Friday Recs (Yes, it's still Thursday)

[hackthis]

Yes, these are Friday recommendations. Yes, it's still Thursday. Yes, I am sure because I'm sober. Why am I doing them today? a) Because I fucking can b) Because it's been that kind of week and c) See a & b.

Before we get to the Inception Recs, however, there are three other things that I'd very much like to draw your attention to:

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[jibrailis]

Recs, yay! My favourite time of the week has come early, and that's just the way I like it. Plus, more Yusuf fic. That is always good by me!

I've been dithering about whether or not I want to see The Social Network but now I think I definitely shall.

[hackthis]

I am always happy when you are happy, bb :)

That Yusuf fic is stun-ning. After I read it my heart grew several sizes. Also, I was so anti-Social Network I nearly had a conniption.

And then I saw it.

Two minutes into the opening scene I was agog.

Within the first thirty minutes my brain had had so many mental orgasms I was slumped in my seat unable to move.

[atomicskull]

Ok -

1) ♥! Thank you so much for the rec. :D

2) That Eames + Mal art - it's giving me ideas. Seriously, I should just start assuming that every Friday you'll have some new crazy inspiration for me.

3) YES TO EVERYTHING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ENTRY. Yes, Arthur is human. I think it was strzyga who said that Arthur isn't Vulcan, and there is no higher truth in the world. He's a real person with real emotions, and more than that he understand people. Also, from time to time he rolls up his sleeves and his tie is askew and he's ok with that, because he cares about his work at the people around him.

Also I think half the reason I wrote that fashion week story is because I wanted Eames to have at least one fic where he wasn't lambasted for his sartorial choices, haha. (The other half would be a desire to see Eames in a Spurr sweater with scuba divers on it. I never said I wasn't shallow/easily amused.)

Also, holy shit is that the most adorable otter EVER. <3!

[hackthis]

1) Story of my heart, bb. No lie.

2) IDEAS! I win! \o/ I like giving other people inspiration. It makes me v happy. Especially when I can't write anything at all.

3) You know how you have one thing that starts to bother you, but it's only one thing, so you let it go. And then something else starts to bother you, so suddenly now the first thing and the second thing are bothering you. Well, let's consider this set of recs, between the Mal characterization dissertion, the Eames characterization dissertation and the Arthur character dissertation, the one where I had some stuff on my mind. Both of my longer stories No One Gets Out Alive and j'veux ton amour, et je m'en fous d'après were about me getting a chance to step into the respective characters and see, as the saying goes, what's really hood.

The more I write them, the more I revise who I think they are. It helps me get to know the character. :)

[atomicskull]

I totally get this. I think it was somewhat of a challenge coming out of the movie with concrete characterizations for anyone, just because the movie was so plot driven. So people latched onto the Arthur: snappy dresser thing and... I can't actually justify where the Eames characterization of being a bad dresser came from. Americans who don't have as much access to European fashion? But I'm still not sure how Arthur: snappy dresser = Arthur: robot. I always saw Arthur who flirted with Ariadne and ribbed back at Eames and, in some way, cared about Mal.

But yeah, the more I write, the more I settle into them. I think you don't really know a character until you've churned out several thousand words of them and finally something just clicks.

[hackthis]

I know plenty of snappy dressers who are also perfectly happy to wear ripped shirts and jeans with stains. I just... there is always so much more to people than whatever's on the surface. So Arthur's a snappy dresser, and what else? What side of the bed does he sleep on? What's his favorite book? Color? Does he cry at movies? Does he even like movies? What about TV? Does he cook? What's his favorite food? His favorite place? I can only speak for myself, but what I love about writing is a chance to expand, to create. I don't ever want just one thing, I want to see everything, to discover. People are nebulous, ephemeral and inconsistent. Maybe he loves tomatoes today and hates them tomorrow, that's how I write. But that's just me

[hackthis]

I am not a fan of The Sartorialist (putting it politely), so maybe that's not the best comparison for me, but I do think Eames has great style.

[msloserrific]

Dude, I have to say, I admire you for these lists. I do this for my other blog and it is SO not easy.

[hackthis]

No, it's really not, is it?

[msloserrific]

And you sort them by category, link both the fic/art/etc AND the user, plus you go into a little description of them all. Ku-dos.

[dremiel]

Thank you, as always, for the recs. But also for the soapbox!!! YES! Eames has style. He does not drop pet names into every conversation, nor is his every utterance a flirtatious one. He is frightfully sharp. Arthur has a heart. He feels deeply. He is not always in a three piece suite, nor is he always wearing a tie. He does not hate Eames nor is he afraid of him.

[hackthis]

Yes, exactly. *hands a drink* There's no hate. There's a healthy rivalry and respect and friendship. I dunno where the hate came from. That one makes my skin crawl. Eames is brilliant and kind and impossibly smart. He's not a flirt. One endearment does not the Whore of Babylon make. Arthur likes frayed t-shirts and fixes the holes in his socks with yellow thread regardless of the color of the sock. (I think that has to go in my next story).

Sláinte.