Fandomly Speaking

Okay, maybe we are thinking a little too doomsday, but at least we had some fun with it! Who would you pick to be on your team for the end of the world? We are Liza and Melissa, two genx autistic women who love so many fandoms! After years as youtubers in the toy world, we decided to try something new and we hope you will enjoy getting to know us when we are unmasked and overstimulated! Join our P...

With the news of a 6th ACTOAR book that got us thinking about another series we loved last year, the Empyrean Series. Today we discuss the fan theories about Fourth Wing, Iron Flame and Onyx Storm because we have no idea where this story has been let alone where it is going! We are Liza and Melissa, two genx autistic women who love so many fandoms! After years as youtubers in the toy world, we dec...

With the news that Sarah J. Maas is releasing two new A Court of Thornes and Roses (ACOTAR) books we had to talk about some fan theories. There are a few we really love and some that make no sense! We are Liza and Melissa, two genx autistic women who love so many fandoms! After years as youtubers in the toy world, we decided to try something new and we hope you will enjoy getting to know us when w...

What would romantasy be without tropes? They are situations we understand. We kind of know the rules. But what tropes do we love and what tropes do we hate? We are Liza and Melissa, two genx autistic women who love so many fandoms! After years as youtubers in the toy world, we decided to try something new and we hope you will enjoy getting to know us when we are unmasked and overstimulated! Join o...

Wow, The OA is a show unlike anything else we've seen. Do we understand it? Not entirely. Do we like it? Absolutely! We are Liza and Melissa, two genx autistic women who love so many fandoms! After years as youtubers in the toy world, we decided to try something new and we hope you will enjoy getting to know us when we are unmasked and overstimulated! Join our Patreon for more fun: https://www...

Yay! We finally remembered to give each other homework and this week we will hear what Liza thinks about AMC's Interview With the Vampire!!We are Liza and Melissa, two genx autistic women who love so many fandoms! After years as youtubers in the toy world, we decided to try something new and we hope you will enjoy getting to know us when we are unmasked and overstimulated! Join our Patreon for...

Without the side characters, TV would be no fun! We are Liza and Melissa, two genx autistic women who love so many fandoms! After years as youtubers in the toy world, we decided to try something new and we hope you will enjoy getting to know us when we are unmasked and overstimulated! Join our Patreon for more fun: https://www.patreon.com/c/FandomlySpeakingInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/fand...

Are we living through a dystopian book or movie in 2026? It sure feels like it. Today we go on a side quest to share our grief and a little hope over life in the United States today. We are Liza and Melissa, two genx autistic women who love so many fandoms! After years as youtubers in the toy world, we decided to try something new and we hope you will enjoy getting to know us when we are unmasked...

It's so interesting how different the 80's and the 90's were when it came to TV and movies. The dawn of MTV and the age of cable was Melissa's teen years and Liza was there for the explosion of great teen TV in the 90's. We are Liza and Melissa, two genx autistic women who love so many fandoms! After years as youtubers in the toy world, we decided to try something new and we ho...

Some people inherit money, others get houses or jewelry, Melissa got a Burt Reynolds centerfold in the April 1972 issue of Cosmo and we are so grateful to her mom for this amazing historical document! We are Liza and Melissa, two genx autistic women who love so many fandoms! After years as youtubers in the toy world, we decided to try something new and we hope you will enjoy getting to know us whe...

MELISSA's friend Dave has an absolutely stunning and huge collection of retro board games. And this week we are going into his garage to take a peek at his collection and learn some of the history of board games. Oh and we're also gonna talk about Bratz! Follow Dave at:https://www.instagram.com/davembuzz/We are Liza and Melissa, two genx autistic women who love so many fandoms! After years...

It's that time of year again! The winter solstice holidays are here and we are sharing some of our favorite Christmas movies and TV specials. We are Liza and Melissa, two genx autistic women who love so many fandoms! After years as youtubers in the toy world, we decided to try something new and we hope you will enjoy getting to know us when we are unmasked and overstimulated! Join our Patreon...

Five Nights at Freddy's 2 Releases in theaters today and we are joined by Heavenly, a FNAF fandom expert! Heavenly will share some of the unbelievable lore and behind the scenes of this surprisingly enduring fandom that pretty much owes it's popularity to YouTube! Where you can find Heavenly:https://www.youtube.com/@HeavenlysDolls https://www.instagram.com/heavenlysdollshttps://www.tiktok....

If there's one thing that had the biggest impact on GenX it was television. So much changed between the dawn of the generation when Melissa was a child and the golden age of the sitcom and TV channels made for kids that Liza's end of GenX experienced. We are Liza and Melissa, two genx autistic women who love so many fandoms! After years as youtubers in the toy world, we decided to try some...

**Note we are not diagnosing anyone, we are just noting characters who, through our own neurodivergent lenses, seem to us to be on the spectrum.**As long as there has been media there have been autistic characters, we just didn't label them. They were the outsiders - the Spocks and Sherlock Holmeses. We both identify so much with the struggles these characters encounter as they try to make sen...

When we started this podcast we found out that we both love musicals. Now we finally get to talk about our favorites! We are Liza and Melissa, two genx autistic women who love so many fandoms! After years as youtubers in the toy world, we decided to try something new and we hope you will enjoy getting to know us when we are unmasked and overstimulated! Join our Patreon for more fun: https://www.pa...

We love them and we love to hate them! Who are the best and worst TV Boyfriends? We are trying to figure that out on this Side Quest. We are Liza and Melissa, two genx autistic women who love so many fandoms! After years as youtubers in the toy world, we decided to try something new and we hope you will enjoy getting to know us when we are unmasked and overstimulated! Join our Patreon for more fun...

Buffy seasons 6 and 7 are a pretty rough watch, but only because they are so emotionally dense and thought provoking. Even 20 years later they resonate. We are Liza and Melissa, two genx autistic women who love so many fandoms! After years as youtubers in the toy world, we decided to try something new and we hope you will enjoy getting to know us when we are unmasked and overstimulated! Join our P...

This week we are diving into the hellmouth with Buffy, Willow, Xander, Angel Giles and the rest of the scoobies as we share our love of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. We are Liza and Melissa, two genx autistic women who love so many fandoms! After years as youtubers in the toy world, we decided to try something new and we hope you will enjoy getting to know us when we are unmasked and overstimulated! J...

This week we head back into the hellmouth only this time we are going to an even more evil place, UC Sunnydale college! Buffy, Willy, Xander, Giles, Anya, Oz and the gang are going to meet some interesting new people and some new demons and make lots of bad life choices. Beer Good! We are Liza and Melissa, two genx autistic women who love so many fandoms! After years as youtubers in the toy world,...

#GenX is a generation that was undersupervised and overexposed in the worst way possible. We saw, read, heard and listened to so many things that we should not have been! We are Liza and Melissa, two genx autistic women who love so many fandoms! After years as youtubers in the toy world, we decided to try something new and we hope you will enjoy getting to know us when we are unmasked and overstim...

Episode 24 Labubu & Plush Collecting with Elvira Taylor. Today we are exploring why Labubu became such a breakout hit and what is coming next in the growing world of plush doll collectibles. https://www.instagram.com/thedollcircle/https://www.instagram.com/thebeadcirclediy/https://www.youtube.com/@TheDollCircleWe are Liza and Melissa, two genx autistic women who love so many fandoms! After yea...

Today we are going to try to understand seasons 4 - 6 of LOST. Wish us luck! We are Liza and Melissa, two genx autistic women who love so many fandoms! After years as youtubers in the toy world, we decided to try something new and we hope you will enjoy getting to know us when we are unmasked and overstimulated! Join our Patreon for more fun: https://www.patreon.com/c/FandomlySpeakingInstagram: ht...

This week we are diving in Seasons 1- 3 of Lost, one of the best television shows ever! Twenty years later we are still confused, amazed, frustrated and in love with Lost! We are Liza and Melissa, two genx autistic women who love so many fandoms! After years as youtubers in the toy world, we decided to try something new and we hope you will enjoy getting to know us when we are unmasked and oversti...

#LOST is still an amazing television experience 20 years later!! Today we are talking about seasons 1-3 and we have a whole lot of thoughts, theories and questions! We are Liza and Melissa, two genx autistic women who love so many fandoms! After years as youtubers in the toy world, we decided to try something new and we hope you will enjoy getting to know us when we are unmasked and overstimulated...