Warehouse 13 FF: The Pleasure of that Madness [Artie/James; R; spoilers for 1.12]

[black_eyedgirl]

Title: The Pleasure of that Madness
Fandom: Warehouse 13
Characters/Pairings: Artie/James
Rating: Soft R for mostly non-explicit sexual activity
Length: 2,000 words
Disclaimer: Created by Jane Espenson and Brent Mote. 'SyFy' can have it back when they revert to a less ridiculous name.
Spoilers: Goes AU about 6mins before the end of S1.
Warnings:

Comments

[dancinbutterfly]

Dear god. Just...dear freaking god. Oh, Artie. My heart. You never stopped loving him, did you? Devastating and satisfying.

Happy-fic now plz? Claudia/Artie maybe? ANYTHING HAPPY WITH ARTIE. MY HEART!

[sunnyrea]

Wow, very interesting take on the Artie/James with Artie coming back again and again. I can definitely see James getting that kind of behavior though. Very nice! (And glad to see more people on this ship besides me!)

[raedbard]

Late fb is laaaate. So I'll get to it.

Ohhhh, yes. Slashy as all get out, these two. (I was sooo tempted to skip to the end and show you the finale! With the ball gag! With the married-couple-y-ness! *g*) But this gets to the genius of it -- the back and forth, the love/hate, the control and submission. *fansself*

James coughs when the reversal is complete - an affectation, as it really is a painless process.
I love James, have I mentioned? ;) He's just so wicked right to the bone (at this last stage of his development), but ruffled and charming and, gah. The cough is genius. *g*

Artie nods and pushes the button. James holds eye contact until he can’t do it any longer.
*sadface* This first one is heart-breaking. Even though James knows perfectly well what's expected it's still awful that he has these thirty seconds blinking in the sun with Artie, then it's back to the bronze. Which pretty much makes you forget who the villain is, which, I guess, was the point.

“-children!” he says. “Children. We were never that young. We made

& pt. 2

[raedbard]

“A kiss, old friend,” James says. “For old friendship’s sake. Before you press that switch again and condemn me to the silence.”
It's interesting -- and why this is such a nifty idea -- that, of course, it's not an endless waste of time for James, as it is for Artie. For him it's a series of mini encounters, a set of negotiations, five or six dates. *g* Layerrrrs.

James keeps talking. “You look older. Has it been so long? Or is this just the work?”
Though I suppose the illusion of no time having passed only goes so far, which is sad and epic in itself.

“An entire building, full of the ancient and unusable - and you. You’re the worst of them all, Arthur. You’ll rot away in here with the rest of them. Wasting. Untouched.”
Artie as artifact. Hmmm, that is interesting. *g* Perfect extrapolation though; the subtext behind everything James says before he gets bronzed -- come with me, we can be geniuses together. Argh, James, stop breaking my heart!

But James always makes the inalienable truths a little hazy.*squees crazily* See, you have

[entwashian]

I was just complaining with talking to someone about the lack of Artie/James fic, and zhe linked me here.

I really enjoyed this! I like how you acknowledge that their relationship is kinda creepy, but they never really think about it that way. I like how you haven't really written either of them as the "good guy" or the "bad guy", because their relationship is a lot more complex than that.