Hyperfixation Station

This week, we officially kick off our new series, Stoned Summary, where Miranda explains a piece of media to Jess while we are operating at a very different level.

For our first episode, Miranda takes on The Inheritance Cycle and attempts to walk Jess through the full story of the Eragon books, including dragons, magic, lore, betrayals, and everything else this series manages to pack in.

The result is exactly as chaotic as you would hope.

If you love fantasy, enjoy hearing us lose the plot in real time, or just want to experience The Inheritance Cycle in the most unserious way possible, this one is for you.

Next week, we are launching a brand new series: Stoned Summary.

The concept is simple: Miranda gets to explain a piece of media to Jess while we are very much not at our most powerful.

For our very first episode, Miranda is walking Jess through The Inheritance Cycle, yes, all of the Eragon books.

Dragons. Destiny. Magic. War. Complex lore. An entire fantasy series being explained under deeply unserious circumstances.

What could possibly go wrong?

If you’ve read the books, love hearing us spiral, or just want to witness Jess attempt to process the full chaos of The Inheritance Cycle in real time, this episode is for you.

Our Game of Thrones 15-Year Anniversary Rewatch Season 1 episode is LIVE.

Jess and Miranda are returning to the very beginning: rewatching the season that introduced us to the Starks, the Lannisters, the Targaryens, and the choices that changed everything.

We talk: ⚔️ first impressions vs now 👀 moments that still hit just as hard 💭 what feels very different 15 years later 🔥 and all the groundwork Season 1 laid for what was to come

This is the start of our 8-part rewatch series, with a new season every other Tuesday.

🎙️ Now streaming on Spotify & Apple Podcasts.

Next Tuesday, Jess and Miranda kick off a brand new series celebrating the 15th anniversary of Game of Thrones… by doing what we do best: rewatching, overanalyzing, and having a lot of feelings.

We’re diving into Season 1: the politics, the betrayals, the characters we loved immediately (and the ones we absolutely did not), and how it all holds up 15 years later.

This is the start of an 8-part series, where every other Tuesday we revisit a new season and talk about what’s changed, what still hits, and what feels very different now.

It all starts here:

⚔️ the Starks

🐉 the Targaryens

🦁 the Lannisters

…and the choices that set everything in motion

Join us next Tuesday as we return to Winterfell, King’s Landing, and the beginning of it all.

🎙️ Season 1 rewatch episode drops soon.

Miranda has officially survived her first full month playing Love and Deepspace.

So obviously… we’re conducting a formal interrogation.

In this episode, Jess grills her on: ✨ first impressions 💔 emotional damage 👀 favorite love interests 🤯 and whether she’s in deeper than she thought

Was it everything she expected? Did someone unexpectedly wreck her? Is she already plotting long-term devotion?

Join us next Tuesday for the official Deepspace Debrief.

The boardroom is open. The pitch decks are printed. We are unwell.

This week we present our completely unrealistic, wildly ambitious Dragon Age game ideas, the ones we know we’ll never get but can’t stop thinking about.

Alternate timelines? Morally grey protagonists? Deep lore rabbit holes? Games that would emotionally ruin us?

Yes. All of it.

If BioWare won’t make them… we will.

The sky tore open. The Mark burned. The myth began.

This week, we deep dive into Aurelion “Ari” Lavellan and Valexian “Lex” Lavellan, two men forced into destiny, shaped by loss, and turned into symbols the world needed.

We talk: Who they were before anyone called them Herald What leadership did to them The love they allowed in (and the walls they didn’t) And how you survive when the world turns you into a miracle

The Inquisition was built stone by stone.

So were they.

We’re diving back into Dragon Age: Inquisition for our Male MC Deep Dive and this one is heavy.

Aurelion “Ari” Lavellan. Valexian “Lex” Lavellan.

Two Dalish men. One glowing mark. A world desperate for something to believe in.

From clan life to Skyhold, from reluctant leader to living legend, we’re breaking down who they were before the Breach, who they became because of it, and how myth can swallow a man whole.

One builds miracles quietly. One builds them with gritted teeth and daggers drawn.

This coming Tuesday, Jess and Miranda are doing something deeply irresponsible: letting Dragon Age antagonists explain themselves.

In this episode, we each wrote AITA-style Reddit posts from the POV of some of Thedas’ most infamous villains and then revealed them to each other in real time. Think: unhinged justifications, selective memory, morally questionable edits, and an alarming lack of accountability.

Are they misunderstood visionaries?

Are they absolutely the problem?

Or are they just really bad at writing their own post titles?

We laugh, we absolutely judge them, and we decide once and for all:

AITA or NTA?

The episode where we finally stopped asking “why wasn’t this an option?” and started saying “fine, we’ll do it ourselves.”

Our non-romanceable Dragon Age romance episode is officially LIVE, and we went all in. We built romance paths for characters the games never let you love, and somehow made it emotional, thoughtful, and just a little dangerous.

Jess said “let’s be brave” and wrote romances for Wynne, Krem, and Elgar’nan. Miranda said “this absolutely should have been an option” and delivered romance arcs for Varric, Cole, and Viago.

We talk slow burns, emotional intimacy, power dynamics, healing, devotion, and what these characters would be like when they choose someone. It’s indulgent, yes, but it’s also deeply rooted in canon and character.

🎙 The episode is live now on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. Come cry, scream, and say “this should have been in the game” with us.

(We regret nothing. 💔💖)

Okay but hear us out.

This coming Tuesday, Jess and Miranda are doing what BioWare wouldn’t: giving non-romanceable Dragon Age characters the love stories they deserve.

That’s right. We took characters the games said “no ❤️” to and said absolutely not.

Jess tackled romance paths for:

✨ Wynne (yes, really)

🔥 Krem (as he DESERVES)

🌑 Elgar’nan (because why not ruin everyone emotionally)

Miranda brought the love for:

📖 Varric (finally. FINALLY.)

🕊 Cole (soft, strange, devastating)

🗡 Viago (dangerously charming, obviously)

We break down how these romances would actually work in canon, what kind of partner each character would be, and why these stories add so much depth to characters who already had our hearts.

Is it self-indulgent? Yes.

Is it unhinged? A little.

Is it emotionally correct? Absolutely.

💔💖 Tune in this Tuesday for the episode where we rewrite fate.

Kirkwall doesn’t care who you were before. It only cares who you become.

This week, Jess and Miranda dive into their Dragon Age II male Hawkes: two men forged by the same city, shaped by loss, duty, and impossible expectations.

We talk about: • anger as armor • humor as survival • siblings as anchors • and what it really means to become the Champion

Heavy. Emotional. Extremely DA2-coded.

🎙️ Now streaming on Spotify & Apple Podcasts

Kirkwall made him. Now we break him down.

This week on Two Nerdy Girls in the Closet, we’re finally diving into our Dragon Age II male main characters, and wow… these Hawkes are built different.

🗡️ Alaric Hawke: a two-handed warrior fueled by rage, responsibility, and pure exhaustion. Sharp tongue, iron loyalty, and only one person who truly gets him: his sister Bethany (and Merrill of course)

🔥 Magnus Hawke: a farm-raised mage who spent his life trapped by expectations, until Kirkwall gave him freedom. Starts cynical and bitter, ends softer, more compassionate, and very much in love with Fenris.

We talk trauma, growth, dark humor as armor, and how Kirkwall changes a person, sometimes painfully, sometimes for the better.

🎙️ New episode drops next Tuesday. Come meet our Hawkes.

🩸 THE ARENA OPENS ONCE AGAIN… 🩸

Next Tuesday, Two Nerdy Girls in the Closet returns with our FOURTH ANNUAL HUNGER GAMES EPISODE, and this time we decided to do something deeply unwise.

We’re throwing Dragon Age antagonists (from Origins through The Veilguard) into the Hunger Games… but the battlefield isn’t Thedas.

It’s the Fade Nightmare.

Overseen by the Nightmare Demon from Here Lies the Abyss, this arena twists fear into weapons and forces every contestant to confront the parts of themselves they thought were buried. No heroes. No mercy. No escape.

This episode gets dark. It gets psychological. And it gets very ugly.

Who thrives when fear itself is watching? Who breaks first?

The codex has returned… and we made it readable.

S2 Episode 1: Becoming Translators of the Past (In the Best Way) is out NOW on Spotify & Apple Podcasts! 🎉

In this episode, Jess and Miranda take classic Dragon Age: Origins codex entries and rewrite them in modern language, because sometimes lore needs subtitles, footnotes, and a sense of humor.

It’s history, but funny. It’s lore, but unhinged. It’s Season 2, and we’re not being normal about it.

Go listen, laugh, and immediately want us to do more. (We already know.) 😌📜✨

The codex is back… but we read it so you don’t have to.

Next Tuesday, Two Nerdy Girls in the Closet kicks off Season 2 with an episode that answers the age-old question:

What if Dragon Age codex entries were written in modern language and didn’t take themselves so seriously?

In S2 Episode 1: Becoming Translators of the Past (In the Best Way), Jess and Miranda rewrite classic Dragon Age: Origins codex entries using today’s words, humor, and just a little chaos. Think lore, but accessible. History, but funny. Respectful, but absolutely roasted.

If you love Dragon Age lore but sometimes wish it came with subtitles… this one’s for you. 👀📖