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aredblush ([personal profile] aredblush) wrote2010-08-30 12:02 am
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A lesson I will never learn

Hi flist, I've been a horrible flister and for that I apologize, but I would like to cast half the blame on [livejournal.com profile] inception_kink, which has eaten my brain and sucked my soul and is still holding me hostage.
I tried to resist, I promise! But it was all too shiny and beautiful and happy making and then I read Flannel: a Love Story and you know how much I love hats and I was so charmed and suddenly this happened /o\



Also, I CAN CONFIRM THAT JGL'S FACE IS THE HARDEST THING TO DRAW! It is pretty much impossible for me to get it right! I tried and tried and tried and either it doesn't look like JGL, or it looks like a 40-yo-JGL. *stabs sketchbook* I foresee so much practicing (...'cause I may have signed up as an artist for the inception big bang. What was I thinking?!)


Anyway, HI NEW FANDOM! I ♥ YOU A LOT!

And hey, Fun Fact: the movie has not come out yet here. Behold the power of this fandom \o/

[identity profile] xskintandminted.livejournal.com 2010-08-29 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Inception really runs my life at the moment too :) I love it so! probably watched it at least 10 times by now!
I can't wait to see more of your drawing! this is adorable!

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2010-08-30 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't even imagine what my life will turn into once I see the movie...
Thank you ♥

[identity profile] pixiebullets.livejournal.com 2010-08-29 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I have yet to read that fic(BECAUSE WTH THIS FANDOM IS OBVIOUSLY ON SOME KIND OF CRACK) but omg I'm so excited that you're drawing Inception art!!! And omg that is JGL, alright. THAT DIMPLE!! Nggh. ♥

Fandoms colliding is the best thing about Inception fandom. This fandom will be the death of me I swear.

Dude, please watch it asap. I'd ask you to download it now but it won't be the same as watchig it for the first time on screen so yeah. So excited for you!!!

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2010-08-30 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
THIS FANDOM MUST HAVE THE BEST CRACK THIS IS THE ONLY EXPLANATION! I am headdesking right now because I promised myself that I would only enjoy the fandom as a lurker, except I forgot about my non-existent resistance to temptation /o\

I want to see it so muuuuuuuch! I have to wait for a week still! And I refuse to download anything because I want my first time to be as hi-res as possible ♥

Also, your icon. It is EPIC.

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-08-30 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
OMG HOW LONG HAVE I BEEN SAYING THAT YOUR INCEPTION ART WOULD BE THE CUTEST EEEVER? I HAVE BEEN RIGHT THAT ENTIRE TIME! ♥♥♥

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2010-08-30 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
YOU HAVE BEEN WRONG THE ENTIRE TIME AND THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT ANYWAY. DAMN. ♥♥♥

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-08-30 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I think you'll find that I am rarely ever wrong. Especially about this! This is so adooorable. I looove it. ♥♥♥

ARTHUR JUST REALLY LOVES HIS FLANNEL, OKAY. IT'S SOFT AND WARM.

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2010-08-30 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
ALL. YOUR. FAULT. I thought about posting this on the thread on the kink meme, either as anon or not, but in the end I was too chicken.

I WANT ALL THE FLANNEL FICS IN THE WORLD! GIVE ME ALL OF IT! ESPECIALLY IF THE FLANNEL IS EAMES' AND ARTHUR BORROWS IT AND THEN HE WILL BE IN OVERSIZED FLANNEL THAT SMELLS LIKE EAMES! \♥/ (forget hearteyes, I've turned into a giant, cheering heart)

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-08-30 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I will gladly take the credit for getting you into this fandom! I will wear it with pride! :D You should ABSOLUTELY post it to that thread! The writer would totally want to see what she had inspired, and it will be awesome and more people can flail about the adorableness! Win win all around!

OMG I WOULD READ THAT SO HARD. I WOULD MAYBE NEVER STOP READING THAT. I GREATLY ENJOY THE THOUGHT OF ARTHUR IN CLOTHES THAT ARE RUMBLED AND SMELL LIKE EAMES. ARTHUR, ALSO, ENJOYS THIS THOUGHT, I'VE NO DOUBT. I BET HE DREAMS ABOUT IT, SOMETIMES, WHEN HE'S PULLING ON HIS CRISP, FRESHLY LAUNDERED AND PRESSED SHIRTS IN THE MORNING WHEN IT'S BARELY DAWN AND COOL ENOUGH THAT HE JUST WANTS TO STAY UNDER THE COVERS ON HIS BED. (Excuse me, while I join you in this giant, cheering heart plane of existence. \♥/)

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2010-08-30 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahahahah are you crazy? I facepalm and/or hide my head iside my shirt collar turtle-style everytime I look at it!

YES YES YES A MILLION TIMES YES OMG! HE CHERISHES THAT TIME HE ENDED UP ON EAMES' DOORSTEP COMPLETELY DRENCHED BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING BUCKETS AND EAMES TUGGED HIM INSIDE AND GAVE HIM HIS DRY, WARM FLANNEL SHIRT OFF OF HIS BACK! HE ONLY RETURNED IT WHEN IT STOPPED SMELLING LIKE EAMES (let's have a party \♥/)

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-08-30 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
ARE YOU CRAZY? ::eyes you suspiciously:: I think you must be. IT IS SO ADORABLE. THE ADORABLENESS NEEDS TO BE SHAAARED.


Oh, oh, oh! AND HE COULDN'T HELP BUT CURL HIS FINGERS INTO THE SLEEVES, AND EVEN THOUGH HE DUCKED HIS HEAD TO HIDE IT, HE HAD TO SMILE WHEN EAMES LAUGHED AND DID UP THE BUTTONS FOR HIM ALL WRONG, LIKE IT WASN'T HANGING OFF HIS SHOULDERS ANYWAY. AND EAMES JUST STEPPED SO CLOSE, AND PUT HIS WARM, WARM HAND ON THE BACK OF ARTHUR'S STILL DAMP NECK AND MADE HIM LOOK BACK UP, AND ARTHUR STILL DREAMS, BUT ONLY OF THAT, OF THAT HALF SECOND WHERE HIS HAIR WAS DRIPPING IN HIS EYES AND HE WAS SHUDDERING FROM THE COLD AT HIS BACK AND THE HEAT OF EAMES IN FRONT OF HIM AND HE COULD'VE CLOSED THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM. (Best party ever! \♥/)

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2010-08-30 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
OF COURSE I'M CRAZY! ONLY CRAZY PEOPLE WOULD DRAW THAT.

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH! YOU ARE KILLING ME! *dies* WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? *chinhands* (where are the party hats? Here they are *<:D *<:D)

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-08-30 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I SEE YOU ARE GOING TO REQUIRE ME TO PLAY DIRTY HERE. THAT'S FINE. I AM VERY GOOD AT THAT.

But things never work out like Arthur wants, because he can't stop being Arthur. Even in his dreams, he still turns his head, ends up with Eames pressing a loud, smacking kiss to his ear as a joke, as a cover up, like either of them don't know what it is. Even in his dreams, Eames steps back, and keeps grinning like he has no idea how much Arthur wants him all the time. (Man, this party needs booze now, it just got sad. /♥\)

I'll tell you what happens next when you post this to the thread in the kink meme. ::crosses arms::

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2010-08-30 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
D: How can you be so cruel?

Nooooo :( Arthur don't be sad and stop being a boy!

Will posting this to the thread (http://community.livejournal.com/inception_kink/5987.html?thread=15433315#t15433315) save the party from sadness and also give me access to the next HAPPY part? *has no shame when it comes to getting more words from you*

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-08-30 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Practice! I mean, no! I am cruel to be kind! You forced my hand!

OMG ARTHUR IS SUCH A BOY MAKE HIM STOP FOR REAL

I WILL ACCEPT YOUR PLAY, YES. AND ALSO THAT COOKIE YOUR ICON IS OFFERING ME. SO ADORABLE!




There's no real moment, when it finally happens. Just Arthur, tired from too many late nights with too many cold research notes, and Eames, grinning, holding a cup of lukewarm coffee and wearing what is probably the ugliest shirt in existence. Arthur laughs, and rubs at his eyes, and laughs some more, because whatever that monstrosity is that Eames is wearing, it looks ridiculously soft, and he's got no doubt that it's warm from the heat of Eames' skin, and Arthur knows if he buried his face in it, it would smell like Eames, like faint cologne, the thunderstorm that's brewing in the distance. Like cheap cigarettes and weak tea. Like the things Arthur dreams about, when he's wrapped up in his own blankets and all alone.

Eames doesn't hand him the cup of coffee so much as he wraps Arthur's fingers around it, the corner of his mouth tugged down when Arthur shivers, again, because the clouds are thick over the sun and the warehouse will not get warm. Arthur cannot get warm. "Arthur," Eames says, very seriously, his fingers still wrapped around Arthur's, "I think you've finally lost it."

"Yeah," Arthur answers, still smiling. Despite all evidence to the contrary, Arthur does know when to admit defeat. "You could insult my mother and I would find it less offensive than your shirt," he adds, because it's true. He still curls the fingers of his free hand in the hem of it, though, and Eames smiles like maybe he gets what this is.

Eames smiles like, finally, and Arthur really... Arthur really can't argue with that.

He uses his grip on Eames' shirt to tug him forward, and finally, finally close the fucking distance.
Edited 2010-08-30 21:40 (UTC)

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2010-08-30 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
*twirls and twirls and sighs and twirls some more* Perfect! It is so utterly perfect!
He still curls the fingers of his free hand in the hem of it, though, and Eames smiles like maybe he gets what this is. This. I need to draw this. Tomorrow. Maybe I'll even show it to you... maybe.

YOU DROVE A HARD BARGAIN BUT WHATEVER, I GOT ME SOME FIC :DDD *showers you in cookies*

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-08-30 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
YAYAYAYAY! Look at us! Striking a mutually beneficial agreement! Who says fandom doesn't translate into the real world, huh? :D:D:D

Now if only I could actually finish that stupid sexpollen thing. Or the bakery thing. Or my homework. LOL

*<♥ <--- DRUNKEN HEART CAN'T KEEP HER PARTY HAT ON. POOR DRUNKEN HEART. SHE IS A HOT MESS.

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2010-08-31 09:28 am (UTC)(link)
I always say that if positive fandom attitude were to bleed into the real world, life would be easier and happier!

I can't wait for those :DDD Except your homework, those you can keep to yourself :P

~♥~ SHAKE IT DRUNKEN HEART, YOU LOOK GOOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR!

[identity profile] seratonation.livejournal.com 2010-08-30 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
ahahahahahaha oh dude and you havnt seen it yet? im afraid to look at the fandom in case my (het) pairing is not well represented D:

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2010-08-30 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I fear what will become of me after the actual viewing... What's your pairing? I'm afraid I've been snatched by the Arthur/Eames bandwagon.

[identity profile] seratonation.livejournal.com 2010-08-31 10:52 am (UTC)(link)
arthur/adriadne! he might be my favourite of all time and i think shes just adorable (and so talented omg ♥___♥)

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2010-08-31 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Mmmm. I haven't read any story with that pairing because it clashes with my OTP, and I can't really speak for good characterization because I haven't seen the movie yet, but all the Ariadnes I've encountered in the stories I've read were delightful, so I reccomend giving it a try :)

[identity profile] seratonation.livejournal.com 2010-09-01 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
lol i need to learn to spell her name properly too :P

you neeeeed to see the movie dude!

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2010-09-01 09:17 am (UTC)(link)
:P I found you a cute little rec! Perfection in Design (http://kellifer-fic.livejournal.com/315023.html) :)

Less than a week! I can't wait!

[identity profile] jibrailis.livejournal.com 2010-08-31 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, so I was totally happy and flattered and awed that someone wanted to draw for my fic, and I was secretly super pleased that it was this one, because Arthur + flannel = too good to resist. And I love your Arthur, with his hat (because yes, that hat is exactly what I was imagining when I wrote the fic; I don't even know what they're called but I was thinking of it!), and the worn jeans and the flannel flannel flannel shirt. <3 <3 <3

And that dimple! And the hint of the shirt underneath (because omg, layers!) And the suggestion of stripping!

Basically I am too excited to live, so now I will go into a corner and calm down now.

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2010-09-01 09:26 am (UTC)(link)
I am so happy that you like it! I was extremely nervous about posting it and then even when I did, I wasn't sure it was a good idea to link to it in the meme thread so yeah, I am totally relieved now that I know I didn't offend you *sighs* :)

[identity profile] bookshop.livejournal.com 2010-09-16 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)

omfg i am just now seeing this art. it is adorable beyond words <333333!

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2010-09-16 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much ♥! I'm really happy you like it :)