#the casting of stephen fry to voice brainiac is *chef's kiss*

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My media this week (2-8 February 2025)

perfect reaction to a pc just deciding to take a pee break. no shady shenanigans, just a pee break. still laughing over it.

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

😊 Please Pass the Guilt (Nero Wolfe #45) (Rex Stout, author; Michael Prichard, narrator)

🥰 Size Doesn't Matter series (Kalee60) - 97K, shrunkyclunks AU with freelance operative Bucky who has a crush on Cap AND then develops feelings for this tiny, stubborn-as-fuck, injured blond guy named Grant that Natasha dropped off. Plus a whole 'bring down HYDRA-infested SHIELD' thing they've got going on. First fic is 63K, Bucky's POV and the main story; 2nd fic is 33K and is Steve's POV on the whole thing.

🥰 Where You Lead (Linsky) - 42K, hockey rpf BDSM AU

💖💖 +150K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

00Q Chatfics and Assorted Headcanons (cicer, miri_tiazan) - Bond universe: 00Q, 2.3K - absolutely hilarious & unhinged not!fic of various 00Q headcanons

pony (greatunironic) - Stranger Things: Steddie, 19K - FANTASTIC olympics AU with aged up rockstar Eddie & pommel horse superstar Steve - fun & funny, incredible job fitting characters to this AU

When I Think About Seventeen (thisapplepielife) - Stranger Things: Steddie, 2.8K - sort of 2nd chance romance, just a tinge of poignant nostalgia to add piquancy

Long December (Arsenic) - Suits: Mike/Harvey, 16K - delicious, angsty h/c alt version of things post S1

Let Me Be Your Porch Light, Baby (AidaRonan) - Stranger Things: Steddie, 8.6K - mostly a reread of great monsterfucking fic with mothman!steve NOW with added epilogue making his happy ending even happier

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

The Repair Shop - s1, e12

Home Town - s9, e6; s8, e9

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled - s3, e10

Handsome - Pretty Little Episode #24

Handsome - Pretty Little Episode #25

Handsome - Ilana Glazer asks about God

Handsome - "Weird Al" Yankovic asks about memorable movie moments

Harley Quinn - s5, e1-4

Only Murders In The Building - s1, e1-4

James Acaster: Hecklers Welcome

Music Box: Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary

D20: Dungeons & Drag Queens - "The Queens Take Matali" (s2, e5)

D20: Adventuring Party - "Twyla's Twine Time" (s19, e5)

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

Smart Podcast, Trashy Books - 652. Smart Bitches Turns 20 with Candy Tan

It's Been a Minute - Books vs. Brain Rot: why it's so hard to read

Hit Parade - The Bridge: Dylan Was Always Electric

⭐ 99% Invisible - Valley So Low

⭐ Decoder Ring - Jump, Jive and Fail: The ’90s Swing Craze

⭐ Decoder Ring - Decoder Ring Plus | John Bunkley of The Atomic Fireballs

⭐ Switched on Pop - Liz Pelly's Mood Machine says the playlist isn't the product — you are

Welcome to Night Vale #261 - Brought To You By Flakey O's

Short History Of… - Butch Cassidy

One Song - George Benson's "Give Me the Night"

Vibe Check - It Doesn’t End with This

Ologies - Hippopotomology (HIPPOS) with Rebecca Lewison

⭐ Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - Speaker Terror Upper: When Bass Tapes Shook the Streets

Shedunnit - The Missing Moneylender by W. Stanley Sykes (Green Penguin Book Club 7)

You're Dead to Me - Aristotle: Ancient Greece’s greatest philosopher?

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Paul Scheer’s Life in Three Places

Dinner's on Me - NATHAN LANE

The Curious History of Your Home - Hats

Pop Pantheon - Billboard's Hot 100: Hits, History and Kinks (with Hit Parade's Chris Molanphy)

Our Opinions Are Correct - No, We Don't Live in a F---ing Simulation!

The Curious History of Your Home - Board Games

What Next: TBD - Bonus: The Discourse | Why is Elon Musk Cheating at Video Games?

Pop Culture Happy Hour - Love Hurts And What's Making Us Happy

One Song - Daft Punk, Part One: The Road To Get Lucky

One Song - Daft Punk, Part Two: "Get Lucky"

The Sam Sanders Show - Should the Oscars Even Exist? with The Big Picture Hosts Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins

Pop Culture Happy Hour - You're Cordially Invited

Today, Explained - Super Bowl GNX

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

my 'Liked Songs' playlist

Thundercat

The Atomic Fireballs

Squirrel Nut Zippers

Royal Crown Revue

Grailknights

Wig Wam