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Episode 112 - Maybe This is My Pumpkin Spice Latte

Leani and Nick are back and they are talking John Constantine, the Legends of Tomorrow, and the Charmed Remake, as well as giving advice for Writer's Block and dragging the practice of gatekeeping.

Note: Time Stamps are approximate Warning: Mature Content, Swearing, Spoilers for Legends of Tomorrow and Charmed, Contains a Mental Health PSA about finding the correct dosage for medication

Also found on GooglePlay, iTunes, and Spotify

0:10 — Pre-Show: Gary and John Constantine

0:25 — Intros

1:00 — Us News 1:30 — Mental Health PSA (About the correct dosage for meds) 2:10 — What the fuck is Nick’s life? 4:35 — Mature Content Warning: Porn Shop Talk (Plugs) 5:05 — Leani’s Story of Positive Happenstance aka Leani didn’t do the math 6:55 — Shoutout to Dani from Geek and Sundry 7:10 — Shoutout to Nick’s regular Anon on Tumblr also Social Media Terms and Conditions make zero sense 8:45 — Oversimplified overview of Pager U and the Activist Mommy (Do not look them up, you’ll only make yourselves irritated) 9:20 — Speaking of Muffins… (Shoutout to Past Us) 9:55 — Nick just needs to start her own YouTube Channel for Epic Clapbacks 10:35 — Oversimplified overview of Pager U and the Activist Mommy - Part 2 11:05 — General Note: Do better

11:20 — Spoilers for Legends: Season 4, Episode 1 (New Segment: Constantine Watch) 18:25 — Our Headcanon for how we’d interact with John.

19:55 — Fun Fact: Lesbians are a neurotic bunch aka Lesbian Sex Tropes 20:20 — #BelowHerMouth and #JennysWedding two of the worst Lesbian Movies of all time. 21:15 — What straight nonsense is this? aka we need to write our own things (Teaser to future projects)

22:00 — Writing Topic: Writer’s Block also Shoutout to Sheila

25:40 — Tangent: Nick changed her room, Nick’s Mom, Parents and Technology, Hogwarts Video Games

28:35 — Back to the Writing Topic: Writer’s Block - Part 2

34:10 — Tangent: Our Queer Household, Archer Shenanigans

36:25 — Geek Culture Topic: Gatekeeping

45:10 — Hot Take: New Charmed is better than Old Charmed (Spoilers for Charmed Reboot)

51:55 — Outros and Shameless Self Promotion

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Episode 111 - Magic Pants

Leani and Nick revisit an old topic this week. They give advice and suggestions on writing smut. Plus, Nick shares words she would very much like people to stop using, and Leani just can't look at her during this conversation.

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We’ve been so awful about posting these here! So, now you get one post with the last three weeks’ worth of podcasts. Enjoy! 

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Episode 107: Listen to Your Characters

Your lovely hosts give suggestions and thoughts on how they create characters. Also, Nick has a run in from someone she went to high school with, and Leani sometimes does things purely out of spite. Subscribe to our YouTube page!

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Episode 106: Quit Your Day Job

In this week's episode, Nick and Leani share some personal news about the big changes they're making in their lives. Leani will be working for herself, and Nick shares what her work experience has been like for the last year. Subscribe to our YouTube page!

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We are back for another episode. By now everyone knows about what happened with James Gunn. Well we're talking about it this week. TW/CW: For mentions of sexual assault and pedophilia. Bonus: Nick is a little tipsy. We are also on Spotify and iTunes. https://open.spotify.com/episode/1KSRpa2rJUSRBgQqI2PGD3?si=iFXY54_ZRoulI0YwfN05xg

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After Dinner on a Wednesday

Nick: “I got a bunch of stuff from the market. Like meat. Because I need it inside of me.”

Leani: “Heh.”

Nick: “Well, it’s been a while for that too. But I’m not into that kind of meat. Strictly a vagetarian now.”

Leani: *Cackles* 

Nick: “You’re welcome.”

Leani: “You made me cackle.”

Nick: “You’re really tired. You know I get funnier to you the more sleep you need.”

Leani: “That is true. I should go to bed. Night Wife.”

Nick: “Night wife.” 

@murderouslyadorkable and @ladyfogg

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Episode 103 - Give Us the Gays

Nick and Leani dive into the issues of queerbaiting and queercoding, sharing examples that get them riled up.

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Brought to you by @shootthebreezec

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Episode 102 is also on YouTube! Have a listen!

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Episode 102 - Reboot

Nick and Leani are back after several months, with exciting changes. We're now part of Shoot the Breeze Comics Media, we have amazing intro and outro music by Leani's friend, Tom Jordan, and we discuss our frustrations with the agency (or lack thereof) of female characters. Original Release Date: Tuesday, July 10, 2018

It’s Tuesday! Episode 102 is available on Spotify, iTunes, and Google Play! Website details coming soon. 

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Take Back the Knight

Take Back the Knight is Shoot The Breeze Media's geek-centric podcast, where we unpack geek culture from a female perspective. We cover a wide range of topics from fan culture, comics, movies, tv, books, etc, to the impact of positive representation in media, with the occasional writing advice episode by Shoot The Breeze Comics

So... people. People... people... OMG, people. This happened.

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Preshow Recorded Episode 102

https://www.facebook.com/takebacktheknightpodcast/videos/1451307835015156/

Recorded our preshow. @ladyfogg and @murderouslyadorkable being silly and breaking stuff.

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To Court Death - Chapter 1

THE FIRST PART OF OUR PODCAST IS LIVE!

When a grim reaper goes to collect the soul of a young woman, he finds his touch healing her instead of harming. Confused as to why, he tries to learn what makes her special, but when a grave mistake threatens to send her soul to Hell, will he let the natural order be restored? Or will he bring upon the apocalypse by breaking his vows to save her?

Written & Directed By: @leanilopez

Starring: @gigante24 & @murderouslyadorkable

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To Court Death - Episode 1 of 5 Release Date!

Mark your calendars! The first of five episodes of our episodic podcast, To Court Death, will be live on Friday, June 29th!

When a grim reaper goes to collect the soul of a young woman, he finds his touch healing her instead of harming. Confused as to why, he tries to learn what makes her special, but when a grave mistake threatens to send her soul to Hell, will he let the natural order be restored? Or will he bring upon the apocalypse by breaking his vows to save her?

Written & Directed By: @leanilopez

Starring: @gigante24 & @murderouslyadorkable

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Episode 101 - Subverting Tropes

Did you miss us? We missed you! Nick and Leani are back with a new season of Take Back the Knight. This week your lovely hosts discuss how they try to keep their stories interesting. Plus. we play around with intro music, Nick gushes about Black Panther, and Leani can't help but mother her.

​Highlights include:

- Joss Whedon steps away from Bat Girl

- Nick is shooketh

- Thoughts on the new Heathers remake/show

- Suggested Topic: how to keep your story interesting

- Don't inject plot just for the hell of it

- To plot twist or not to plot twist?

- Accidental foreshadowing is the bomb

- Nick likes bookends

- Different approaches to writing plot

- Nick and Leani both express how hard it is to explain how they write

- Emotional angst is always good

- Leani loves smashing characters together

- Nick discusses three elements to character design

- Not all ideas need to be stories

- As always, you can't please everyone

Warnings: swearing, Heathers spoilers

LISTEN HERE

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She’s a Reylo fan…

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Amazing fanfics with loving queer couples written for and by queer people: Exists

White Woman™: Look at these fucking cultists writing creepy stories, ugh.

Commercial movie seen by millions: *has abusive man literally mind-rape a woman, then said woman being forced to see her abuser while he’s half naked*

White Woman™: OMG can we get an ethereal romantic kiss between the dark knight with a good soul and his fair lady *swoons*

^THIS^ is why I hate Reylo and almost all straight couples in “official” fiction.

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#Relationship Goals: the Mario Kart Edition. Part One.

So someone asked us to vlog our platonic domestic partnership. Well right now I'm watching Leani and Owen play Mario Kart on the Switch.

Highlights include:

Owen: "Tell Nick how I won last night."

Leani: "You mean tell her how you're a cheating whore?"

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While they watched the highlights of one of the races.

Owen: "You did slow down at the end, you whore. You filthy, filthy whore!" Leani: "Hey, I am a clean whore!"

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After Leani hit Owen with a shell and passed him.

Owen: "Oh, you tiny mushroom-headed penis!" Leani: "Suck my mushroom-headed dick!"

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Owen won one race and was bragging until he realized he was still second in overall standings after Leani.

Leani: "And look who's in first, bitch."

Owen: "You shut your dirty whore mouth."

Leani: "I thought you liked my dirty whore mouth."

Owen: "Not this time."

I'm dying.