So, this morning I watched Zodiac. (As in the fim. Not, like, I stared at the horoscope page on AOL for two hours.) Clearly, this has to do with my recent RDJ fixation; I'm not even going to pretend that it doesn't. Though in all fairness, the movie already was on my "To Watch" list. The RDJ fixation just bumped viewing it from "someday" to "okay, watch it rightnow".

It was a good movie. If I had seen it in theaters like I had planned, I would not walk out wanting my money back.

Don't mistake my language. This is actually a good review. Here's a Quick Guide to Kat's Movie Standards. Mediocre movies: I walk out wanting my money back. Bad films: I walk out wanting my two hours back. Horrible films: I injure myself during the two hours by hitting myself in the face over the stupidity. For further reference, see Indiana Jones. Decent films and above: I either a) don't require a refund or b) fall madly, obsessively in love with them. It really is an either-or situation with me.

Then, after finishing the movie, I sighed to myself. What was missing now was the fic, especially the Paul/Robert slash (adorable!) and I highly doubted any had been written. Wrong! So gloriously wrong. Never doubt the Ways of Fandom. There are actually two very good fics out there. I encourage you to read them.

i. Something Blue by jamaillith | Paul/Robert | PG-13
Robert's bachelor party, which is mostly him getting extremely drunk with Paul.

ii. Longing for Simplicity by veiledndarkness | Paul/Robert | PG | Double drabble
What he needs the most.

The Internet Gods, they are good to me. After all, who could resist Robert Downey, Jr. and Jake Gyllenhall?

So. I'm writing this Iron Man fic, you see. And I discuss it with my (non-fannish, to boot!) friend. She was dragged to saw the movie with me multiple times.

Me: tony stark totally swaggers though. swaggers. almost shashays, i'd say.
Me: he has a lot of hip action going on at any rate. i enjoy it.
Friend: Swaggers... as if he has a book on his head. He does have a nice walk.
Me: he has a nice everything.
Friend: Hmmm... debatably he has a nice everything... there are bits of him you haven't seen.
Me: how do you know i haven't seen them?
Friend: I have a strong suspicion, then, that you haven't seen them. I guess I don't know.
Me: fine. from what the decerning audience member can see in the movie, it's nice and i feel it safe to say that the rest is probably also considerably nice.
Friend: Yes, probably.
Me: and in my fic, i go into that.
Friend: Ha. I bet you do.
Me: i should probably just title it, Ways In Which The Author Thinks Tony Stark Is Really, Really Hot.
Me: but i'm not. i'm tentatively calling it [something else].
Friend: Hahaha... I like the first title better (not that there's anything wrong with the second one).
Me: the first title (in my grand Authorly opinion) is an incomplete representation of What the Story Is About
Friend: I see. Well, then, I guess the second one is better.
Me: i guess i could title it, Ways In Which The Author Thinks Tony Stark Is Really, Really Hot (and How Pepper Potts Discovers This While On Vacation). then it actually would be [a] pretty complete [representation].

So there's that.