30 Days Relationship Challenge #28

Bane & ???, The Dark Knight Rises

After seeing all three Batman movies in one row, I have to say that Bane's my favorite Nolan villain. Tom Hardy has an amazing presence and I actually cheered for him when he started setting his plan in motion - yeah, it surprised me too, I'm not usually a fan of villainous characters. But there was something about Bane, about the way he inspired loyalty in everybody around him that made me all tingly inside. But what made me really fall in love with him was his relationship with...

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I can't believe how smitten I am with this movie. I can't stop thinking about it. I got my hands on the OST and I have this song set on repeat in WinAmp: Gotham's Reckoning, Bane's theme song. When the choir starts chanting Deshi Basara... This is an article about how the chant came to be: link. Wow, it's thousands of people? Wow!

Podfic rec: Inception

"I've got nothing to do today but smile" by gyzym, read by pennyplainknits | AU | Arthur/Eames, Yusuf/Ariadne | Arthur's a corporate lawyer, Eames owns the coffee shop across the street, and all good love stories start with a quadruple shot latte. | ~2hr.

"Oh, love," Eames says, and his mouth is twisted and pained and raw as he pulls Arthur into his arms.

Arthur can't even fight him, can't even pretend to push him off, because Arthur can't breathe. He can't breathe, because he's pinned everything to this one thing and it's a pipe dream, and maybe it's always been a pipe dream and he's so, so fucked. He clings to Eames' shirt instead, buries his face in Eames' neck and breathes in the bitter scent of sweat and dried coffee and having someone to do this for him. And god, god, what does it say about Arthur's life that the only person he knew to come to was the guy who owns the coffee place across the street from his fucking office, a man whose phone number is a mystery to Arthur, what the fuck does that even mean.

Rec'd to me by kansouame. I just love stories with a high-strung Arthur and a laid-back, sympathetic Eames. Wonderful. So wonderful!

Podfic rec: Inception

"OH&S" by fahye, read by sophia_sol | Arthur/Eames, Ariadne/Saito | Everything you've ever wanted to know about IV access and lots of things you didn't. | 14min.

There is absolutely no reason for all of them to go to the hospital. But Yusuf has to explain the chemical compound to the medical staff, and there's obviously no way Saito isn't going, and then Arthur has one of his fits of responsible leadership or guilt or some other thing he osmotically inherited from Cobb, and these days Eames gets bored and subsequently prone to breaking minor laws whenever he's too far from Arthur.

The triage nurse gives them a very weird look.

LOL! I mean, LOL! For real. What a hilarious, fantastic story. I laughed so hard I almost had tears in my eyes.