If I wake up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy, put two rounds in the chamber

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1. I would like to thank custom_dreams for introducing me to this image, because now I am convinced that Christopher Nolan makes BFFs out of everybody on his films (unless your name is Scary Ass Christan Bale) and maurheti has convinced me that Saito and Fischer meet after the job. Up in Scotland. Where Saito bought a castle because he likes fly fishing. FLY FISHING BITCHES! Scotland FTW! I love the hell out of Scotland: the people are wicked awesome; the land is gorgeous; the accents are pornographic and the lager makes you see triple! (That last one may just be me).

2. Remember when I was sick for two and a half weeks and I was all, "Yeah, but I'm totally better now." I wasn't better. Ha :(

3. Dear Mad Men. Roger, you are a dick unlike any I've seen a long time, but holy shit do you make it work for you. John Slattery, high five!

4. So. Inception. :D (<-- I just hadn't said that for like two weeks and missed it).

4b. Has anybody made an Inception mood theme yet? Where is it? How can one be down? I needs the precious *makes grabby hands*

6. I like watching Drop Dead Diva and Huge. Neither one makes my fannish brain spin, but I find them more enjoyable than 98% of what's on telly at any given time.

7. *claps hands* I got some recs for you! As before these are all Eames/Arthur or Arthur/Eames, however you like to roll your dice. I tend to put the lead POV first myself.

(In Alphabetical Order. Like You Do)

1. documentation of an affair by onthecount. I love documentation fics like most people love hooker porn or jailbait fic or whatever people really love. I love the idea of being able to just make something transformative and interactive from a text and I swear if I had any fricking art skills at all I'd never write another story and just make everything art-based. Point: I enjoyed this so much I rushed this rec post just so I could say: READ THIS.

2. Don't Call My Eames by ivynights. The first line says it all. His name is Alejandro. Of course his name is Alejandro. Ex-boyfriend fic FTW! No, I stand corrected: Jealous!Arthur FTW!

3. Each touch belongs to each new sound by old_blueeyes. So, um, it's cuddling fic. Shut up people, I can be all fluffy too. It's short. And really sweet, considering it features armpits.

4. the man of my dreams by andrealyn. You know that thing where you read a story and after your heart stops trying to climb out of your throat and you stop barking like a seal all you can think is, "I love this story! Why can't I write anything like this story! Thank god (insert author of choice here) wrote this; I must now go die of jealousy". Yeah, that was totally my reaction to this story, but I'm much calmer now. Oh Eames, so totally my favorite.

5. Three Minute Love Games by finkpishnets is a story about speed dating. The real kind, not the kind you do when you first get to the pub and make that first circuit or that last circuit when last orders are up. It's Mal/Dom, Ariadne/Fisher and Arthur/Eames. With bonus Yusuf and Saito. I love the hell out of team fic, y'all don't even know.

6-8.ETA: These three five stories from inception_kink which were all well pimped before I arrived. I present to you: Adorably Paranoid!Eames Fic, Vibrator Fic, Nobody Told Me We Were Dating!Fic, Fake Married!Fic and The Day They Broke Arthur

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Comments

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Oh, you totally did! I had no idea I was going to be so disturbed, sheesh.

It really was compelling, though, I totally WANT to finish the trilogy, I just think I have to give myself a breather.

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That's the beauty of the book, I think. You are supposed to be disturbed and horrified; and if you're not... please do not stand too close to me. And I assure you, I don't tend to warn people for things unless I really think you know, "HEY, THIS IS FUCKED UP, DUDE." And I definitely urge you to read the entire trilogy, it's just, to my mind, incredibly well-done, horrifyingly honest is some ways and endearing in tiny ways, much like life itself. I know there are people who are all "Bitchcakes bitchcakes, excuse me while I piss in your sandbox and call it rain" about the book and the series but I try to steer clear of that.

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And I assure you, I don't tend to warn people for things unless I really think you know, "HEY, THIS IS FUCKED UP, DUDE."

Man, right? I have read some stuff, it can sometimes take a lot to get me to be like "Oh, yeah, some people might have an issue there." And I definitely don't feel like railing against the series - the writing was so crisp and everything was so tightly plotted. Which, like I said, is one of the reasons why my feelings on reading the book were so visceral once I was done with it. Good writing is supposed to provoke some sort of visceral response, I think. Its intention was to unsettle. WELL DONE, MR. LARSSON. And I do think I will eventually get to the rest of the trilogy - I love a good mystery, and I love Lisbeth. I think I just need a little mental space before I dive on in.

I hope this wasn't coming across like I'm all "UGH WHY DID YOU RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ME, YOU ARE A TERRIBLE HUMAN!" That was totally not my intention. I just thought of you when it was like, midnight, and my office was super dark, and I was waiting for a delivery with just like two other people, shaking my head and going "Next time, listen better, self. Also the next time you're here this late, maybe bring a comic book instead."

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I hope this wasn't coming across like I'm all "UGH WHY DID YOU RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ME, YOU ARE A TERRIBLE HUMAN!" T

Oh, no, I didn't think you were. I totally understand where you are coming from because when I was reading the first book I would have these moments of OMGWTFBBQ! PLEASEMAKEITSTOP! And I'd put the book down for 20 seconds walk away and then rush back because I had to know what was going to happen next. And I think it is truly a travesty that Stieg Larsson died before these were published, if only because I couldn't have a total moment of thank you for Lisbeth. It's been a long time since I've come across such an amazingly strong, capable and compelling female character.