Garden Gnome was not a fluke.

On PeonCast this week, our peons cover Dumbledore’s Army Drabble Series by Kaymbee

The relationships between the members of the DA fascinate me. These came out of wanting a bit more background on each character than I could fit in the actual fic I’m writing. It amazes me that these kids spent 7 years together, four in moderate peace, one year learning to be soldiers, one on the edge of a knife and the last fighting a secret war, and we have no idea how they feel about each other. These are all separate, but they go together. All PG, all DH spoilers, all rough and un-beta-ed.

Category: DH-time period
Characters: DA Members (Lavender, Parvati, Michael, Susan etc.)
Genres: Angst
Warnings: none
Rating: PG

Two more episodes on Nightmares and an interview with Viridian to come.

Happy listening!

(This episode was edited by Rachel.)

Episode 41 of PotterFicWeekly has been released! It’s either six days late from last week or really early for this week. It’s your glass.

In this episode, I’m joined by Jen, LadyChi, Meg (in her last episode!), and Cody as we discuss Chapters 11-16 of Harry Potter and the Nightmare of Future’s Past, by Viridian. We pick up where our discussion left off last week, getting deeper into Viridian’s Harry and the effect his journey has on his friends and his own soul.

That’s around the point Meg discovers that Jo Rowling has been playing a cruel joke on her all this time.

Hide your children.

Speaking of hiding your children, the peons return this week to discuss Witch Weekly: Ten Sure-Fire Ways to Cure the Common Cold, by goingbacktosquareone, otherwise known as our own Jen2. In the event that you’re confused by the story, Mike is here to walk you through it.

You can also find video from my summit with Jen in NYC right here.

Happy listening!

Episode 40 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

For the next five episodes, we will be reading and analyzing Harry Potter and the Nightmare of Future’s Past, by Viridian.

The War is over and Voldemort is finally dead. Too bad there’s no one left to celebrate. Harry risks everything, even returning Voldemort to life, for a chance to go back and do it right this time.

We often cover fics where everyone loves absolutely everything, and the meat of the conversation is over after six minutes. Nightmares is one of those stories that has left five podcasters with about six different opinions. The season of debate begins right now.

In tonight’s episode, we discuss the first ten chapters of Nightmares, from Harry the manipulator to his true identity to the controversy over his relationship with Ginny. Chi and I also have a screaming match, I refer to Star Trek eighteen times, and Jen has an affair with my woman.

Everyone’s favorite peons also return this week to discuss the one-shot Listen To Your Heart. It’s a slight downer. You’ll need to bring your own funny.

Happy reading, and stay tuned later in the week for PotterFicWeekly: The Movie!

With the release of Episode 39, the second season of PotterFicWeekly has officially begun!!!

Over the next year, our merry band of lunatics plans to cover at least eleven fics, up from the four last year. I don’t mean that in the, “We’re leaving out all of the verbs to cram it in!” sense. I mean it in the, “Yes, we really are that stupid but can still wipe ourselves” sense.

Towards that end, stay tuned for our ramblings on Harry Potter and the Nightmare of Future’s Past, the full Paradigm of Uncertainty triology, Living with Danger, The Coven of Echoes, The Book of Morgan le Fey, The Final Reckoning, and With all my Love, to name but a few.

Twelve more months of Jen’s disasters, Chi’s red pen, and my futile attempts to maintain some type of order.

Can you feel it?

Given how much content we have coming, we thought we’d take a bit a break tonight and do a single episode on a true American classic: Naked Quidditch Match, by Anya. If you’ve read this fic, you know why it was selected by our forum members. If you haven’t read it, I’ll give you this hint:

Harry. Voldemort. eMail. Lawyers.

Okay, four hints. I’m a big fat liar.

Starting this season, the peons are in full revolt. Starting with this episode, with great intimidation, I present PeonCast: a brief, weekly podcast planned, produced, and recorded exclusively by all of the peons you know and love, including a few new voices.

Without the peons, Jen, Chi, and I would actually have to work for a living, and I can only hope they’ll be more gracious to us on their show than we are to them on ours.

I know. I doubt it, too.

In their pilot episode this evening, the peons will be discussing Seventeen Minutes till Midnight in Casablanca by Laura Laurent1.

Next week, we jump into a five week series on Harry Potter and the Nightmare of Future’s Past by Viridian, and will be discussing the first ten chapters.

Happy reading!

It may be a mere nineteen days behind schedule, but PotterFicWeekly is pleased to present our season finale!

In starting this project, the hosts and I expected to get together once a week and behave like a bunch of Harry Potter geeks. We accomplished that goal very well, don’t get me wrong, but something else happened. We’ve gotten together every single day since then, and we’ve behaved like a family. Literally. Two parts love. One part bickering. One part restraining order.

On the surface, our first fifty episodes represent our analysis and discussion of four well-written fics, the films, and the final year of the Harry Potter canon. Beyond that, they represent the laughter, struggles, and lives of everyone who puts this show together. You can’t spend dozens of hours per week on a project like this without leaving a piece of yourself behind, and I would like to dedicate the season finale of PotterFicWeekly to our members, our listeners, and the staff members who made this project into so much more than it ever meant to be.

This episode is the largest and longest podcast Poufwa has ever released, and for us that’s really saying something. This episode contains every single memorable moment from the first fifty episodes of PotterFicWeekly. I truly mean that. I’ve listened to it thirty-eight times! Everything is in there!

Whether you’re a hardcore fan, an occasional listener, or have never listened to the podcast before, this is episode captures the spirit of what it means to be a Poufwanian. And yes, that does involve erectile dysfunction and tribal warriors.

Happy listening, and don’t miss the launch of our second season next week. You can find our second season schedule right here.

Episode 38 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

PotterFicWeekly is pleased to present our final episode on The Shoebox Project, covering Chapters 21a-25b. We discuss the Remus, Sirius and runny noses, the nobility of Snape, James and Lily in the bathroom, GPS devices, bats on leashes, and where the hell the male peons are so cowardly hiding.

We also proudly present episode two of MasterFic Theatre, a Shoebox Project audio play. It includes Brooklyn accents, fear of sex, and lots of talk about urges and pamphlets.

Following that, the PotterFicWeekly forum presents me with an audio birthday gift. I am apparently both beloved and British.

Happy listening, and please join us next week for our season finale, highlighting the best moments of the first season of PotterFicWeekly! PotterFicWeekly Season 2 is scheduled to launch on February 14th. This is so exciting!

Episode 37 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

In our very late fourth installment on The Shoebox Project, we review Chapters 16-20 while declaring war on the Post Office, rationalizing why there’s a dead bird on Jen’s bed, and explaining what happened to LadyChi when she refused to pay a traffic citation.

In addition to the normal Poufwanian craziness, this episode features a special birthday gift I received from Ravenclaw House. Thank you so much!

Happy listening!

Episode 36 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

In this, our third installment on The Shoebox Project, I took a week off and left Jen in charge.

Yes, that’s correct. I. left. Jen. in. charge.

In this episode, she is joined by LadyChi, Meg, Robert, (from Spellcast?) Richard and Mike from the Poufwa forum for a discussion of Chapters 11-15.

In this episode, our hosts discuss…

*Jen’s favorite Christmas gift, which involves a GPS system, a cop, and a puppy.
*why both Jen and Mike hate the United States Post Office.
*how Shoebox nails childhood and life.
*Peter Pettigrew: Nature versus Nurture
*cooties
*Mike’s uncanny ability to cut to the heart of all of the subtle plot developments in this fic, including the Peter/James; Remus/Sophie romance.
*that random pole in Jen’s bedroom.
*denial over one’s true feelings, obsession with your crush’s crush, and boobs.
*the difference between boys and girls, Dumbledore the matchmaker, and Titanic!
*pants for twenty minutes.

After there, the wheels pretty much come off the wagon.

Happy listening!

PotterFicWeekly’s first joint podcast has been released!

In this New Year’s Eve episode, released a mere seven days late, Jen and I join the Spellcast and Quaffle Talk crews to discuss 2007 - the most exciting year in the Harry Potter fandom so far - and what you can expect from our podcasts in 2008!

We hope you enjoy this joint podcast, and we hope we can do many more of them over the coming year. Please check out both Spellcast and Quaffle Talk if you haven’t already done so!

Again, to all Poufwanians, thanks for such a great year. Happy New Year and 2008!

Special Edition #12 has been released! Our five-podcasts-in-five-six-days series is now completed!

In this episode, you’ll hear from the people who make PotterFicWeekly the enormous success that it is - it’s forum members.

It’s been a difficult year for many of us on the production end of Poufwa, and I know you’ll agree that what you hear in this episode justifies the investment of time and hard work. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - what began as a small community serving a podcast has quickly become a podcast serving a small community.

I couldn’t be more pleased.

We hope you enjoy this episode, and we’ll see you all again in mid-January. Congratulations as well to Jen2 for winning the PFW Yule Ball fic competition. Be sure to catch a reading at the end of this episode.

Happy listening!

PS - here are the photos I promised to upload for this episode. NO POINTS to those of you who can correctly guess what year I was benadryled.

Special Edition #11 has been released! Please join us for our commentary on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix!

I’m in this episode, so yes, I did finally see it! I actually saw it for the first time live during the recording of this commentary. See what I do for you guys?

Happy listening!

Special Edition #10 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Please join us for our commentary of the film, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire!

I do believe the episode title says it all, so I’ll shut up now.

Happy listening!

Episode 35 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

In the second installment of our series on The Shoebox Project, as well as the second of five A Very Poufwa Christmas podcasts being released in celebration of the Christmas holiday, Jen and I are pleased to welcome guest-hosts OsRavan and ThePlaidSlytherin from the Poufwa forum to our Chapter 6-10 discussion. While we had them in the studio, we also touched upon geography, political trivia, local weather conditions, world history, the Little Mermaid, Northampton, Massachusetts, stupid walls and cat food.

And there’s video.

Happy listening!

Ryan freezing his butt off during the podcast.
Ryan looking out his bedroom window the following morning.
Ryan searching for his car right after that.

Special Edition #9 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

PotterFicWeekly begins its A Very Poufwa Christmas series by announcing the release of five podcasts in five days! Tonight, join us for our running commentary of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. This episode is explicit and is not recommended for younger listeners. Those attached to movie Remus should also keep a safe distance, as LadyChi stopped by this week.

Happy watching!

I will stop being an observer who samples from different plates. I will choose a direction and accomplish something.

It was shortly after I made that statement that I thought about creating a fan fiction podcast. I knew virtually nothing about the fandom, didn’t have any contacts, and knew nothing about producing a quality podcast. (One could argue I still don’t.) This project has been so successful for me personally because I never expected anything in return. I don’t care about the fandom itself. I could care less if five people or five thousand people are listening. It’s not meant to be stressful. It’s not work. The day it’s no longer fun, I’m absolutely out of here.

I don’t see that happening for quite a while because of the people I’ve met and the bonds I’ve formed over the past ten months. I never imagined I’d make friends doing this, and yet Jen, Chi, Meg and I are extremely close. We’ve been together such a short time, but it’s been an undeniable rollercoaster and I wouldn’t trade them for anything. The community that’s come together is literally that. It’s not a meeting place for occasional visitors to talk shop. It’s family. I never imagined that this project would be less about the content and more about the community, but it’s happened, and I could never recreate the conditions that brought these hundreds of people together. We’re friends, and we’ll continue to be friends long after we put Harry back up on a shelf. The outpouring of kindness we’ve encountered over the past year truly gives me a lot of faith in the power of strangers.

I am pleased to announce that PFW’s first Yule Ball will commence in the forum on Friday, December 14th at 2PM. If you’re not yet a member of the community, we’d love to welcome you to the group. This is a party from the members for the members. On behalf of the hosts, we wish you a safe and happy holiday season. This one’s from us.

Episode 34 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

For the next several weeks, PotterFicWeekly is very pleased to discuss and review The ShoeBox Project, by ladyjaida and dorkorific. It’s an outstanding Marauder story, and you won’t believe how subtle the writing is! This episode covers Chapters 1-5.

If you stop laughing long enough, we hope you’ll participate in the show by sending in your voicemails and emails.

Happy listening!

PS - At the 24 minute mark, we left a hidden message for our audience. The first person to decode it wins the 5th hosting slot.

Special Edition #8 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

This week the Poufwanian’s bring you an inspiring analysis of the finer points of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

It’s all you could hope it would be and more.

Happy watching!

Episode 33 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Our A Year Like None Other series winds to a close with this double-sized episode of PotterFicWeekly. On every other podcast, that means up to 90 minutes.

Heh.

In this episode, Dan and Julia from the PFW forum stop by to bring us up to speed on their upcoming wizard rock podcast, we compare and contrast Chi’s slow-talking nurse practitioner to Jen’s artistic butt doctor, wrap our AYLNO discussion, ask Jen the same question three times, and meet Aspen! As this episode runs nearly five hours, you can download the standard episode segment and the Aspen/Mercredi interview separately.

Stay tuned over the next few weeks as we release special edition commentary podcasts for the rest of the Harry Potter films, and don’t miss our upcoming series on The Shoebox Project, by Ladyjaida and Dorkorific, debuting December 12th!

Happy listening!

Special Edition #7 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

And yes, there is a catch.

This episode will not be released on the standard feed and is available only in the Restricted Section of the PotterFicWeekly forum. Don’t have access? You will in a minute.

1) Register for an account on the PotterFicWeekly forum by visiting www.potterficforum.com or by clicking here.
2) Once registered, send a private message (PM) to username “Ryan”, or an email to ryan@potterficweekly.com. Give me your username, and let me know if you’re over the age of 18.

That’s it.

Happy listening!

Episode 32 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

In this episode, we review Chapters 75-84 (or in my case, 83) of A Year Like None Other, by Aspen in the Sunlight. In addition to our coverage of the fic, we also manage to comment on everything from Batman to bear spray to serious behind-the-scenes happenings at PotterFicWeekly. It’s hard to believe we’ve only been at this for ten months.

Our next episode will be our final edition on AYLNO, so send in your voicemails and questions for Aspen!

Happy listening!

PotterFicWeekly is taking the week off before we wrap our series on A Year Like None Other and start The Shoebox Project. We’ve decided to fill this time by rereleasing one of our favorite episodes, Special Edition #4. You may remember it as the one where Jen was attacked by a bear and Hermione became a hunter-gatherer.

See you midweek for the Episode 32 release!

As this episode was an extreme edition, Wayne from the PFW editing department has graciously provided an edited version of this episode for your listening pleasure. You can download it here.

The PotterFicWeekly Halloween Special Edition has arrived!

Two episodes in four hours. That’s it. I’m taking a week off.

Join Jen, LadyChi, Meg, Melindaleo, Tina, LonelyRiddle, and me for the type of indepth and laser-focused discussion that you’ve come to expect from PotterFicWeekly. 

In this episode, we:

*  determine who is important and who is a peon.
*  check in on LadyChi’s toilet and make her apologize for scaring us in Episode 31.
*  interview Tina on meeting Jo for three full seconds. 
*  complain about Tina’s husband.
*  analyze the role of Halloween in the books and fanfic.
*  find out what everyone wore for Halloween.
*  find out exactly why Melinda is hoping you don’t listen to this episode.
*  hear narrations of the top two one-shots introduced in the Halloween Ball.
*  debut MasterFic Theater, Episode 1.  And yes, that is the sound of theme music being played over a stereo next to an air condition.  NOT!

Happy listening!

Episode 31 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

Jen, LadyChi and I are pleased to introduce guest-host Mike (OsRavan from the Poufwa forum), who graciously agreed to stand in for a highly medicated Meg as we pushed our discussion to Chapter 74 of A Year Like None Other, by Aspen in the Sunlight. Thanks Mike!

We will conclude our series on AYLNO in two weeks time, at which point we will crank out a very efficient and orderly movie commentary before moving onto The ShoeBox Project.

That’s all I got. Oh yeah. Stay three steps away from LadyChi in this one.

Happy listening!

Episode 30 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

With four episodes to go in our A Year Like None Other series, our hopelessly off-topic team covers up to Chapter 66 with our unique mix of indepth analysis and completely off-topic banter. Episode bullets will follow, although expect to see a great deal of time devoted to my predictions for Chapter 67. And yes, it does involve a garden gnome.

Don’t miss the Halloween Ball on our forum from Friday October 26 - Sunday October 28! We’ll be releasing a special Halloween edition on the 31st, and stay tuned for our Chamber of Secrets commentary.

Happy listening!

After six delays, Episode 29 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

In this quasi-extreme episode, we discuss Chapters 51-58 of A Year Like None Other, by Aspen in the Sunlight. I don’t even need to tell you that we go off-topic, but do know that during the 20-25 minutes of solid fic discussion, we’re on the ball, so don’t miss it.

Despite the fact that she’s our Head of Ravenclaw House, I’d like to give very special thanks to LadyChi for her outstanding Gryffindor bravery shown throughout this episode. We love you Chi! (Even though the last thirty seconds do demonstrate you have some anger management issues to address whenever convenient.) Additional thanks to Shiny from the forums for the hours of editing work she invested into this episode, and to SpellCast Robert and SpellCast Josh for…well….everything. Find them here.

I have to say that this is my favorite episode so far, although Episode 30 is coming out soon, so jump in fast.

In this episode:

* Coffee, water and Bailey’s beverages of choice
* Meg does Lola - TMI
* We stink at not being ourselves
* Meg fits right in with PFW Hosts and is Jen?s protege
* Super!Kim -an alternate to Grandma? You decide.
* Ryan talks babies: coming attractions? Not so much.
* Potterficweekly has drama!
* Online voting thingy - Vote for the Spellcaster with the sexiest voice! Help Jen
decide!
* Spellcast!Rob pays a surprise visit!
* Jen feels like a woman
* VOTE for our Fifth Fic!! Jen tries to bribe voters again.
* Harry Potter meets Desperate Housewives
* There is fic discussion coming? Stay tuned.
* The Great Burrito Caper
* Turkey a’la Incendio!
* Oops, we’re off topic again. Ryan used to have control of his podcast.
* Seer dreams - “and how do we know they’re real?” Harry’s not sure.
* Harry looks for the glass to be half full, but can never find it.
* Headmaster Huggles makes his debut!
* Harry struggles with what to call Snape.
* Snape is both the best and worst parent ever.
* Everyone is a manipulator in this story.
* Snape: teacher v. parent
* The Trifecta of Grief
* Ryan finally gives up
* Meg defends Hermione? SHOCKER!
* Ryan confuses HP Canon and The Seventh Horcrux again!
* Is Hermione’s character development similar to canon?
* At 1:27 in, Ryan reveals that he did, in fact, make notes for the episode.
* …but, we go off topic again!
* Meg wants to bake Harry cookies
* Hugs all around for Lady Chi!!
* PoofWa? We’re family
* Snape finally gets Harry
* Ryan is too profound for the ladies.
* Harry and Draco discover respect and understanding for each other
* Does Harry have attachment issues?
* Ryan makes another prediction
* Snape has a parent moment and Ryan can accept it now
* The eternal paternal question: respecting privacy v. protecting your child. Yes,
Chi, Tina agrees
* Kids don’t want much, they just want you? Harry is no different.
* Aspen says Jen was right! Ryan’s OK with that.
* Jen asks the urgent question: what is a crumpet and why doesn’t it have crumbs?

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Happy listening!

*Jen has an incident free vacation in San Francisco - seriously. I’m not kidding.
*Alcatraz or Azkaban - you decide.
*Is that it? Is that it?
*What the hell is 8% grate?
*If you want to move to San Francisco - check the Obituaries.
*The great flood of 2007. Bring some liquor - you’ll need it.
*EagleScouts. Most eligible bachelors of the year.
*ROB HAS A SEXY VOICE!
*Rob, are you an eaglescout?
*Know this now, mice do not flush well.
*Jen comes to us from an undisclosed location after a fight with a fully grown troll.
*Jen LOVES these chapters.
*Ryan and bad cheese do NOT mix.
*Guilty pleasures are allowed.
*Jen and Ryan - two hour screaming match - I doubt it.
*Ryan has grumpy pants. He wears them.
*The PooFWa people analyze angst in their own relationships.
*Crickets! The bane of the bible belt!
*We ARE talking about AYLNO.
*Ryan is a “brilliant individual” - he did go to prep school.
*Hermione got an extra $5.00 in her paycheck.
*Snape out BSs Hermione
*We LOVE Draco
*Aspen’s Voldemort scarier than the bullhorn version.
*Slytherin Gryffindors
*Draco and Harry BFF
*Mask and Robe - what’s the real story? Plots within plots or accident?
*Melinda says Hi!
*Meg defends Ron. Again.
*Harry and Draco will remain clothed?
*Blooper Real
*Ahem. There is a reason this podcast is explicit - consider this your warning.
*A special segment involving Jen, a liquor store, and the SpellCrappers.

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Happy listening!

Episode 27 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

In our fifth installment on A Year Like None Other, by Aspen in the Sunlight, Jen, LadyChi, Meg, Kim, and I discuss Chapters 39-45…eventually. We first offer a solemn goodbye (sort of) to a dear friend, restart the Civil War, and talk about Snape. A lot.

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Episode 26 of PotterFicWeekly has been released!

In our fourth installment on A Year Like None Other, by Aspen in the Sunlight, Jen, Phil, Meg, and I pull out all of the stops for our discussion of Chapters 30-38. In addition to our in-depth, articulate and gripping analysis and review of those chapters, we also manage to offend Texas, Canadian fiber optics, and answer those two big questions you’ve all been pondering:

Who is holding the lantern, and why did Jen pass out in her chicken?

Here are the visual aids we promised. I hope they make sense to you regardless of whether you’ve listened.

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Happy listening!