Podfic rec: Inception

"Das Vorbewusste" by weatherfront, read by pennyplainknits | Arthur/Eames | Eames navigates the preconscious world straight into Arthur's pants. | 27min.

And maybe it's the heat of Eames' hand curling around him, and maybe it's the soft hiss of air into his ear-- maybe the sight of teeth dragging over those lips to form German consonants, maybe the German consonants themselves-- or the sheer fucking brilliance of the plan it took Eames approximately half a minute to formulate, but Arthur feels all his hair stand on end.

Just the image of Arthur sitting in Eames' lap... *_*

Podfic rec: Inception

"Let Your Ladder Down For Those Who Really Shine" by dipenates, read by nodense | Arthur/Eames | Arthur doesn't want to have shower sex with Eames. Arthur's backstory is the same as Neil's from the film 'Mysterious Skin'. This story refers to historical child abuse, prostitution and rape in the context of a new relationship, and of recovery. | 29min.

Arthur considered that. "It's always me." He looked at him, sideways. "You never have to tell me 'no'."

In for a sodding penny, Eames thought. "There are things I won't do, my love," Eames said. "Can't do."

I have Mysterious Skin lined up for watching but I'm quite reluctant to do so. From what I hear, it's an amazing film, one of JGL's best, but it also deals with a very difficult subject so...

Book #35

"The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Veiled Detective" by David Stuart Davies

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A very good Sherlock Holmes pastiche. A what-if scenario. What if John Watson wasn't John Watson but John Walker? What if he was dishonorably discharged? What if he was recruited by James Moriarty to spy on Sherlock Holmes?

What an intriguing idea! And the first third of the book is excellent, the set-up, Moriarty pulling all the threads together, weaving a net around Sherlock Holmes. I read it with a bated breath, curious about what would happen next. Unfortunately, Davies then tackles "A Study in Scarlet" in great detail and with that the story falls apart a bit.

"A Study in Scarlet" is, in my humble opinion, the weakest of all Doyle's Sherlock Holmes works. And Davies' version isn't any better. The second third is basically about Holmes and Watson's first case and Watson's courtship of Mary Morstan. Both of which the reader knows by heart, so the book starts to feel tedious.

The last third then leads to Reichenbach - where Holmes' encounter with Moriarty ends in a different way than in Doyle's books. During the last third you also finally start seeing and feeling the friendship between Holmes and Watson. Yet it cannot erase the boring middle.

This is the second book by David Stuart Davies that I read and I'm starting to notice a pattern - he knows how to write a strong beginning and an emotional ending but he flounders terribly in the middle. It's too bad. I would've loved to give the book more stars...

Podfic rec: Inception

"Friendly Fire" by eleveninches, read by aphelant | Arthur/Eames | A week after the events of the movie, Cobb checks in with his teammates. | 8min.

“Arthur?” Cobb demanded. “Why are you answering Eames’ phone?”

I usually don't listen to podfics this short, I prefer stories at least 10min. long, but this one was hilarious, esp. the Arthur/Eames part!

*amused*

The plan for the sequel — which he says "is unlike the other X-Men movies" — is to do some unexpected things with Xavier and Magneto. Source.

To which the usual response was: "So, they are finally going to fuck?" That made me LOL! I mean, why the hell not? Both actors would be perfectly okay with that as they proved time and time again in their interviews and most fans think they are in love anyway.

Wishful thinking, I know. Still, I'm very curious what the "unexpected things" are... *_* Yes, XMFC and Charles & Erik are still making me very, very happy, thanks for asking :P