Bringing 5pm to everyone (in the Eastern time zone, that is).

[osaraba]

Inexplicably, I am an Arthur fangirl. I don't quite understand why, because not only am I way more a Tom Hardy fangirl, I also typically like characters with shady pasts and IMO canon!Eames is way shadier than Arthur. Still, what can I say, the cards have fallen this way. I wonder if that's because it's easier to imagine the different ways Eames

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[osaraba]

Yesssss, those stories are both so good. <3 I love that first one for really how gen it is... and yet the teeny tiny hint of A/E at the end (which could realistically go either way) is like a wonderful reward for having made it all the way through without any A/E. I actually really wanted to see a bit more of Arthur and the OMC she wrote. Their date was so sweet. <3 Oh, Arthur, why must you be so sad and solemn?!

[osaraba]

You know, your comment got me thinking because I haven't really settled on any sort of absolute backstory headcanon for Eames. I'm more sure of what I think of his personality, I suppose, and his mannerisms, rather than his actual backstory. I think of him a bit closer to canon, with his super sharp mind, creativity in coming up with the ideaas/plans for inception, and his practicality in wanting to cut losses when they're low (in Yusuf's dream level when Saito was shot, and then again in his own dream level when Fischer was shot). I think I do lean toward him coming from old money more than him coming from nothing and, you know, faking it. I guess I'm more frustrated by the fact that it seems like those are the only two interpretations of his backstory. I guess I'm kind of looking for someone to make up another idea for how he got to where he is and how he is now without it being by way of "old wealth" or "from the streets". Then again, I try not to complain too much because it's not like I'm writing it, now am I

[osaraba]

YES DO READ THEM! They're so worth it! AHHHHH I LOVE YOUR ICON! <3333 I will admit that though it's as far from canon as can be, my favorite Arthur is a combination of used-to-be-Brendan!Arthur and mean!Arthur. And the fedora makes me think of noir, which makes me think of Brick.... <3333

I'm sorry your week is hellish! Did your spring break pass or is it upcoming?

FUGLY IS THE ONLY WAY TO DESCRIBE THOSE HANDS. MAYBE FUGLY AND BORING. UGH.

[osaraba]

It might have been in one of sho_no_tabi's fics, since her Arthur is always Brendan!Arthur and he has occasionally worn a pinstripe suit & fedora. I think I vaguely remember an instance when he wanted to play up the mafia image, but I can't remember which fic it was.

If you haven't read her fics, you MUST. SHE IS SO FUCKING ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. But go to her masterlist and start with A Soul Awake one because they're all in the same verse, and they're published in chronological order.