The Earth-Noise Intervene

Here's the thing: I don't really read gen. I am vaguely aware that, in some circles, this makes me a bad person. But for some reason, Inception seems to be the exception to my shippiness. I keep thinking, "Yeah, yeah, fucking, whatever- what is the team up to?!" So here's some stuff I've been liking.

butterfly dreams by formerlydf
(Inception, Arthur, 1974 words, G)
Here's how good this story is: I didn't even finish reading it before putting it on this list. This is just such a gorgeous look at Arthur.

intuitia by elendraug
(Inception, Yusuf, 448 words, PG)
Yay, Yusuf! This is a neat little glimpse of him and his cat, pre-canon.

Inside Arthur by potboy
(Inception, Eames, Arthur, Yusuf, 974 words, G)
What really strikes me about this fic is the wealth of description. It's very sensual.

Her Morning Elegance by tied_in_a_knot
(Inception, Ensemble, 2458 words, PG, mentions of abuse)
Oh, team. I love them all so, and these snapshots of all their lives are lovely.

Autoimmunity by mercurial_wit
(Inception, Eames, 5590 words, PG)
I really just cannot get enough of Eames backstory, and this fic does a beautiful job of it.

The Esteemed Mr Eames (After the Talented Mr Ripley) by apiphile
(Inception, pre-Arthur/Eames, 2895 words, PG)
Okay, yes, I lied, there is one thing on here that isn't really gen- though it's totally cool, because it's not really all that shippy either. But, I couldn't not include it, because it's just such a pretty story. I really love the way the author uses words, and it's a really cool look at Eames.

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God, you guys. So I went out to dinner with my folks, and my godmother got me drunk, so consequently, I'm not much in the mood for reading a bunch of fanfic (though perhaps I will get this Inception porn finished, whoops, my plans are showing). But! I have an ace up my sleeve! Here are some comic books you should be reading!

Shirtlifter by Steve MacIsaac (Prism Comics)
This is one of those comics I stumbled on by accident at the Comic-Con. Somehow, I ended up at the LGBT romance comics panel last year, and I happened to hear Steve MacIsaac talk. And y'all. This comic is only on issue three (I say issues, but they're really like short compilations), and it is one of the best comics I have ever read. It really speaks to my heart, you know? It gets down into a lot of the issues that I think are common to most queer people: who to tell, how to tell, how to deal. It's really understated, slice of life type stuff, and it's really powerful.

Also it has a lot of bears fucking. Don't judge me. I have a type.

Anyway, here is a short taste of one of my favorite bits of the second issue. Other bits are scattered around online and on the author's website.

Rex Libris by James Turner (SLG)
And here is another comic I stumbled on by accident at the Comic-Con! Dude. It is about a librarian. Who battles monsters. To collect overdue library books. I suspect it is extra hilarious to me, as I used to be a librarian, but I feel like it's something we can all enjoy. And at only 12 issues so far, there's not much to catch up on.

Starman by James Robinson, Tony Harris, Peter Snejbjerg, et al. (DC)
Hear me out, okay? I know this comic is fairly popular among DC fans, but a lot of other fans overlook it because it's a superhero comic. Allow me to give you a brief anecdote that explains why Starman is great: I was once in the local comic shop, eavesdropping on a conversation the clerk was having with another customer.

"Here's why I don't buy Superman," he said. "If I woke up tomorrow morning and had laser beams coming out of my eyeballs, my first thought wouldn't be, 'Let me run out and get some spandex.' It would be, 'Well, I guess I need another black t-shirt.'"

And folks, Jack Knight is that superhero; he starts off as an antique dealer and ends up fighting crime. I love this book for its reverence of old DC but its willingness to create something new, something accessible to someone who's not necessarily familiar.

There are eighty issues, and I've never had a problem finding the trades- our local library had the first five or six. The whole series is being republished right now in omnibus editions; they run thirty bucks a pop, but they're worth every penny. They include a bunch of stuff, like letter pages, that wasn't in the original trades, and they're just really nicely put together books.

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I actually really hate guns in real life; I've never fired one and I don't ever plan to. But despite that, or perhaps because of it, I have a special place in my little black heart for gunplay. So, here are some fine examples of the genre.

Suck by lovelokast
(SGA, John/Rodney, 1041 words, NC-17)
Mmm. This is particularly dirtybadwrong. I highly approve.

New Found Glory by moonlettuce
(SGA, John/Rodney, 554 words, NC-17)
I've recced this before, on the dirty talk list, but I'm reccing it again, because it is really hot.

Target Practice by cathalin
(SGA, John/Rodney, 4920 words, NC-17)
This one is lighter than the others, without being any less hot.

At Gunpoint by out_there
(SGA, John/Rodney, 1975 words, NC-17)
It should not be any surprise at all that I have a competency kink, and this story plays into it quite nicely. Rodney is the one with the gun, for once, and he is very good with it.

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Because I am in the vein, and because of the story I am working on, it is time to visit one of my favorite genres of stories ever: the dirtybadwrong story, wherein people do really terrible things to each other for terrible reasons, and it’s totally hot.

As usual, I apologize for nothing.

Make the Devil Feel Surprise by telesilla
(SGA, John/Rodney, Jeannie McKay/Ronon, Elizabeth/Radek, 48000 words, NC-17, underage, consent issues)
Mirror!John gets underage!Rodney as a present from Jeannie. What’s not to love? This is Colonel Sadist at his very finest; asses are kicked and names are taken, and evil triumphs over slightly less evil.

Incision by Kharessa Bloodrose
(SGA, John/Rodney, 7259 words, NC-17, non-con, torture)
God, I love this story to the depths of my little black heart. John gets off on seeing Rodney tortured, and Rodney gets a bad case of Stockholm Syndrome.

Frenzy by Mithreon
(SGA, John/Rodney, Ronon/Teyla, Ronon/Teyla/Rodney, 24895 words, NC-17, violence, non-con)
Oh, Wraith enzyme sex. What would we ever do without you? This is an AU of The Lost Boys/The Hive, wherein John as been all shot up with the enzyme too, and proceeds to do really terrible things to Rodney. But, strangely enough, they manage to have a happy ending.

Into the Blue by Lady Grey
(SG-1, Jack/Daniel, 12640 words, NC-17, non-con)
Let me preface by saying her author’s note is bad and she should feel bad, but I am recommending this story anyway, because I really love it (and because the version I originally had didn’t have the author’s note). It always bothered me that in AMTDI, the aliens always know which one is the toppy one and which one is the subby one, but this story flips that on its head.

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anatsuno asked me for a list of stories I found really hilarious, so here it is! I feel like you may know too much about my sense of humor by the time this is done.

Last Will and Testament by cesperanza
(SGA, John/Rodney, 141 K, NSFW, incest)
God, I just die every time I even think about this story. John picks up Rodney in a bar, and everything is just downhill from there. And not only is it hilarious, it’s also a quite well-executed action story.

Short and Stout by xela_fic
(SGA, John/Rodney, 1700 words, PG-13)
John has to convince Rodney that there are better things in life than being a teapot. I feel like that’s all I need to say.

The Day The Truth Serum Got In Everyone's Coffee by sheafrotherdon
(SGA, multiple pairings, 441 words, SFW)
Here is a story that does exactly what it says on the tin, and I cackled over it until I think I hurt something.

Missionary Position by trinityofone
(SGA, John/Rodney, ~3000 words, NC-17)
Rodney saves the day by giving the Wraith The Talk. With examples. And Ronon’s help.

Everybody's Fool by z_rayne
(SGA, Rodney/everyone, short, NC-17)
This was written for svmadelyn’s brilliant Badfic Summary Mini-Challenge, all of which is hilarious, but this one is my favorite. Told in the form of FF.net-style chapter summaries, it is truly epic.

One Leg at a Time by Mallory Klohn
(SGA, John/Rodney, ~14500 words, NC-17)
This story is very near and dear to my heart. John is extremely dismayed about Rodney’s- and anyone else’s- failure to wear pants at all times. I, too, have pants angst, so this story is far funnier to me than it probably should be..

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Welcome to Thirty Days of Recs! It does exactly what it says on the tin. As always, my Delicious is where all this stuff lives, because I DO NOT HAVE TIME TO REC 1000 STORIES, Y'ALL.

I realize it’s not the most popular of sentiments, but I really like a good teen AU. There’s something about that time in your life, how everything is so important and all your emotions are so close to the surface, that makes for really visceral reading. Here are some stories that really get down into that experience and convey it very clearly.

Second Time by lamardeuse (SGA, John/Rodney, 2940 words, Explicit)
I was going to say, “The reason you should read this is this line:” but then I found like a half a dozen lines that fit in that blank. Suffice it to say that John and Rodney are sixteen and fifteen, respectively, and they meet at a party and make out during a Maple Leafs game. It is adorable.

Sailors, Convicts, Scarlet Women by thingswithwings (Mythbusters, Jamie/Adam, 8139 words, Teen and Up)
Adam is the new(ish) kid in school, and Jamie is, well, Jamie, and this story does such a good job of encorporating so much of them and their lives. It all feels really true and real and gorgeous.

do. by velocitygrass (SGA, John/Rodney, 3372 words, NC-17)
Oh, that most important of high school experiences: falling in love with one of your teachers. This story is kind of achy in places and totally hot in others, and Rodney’s horrible plan to seduce John is EXACTLY what teenaged Rodney McKay would think is a good idea.

17.5: A Love Story by helenish (SGA, John/Rodney, John/OFCs, ~23000 words, NC-17)
I hesitated to include this one, because Rodney’s not actually a teenager, but has instead been deaged by an alien device, and that’s totally another rec list. I had to, though, because what makes this story so memorable is Rodney as a teenager and how much it sucks to be him. John can only sit idly by, and, oh. Boys.

That's all for today! If there's a rec list you'd like to see, please to commenting.

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