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So I went and dropped one of my two Inception Big Bangs. I might have been able to get through them both in time if not for the Team Ico collection and Uncharted 3 and... tumblr. Fucking tumblr, lol. So I'm still doing the Cobb one, but the Eames one (as usual) wants to be a million freaking words, so I'm just going to finish that on the side, at a slower pace. Plus there are things I want to do in other fandoms, as well, so without that deadline it'll be easier to hop around a little.

In case anyone still reads this LJ (???) here's the fics on my "to do" list:

Inception
Big Bang #1 - Proceeding as planned.
Big Bang #2 - Still working on, but don't expect to see any for some time.
E/F pronz - Been trying to write this for months! As soon as I finish BB1 it'll be my reward.
Elephants - I have some of chapter 3 written. I'll probably cut it down from my original outline, but it will still be trippy and porny and hopefully an interesting fic.

Avengers
Big Bang - oof yes I signed up. But really I don't have to start until January. It's gonna be Steve/Loki, maybe even...mpreg!? I know, this fandom doesn't need more mpreg, but I've never done it before, and at least with Loki it's possible unlike some canons. I really want to write Loki as this beast of a mother willing to slaughter anything in his path, no woobie preggers, no Alpha/Omega whatevs. Lots of fighting and angst.

Loki/Bucky - I have an idea that would easily fit into 4 or 5 parts, where Loki saves Bucky but Bucky mostly thinks he's the devil... Why not, right!?

Person of Interest
What I really want to write is epic deathfic, but I don't think I could handle being retconned every week, so THAT plan is on hold until the end of season one. Also had the idea to do a PoI/Heavy Rain crossover, but again, want to hold off on plotty stuff, at least until they cave and give us some Finch backstory.

There's been some really good PoI fic coming out already, but so much of it is Reese drawing Finch out, I'm itching to write something about how fucking damaged Reese is, without it coming off as woobie and melodramatic. How to do that, not sure yet.

There's probably more but that's all I can think of atm. Not sure yet if I'll ever do the Helix and Paradox sequels I planned, I'm not sure I'll have steam left in Inception by the time BBs are done, but we'll see. I still love these characters!

I've been spending more time on tumblr lately, since so many of my LJ buds have moved on, but I'm still here, will keep this journal for fics, etc. Maybe I'll do a gif dump of all my tumblr crap after the holiday.

Fandom: Inception
Title: The Helix Trap
Words: 127,000 (For the written version, art and graphics, please check my My main post)
Rating: R
Pairings/Characters: Eames/Robert, Arthur/Ariadne, Cobb, Yusuf, Saito, Browning, and others.
Warnings: Violence, sexual content.
Disclaimer: These characters and setting do not belong to me and are being used without permission but for no profit
Summary: After the Inception proves successful, Eames tracks down Robert out of concern for its unusual side effects. Meanwhile, Arthur is hired to a dangerous job that forces the rest of the team to take sides: whether to defend Robert and his fragile mind, or ruin him completely.
Notes: Since this fic is so damn long (and mostly because ruins_of_sodom suggested it) I've tried out making a PDF! Please leave a note if you take, and I hope you enjoy~

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ae_match is over and they announced the winner!

( ..... )

Fandom: Inception
Title: And You Should Have Listened
Words: 2,800
Rating: R
Disclaimer: Inception and its characters aren't mind and I'm using them here for no profit.
Warnings: Major character death (Eames), minor violence
Summary: When Arthur can't cope with Eames' death, he asks Cobb for the impossible.
Notes: I don't normally read character death fic, and I never thought I would write it, but oh god here it is. If you've read my other fics you'll spot some references, but I do not consider this fic "canon" to any of them, because it's extremely unhappy. Written for ae_match, C&C Welcome and appreciated.
Extra: In podfic form, read by templemarker <3

( It's a dry, autumn afternoon in L.A. )

Fandom: Inception
Title: This Is The Job
Rating: PG (references to violence and injury but nothing graphic)
Word Count: 1,800
Summary: When Cobb gets injured on a job it's a wake-up call for Arthur, and Eames even more so. Written for TEAM ANGST in ae_match
A/N: Many thanks to knowmydark for her inspiring feedback <3

( So don't tell me to calm down )

inception_bang is having a round 2!! I'm really excited since I missed round 1 and I have a TON of ideas for longfic. Ideas that someone will want to do with me, however... I've narrowed it down to three choices, two of which I've already talked about in here, one that would be *shock!* gen. HEISTFIC. Inception needs more Bone gen hesitfic, right!? Plenty of time before sign-ups start so I'll make up my mind before then, I'm sure. I'M SURE.

And then there's xmenbigbang, which I just impulse-signed-up for, despite having said that I wasn't going to write any more X-men. I feel a little awkward about it because it's not for sheer love of the source material that I'm doing it. IN FACT IT IS THE OPPOSITE AND I CAN'T HOLD IT IN ANYMORE, IT'S TIME FOR A CROIK!RANT!!!!

( If you are super in love with First Class and will be offended by me not liking it, better not to proceed )

Of course, it was after coming to terms with all that when I was struck by inspiration at work, and so now I'm planning to write a crossover, which is another thing I'm normally not keen on. Fuck my brain. It's the sort of thing people will look at and go, "Wait, what?" and then their friend who's already sped through the fic will go, "Don't worry, Charles doesn't get eaten," which in turn may cause anyone reading this to go, "Wait, what?" We just time traveled. Did you see it?

In other news I'm writing for ae_angst and fighting the urge to post in 500 word increments, because that would be cheap of me, but that's how the game goes, isn't it??

( And I'll leave you with this graphic I did for tumblr )

Title: Hearing Hoofbeats
Word count: 3,100
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Mild violence
Summary: When Eames hears that Arthur's been nabbed by Cobol, he immediately springs to his rescue. Written for ae_match TEAM ANGST, may serve as a setup to a future fic (not A/E. CAN YOU GUESS?)

( Bone is canon. DEAL WITH IT )

Every time someone says "Inception fandom will be over by ______" they turn out to be wrong so I dunno what time frame we're really looking at here, BUT, I want to type something and I'm too sleepy to actually do real writing so instead I'm going to type about what I will write when I'm not sleepy.

( And if you are so inclined, you can read about the fics you can expect from me in the future )

I'm also interested in the idea of doing a collaboration, since I missed the first Big Bang and my I_RB was more of a fill to a prompt than a collab--which is fine, I had a blast, but doing an honest to goodness collab sounds like fun! Anyone know if there's going to be another Big Bang? I get the feeling no, but I want to keep my ear open.

Okay I dunno if anyone read all that but if you did, thanks <3 Wish me luck!

AND COME TO THE RAREPAIR FEST, SERIOUSLY. RIGHT NOW. EXCEPT IT'S NOT HERE YET, FUCK. LATER. JUNE 5TH.

We're back, with screenshots and canon interpretation! Are you ready for this!?

When we last left our hero (Eames) he was sobbing internally over unresolved familial turmoil. And by that I mean, I posted this gif:



So now, let's talk about LIMBO not that I have any invested interest in convincing anyone as to my theories on Eames and limbo, pfft

( Again with the graphics, for they make points better than words )

Tomorrow I'll do something actually useful, seriously.

Fandom: Inception
Title: The Helix Trap
Chapter: 19/19 (11,090 words - fic complete at 127,500 words) (For other parts, art and graphics, please check my My main post)
Rating: R
Pairings/Characters: Eames/Robert, Arthur/Ariadne, Cobb, Yusuf, Saito, Browning, and others.
Warnings: Violence, sexual content.
Disclaimer: These characters and setting do not belong to me and are being used without permission but for no profit
Summary: After the Inception proves successful, Eames tracks down Robert out of concern for its unusual side effects. Meanwhile, Arthur is hired to a dangerous job that forces the rest of the team to take sides: whether to defend Robert and his fragile mind, or ruin him completely.
Notes: C&C Welcome and appreciated. So many thanks and much love to my betas chypie and tanithkitty for sticking with me through this long fic!

Whoo, fanart! <3s forever to crayon_fox for her charming Eames and Robert in the airport, and icybluegem for her lovely promo pic! Thank you both so much!


( In which we do it every day )