[S-mile]

И всё-таки инсепшн-фикшн - это идельный фикшн для меня. Где ещё найдёшь такую cheerfully regulated madness.

"Eames waits until morning to call Cobb.

“Do you know what time it is?” he moans into the phone.

“No,” Eames says. “Did you know your pointman stole my dog?”

“You have a dog?” Cobb asks, then adds idly, “Ex-pointman.”

“Semantics,” Eames says. “Where is he?”

“I’m afraid I can’t tell you that,” Cobb replies. “I’m his secret keeper.”

“This is real life, not Harry Potter,” Eames mutters, but he hangs up the phone."

Сколько мы с девочками ни говорили, что вот уже скоро премьера последнего фильма, но в полной мере дошло до меня только сейчас. Очень хочу кино. И ради самого кино, и ради книжки (вдруг фильм меня примирит с сиропным эпилогом), и ради sense of closure.

Кроссоверы я как-то не очень жалую, но меня неизменно умиляет, когда в фанфикшне один мой фандом заигрывает с другим. Например, в ау-фике по Мерлину, где используется древний проверенный троп "застряли в лифте":

"If they can't get you out soon, can you get them to send some food in?" Gwen asks.

"Certainly," says Arthur. "They can use their teleporter."

"I mean on a cable thingy," Gwen says, sounding hurt. "Isn't there one of those doors in the roof? Lifts always have them in films."

"We could climb out," Merlin suggests.

"We could not," Arthur says firmly and heads back to the intercom.

"Or we could blow it up," Merlin suggests to Gwen, and Arthur makes a little sound of horror. "For the kick."

"Oooh, I love that film," Gwen says, and then adds, "But it's only a film. This is reality."

"You'd say that anyway, if this was a dream. And he's called Arthur."

"And he has no idea what either of you are talking about," Arthur interrupts. "Now shut up, both of you, so I talk to the engineers."