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Dear Podcast Listener, Welcome to The Sacrifice!  Who are YOU in spooky cahoots with? Do they have the Petrova fire? Sincerely, Brigid & Mary Beth Sensitive themes include: choices around whether to live or die, aggressive/abusive dynamics We want safety for you. Sending you much care <3 If you need help please consider the resources below and take care.  Suicide prevention resources:  http...

Dear Podcast Listener, Welcome to Katerina (part two)! Sincerely, Christina & Brigid Sensitive themes include: disownership of a woman who has a child out of wedlock, suicide We want safety for you. Sending you much care <3 If you need help please consider the resources below and take care.  Suicide prevention resources:  https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/resources/index.html   Info on grooming: ...

Dear Podcast Listener, Welcome to Katerina! Come fang out with us! We can fang-girl together... see what we did there?  Sincerely, Christina & Brigid Sensitive themes include: disownership of a woman who has a child out of wedlock, suicide We want safety for you. Sending you much care <3 If you need help please consider the resources below and take care.  Suicide prevention resources:  http...

Dear Podcast Listener, Welcome to Rose! This one has thorns. And lightbulbs.  Sincerely, Nikki & Brigid Sensitive themes include: violence, intimidation We want safety for you.  If you need help please consider the resources below and take care.  Info on grooming:  https://www.rainn.org/news/grooming-know-warning-signs   https://www.preventingexploitationtoolkit.org.uk/home/what-is-exploitatio...

Dear Podcast Listener, Welcome to Masquerade! HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Did you bring your mask? Your fruit of choice? Great, we brought the flame-throwers. Sincerely, Nikki & Brigid Please forgive the lack of initial timestamps. We hope to have them up soon! Sensitive themes include: Black characters being undervalued and killed off, abusive family dynamics We want safety for you.  If you need help pl...

Dear Podcast Listener, Welcome to Plan B! Plan A is that we both talk about this episode together. Plan B is that Nikki talks about the hard scenes while Brigid leaves the room... we had to use plan B.  Sincerely, Nikki & Brigid Please forgive the lack of initial timestamps. We hope to have them up soon! Sensitive themes include: torture We want safety for you.  If you need help please conside...

Dear Podcast Listener, Welcome to Kill or Be Killed! Are you ready for MFHSVP?! ...What do you mean you don't know the acronym for Mystic Falls Historical Society Volunteer Picnic? WHO ARE YOU. DO YOU EVEN GO HERE?  Sincerely, Nikki & Brigid Please forgive the lack of initial timestamps. We hope to have them up soon! Sensitive themes include: aggression and underage drinking.   We want safety...

Dear Podcast Listener, Welcome to Memory Lane! So many fun (and also cringey) callbacks to the past in this episode... Join us as we deal with our feelings for yet another charming manipulative character. Also isn't Caroline's car the coolest? Isn't it?  Sincerely, Nikki & Brigid Please forgive the lack of initial timestamps. We hope to have them up soon! Sensitive themes include: grooming and...

Dear Podcast Listener, Welcome to Bad Moon Rising. Who's a good boy? Mason is! Sincerely, Nikki & Brigid Please forgive the lack of initial timestamps. We hope to have them up soon! Sensitive themes include: sexual assault, predatory behavior, violence against women of Color We want safety for you.  If you need help please consider the resources below and take care.  United States: https://www...

Dear Podcast Listener, Welcome to Brave New World! Do you have your game face on yet...? But do you...?  Sincerely, Nikki & Brigid Please forgive the lack of initial timestamps. We hope to have them up soon! Sensitive themes include: physical abuse & violence, racist and misogynistic moralistic tropes of typical horror genre IP, and emotional manipulation.  We want safety for you.  If you...

Dear Podcast Listener, Welcome to The Return! We're back and so is a certain dead ringer... We couldn't be more excited! Sincerely, Nikki & Brigid Please forgive the lack of initial timestamps. We hope to have them up soon! Sensitive themes include: sexual assault, physical abuse & violence, and emotional manipulation.  We want safety for you.  If you need help please consider the resource...

P.P.P.P.P.P.S. In memorium: we rank the memorability of the deaths of Season One's characters. Obviously there are spoilers. Dearly beloved, you've been warned. Sincerely, Nikki & Brigid   -Follow us- @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram  or email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com Editing by Brigid Artwork by Nikki Music recorded & played by Patrick Hornig, written by Frédéric Chopin.

P.P.P.P.P.S.   We each dedicated tarot cards to characters and do a reading of their Season One arcs. Spoilers for Season One - you've been warned! Sincerely, Nikki & Brigid   -Follow us- @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram  or email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com Editing by Brigid Artwork by Nikki  

P.P.P.P.S. Let us regale you (and sometimes serenade you) with the songs of Season One. All credit to the artists in this playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/60gRO73LU1yl7BWIzA138r?si=78fa5cd3436a44bd (Also we didn't make any money off this episode. Not complaining, just a legal note) Sincerely, Nikki & Brigid   -Follow us- @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram  or email us at dear...

P.P.P.S. We utilized our vocabulary from the Word of the Day segment to sum up the season's events! Spoiler alert for the entire series of season one!  Sincerely, Nikki & Brigid   -Follow us- @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram  or email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com Editing by Brigid Artwork by Nikki

P.P.S. We ranked the town events of Mystic Falls from Season 1.  Sincerely,  Nikki & Brigid -Follow us- @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram  or email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com Editing by Brigid Artwork by Nikki

P.S. We tallied up the takes and stakes of season one.  Sincerely,  Nikki & Brigid -Follow us- @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram  or email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com Editing by Brigid Artwork by Nikki

Dear Podcast Listener, Welcome to Founders Day!  We made it!! Through season one!!! Alive and one year older!!!! Get on your float and let's take a ride. Sincerely, Nikki & Brigid   -Follow us- @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram  Email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com   -Trigger Warnings- Suicide-coded scenes 00:20:10 - 00:20:30, 01:08:12 - 0:1:09:33  National Suicide Prevention Lifeline...

Dear Podcast Listener,   Welcome to Isobel!  The bitch is back. And damn, what a woman. We discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly with this bi-coded villain. Sincerely, Nikki & Brigid   -Follow us- @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram  Email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com   -Trigger Warnings- Please be advised that we speak about biphobia, transphobia, and sexual violence for the first...

Dear Podcast Listener,    Welcome to Blood Brothers!    #JohnGilbertmustdie #WeHateJohnGilbert4ever #Mr. Gilbertmayyourotinhell #GoAwayJohnGilbert #MissMeWithThatJohnGilbert #RickIsDrivingUs #SeriouslyDoesAnyoneLikeThatGuy #JessIsWrongJohnGilbertSucks #JusticeForPearl #JusticeForHarper #WeCallHimJackass   Sincerely,  Nikki & Brigid   -Follow us- @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram  Email...

Dear Podcast Listener,  Welcome to Miss Mystic Falls!  Rise up Delena fans, it’s your moment!! We talk all about Damon and Elena’s chemistry and the bandwagon Stefan has fallen completely off of. Join us, and our guest host, for one of our absolute favorite episodes.  Sincerely,  Nikki & Brigid -Follow us- @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram  Email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com   -Trig...

Dear Podcast Listener,  Welcome to Under Control!  The town’s favorite son is back and he’s SUCH A JACKASS! Also he’s got a nice hunk of jewelry.  Sincerely,  Nikki & Brigid -Follow us- @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram  Email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com   -Trigger Warnings- Themes of alcoholism & disordered eating 00:04:30 - 00:06:55, 00:10:50 - 00:11:00,  00:21:00 - 00:23:55,...

Dear Podcast Listener,  Welcome to Let the Right One In!  Join us for a sting operation with TWO Harrison Fords! Elena is about to do something very brave, and very very dumb…. Go go Gryffindor!!  Sincerely,  Nikki & Brigid -Follow us- @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram  Email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com -Trigger Warnings- Torture 00:17:10-00:17:50 Coded LGBT coming out not going we...

Dear Podcast Listener, Welcome to There Goes the Neighborhood!  We apologize in advance for some audio issues. Maybe Anna, the technologically advanced vampire, can help us troubleshoot, and learn how to use a remote control and stuff.  Sincerely, Brigid & Nikki -Follow us- @dearvampdiaries on Twitter and Instagram  Email us at dearvampdiaries@gmail.com -Trigger Warnings- 00.29.45 - 00.30.05 T...

Dear Podcast Listener, APRIL FOOLS!!!! We have a special bonus episode for you! It’s a little niche book about a teenage girl that falls in love with a vampire. As their love blossoms conflict ensues as a dangerous vampire comes to town….  Sincerely, Brigid & Nikki -Trigger Warnings- Note, a lot of this episode covers problematic relationships and ideas. A general TW for the following througho...