Cover Artist: MrsMoodybear
This Art | Twitter | AO3

Featuring: Happy birthday to our favourite Capsicle!! OwlishFun joins Flame for a chat about what Steve Rogers’ pre-war life would have been like. Then Flerret talks about Steve’s character development over the arcs of his life. Lastly, you get your trope-off update!

Thanks to Kota, Magicasen, Kiyaar, Sineala, and everyone who comments, tweets, messages.

• Steve Rogers’ New York Blog
• OwlishFun’s AO3
• OwlishFun’s Discord Server for Steve Rogers’ New York
• OwlishFun’s Recs:
  • This, You Protect, Owlet
  • [Podfic] This, You Protect by DustySoul
  • 4 Minute Window by Speranza
• Ferret’s Twitter

Cover Artist: Kota RiverRoad
This Art | Twitter | Tumblr

Featuring: A guest take-over! The Stony 616 Server Mods are helming this episode. Some minor Flerreting, but mostly it’s Magicasen, Kiyaar, and Sineala chatting what they love about comics. Don’t worry, there’s still a trope-off update!

Thanks to Magicasen, Kiyaar, Sineala, and everyone who comments, tweets, messages.

• Relativistic Heat Conduction by BlossomsintheMist
• Elspethdixon on AO3
• When the Lights Go On Again by seanchai and Elspethdixon
• I’ll remember best of all, all the things we didn’t say by dorcas_gustine
• Zero Sum by Crait
• Steve Tony Slashy Moments List

Cover Artist: SmileStar
Twitter

Featuring: A chat with Courtney about why we all love tony, a full display of Ferret’s tech kink, a trope-off update, some community response to last episode, and your events forecast!

Thanks to SmileStar, Courtney, Marie, Only, and everyone who comments, tweets, messages.

• Courtney’s Fic Recs
  • The One Where Tony is Meat in a Super Soldier Sandwich by WhisperElmwood
  • you great unfinished symphony (you sent for me) by ketchupcrisp
  • Wait & Sea by Lenalena
• Gizmodo Arc Reactor Article
• Ferret’s Twitter (For Trope-Off)
• STB Discord Server
• STB Bingo (Tumblr)
• Events Forecast
• How To Get

Cover Artist: oluka
This Art | Tumblr | Twitter

Featuring: Two interviews about darkfic – one with treesramblings and resurrected hippo, and the other with Kiyaar. Then Flerret has a trope-off update and your events forecast.

Thanks to oluka, resurrectedhippo, treesramblings, Kiyaar, Marie, Only, and everyone who comments, tweets, messages.

• Dark Fic Recs from Our Guests
  • The Depths of Loneliness by Saphhic_Futurist
  • the face our mirror shows us by fundamentalBlue
  • No Exits in a Foreign Land by resurrectedhippo
  • Sins of Omission by Kiyaar
  • What You Have Tamed by tsukinofaerii
  • An Empty Hell by Diomedes
  • All Time Low

Cover Artist: cryo-bucky
This Art | Tumblr | Twitter | Instagram

Featuring: A wide ranging conversation about canon: divergence, AUs, compliance. First Flame chats with Dora about Natasha feels, before Flerret have a go at talking about the wide range of ways to interact with canon in fandom. Then we hear from you on that mess, before a few minis to round it out.

Thanks to cryo-bucky, Dora, Marie, Only, and everyone who comments, tweets, messages.

• Tumblr posts mentioned by dora: one and two
• Moving the Furniture by copperbadge
• who i am (i am) by isozyme
• sharp-toothed

Cover Artist: Wolfie
This Art | Instagram | Twitter | Tumblr

Featuring: This episode is all focused on a specific AU set – sex work! Robin_tcj joins us for a chat about the various kinds and our favorites among them, before Flerret does a plug of RurouniHime’s Place Your Bets. Professor Flame shows up for a brief history of how sex work has been treated in the offline world, before the Grammar Mustelid talks about verbs. We wrap up with a trope-off update, and your events forecast.

(I had some technical issues with my mic while recording this episode, …

Cover Artist: b
This Art| Tumblr | Twitter

Featuring: A Flerret Only episode! First we’re chatting soulmates, and then – believe it or not – we’re discussing world building. Ferret didn’t even twitch. Then we hear from you on soulmates, get a trope-off update, and your events forecast!

Thanks to b, Marie, Only, and everyone who comments, tweets, messages.

• Ferret’s Twitter (For Trope-Off)
• STB Discord Server
• STB Bingo (Tumblr)
• Events Forecast
• How To Get A Hold of Us:
  • Tumblr
  • Discord
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Website
  • Email
  • Fandom Feelings
  • iTunes
  • Stitcher
  • Spotify

Cover Artist: Monobuu
This Art| Tumblr | Etsy

Featuring: A briefer episode, for which we’re sure you are all grateful. We’re talking Tony and Bucky – first Flame does so with Riot and Stella, and then Flerret chat about the boys. Then it’s hearing from you, a Trope-Off update, and your events forecast!

Thanks to monobuu, Stella, Riot, Marie, Only, and everyone who comments, tweets, messages.

• Stella & Riot‘s Ao3
• Stella’s Recommendations
  • accidents happen by funkyspacegirlfriend
  • Under his skin by Serinah
  • The Beginning is Pain by ArchofImagine
• Sandbridge series Flame mentioned
• OTW Signal Blog Post
• Ferret’s

Cover Artist: Amanda | Starswept
This Art| Twitter | Instagram

Featuring: Some long conversations on fandom between Flame and Pineapplebread and then between Flerret & sabrecmc. Pineapplebread talks about her Tattoo AU (among other things), and then Flerretcmc (ship name in progress) chat about what BNF really means and the positives and negatives of fandom fame. We finish with a trope-off update and your event forecast.

Thanks to amanda, Pineapplebread, sabrecmc, Only, Marie, and everyone told us they wanted this episode.

• Pineapplebread’s Recommendations
  • Fireside ‘verse by gotthesilver
  • A Thousand and One Manhattan Lifetimes by hollyandvice
  • silver

Cover Artist: Nakurumok
This Art| Tumblr

Featuring: A full celebration of love in all it’s forms! Flame chats with our resident librarian, MrsMoodyBear, before Flerret chat about romance in fic, and expectations vs. reality in smut. We round it out with some valentines from you all, a trope-off update, and your events forecast.

Thanks to nakurumok, MrsMoodyBear, Only, Marie, and everyone who sent in fandom valentines!

• mrsmoodybear’s Fic Recs
  • A King for Christmas by iam93percentstardust
  • Good Boys by robintcj
  • Game Show Love Connection by emphasisonem
• Oh Joy Sex Toy
• Scarleteen
• Body Swap Comic: The ‘Ol Switcherroo by