Dragons in the Details: A Crescent City & Maasverse Deep Dive Podcast

Quick Note - In our originally published version of this episode, we incorrectly attributed the role of Ursula in the cast of “The Little Mermaid Live!” to Oprah, not Queen Latifah. We sincerely apologize for this mistake. We have nothing but the greatest respect for both of these women and feel terrible about the mix-up. This version has been edited to remove the error, since we don’t like posting incorrect information, but we want to acknowledge the mistake and own it. We strive to get things right, and when we don't, we believe in saying so. Thank you for hearing us out.
Original Show Notes:
Join your favorite literary detectives Abby and Ronnie as they dive into everyone’s (?) favorite (?) wolf shifter, Danika Fendyr! This week we’re answering all the questions we had about Bryce’s surprisingly involved best friend. Just exactly what did Danika know, and when did she know it? Why did Danika put the Horn in Bryce’s back? And really, and the end of the day, was she actually a good friend? Find out all that (and more) in this week’s episode!
NOTE ON SPOILERS: This episode will have spoilers for both ACOTAR and Crescent City. If you have not read every book in both the A Court of Thorns and Roses and Crescent City series, beware!
CHAPTERS:
00:31 Good News: Tarzan Still Slaps
06:14 Episode Overview: Danika Deep Dive
09:47 Fun Question: Choose your Shifter Form
13:38 COSMs
18:59 What are Danika's Powers and Where did they Come from?
29:37 What did Danika know, and when did she know it?
46:09 Why did Danika put the Horn in Bryce's back?
54:39 Why does Danika keep so many things from Bryce?
01:00:32 Throne of Glass spoilers from here on out!
01:01:01 Throne of Glass COSMs
01:14:45 Why were the Asteri so interested in the Fendyr line?
01:26:45 What did Danika want to know about Baxian?
01:32:08 Pre-Cog Corner!
01:41:39 Reading Corner: Book Recommendations and Insights
 
ABOUT THIS EPISODE: Dragons in the Details is the podcast that helps YOU better understand your favorite books. We never recap chapters—we find new insights, make new connections, and give you those WOW moments you love. WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for the entire ACOTAR series. The "Maasverse" section contains spoilers for Throne of Glass and Crescent City.
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Dragons!! Are you ready for our FIRST Deep Dive of our Crescent City season? Strap in, because this one’s a doozy - it’s our Starborn Fae Deep Dive!
Join your favorite book sleuths Abby and Ronnie as they uncover alllll the secrets of the Starborn fae. What exactly are the Starborn fae, anyway? How come some of them have shadows and some of them don’t? Why does the power seem to mostly pop up in females? And why, oh why, does the power seem so very similar to the Asteri’s? Find out all that (and more) in this week’s episode!
NOTE ON SPOILERS: This episode will have spoilers for both ACOTAR and Crescent City. If you have not read every book in both the A Court of Thorns and Roses and Crescent City series, beware!
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Ramen for Breakfast
09:39 Episode Overview: Starborn Deep Dive
13:27 Announcements
14:43 Fun Question: Ritas or White Raven?
17:07 Corrections, Omissions, Social Media Shout Outs
24:54 What are the Starborn Fae?
33:13 What are the Powers of the Starborn Fae?
50:07 What do we think the Starborn Fae are, Actually?
01:31:35 What is the significance of the eight pointed star?
01:40:58 What are the differences between Bryce and Ruhn's starlights?
01:47:22 Why does the Starborn line seem to be stronger in Females than Males?
01:54:09 Why can some starborn fae winnow, wield shadows, and mindspeak, while others can't?
02:12:49 Throne of Glass Omissions
02:17:20 Pre-Cog Corner
 
ABOUT THIS EPISODE: Dragons in the Details is the podcast that helps YOU better understand your favorite books. We never recap chapters—we find new insights, make new connections, and give you those WOW moments you love. WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for the entire ACOTAR series. The "Maasverse" section contains spoilers for Throne of Glass and Crescent City.
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Babes!! It’s! Finally! Time! To talk about Crescent City!!!
Join your favorite off-the-wall theorists and insane book besties Abby and Ronnie as they react to their Crescent City re-reads. What are they catching this time that they missed last time? How do they think the Crescent City books stack up? Which book are they enjoying the most on their re-read? What character are they most excited to talk about this season?? Tune in to find out!
NOTE ON SPOILERS: This episode will have spoilers for both ACOTAR and Crescent City. If you have not read every book in both the A Court of Thorns and Roses and Crescent City series, beware!
CHAPTERS:
00:00 We're back babes!!! And so are all the books!
03:04 The Excitement of New Book Releases
06:25 Intro: It's our Crescent City Season!
07:48 Announcements: Hope you did your homework!
09:06 Fun Question 1: Who's our favorite?
15:41 Fun Question 2: Where do we want to live?
16:17 Exploring Prithian: A Dream Destination
17:10 Corrections, Omissions, Social Media Shout Outs
17:20 Corrections and Clarifications: Listener Feedback
19:31 Is Rhys still High Lord?
21:27 Ley lines, ley lines, ley lines
23:49 Rigelus is Hunt's Big Toe
24:31 How many times have we read Crescent City? So many
25:42 How are we enjoying our re-reads?
30:11 The Book we Enjoyed Most on the Re-Read
34:43 What are we Catching Now?
41:59 The Characters We're Most Excited to Cover
44:57 Pre-cog Corner: Crescent City
57:36 Reading Corner: What’s Next for the Hosts?
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ABOUT THIS EPISODE: Dragons in the Details is the podcast that helps YOU better understand your favorite books. We never recap chapters—we find new insights, make new connections, and give you those WOW moments you love. WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for the entire ACOTAR series. The "Maasverse" section contains spoilers for Throne of Glass and Crescent City.
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Babes we are back! In preparation for our Crescent City season we are re-releasing some of our most relevant episodes from Season 2! With new banter and insights, but the same theories you love, join the dragons as they look back at their episode “Azriel Deep Dive!” 
NOTE ON SPOILERS: The new intro section will include spoilers for THE FULL MAASVERSE. In our Crescent City season, we will keep spoilers to ACOTAR & Crescent City for the first half, but because most of this discussion falls in our Maasverse section, we will be covering full Maasverse spoilers in these intros! You can skip past the intro chapter if you’d like to go straight to the ACOTAR only section.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro - Soup Season, Medieval Times, The Life of a Showgirl, T-Pain's still got it
16:26 Episode Overview - Azriel Deep Dive
18:50 ACOTAR COSMs - Elain getting comfy, Jesminda and Lucien
25:53 Fun Question - What would Azriel suggest for a first date?
26:51 ACOTAR Deep Dive: What is a shadowsinger?
42:46 ACOTAR Deep Dive: What is Azriel's Winnowing Power?
53:49 ACOTAR Deep Dive: Why was Azriel able to remember the trove when even Amren forgot it?
01:01:36 ACOTAR Deep Dive: Why is Az so unlucky in love?
01:20:15 ACOTAR Pre-Cog Corner: Azriel and Elain as Hades and Persephone, with a Koschei cameo!
01:24:46 Maasverse Deep Dive: Crescent City and Throne of Glass spoilers from here on out, babes!
01:25:18 Maasverse COSMs: The best DM we've ever gotten, The Bone Carver's Circles, the eddies of the Cauldron, more shadow daddies! (CC, Tog)
01:30:35 Maasverse Deep Dive: Where does shadowsinging come from? (Nowhere good babes!) (CC, ToG) 
01:49:02 Early Pre-Cog: The prophecy of the sword and the knife isn't about the fae at all, AND it ties everything togehter (ToG, CC, all of it!)
01:55:39 Maasverse Deep Dive: Where do Azriel's other powers come from? (ToG, CC) 
02:05:34 A completely off the cuff bonus Q: Are Bryce and Azriel mates? (CC) 
02:12:14 Maasverse Pre-Cog Corner: Have we met Koschei before? (CC, ToG) 
02:16:04 Maasverse Precog: It's actually all about Vassa (ToG, CC)
02:20:40 Maasverse Pre-Cog: What if Az's scars aren't from fire at all? (CC) 
02:21:49 Maasverse Pre-cog: Has Eris been getting some interesting mail? (CC) 
02:24:40 What we're reading: You already know the answer
ABOUT THIS EPISODE: Dragons in the Details is the podcast that helps YOU better understand your favorite books. We never recap chapters—we find new insights, make new connections, and give you those WOW moments you love. WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for the entire ACOTAR series. The "Maasverse" section contains spoilers for Throne of Glass and Crescent City.
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Babes we are back! In preparation for our Crescent City season we are re-releasing some of our most relevant episodes from Season 2! With new banter and insights, but the same theories you love, join the dragons as they look back at their episode “Nesta Deep Dive!” 
NOTE ON SPOILERS: The new intro section will include spoilers for THE FULL MAASVERSE. In our Crescent City season, we will keep spoilers to ACOTAR & Crescent City for the first half, but because most of this discussion falls in our Maasverse section, we will be covering full Maasverse spoilers in these intros! You can skip past the intro chapter if you’d like to go straight to the ACOTAR only section.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro - Fall is here and so is our Sodastream Era
11:06 Episode Overview: Nesta Archeron Deep Dive
15:37 COSMS: More Evidence for Ronnie's Gwyn / Lucien Theory
19:04 Fancasting Nesta
24:44 ACOTAR Deep Dive: What Are Nesta's Powers? 
37:08 ACOTAR Deep Dive: How Did Nesta Resist Tamlin's Glamour?
44:00 ACOTAR Deep Dive: What is Nesta's Connection to the Mother?
55:05 ACOTAR Deep Dive: Why does everybody want to marry Nesta? (Lanthys, Koschei, and Eris) 
01:10:41 Maasverse Section: Spoilers for ACOTAR, Throne of Glass, Crescent City!
01:11:34 Maasverse COSMS: What is Nesta, really? (Throne of Glass)
01:16:37 Maasverse Deep Dive: Is Nesta Starborn? (Crescent City, Throne of Glass)
01:30:28 Maasverse Deep Dive: Whose power does Nesta have? (Throne of Glass, Crescent City)
01:40:41 Maasverse: What will Nesta do with the Starsword? (Crescent City)
01:52:20 Maasverse: Speculation on Book 6 (Throne of Glass, Crescent City)  
01:56:15 Pre-cog Corner: Nesta as a Queen of ... somewhere??  (Crescent City) 
02:04:30 What We're Reading
ABOUT THIS EPISODE: Dragons in the Details is the podcast that helps YOU better understand your favorite books. We never recap chapters—we find new insights, make new connections, and give you those WOW moments you love. WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for the entire ACOTAR series. The "Maasverse" section contains spoilers for Throne of Glass and Crescent City.
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