We Rewatched Twilight, and We Have Thoughts

Summary

House of Maher – “We Rewatched Twilight, and We Have Thoughts”

Host: Wave
Guests: Ilona Maher, Olivia Maher, Adrianna “Dre Baby” Maher
Release Date: November 25, 2025

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Episode Overview

In this cozy, laughter-filled episode, the Maher sisters reunite to dish about family traditions, travel plans, and—most importantly—the cultural phenomenon that is Twilight. Between nostalgic reminiscences and sharp-witted banter, they unpack their rewatch of the film, its impact on their childhoods, and the wild world of vampire and werewolf media. The episode also explores what makes a perfect Thanksgiving meal, shares reading recommendations (and confessions), and closes with their signature seasonal movie list.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Thanksgiving Traditions & Traveling Abroad

• First Family Thanksgiving Abroad:
  • The sisters discuss past Thanksgivings, usually spent at home, and share excitement about their trip to Mexico City with Lonely Planet Journeys.
  • Planned activities include mezcal tastings, taco tours, and a “hesitant” hot air balloon ride.
  • Ilona raises doubts about hot air balloon safety:

    “Five of us big bitches in a hot air balloon.” – Ilona (04:51)
    “It’s big balloon behind this.” – Ilona (05:08)

• Home Rituals:
  • Cozy attire and watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, despite learning it’s all lip-synced (“I felt so hoodwinked.” – Olivia, 06:24).
  • A shared love/hate of traditional Thanksgiving food—Ilona argues the holiday is “very much so one flavor profile … dull, dull” (06:59), sparking playful pushback from Olivia.
  • Adrianna and her dad have bonded over years making a signature sweet potato pecan bourbon maple pie (09:12).

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2. Turkey Trot, Running, and Sibling Competition

• Fitness Goals:
  • Olivia celebrates running her first marathon; Adrianna is working towards running a sub-10 minute mile (“I was huffing and puffing during that mile” – Adriaanna, 15:49).
  • Ilona reminisces about her fast (and now possibly exaggerated) college mile times (~6:30), drawing skepticism and sibling ribbing.
• Jokes about Training:
  • Fun banter about guided run apps:

    “Some of those people are in the wrong career path… it was almost sexual.” – Adriaanna (16:02)
    “Don’t listen to your body, listen to me.” – Adriaanna (16:19)

• Turkey Trot Aspirations:
  • Adrianna considers running a turkey trot, provided it doesn’t interrupt the parade.

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3. Tea Time: Deep Dive into Twilight

Quick Recap & Reactions

• Re-watching Twilight, the sisters summarize the plot and nostalgia:
  • “It is a beautiful tale of a 98 year old vampire … who can read minds” (21:01)
  • Bella, unable to have her mind read: “She guessed it too.” – Adriaanna (21:45)
  • Olivia: “Twilight is a cult classic. The way I was locked in.” (22:01)
• Cult Classic Debate:
  • Discussion about what makes a movie a cult classic and how Twilight’s status has aged (“Cult classics need time to ruminate.” – Adriaanna, 22:38).

Books Versus Movies & Gatekeeping

• Adrianna confesses she never finished the books because Olivia took them away, fearing mature content (“I stand by what I did. You were young.” – Olivia, 24:02).
• The sisters reminisce about reading Fifty Shades of Grey as a fanfic of Twilight (“Mom found out on my Kindle…” – Ilona, 24:34).
• Ilona credits Twilight with igniting her “vampire era”—noting she’s read “every vampire book under the sun” (27:15).

On Vampires, Werewolves, and Lore

• Twilight’s Vampire Mechanics:
  • The group critiques Stephanie Meyer’s glittery vampires (“The glitter thing is really stupid.” – Ilona, 29:30)
  • Puzzles over vampire population control, werewolf rules, and how the series compares to others like Vampire Academy or Vampire Diaries.
  • Adrianna prefers Vampire Diaries’ vamp rules: “I fuck with the Vampire Diaries vampires. … For me that’s more intriguing.” (29:14)
• Team Edward/Team Jacob:
  • Adrianna: "I was always team Jacob." (31:40)
  • Olivia: “There was something about having read the books and just falling in love with Edward…” (31:54)
  • They agree Bella’s character simply wanted to be a vampire, more than she wanted either boy (32:23).
  • On the franchise’s star actors, Olivia insists actors should show respect for their breakout roles (“Be humble. Okay?” – 31:14)
• Would You Date a Vampire?
  • “Most of the times it feels… really bad.” – Ilona on the pain of being bitten (28:49)
  • Preference among the sisters for being a werewolf in Meyer’s universe due to pack bonding.

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4. Book Nook: Recent Reads & Recos

• Thrillers & “Book Hangovers”:

  • Ilona shares her addiction to thrillers (“I become possessed, fixated.” – 49:31) and the need for a “detox” with a fluffy romance after reading something heavy.
  • None of the sisters are able to handle horror, but appreciate a good whodunit.

• Romance & Fanfiction:

  • Check & Mate (Ali Hazelwood): Olivia’s new favorite, blending romance with chess (“I’m literally the girl on The Queen’s Gambit…” – 52:04).
  • Radiance: Ilona describes a unique love story between “two different species of humanoid people who find each other ugly at first” (54:09).
  • Alchemized (formerly Manacled):
    • Adrianna describes the Draco/Hermione fanfic-turned-novel as “the most beautifully written fanfiction…Broke me. It is so beautifully written.” (55:24)
    • Olivia and Ilona find it too dark and traumatic to finish—Olivia confesses the original “gave me nightmares… it was just like twisting and turning in my gut…” (57:08)

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5. Fall Feeling: Seasonal Movie List

• Olivia’s “Fall Movie Feelings” Shared Note:

  • Age of Adaline: “Kind of like a vampire but she don’t need blood.” (40:25)
  • How to Train Your Dragon: Evokes fall vibes; debate whether dragons could have been real, like dinosaurs or crocodiles.
  • Harry Potter: The ultimate fall/winter classic (“You guys probably don’t know about this one. Hidden gem.” – Ilona, 42:55)
  • Practical Magic: Sisterly, witchy, autumnal comfort film.
  • Rain (TV show): “I ate it up. I don’t care that they’re not wearing the correct corsets.” – Adriaanna (44:23)
  • When Harry Met Sally, Princess and the Frog, Lord of the Rings (debated—“It was a lot of men.” – Olivia, 45:00)

• Movie Analysis Banter:

  • The Mahers riff on Lord of the Rings’ “questionable battle math” and its strong bromances (“I would have followed you to the ends of the earth.” – Olivia, 47:01), with jokes about its “gay undertones” and length.
  • “You put me in that editing booth and I’ll get that into a quick 90 minutes.” – Adriaanna (47:35)

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Notable Quotes & Time Stamps

• On Thanksgiving food:

  “Thanksgiving is very much so. One flavor profile … dull, dull.” – Ilona (06:59)
  “It’s not like I’m craving a Thanksgiving meal, but it really is just perfect for the day.” – Adriaanna (08:23)

• On Twilight Law:

  “You’re telling me they’re as hard as stone and can’t die? How have they not overpopulated the whole earth?” – Ilona (27:39)
  “Edward Cullen to you guys: hot, creepy, both?” – Adriaanna (31:40)

• On Fan Culture:

  “I was so obsessed … our dad need[ed] to sit me down and be like, ‘You need to relax. You talk about it too much…’” – Olivia (34:35)

• On Reading Habits:

  “When you love something, you love it down.” – Adriaanna (26:56)
  “I become possessed, fixated. … I don’t think I can read thrillers.” – Ilona (49:31)

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Segmented Timestamps

• Thanksgiving Food & Family Traditions – 02:23–13:44
• Turkey Trot & Running Chats – 13:59–18:34
• Tea Time: Twilight Recap & Debate – 20:44–34:56
• Book Nook: Reading/Recos – 48:43–57:42
• Fall Movie List & Lord of the Rings Banter – 39:37–48:36

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Closing Thoughts

The Maher sisters deliver a warm, laugh-out-loud episode celebrating sisterhood, cozy traditions, and the zealous fangirl energy that shaped a generation (and their own adolescence). Their witty commentary on Twilight—from cinematic quirks to literary impact—reminds listeners why these stories still spark conversation and nostalgia. Throughout, the sisters’ playful dynamic, candid recommendations, and pop culture hot takes make for entertaining company, whether you’re rewatching Twilight or just craving some sisterly tea.

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For full fall movie lists, pie recipes, and hot takes, follow @houseofmaher on socials!

Transcript

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Really?

[Olivia Mar]

I was an eclipse baddie myself because of the tent scene on the top of the mountain. Edward is there, but he's got cold skin, right? And she's freezing on the top of the mountain to protect her from the bad vampires. And Jacob the werewolf has warm skin so has to get in the sleeping bag with her.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Edward could read Jacob's mind the entire time.

[Ilona Mar]

That is great literature. Welcome or welcome back to House of Maar. A Wave original. The wifi password is vampirebaseball and you should understand why I said that. As we get into the episode, you should know we have a few house rules.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Girls are magic, Reading is hot and so are you.

[Ilona Mar]

I am Ilona Mar, and this year I am very grateful for everything that my body does for me. It's been through a lot. I'm taking some time off from rugby, so I'm trying to figure it out and heal the best I can, but.

[Adriaanna Mar]

It'S keeping up with me.

[Olivia Mar]

And I'm Olivia and this year I am grateful for. I mean I guess you said body, but I really wanna say my legs for carrying me through my first ever marathon. And I live to tell the tale, so I'm pretty grateful for that. Thank you, body.

[Adriaanna Mar]

And I'm Adriaanna Mar. And I would say I'm grateful for, I think, the growth I've had this year. A lot of self discovery. Oh, so like maybe my mind.

[Olivia Mar]

A year of realizing things.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Yeah, Realizing. He. What's it? He lies. What's it?

[Olivia Mar]

Oh, wait, yeah. No, wait.

[Ilona Mar]

What is it?

[Adriaanna Mar]

Do you know what we're talking about? No, it was like a whole Tumblr thing where it's like realizing real eyes. He lies like.

[Ilona Mar]

Cause do people understand that alone?

[Adriaanna Mar]

I'll send it to you later and you'll get it and you'll understand.

[Olivia Mar]

And I think I speak for all of us when I say that if you are watching or listening to this and you've been here since we started this year, we are so grateful for you. So thank you for being here.

[Adriaanna Mar]

And if you're listening, you can also pop over to YouTube to see us. This episode. We're not decked out in fancy attire, but our sweats because it's cozy. It's the episode before Thanksgiving and it's raining outside.

[Olivia Mar]

This is pretty much how we present on the holidays. We stay cozy at home with the family. So we thought we'd bring it to you here for this episode.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I like it. This Thanksgiving though, we will not be at home. We're in Mexico City traveling with a.

[Olivia Mar]

Family, which is the first time I think we've traveled as a family on Thanksgiving. Right. Because you are normally playing a tournament in like Dubai. Right. There's a Sevens series stop in Dubai, so Alona will be there. And we are all watching from various parts of the country, whether together or not.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Up at 2am Catching your game.

[Olivia Mar]

So the time change is insane. And Sevens is such a sport too, where it just gets your heart beaten for like those 14 minutes and then it's 2 o' clock in the morning and you're set to go back to bed, but you can't. Cause you're just like wired and awake. Awful stuff. But this year we're traveling and we're very excited. We're gonna go to Mexico City with Lonely Planet Journeys and they've created an entire it. So I'm just sort of. It's the first time I'm kind of in hands off on a travel and a trip and I'm sort of letting them do it. I will be doing more research of Course. But I'm very excited to eat and experience. We're gonna be doing mezcal tastings and tacos and hot air balloon. We're a little spooked. How are we feeling about that?

[Adriaanna Mar]

Hesitant.

[Ilona Mar]

I don't know if I'm doing that.

[Olivia Mar]

I think you are.

[Ilona Mar]

No.

[Olivia Mar]

I told him yes for all of us. So it's kind of happening.

[Ilona Mar]

Five of us big bitches in a hot air balloon. Yeah.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah. Those are big.

[Adriaanna Mar]

The baskets are big. Are they?

[Olivia Mar]

They were telling me that it's the safest mode of air travel.

[Ilona Mar]

Well, let's look that up later. What's the study on that? You know how I feel about articles. Anyone can say that.

[Olivia Mar]

Right? Right. It's big balloon.

[Adriaanna Mar]

That's behind this.

[Ilona Mar]

Big balloon behind this.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Okay, don't even talk about big blimp. Jesus.

[Olivia Mar]

Oh, yeah, blimp.

[Adriaanna Mar]

No, that'd be sweet too.

[Olivia Mar]

Those are pretty dangerous. I think I'm scarred about hot air balloons because of the Amanda Bynes show. One of her skits had a character whose mom was, like, lost in a ball. Do you guys remember? In a hot air balloon. You guys remember this?

[Adriaanna Mar]

Oh, mom, why'd you have to disappear in that hot air balloon?

[Ilona Mar]

Was it not her mom? In an air. Hot air balloon?

[Olivia Mar]

Yes, it was her mom, but, like, one of her skits characters moms. No, I think that's.

[Ilona Mar]

I don't know.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I just. I already don't like flying that much, but, like. And so, like, when I'm on a flight and there's a little bit of turbulence, I'm like, it's safer than a car ride. It's safer than a car ride. Like, statistically, but. So I haven't seen those stats for hot air balloons yet.

[Olivia Mar]

We're hitting two extremes that day. We're doing hot air balloon, and then we're doing lunch in a cave.

[Ilona Mar]

So some of us are only doing one of those activities.

[Olivia Mar]

We're doing them all. It's gonna be great. Okay. What do Thanksgivings normally look like for us?

[Adriaanna Mar]

I wake up, mom has been cooking for a few hours. I sit on couch with coffee to watch the parade. But really only the performances. And I don't care that they're lip singing. No, no, I don't. Cause I'm like, you know what you're signing up for by watching?

[Olivia Mar]

Right.

[Adriaanna Mar]

It's just you're there for the vibes, really.

[Olivia Mar]

I feel like I was when I found that out when I was, like, a tween, I was, like, devastated. I felt so hoodwinked.

[Adriaanna Mar]

They fooled you for 15 years.

[Ilona Mar]

They fooled you for years.

[Olivia Mar]

I had no idea.

[Ilona Mar]

I was like, oh, my gosh, look.

[Olivia Mar]

At Ashley Tydsdale go. Or whoever it was singing their holiday special on a M and M's float or whatever it is. Favorite Halloween food. I mean, favorite Thanksgiving food.

[Ilona Mar]

I am into stuffing with gravy on it. I will say hot take. I think a lot of people believe this Thanksgiving is very much so. One flavor profile.

[Olivia Mar]

Okay.

[Ilona Mar]

In many ways.

[Olivia Mar]

Okay.

[Ilona Mar]

Dull, dull. What on Halloween has a really Thanksgiving. Why do you keep saying that? You said it. Okay. What on Thanksgiving has, like, a solid flavor? You know?

[Olivia Mar]

True.

[Adriaanna Mar]

That's different.

[Ilona Mar]

Name. Name it. Name something. Go, Mom.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Squash, sweet potatoes.

[Ilona Mar]

That's, like, mild, right? Mild, you know?

[Adriaanna Mar]

Yeah. It's. Nothing's gonna, like, kick you in the face with spice.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah. It's not a holiday. It's supposed to be cozy. You're not supposed to be, like, sweating and like. Like, agitated.

[Ilona Mar]

It's also. It's, like, so beige. It's such a beige thing.

[Olivia Mar]

But you get that cranberry sauce.

[Ilona Mar]

I remember my teammate Nya. She's a black woman. She went to her friend's house and it was just, you know, a white family. She told me, I looked at that.

[Olivia Mar]

Table and I had to get out of there.

[Ilona Mar]

Cause it was all, like, the most basic foods, like green bean casserole.

[Olivia Mar]

We never experienced that. Our mom doesn't make that.

[Ilona Mar]

Not well made. And a lot of Thanksgivings, you have to do it well. A lot of people don't do it well. They do it so basic.

[Olivia Mar]

Well, that's why I'm amazed that you're saying that it's all one flavor profile. Because you eat our mom's Thanksgiving and mom's unbelievable cook.

[Ilona Mar]

Look. No, it's delicious.

[Olivia Mar]

Right?

[Ilona Mar]

And I think I'm happy we have a day to celebrate that. I just don't. I'm like, what is it? That everybody eats the same stuff?

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah.

[Ilona Mar]

And it all tastes kind of like I don't have to eat it more than once a year.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I agree with you on that.

[Olivia Mar]

But it's still special.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Yeah. It's a special meal and I love it. It's not like I'm craving a Thanksgiving like meal, but it really just. It's perfect for the day.

[Ilona Mar]

Right.

[Olivia Mar]

I think the flavor profile to me is led by salt and sage.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Salt and sage.

[Olivia Mar]

Should I start a candle company with a new.

[Ilona Mar]

A new coffee shop just dropped.

[Olivia Mar]

Salt and sage.

[Ilona Mar]

Silver Lake Salt and sage.

[Adriaanna Mar]

A new Etsy witch listing.

[Ilona Mar]

Adriana, you said that you don't like you just get up and drink coffee, but you've gotten into recently making pies with dad.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Recently I've been on that grind.

[Ilona Mar]

I used to do that with him.

[Adriaanna Mar]

When? 15 years ago. That's been dad and I's thing.

[Ilona Mar]

No, ask him. It used to be my thing.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Yeah, but then it was mine. It became mine.

[Ilona Mar]

As I know you took over and that's fricked well.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Sorry that you had to go to Dubai to play rugby.

[Ilona Mar]

Used to be my thing. We'd make pie crust and you guys.

[Olivia Mar]

Please name the piece. It's a fabulous pie.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Sweet potato pecan bourbon maple pie.

[Ilona Mar]

She made it. You made it recently by yourself?

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah, it was banging.

[Ilona Mar]

It was really banging.

[Olivia Mar]

We made a Thanksgiving meal around Christmas time last year because we weren't all together for Thanksgiving last year. And it was awesome. Everybody had a job. Ilona is now our family turkey Briner. First time briner. First long time eater. That's her.

[Ilona Mar]

I killed that shit.

[Adriaanna Mar]

She did.

[Ilona Mar]

And by me. It was also my mom mostly helping me. Like I'd be like, mom, what do I put in?

[Olivia Mar]

She stepped into the other room for like 10 minutes. She came back, she's like, all right.

[Ilona Mar]

I figured it out.

[Olivia Mar]

I was on TikTok. She watched like so many brining videos. And you came back and got it done.

[Ilona Mar]

Well, we just made it. It was a game time decision and we did a whole Thanksgiving meal. Yeah, Flu. I gave him that.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Oh yeah.

[Ilona Mar]

Our dad was sick as a dog.

[Olivia Mar]

We thought we were just gonna be cooking chicken. And our mom had a giant turkey and alone was like, who's gonna brine this thing?

[Ilona Mar]

Oh yeah, mom does. Because we don't do Thanksgiving. She got it in her head that I need to do than the girls might come home. So she got this massive turkey. So then I was like, we gotta make Thanksgiving.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I've got bad news because she was already talking to me about Thanksgiving and Christmas.

[Ilona Mar]

You gotta tell her no.

[Olivia Mar]

I try to do it.

[Adriaanna Mar]

No.

[Olivia Mar]

Why not?

[Ilona Mar]

Okay, but don't get a full turkey.

[Olivia Mar]

Okay.

[Adriaanna Mar]

She's not going to roll with that.

[Ilona Mar]

Think about the big ass. No, I'd rather eat other things. I'd rather eat her other stuff.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Yes, I agree.

[Olivia Mar]

Okay. One day though of turkey and stuff.

[Adriaanna Mar]

She also probably still has like a.

[Ilona Mar]

Huge thing I'll make.

[Olivia Mar]

No, you can't cafeteria catholic pick and choose your way through a holiday Thanksgiving meal.

[Ilona Mar]

Just turkey, mashed potatoes and stuffing and.

[Olivia Mar]

Gravy and pie and cranberry sauce.

[Ilona Mar]

Everyone who'd like to not do that pudding. Okay. You can make the corn pudding at.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Another time for something. I'll do it, but I'd rather have. If we're going to do meal of mashed potatoes. Mom always makes it a Dutch thing. Hachaballe. And then I can't say it. What's the spinach or kale?

[Olivia Mar]

That was good, darling. It's just like a meatball. It's a Dutch.

[Adriaanna Mar]

What's the kale? Mashed potatoes. My speech impediment really gets me on that one. I can't do it.

[Ilona Mar]

Yes, you can. Say it.

[Olivia Mar]

Say it.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Hit me one more time.

[Olivia Mar]

Bulacol. I could be saying it wrong, huh?

[Adriaanna Mar]

Shut up, BRL.

[Ilona Mar]

Cole, what's your speech impediment?

[Adriaanna Mar]

No, just too many Rs. R. It's a lot of Rs. That, like, some reason, like, I've had, like, practices with mom on this word. Can't say it.

[Olivia Mar]

Can you say the word? The rural juror.

[Adriaanna Mar]

The world juror.

[Ilona Mar]

The rural. We'll see. I think maybe in positive. We're going to Mexico City, so I will have a spicy Thanksgiving meal. You will?

[Olivia Mar]

Oh, my gosh.

[Ilona Mar]

I will be fulfilled. I'm excited.

[Olivia Mar]

We're doing, like, a chef's table on Thanksgiving. Perfect as well. So you're gonna eat even better. Good freaking food.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I hope so. Turkey.

[Ilona Mar]

We know you guys are American, so we wanted to make you smile. Your problem says flip a table?

[Olivia Mar]

No, they're like. So we made this turkey as dry as we possibly could to make you guys feel at home on this whole day.

[Ilona Mar]

This gravy is watery and slightly loose.

[Adriaanna Mar]

We did actually try the American classic green bean casserole just for you guys.

[Ilona Mar]

Oh, we had fresh ones, but we made sure to get canned for you guys.

[Olivia Mar]

Right, right, right.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Delicious.

[Olivia Mar]

No, but we do.

[Ilona Mar]

When we do, we have a lovely Thanksgiving. Like, I haven't been to it in a Thanksgiving at home, and I'd say seven years.

[Olivia Mar]

Whoa.

[Ilona Mar]

Yeah.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah.

[Ilona Mar]

I haven't played in a while. Every time I'm in Dubai internationally, so that'll be cool.

[Olivia Mar]

Who's setting the table? Who's clearing?

[Ilona Mar]

Well, Adriana sometimes does not want to take the table apart, so she get.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Your plates so freaking dirty around the sides. There's just, like, salad dressing. In Greece, you pick up their plate and it's almost slipping out of your hand. And it's just, like, a sensory thing for me. I hate clearing the table when you guys have eaten because you don't leave a clear path for, like, grip. I hate it.

[Olivia Mar]

Oh.

[Adriaanna Mar]

So I often set the table and I like to pick out the little glass turkey that mom puts the cranberry chutney in.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah, she's cute.

[Ilona Mar]

She's quick to set the table.

[Olivia Mar]

She's quick to set the table, and then it comes time to clear it, and she's like, oh, my God, I have to go to the bathroom.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Well, no, that's not.

[Olivia Mar]

I've had to go.

[Adriaanna Mar]

The rule is, if you set the table, you don't need to clear the table. Right.

[Ilona Mar]

You said this rule.

[Adriaanna Mar]

That's been a rule.

[Ilona Mar]

Well, was this pre high school or, like, pre college rule? Maybe.

[Adriaanna Mar]

We've always had this rule. Okay, but you have to take your plate to the dishwasher.

[Olivia Mar]

Oh, that's the other thing, too. Yeah, but still, you have to take your own plate. That doesn't make any sense.

[Adriaanna Mar]

No, I think it's fair, because then if you got the sides of your plate greasy, you can deal with it yourself.

[Ilona Mar]

Olivia and I eat good, okay? We eat with a lot of sauce.

[Olivia Mar]

I will lick a plate, then.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I'm touching your saliva.

[Olivia Mar]

Get over it. You'll put what?

[Ilona Mar]

We put sauce on everything, gravy on everything. Salad dressing and everything.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I know, because in our family, we finish a meal with salad, and so then it's just the sheen of salad dressing on the plate.

[Ilona Mar]

Would you guys ever do a turkey trot? I would.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I would.

[Ilona Mar]

Well, I got our money in real quick. That sounds awesome to me.

[Olivia Mar]

It does. Now that I've started running, I will say you've changed. I've changed. I've literally changed.

[Ilona Mar]

I used to be, like, 5K.

[Olivia Mar]

Should we do one in?

[Ilona Mar]

Yeah, I'm down.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Is it gonna interrupt the parade? What parade? The parade.

[Olivia Mar]

Oh, while we're in Mexico City or.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Just, like, in the future, like, if I would do one. Like, I still gotta make sure there's time for the parade.

[Olivia Mar]

I mean, we eat, like, an early lunch as our Thanksgiving meal, so maybe because there wouldn't be time between the parade and the meal, so you might have to either wake up. I'm down to do a turkey trot.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Perfect.

[Olivia Mar]

5K.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Okay. Cause I can't currently do 5K. I just ran a mile and a half yesterday. She's on a journey, okay? My journey. Um, I'm trying to run a mile under 10 minutes.

[Ilona Mar]

And then when she hits that 10 minutes, she's gonna be like, she's gonna retire.

[Olivia Mar]

She attempted this back in 2020, and to get this goal of running a mile under 10 minutes, she would go out every day and run one mile. One mile. That's it Nothing before, nothing after. And then as soon as she hit under a 10 minute mile, she never ran again.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Hung up my running shoes.

[Ilona Mar]

What was the time? You got nine.

[Olivia Mar]

What?

[Adriaanna Mar]

It's like 9:58. And I was like cleared I think even a little downhill. And I was like, I was teetering around. Does this count if some of it's downhill? But I was like, no, it counts. Well I'm over this.

[Ilona Mar]

It doesn't count. You gotta do it again.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Well, I'm on that journey now. But for me like if you're running one mile and you're trying to get under 10 minutes, it makes sense to do a mile every time.

[Olivia Mar]

Right?

[Adriaanna Mar]

Because you're working on that one mile.

[Olivia Mar]

Right?

[Adriaanna Mar]

I didn't know anything about running. Still don't. That's why I had to do a mile and a half yesterday.

[Ilona Mar]

We get on one of those running apps and they, she puts in. What's your goals? Run one mile. Sorry, what do you.

[Olivia Mar]

They're like, no, that's not, that's not a function today.

[Ilona Mar]

Walked 10ft.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah.

[Adriaanna Mar]

And I guys, I was huffing and puffing during that mile cuz I was trying to like set a good pace. Like base time. I got what was it? 1152. And there so many times I was like, oh I hate this, I want to stop. And I was like that'd be so embarrassing if I stopped.

[Olivia Mar]

Right.

[Ilona Mar]

And you kept going.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I kept going. Went back out the next day, did one of those like guided runs which some of those people are in the wrong career path. I was telling them it was almost sexual the way that they were like talking you through this run. Like I was like they're talking me through something else.

[Olivia Mar]

It feels like what were they saying?

[Adriaanna Mar]

Just like the don't listen to your body, listen to me. I was like, hello?

[Olivia Mar]

Just shit like that.

[Adriaanna Mar]

It was actually great. I also think they're trying to make that.

[Olivia Mar]

Send me that link.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Which coach was it again? Right, right. So maybe they could do both. That's what I'm saying.

[Olivia Mar]

I'm proud of you. This is big. Good for you.

[Adriaanna Mar]

So check back in in a few months. Cause maybe I'll hate it and maybe I won't want to continue. But now I've got like a digital footprint, my influence, literally. You watch the marathon and you're like I could run a 10 minute mile. What's your mile time? Like what's your fastest mile time?

[Ilona Mar]

I could probably. I haven't run a mile since I would say college, like a time mile as fast as I could get is like a 6:30.

[Olivia Mar]

Six, 6:30?

[Ilona Mar]

Yeah. Back in the day when I was fit.

[Olivia Mar]

Okay, well you're fit now.

[Ilona Mar]

Maybe that's a dramatic. I don't really know but it was something like that. I don't know if I remember it was like 6:45, 6:30. But it was around one loop so it wasn't like, you know, maybe I'm lying on a track, but I'd say it's 6:30. Yeah.

[Olivia Mar]

A track is four loops for a mile, right?

[Ilona Mar]

Yeah.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Yes.

[Olivia Mar]

So you had a six something. Why are we laughing?

[Ilona Mar]

So like how like for like I could do a 400 meter in this under two minutes. So then if I was doing it that It'd be like 2 minute, 400, 8 minute mile. And then I, if I was really pushing. So I'd say it's about 6:45, 6:30.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Should we go test this?

[Olivia Mar]

Should we take cameras outside right now?

[Ilona Mar]

Yeah, I'll do it.

[Adriaanna Mar]

It's me running behind her.

[Olivia Mar]

Alona was joining me for a couple of my marathon training runs by the end there. And there was like one day I had to do three miles and I was keeping my pace that my app was telling me to keep. And she though when she's like, oh, it's only three miles, let's get it done, she starts booking it. So I'm like trying to keep pace with her and I literally almost passed.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Out by the end.

[Olivia Mar]

I was a little woozy, spooky.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I feel like you could pace me.

[Ilona Mar]

I can pace now.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Push me.

[Ilona Mar]

Oh, I push you. That's what I mean for sure. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Adriaanna Mar]

It's like you go on a run, a slow run, but it's going to be fast for me and that would be good.

[Ilona Mar]

Yeah, I got you.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Because I remember when we went on that little run in Burlington, there's one part where you had to speed up and I was like, no, I'm okay. And alone was like, run with us.

[Olivia Mar]

Because it wasn't that much of a speed up.

[Ilona Mar]

All right, well, we'll go out together, you and I. Let's do this.

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[Ilona Mar]

Cheers. Today Tea Time is sponsored by Peloton. We want to go over the classic film that shaped many a childhood because it's making its way. Is it back into theaters or what's.

[Adriaanna Mar]

It just liked in theaters?

[Ilona Mar]

Just in theaters.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Re released.

[Ilona Mar]

You might not have seen it if you haven't seen it. That's weird. But I'll give you a little synopsis. We got Twilight. It is a beautiful tale of a 98 year old vampire. Teenage vampire who can read minds, right? He's just in school in Washington because they can't be in the sun or they glitter, right? And while he's in science class. One day this girl walks in, smells amazing to him. Smells amazing to him.

[Olivia Mar]

Like.

[Ilona Mar]

Like too much. And then he can't read her mind. But he's read most people's minds. They then fall in love. She finds out he's a vampire. That was crazy. When she found that out.

[Adriaanna Mar]

She guessed it too.

[Ilona Mar]

She guessed it as well.

[Olivia Mar]

She did research.

[Ilona Mar]

Then she was targeted by other vampire clans. And then there's three more movies. And there's four more movies. Four more movies, Right. Because they had to make this the last.

[Adriaanna Mar]

They broke up.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Ilona Mar]

And that's Twilight.

[Olivia Mar]

I would say that Twilight is a. At least number one is a cult classic.

[Ilona Mar]

Oh, yeah? Yeah.

[Adriaanna Mar]

It's. It's a new cult classic.

[Olivia Mar]

You call it an instant cult classic. I would. The way I was locked in, as.

[Adriaanna Mar]

We know, dad had to sit you down.

[Ilona Mar]

I think it was considered that at the time, though.

[Olivia Mar]

You don't think so? It was just like a box office.

[Ilona Mar]

Girls like young girls.

[Adriaanna Mar]

It was seen as like a movie for teenagers.

[Ilona Mar]

Movie for teenagers.

[Olivia Mar]

So it wasn't taken seriously because it was like for girls. Well, I think cult.

[Ilona Mar]

I don't know how you would define cult classic, but like, at the time it was really not. It wasn't designed to be that. Maybe it was.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Maybe cult classics needs time to like ruminate.

[Olivia Mar]

I feel like number one was made that way because the difference from number one into. Into the second, New Moon, even just the style, the budget that it was given. The first one was almost made as an indie film. It was directed by a woman. Katherine Hardwicke was the director. Was made by Summit Entertainment. And the blue lighting that you know it to be, the. It just felt. It didn't feel low budget, but it didn't feel like a grandiose like Hollywood blockbuster.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Like a Hunger Games.

[Olivia Mar]

Like a Hunger Games. The way that from the get go, that felt a certain way. So the switch up in vibe and feeling from Twilight to the second movie, New Moon, the way the colors are automatically warmer. It feels more like there's more money behind it almost. I feel like the first one was made as like this.

[Adriaanna Mar]

And arguably the second one should be moodier.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah, right. She's depressed as hell. But we are not talking about New Moon today. We are talking about Twilight Ladies. What do you remember from reading the books?

[Adriaanna Mar]

Now is this a safe space to say I've never read them?

[Ilona Mar]

You've never read them?

[Adriaanna Mar]

No, I tried to. And Olivia took the book out of my hands because I was too young?

[Olivia Mar]

She was.

[Ilona Mar]

And then how old was she?

[Adriaanna Mar]

I don't.

[Ilona Mar]

They weren't in that book.

[Olivia Mar]

They were in the last Barely Fade to Black.

[Ilona Mar]

It was written by a Mormon.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Yeah. Okay.

[Olivia Mar]

But she was little. How old was I when that. When they came out and we were reading them?

[Adriaanna Mar]

I don't know, but I have a very distinct memory of, like, reading the, like, first few pages by the window.

[Ilona Mar]

And you took some joy from her. I don't think you took real joy from her.

[Olivia Mar]

I think I stand by what I did. I think you were young and. Because you came to me about another book one time, and you were like, they're doing something weird in this. And they. A girl had been giving a blow job in it, and I was like.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Oh, yeah, that elite.

[Olivia Mar]

Nope, it was actually lesbian or something like that.

[Ilona Mar]

You snitched on that book to her.

[Olivia Mar]

No, she came to me and she was like, they're doing something weird in this book. And I was like, show me.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I felt very guilty to read it.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I literally went to her like, yeah, I would ate.

[Olivia Mar]

Sorry for being a good older sister.

[Ilona Mar]

I've shared this before. One time.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Well, this isn't.

[Ilona Mar]

Well, let's get back to Twilight.

[Olivia Mar]

No, tell me, please now.

[Ilona Mar]

You know, I was watching. I was reading, like, 50 Shades of Gray.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah.

[Ilona Mar]

And mom found out on my Kindle.

[Olivia Mar]

You were like, how did I get there?

[Ilona Mar]

I was like, mom, how? I don't even know. I don't know how I got there. I. I swear I only read a couple chapters, and then I stopped. And then I stopped.

[Olivia Mar]

I thought it was a book about PA painting.

[Ilona Mar]

I thought it was different.

[Olivia Mar]

Sorry.

[Ilona Mar]

Which is also a fanfic of Twilight, I guess. I think I've read them many times. I read Twilight a lot. I think I enjoyed. Which book did I enjoy the most? I think I might have really liked Breaking Dawn.

[Olivia Mar]

Really?

[Ilona Mar]

I don't remember. Maybe because they were.

[Olivia Mar]

I was an eclipse baddie myself because of the. The tent scene on the top of the mountain where Edward is there, but he's got cold skin. Right. And she's freezing on the top of the mountain to protect her from the bad vampires. And Jacob the werewolf Y has more blooded skin.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Yeah.

[Olivia Mar]

So has to get in the sleeping bag with her and famously, one of my tweet favorite tweets ever. Somebody tweeted once this. That weather that had Bella cuddling up with her sideman in front of her.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Current man that wouldn't read Jacob's mind the entire time.

[Olivia Mar]

Oh, I forgot about that.

[Ilona Mar]

I remember my middle school teacher was like, it's just so disgusting that a 98 year old vampire. And I was like that sounds pretty awesome. Hot vampire.

[Olivia Mar]

Actually cool to me for a lot.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Of the books we read where it's like a 500 year old Fae male and then like the 20 year old. If that. That makes that sound bad. And the 20 year old human girl get together who eventually turned Fae. Age 98 isn't that bad.

[Ilona Mar]

That's not gonna be backed up at all. None of that. That take was terrible.

[Adriaanna Mar]

From 500 to 100, I guess.

[Ilona Mar]

So was she 17 though, when the book started? I think she was 17.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Oh, so then she waited till she was 18. So yeah, they waited.

[Olivia Mar]

They waited because it's a Mormon book.

[Ilona Mar]

So I think that started off my love of vampire books because after that I read a hefty amount of vampire books.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Vampire Academy after that.

[Olivia Mar]

Vampire Academy. You love vampires?

[Adriaanna Mar]

Yeah, One of the best vampire. Wow.

[Ilona Mar]

The best book series ever.

[Olivia Mar]

Another book series you've reread constantly.

[Ilona Mar]

I've read probably. We read that probably nine times. I'd say the whole series through. Yeah.

[Olivia Mar]

Oh my. Even the. The side series about the side series. That's the best. You got to read those.

[Ilona Mar]

I've read all those. They're not as good to me as the OGs.

[Adriaanna Mar]

When you love something like you love it down.

[Olivia Mar]

She loves it down.

[Ilona Mar]

I love it hard.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Yeah, you love hard.

[Ilona Mar]

Vampire Academy is great. There was Immortals After Dark.

[Olivia Mar]

Immortals After Dark. There was a series that everyone else was also reading called like Marked. Do you remember those? Do you read those ones too?

[Ilona Mar]

Back in the day? Yeah.

[Olivia Mar]

Oh my God.

[Ilona Mar]

Name one. I've read it.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Name a vampire book. She's read it.

[Olivia Mar]

Name it. Do it.

[Ilona Mar]

I can't think now, but there's so many others I've read. Love them anyway.

[Olivia Mar]

Did this spark your love of werewolves, Ozjona?

[Adriaanna Mar]

No, I was a wattpad girl. That's where I got into it really. This was like. Cause this feels more like a vampire series, you know, that has werewolves.

[Olivia Mar]

This is famously both a vampire and a werewolf series.

[Adriaanna Mar]

But. Well, it's marketed as vampire guess so.

[Ilona Mar]

Guys, do you think these vampires are believable though?

[Adriaanna Mar]

The glitter?

[Ilona Mar]

No, I don't think these are some of the best vampires written. You're telling me they're like as hard as stone and can't die? How have they not overpopulated the whole earth?

[Olivia Mar]

Right.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Well, they keep.

[Olivia Mar]

And they voltori famously keep them under control.

[Ilona Mar]

But also they have killed their victims when they eat them.

[Adriaanna Mar]

They have to.

[Ilona Mar]

Yes. Their venom either turns them or kills them. When you think about it, that's not possible for them to go unnoticed.

[Olivia Mar]

Right.

[Ilona Mar]

And they're killing that many people.

[Olivia Mar]

Well, that's why some have turned to deer and other wildlife animals.

[Ilona Mar]

Barely.

[Olivia Mar]

Right. The alternative ones there's a lot of. And you're famously not allowed to turn children.

[Ilona Mar]

Famously not allowed.

[Olivia Mar]

Which is a theme in Interview with a Vampire. Right. So that's not. We know that's not a good thing in vampire lore. It's gotta suck, she says.

[Ilona Mar]

Oh, get it.

[Olivia Mar]

Okay, okay. All right. Hand. Hand. God, A hot vampire comes to you. Let someone like Edward. We're talking about Twilight. So it's Edward, right? Robert Pattinson's Edward. Or whatever you think of in your head when you think of. Oh, so that's a no? You letting them suck your blood?

[Adriaanna Mar]

Well, I'm dying.

[Ilona Mar]

From the research I've done.

[Olivia Mar]

I didn't say you were dying. I said they want to suck your blood.

[Ilona Mar]

From the research I've done.

[Olivia Mar]

Right.

[Ilona Mar]

Most of the times it feels. Besides Twilight. Besides Twilight, most of the times it feels really bad.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Yeah.

[Olivia Mar]

Twilight, it burns like fire.

[Ilona Mar]

Twilight, it burns like fire. Always turns you into vampire. And a vampire turning process, really painful.

[Olivia Mar]

Other bugs, it's like a drug.

[Ilona Mar]

It's like you. Nice.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah, I've seen them.

[Ilona Mar]

Edwards.

[Olivia Mar]

No.

[Ilona Mar]

Which again, I don't think is. You know, it wouldn't work out. It's not factual. You know, other vampires I think could exist.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I fuck with the Vampire Diaries vampires. Because it's not gonna kill them or anything. Like, to turn. Like, you have to have vampire blood in your system and then die. But I also like how they can have daylight rings and then go outside and have things like that. For me, that's more intriguing.

[Olivia Mar]

Daylight rings.

[Ilona Mar]

I just think the glitter thing is really stupid. Yeah.

[Olivia Mar]

What was the plot? What was the purpose of that?

[Adriaanna Mar]

Oh. Cause they can go outside in the. Cause the sun isn't gonna burn them. But they're gonna glitter.

[Olivia Mar]

They're not gonna burn to death. They don't die from the sun. What was evolutionarily. What was the purpose of that?

[Adriaanna Mar]

I don't know.

[Ilona Mar]

Evolution wise for vampires you're talking about.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah. Why was that the decision in her brain?

[Ilona Mar]

Stephanie Meyer.

[Olivia Mar]

Stephanie Meyers.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Stephanie.

[Olivia Mar]

Stephanie. What would happen?

[Ilona Mar]

I don't know, because I think she was maybe still trying to keep it teen or something by having glitter.

[Olivia Mar]

Was it so that his skin is so hard, like it's impenetrable. It's like diamond.

[Ilona Mar]

Is that like the maybe?

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah, that's. We're Getting yeses all the way around. But all I know is that this is the skin of a Bella.

[Adriaanna Mar]

What?

[Olivia Mar]

This is the skin of a killer Bella.

[Adriaanna Mar]

For real.

[Olivia Mar]

That's all we get about it really.

[Ilona Mar]

I've heard that they don't like to be known for those roles. Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, really, he just.

[Olivia Mar]

Did the lie detector test interview with Jennifer Lawrence and he said that he would do another Twilight movie because I.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Think he said that he started his career.

[Olivia Mar]

I think he used to say he wouldn't, but now I think he is saying he would revisit Edward.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Well, I think he's done such a good job of building his career and taking other roles, you know, that he, it really launched him to do like The Lighthouse and Mickey 17 Batman, like. But I can hear it because if you do a huge franchise and then you're forever known as even Daniel Radcliffe, he's Harry Potter. But he's taking a lot of other roles, things that people aren't able to reference those movies as quickly. Whereas Robert Pattinson now has such a huge catalog, Jennifer Lawrence has such a huge catalog that you can know them from other stuff. So it really depends on if you can shed the franchise. It's always going to be there, right?

[Olivia Mar]

And I don't like if when actors like talk bad on the franchises that like did give them a kickstart. I think like Jacob Elordi is constantly talked about on Tick Tock and various apps because he, I think he was making commentary on sappy movies and people being like, sir, we know you from kissing booth 1, 2 and 3. That's where you got your start. Let's not forget it. So be humble. Okay? Edward Cullen to you guys.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Hot, creepy, both 98 year old man, no presents. As a 17 year old, I was always team Jacob.

[Ilona Mar]

I don't say. I don't think he was ever for me, ever really. Even when I was watching. I think I liked Jacob more.

[Olivia Mar]

I think I knew that like, oh, I should like Jacob more. But there was something about having read the books and just falling in love with Edward that I was like Edward all the way. And then I can't look at Jacob the same after Breaking Dawn. And what happens.

[Ilona Mar]

Stephanie Meyers is something weird there n she. But Bella should have ended up with Jacob.

[Olivia Mar]

You think so?

[Ilona Mar]

Healthy boy who wouldn't have turned her into anything.

[Olivia Mar]

Right.

[Ilona Mar]

She could live out, stay with her friends and family. Friends and family, right.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I think Bella just wanted to be a vampire.

[Olivia Mar]

I think she just wanted to be a vampire and like. Right.

[Adriaanna Mar]

No We've talked about this. Of, like, would you rather be in this universe vampire or werewolf?

[Ilona Mar]

In that universe?

[Adriaanna Mar]

Yes.

[Ilona Mar]

I don't like that they're vampires.

[Adriaanna Mar]

So werewolf.

[Ilona Mar]

So werewolf.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Because, like, the bond the werewolves have is so strong.

[Ilona Mar]

Yeah, it's true.

[Olivia Mar]

It's true.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Oh, yeah.

[Olivia Mar]

Because they can all communicate, right?

[Ilona Mar]

Yeah.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Pack link. Okay.

[Ilona Mar]

And that's also seen in many werewolf books as well.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I had someone come up to me yesterday. It was at one of Ilona's shoots. I have not had a conversation with this woman ever. I don't know her name. She goes, have you ever read Wolf King? I was like, hello.

[Olivia Mar]

Your brand precedes you.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I was literally like, didn't know this would ever happen to me. I was like, yes, I have. And then we showed each other our Kindles, which is very intimate.

[Olivia Mar]

That's a very intimate act.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I was like, give me a few seconds to delete a few titles.

[Ilona Mar]

I couldn't show my Kindle right now.

[Olivia Mar]

Why not? What's on there?

[Ilona Mar]

I got some stuff on there that I'm not proud of.

[Olivia Mar]

Like what?

[Ilona Mar]

Well, I can't.

[Adriaanna Mar]

She does not.

[Ilona Mar]

I can't tell you.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Privacy.

[Ilona Mar]

Let her have my privacy. My Kindle privacy.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Anyway, Kindle tour. Kindle tour.

[Olivia Mar]

When. When the Twilight books and movies meant everything to me. Thank you guys for asking. I was so obsessed with them because I was the ripe age. I was the perfect age when those books and movies came out. Like, I was tween early teen, I believe. So it was, like, targeted to little. Little miss me right here. And it was the first thing I think I loved and obviously loved Harry Potter, but I was still young. And this was the first thing that I was like, oh, my gosh. You know, you're. You're maturing. Whatever. I was obsessed to the point of our dad needing to, like, sit me down and be like, you need to relax. Like, we have addictive personalities in our family. You just need to be careful. You talk about it too much. You like. I. That's all I would talk about. It's all I would do. I had my favorite fandom website where it was like, twilight Update News. Hear me here. And I'm wondering if any of our watchers or listeners also went on this website called His Golden Eyes. I was on that thing daily. And it was like, updates on shooting, updates on casting, updates on the next book, updates on, like, what if or whatever, constantly. It was like paparazzi shots from set, like, this kind of thing. Parody videos. Remember Hillywood Productions? They did those Twilight parody Videos that were like music videos and amazing.

[Ilona Mar]

Yeah.

[Olivia Mar]

I loved Twilight with everything that I have.

[Ilona Mar]

Thank you for sharing.

[Olivia Mar]

Thank you.

[Adriaanna Mar]

You had a true love right there.

[Ilona Mar]

I really.

[Olivia Mar]

Nah, I was an obsession.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Mm. Parasocial.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah, I believe so.

[Adriaanna Mar]

She had Twilight. I had the Percy Jackson books. I was the ripe age for that. Lily, what was your series?

[Ilona Mar]

Have we talked about Vampire Academy before? Because I think we have, because I have two strong opinions just sharing it.

[Olivia Mar]

They have tried to make two versions of Vampire Academy, the film and the NBC Peacock TV show. And both. Look at her. Look at Ilona's face right now. If you guys are only listening, you are gonna want to slap like this. The energy rippling off of her, the anger.

[Ilona Mar]

I just. I think that that was a masterpiece. And they've tried to do it twice, and every time they've failed. That could have been Twilight if they'd had me producing or directing or something.

[Olivia Mar]

But that's what stings the most, is that the writer was involved.

[Ilona Mar]

The writer of the series was involved.

[Olivia Mar]

But maybe not as much as she would have liked.

[Ilona Mar]

So we can never know, man. She said in those. When I watched those, like, back behind the scenes, she was involved in that.

[Olivia Mar]

Really?

[Ilona Mar]

And Adriana actually likes it.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Well, I like the first movie as a movie. Like, it's fun for me. It's the same thing of you guys and Percy Jackson, right?

[Olivia Mar]

We like the Percy Jackson book. I mean, movies. We didn't read the books.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Horrible. Horrible. I can't even like the. They're on the.

[Ilona Mar]

Great movie.

[Olivia Mar]

Great movie.

[Adriaanna Mar]

No, no. The whole is wrong. That's how I feel about the Vampire Diaries. And I'm like, nope. Vampire Academy. I'm like, that's pretty fun. It's got. Was that Nepo, baby? I really like Zoe Doych. I really like Zoe Deutsch. She did a great job in that. Yes.

[Ilona Mar]

She's.

[Adriaanna Mar]

She's not the right body type for it. She needed to be a little bit more. We need a muscular girl in there. Yeah, I understand that. But it was a fun time, and I did try to watch the TV series, and I was like, something's gonna.

[Ilona Mar]

Try to watch it too. I gave it my. I gave it a good shot. She gave it the old college try. Once again, Rose is. I think Rose is one of the best characters. Rose is the main character. Vampire Academy. I think I just love Vampire Academy because I related so much to Rose.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah.

[Ilona Mar]

Here was finally a badass woman who, you know, had a person else, really had a sense of humor. Whereas I think Twilight Bella was Written almost really. You could put. She was really bland. You could just put yourself into this character. She didn't really see say much. She didn't have a personality. Whereas Rose really had a personality to her throughout these books and a humor. And I just thought, like, this is a really good character. And I actually think Zoey Deutsch would have been good if they just done a better time, like directing it or something like that or creating it. But I think every time they haven't done her justice in a way for how she should be. She should be a muscular badass who kills the bad vampires and instead this. One of the greatest characters I think written was just never done justice. Yeah, it's hard for me because I really love Rose.

[Adriaanna Mar]

When you reread the books, is it like a wintertime, fall time thing for you?

[Olivia Mar]

Like.

[Ilona Mar]

Yeah, over winter break. I'd always read them.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Winter break. Yeah.

[Ilona Mar]

Maybe I'll do it again.

[Adriaanna Mar]

She's got it.

[Ilona Mar]

I just read it. I just read it.

[Olivia Mar]

Not this one, the other winner.

[Ilona Mar]

All of them. All seven of them.

[Olivia Mar]

Jesus. I go through them all and they get big before they go along too.

[Ilona Mar]

I know what's gonna happen when it's gonna happen. Every time I'm shocked and every time you're like, oh, my God, I love it.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I love it.

[Olivia Mar]

I should revisit because I only read them through once and I don't remember anything except that in book two, they're in a snowy place to start. Right?

[Ilona Mar]

Yeah.

[Adriaanna Mar]

And talk about biting. That doesn't kill you get addicted to it.

[Ilona Mar]

Oh, you can get addicted to it. Yes, good point, Adriana.

[Olivia Mar]

Oh, and they have feeders, don't they?

[Ilona Mar]

Feeders. You gotta read it to understand it. It's very good.

[Adriaanna Mar]

They have feeders.

[Olivia Mar]

Right, Right, right, right, right, right, right.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Olivia, your hair looks great today. Yeah.

[Olivia Mar]

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[Ilona Mar]

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[Adriaanna Mar]

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[Olivia Mar]

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[Ilona Mar]

So you can keep using BLEACH color and heat. Whatever makes you feel like you. To do my hair today we use.

[Adriaanna Mar]

The heat protectant and I styled it.

[Ilona Mar]

And she styled it.

[Olivia Mar]

And you were also using the oil.

[Ilona Mar]

And I also use the oil, yeah.

[Adriaanna Mar]

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[Olivia Mar]

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[Ilona Mar]

What else? Movies have a fall feeling that they can watch.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Leah has a whole list on her phone. Movies by seasonal feeling.

[Olivia Mar]

I have a shared note. I've shared it to them so they are allowed to view it and. Or add to that if they would like to where I categorize movies by their feeling. Not what season they take place in. Right. But what they feel like. What should we hear with under Fall?

[Ilona Mar]

For real? Yeah.

[Olivia Mar]

Please hear it.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Please pull it out. Pull it out.

[Olivia Mar]

Okay. Fall. Age of Adeline. I could see it feeling like fall.

[Ilona Mar]

Okay, yeah, right. Yeah, good.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Yeah, I hear you.

[Olivia Mar]

Age of Adeline is a movie where the main character. Something like a freak accident happened basically. And she was in an accident submerged in water and lightning hit or something. It was something crazy like that. And her aging stopped. Yep.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Like a vampire, but she doesn't need blood.

[Olivia Mar]

Kind of like a vampire, but she don't need blood to live. So she has gone through. She's had to like hide and have new identities and yada, yada, yada. And she fell in love once and then that comes back to bite her about 30 years later. She also has a daughter. She had a daughter before she stopped becoming like ageless. And her daughter is now an old lady and she's still this young, beautiful person. And it is a wonderful movie. It's beautifully done. I love it. It's one of my favorite movies.

[Ilona Mar]

Put that on the list. Okay.

[Adriaanna Mar]

It's already on the list to me.

[Olivia Mar]

Fall how to Train youn Dragon. The animation that is such a fall movie.

[Ilona Mar]

Oh, I hear it.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Okay.

[Olivia Mar]

Right.

[Ilona Mar]

I could hear fall or summer maybe with how to train your dragon.

[Olivia Mar]

Okay, I can hear summer. I can hear summer.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Yeah, yeah.

[Ilona Mar]

How to Train youn Dragon is about a boy training a dragon. It's an animated film. You can also watch the live action, but that's just the animated live action.

[Olivia Mar]

Scene for scene, frame for frame. That thing is animated.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Basically he acts he's trying to kill a dragon to Prove that he has like, the Viking worth. And he does shoot down his dragon. But turns out the dragon isn't as mean as he thought it would be. It's a good dragon, but the dragon has lost part of his tail. And it's a super rare dragon. So then. Oh, he's actually really smart.

[Ilona Mar]

Hiccup.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Main character's name. And then builds him part of a wing for. Or part of a tail. Anyway. Great movie.

[Olivia Mar]

Love that movie. Another one of my.

[Ilona Mar]

Just raise your hand if you think dragons could have maybe been real, but they were hunted to extinction.

[Olivia Mar]

Absolutely. Why do they exist in so many myths and legends and artwork of the past? Of course. Dinosaurs were real. Why would dragons not be real?

[Ilona Mar]

Exactly.

[Olivia Mar]

Maybe they were just dragons.

[Ilona Mar]

Pterodactyls, maybe.

[Olivia Mar]

Right. And I saw videos of like, alligators and crocodiles recently. That's a drag. That's a dinosaur. Those are dinosaurs. Right? They just never aged out of it seems.

[Ilona Mar]

Crocodiles.

[Olivia Mar]

Crocodiles and alligators. Those look like dinosaurs. Hundred percent.

[Ilona Mar]

They're definitely a family person in that.

[Olivia Mar]

That's what I'm saying. They're still roaming the earth today.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Luca, the common ancestor.

[Ilona Mar]

What'd you say?

[Adriaanna Mar]

Luca. It's like the last common ancestor of everybody.

[Olivia Mar]

Of all living things.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Of all living things. Like when you trace everything back, it's to Luca.

[Olivia Mar]

They call Luca.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Yeah, it's like last.

[Ilona Mar]

Oh, I'm thinking of that boy in the sea in Italy.

[Olivia Mar]

That's a summer movie. And we're not talking about summer movies right now. Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.

[Ilona Mar]

Next on the list.

[Olivia Mar]

Silencio Bruno. That's that one, right?

[Adriaanna Mar]

Yeah.

[Ilona Mar]

Sorry. Next on the list.

[Olivia Mar]

Okay, this one's.

[Ilona Mar]

We're not.

[Olivia Mar]

I'm not explaining the plot of this movie. Harry Potter. You guys either get it.

[Ilona Mar]

You guys probably don't know about this one.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Hidden gem.

[Ilona Mar]

Hidden.

[Olivia Mar]

Another income classic. That's a winter or a fall to me.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I'd say.

[Ilona Mar]

Yeah, big winter.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Big winter. Happy Christmas, Harry.

[Olivia Mar]

Happy Christmas, Ron. So, practical magic.

[Ilona Mar]

Shut up.

[Olivia Mar]

Okay. She has one more for us.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Give it to us.

[Ilona Mar]

No, it's fine.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Keep going.

[Olivia Mar]

Practical magic. Duh.

[Ilona Mar]

What?

[Adriaanna Mar]

Practical.

[Olivia Mar]

Shut up.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Because it's a.

[Olivia Mar]

That's such a Halloween movie. It's a witchy vibe. It's October. It's a story of two with two sisters that are witches. They accidentally set a enchantment when they're young about the perfect man so that she doesn't actually find the perfect man. Like she makes this perfect man up so that he never comes to her. So that she never, like, dies. Of a broken heart, because I think that's what happened to their mom. And chaos ensues. And it's sisterly and it's witchy and it's wonderful. And they make midnight margaritas, and that's what we like to do on Halloween, typically.

[Adriaanna Mar]

And that's why the song is it.

[Olivia Mar]

Just coconuts with a coconut. Mix it all up.

[Adriaanna Mar]

That's a Halloween song for me.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah. Literally. The TV show Rain R E I G N. Mary, Queen of Scots.

[Adriaanna Mar]

That's such an amazing show. I. I've talked about this before. I do not care that the dresses are inaccurate to the time period. They're putting them in, like, prom dresses.

[Olivia Mar]

It's awesome.

[Adriaanna Mar]

But they're adding lace and stuff, and I'm like, it's meant for tweens. And I ate it up. I don't care that they're not wearing the correct corsets.

[Olivia Mar]

It was an artistic choice, and I love that. Yeah.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Freak.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah. If you want.

[Ilona Mar]

Yeah. You can't even.

[Olivia Mar]

No, it's perfect.

[Adriaanna Mar]

It's a perfect show.

[Olivia Mar]

It's a perfect show. When Harry Met Sally.

[Ilona Mar]

Duh.

[Olivia Mar]

And Princess and the Frog. Those are what feel like fall to me.

[Adriaanna Mar]

It's a good list.

[Ilona Mar]

Yeah. Good list.

[Olivia Mar]

Thank you. What else would you say would I miss?

[Adriaanna Mar]

We just watched Lord of the Rings. Would we put that on fall? Does that feel like a fall film?

[Olivia Mar]

Yes, that feels like fall.

[Ilona Mar]

That is fall film.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Why? What do you.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I just think maybe it's because I didn't like it that much that I'm like, doesn't deserve to be hot take.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah, we were kind of whatever. On it. Sorry, everybody. It was a lot of men.

[Ilona Mar]

I'm just concerned as how they were winning those battles. No, me too. Versus five elves.

[Olivia Mar]

It's like, what are we talking about? And then all of a sudden, for the next battle, there's all of these hundreds of thousands more people.

[Ilona Mar]

Like, well, where the fuck were they the last battle? What geography are we working with?

[Olivia Mar]

It was weird.

[Ilona Mar]

How have they not gotten there if you just got there in an hour?

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, the power of friendship, for sure.

[Adriaanna Mar]

But also outside of friendship, the power of just, like, gay love.

[Olivia Mar]

It feels like, no, that was a very gay. No, there was a lot of gay undertones.

[Ilona Mar]

But if you talk to people who love it, like, I talked to this guy who loved it, and I said, you know, that, you know, it's kind of funny and, like, they're hints of gay. He's like, what are you talking about?

[Adriaanna Mar]

It's not a hint of gay. It's gay.

[Ilona Mar]

He was like adamant. There was not.

[Olivia Mar]

I fear it's gayer than Brokeback Mountain. At times it is like, no, it's.

[Ilona Mar]

I don't think so. I think it's just a lovely. Shows male friendship in a lovely way. There were times when it was interesting. There was a. What did we. You sent me a meme where it was like two girls that were like.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I think it was maybe from like from the OC and she's like, remember when you made me watch that movie about the gay guys in the mountain? Oh, Lord of the Rings. Lord of the Rings. When you think it's gonna be Brokeback Mountain. She's like, yeah, yeah. Because I was just. When especially at the spoiler alert after they threw the ring in and then they are on the like surviving all the lava coming out and they think they're gonna die because they are surrounded by lava. And he's like, I wish. I think I would have married the girl with the ribbons in her hair.

[Ilona Mar]

And I was like, no, no, you wouldn't. No.

[Olivia Mar]

You want to kiss him on the mouth. That's what you want to do.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I just don't believe it there. None of them are gay. If. Okay, if. What is it like one out of ten people.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah.

[Ilona Mar]

One of them might be gay. But it's also just beautiful male friendship because they just went through the. The journey that they went through.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Right.

[Olivia Mar]

And that is true.

[Ilona Mar]

The way I act with some of my friends is right. You know, I would have followed you.

[Olivia Mar]

To the ends of the earth and.

[Ilona Mar]

I would have followed some of those bitches to the ends of their. You still.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I would do that.

[Olivia Mar]

It's true. I will say it's a very white.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Yes.

[Olivia Mar]

Male centered franchise. Whoa. I did like. It does. Apparently it does pass the Bechtel test because what one of the movies does. Because that little girl when they're like escaping her village says to her mom, I don't want to leave. So it's. That's the two women having a conversation and that's why it passes.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Huh?

[Olivia Mar]

It was fine. I wonder if we need to watch the hobbits as well people.

[Ilona Mar]

I think would be good.

[Olivia Mar]

You think so?

[Ilona Mar]

Yeah.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Don't make me. Anyway, all I gotta say is you put me in that editing booth and I'll get that into a quick 90 minutes. Oh yeah.

[Olivia Mar]

They're long. Too long.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Too long.

[Olivia Mar]

Oh yeah.

[Ilona Mar]

Those. Some of those battles.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I was like someone. I think that's my letterbox review is like, get me in that editing studio. And I'll get that.

[Ilona Mar]

I'll get that widow maybe smart to do if they re released it in, like, a shorter version.

[Adriaanna Mar]

No, actually, you can watch the extended version.

[Olivia Mar]

There's even four hours bigger versions from.

[Adriaanna Mar]

What we freaking did.

[Olivia Mar]

My favorite fairy character was the dwarf, and that's probably on purpose. He was the comedic relief in every single film, but I loved him. That was my favorite guy.

[Adriaanna Mar]

There's more to the dwarf story.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah. We just learned they all died in that cave at one point.

[Adriaanna Mar]

But I was like, they're all only in the one mountain. I'm very confused about it. And I'm just.

[Olivia Mar]

We probably have to read the book.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I'm not doing it. I'm sorry. You want me to. First hot take. I don't read a lot of books written by men or that has a male main character. It's just not something that I really connect to. So why am I doing it?

[Ilona Mar]

Well, speaking of books, speaking of Lord.

[Olivia Mar]

Of the Rings, trying to read that book.

[Ilona Mar]

Let's head on over to the book Nook.

[Olivia Mar]

Let's do it.

[Adriaanna Mar]

All right. To close out, we're gonna head over to the book Nook. Talk about what's new, what are we reading, what's old that we've read, what do we love? Get cozy.

[Olivia Mar]

Ilona just finished a book.

[Ilona Mar]

I just finished a thriller, Housemaid, which is being made into a movie. When I was looking at who the characters were gonna be in that movie, I was like, that doesn't align with the book. It was good. I listened to it, though. And I think that I can't listen to thrillers anymore because I become possessed, fixated. And I am. I have to go on walks to read because I can't. I can't just sit and listen to a book. I have to be doing something. So I'm going on walks. I'm listening to it when I walk here. I'm listening to it when I do this. I'm listening to it when I make sandwiches and thrillers. Pull you in so much, and they. You just can't wait. Cause I'll be reading them. Like, I don't know what's gonna happen. Like, how is this gonna change? I cannot predict things like that.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah.

[Ilona Mar]

And this one was fun. It's about, like a housemaid in the title. She comes to a house. Spoiler, Affluent house. And she starts working for this family. And the wife is just absolutely crazy to her, you know? But she needs this job. Cause she has kind of a past. And then a lot of Stuff ensues.

[Olivia Mar]

Mm.

[Ilona Mar]

And I remember reading it, and I was like, oh, it's gonna happen. I've read a couple. I've read a couple thrillers. You've read some thrillers as well. What Olivia and I said is, after we read a thriller, we need to detox with, like, a fun romance.

[Olivia Mar]

Fluffy romance. Yeah.

[Ilona Mar]

Because it has messed up my brain, and it's all I think about.

[Olivia Mar]

Yep.

[Ilona Mar]

I don't think I can read thrillers.

[Olivia Mar]

No.

[Ilona Mar]

But I want to read them. I'm like, I got an itch.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You gotta break them up. Ugh.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I want to.

[Olivia Mar]

Don't do it. It's just a lot.

[Ilona Mar]

I think if I live alone, I couldn't do it, though.

[Olivia Mar]

No.

[Ilona Mar]

Because I'll be, like, really spooky.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I like.

[Olivia Mar]

I love, like, a whodunit, like a murder mystery kind of vibe. But those are often now thrillers as well, so there's even more. Like, there's something about listening to it. It's in your head. You're thinking it through at all times. It's not like you're putting a book down. You're just kind of like.

[Ilona Mar]

Yeah, I agree.

[Olivia Mar]

I liked that one. They've apparently, I think they have. Like, there's a book two and three as well, which I'm kind of like, what? It seemed like a perfect piece of work, but. All right, I hear you. Do you read thrillers?

[Adriaanna Mar]

I drown. No. Why would I spend my time getting scared?

[Olivia Mar]

Right.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I've read the Silent Patient.

[Olivia Mar]

There's horror books, though, too.

[Adriaanna Mar]

And again, why? Why?

[Olivia Mar]

Right.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Like, I don't watch scary movies. I'm trying to have a fun time. I don't want to get scared. Sometimes I'll read, like, a mystery if it's not, like, scary, but no, I've never seen the. The only reason I read the Silent Patient was for a book club.

[Ilona Mar]

You know what I have been starting to read, which you just read?

[Adriaanna Mar]

Tell me.

[Ilona Mar]

Checkmate.

[Olivia Mar]

Check and mate. As we all know, I'm becoming a chess champion this year. I've been learning to play. I do my daily lessons. Adrianna no longer plays with me because she's a wuss.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I just. When we're playing online, I can visualize the board better. And I could eat her. But then when we transfer to a physical board, I just. My brain doesn't compute. And then Olivia was beating me, and I was getting really angry. I was beating her a lot. I can't do this anymore. I was like, no.

[Olivia Mar]

And there's something about online, even though it tells you where you can move. I can't see the board, I can't see several moves ahead. But when I'm on a physical board, I'm literally the queen's gang. The girl on the queen's gate.

[Adriaanna Mar]

It's on the ceiling.

[Olivia Mar]

I'm literally. I see it. So anyway, I check and mate. I loved. Because I've been in this chess headspace and it was lovely. And it's a romance and you get to know more about like the world of chess and competitions and, you know, your rankings as a chess player and grandmasters and stuff that I didn't really know. I think she even writes in the back that she takes some liberties with how things work in competitions and whatnot and the world of chess. Cause it's so male dominated that it was fun that she wrote it for like a woman. Like a fictional woman character. It is. Ya.

[Ilona Mar]

No, you didn't tell me that.

[Olivia Mar]

I'm telling you now and I'm sorry to have misled you.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Fade to black.

[Olivia Mar]

It's fade to black. Which for Ali Hazelwood, that's not normally the case for our girl. Ally. Yeah, girl. I'm so sorry, but it's worth it. It's such a good story otherwise that I was like, I was mad, but then I was still like, ah, whatever.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I'm gonna say I've read some really great romances that are fade to black. And I sometimes.

[Olivia Mar]

Oh, I know.

[Adriaanna Mar]

It's sometimes nice, you know, because it's not like one of those books where like, we get it having sex. It's like you're just always just waiting for like the relationship to, like, get deeper.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah. That's beautiful.

[Ilona Mar]

I read a book called Radiance recently.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Have you read that?

[Ilona Mar]

No, I don't think it's really big. But it's a story about two different species of humanoid people.

[Olivia Mar]

Click, pause there. Ruby Dixon sent her a special edition of.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Thank you, Ruby.

[Ilona Mar]

Ice Planet Barbarians.

[Olivia Mar]

Ice Planet barbarians. And wrote her a very cheeky little note in the front cover.

[Ilona Mar]

That's my girl, Radiance. Human girl. A human ish man. But he is like dark eyes, dark everything. Like, he's like only pits for eyes and like sharp teeth. They fall in love and because they had to do arranged marriage and their two species have hated each other, so they did an arranged marriage. And so they both find each other to be extremely ugly, but then come to love each other.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Okay, all right.

[Ilona Mar]

It was okay.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I'd read it.

[Ilona Mar]

There's many other books after really.

[Olivia Mar]

Radiance.

[Ilona Mar]

Radiance Radiance.

[Olivia Mar]

Dre, what you reading, girl?

[Ilona Mar]

Can I talk?

[Adriaanna Mar]

Alchemized.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Alchemized, which is the traditionally published book that was Manacled, which is a Draco Hermione fan fiction.

[Olivia Mar]

Wow. Speak on it, Dre.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I read Manacold in, like, I think 2020, maybe 2021. And that changed me as a person. Like, I couldn't consume anything. Harry Potter for the longest time. Like, I remember I watched Harry Potter and I was like. I was like, fuck Harry. I could not deal with Harry and Ron. I was like, disgusting people. Caveat. We don't support J.K. rowling. We are fans of, obviously, Harry Potter. Like, we've watched them all. So, like, it is in our sphere of entertainment and media that we do talk about, but so what we are talking about is previous consumed media, of course. So Manacled is the most beautifully written fanfiction or honestly book I have ever read. I don't read much fan fiction, but everyone was like, you have to read this. It'll change your life. And I was like, okay, sure. Broke me. Broke me. It is so beautifully written.

[Ilona Mar]

It is so.

[Adriaanna Mar]

Well, it is very gory. It's very. Just like, it's essentially in this book. Voldemort wins. And it's almost like she took Handmaid's Tale and incorporated it. So. Because there was, like, an infertility issue within the wizarding world. And so Hermione gets placed with Malfoy, yada, yada, yada. And so she. It was so popular, she traditionally published it. I was like, I don't really want to read this again, but I should. I should. Like, how is she redoing it? I paid my.

[Olivia Mar]

What is it?

[Adriaanna Mar]

15 bucks. Got it. I'm 8% of the way through. And somehow it's worse.

[Olivia Mar]

What do you mean?

[Adriaanna Mar]

Like, worse of, like, it's still beautiful writing, but worse of, like, the trauma the characters are going through is even harder.

[Olivia Mar]

Oh, interesting.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I will say she's doing a great job of, like. Like, they're no longer wizards, but they're alchemists. And so they're all. They're able to, like, manipulate bodies through, like, science. And some people have these powers. But I had to stop. I was like, I can't do this. Like, I was. Each page I was, like, bracing myself for, like, the next horror. But I will say, if you're interested, do read it.

[Ilona Mar]

But I've read it before. Free endorsement.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah, but I've read it.

[Adriaanna Mar]

So I'm like, I can't do it again. But it is such an incredible.

[Ilona Mar]

Should I do it?

[Olivia Mar]

I've tried it. I tried the self published. I've tried Manacle and it gave me nightmares. I only read it for about three days and every single. It's the same thing for when I watch any Hunger Games movie at night. I had nightmares right away. There was something about it. It was just like twisting and turning.

[Ilona Mar]

In my gut really.

[Olivia Mar]

And I just like put it down. Cause I also didn't want to ruin what I know to be Harry Potter for myself.

[Adriaanna Mar]

So maybe you could read Alchemized because it's no longer in the Harry Potter world.

[Olivia Mar]

Yeah.

[Adriaanna Mar]

And like from what. But it is.

[Olivia Mar]

So it would be like reading 50 Shades instead of Twilight.

[Ilona Mar]

But it sounds like less fun.

[Olivia Mar]

Oh yeah, yeah. Way less fun.

[Adriaanna Mar]

It's not fun, but it is incredible. Just like unreal writing and like I don't know how to even describe it. Like. Oh my God.

[Ilona Mar]

Wow.

[Olivia Mar]

Damn.

[Adriaanna Mar]

All right, well on that really delightful, lovely, brilliant note, I'd like to say thank you so much for coming over to the House of Mar A Wave original.

[Ilona Mar]

Be sure to watch and subscribe on YouTube and listen wherever you get your podcast.

[Olivia Mar]

Plus follow the show on social media ouseofmar for clips and behind the scenes content.

[Ilona Mar]

Adjana has some dishes to do so she's out of eating.

[Adriaanna Mar]

I set the table table. So no, no, you're gonna.

[Olivia Mar]

You gotta have clear too. That's how this works now. All right, we gotta go.

[Ilona Mar]

Everybody travels. Happy holiday. Put some hot sauce on your turkey.

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[Adriaanna Mar]

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[Olivia Mar]

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