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★mei ([personal profile] meitachi) wrote2010-09-15 05:35 pm

do you see me when you close your eyes?

GUESS WHOSE BIRTHDAY IT IS.

Here's a hint: for a birthday present, we should totally get him this. Or this.

Yes, yes, the answer is (da da daaan) TOM HARDY. And because I steal all my pictures of T-Hard from tumblr anyway, all y'all (hahaha look I'm using it!) should just go look for yourself.

I think for his birthday, people should write me filthy T-Hard/JGL porn. Y/Y? I mean, it's like the gift that keeps on giving...

Anyway! Obligatory celebration out of the way (...I totally didn't know it was his birthday until [livejournal.com profile] cherrybina, er, absolutely did not make a post and absolutely did not mention it), let's talk about other things.


- Thank you, Inception fandom, for helping me appreciate the finer points of menswear. You have now officially ruined me for all the boys in my life, who do not wear these sexy classy things all the time. This is highly distressing.

- I keep typing "waistcoast" instead of "waistcoat", argh.

- I am reading so much Smallville fic and I have decided I like the DCU-fusion futurefics better because...I have no idea what actually went on in Smallville during Clark's high school years, never having seen any of the show (ten freaking seasons!). Also, c'mon, it's seriously middle-of-nowhere, Kansas - what a snooze. :( Move them to Metropolis and have Lex be filthy rich and powerful and Clark be all hot and morally superior (and slip in some Batman and Robin to entertain me) and write totally legal sexytimes! :D

- Today I went grocery shopping! I literally had nothing in my fridge except bread and a lot of different sauces because I have been putting this off forever, being stressed by school and other obligations. But now I have food again! I will not perish from starvation!

- On the topic of food, I want to try out all of these recipes (I like grilled cheese sandwiches, okay, don't judge me) but I think most of all I want to try the one with kimchi. Because kimchi is stupidly delicious and also I have some, so I could actually do this.

- I also have a ton of apples from apple-picking over the weekend and I am going to bake them and make delicious apple crisp, mmm. Thinking about baking some cheesecake-brownie cupcakes too, with almonds & chocolate chips on top. Or maybe no chocolate chips; I have everything else, so I could actually do that tonight... !!! No, no I think I will make apple crisps instead.

- Liverpool plays tomorrow! DEAR TEAM, PLEASE DO NOT SUCK. LOVE, MEI. But the game I'm really anxious about is the SUNDAY MATCH AGAINST MANCHESTER UNITED AHHH.


Here, have a few quick Inception recs:

(1) University Arthur/Eames AU series by [livejournal.com profile] onelittlesleep. I don't really know how to describe it except that it's different from every other college AU out there and it's utterly delicious. Ridiculously hot, a darker edge than most, and just -- a really nice change of stylistic pace from all the other A/E I've been reading. Lots of sex, some drama and angst, mostly just incredibly wonderful.

(2) Cuddling fics: Pre-deprivation by [livejournal.com profile] withlightning, where Arthur is the world's most cuddly sleeper, sort of by accident. And The Big Sleep by [livejournal.com profile] jibrailis, where Arthur is a flaily and violent sleeper but Eames discovers just how to soothe him.

It's true: there is no such thing as too many cuddling fics in this fandom. I will never tire of them!

So...you should totally tell me one fandom trope/cliché that you never tire of (assuming done well; always assuming written well!): High school AUs? Hooker AUs? Arranged marriage? Pretend boyfriends? Mistaken identity? accident leading to amnesia a la Korean dramas? Celebrity meets normal guy/girl a la Notting Hill? Coffeeshop AUs?

No kinks this time, just tropes! TELL ME YOUR SHAMEFUL FEEL-GOOD LOVES.

[identity profile] cobweb-diamond.livejournal.com 2010-09-15 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
1. it could be worse, it could be "wastecoat".

2. have you read the awesome awesome awesome sequel to the university fic where Arthur goes to meet Eames' family? OH MY GODDD.

3. ALL TROPES ARE IN MY HEART. i love cliche. but especially highschool AUs. high school AUs oh my god.

[identity profile] meiface.livejournal.com 2010-09-15 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
2. YES OF COURSE I HAVE. She has a sequel after that one too! All of them are bookmarked in my delicious. :D All off them stolen from Aja's bookmarks because oh my god I have fallen out of keeping up with this fandom so hard...

3. I think I love university/college AUs better just because they are older! And less dumb! And there is so much ridiculous shit they can do, being "independent" and not living at home, usually, and hahaha oh my god so much drinking and legal sex! Though I have to concede that there is nothing quite like teenaged boys jerking off/having wet dreams in high school AUs because of the tantalizing sort of shame/secret/self-realization that just not the same when they're older. :3

[identity profile] regicidaldwarf.livejournal.com 2010-09-15 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
My favorite tropes are Highschool and College AUs. THERE ARE NEVER ENOUGH. :D

[identity profile] meiface.livejournal.com 2010-09-15 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh my god, I just had a thought: I want college AU with pretend boyfriends. ...while one works at a coffeeshop and the other is a hooker? LET'S JAM AS MANY TROPES INTO ONE FIC AS POSSIBLE.

[identity profile] regicidaldwarf.livejournal.com 2010-09-15 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
OH GOD, I. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW THAT WOULD WORK. BUT I WANT IT.

I WANT IT SO MUCH.

[identity profile] jibrailis.livejournal.com 2010-09-15 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
TOM HARDY GGGUHHHHH. For your birthday, Mr. Hardy, you get incoherence from me.

The one fandom trope that I never get sick of is fuck buddies who then fall in love (or people who were in love already but act as fuck buddies because they don't know of each other's ~feelings). Omg, I'm getting tingly just thinking about it. :D

Hahaha, I had to read the waistcoast thing twice before I even noticed what was wrong with it. *headddesk*

[identity profile] regicidaldwarf.livejournal.com 2010-09-15 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
PS I'm currently working on a stupid college AU and now I almost want to rework it so there are pretend boyfriends. Or write another one afterwards. xD

[identity profile] cobweb-diamond.livejournal.com 2010-09-15 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
IDK, i think it's mostly like how in teen movies everyone is played by 21 year olds. like, in real life 17 year old boys are repellent and moronic, but in fiction (because the high school trope is basically a total myth) it just fills me with adoration. like the whole Taylor Swift universe thing that shows up in every fandom everywhere. people do not act like that but i still lovveeee ittt.

lol, there was actually MORE drinking and sex in my social circle in high school than at uni. maybe that's why i don't like uni college stories as much... it's unfamiliar because my uni was totally non campus based and was basically just somewhere i went to class for a few hours every week and nothing else.

p.s. i know right? you leave fandom for a few days and it is TOTALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO CATCH UP. so many fics to read! fffff why are people so prolific.

[identity profile] meiface.livejournal.com 2010-09-15 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
PLEASE DO PLEASE DO PLEASE DO.

[identity profile] foxxcub.livejournal.com 2010-09-15 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I seriously cannot have too many fake boyfriend AUs. OR ARRANGED MARRIAGES. I think it's all the Harlequin novels I read as a tween. /o\

[identity profile] meiface.livejournal.com 2010-09-15 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
It's obviously because they hate us and want to spite us. :( UGH, WE'LL TAKE WHATEVER WINS WE CAN GET, EVEN IF THEY ARE UGLY. I'm pretty sure that's how I felt about the last few times Liverpool won anything haha. I am totally dreading/anticipating the match against Man Utd though...

[identity profile] meiface.livejournal.com 2010-09-15 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
ME TOO, ME TOO. I am actually reading Georgette Heyer right now so I'm all OH MY GOD REGENCY GLEE but it's even worse because in this book there are identical twin brothers and one is taking the other one's place and all I can think of is the horrible influence fandom has been on me and sort of pine fruitlessly for the twins to maybe make out a little... orz

I know I will not get that, but I will at least get the first twin's betrothed falling in love with the second, masquerading twin!

[identity profile] meiface.livejournal.com 2010-09-15 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I think I have now tricked myself into wanting to write this but I also have no idea how this would work??

Damn you, brain. I was thinking of a celebrity/paparazzi AU. :(

[identity profile] foxxcub.livejournal.com 2010-09-15 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
The one fandom trope that I never get sick of is fuck buddies who then fall in love (or people who were in love already but act as fuck buddies because they don't know of each other's ~feelings)

BUTTING IN TO SAY STOP READING MY BRAIN OKAY. I am writing a fic about fuck buddies in love right now ad;fsdkfdgkd

[identity profile] meiface.livejournal.com 2010-09-15 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Seriously, I don't know whether to stare at JGL in suits (he should only ever allowed to be in suits or naked) or stare at Tom Hardy...all the time, forever. There's this one picture () of him that I keep laughing at because hahahaha the caption is so apt. "Class." How is he real, seriously?

Oh, oh - N, you should totally write fuck buddies falling in love PLEASE WRITE THIS. IT CAN BE A GLORIOUS AU. Unrelated, you know what I don't remember seeing so far in this fandom? Corporate AU. Like...Arthur and Eames are rival CEOs/sons of rival CEOs... Think about all the suits that would entail, mmm. And passive-aggressive business maneuvers and threats of hostile takeover and bribery and-- mmm.

[identity profile] meiface.livejournal.com 2010-09-15 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I am writing a fic about fuck buddies in love right now

OH HAPPINESS AND JOY! Is it AU or non-AU? :D

[identity profile] meiface.livejournal.com 2010-09-15 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
hahah seriously, 17 year olds irl are sort of terrible but I agree, they are a lot of fun in fiction. That being said: how does this fandom not yet have a You Belong to Me MV AU? High school Arthur and Eames who are neighbors and write each other messages through their windows and are in different social circles in school but are still friends!! And then the prom. And...I don't know how the ~magical Cinderella transformation~ will work; maybe Arthur will finally clean up his geekiness and put on a suit and Eames will be floored. 8D

It's so interesting to see how everyone's high school/college experiences vary. :O

OH, IS THERE AN OFFICE AU YET? They work in cubicles and Eames leaves annoying post-its on Arthur's computer and maybe someone is in IT and someone else always gets a virus and-- I have so many ideas I want other people to write haha.

[identity profile] regicidaldwarf.livejournal.com 2010-09-15 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm SO CLOSE TO BEING DONE I don't think I can rework this current one, but I'll try for another one afterwards. Possibly Highschool AU. With prom shenanigans.
ext_488235: ([arthur&eames] i'm awake)

[identity profile] veritty.livejournal.com 2010-09-15 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL, at first I was 'wait what his birthday already passed' but then OH YEAH TIMEZONES. (See, Russian part of the fandom already celebrated it. Celebrated it HARD, I must say. :D)

I keep typing "waistcoast" instead of "waistcoat", argh.
oh, so I am not the only one, then. :/

I will never tire of cuddling fics. NEVER. EVER.
also, hmmm, let me remember. I will not visit TV Tropes it's 3 AM and I need my sleep I quite like truth cerum, although I don't think I've read enough to say if I can get tired of it. But I love it. <3 It certainly isn't my biggest love, but it just came to my mind first. There's hurt/comfort which can be oh so different, but I luuuuurve it. One person thinking they're dating (IDK they hit their head) while they're doing nothing of sorts. Pretend boyfriends, sometimes. AHHHH why can't I remember my most loved ones?
I don't know, I just love all these clichés with misunderstandings and I adore silent-loving-never-saying-a-word and being afraid to take a leap, and moar misunderstandings because of that, and... well. ♥
...LOL, okay, and then I look up and see the word 'one'. ah. okay. pretend you didn't see this comment. ;D

[identity profile] black-goose.livejournal.com 2010-09-15 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
high school aus. absolute sucker for them. it will always be my default for prompts.

accident leading amnesia! I was writing this fic! it was based on a Korean drama.

[identity profile] jibrailis.livejournal.com 2010-09-15 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Corporate AU, omg.

*nobly tries to hold out against it*

*will probably write it anyway*

[identity profile] foxxcub.livejournal.com 2010-09-15 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm attempting to make it non-AU, like an Eames-and-Arthur-meet-and-share-casual-sex-through-the-years-type thing, where they've been in love for years but Arthur is thoroughly convinced Eames just thinks of him as a fuck buddy and then, idk, THERE IS JEALOUSY AND STUFF AND THEN SOMEONE NEARLY DIES??

[identity profile] jibrailis.livejournal.com 2010-09-15 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
!!!

I'm throwing flowers at you right now, okay. Just so you know.

[identity profile] cobweb-diamond.livejournal.com 2010-09-15 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
there is an office AU, yes, and everyone loved it apart from me. :) i bet it's on reclists! i think it got favourited quite a lot on delicious around the 1st-3rd kinkmeme, maybe?

MEI DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE "YOU BELONG WITH ME" AU. because then someone else will steal it from me. *clutches fic selfishly to chest* i am writing it! or i was a month ago before i got distracted by writing about 11 other fics. (actually this is quite sad because other people could probably write it a lot better than me) oh my god now i have to go write that shit or something before someone steals it from me! except i already wrote over 2500 words today, ugh.

[identity profile] cobweb-diamond.livejournal.com 2010-09-15 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
i could not second this comment more.

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