What's the most important class at superhero school? Fashion. Edna Mode is on the case to review the work of the students of My Hero Academia.

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No Capes! Sour: In a shaker of ice add 2 oz. gin, 1 oz. blackberry lavender syrup, 1/4 oz. lemon juice, and either 1.5 teaspoon of aquafaba or 1/2 egg white. Shake until cold and frothy and strain into a glass with fresh ice.

To make blackberry lavender syrup: Mix together 1.5 cups water, 1 cup blackberries, and 1/8 cup lavender. Simmer for about 20 min. Strain and add equal weight sugar.

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Title: Edna's Intervention

Author: RoseJennison

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Additional Credits 

Music Creator: Kevin MacLeod

Source: Free Music Archive, Incompetech.com 

"In Your Arms"

License: CC BY 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Time to warm up your vocal cords, because this week is a song fic! Claire brings a Stranger Things fic where we learn just what song would snap Steve out of Vecna's mind trap.

And if you need something to break Vecna’s curse here’s some music to get you home

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Vecna Spritzer: Marinate (at least 30 min, up to 4 hrs) 1 lemon and 1 cup strawberries in a pitcher with 12 oz vodka, 3 oz simple syrup, and 3 oz unsweetened cranberry juice. Pour 3 oz of mix into a glass with ice, and top with soda water to taste

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Title: It's Gonna Take A Superman to Sweep Me Off My Feet

Author: Silas_an_Anon

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Additional Credits 

Music Creator: Kevin MacLeod

Source: Free Music Archive, Incompetech.com 

"In Your Arms"

License: CC BY 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Messers Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs, purveyors of aids to magical Mischief-Makers are proud to present...a fix-it fic! This week Grace brings a Maurader fic that will rewrite what happened the night He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named showed up at the Potter's cottage.

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Dark and Stormy Butter Beer: Mix together 2 oz dark rum, 0.5 oz lemon juice, 0.5 oz butterscotch liquor, and top with ginger beer

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Title: If I Could Find a Way

Author: Zephyrfox

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Additional Credits 

Music Creator: Kevin MacLeod

Source: Free Music Archive, Incompetech.com 

"In Your Arms"

License: CC BY 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Welcome to season six baby! Josie is bringing in a hot one with a Kaz Brekker slash Inej Ghafa fic. It's the Grishaverse!!

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Kopstoot: Requires 1.5 oz dutch gin and 1 dutch pilsner.

Instructions: Shoot the gin (preferably in a traditional dutch tulip glass so you can slurp the top bit of the gin without using your hands) and immediately chase with a sip of beer

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Title: a kiss with the tip of a blade

Author: sharkette

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Music Creator: Kevin MacLeod

Source: Free Music Archive, Incompetech.com 

"In Your Arms"

License: CC BY 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Bonus Episode Alert!

You've seen the title, you know what you're getting into. So let me take this moment to lift a glass in celebration of 3 years of Fine Pairings. We're glad that you've decided to join us on this weird little corner of the internet. We've laughed, Claire's cried, and we've learned about mixing cocktails and audio levels along the way. It is a delight to share fics from all the wonderful creators online, and we hope that we've shown everyone the true ART that can happen in the fandom space. Here's to the future, SALUTE!

Now on to the less mushy stuff.

Here are the rules to Grace's After 3 Drinking and Non-Drinking Game: Take a shot of Miller Lite when Tessa gets drunk. Blow the Vuvuzela when a plot line has been resolved. Grace takes a drink when she messes up a character's name. 

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Flaming Dr. Pepper: Fill a chilled glass halfway with Miller Lite. In a shot glass pour 1 oz. amaretto and float 151 proof rum on top, light the rum on fire and drop the shot into the Miller Lite. Consume with friends who won't laugh that you've spilled beer over yourself and also won't light anything else on fire.

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Additional Credits 

Creator: Kevin MacLeod, Source: Incompetech.com 

"In Your Arms"

License: CC BY 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Creator: Iwiploppenisse, Source freesound.org

"explosion"

License: CC BY 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Creator: tommccann, Source: freesound.org;

“explosion_01”

License: CC0 1.0; https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Creator: 16FThumaF Source: freesound.org;

“Fireworks crackle”

License: CC0 1.0; https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Creator: oniwe, Source: freesound.org;

"stones falling in quarry binaural”

License: CC BY-NC 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Creator: deleted_user_5405837, Source: freesound.org;

“explosion_012”

License: CC BY 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Artist on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Troyificus

Music: Seraphim, Rise by Troyificus

Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/9589-seraphim-rise

License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

Additional AFX from Freesound.org

Bonus Episode Alert!

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DreamsicleNotFound: To a chilled glass add 1.75 oz vodka, 1 oz triple sec, 4 oz fresh orange juice, 3 oz cream soda, and 1 scoop of vanilla ice cream

Jalepeno pickleback - 1.75oz tequila blanco in one shot glass and 1.75 oz jalepeno brine in the other

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Title: Heat Waves

Author: tbhyourelame

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Additional Credits 

Creator: Kevin MacLeod, Source: Incompetech.com 

"In Your Arms"

License: CC BY 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Creator: HoliznaCC0

Title: “Something In the Air”, Source: freemusicarchive.org;

 License: CC0 1.0; https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Creator: garuda1982

Title: “City Park on hot summer day with people”, Source: freesound.org;

License: CC BY 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Creator: klankbeeld

Title(s): “City Park ambiance spring summer zulderpark,” “Summer evening terrace”, Source: freesound.org;

License: CC BY 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Creator: Urupin Source:

Title: “City park birds children”,  freesound.org;

License: CC BY-NC 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Creator: InspectorJ

Title: “Air Conditioner, On Off, A”, Source: freesound.org;

License: CC BY 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Creator: NebulousFlynn

Title: “Pouring Glass of Wine From Bottle”,  Source: freesound.org;

License: CC BY 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Creator: Daniramo5

Title: “ac blowing”,  Source: freesound.org;

 License: CC BY 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Creator: Mr_Alden

Title: “Dinner Table ambience”, Source: freesound.org;

License: CC BY-NC 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Excerpt of audio from “2021 Weather in Review: Minnesota Sees a Year of Extremes” by Fox 9 KMSP

Additional AFX from Freesound.org

Bonus Episode Alert!

With so many bonus episodes, can we really say we're on a break? But that is not the question we are answering today! 

Today we are reading a fic the internet claims is the origin of the novel "Red, White, and Royal Blue" by Casey McQuiston, guess we'll just see about that...

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Tequila Bramble: Into a glass with ice add 1.5 oz gold tequila, 1 oz lemon juice, 1 tsp simple syrup, and 0.5 oz blackberry liquor. Sip with friends as you discuss

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Title: Carry It In Your Heart

Author: Robin_pulaski

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Music Creator: Kevin MacLeod, Source: Incompetech.com 

"In Your Arms" "Parisian"

License: CC BY 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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Bonus Episode Alert!

Indulge yourself with this enemies-to-lovers fic starring Hermione Granger and Draco Malfoy. We're many years past the battle of Hogwarts and Draco has been assigned as Hermione's protection...shenanigans shall ensue.

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The Rose & Thorn

Thorn - Pour into a shot glass 0.75 oz Green Chartreuse and 0.75 oz scotch. Take your shot like an Auror, before the Rose.

Rose - In a shaker of ice add 1 oz gin, 1 oz Lillet Blanc, 0.75 oz lemon juice, 0.75 oz rose simple syrup, and 2 dashes of Peychaud's bitters. Pour into a chilled glass.

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Title: Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being In Love

Author: isthisselfcare

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Additional Credits 

Music Creator: Kevin MacLeod, Source: Incompetech.com 

"In Your Arms" "Night On the Docks"

License: CC BY 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Music Creator: FoolBoyMedia, Source: Free Music Archive

“Newsroom Theme”

License: CC BY-NC 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/#

Music Creator: babuababua, Source: Freesound

"Rainy Day - Light Rain"

License: CC BY-NC 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Music Creator: Nebulousflynn, Source: Freesound

"Pouring Glass of Wine from Bottle"

License: CC BY-3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Additional AFX from Freesound.org

And so it has come at last...the last episode of season 5. Indulge yourself in these original fics written by Grace and Claire for our 5 star reviews.

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Boulevardier - Stir together 1.25 oz bourbon, 1 oz Campari, 1 oz lillet blanc, a dash of orange bitters, and a dash of sugar to taste.

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Additional Credits  Music Creator: Kevin MacLeod Source: Free Music Archive, Incompetech.com "In Your Arms" " License: CC BY 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Welcome to the first episode of the finale of Season 5! This week we are readying recommendations sent in by listeners, and one very special fic starring Claire and Grace.

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Pink Lady: In a shaker with ice shake together 1.5 oz gin, 1 oz lemon juice, 1.5 oz pineapple juice, and 0.5 oz grenadine.

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Title: Courtship Ritual, Author: cupidsbow

Title: Roost, Author: almassi

Title: Harry's Revenge, Author: Anything123

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Additional Credits  Music Creator: Kevin MacLeod Source: Free Music Archive, Incompetech.com "In Your Arms" " License: CC BY 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/