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[hackthis_archive]

I think to read this LJ is to know that I have a very strong aversion to spoilers of any kind. Since most of my fandoms are very small, or, in fact, closed (GK), I don't have to deal with being spoiled too often. However. Today, I was spoiled for S2 of Southland by Michael Cudlitz, who plays John Cooper.

HOLY SHIT, COOPER'S GOING TO COME OUT TO BEN?!

AND DEWEY ALREADY KNOWS?!

I have to go have a drink on this one.

Jesus fuck can it be September 25th already or what? Why is he taunting the baby hackthis like this? I can just see this scene. Oh my god I want to write it so bad I could plotz. And no, I am totally not taking the angsty route. I'll leave that to the producers. This is going to be comedy gold where he comes out, and Ben just thinks John's fucking with him, trying to make him uncomfortable with hazing. And Ben's like, fine whatever, I admit it, I date guys! I said it, go ahead and give me shit. And John's a little startled, like, right, Short Stuff, whatever. And then Ben's all, if you have a problem with me being bi just say so and John's brain is like "it would be wrong to fuck with him. this could go badly" and then he puts the moves (wow, "moves" showing my age huh?) on him and Ben's like hooray! And John's like, wow, that backfired hardcore. Go team me.



I also saw The Hurt Locker this weekend.

So, first the shallow stuff:

The fact that Katheryn Bigelow, who directed this film, is 57 and looks like a fucking supermodel at 35? Can I do that when I'm 57?

She's got legs that would make Christy Turlington cry.

Now, on to deeper things.

Where could a girl find James/Sanborn/Eldridge fic? No, like, really, I think I'm going to have to ask for that for yuletide, because that? That was some wild shit.

Actually, no, the Sanborn/James thing was some insane stuff. That fight scene in James' quarters, when they were punching each other totally made me think of svilleficrecs when she asked me to write Brad and Nate fighting, but frankly, if Brad and Nate started fighting like Sanborn and James? Uh, that would lead to relationship meltdown, b/c when James SAT on Sanborn and he went apeshit? Whoa. Oh, and the fact that Sanborn decked a superior officer?!

WHAT?!

Insanity.

And the cameos by Guy Pearce and Ralph Finnes? Nice.

Seriously, though, if everybody involved doesn't get nominated for something there is no justice... which there isn't anyway. I would've loved more character time, but you know it was 130 miuntes not a seven part miniseries.

That part where Eldridge got kidnapped, because James wanted to play cowboy did make me think a lot about Encino Man and how people in charge totally just abuse the hell out of their subordinates sometimes. Except I really liked James, but damn was he a dick.

I'm sure I have other thinking thoughts. I'm tired right now though and want to go back to watching my pretentious French films.

Oh, if you're interested in really just killing yourself with war angst, also go see Waltz with Bashir, which is about a Lebanese massacre in the early 1980s. I'd, uh, have some Prozac on hand if you try to make this a double feature.

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[missie-meghan.livejournal.com]

Don't plotz, write it! Write it! Please please write it! Pretty pretty please with Officer Cooper on top?!?!

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I am pondering it like a whole lot. Really.

[al-hazel.livejournal.com]

COOPER'S GOING TO COME OUT TO BEN

OMG, WHAT?! Season 2 is looking to so good! *claps*

I like the comedic route. I'll definitely read if you write it.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

When I read that, my brain just... and then I was all ...!!!! and I'm still trying to process it. Not very successfully, but I'm having fun trying.

[nightanddaze.livejournal.com]

I would get behind James/Sanborn/Eldridge fic because, yeah. Really glad people can't read my mind. I would have scarred most of the theatre with that one.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I started watching the movie sitting up right and by the halfway point I was slumped halfway in my seat in agony. I sat right back up during the party/fight with the whiskey though. And then there was all that other business and I pretty much ended up horizontal in my chair waiting for somebody to come and take me away from the horror.

That James/Sanborn/Eldridge dynamic was something else though. *That* is how I see people operating. That's a real display of teamwork, which mostly consists of, "I hate your ass with a passion, but if something happens to you I'm fucked."

[thorne-scratch.livejournal.com]

I've had the DVD of Waltz with Bashir sitting on top of my desk, waiting to be waited for the past month, but I'm terrified I'm going to just want to slit my wrists afterwards. I have to find something really happy to immediately follow it up with.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't know about the wrist thing, but you might want, like, some puppies and rainbows on standby.

[kuteki.livejournal.com]

Eee, I am wary of spoilers so I debated whether to click the cut, but I am so glad I did! Best spoiler ever! I do hope they handle it well. And I that plotting leads to writing...

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I cannot WAIT to see this.

[romanticalgirl.livejournal.com]

I think the most interesting thing to me (obvs. because I'm weird) is that Dewey knows. As much as Dewey's an ass about Chickie and women in general and everything - seeing him be more than fine with John being gay is quite a revelation.

Not that I don't think sex with John and Cooper is hot, because you know I do! I just thought that was an interesting character twist for Dewey. And, yes, this completely explains why I tend to go directly for the angst. Because now I want to write Dewey and John when he finds out about John. After, of course, I finish the stubble!porn (which hopefully will happen now that I'm home and back on my desktop).

Also, must see Hurt Locker. Yes. Apparently I won't have the kids this Thursday, so maybe I can manage to watch.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I think the most interesting thing to me (obvs. because I'm weird) is that Dewey knows. As much as Dewey's an ass about Chickie and women in general and everything - seeing him be more than fine with John being gay is quite a revelation.

Do you know that when I first started pondering The Epic after episode 1.06, there was going to be a scene where John walked in on Dewey basically threatening Ben and was all "If you fuck Cooper up they won't find your body EVER," and then when the season finale happened I was like, nooooo, let's not take that route. But you know, I think I've always known that he knew. It just seemed to fit with the way the show is always giving you something you were so not expecting.

Not that I don't think sex with John and Cooper is hot, because you know I do! I just thought that was an interesting character twist for Dewey. And, yes, this completely explains why I tend to go directly for the angst. Because now I want to write Dewey and John when he finds out about John. After, of course, I finish the stubble!porn (which hopefully will happen now that I'm home and back on my desktop).

I'm shocked I tell you. Shocked.

[transtempts.livejournal.com]

*claps with GLEE*

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Inorite!

[svilleficrecs.livejournal.com]

*g* Hurt Locker was ALL THAT AND A BAG OF CHIPS.

And yeah, the fight between whats his name and whats his name was definitely not the sort Brad and Nate would have, even though it had some of the same vibe.

What I *Really* want to see is some Yuletide or whatever where Brad and crazy bomb diffuser guy meet and hit it off and Brad convinces him to let him tag along on some crazy bomb difusing run or two. Defusing? IDK. You know what I mean.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

*g* Hurt Locker was ALL THAT AND A BAG OF CHIPS.

Dude, when it was over I was practically horizontal in my chair like Whoa. And the fight between Sanborn and James sort of started out playful, which totally made me think of you FYI. You know, let's see who can hit who harder. And then it just degenerated and I was like, "oh, SHIT."

What I *Really* want to see is some Yuletide or whatever where Brad and crazy bomb diffuser guy meet and hit it off and Brad convinces him to let him tag along on some crazy bomb difusing run or two. Defusing? IDK. You know what I mean.

We're calling it 'defusing' now? Riiiiiight. Jeremy Renner was awesomesauce though, I was so proud. That bit where they were in the desert watching that sniper house all day, and the dirt was caked on their skin and there were flies landing on them and then Eldridge gave them a juice pack and the first thing James did was share it with Sanborn? That's one hell of a dynamic. A very *twisted* dynamic.

[halfway2home.livejournal.com]

I'm glad Cooper's not being sidelined. When they said they were going to focus more on Ben and Regina in the new season, that made me nervous.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I didn't hear that they were focusing on Ben and Regina, not that I would complain about this in an way shape and form. In fact, if we never saw any other detective BUT Regina I'd be A-fucking-okay with that. But since we focus on Ben also, we have to focus on Cooper and so I clap with glee like I just got a pony. Wot? They make me excited.

[sparky77.livejournal.com]

And John's like, wow, that backfired hardcore. Go team me.

Ha!!! Yes, that is exactly what should happen!

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I'M SO EXCITED! I'M SO EXCITED! *points at icon* I'm excited like Ben and Cooper and fucking rainbows. Yes, you have ruined me and henceforth they shall all be fuckin' rainbows. I hope you are satisfied now.

[missdunham.livejournal.com]

THE HURT LOCKER! THE HURT LOCKER! THE HURT LOCKER!

Jeremy Renner looks so good in those pictures ^_^ Just UNF!

I cannot wait for this. I'm too excited.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

It was rilly good. *nods*

[chinawolf.livejournal.com]

Go team me.

Can't. Stop. Laughing. Oh God, please, I'm begging you, please write this. AWESOME.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

It is percolating. Trufax.

[chicklet-girl.livejournal.com]

AND DEWEY ALREADY KNOWS?!

I can't watch the episodes right now, but I swear that was already made (relatively) clear in 1xSomething, Dewey's retirement party. Dewey was talking to Sherman and said something like "Cooper's a [mumbly inaudible], but he's a good cop." And fandom consensus was Dewey knows. I probably imagined it. *g*

I also think John was trying to engineer his coming out in episode 1x06 or 1x07, whichever one had the conversation about Sherman's "friend" Whatshername. You know, Cooper said "Is she your friend, or your girlfriend?" and Ben kinda hemmed and hawed and said "Girlfriend" and then John said he was putting up the retaining wall with his friend Cesar and I waited with bated breath for Ben to jokingly ask "Is he your friend or your boyfriend" and for John to say, "I guess he's kind of my boyfriend." But Sherman totally flubbed by not picking up on the "friend" thing. In short, rich boys fuck everything up.

Aaaaanyway, in re: spoiler: OMG YAY!

Also, I saw The Hurt Locker last weekend and have a total girlcrush on Kathryn Bigelow. (You saw her on Colbert, right? My stepdad still can't quite believe a woman directed that movie.) In related news, Jeremy Renner now owns my soul.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I can't watch the episodes right now, but I swear that was already made (relatively) clear in 1xSomething, Dewey's retirement party. Dewey was talking to Sherman and said something like "Cooper's a [mumbly inaudible], but he's a good cop." And fandom consensus was Dewey knows. I probably imagined it. *g*

REALLY? Fuck, they re-aired 1.02 on Friday but I was out and it's not on-demand, b/c they only have 1.04-1.07 on and what the hell is that about. *makes angry gestures at cable company*. Southland is so fucking layered, it's like Generation Kill. There's episodes I've seen five times and still am like "wait, that happened where? I totally missed that!"

John said he was putting up the retaining wall with his friend Cesar and I waited with bated breath for Ben to jokingly ask "Is he your friend or your boyfriend" and for John to say, "I guess he's kind of my boyfriend." But Sherman totally flubbed by not picking up on the "friend" thing. In short, rich boys fuck everything up.

This was 1.07, and THAT was something I was waiting on. When John was asking about Daisy Ears, which shall always be her name to me, and he was talking about the retaining wall and I was like and! and! I love you Ben, but sometimes you are not so bright. Actually, I'm still thinking in 1.02 that he could've done it when Ben got out of the therapy sesssion.

Also, I saw The Hurt Locker last weekend and have a total girlcrush on Kathryn Bigelow. (You saw her on Colbert, right? My stepdad still can't quite believe a woman directed that movie.)

You know if Stephen *breathes* I know about it! And you can tell your stepdad he should not underestimate women that way. Just b/c he thinks we all like chick flicks (gag) doesn't mean a good many of us could turn out an awesome war film.

[ex-trolleys.livejournal.com]

I need Sanborn/James fic in my pants life! And word re: Kathryn Bigelow's amazingness.

I feel like I should have hated James more but I realized he reminds me a lot of Jim McNulty, heh.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

JIMMY! I think I need to go watch The Wire now. *nods a lot*

[missie-meghan.livejournal.com]

I think Dewey knowing about Cooper and handling that knowledge in an adult manner may actually go a long way to redeeming the character. There's something I'd never thought I'd say.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I will have to see it first.

[gidgetgirl84.livejournal.com]

OMG! You have to write this. I like, need to read this fic and I will totally give up sleep again if I have to to read it. :P So, yeah, I am so adding my pleas to everyone elses. The description alone is gold, so the fic ought to be another epic one. :D

P.S. Just an fyi, I friended you, obviously you don't have to feel oblidged to do the same, but feel free if you want. I so should have done it back when I found Midnight Run, but clicking that add as friend link is hard work! :P And I'm totally going through all the fics you have in your memories, and OMG I have so much love for them. From what I've gotten through your Ari fics are among my faves and I've never in my life watched Entourage. Clearly I am a deprived individual and this must be rectified. Anyways, now that my ps is longer than my comment I'll just say Iloveyourficspleasewritethisoneorwhateverelseyouwantjustwritemorepleasethanksandgoodbye. :D

[maurheti.livejournal.com]

And John's like, wow, that backfired hardcore. Go team me. LOL! Ben being all clueless but game? John being all ...huh. Okay then? Yeah. Sign me up!

Hurt Locker. That fight scene. Was momentarily distracted by Jeremy Renner without his shirt (yup. Still hot), but jesus, that went somewhere unexpected with Sanborn's meltdown. The whole movie was kind of like that, though -- spinning up, spiraling down, taking unexpected turns. All that irreversible damage, both physically and mentally... Damn.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

And John's like, wow, that backfired hardcore. Go team me. LOL! Ben being all clueless but game? John being all ...huh. Okay then? Yeah. Sign me up!

There were a few comments above about where at one point did Dewey try to tell Ben about John and then some thoughts that John tried to tell Ben and Ben just kind of didn't pick up what he was throwing down. I'm sorry, Nate's tainted me and that phrase just pops up all the time now, even when it's not relevant.

Re: the fight scene. You know when that started off it totally made me think, wow, I wish the GK boys had a chance to decompress and fuck around like that. And I remember being shocked that they had alcohol, and then the whole thing just degenerated so badly I wanted to crawl under my chair. Sanborn's meltdown, James just being kind of an Encino Man sized dick.

[skyenapped.livejournal.com]

this show needs to start again. stat.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Trufax.

[themicemen.livejournal.com]

Yes! The Hurt Locker! I went with a few friends to watch it at the Film Festival (yay! showing! :D) and we guh-ed because after GK there was pretty much nothing else to guh at and this just hit the spot so right.

Guh.

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

I agree, it's definitely not a bad way to scratch the GK itch.

::hearts you::

[romanticalgirl.livejournal.com]

The first day he works with John Cooper, Ben goes home and jerks off for an hour - keeping himself right on the edge for as long as he can before he has to give in to the need, the throb of his dick and come all over himself. He's a mess, come everywhere, and he doesn't care. He just lies there, not even fully undressed, and keeps stroking his cock until he can't take it anymore, then he sucks his fingers clean, wishing like fuck it was Cooper's come he was sucking down.

That lasts for about three days and then it's not enough. Ben's fantasized about guys before, but he's never done anything about it, but Cooper's in his head and he doesn't know how to get him out. Doesn't know that he wants to. Between the calls and the adrenaline and the mind-numbing boring stretches of shit, he watches Cooper and listens to him and tries to learn instead of wanting to do things that are almost enough to make him blush. He drives around for two hours after his last shift of the week, aimlessly, he thinks, until he ends up at a grocery store and buys whiskey, eggs and two bottles of KY. He gets the specialized brand - the one made especially to enhance her pleasure - not because he cares if the clerk thinks he's fucking women, men or goats for that matter, but because he's never gotten far enough in thinking about guys to really, honestly think about something up his ass.

Just the thought of that - Cooper's dick buried inside him - makes him hard, and the ride home is excrutiating. Every bump and jolt of the bike makes his dick throb and he's barely inside the door before he's digging through the bag for the lube. He breaks the eggs, but he doesn't care, just strips out of his clothes right there and lubes two fingers up, going too fast and feeling the hard burn as he pushes them inside. It aches and his cock deflates slightly, so he drops back to one and works his way up, panting and thrusting into the air until he comes all over the Persian throw rug his mom bought him as a housewarming gift. He has rug burns and his ass burns, and he wants Cooper more than ever.

It takes him another week to break down and buy a dildo. He's managed three fingers and watched more porn that he has the entire rest of his life, stroking his dick and riding his fingers, lying on the floor like some sort of desperate, wanton whore and moaning John's name when he comes. He's got a vast array of downloaded gay porn, all of it involving cops or Marines and he's found two actors close enough to John that he watches them and imagines what it would be like if John were doing that to him - licking his ass, sucking his dick, squeezing his balls, pinning Ben to the wall. Riding in the squad car is like fucking torture, and he jerks off in one of the bathroom stalls before he showers after the shift, because he's not sure what he'd do otherwise.

Bad enough that he watches John in the shower, that he watches his hands move over his body and rub every muscle, rest on his lower back as he arches it and stretches. Ben knows as much about John's body as he can from the distance of several shower heads and the passenger seat of the car, and when he finally goes to the shop, he knows exactly what he wants.

It's blue, which is bad enough, but it's called the 'Cop Killer' and it's big and thick and almost what Ben wants. As close as he can get to John's dick. He buys it without comment and the clerk doesn't look at him at all. He buys more lube and hurries home, needing it far more than he wants to admit. He's learned, but he doesn't care, and takes it too deep too fast. His ass burns and he gasps, but it's the right kind of pain and he manages to get it deep inside him. He sits on the arm of his couch, legs straddling it and rocks backward, taking it deeper as the movie on his TV shows the John look-alike bending his partner over and handcuffing him before eating out his ass and then fucking him until he confesses to something - anything, Ben doesn't care - and then he pulls out and comes all over his partner's back. Ben doesn't last that long, he's too far gone before he's even got the cuffs out, but he watches it all, shuddering from the pressure against his prostate and stroking himself with his own come.

Re: ::hearts you::

[hackthis.livejournal.com]

Blurp. Burble. Meep

So, I get this in my inbox and I'm all, "Yay, L mail!" and then I see it's comment!fic and my brain is all "ooooh, Comment!Fic!" and then it processes a little more "SOUTHLAND COMMENT FIC!" and by this time I'm in a tizzy. Please note I haven't read it yet.

And then...then I read it.

I do not think I have the words in my vocabulary to adaquately explain my reaction to this. I don't think "I DIED" quite covers the mind-bending hotness. The way that my brain just went 'splat!' all over everything. I, you, and this... is there more? I know I'm a greedy little bugger AND I DON'T CARE!!! He bought a dildo called the COP KILLER. Do you really expect me not to get on my knees and beg, because I totally can. I really can.

LOOK!

(http://s467.photobucket.com/albums/rr40/ahackwriter/?action=view&current=worship_kneeling.jpg)

[silviakundera.livejournal.com]

Actually, no, the Sanborn/James thing was some insane stuff.
So CRAZY slashy! When they're were all drunk and beating on each other and the sexual tension was just ratcheting, for a second I actually thought the writers might go there.

I would kill to see a Sanborn/Colbert crossover (because James = yes, very interesting but kind of a reckless dick, and I think unfortunately Brad would just punch him in the face... but Sanborn would want to have 10,000 of Brad's babies).