VMAs were boring, and a couple more Arthur/Eames recs

[healingmirth]

No, really, the VMAs were super boring. One of the jackass dudes ripped off his clothes and had some...unusual underwear on. I'm sure the internet has pictures, but I don't want to examine it too closely.

Apparently Travis Wall is choreographing all the things now, including a routine for some song I had never heard until tonight, but which is apparently Quite Popular. Also, how is that Muse song still being nominated for awards? Isn't it, like, ancient?

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On the spectrum from WTFCrack to super-plotty awesome (let's ignore the corners of fluffy romance and angst-death for the moment. they don't suit my metaphor and I am tired) I think these two fics are nearly at opposite ends:

I don't consider this crack because WoW is Serious Business, y'all, and I totally buy into the opening paragraphs of this story. But, for the rest of the fandom, yes, this is probably as close to crack!fic as Care Bears and My Little Ponies and unicorns: 'tis pity he's a horde by ocelot_summer aka the one where Arthur and Eames play World of Warcraft on the same server, unbeknownst to each other.

And then, from the awesome plot side: Amazing Grace by airgiodslv. This is canon-level fic, for serious. (and some fairly serious canon thinking required to follow its awesomeness, as well) It's labelled Arthur/Eames and Cobb/Mal, and it is that, but it is so much more.

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I still have not watched the Sons of Anarchy premiere, because I can't remember what happened last season. Argh. Why doesn't TWOP have season two summaries :( I hate having to ask Wikipedia questions about TV plots.

Comments

[ruric]

Oh thanks for the links. WoW is a bit of a mystery to me but I did enjoy both of them!

[healingmirth]

I've been playing WoW and its predecessor online games for... 10 years or so, on and off, so you'll just have to trust me that that one was spot-on :) As for the other, I've fallen into a lazy habit of just picking out the fics whose authors I recognize from the newsletter, and I was thrilled to see that she'd written anything, much less 18,000 words of anything.

[ruric]

I've steered clear of WoW because I know I'd be one of those people who can never be prised away from their keyboard if I started playing. *G* I can keep my fannish addictions under control but I know I'd be totally hopeless is I ever went anywhere near gaming.

I've followed authors I like form fandom to fandom before and found some interesting fandoms along the way.