Moriarty Playlist

1. Flesh - Simon Curtis
2. The Thieving Magpie - Rossini
3. Staying Alive - Bee Gees
4. I Can't Decide - Scissor Sisters
5. Good 'n' Evil - Jekyll & Hyde
6. Intermission - Scissor Sisters
7. Drink You Sober - Bitter:Sweet
8. Girls That Glitter Love the Dark - Hannah Fury
9. Teach Me To Be Bad - Thea Gilmore
10. Kiss With A Fist - Florence & the Machine
11. Evil Night Together - Jill Tracy
12. She is the Madman - Revue Noir
13. Circus Apocalypse - Vermillion Lies
14. Sometimes, Sunshine - Revue Noir
15. Runs In the Family - Amanda Palmer
16. Lover I Don't Have to Love - Bettie Serveert
17. Dr Jekyll & Mr Fame - Black Cards
18. My Evil Twin - They Might Be Giants
19. The Beast - Concrete Blonde
20. You Leave Me Cold - Jill Tracy
21. Skullcrusher Mountain - Jonathon Coulton
22. I'd Love to Kill You - Katie Melua
23. Lips Like Morphine - Kill Hannah
24. My Angel Put the Devil In Me - Yamit Mamo
25. Poker Face - Mika (blame fanfic for this one)
26. Every You Every Me - Placebo
27. Instant Pleasure - Rufus Wainwright
28. Flower - Liz Phair
29. Meathook - Hannah Fury
30. Pretender - Sarah Jaffe (think this might be more Sherlock but oh well)
31. Defenestration - Hannah Fury
32. Hannah Peel - Tainted Love

How To Spot Your Antagonists

1. Recognise that enmity breeds accomplishment. Since we thrive on challenge, a nemesis and an archenemy are the two most important characters in the life of any successful hero.

2. Understand the distinctions. Your attitude determines whether an antagonist qualifies as a nemesis or as an archenemy. If your nemesis invited you to tea or cocktails, you would accept the offer. Though you dislike him, you feel a grudging respect for your nemesis. You would never, however, have drinks with your archenemy, unless you were attempting to spike his tea or gin with hemlock. For instance, though Batman's nemesis was the Joker, his archenemy was really Superman.

3. Make positive IDs. Your nemesis was probably once your best friend. You are more alike than different even though you are on opposite sides. Conversely, if you meet someone with even the same name as your archenemy, you immediately like them less. You are more different than alike even if you're on the same side.

Neil Gaiman on How to Seduce A Writer

In my experience, writers tend to be really good at the inside of their own heads and imaginary people, and a lot less good at the stuff going on outside, which means that quite often if you flirt with us we will completely fail to notice, leaving everybody involved slightly uncomfortable and more than slightly unlaid.

So I would suggest that any attempted seduction of a writer would probably go a great deal easier for all parties if you sent them a cheerful note saying “YOU ARE INVITED TO A SEDUCTION: Please come to dinner on Friday Night. Wear the kind of clothes you would like to be seduced in.”

And alcohol may help, too. Or kissing. Many writers figure out that they’re being seduced or flirted with if someone is actually kissing them.

The Carlton Lassiter

Chocolate Espresso cupcakes with Irish Cream frosting. Top with sugar handcuffs or guns.

The Shawn Spencer

Pineapple upside down cupcakes.

The Burton Guster

Monkey bread cupcakes with honey cinnamon frosting.

The Juliet O'Hara

Chambord chocolate cupcakes with strawberry/raspberry filling. Strawberry frosting infused with raspberry Chambord.