Fic rec: This Means War

"twin prop airplanes" by katydidmischief | FDR/Tuck | It's 'I love you' without using those three words and sometimes—sometimes—Tuck wonders what it would be like to whisper them to FDR in the middle of the night, under sweaty sheets. | ~2.000 words

It's what they're doing the night before Joe's sixth birthday, the two of them sprawled across the floor under the flickering pool lights, when Tuck asks, "What's it like?"

"What is what like?"

"Kissing a guy."

It's too bad that there aren't more TMW fics. The Arthur/Eames fandom is still active, working with much less. Oh well... This fic's the best that I've found so far - though I feel it would benefit from a bit of beta reading.

Martin is the teasiest tease that ever teased!

Martin Freeman was asked about Sherlock S3 yesterday and this is what he answered:

Sherlock's Dr Watson revealed he had seen a "rough outline" of the first episode of series three. Although he is yet to see a written script, Freeman did say, "the first one sounds brilliant".

And if you're wondering how Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock can possibly have survived The Reichenbach Fall, Freeman is happy to drop a few hints. "Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss tell us bits about it so I know that all the clues were on screen. It's not going to be a cheat - everything that we saw on that final episode offers hints as to how he did it."

And what about the three words cryptically revealed by Gatiss at this year's Edinburgh festival - ( spoilers! )

? Freeman admits he's party to their meaning, but "I don't want to ruin the surprise..."

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*hands* Like really!

The Lake House

The Lake House is hands down one of the most beautiful movies that I've ever seen. It's tender, loving and so... tranquil. There are no huge fights or upheavals, there's no adrenaline, you won't LOL like a loon. The way the relationships are portrayed, it feels almost dreamy, unreal. And it's really, really beautiful.

Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves are incredible together and it's really too bad that they haven't been in more movies together, just in this and Speed. I really love to watch their interaction, it's simply gorgeous. And their characters in this movie, they are so lonely and sad and that makes their relationship even more special. The small gestures that Alex makes for Kate, like when he spray-paints that wall in the city, thanking her for a Sunday spent together. Or when he hides her book underneath the floor in her apartment. And Kate, when she sees the picture of her lake house in the architect's office... Simply beautiful.

But I also love, truly, truly love Alex's relationship with his brother. Henry's so much younger, at least 8 years younger, and you can see that he worships his brother. The scene in which Alex tells Henry that Kate broke up with him and that he still loves her so incredibly much, that she feels more real to him than anything else in the world - Henry's almost in tears, his heart aches for Alex so much. Beautiful.

So yeah, this movie's stunning. I know that it's a remake of a Korean movie (which is based on another Korean movie which is based on an American movie, it's a real circle!) but I don't care. This film has such a calming effect on me, it's so heartwarming... Yes, it makes me very happy.