Hyperfixation: A Queer Fandom Podcast

In the first regular season episode in so long they nearly forgot how to do it, the gang has a quick chat about the Book of Boba Fett trailer. Cork and Bret love how much Tatoonie lore there is. Was that voice Din's? Did Cork discover a Prospect connection on IMDB?  Briikasak is a Mando'a word meaning a social gathering among comrades during difficult times. In Briikasak: A Mandalorian P...

Cork's obsession with Maul continues and True Colors is delayed another week. The gang goes through Maul's appearances in Star Wars: Rebels to see his fixation on Ezra, his drama hood, and his final stand-off with Obi-wan. Also, Kanan cosplays Cyclops and Sabine gets the Dark Saber.   Briikasak is a Mando'a word meaning a social gathering among comrades during difficult times. In Br...

The gang finally covers the third Republic Commando book, True Colors. Has Vau surpassed Kal as the okay-est dad? Why is Bessany's forensic accounting the most exciting part? And of course, Etain miscarries because what else can a pregnant character do?  Briikasak is a Mando'a word meaning a social gathering among comrades during difficult times. In Briikasak: A Mandalorian Podcast, thre...

The gang plus Shadow the cat takes their first foray into Star Wars: Rebels. The clones are crazy old men sharing a bed now,  Sabine is a silly looking Mandalorian, Cork and Bret met Darth Maul at Cincinnati Comic Expo, and Marika likes Rebels more than Bad Batch.  Briikasak is a Mando'a word meaning a social gathering among comrades during difficult times. In Briikasak: A Mandalorian Podcast...

Briikasak and Ahsoka return to Clone Wars for the only reason Cork has made us watch it: the finale arc. The immortal Bo-Katan fails to retake Mandalore, Cork has some theories about Rook Kast, Anakin and his weird hair go full Vader, and Rex and Ahsoka are force to fight and then bury all of their friends...yay.  Briikasak is a Mando'a word meaning a social gathering among comrades during di...

The gang joins Fives and AZ as they uncover the inhibitor chips. Cork wants to visit 79s, Bret explains the importance of AZ's survival of the raddest, and Marika is still impressed with this show. Fives is baby, everybody is kissing, and the whitewashing is still really bad.  Briikasak is a Mando'a word meaning a social gathering among comrades during difficult times. In Briikasak: A Ma...

The gang talks about the two-part finale of The Bad Batch. Bret brings up how it directly copies Rebels. Cork explains all the reasons it failed and everyone comes up with ideas for how it could have been better. Glad that's over. Is it time for Book of Boba Fett yet?  Briikasak is a Mando'a word meaning a social gathering among comrades during difficult times. In Briikasak: A Mandaloria...

Briikasak returns to its original purpose and talks about the Mandalorians in Clone Wars. Satine is a terrible spy, Darth Maul is Cork's baby, and we get the first appearances of the Dark Saber and gatekeep, gaslight, girl boss Bo-Katan. Briikasak is a Mando'a word meaning a social gathering among comrades during difficult times. In Briikasak: A Mandalorian Podcast, three queer comrades...

The gang reacts to the completely forgettable "Infested" and the much better "War-Mantle." Bret was excited to see Gregor and Scorch, Cork wants Echo to become the new team leader, and Marika is tried of this baby shit. Briikasak is a Mando'a word meaning a social gathering among comrades during difficult times. In Briikasak: A Mandalorian Podcast, three queer comrades wit...

The gang watches possibly the best arc of The Clone Wars, as the 501st question their roles and deal with definitely not a villain.  Cork has a lot to say about Rex and Marika is impressed by how much better this is than Bad Batch. Briikasak is a Mando'a word meaning a social gathering among comrades during difficult times. In Briikasak: A Mandalorian Podcast, three queer comrades with varyin...

The gang reacts to Devil's Deal and Rescue on Ryloth. Is the show slowly morphing into other Dave Filoni shows? Are these episodes a total waste for people who haven't seen Rebels? Is Howzer everyone's new favorite clone?  Briikasak is a Mando'a word meaning a social gathering among comrades during difficult times. In Briikasak: A Mandalorian Podcast, three queer comrades with...

The gang finishes up Republic Commando: Triple Zero and man did it get sexist. Omega and Delta Squads successfully complete their mission, Jusik goes full Mandalorian, and Etain finds her true calling...motherhood?  Briikasak is a Mando'a word meaning a social gathering among comrades during difficult times. In Briikasak: A Mandalorian Podcast, three queer comrades with varying degrees of Sta...

The gang discusses the missed potential of Episode 10: Common Ground, where the Batch goes through a plot Marika didn't understand while Omega stays home to cosplay Queen's Gambit. Cork has a lot to stay about Echo's treatment and the continued whitewashing for the clones. Briikasak is a Mando'a word meaning a social gathering among comrades during difficult times. In Briikasak...

The Briikasak gang rejoins Omega Squad for their Black Ops mission on Coruscant. Kal is a sexist and the author is a TERF, but Etain manages to have a few good moments. Cork hates Delta Squad but is shipping Sev and Fi.  Briikasak is a Mando'a word meaning a social gathering among comrades during difficult times. In Briikasak: A Mandalorian Podcast, three queer comrades with varying degrees o...

Because Cork wanted to and everyone seemed to like the first edition, the Briikasak gang plays fuck, marry, kill with Bad Batch characters. Everyone tries to avoid killing Wrecker, has to confront their odd love of Boba Fett while Cork and Marika make very predictable choices.   Briikasak is a Mando'a word meaning a social gathering among comrades during difficult times. In Briikasak: A Manda...

In this "minisode", the gang reacts to Reunion and Bounty Lost. They discuss the sibling relationships between the Batch, the well-balance villainy of Crosshair, the trans Omega theory, and how great Fennec is.  Briikasak is a Mando'a word meaning a social gathering among comrades during difficult times. In Briikasak: A Mandalorian Podcast, three queer comrades with varying degrees...

For Briikasak's second Pride Month episode, Cork runs the gang through the inherent queerness of Mandalorian's culture and language, shares their Mando'a-based coming out story, and gives a brief language lesson.  Briikasak is a Mando'a word meaning a social gathering among comrades during difficult times. In Briikasak: A Mandalorian Podcast, three queer comrades with varying d...

Rex is finally here! The gang reacts to the seventh episode of Bad Batch: Battle Scars, in which Rex helps the batch get their chips removed. Why didn't Rex and Echo get more time together? Is something being set up with Rex? Will Bret get to see any of the video game characters?  Briikasak is a Mando'a word meaning a social gathering among comrades during difficult times. In Briikasak:...

The gang reacts to the fifth and sixth episodes of Bad Batch. Cork's enjoying it, Marika is annoyed, and Bret wants a baby rancor as a pet. Is the show too episodic? Are we getting closer to an overreaching plot? Is Rex ever going to show up? 

Happy Pride from Briikasak! We ran through the history of queerness within the fandom, were forced to acknowledge Karen the TERFs contributions, and discussed the canonical queer characters in the pre- and post-Disney eras. 

For the second episode of Marika Mutant May, she made everyone watch The New Mutants. The gang covers the movie's racist problems, lack of horror, similarities to Bad Batch, and so much Buffy. 

The gang reacts to Cornered, the fourth episode of Bad Batch. Everyone is glad Fennec is finally here and mad at how Echo is being treated. Also, can Omega stop wandering off already? 

The gang reacts to the second and third episodes of Bad Batch. The show is losing Marika over its tell don't show tendencies. Cork is now waiting for Cody to show up and Bret just wants the brothers to reunite and be happy 

It’s Marika Mutant May! Because of what Cork did on Marika’s birthday last year, Briikasak is an X-Men podcast for May. The gang talks about Marauders #1-12 and 16, a chaotic tale of queer pirates where the subtext is so strong Cork mistook it for text

The gang reacts to Aftermath, the first episode of Bad Batch. Bret is hurt by having to see Order 66 again. Cork is waiting for Rex to show up. And Marika is distracted for Xena related reasons.