snow days in the south, ffj
Life sucks
"There were times - especially in summer, while swallowing my afternoon salt-pill - when it occured to me that I was simply repeating my mother's life. Usually this thought struck me as funny. But if I happened to be tired, or if there were extra bills to pay and no money to pay them with, it seemed awful. I'd think, 'This isn't the way our lives are supposed to be going.' Then I'd think. 'Half the world has the same idea.' [Stephen King, On Writing]
Life Shines
“Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.” [Mae West]
Fanfic Quote of the Week
"Wyatt Cain is not a fan of prolonged silences, meaningful glances, or pregnant pauses - most things in life can be accomplished without poeticism or unnecessary theatrics, and often accomplished much more efficiently. The recollection of his confession to Adora so many annuals ago confirms this; he'd kissed her lingeringly, said "let's get married" when he was sure he meant it, and then followed up on the proposition. Of course, this had also been preceded by a courtship of the type that lasted so long and was so untroubled that there had been no other reasonable conclusion than to prolong it for the foreseeable eternity (or what was supposed to be eternity). But things weren't much different up until then, either.
This time, there isn't the comfortable assurance of such a well-established rapport, which takes the edge off of his certainty. Cain is the sort of man who could know you for an annual and still not hesitate to put you at gunpoint the second things went amiss in your company, but he is also the sort of man who believes that confronting problems head-on with a minimum of dilly-dallying is the best way to solve them. Morality outweighs indecision.
He looks to Glitch, who is not particularly helpful (which isn't to say that his capacity for helpfulness in these matters is more bountiful on any other given day). His head is tilted to the side and eyes squinted, in a gesture that suggests both the cogs in his half-a-brain fumbling to rearrange this senselessness in a new approximation of equal senselessness and the image of a confused puppy. In other words, he is poised to forget that the moment has ever occurred in T-minus several seconds, if Cain does not do something to help his thought process along.
So he says it. In a way that is about as romantic as a debriefing, but spoken nonetheless:
"I think I have something that is very close to a certain kind of attraction towards you. I've decided that the best way of dealing with this is telling you. You are in no way obligated to do anything about it."
Title: Business as Usual
Author: cooking_spray
Fandom: Tin Man
Pairing: Cain/Glitch
Reason Rec'd: I think the only fic I read this week was the bizarrest fics I could find. I just rewatched Tin Man [because I loved Alice so much and wanted to give TM another chance]. I'm still not sure it did the Oz Universe justice, but I did kind of fall for Cain and Glitch. This story is sooo well written. Just - the author has a way with words. I don't think you would even have to ship the pairing to enjoy it.
Fanfic of the Week
Title: Dead Men Don't Wear Glitter
Author: mandysbitch
Fandom: AI8, Resident Evil: Apocalypse crossover
Pairing: Adam/Kris
Reason Rec'd: I was had at --"Raccoon city is officially the worst place they've ever played." I'm a simple, simple girl. And like I said in my feedback - Kris Allen + gun + Adam Lambert + Katana + zombies = Lee in Love.
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