What are ten things that no one knows about you, and that you will not willingly tell anyone about?

*meta, since he wouldn't even write most of them down in a locked entry*1) Laura/Irina was not the only time Arvin cheated on Emily. It was, however, the only affair he had, and so the only sexual relationship he thinks of as a betrayal; the other ( Read more... )

It's just one of the questions they ask to get to know each other, father and daughter, complete strangers, in those days of travel that lead them first to China, then Siena ( Read more... )

There are some remedies worse than the disease. -Publilius SyrusEight months, fourteen days and six hours. Yes, I did count. It had been that long since I had watched, puzzled over or touched any item belonging to or created by Milo Rambaldi when Sydney came in my office to talk about the imposter who had assumed my identity ( Read more... )

The five stages of grief: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance. Everyone grieves in their life, be it over the loss of a loved one or a dream they just can't reach. How do you grieve?I ( Read more... )

The linguist in me strongly objects to the simplification and indeed misuse of the term "Nemesis". I take it the question refers to a rather banal definition like "greatest enemy" or "most constant rival", or even "most hated person". Now of course there are several people in my life to whom such designations could be applied, and yet they do not ( Read more... )

( Wanting (Spoilers for the s5 finale) )

If you could do one thing and there would be no consequence to doing it, what would you do?

ooc: ficlet set firmly within the fourth season timeframe, for obvious reasons.There aren’t any actions without consequences. Being a strategist, Arvin Sloane is more aware of this than most people. At the same time, a mind that runs through alternate ( Read more... )

There are five basic torture groups, every agent learns. Blunt, sharp, cold, hot and loud.

It is a mystery to me why no one mentioned silence.

( Spoilers for the series finale )

Whether you're losing your religion, or finding your faith again, tell us, about religion.

*Notes written on several sheets, found in the study Prophet Five provided for Arvin Sloane in Zurich*

( Cut for vague Alias finale foreshadowing )

This is no world,
To play with mammets and to tilt with lips.
We must have bloody noses and cracked crowns,
And pass them current too.

When he sees her looking at him with that familiar expression, the one she wore striding in his office, accusing him of murdering her fiance, he thinks: Sydney. Hardly, Nadia says. You want her to be here, too ( Read more... )