I don't mean to nitpick, Tom, but is this really your plan?

Still working on these:
for turnonmyheels: TVD, Alaric/Damon or Damon & Alaric, R for sexual references.

( buddy caper )

for intothespin: Nolan Ross/Tony Stark. Mergers & acquisitions. Or drunken hookups at cocktail parties, whichever is easier.

( bit of both? )

Find it here on her journal or on AO3.

In other news, I finally saw Inception, and I realized once again that not only do I not know why I become fannish about some texts (though I can retcon the heck out of my reasons!) I also do not know why I don't become fannish about others.  That said, I would probably read good Ariadne stories, if anyone has pointers.

Hancock: Maybe I’m reading the wrong reviews, but am I the only one who thinks that much of the force of the film’s alleged revision of superhero tropes is that Will Smith is black? I’m fascinated by how casting a black man in itself changes how various other story elements work--Supreme Power did something much darker with the Batman character, and now even more I want to see the Supreme Power-style take on Superman, because the film pulled a lot of punches.

Nonetheless, there was enough there to intrigue me. The idea that superpowered Hancock doesn’t fit in among normal humans and this makes him lonely is standard, but he doesn’t ever try to pass as a normal human. That’s pretty unusual for a superhero narrative. And in superhero movies, the public usually loves the superheroes unless and until they’re manipulated to judge them unfairly. How much of the fact that most people apparently refused to give Hancock the benefit of the doubt until he secured himself a PR rep has to do with racial discomfort? Yes, he’s a jerk—but why is he a jerk? ( Spoilers start here: )