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starandrea and I got to talking about fanfic on Friday, and I said I was going to try to find some of the fics I'd mentioned, AND LO, THEY HAVE BEEN FOUND. (Some of them.) 
Sometimes I stumble into fics from other peoples’ bookmarks lists on AO3 and think to myself ‘what a bunch of charming asshole weirdos.’
The Dawn Will Break Before You, by thepartyresponsible
“Okay, heartbreaker,” he says, “how much to put the tires back on the car?”
Jason rolls his eyes and gestures at him with the lug wrench. “Why don’t I just beat you up and steal your money? Is this the first time you’ve been to a bad part of town? Don’t show me your wallet, asshole. Come on.”
The man heaves a heavy, aggrieved sigh and starts pulling out bills. “Five hundred?” He tries. “Six? We can go to an ATM.”
“You are mugging yourself,” Jason says, oddly impressed. “Holy shit.”
Mirrored from The Marci Rating System.
First, a review of my pre-movie list:
1. Arthur does not have a nickname in the movie. Maybe fandom will pick up the torch on this one?
2. Arthur calls himself Aquaman in the final voiceover, and I lol’d (okay, the green pants were pretty funny too). The name Aquaman shows up in various media, along with “The Aquaman.” Please let there be an extra filmed of Mera making fun of this name.
3. The IMAX EXPERIENCE was indeed GREAT!(!!)
And now for my post-movie list:
1. I may have to watch Justice League just to see him interact with the others. (Okay, maybe just Diana.)
2. I look forward to watching this movie again when I can turn on closed captioning. I frequently couldn’t tell whether my lack of comprehension was because A) they were using made up words (see: Xebel, Karathen); B) they were mumbling; or C) I was distracted by the ENORMOUS IMAX SCREEN.
3. I liked it! Oceans are terrifying!
BONUS: So the big question in the post-Avengers MCU movies was always, ‘Why didn’t the characters just call each other?’ The great thing about Aquaman is that you can legitimately explain that away, since he so clearly doesn’t have a phone!
Mirrored from The Marci Rating System.
Time to break up the Christmas festivities with an IMAX MOVIE EXPERIENCE! That’s right, it’s Aquaman day!
1. I have a mental disconnect with calling this guy Arthur. I don’t know why. Does he have a nickname? I hope so.
2. Does anyone actually call him Aquaman? Because I 10,000% want his undersea kingdom to joke about that constantly, forever.
3. Pretty excited to check out the new RECLINER SEATS at the IMAX THEATER! (Yes, everything associated with IMAX must be in ALL CAPS, because it is THAT EXTRA.)
Mirrored from The Marci Rating System.
Or movie trailer review? Anyway, I watched two trailers for Aquaman last night, and while I am really truly still struggling with the fact that his name is ARTHUR, I enjoyed the trailers very much!
I mean, it looks a lot like whoever made it decided that any kind of character development could be replaced by an escalating series of fight scenes, but at least the fight scenes look cool? And underwater! That’s neat!
Re: the rooftop foot chase. Has this same scene been in a bunch of movies? Because I feel like I’ve seen it at least twice before, and I don’t watch that many movies. (Though to be fair, it’s definitely more likely that I would watch a movie WITH a rooftop chase scene than WITHOUT.) It seems to be a great excuse to show off parkour, with a side effect of making me feel bad about my physical fitness.
(Also, I was going to write about how last December’s movie was Solo: A Star Wars Story, and this looked better, but then I checked and apparently Solo came out in May? Of this year?! How long has 2018 been going on???)
Mirrored from The Marci Rating System.
Wonder Woman fic!
i don’t know where i’m going but i’m on my way, by alchemystique
There are so many great fics out there right now, it’s amazing — a wealth of choices. Gotta love Steve heckling Bruce Wayne about the bat thing, though.
“This is crazy, you all are crazy, and I have no idea what you’re trying to accomplish but if Diana thinks you’re worth her time you gotta have something going for you. And speaking of Diana, I always thought her armor was out there, but you fight crime dressed up as a bat, pal, that’s weird.”
Mirrored from The Marci Rating System.
“It’s lovely, it’s practical, and you can hide a sword in it.”
-Joshua Johnson, The 1A Movie Club Sees ‘Wonder Woman’
Mirrored from The Marci Rating System.
Totally non-spoilery review coming up!
1. Totally awesome. Definitely worth seeing on the big screen. Gal Gadot was amazing. 11/10 would watch again.
2. Surely I was not the only one to walk out of the theater thinking, ‘Was that Remus Lupin?’ And yes, yes it was. David Thewlis (Sir Patrick in Wonder Woman) also played Remus Lupin in the Harry Potter movies.
3. For those who watched the scene in the trailer where Diana wears an evening gown and appears to have her sword tucked into the back of her dress, and thought, ‘Now *that* is where I draw the line on believability,’ fear not! She has her armor on *under* the dress!
4. So it looks like Chris Pine’s wildly inconsistent character representation in every Star Trek movie is not his fault? Because I thought he was great in this! Much more likable character than I expected!
5. It appears that the Justice League movie will not feature Wonder Woman as the main character, which seems like a mistake. How much do I want a movie where Diana, Lois, Martha, and Alfred meet up for coffee each morning and save the world, all while sending Bruce and Clark on increasingly improbably quests to remote places in the world? SO MUCH.
Mirrored from The Marci Rating System.
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