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Lauren - writes as Lirazel - fandom aunt - scribbling woman, bluestocking, notable spinster, rootless cosmopolitan 🍞🌹

[queenofattolia]

apologies for the state of my blog. currently obsessing over the pitt, crashing out over a het couple, and woobifying my blorbo mel king. i’m sure we’ll be back to our regularly-scheduled program of books, ‘90s shows i haven’t recovered from, classic hollywood, star trek, and non-anglophone dramas soon.

my opinion on gender is “no thank you” but i identify as a woman as a political category so you can use she/her pronouns.

because this clearly needs to be stated explicitly: i never mind if people, even strangers, engage with my posts via comments or reblogs or whatever, so long as you do it respectfully. there is no need to apologize to me for ~derailing~ a post, saying too much, or making something about you. i actively want more real conversations on this site, so if you have something to say and can say it with kindness and respect, say it!

social media is the devil. i hang out on dreamwidth as lirazel if you want to relive the livejournal days.

all my ao3 fic is locked to keep it safe from big tech scrapers and snooping journalists who need to leave fandom alone. if you are just a fan and want an invite, hit me up: i have a ton!

fandom is for fun. i am too old for ~discourse~. if fandom_wank gets revived, beep me; till then leave me out of it.

[pressure-machine]

EVERY ENDEAVOUR EPISODE season three, episode one: Ride

[hype-queer-fixated]

[hsm2]

Silver & Flint | Black Sails XXII.

[inadvertently-biblical]

It's, uh... you're... A miracle. Yes. But then, I always thought so.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - 6x04

[queenofattolia]

i personally think it should be illegal for a bookstore not to have comfy chairs for people to sit and read

[zxid]

collection

[fishlung8877]

[princessdelacruz]

completely normal things to say to/about your co-worker who you've known for exactly two shifts ft. frank langdon and melissa king.

[bee-a-ts]

the bi/pan alliance and the aro/ace alliance in my city did the funniest possible thing for pride today

[ladiesonscreen]

SEPIDEH MOAFI as BARAN AL-HASHIMI THE PITT (2025 – ) | SEASON 2

[leojurand]

Everything that was alive in him lay in the palm of her hand, like a ripe apple.

—Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night

[whatisyourchildhoodtrauma]

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER | 5.11 "Triangle"

[jazzandpizazz]

hell yeah just rewatched 12 angry men

[fleysh]

[bluesardine]

Some great additions from the comments.

[leesvnkyu]

Shoot 🤍

[netscapenavigator-official]

You should be starting a recipe book. I don't give a shit if you're only 20-years-old. The modern web is rotting away bit by bit before our very eyes. You have no idea when that indie mom blog is going down or when Pinterest will remove that recipe. Copy it down in a notebook, physically or digitally. Save it somewhere only you can remove it. Trust me, looking for a recipe only to find out it's been wiped off the internet is so fucking sad. I've learned my lesson one too many times.

[brains-escaping-vats]

It also lets you add your own notes to the recipe. All the little things that the original took for granted or you discovered work better.

All my grandma’s recipes had addendums like this. We sadly lost most in a flood, except for ones I had taken pictures of.

So also scan your recipe book into the cloud for double protection!

[hyba]

I have loved the idea of a family recipe book for years. Definitely a big goal for me, but I'm still looking for the perfect journal to use.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Everyone: Pound cakes are very rich.

Me: Yeah I bet they're a bit more than a regular cake, probably basically the same thing though.

Pound cake recipe:

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

This isn't a cake this is a giant cube of cookie

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#i fucking love pound cake i will go FERAL for pound cake i dont think this recipe has enough butter

This cake is approximately 50% sugars and fats how much more butter do you want

[flavinbagel]

Much more butter and a bit more sugar, actually. You know traditionally, pound cake meant every ingredient was added by a pound, so really there should be 250g of sugar and 250g of melted butter, and hopefully the eggs come out to 250g as well. I'm guessing the full 455g of each ingredient is probably more than you need.

Of course, since this makes such a dense batter, you pretty much have to bake it as a bundt, but that's your classic Pound Cake right there.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

That's fucking bonkers. Who invented this thing.

[rubinkatze]

Someone who was sick of having to remember measurements and went: "ah, fuck that. I'll just add a pound of each and it'll probably be fine"