classic fic recs

I’d forgotten how awesome Merlin fic could be.

Job Orientation, by seperis

“I did not magic up this tower–as you so charmingly put it–just to upset you. It’s always been here.” More or less. Perhaps less than more.

And the prequel:

The Tale of the Sea Serpent, by seperis

“You want to chase a sea serpent?” Arthur asks lazily, sprawled at the head of the bed. Merlin, currently occupied with the laces of his trousers, looks at him with an incredulous expression.

Mirrored from The Marci Rating System.

movie review: Mission Impossible 3

I ended up with this movie because for some reason, Netflix refuses to send me *either* Puss in Boots or The Muppets, and Ghost Protocol (aka the one with Hawkeye) isn’t actually out yet. I was prepared to intensely dislike it.

It was… less intensely dislikable than I’d expected, actually. I had to fast forward over some parts, because the combination of nerve-wracking suspense and not being very invested in the characters didn’t make for spellbinding viewing, but that’s okay, because it’s a two hour and eight minute movie, and it really could have been more like 90 minutes (possibly less).

Biggest problem I had with the movie: Ethan’s crazy eyes. Seriously, he kept doing this *I’M A PSYCHOPATH ABOUT TO SNAP* thing with his eyes, and it was hard for me to tell whether it was an acting thing or an actor thing, and either way it was really distracting. (Even worse, his movie!wife Julia started doing it too, just to super!confuse me.)

Fic I’d love to read: Any and all stories where Declan and Zhen are the Clint and Natasha of the spy world, and work together being awesome (as they clearly are) without having crazy-eyes!Ethan around. Really, I just want to see more clever spy tricks, less ‘shoot everything, then shoot it again.’

Crossover potential: Tom Cruise and Nicolas Cage decide to (what else?) steal the Declaration of Independence. Both of their support crews throw up their hands in disgust and go bowling instead.

Mirrored from The Marci Rating System.