shallowness

I feel like I should rec a source before getting to the recs. Cairo Time (2009) is a romantic drama, written and directed by Ruba Nedda, a Canadian of Egyptian descent. Despite being about an emotional affair between a married woman and the friend her husband asks to show her Cairo and look out for her when he can’t join her there (infidelity squick), it reeled me in. There’s a touch of ‘Lost in Translation’ about Juliette (Patricia Clarkson) initially, as she suffers discombobulation on top of empty-nest syndrome and spousal abandonment, but as she gets to know Tareq (Alexander Siddig) and his city, a restrained love story develops. If this sound like something you’d be interested in, it’s well worth hunting down, as I did this summer. (And then I tried to write some fic in response to it, struggled and thought I'd check AO3 and lo and behold, thanks to Yuletide, there was fic.)

Fic and fanvid recs in the following fandoms: Alice (2009), The Bletchley Circle (San Fransisco), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cairo Time (2019) and The Mentalist.

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B99 5.7 Two Turkeys

E4 has stopped showing the episodes in double bills for now, which was discombobulating to find out. ( Read more... )

At the start of the week, before I went away (to be sleep deprived in a place where I had no internet access), I posted the following:

This is Not for You. Good Wives. PG. Josephine March, Professor Bhaer. 244 words. Modern day AU. Inspired by the prompt 'writing a book' at comment_fic. Summary: Jo March meets a critic at a literary festival.

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Amaze The Mentalist. Universal. Teresa Lisbon/Patrick Jane. 398 words. Written for the prompt ‘Any, any female, she never usually wears dresses, so when she does, the effect is amazing’ at comment_fic.

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Atonement Gotham. Teen. Selina Kyle, Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne. 183 words. Summary: The first time she goes to the Batcave.
Author's Note: Written as futurefic during season 2. Might be jossed (as I haven’t seen beyond season 2.

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There are more ficlets that I intend to post once I get back into the swing of things.

Getting my 'fannish year' meme out of the way - adapted from my usual and others I've seen around.

( spoilers for British TV shows )

The Mentalist 7.12-13

The Last Ever Episode/The Finale Double-Bill

( I apologise for what goes on with the tenses behind the cut. )

The Mentalist, Universal, Jason Wylie, Michelle Vega, Kimball Cho. (Jason Wylie/Michelle Vega.)
Summary: He is so proud of her.
Diverges from canon at a certain point in 7.10 ‘Nothing Gold Can Stay’. Takes place after Anniversary although you don’t have to have read that. Fluff. 365 words.


( Elevation: shallowness )

The Mentalist, Universal, Jason Wylie/Michelle Vega.
Summary: One year on.
Diverges from canon at a certain point in 7.10 ‘Nothing Gold Can Stay’. Double drabble.

( Anniversary: shallowness )

The Mentalist 7.9 Copper Bullet

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The Mentalist, Universal, Jason Wylie, one-sided Wylie/Vega.
7.07 ‘Little Yellow House’ coda. 361 words.

( Cleaning-up duty: shallowness )

The Mentalist 7.6 Green Lights

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B99 2.10 The Pontiac Bandit Returns

( watching an American Christmas episode in March )

This is basically a PS about the last episode of Revenge that I watched. ( Read more... )

I caught up with The Mentalist 7.4 Black Market

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