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The Right Stuff!

I was going to talk about my new found love and appreciation for all things NCIS. Really, can I get a Gibbs? Baring that, some really hot Gibbs porn. And then I was going to ask where the hell is all the Kirk/McCoy and can we not have people crying or being broken or whatever, but doing what they do best? Namely, being snarky and hot as fuck. Or possibly, I was going to see if I could get some of you snitches to make me beer icons. BUT. That has all been pushed aside, because apparently Michael Cudlitz (Cooper to you lot) is friends with FUCKING DONNIE WAHLBERG. ETA: I'd forgotten that they did Band of Brothers together, which again, goes to show that EVERYBODY was in that series and it's my favorite for a reason. I love that they're still in touch almost ten years later. Seriously, if you haven't seen BoB, this is The Offical

hackthis Boot (TM) of GET THE FUCK ON THAT.

*Said boot also applies to Generation Kill, The Wire, Homicide, Southland, Skins, Life on Mars (UK edition only), Kitchen Confidential and Mad Men.

Please don't make me embarass myself. Seriously though, it also turns out that Michael's son wants to make his own throwing stars. And a crossbow. He's a total ninja baby. I love the hell out of archery myself, and would not object to the throwing stars, but that's not my kid, so...

Also, plz, feel free to bring me your smoking hot Gibbs pron, Kirk/McCoy pron and snark and beer icons. Thx. Peace out.

ETA #2:

alethialia,

trolleys, et al, GK types, please go and tell

sparky77 that the baby

hackthis will CRY if she doesn't write Mermaid!Brad. Yeah, you read that right. Enabling is a team sport!

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I am ALL FOR the military hotassery, we all know this. And BoB was awesomesauce, with Mr. Damian Badass Lewis and his husband following him around. They spent a shitload on The Pacific, so I have high hopes for the pretty.

Hell to the yeah.

Mr. Damian Badass Lewis and his husband following him around.

THAT. Yes. <333_<333

HAHAHAHA! That interpretation cracks me up. And you and I both know we are probably going to be all over The Pacific, so we might as well start boning up on our history now or whatever.

::rubs hands together:: Research!

Probably good to start early given I know little about the Pacific theater side of the war. ::is very bad::

ETA: I have done my fannish duty today.

Edited 2009-06-17 15:48 (UTC)

Just think of all the education we're about to get though. This is awesome. You know they never go over this stuff in depth in school.

I wonder if there is a book written by a hotass serviceman who went through it. ::ponders::

*heaves with laughter*

OH, MY GOD! I don't think I told you! (I may have told you; you know my brain.)

Did I tell you they use BoB in the Marines to TEACH the wee!LTs? Talk about when fandoms collide! Obviously wee!LT Fick learned badassery from LT Speirs. Also, more importantly, he internalized Speirs' How To Exchange Meaningful Looks With Your Trusty Sergeant (No, It's Not Gay At All) lesson. I approve.

...oh, damn, BoB came out in 2001. Well, whatever. The Corps totally got advance copies of that shit for 'training purposes.'

OH. MAH. GAWD. Stop lying. You are totally making me way too excitable. And can we just have a moment of wonder how Matthew Settle, went from "Mr. bad ass, take no prisoners, 'hold on a second while i just run through enemy lines, Mr, Fick, please see how it's done without losing a limb' to playing a faded rock star with bad hair on Gossip Girl. That shit just isn't right at all. Also, I loved NKOTB when I was wee, but Donnie Wahlberg is way better as an actor and should be back on my TV directly. Possibly working for David Simon. THAT WOULD BE HOT.

Where did all my BoB icons go? Drat.

I am so not lying. Did I mention I have a friend training to be a Marine. He did not understand my happiness when he mentioned this to me.

Mr, Fick, please see how it's done without losing a limb

SERIOUSLY! Running through German tanks? Running through US Humvees? Wee!Nate was all, 'I can do that; I saw it on TeeVee.'

That shit just isn't right at all.

Trufax. He's not even old enough to have teenage kids, whatever.

Donnie Wahlberg is way better as an actor and should be back on my TV directly. Possibly working for David Simon. THAT WOULD BE HOT.

Donnie was bizarrely hot having UST with Speirs, I'm just saying. Also, DS has a new show; I think you should suggest Donnie to him (I know you have this power).

Oh, look! The Pacific is based on a couple books by real Marines, who appear in the mini. Good thing I got over that quasi-RPS issue! Helmet for My Pillow. With the Old Breed.

I am so not lying. Did I mention I have a friend training to be a Marine. He did not understand my happiness when he mentioned this to me.

I have discovered that I am surrounded in my life by many more Marines that I thought I was. It's not so much that they've just landed on me, but rather I've actually started paying attention and saying, "ohhhhhh."

SERIOUSLY! Running through German tanks? Running through US Humvees? Wee!Nate was all, 'I can do that; I saw it on TeeVee.'

You know, I ended up drabbling something suspiciously like this in

svilleficrecs's LJ the other day for this photo she posted. Except Brad was a grizzled war veteran photographer and Nate was the reporter and they were in Iran together, after doing Iraq (where they met), going stateside (where they fell in love) and Afghanistan (where Brad finally did something about it).

Donnie was bizarrely hot having UST with Speirs, I'm just saying. Also, DS has a new show; I think you should suggest Donnie to him (I know you have this power).

I don't slash BoB. Yes, I know. Me, who can slash six people before breakfast. I just... I don't feel the desire.

Brad was a grizzled war veteran photographer and Nate was the reporter and they were in Iran together, after doing Iraq (where they met), going stateside (where they fell in love) and Afghanistan (where Brad finally did something about it).

You're a TEASE! ::draws hearts::

I just... I don't feel the desire.

I do not even comprehend the words I'm reading right now.

You're a TEASE! ::draws hearts::

Well, DUH. I am very worn out, but eventually I will write something again. Possibly next month. I suppose if I had some inspiration I might ponder, but I am just worn the fuck out.

I just... I don't feel the desire.

I do not even comprehend the words I'm reading right now.

I know. Some things are just so good they supercede such a desire.

eventually I will write something again. Possibly next month. I suppose if I had some inspiration I might ponder, but I am just worn the fuck out.

You are SO worn out! ::pets you::

::sends cookies::

COOKAYS!!! nom! nom!

(Yes, Cookie Monster was my favorite.)

I ponder war photographer Brad Colbert. I think he's missing a toe. And he's got a some very large scars from shrapnel. The first time he sees Nate Fick with all his pale skin, he's sort of irritated and intrigued, and strangely self conscious, b/c that's something Brad is that people don't seem to talk about much. That thing with the ex? He wonders about himself a lot. He puts on a good front though. Ray's his driver. He doesn't want to take Nate along when he works, but he kind of can't help himself. It's the eyes. The determination. The fact that if he doesn't, Nate's going to go off on his own and get his ass killed and it's a very nice ass. It would be a shame to lose one.

There's this hotel that all the foriegn correspondents stay at, starts with a P, I wish I remembered, but Brad doesn't stay there. Nate does. After six weeks, Brad convinces Nate he needs to move out, to see Iraq as it really is. Except then Brad's living quarters get bombed and he ends up sleeping on Nate's floor.

Well, now I know what bribery material is best...

strangely self conscious, b/c that's something Brad is that people don't seem to talk about much.

Wait, srsly? Brad-the-hotass? Can people even see the shrapnel scars when he's, ya know, wearing clothes?

That thing with the ex? He wonders about himself a lot. He puts on a good front though.

OHHHH! Oh, Brad. ::pets him::

The fact that if he doesn't, Nate's going to go off on his own and get his ass killed and it's a very nice ass. It would be a shame to lose one.

A very nice ass. There are not enough nice asses in Brad's life, methinks. And he's a photog; he does so appreciate aesthetics. Especially Nate's.

After six weeks, Brad convinces Nate he needs to move out, to see Iraq as it really is. Except then Brad's living quarters get bombed and he ends up sleeping on Nate's floor.

Heh. Well, it achieves his goal of sleeping with Nate. If not actually sleeping WITH Nate.

Ray mocks Brad and his puppy-dog crush on the new kid. It's just unseemly. And yet welcome because it's Brad and Brad's crush is a) amusing and b) a proof of life. Also, does Ray think he can appropriate some of the new kid's nice stuff? Because I think he may be surprised at what a tough little bitch Nate can be. The irony, of course: Nate would share if asked.

::hearts::

Wait, srsly? Brad-the-hotass? Can people even see the shrapnel scars when he's, ya know, wearing clothes?

LOL. Do you think pretty people don't have insecurities too? That they're not plagued by doubt. Hot or not, people have issues. Or in the case of Brad, do you really think he considers himself good-looking? Honestly? Brad considers himself strong. In body and in mind. Physically able. Mentally capable. In my mind, Brad appreciates aesthetics in others, a good stride when you run, a strong arm in sports, a hot girl scantily clad, but appreciation does not necessarily follow *self* appreciation. In fact, most times it doesn't follow at all.

The irony, of course: Nate would share if asked.

Yes, but that's the idiocy of most people. You get further if you ask, but most people are too retarded to do so.

Oh, I realize pretty people have insecurities, but I got caught on the irrationality of the scar preoccupation, coming from Brad. Because he knows it's something people can't see, so Nate meeting him for the first time won't be pondering his scars. But then, yes, insecurities aren't rational, I know. ::waves hands:: Just ignore me.

So say he's got a couple scars. One that creeps above the collar of his shirt and a few in his leg. Most people look at his face - as you pointed out - and even if Brad's got doubts, people respond to him. But this journalism thing is complicated. He's a white man. An American no less. He is not the norm. So, now people are staring for different reasons. Which, I think, is another reason he likes being abroad so often. Not that he's throwing it in anybody face, but here, he thinks he's judged more for who he is and not how he looks. Even though he is this anomaly, it's for a different reason. And women - this being Iraq - don't tend to look at him at all. The female journalists are so few and far between that they're like ghosts...

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There's this hotel that all the foriegn correspondents stay at, starts with a P

The Palestine Hotel?

(I'm reading Dexter Filkins' The Forever War and he mentions it a couple of times.)

Yes! I thought it was called the Palestine and then my brain was like The Palestine? In Baghdad? You sure. Is that book any good by the way?

It's pretty good. It's weird/interesting- I just read GK last month, and it's actually got me reading more non-fiction than I normally do. I followed it up with One Bullet Away, I'm reading Filkins' book, and I just got Thomas Ricks' The Gamble.

(The other big Baghdad hotel is the Al-Rasheed- the hotel that CNN broadcast from during the Gulf War.)

So, you know I'm going to start pumping you for information if I write this, right?

Good for you. I am very proud. *gives cookie*.

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