S06.28: HEA or GTFO

Fated Mates - A Romance Novel Podcast

Fated Mates

Society & Culture, Documentary, Books, Arts

4.9 • 889 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2024

⏱️ 140 minutes

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Summary

The cornerstone of the genre. The one thing that, when thrown into question, is guaranteed to enrage every corner of Romancelandia. We’re talking about Happily Ever After (HEA). Its promise, its importance, its relevance to us as readers, writers and people in the world. We talk about what really makes it hard won and deserved for us — which means yes, we’re talking about grovels and yes, we’re talking about third act break ups, and yes, we’re talking about patriarchy. Because of course we are. You’ve probably heard us talk about all the books we’re mentioning here…greatest hits are hits for a reason, y’all. There are some audio issues with this one. Sorry, folks! It does get better at about 15 minutes in.

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0:00.0	Well, Sarah, we're fighting the H.E. A wars again. Oh, God, it just, it's there, and it's like the 100 years war.
0:06.5	It is. It is. Listen, I gotta be honest, I was a history major and I don't even know what the 100 years war is. I'm sure I do. I don't know actually. Like like most Americans I have no idea about anyone.
0:19.0	Listen, it just sounds like something French.
0:22.0	Sounds exhausting. sounds like I mean, is this just what we do now.
0:24.1	Sounds exhausting.
0:25.4	Like, I mean, truly like, is this just what we do now?
0:31.5	Hang on, I'm looking it up.
0:33.0	What the 100 years were?
0:35.0	Yeah, 100 years were.
0:36.0	A series of armed conflicts fought between the kingdoms of England and France during the late Middle
0:40.3	Ages.
0:41.6	Somebody out there is yelling already at me. How could you not know?
0:45.8	I think the thing about those wars though. Oh it's about the throne, English
0:49.6	claims to the French throne. But listen, old school war, it's different.
0:54.2	They're probably like 29 years in between and then like there's a little skirmish on the, you know.
0:59.7	Now we're just making this up. You all, if you are taking a test of some kind about the
1:03.6	hundred years war do not use we are not no but we don't don't hire a lawyer we
1:09.1	we are not the right people to listen to.
1:13.0	Yeah, but these H.E.A. Wars, I mean, somebody's always starting them and it just feels like everybody, we've done this.
1:22.0	Yeah. Also, it feels like some of you don't have a group chat and it shows.
1:28.0	Everybody needs a group chat. It's true.
1:30.0	Maybe preferably many. Because then you can like something really hot can happen in one and you can be like have you all seen this in the other one and then you're like the popular kid in the other one for a little while because you brought some fresh meat.
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