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Rec: Inception: We can do this until we pass out by delires

Fandom: Inception
Pairings/Characters: Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Length: 28,478 words (series 49,299)
Creator Links: Delires at AO3
Theme: AU, Class issues

Summary:
Disturbing London, baby, we about to branch out. (The one where Eames is a chav)

Reccer’s Notes: An AU where canonical Arthur and Dom meet chav!Eames in London pre-canon. Arthur has a one night stand with Eames, which against his better judgement develops into something else. This is a wonderful fic, sexy, funny, clever, and while changing a few fundamentals still keeps them in character and the plot leading up to inception perfectly believable. The Arthur/Eames fandom burned hot but short, but during that time there were great authors in the fandom and some brilliant fics. This is one of them.

Fanwork links: We can do this until we pass out (The Chav!Verse)

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Rec: Inception: Simple Maths by foxxcub

Fandom: Inception
Pairings/Characters: Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Length: 45,684 words
Creator Links: Foxxcub at AO3
Theme: AU, High school AU, fake dating

Summary:
“So," Eames says slowly, leaning back against the school wall as he idly taps his cigarette. "We've got a problem here."

or, The Fake Boyfriend High School AU

Reccer’s Notes: The clash between Eames and Arthur’s personalities is one of the reasons why this fandom worked so well, and therefore the High School AU is perfect for this fandom because of the varied cliques in High School. The staple in this fandom of Arthur’s reluctance is delightfully done here.

Fanwork links: Simple Math

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Rec: Inception: Pants on Fire by Helenish

Fandom:I Inception
Pairings/Characters: Arthur/Eames
Rating: Explicit
Length: 15,169 words
Creator Links: Helenish at AO3
Theme: Amnesia, trope inversion

Summary:
“Ah," Yusuf says, lifting a reproving hand, "are we calling less than 24 hours of memory loss amnesia now?"

Reccer’s Notes: An absolute classic in this fandom. Arthur experiences memory loss coming out of a dream and forgets the past few years. He has to piece together his life, and some of his conclusions are right, and some… are not. To say too much would be spoilery, but I cannot recommend this highly enough.

Fanwork links: Pants on Fire

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Rec: Inception: I bet Nureyev never had to deal with this shit by cobweb_diamond

Fandom: Inception
Pairings/Characters: Arthur/Eames
Rating: Teen
Length: 21,409 words
Creator Links: cobweb_diamond at AO3
Theme: AU, ballet

Summary:
Modern-day AU. Arthur is a ballet dancer recovering from a serious injury, and is lucky enough to land the role of Oberon in Dom Cobb's reimagining of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Reccer’s Notes: A lovely AU with Arthur, Eames and Mal are dancers in Dom’s ballet production. Their developing relationship is a delight.

Fanwork links: I bet Nureyev never had to deal with this shit.

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Rec: Inception: Towards Zero by Mirabella

Fandom: Inception
Pairings/Characters: Arthur/Eames
Rating: NC17
Length: 10,000-15,000 words
Creator Links: Mirabella fic at dreamwidth
Theme: First meet, first time

Summary:
Five levels down, and five to dig yourself back out. Arthur met Eames' projection long before he met Eames.

Reccer’s Notes: Arthur meets Eames in stages. The A/E fic I sought out to reread coming back to fandom after 10 years. An all-time favorite.

Fanwork links: Towards Zero

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This post includes all recs in date order. Most Recent up the top. Each set of recs ordered by fandom and by genre (slash/gen etc). At the bottom are my top one (or sometimes two) fic(s) in every fandom I have ever read in.

EDIT: All I seem to do is rec these days, but OTOH I'm really not keeping this post up. I'll leave it here; basically it has old SPN recs up to May 2009 and my BEST FIC in each fandom I've ever read at the bottom, but for things post May 2009 you'll need to use tags.

In an effort to be helpful, therefore, here are the tag links to all recs, and things I rec regularly:

All Recs
Merlin Recs
Inception Recs
H50 Recs
SPN Recs

( SPN Recs to May 2009 )
( My top one fic ever in each of the fandoms I've ever read )

Oh, how I should be working. And, if not working, then writing. But I'm doing neither. D:

On the plus side - I have recently read some amazing fic.

Viking/Slave AU by helenish (Inception, NC17, 40k+words, Arthur/Eames). Fantastically developed and wonderfully in character. The hearts. They are in my eyes.

Also, this Pirates AU WIP by ninhursag, R (for violence and suggestion of noncon), The Social Network, Mark/Eduardo. God, this woman can paint a picture of a world so well. I am WAITING with baited breath. *fidgets*

Have I ever mentioned how much I have loved all recent incarnations of Doctor Who? Nine, Ten and Eleven have all been a delight to me. And have I ever said how much I love John Simms as The Master? (He can Master me anytime. Ahem. Sorry.) No? Consider it said.

Anyhow, this vid was rec'd by xanthelj, and I loved it. Very clever.



and it made me think of The Master, which made me think of Life on Mars and so I grabbed me a fic to read and OH MY GOD. THIS...

Ease my worried mind by Petra (petronelle), is Life on Mars in xanthelj's BDSM universe. Explicit, 24k, Sam/Gene, Sam/Annie and it is utterly PERFECT. Doing in character BDSM is SO VERY HARD, and this is unutterably brilliant. A++++++++

Damn, I am a multi-fandom rec-ing machine right now!

Today, have this delicious piece; our maps are slippery witness by spikeface, Inception, Arthur/Eames, mid-short, BDSM.

Well. I love anything that delves into the complexities of the BDSM relationship, and this one has a beautiful touch for a 'reluctant' dom. If you like BDSM fics, strongly recommend you give it a whirl. It's not sexy (IMHO), but very interesting.

It's because I've relaxed back from work.

ALSO. Inception. Reigniting my fannish spark.

Just read this and it was PERFECT: No One's Going to Take me Alive by delires. BRILLIANT Arthur/Eames. My fav fic so far, so I had to rec it.

Then I thought about how many other I've enjoyed and I want you all to enjoy to because I <3 you, so here's my delicious tag. I've never used delicious for reccing purposes - just as a personal bookmark - so the tags aren't VERY helpful (I never worry about rating, for example, as it doesn't influence my reading one way or the other) but you should read these fics, definitely. Uh, except the one's tagged toread, obvs. I'll... have to get back to you on those ;)