Welcome back to Every Flavour Fandom!
This week, we finally embark on the epic journey that launched modern fantasy into the stratosphere — The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

For Meghan, it’s her first full read-through of Tolkien’s masterpiece. For James, it’s a long-awaited return to Middle-earth’s warmth (and danger). We dig into:

✨ How Tolkien builds a world that feels ancient and alive
🎬 Why Peter Jackson’s adaptation still stands unmatched
⏳ 16 lost years in the Shire (seriously, what the heck Gandalf?)
🧝 Rivendell vs. Lothlórien: Elf Politics 101
🔥 Minimalist Balrogs and surprisingly vague Ringwraiths
😂 Songs, poems… and the temptation to skim them all
🧙‍♂️ Aragorn’s poetry and subtle romance breadcrumbs

Grab some Lembas bread and join us for a cozy and passionate return to adventure. This is the way the journey begins. 💍

We return to Middle-earth for a journey that’s part whimsical fairy tale, part CGI war epic. In this episode, James (our resident Tolkien nerd) and Meghan (revisiting the story for the first time since childhood) compare J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved The Hobbit to Peter Jackson’s sprawling movie trilogy.

We ask: Was it worth turning a cozy 300-page book into nine hours of film? Did the added lore, war pigs, and orc drama enrich the tale—or bury its charm under a mountain of gold? We break down Bilbo’s character arc, the themes of greed and home, the spectacle of the Battle of Five Armies, and why Martin Freeman might be the best thing to come out of it all.

Come for the riddles, stay for the ranting. And bring a pocket-handkerchief.

This week on Every Flavour Fandom, it’s a magical morality showdown for the ages: Severus Snape vs. Albus Dumbledore. Two legendary wizards. Two complicated pasts. Two very passionate podcasters.

Meghan steps up as the champion of Severus Snape — greasy hair, tragic backstory, questionable teaching methods and all. She finds beauty in his ultimate redemption, and the quietly heroic life he leads in the shadows. James, meanwhile, is riding hard for Team Dumbledore, defending the wise old puppet master who, despite a few minor sins like raising a child to die, might be the only wizard capable of saving the entire magical world.

Together, we debate: Who’s more morally grey? Who had better motives? And why is everyone at Hogwarts so emotionally unavailable?

Grab your wands and your chocolate frogs — it’s time to get deep, get nerdy, and maybe cry a little (but in a cool way) as we unpack two of the most layered characters in the wizarding world.