Black Mirror Appreciation Week – Day 1: Favorite Episode – San Junipero
“San Junipero’s a party town, all up for grabs. Midnight’s two hours away.”
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Aziraphale and Crowley are about three quarters of the way through both their supply of wine and It’s a Wonderful Life before they start whittering on about what a disgrace to angels Clarence is, but also how Heaven must never hear about the ‘earn your wings’ system, because that sort of bonkers idea is right up Gabriel’s street.
“My ‘perfect’ reader is neither a scholar nor an ignoramus: he reads not out of obligation, or as a pastime, or to show off in society, but because he is curious about many things, wants to choose among them, and is reluctant to delegate that choice to someone else; he knows the limits of his expertise and education, and focuses his choice accordingly. He has chosen eagerly to read my books, and he would feel uncomfortable or unhappy if he were unable to understand every word that I have written, in fact, that I have written for him.”
Primo Levi, essay “On Obscure Writing”
Every book is for someone. The act of writing may be solitary, but it is always a reach toward another person – a single person – since every book is read alone. The writer does not know for whom she writes. The reader’s face is invisible, and yet, every sentence inscribed on a page represents a bid for contact and a hope for understanding.
Siri Hustvedt, from the Author’s Note, in Living, Thinking, Looking (via soracities)
“Now, in the beginning, you showed me [as Tuco] cursing him [Clint Eastwood]. But I never cursed him in my heart, because he was a delicious, good, wonderful friend.
I don’t know how to word it, but I’ll tell you, I spent a night once in bed with Clint Eastwood.
Now, it seems strange, but he didn’t like to fly, so we were going from Italy to Spain, and he knew a man whose son had an apartment in Spain. All these hotels were filled, so we went to this house, and the man said, ‘Yes, I have this apartment. This bed.’ And he spread it out. And Clint said to me, ‘Which side do you want to sleep on?’
I, being an old radical, said, ‘I’ll take the left side.’
And we went to bed. In the morning we got up and we went to Spain.”
– Eli Wallach (x)
‘Tis the Gift To Be Simple – mcicioni – Al di là della legge | Beyond the Law (1968) [Archive of Our Own]
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Al di là della legge | Beyond the Law (1968), Da uomo a uomo | Death Rides a Horse (1967)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Joe Billy Cudlip/ Ben Novak, Bill Meceita/Ryan
Characters: Joe Billy Cudlip, Ben Novak, Bill Meceita, Ryan
Summary:
Two pairs of partners exchange presents. Total fluff and schmaltz.
★ Christmas Countdown ★ It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
Strange, isn’t it? Each man’s life touches so many other lives. When he isn’t around he leaves an awful hole, doesn’t he?
A much bleaker film than people usually think, imo. But YES to the thought that each of us in his/ her life touches (and possibly changes) other lives. Not necessarily for the better. But we can always hope.
First fic posted in a long while
So, this is the first fic I’ve posted in a long time. It’s set after the events of For A Few Dollars More. It will be slash eventually. I have the first two chapters done and have posted the first one just now. I’ll probably try to post around one a week.
Title: Settled
One year after Agua Caliente, Manco and Mortimer meet again. This is the story of their “maybe next time”.
Rating may change with added chapters.
Fic recs!
Oh, what a great season’s present, will read it tonight
mici's campfire 