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‍In this very first episode of Spread Your Wingspan, hosts Sara and Jennie share how a professional meeting turned into an instant friendship over A Court of Thorn and Roses by Sarah J. Maas — and how that spiraled into all-caps texting, a shared love of romantasy and romance, and eventually this podcast. They dig into why the romance genre deserves more respect than it gets, why content warnings (not "trigger warnings") matter in fiction, and their very different, very formative reading histories — from grandma's historical romance novels to a deeply unhinged Twilight and vampire fiction phase. This is the "how we got here" episode, and it sets the stage for everything the show will cover: romantasy, fantasy, and straight romance, with plenty of spoilers, content warnings, and hot takes along the way.