Plot is Optional

Plot is Optional

A podcast were we read, love, and talk about smut. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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October 6, 2025 13 mins

What is the omegaverse? Do you know? Alli does, though she's not the most omegaversed out there.


Here's a quick intro for the uninitiated.


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Alli and Trey ask the tough questions. How can a ginger tan? Why is beer the standard can of comparison? Can a life on the move make you seem 5 years older than your actual age? How many times can Trey accidentally hit his mic boom during a single recording? All this and more as we tackle the first installment of the Sweet and Stocky trilogy.


Music by Cody & Alex


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Alli assures Trey that this week’s read is not problematic as they dive zucchini first into the final installment of the Single Dads Club trilogy. And no, you didn’t miss any episodes. Sometimes at PiO, we eat dessert without dinner. Sometimes, that dessert is a bear dad who falls in love with the new employee he hires at his bar, the formerly straight-identifying ex-boyfriend of his adult daughter. Music by Alex and Cody.

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Alli and Trey keep it short and sweet this time around, yet manage to ramble all the same. They discuss the final book of the Roll for Love trilogy by Charlie Novak. They talk Pokémon, body fluid ballistics, ADHD in a capitalist society, and non-linear space.

Music by Alex and Cody.


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Hey there George fans, Alli let Trey back on the podcast. They dive in deep, two at a time, into the second installation of the Roll for Love trilogy. We are talking wild coincidences, hate sex, tentacle dildos, DPing, and panty boys. Sorry Charlie and thank you for your service.

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Alli is joined by one of her bestest friends Trey! They discuss Natural Twenty by Charlie Novak. Also, they talk about DnD (naturally), small businesses, and fantasy dildos!

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Alli and Ashlee are back to talk to you about a piece of unhinged Christmas smut! They talk various fetishes, the definition of monster, and literary analysis.

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December 24, 2024 3 mins

Did you miss us? We sure missed you!


Alli is finally getting her stuff together! This coming new year expect more of us talking about books! More silliness! And more of us loving love!


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June 20, 2024 98 mins
Alli interviews Latrexa Nova, author of the Sacrificed to the Monster Gods series, Love the Sin Hate the SInner, Jacked Up, and the Mated to the Xrirashi series. Together they talk about representation in romance, Southern California as a place for weird and exciting things, and their shared love of historical romance.

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Alli tells Ashlee all about the Dracula social media romcom Your Coffin or Mine by Jacklyn Hyde. They also talk about real life Vlad Tepesh, make bad puns, and just generally have good times.

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April 28, 2024 60 mins
Alli interviews author Ash Raven. Ash Raven is a queer author who writes romances featuring queer characters, plus sized characters, non white characters, and monsters! Together they talk about their love of the romance genre, Disney Channel original movies, and all the wonderful books Ash has written.

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Alli and Ashlee read Found by the Lake Monster. They talk about the Gilman, monster romcoms, and ovipositors.

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For this episode, the format is a little different again. Ashlee and Alli recreate their frequent phone calls, where Alli talks at Ashlee at length about a book she's currently reading.

This time it includes a hot Mothman, discussions of second person perspective, and soup (?).


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February 17, 2024 53 mins
Alli and Ashlee do something a little bit different and discuss some "would you rather" scenarios instead of specific titles. It gets very silly. We love love.

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Alli and Jo continue to discuss the Ravenels series by Lisa Kleypas! They talk about the second book in the series: Marrying Winterborne. They also discuss what constitutes the hottest book boyfriend (Rhys Winterborne).

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Alli and Ashlee read and discuss Birched by the Krampus by Siggy Shade with comedian and podcast guest extraordinaire Trent Manning. They talk about kinks, worst first date movies, and the hottest monsters.

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For this third episode of the Holiday Smutpocalypse, Alli is joined by Brandon and Boomer of Plot is Optional's sibling blog/pod Swampflix!

They talk about smut as transgression and what cinema in a monster f*cking world would look like.


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In this episode of Plot is Optional, Alli talks with Anastasia of the podcasts Horror vs. Reality, Attack of the Killer Objects, and What in the Wide World of Cinema. They discuss the book Dasher by Colbie Dunbar and Lorelei M. Hart, an mpreg reindeer shifter romance.

They also talk about weird movies, their cats, and embracing the weird.


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Starting out our entire month of episodes devoted to holiday smut, Alli is joined by Martin and Alex of the Horror Cola Podcast to talk about Stolen by Alien Santa by Sophia Sebell! There's abduction, elves, and talk about being in high school!

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Alli and Jo talk about book number 1 of Lisa Kleypas's The Ravenels series: Cold-Hearted Rake and much, much more!

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