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Films 2026

2026-01-12T13:36:35Z

Last year I only managed to match my record of 76 (new to me) films! Must try again...

1) 10 Dance (Japan)
2) Stray Dog (Japan)
3) The Celluloid Closet (US)
4) Death Becomes Her (US)
5) I, Frankenstein (US/Australia)
6) The Voice of Hind Rajab
7) No Other Choice (South Korea)
8) 28 Years Later: Bone Temple (UK)
9) Ready or Not (US)
10) Dead of Winter (US)
11) Macbeth (filmed production, UK)
12) Sirât (France)
13) Armadillo (Denmark)
14) The Bride! (US)
15) Hard Boiled (Hong Kong)
16) The little sister (France)
17) Washed Up (UK)
18) Project Hail Mary (USA)
19) Worla (Philippines)

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Films 2025

2025-01-07T19:01:16Z

Last year I saw 76 (new to me) films. As always I keep trying to break my record. ( Can I do it again... )

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ITPE 2024

2024-09-20T15:43:33Z

Dear creator...

Kpop
( Yes, I am still here... )

Various Dramas
( I only meant to list a few... )

A few old favourites
( nostalgia )

Smaller fandoms
( Things I also love and would accept anything for )

Various other details of interest:
( WHY DO I LOVE SO MANY THINGS )

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Films 2024

2024-04-27T14:59:21Z

Films 2024
( Can I break my record? )

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Films: 2023

2023-01-06T18:04:47Z

I managed to see 66 new (to me) films last year! Let's see if I can beat that number...

1) Broker (South Korea)
2) Alcarras (Spain)
3) Enis Men (UK)
4) The Little Stranger (UK)
5) Saint Omer (France)
6) All that Breathes (India)
7) Spirit of the Beehive (Spain)
8) But I’m a Cheerleader (US)
9) Women Talking (US)
10) Hereditary (US)
11) Blood Wedding (Spain)
12) The Shining (US)
13) The Dream Songs (South Korea)
14) The Five Devils (France)
15) The Haunting (US)
16) Aliens (US)
17) Wolf and Dog (Portugal)
18) Bread and Salt (Poland)
19) The Invisible Man (2020) (US)
20) The Heroic Trio (China)
21) The Haunting (1963) (USA)
22) Carmen (Spain)
23) Galaxy Quest (US)
24) Starship Troopers (US)
25) Medusa Deluxe (UK)
26) Across the Spiderverse (US)
27) The Executioners (China)
28) Train to Busan (South Korea)
29) Wolf Pony (US)
30) Terminator 2 (US)
31) Nimona (US)
32) M3gan (US)
33) Tokyo Drift (US)
34) Yasuni Man (Ecuador)
35) Barbie (US)
36) Joy Ride (US)
37) Matilda (UK)
38) One Fine Morning (France)
39) The Deepest Breath
40) Fast and Furious (US)
41) Fast Five (US)
42) Talk to me (Australia)
43) Eternity (Chile)
44) When Two Worlds Collide (Peru)
45) Miller’s Crossing (US)
46) Night of the Hunter (US)
47) Fast & Furious 6 (USA)
48) Battle of Chile (Parts 1, 2, 3, 4) (Chile)
49) Past Lives (US)
50) Enter the Dragon (US)
51) Scrapper (UK)
52) The Nettle Dress (UK)
53) Fremont (US)
54) Stranger Way of Life
55) Kill Boksoon (South Korea)
56) Nyad (US)
57) Heat (US)
58) Joyride (US)
59) Eileen (US)
60) Monster (Japan)
61) Belfast (Republic of Ireland)
62) The Royal Hotel (US)
63) The Animal Kingdom (France)
64) The Boy and the Heron (Japan)
65) Anatomy of a Fall (France)
66) Housekeeping for Beginners (Macedonia)
67) Tampopo (Japan)

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Films: 2022

2022-01-01T21:56:20Z

1) The Funeral Parade of Roses (Japan)
2) The Eternals (US)
3) The Tragedy of Macbeth (US)
4) Spiderman: No-Way Home (US)
5) Vivo (US)
6) Kwaidan (Japan)
7) Parallel Mothers (Spain)
8) Flee (Denmark)
9) Walk with me (US)
10) The Divide (France)
11) Besties (France)
12) Camilla Comes Out Tonight (Argentina)
13) A Distant Place (South Korea)
14) The Flavour of Green Tea Over Rice (Japan)
15) Writing with Fire (India)
16) Sebastian (UK)
17) Dr Strange (USA)
18) Men (UK)
19) Everything, everywhere, all at once (USA)
20) Drive my car (Japan)
21) Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (Japan)
22) Tango with Putin (Russia)
23) Navalny (Russia)
24) Fire Island (USA)
25) A Chiara (Italy)
26) Mediterranea (Italy)
27) A Ciambra (Italy)
28) After the Storm (Japan)
29) Fire of Love (France)
30) See How They Run (USA/UK)
31) Hit the Road (Iran)
32) Alice in the Cities (Germany)
33) Prey (USA)
34) Special Delivery (South Korea)
35) Don't Worry Darling (USA)
36) Hidden Letters (China)
37) Kanavel (Hati)
38) Ashkal (Tunisia)
39) Women in the White Car (South Korea)
40) My Imaginary Country (Chile)
41) Amsterdam (USA)
42) The Wonder (Ireland)
43) Love Life (Japan)
44) Aftersun (UK)
45) Super Eagles (Nigeria)
46) Rodeo (France)
47) Decision to Leave (South Korea)
48) 1976 (Chile)
49) You won't be alone (Macedonia)
50) The Banshees of Inisherin (Ireland)
51) Jennifer’s Body (USA)
52) Ginger Snaps (Canada)
53) Neptune Frost (Rwanda)
54) The Menu (USA)
55) Mulholland Drive (USA)
56) The Quiet Girl (Ireland)
57) Knives Out: Glass Onion (USA)
58) Bones and All (USA)
59) Thirst (South Korea)
60) The Worst Person in the World (Norway)
61) Free Chol Soo Lee (USA)
62) In Front of Your Face (South Korea)
63) 1985 (Argentina)
64) Empire of Light (UK)
65) Corsage
66) The Broker (South Korea)

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Dear Creator...

2021-05-05T22:08:53Z

Dear Creator...
( ALL MY FEELINGS )

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Films: 2021

2021-01-01T23:06:40Z

Let's see if I can beat last year's 60!

1) Moffie
2) The Basilisks
3) The Dig
4) 8 1/2
5) Farewell my Concubine
6) Central Station
7) Space Sweepers
8) Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
9) Ikiru
10) Fire at Sea
11) All Quiet on the Western Front
12) The Fencing Master
13) Beyond Clueless
14) El Sicaro: Room 164
15) Songs My Brothers Taught Me
16) Boatman
17) La Terra Trema
18) The Marriage of Maria Braun
19) Lola
20) After Life
21) The Suicide Squad
22) Fast 9
23) G.I. Jo Origins: Snake Eyes
24) Zola
25) Shang-Chi
26) Rome Open City
27) Black Widow
28) Johnny Guitar
29) The Story of Qui Ju
30) La Strada
31) I Vitelloni
32) Bagdad Cafe
33) The Burmese Harp
34) Veronika Vos
35) Last Night in Soho
36) Under the Shadows
37) What we do in the Shadows
38) Petite Maman
39) Venom: let there be carnage
40) Dune
41) Our Men
42) Clara Sola
43) Velvet Underground
44) Spencer
45) Les Enfants Terribles
46) Nundo Mixteco
47) Sacro Gra
48) Reds
49) Tokyo Olympiad
50) Tokyo Drifter
51) Azor
52) State Funeral
52) Below sea level
53) First Cow
54) Meek's cut off
55) I Vittelloni
56) Hamlet
57) Grizzly Man
58) The Enigma of Kasper Hauser
59) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
60) The Power of the Dog
61) Passing
62) Black Rain
63) Tick, tick... boom!

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Dear Creator...

2020-08-26T16:49:44Z

Dear Creator...
( ALL MY FEELINGS )

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The Untamed/MDZS Bedtime Comfort Pods

2020-04-22T09:53:43Z

Bedtime Comfort Pods can be hard to define, but for me they are things I listen to when I'm expecting to be able to fall asleep after listening. For this they should be under an hour (if they are longer I may deliberately stay up longer to finish), not be too distressing and I have to have listened to them before (if I am extremely sleepy I may need to not finish them). Ideally they should also leave me feeling happy and soft.

( RECS! )

Feel free to add your own comfort recs in the comments.

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Films: 2020

2020-01-13T23:27:56Z

1) Cats
2) 1917
3) Flight of the Dragaons (?)
4) The Personal History of David Copperfield
5) The Lighthouse
6) Kiki's Delivery Service
7) Parasite (dir. Bong Joon Ho)
8) Suzuki Paradise (dir. Yuzo Kawashima)
9) Portrait of a Lady on Fire
10) Emma
11) First Love
12) The Host (dir. Bong Joon Ho)
13) Our Town (dir. Yuzo Kawashima)
14) The Wild Goose Lake
15) Spoor
16) Late Spring
17) Midsommer
18) Early Summer
19) Loved Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate (dir. Yuzo Kawashima)
20) Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (dir. Park Chan-wook)
21) Bacurau
22) Oldboy (dir. Park Chan-wook)
23) Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (dir. Park Chan-wook)
24) The Platform
25) Birds of Prey: Harley Quinn
26) Fury of a Patient Man
27) Whisper of the Heart
28) Hoop Dreams
29) The Salt of Life
30) The Old Guard
31) Mission Impossible: Fallout
32) A Portuguessa
33) Extraction
34) Dragon Inn
35) A Touch of Zen
36) Sicilia!
37) Sweet Bean
38) Enola Holmes
39) Wildfire
40) Supernova
41) A Common Crime
42) David Byrne's Utopia
43) Gold for Dogs
44) New Order
45) Zanka Contack
46) Notturno
47) Shadow Country
48) A Short Film About Killing
49) The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
50) Il Mio Corpo
51) The Happiest Season
52) The Woman Who Ran
53) Tenet
54) Raise the Red Lantern
55) The Other Lamb
56) L'eclisse
57) A.K
58) Rome, Open City
59) White Riot
60) Red Sorghum

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Sundial Exchange Letter

2019-12-07T15:20:56Z

Thank you for signing up! I will be delighted with whatever you create - I love all types of fanworks and am just so happy that this exchange is happening! To make your life easier I have provided some prompts and info below, but please don't feel bound by anything (except the DNWs).

( Click for the feelings )

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#BestPesto

2019-11-05T14:36:51Z

#BestPesto

Before we go I would like to stress that I often make this with whatever amounts of basil or pistachios I have and routinely mess with the ratios. Below are the measures I used when I made the pesto today.

Ingredients:
This makes enough for 4/5 people to have a pasta with pesto meal.
75g bunch of Basil - I had 42g once I had picked all the leaves
100g pistachios
Juice and zest of one lemon - I had 75g of juice (which may be too much lemon for some)
25g parmesan cheese (omit for the vegan version)
100ml olive oil
2 cloves of garlic
Pinch of salt to taste

1) I used a pestle and mortar because I like to take my aggression out and I like the rough texture, but you can use a blender no problem. Pound/blend the picked basil leaves and pistachios. If you're having problems with the blender add the olive oil slowly while you blend.
2) Add the lemon zest and half the juice. Taste. If you like the lemon flavour move on, otherwise add the rest of the juice.
3) Crush the garlic and grate the cheese and add to the mixture.
4) Add the olive oil and salt.
5) Taste.
6) Add more oil/cheese/salt for taste and/or texture.

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#ITPE 2019 Letter!

2019-09-24T13:57:15Z

Dear creator...

( ALL MY FEELINGS!!! )

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Films: 2019

2019-01-03T18:00:11Z

1) Marry Poppins Returns
2) The Favourite
3) La Dolce Vita
4) Can you ever forgive me?
5) If Beale St Could Talk
6) Free Solo
7) The Tree of Wooden Clogs
8) Captain Marvel
9) The Ponds
10) Vita and Virginia
11) The Heiresses
12) Us
13) White Crow
14) Happy as Lazzaro
15) Avengers: Endgame
16) Maborosi
17) High Life
18) Captain Fantastic
19) Knock Down the House
20) Birds of Passage
21) Dark Phoenix
22) Booksmart
23) Support the Girls
24) Vagabond
25) Alita Battle Angel
26) Sisters for Sale
27) The Chambermaid
28) The Dawn Wall
29) Araby
30) The Shiny Shrimps
31) Bait
32) Ad Astra
33) The Farewell
34) Rose Plays Julie
35) Monos
36) Waiting for the Barbarians
37) The Perfect Candidate
38) La Llorona
39) Lingua Franca
40) Piranhas
41) Ema
42) Judy and Punch
43) Official Secrets
44) Beanpole
45) J’ai perdu mon corps
46) The Irishman
47) Knives Out
48) Star Wars: Rise of the Skywalker
49) Little Women

Directed by women:
1) Can you ever forgive me? - Marielle Heller
2) Free Solo - (co) Chai Vasarhelyi
3) Captain Marvel - (co) Anna Boden
4) Vita and Virginia - Chanya Button
5) High Life - Claire Denis
6) Happy as Lazzaro - Alice Rohrwacher
7) Knock Down the House - Rachel Lears
8) Birds of Passage - (co) Cristina Gallego
9) Booksmart - Olivia Wilde
10) Vagabond - Agnes Varda
11) The Chambermaid - Lila Aviles
12) The Farwell - Lulu Wang
13) Rose Plays Julie - (co) Christine Molloy
14) The Perfect Candidate - Haifaa Al Mansour
15) Lingua Franca - Isabel Sandova
16) Judy and Punch - Mirrah Foulkes
17) Little Women

Queer content:
1) The Favourite
2) Can you ever forgive me?
3) Vita and Virginia
4) The Heiresses
5) White Crow (kind of)
6) Booksmart
7) The Shiny Shrimps
8) Lingua Franca
9) Ema
10) Beanpole

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New Year

2019-01-01T10:44:31Z

( Kind of resolutions )

( fannish goals )

( things to be proud of )

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#ITPE 2018 Letter

2018-09-18T20:57:16Z

Thank you! You are amazing! I love fandom and podfic, and I especially love podficcers. It is important to me that you love the story you are performing. However, if you would appreciate some details about my preferences, they are below.

Star Wars
I have a lot of Star Wars feelings - just no Kylo Ren or Hux. I really love time travel and fix-its. I have a particular love for:
Prequels: Padme Amidala & Obi-Wan Kenobi are my favs and fic focusing on either/both of them would be super. I also have great affection for the OT3 Padme/Obi-Wan/Anakin.
The Clone Wars: See above, but also, Clones! Ahsoka Tano! Satine Kryze!
Rogue One: TEAM FEELS! Everyone Lives!AU. Baze/Chirrut, Jyn/Cassian, and Jyn/Cassian/Bodhi. I'm also really into stories where the Rogue One characters interact with the Original Trilogy.
Sequel Trilogy: Finn/Rey/Poe is where my heart lies, but any combo of these three works for me.
Original Trilogy: My heart for Leia fic!

Rivers of London
I love Peter, anything focusing on him will work for me. Peter/Nightingale, Peter/Beverly, and Peter/Beverly/Nightingale are all awesome options.

Les Mis
Enjolras/Grantaire and Eponine/Cosette are my favs. I am so here for ALL the pining, but also, SOCIAL JUSTICE!

Black Panther:
T'Challa! Erik! Nakia! M'Baku! I am especially here for T'Challa ships. I love everyone so much! I'd prefer nothing focusing on Everett Ross.

Leverage
Parker/Hardison/Eliot!

DCU
Batfamily (robins and batgirls - I have lots of feelings about Jason/Dick, Jason/Tim, Jason/Roy, Tim/Kon, Stephanie/Cass)
Young Justice (cartoon - Aqualad and Nightwing are my favs)
Birds of prey (comics - I adore the OT3 of Barbara/Dinah/Helena).

Pride and Prejudice
Elizabeth Bennet for the win! I love everything Elizabeth/Darcy, but I'm also interested in the other sisters and them getting their happy endings.

Lizzie Bennet Diaries
Lydia/Gigi!!!!!! <3

Also: Black Sails, Wynonna Earp, All for the game, Young Avengers, Kings, The Goblin Emporer, Watchmaker of Filigree Street, Captive Prince, Disney Princesses, Carmilla (webseries), Lost Girl, The Losers, Pitch Perfect, Xena, Buffy, The Hunger Games, Code Name Verity, The Queen's Thief, Killjoys (TV), Haven, Sorcerer to the Crown, Jane Austen novels, and North and South.

Any of these fandoms would be awesome! However, if there's a long femslash fic you've been dying to record in a different fandom, that would be 100% fine with me.

I love characters falling in love, making mistakes, and getting though trouble together. A happy ending is an absolute must, but I enjoy complications and angst along the way. I prefer shippy fic over gen, and really just love revelling in people having feelings.

Things I love: friends-to-lovers, fake dating, loyalty, secret identities, soulbonding, found families, team feels, women being awesome, time travel, poly relationships, road trips, writing on the skin, emotional intelligence, rare pairs, trope inversion/subversion, and relationship/kink negotiation.

Personal do-not-wants: non-con, permanent character death, unhappy endings, and infidelity.

Yellow Light (things I only like under specific circumstances, so unless you know 100% for sure I like the fic, I'd steer clear): zombie fic, post-apocalyptic fic, pregnancy, the themes of insanity or mental institutions, and institutional unequal power dynamics (where the power imbalance is innate and un-negotiated, e.g. teachers, religious officials, doctors, psychiatrists, prostitution).

My pinboard is here! Anything I have pinned is fair game. Also, ask pi for help if you need it.

<3

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Films: 2018

2018-01-13T23:32:41Z

1) Three Billboards outside of Ebbing Missouri
2) Shape of Water
3) Black Panther
4) Rin Quing Shi
5) Premier Solitude
6) Hackers
7) I, Tonya
8) Ladybird
9) You were never really here
10) Annihilation
11) Ice King
12) Tomb Raider
13) Isle of Dogs
14) A Quiet Place
15) Ready Player One
16) Western
17) Deadpool
18) Avengers: Infinity Wars
19) Moana
20) The Hitman's Bodyguard
21) Deadpool 2
22) Nothing Like a Dame
23) Solo
24) An August Afternoon
25) Ocean's 8
26) Breadwinner
27) Leave no trace
28) Lego Batman
29) Sicario 2
30) Summer 1993
31) Cold War
32) Ant-man and the Wasp
33) Do the Right Thing
34) To all the boys I've loved before
35) BlackKklansman
36) The Miseducation of Cameron Post
37) I kill giants
38) The Rider
39) Colette
40) The Wife
41) Crazy Rich Asians
42) The Ballad of Buster
43) Ash is the Purest White
44) Rafiki
45) Destroyer
46) Sunset
47) A Paris Education
48) Joy
49) Girls of the Sun
50) Shadow
51) Widows
52) Shoplifters
54) Disobedience
55) The Leopard
56) Sorry to Bother You
57) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse
58) Aquaman
59) Wild Tales
60) Faces Places

Films made by women:
1) Rin Quing Shi
2) Premier Solitude
3) Ladybird
4) You were never really here
5) Western
6) Leave no trace
7) Breadwinner
8) Summer 1993
9) To all the boys I've loved before
10) The Miseducation of Cameron Post
11) The Rider
12) Joy
13) Rafiki
14) Destroyer

Films made by people of colour:
1) Black Panther
2) Rin Quing Shi
3) Breadwinner
4) Do the Right Thing
5) BlackKklansman
6) The Miseducation of Cameron Post
7) The Rider
8) Widows
9) Shoplifters
10) Sorry to Bother You
11) Aquaman

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Snowflake Challenge: Day 4

2018-01-05T16:42:19Z

Day 4
In your own space, create a fannish wishlist.

1) Star Wars icons for any of the female characters.

2) Ahsoka Tano fanworks! Any and all things!

3) Aqualad fanworks! Any and all things!

4) Recs for Awesome Ladies! Books/music/TV/fanworks/artists, etc. Anything that is made for/by/about awesome ladies, please.

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Snowflake Challenge: Day 3

2018-01-04T21:51:19Z

Day 3

In your own space, post recs for at least three fanworks that you did not create.

1) Queen's Gambit Podfic by reena_jenkins - Star Wars prequels - final length is something like over 50 hours

Summary: Civil war threatens the galaxy. Hundreds of star systems have declared their intentions to leave the Republic and form a Confederacy of Independent Systems.

In the hopes of securing a quick peace, the Jedi Council has dispatched two Jedi to capture or kill the leaders of the separatist movement, Queen Amidala of Naboo and her lover, the former Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Into this period of conflict have come four refugees from another universe, fleeing a devastating massacre triggered by the death of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, secretly the Sith lord Darth Sidious, at the hands of Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker…

reena_jenkins is AMAZING! I was a beta for this, so I listened week-to-week and loved every minute of it. Now, the podfic is complete and it is awesome! reena_jenkins does an incredible job with the full cast of characters (seriously, SO many characters), including two versions of the same characters (Padme, Anakin, and Obi-Wan). There are great, but subtle, special effects, and on point musical choices - reena_jenkins is incredibly creative. The performance comes across as effortlessly consistent and it is full of intense, emotional character performances.

2) Nebulae Vid by bessybo - Hidden Figures

Summary: neb·u·la (neb'yə lə), n., pl. -lae, a cloud in outer space, visible against the night sky as a dark silhouette against other luminous matter.

A beautiful vid that uses a poem, which is such a beautiful performance, music, and film. The combination is haunting and incredibly emotionally poignant.

3) With Great Power, Something Something Fic by Sharksdontsleep - Spider-man: Homecoming

Summary: Hey Liz,
Apparently, I'm the captain of the Decathlon team. Or something. I was just wondering if you had any quizzes or guides that I could use.
Thanks,
MJ

Beautiful story from MJ's perspective. There is friendship, romance, and action! Her relationship with Peter is an important part of the story, but so is her friendship with Liz, I love that Liz wasn't just swept away. Such a delightful story!

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Salted Caramel Tiramisu

2017-11-12T15:34:49Z

Salted Caramel Tiramisu

For the Salted Caramel
80ml double cream
1 tsp salt
100g caster sugar
1 tbsp golden syrup
2 tbsp water
(I always make two or three times this amount and keep it in the fridge)

1) Heat the caster sugar, golden syrup, and water over a medium boil for 10 minutes, watch carefully in case it begins to turn too dark and burn. The sugar should turn a light golden colour and bubble happily
2) Heat the cream and salt until just boiled.
3) Take the sugar mixture off the boil.
4) Add the cream to the sugar mixture slowly and carefully, the mixture will dramatically increase in size and then calm down again.
5) Leave to cool completely.

For the Tiramisu
1 packet of Savoiardi biscuits (in a pinch you can use trifle sponges)
200ml coffee (I used fresh coffee, but you can use instant)
3 tbsp alcohol (I used whisky, but other alternatives could be white rum, brandy, or amaretto)
4 eggs (separated)
4 tbsp caster sugar
300ml double cream
500ml mascarpone
Bowl (I used a large glass bowl approx 11 inches across)

1) Mix the coffee and alcohol and set to one side.
2) Whip the cream.
3) Whisk the egg yolks, sugar and mascarpone together.
4) Fold the cream into the egg yolk mixture.
5) Whisk the egg whites until stiff, fold in the cream mixture. Taste and add more sugar if necessary.
6) To assemble the Tiramisu dip the biscuits in the coffee mixture and line the base of the bowl (I recommend submerging the biscuits completely and removing quickly). Then add a layer of the cream mixture. Then add a layer of salted caramel. Repeat the 3 layers until you fill the bowl, finishing with the cream layer. You can swirl more caramel sauce here for decoration or grate some dark chocolate.
7) Chill for at least an hour before eating.
8) Serve with MORE salted caramel.

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Holly_Poly

2017-10-17T11:27:08Z

Holly_Poly Letter...

\o/ Poly \o/ I am pretty easy to please, I love characters falling in love, making mistakes, and getting though trouble together. A happy ending is an absolute must, but I don't mind if there are complications and angst along the way. I love all types of fanworks and am happy with all ratings, but particularly love fanworks that are character/relationship focused.

( more info )

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Recs

2017-08-26T12:00:08Z

Hi! So, I have been in Japan for a WHOLE month! It was amazing but very exhausting. I didn't read or listen to things anywhere near as much as I thought I would, mostly because any free moment of time was spent flat out sleeping. However, there were a few things I did read/listen to that I would like to share.

Podcast
The Twenty Percent True Podcast by Carolyn Rahaman.

Season 1 is called 'Modern Monsters' and is complete. These are essentially short stories, read by the author, about 'monsters' like mermaids, vampires, gargoyles, etc, and the modern world. They are all intensely imaginative and beautifully drawn. Some are upsetting (the author warns at the beginning of the episode), some are funny, and some are deeply thought prevoking, and all are impeccably written. My favourite is The Roommate about a tired grad student meeting a Vampire for a roommate interview. I would read 1000000000K about these two and their roommate shenanigans (*cough* romance *cough*).

Podfic
Wizarding by consent by Lazulus written by sixthlight - Rivers of London - Peter Grant/Thomas Nightingale - 5 hours 45 minutes

Fifteen years after a headless body was discovered in Covent Garden, Thomas Nightingale is still the last wizard in Britain, and Peter Grant, the newly appointed Commander for Community Engagement in the Metropolitan Police Service, has just learned the truth about the existence of the Folly.

He has one or two questions.

This podfic is super awesome. The story completely spins the established dynamics from the books, and this gives the podfic an opportunity to do such fun things with the characters voices. Nightingale is so long suffering and hilarious, but his affection still shines through. The way he calls Peter 'Commander' is nominally a sign of respect, but within the narration, it highlights it as a slightly inside joke and an insult. I love how the listener gets to see a little bit of his pettiness. Nightingale is outside his comfort zone and doesn't have the comforting veil of authority he has in the books to cover up how upsetting he finds change. Lazulus does a great job showing the slow build of the relationship and how Nightingale changes over time. Peter, even as a 40-ish police Commander, is still an enthusiastic magic/science puppy, I love how the tone of the dialogue can switch so effectively between Peter being serious and him being adorkable.

The side characters are also done particularly well. Tyburn is so posh and dramatic, Abigail is so determined, and Beverly is such a delight.

You will, obviously, get more of out of this podfic if you know the source material. HOWEVER, because it is a complete canon divergent AU from the very beginning (as in, what if they met 15years later than in canon), you can definitely enjoy this podfic without canon knowledge.

Fic
With Great Power, Something Something by Sharksdontsleep - Spider-Man: Homecoming - Michelle Jones/Peter Parker - 15978 words

Hey Liz,
Apparently, I'm the captain of the Decathlon team. Or something. I was just wondering if you had any quizzes or guides that I could use.
Thanks,
MJ

MJ is soooo great! She has to deal with being team captain, spider-man drama, and relationships! Life is hard. I really love that her connection with Liz is used as a framework for the story, I'm glad Liz wasn't just swept away. The ensemble cast is adorable too.

Book
Bloodline by Claudia Gray is a Leia centric Star Wars novel, set about 40yrs after the end of Return of the Jedi and, I think, 6yrs before The Force Awakens (for context, Leia is a senator, and Ben is still off training with Luke). It is a tense, political thriller full of action and intrigue, but also hits great emotional notes. It does a great job bridging the original trilogy with the new, especially with regards to how the political landscape changed, and how the First Order came to be. I occasionally found a few too many parallels with some current events.

Leia is done so well, she is super competent, she kicks ass and takes names, but the novel also allows a great insight into her emotional landscape. Despite being a highly plotted and action packed novel, the story still touches on her relationships: with Han, her son, Luke; but also engages with her grief over her adoptive father, Bail Organa, and her home planet of Alderaan. I personally loved how the novel dealt with her inability to truly reconcile with the idea of Darth Vader as her biological father, and how she was unable to make the distinction Luke (and the movies) make between Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader.

Sometimes the hindesight I had from TFA made reading it painful, because I knew what must be coming, the book plays with that knowledge in interesting ways. I had Leia feelings ALL over the place. This is, so far, the only Star Wars novel I've read and I highly recommend it if you have any strong feelings about Leia.

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#ITPE letter 2017

2017-07-17T14:53:09Z

Thank you! You are amazing! I love fandom and podfic, and I especially love podficcers. It is important to me that you love the story you are performing. However, if you would appreciate some details about my preferences, they are below.

Star Wars!
I have a lot of Star Wars feelings - just no Kylo Ren or Hux. I really love time travel and fix-its. I have particular love for:
Prequels: Padme Amidala & Obi-Wan Kenobi are my favs and fic focusing on either/both of them would be super. I also have great affection for the OT3 Padme/Obi-Wan/Anakin.
The Clone Wars: See above, but also, Clones! Ahsoka Tano! Satine Kryze!
Rogue One: TEAM FEELS! Everyone Lives!AU. Baze/Chirrut, Jyn/Cassian, and Jyn/Cassian/Bodhi. I'm also really into stories where the Rogue One characters interact with the Original trilogy.
Sequel Trilogy: Finn/Rey/Poe is where my heart lies, but any combo of these three works for me.
Original Trilogy: My heart for Leia fic!

Rivers of London
I love Peter, anything focusing on him will work for me. Peter/Nightingale, Peter/Beverly, and Peter/Beverly/Nightingale are all awesome options.

Les Mis - Enjolras/Grantaire and Eponine/Cosette are my favs. I am so here for ALL the pining, but also, SOCIAL JUSTICE!

Black Sails - Flint is the best (*worst*) and he makes my heart hurt, so fic where he gets to be happy is awesome (all pairings with Flint seem to work for me). I'm also really interested in Anne/Max, and how their relationship with Jack works/could work.

Leverage - Parker/Hardison/Eliot!

Jessica Jones (Netflix) - Jessica/Trish. I'm also happy with Jessica/Luke, and I liked the Matt&Jessica dynamic from The Defenders.

DCU - bat-family (robins and batgirls), young justice (cartoon - Aqualad and Nightwing are my favs), birds of prey (comics), and Batwoman.

Also: Wonder Woman, Yuri! on Ice, All for the game, Young Avengers, Kings, The Goblin Emporer, Watchmaker of Filigree Street, Captive Prince, Society of Gentlemen, Think of England, Six of Crows, Disney Princesses, Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Carmilla (webseries), Lost Girl, Pitch Perfect, Xena, Buffy, The Hunger Games, Code Name Verity, The Queen's Thief, Killjoys (TV), Haven, Sorcerer to the Crown, Tamora Pierce novels, Legend of Korra, Jane Austen novels, and North and South.

Any of these fandoms would be awesome! However, if there's a long femslash fic you've been dying to record in a different fandom, that would be 100% fine with me.

I love characters falling in love, making mistakes, and getting though trouble together. A happy ending is an absolute must, but I don't mind if there are complications and angst along the way.

Things I love: friends-to-lovers, fake dating, loyalty, supernatural aus, soulbonding, found families, team feels, women being awesome, time travel, poly relationships, road trips, writing on the skin, emotional intelligence, rare pairs, trope inversion/subversion, and relationship/kink negotiation.

Personal do-not-wants: non-con, permanent character death, unhappy endings, and infidelity.

Yellow Light (things I only like under specific circumstances, so unless you know 100% for sure I like the fic, I'd steer clear): zombie fic, post-apocalyptic fic, pregnancy, and the themes of insanity or mental institutions, institutional unequal power dynamics (where the power imbalance is innate and un-negotiated, e.g. teachers, religious officials, doctors, psychiatrists, prostitution).

My pinboard is here! Also, ask pi for help if you need it.

<3

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Podfic Bingo

2017-03-02T13:20:29Z

knight_tracer’s Podfic Bingo!
Slur/Mumble	Non-English Language	Animal Noises	Transform an Existing Podfic	Meta
Unfamiliar Pairing	Nonlinear story	Read with Silence	Angst	Animal Noises
Harlequin	Read While Laughing	FREE SPACE	AU	Fairy Tale
Rare Pairing	Epistolary	Read A Friend’s Fic	Kinky	Read Quietly
Splice Fics Together	Action /Adventure	2nd POV	Random Fic	Multiple POVs

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