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Bad moon rising! Fadzai and Sandile chart the rise and fall of the now unsired hybrid, Tyler Lockwood. A main character on The Vampire Diaries, Tyler starts off as the rich, arrogant jock in town, tied to the other characters by their history as part of the founding families, and his friendship with Matt Donovan. Most of his early time is characterised by his anger issues and his mistreatment of t...

Fadzai and Sandile howl at the moon with Mystic Falls Gang's resident werewolf, Tyler Lockwood. A main character on The Vampire Diaries, Tyler starts off as the rich, arrogant jock in town, tied to the other characters by their history as part of the founding families, and his friendship with Matt Donovan. Most of his early time is characterised by his anger issues and his mistreatment of the...

The scales of justice tilt! Sandile and Fadzai prepare their closing statements in this, the third and final part of the trial of Damon Salvatore. One of the lead characters of The Vampire Diaries, Damon starts off as a villainous vampire in the show's first season; his propensity for murder and violence, his animosity for his brother, Stefan Salvatore, and his desire to free his old love (Kat...

Court is back in session! Sandile and Fadzai narrowly avoid contempt in this, the second part of the trial of Damon Salvatore. One of the lead characters of The Vampire Diaries, Damon starts off as a villainous vampire in the show's first season; his propensity for murder and violence, his animosity for his brother, Stefan Salvatore, and his desire to free his old love (Katherine Pierce, a not...

Sandile and Fadzai swear in the jury and bang the gavel, for the trial of Damon Salvatore. One of the lead characters of The Vampire Diaries, Damon starts off as a villainous vampire in the show's first season; his propensity for murder and violence, his animosity for his brother, Stefan Salvatore, and his desire to free his old love (Katherine Pierce, a notorious 500-year-old vampire) from a...

Fadzai and Sandile sing a sultry song with the "siren" sisters, Sybil and Seline. Introduced in the eighth and final season of The Vampire Diaries, Sybil and Seline were born psychics in an Ancient Greek village, where such a power was punishable by exile. Trapped together on a barren island as young girls, the older Seline orchestrated a plan to psychically lure passing ship to crash on t...

The first of the Killer Bites! This series of episodes is for the more minor characters in The Vampire Diaries, but who shined as brightly as they did briefly - or weren't allowed to shine enough. In the first instalment of the series, Sandile and Fadzai give a voice to Beau, one of the Heretics from the show's seventh season, who is arguably under-served relative to the rest of his found...

Sandile and Fadzai turn off their maternity switch with the mother of the Salvatore brothers, Lillian "Lily" Salvatore. Virtually never referenced in the first half of The Vampire Diaries, Lily is thereafter mentioned once or twice to have died of "consumption" (tuberculosis) in the late 1850s. In the sixth season, however, Bonnie Bennett encounters her by chance in the Gemini cove...

In the second instalment of the Gilbert Journals, your hosts ask the spirits for knowledge on the oldest supernatural beings in The Vampire Diaries world: Witches. Practitioners of magic and stewards of nature, witches are often a force to be reckoned with, and Sandile and Fadzai will teach you how to maintain the balance - so you don't incur their wrath. Content Warning: This episode contains...

Fadzai and Sandile merge minds over the sinister siphon and Gemini witch, Malachi "Kai" Parker. The main antagonist for season 6 of The Vampire Diaries, Kai is encountered by Bonnie Bennett and Damon Salvatore after the collapse of the Other Side, when they are shunted into a snapshot of their reality from 1994. He reveals that he massacred most of his family upon learning he was being rep...

Sandile and Fadzai load their crossbows with Hunter apparent and occasional Medium, Jeremy Gilbert. A main character for most of The Vampire Diaries, he begins as the moody younger brother of the lead, Elena, sinking in substance abuse as he struggles with the untimely loss of their parents. When his girlfriend-turned-vampire Vicki is killed before his eyes after attempting to feed on him, he is t...

Fadzai and Sandile breathe life into a Greek tragedy with the first immortal, and originator of the Salvatore doppleganger line, Silas. Once a witch in Ancient Greece, he made Qetsiyah (the only witch more powerful than him amongst the Travelers) fall in love with him, and help him develop the spell for immortality. After he abandoned her at the wedding altar, she discovered that the spell was act...

Introducing the Gilbert Journals! A series of episodes that chronicles the supernatural (and mundane) lore of The Vampire Diaries world, much like the oft referenced Jonathan Gilbert himself. In the first instalment of the series, your hosts bring you all there is to know about the titular supernatural creatures: Vampires. Whether young or old, part or full, Original or otherwise, Fadzai and Sandi...

Sandile and Fadzai go back to the beginning with mother of the Mikaelsons and creator of the Original vampires herself - Esther. A witch from 10th-century Norway, she and her Viking husband* bring their children to far-back America in hopes of a better life. After their youngest dies in an accidental werewolf attack, they make the fateful decision to protect the rest of their children; they use ma...

Fadzai and Sandile opine on the wily Annabelle Zhu, one of the main antagonists of The Vampire Diaries' first season. Introduced after the midseason finale, Anna seems to be a geeky and endearing homeschooled teen, befriending Jeremy Gilbert after a chance encounter at the library, and assisting with research for a school paper. But as time passes, it becomes clear that her insight on vampires...

In the first official episode of the podcast, Sandile and Fadzai chat about brief but memorable feature of The Vampire Diaries, the troubled straight-shooter Vicki Donovan. One of the twelve main characters of the show's first season, Vicki is the only one not to survive beyond its conclusion. Despite her short-lived presence, though, the events surrounding her have ripple effects that affect...

Sandile and Fadzai prepare to return to Mystic Falls as they discuss the subject of the first season of the podcast - The Vampire Diaries. Arguably the blueprint for supernatural drama of its era, the show ran on the CW Network from 2009-2017, and maintains a foothold in the pop culture sphere years later. Join your hosts for this brief introduction before jumping into the first official episode,...