23 December 2011 - Best & Worst

This week we're covering the best and worst of 2011 -- everything from our favorite shows of the year to the worst Strong Like Ox entry we've ever heard -- to serenade you as you travel to wherever you're spending your holidays, and numb the pain once you get there. We're chatting about TV, terribleness, and answering a shedload of accumulated questions, so check it out,and have a very happy Death to 2011. We'll see you back on the flip side February 2012.

Fic Recs for this episode:

• As Any She Belied With False Compare by Mesmiranda [BBC Sherlock, Sherlock/girl!John, Mycroft/Lestrade]
• Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by Paperclipbitch [Primeval, Becker/Connor, past pre-Connor/Abby]

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18 December 2011: Comic Books & Graphic Novels

This week, Templemarker plays sherpa through the soap operatic wilds of Marvel, DC, and indie comics. We talk about how to get your toes wet in the twisty, confusing world of sprawling and contradictory canons, show you the ropes on the stories to read and the ones to avoid, and give those of you already chomping at the bit for the 2012 Avengers movie some context for the film. And then, we drop a righteous mountain of fandom and canon recs for you guys — happy reading! The comics blog MK mentions at the end of the recording is Comics212.net. TempleMarker's Generation Kill intro post can be found over here.

Music this week: Opening music: Calculation, by Regina Spektor. Closing music: Long Division, by Death Cab for Cutie

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Fic Recs for this episode:

• Ready, Aim, Fire by Gyzym [Avengers, Steve/Tony]
• Mr. July by Jibrailis [Avengers, Steve/Tony, everyone/Steve]
• Textual Analysis by Soera [H50, Steve/Danny]
• Following Home series by RM [Glee]
• Managing Expectations by Alethialia [Generation Kill]
• Never Leave a Trace by Sam-Storyteller [White Collar]
• Trace by Sam [Profic]
• Degrees of Separation by Plingo_kat [Avengers, Steve/Tony but mostly gen]
• Cosmetic Damage Only by Valtyr [Avengers, Steve/Tony]
• The Modern World is Awesome and So Are You by Anonymous [Avengers, Steve/Tony]

Comics Recs for this episode:

• Fables
• Sandman
• Batman: No Man's Land (Also War Drums, War Games, etc)
• Bruce Wayne: Murderer?
• Captain America: Man Out of Time
• Birds of Prey
• Avengers
• Gotham Central
• Powers
• Persepolis
• The Arrival
• Castle Waiting

10 December 2011: K-Dramas

Forgive us our long and totally impromptu hiatus! But we're back (a little early, even! Sort of!) this week with Pru and Til_Midnight nattering about korean dramas. Why are they so addictive? What's the cycle of consumption on these things like? How do they get churned out so quickly? How are people with � presumably � otherwise good taste in media turning into vein-tapping smack addicts when it comes to this business? Especially with all the amnesia, convenient car accidents, and inevitable everybody dying of stupid diseases that are probably fake? Let us take you on a magical journey into Asia, drinking in tents, and the closest thing we're ever likely to get to a film version of a romance novel.

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