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I am traveling and sightseeing with helen_keeble and having a LOVELY time. I've also watched about as many movies in the last three days as I normally do in six months. It's been great! I figure I'll just write them up quickly here. The end of spoilers for each movie are marked, so you can pick and choose which to read about.


Thunderbolts - watched on the plane, really enjoyed it!

( Thunderbolts details and spoilers )

Kpop Demon Hunters - what fun, I can see why it's so popular!

( Kpop Demon Hunters details and spoilers )

We also rewatched the first two X-Men movies from the early 2000s. I don't think I've seen them since they first came out!


X-Men (original 2000 movie) - This held up really well.

( X-Men details and spoilers )

X2 - Most of it was a great time, but then the end happened.

( X2 details and spoilers )

No. 5: “My panic’s at the ceiling, but I’m face down on the carpet.”
Quivering | Dream Journal | Phobia

Babylon 5, post-canon, Londo, gen (700 wds)
This is the one I was having trouble with a few days ago. Set in some kind of nebulous fixit universe.

( 700 wds under the cut )

Thank you so much for creating something for me! I'm excited to receive any of these fandoms, and I love these characters so much, I know I'll love whatever you make.

General likes: hurt/comfort, forced proximity (one bed/tent/hotel room/escape pod, etc), plotty fic, domestic fluff, angst with a hopeful ending, enemies to friends or lovers, banter, prickly bonding.

Amperslash likes: complicated relationships, characters being incredibly significant to each other even when there is no formal description of the relationship they have, emotional and physical intimacy (including things like emotion-sharing, psychic bonds), smarmy h/c, characters who aren't formally in a relationship doing relationship-type things (comfort cuddling or comfort sex, sharing domestic living arrangements or other hallmarks of being together), sex/cuddle pollen, being undercover as a couple, brief flings/friends (or enemies) with benefits, kissing, traumatized characters seeking out more than the usual amounts of physical touch or not wanting to be separated from each other; generally ambiguous closeness of any sort.

DNWs (do not want) are in the individual fandom sections.

Individual fandoms

( Babylon 5 )

( Biggles books )

( Murderbot (TV) )

This particular prompt was just too Murderbot not to write.

No. 4: “Don’t be scared, I’ve done this before.”
Non-Human Whumper | Iron Rod | Loss of Powers

Murderbot & Gurathin h/c, gen, 1500 wds (TV-verse or books, set after Fugitive Telemetry, probably)
Also posted on AO3 as Educational

( 1500 wds under the cut )

This is one of those times when I just ran off with the prompt as inspiration and it's not actually whumpy at all. (At least not in any way except the most incredibly minor petty way.)

No. 2: “You’ve got a lot of nerve to dredge up all my fears.”
Prophecy | Sewer | Taking Accountability

Murderbot, 380 wds, gen, could be TV-verse or bookverse somewhere post-Exit Strategy
Also posted on Tumblr.

( 380 wds under the cut )