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I think this might be the first one which I actually disagree with wrt replacement of the "canon" pairing. I thought Bourne/Marie were awesome, (and I think Franka Potente is hot), so I see Bourne/Kirill more along the lines of a previous relationship that went *really* south. Something like:

Bourne & Kirill somehow meet up, have a lovely time together for ** weeks or months or whatever (and, to try and prevent too much cheese, they are able to tell due to their extensive training that they are both covert assets/hired assassins, but couldn't give a crap). Perhaps a kill order for one of Kirill's previous handlers comes through, and knowing how much this particular handler meant to Kirill, Bourne refuses to go through, incensing Kirill because a) Kirill thought that they had the understanding that the job comes first, b) Bourne might be terminated due to mission failure. Kirill ends up taking out his old handler to protect Bourne, and Bourne then gets a kill order for (guess who?) Kirill (ok, now its getting a bit cheesy, I don't like that so much... any ideas?). Kirill finds out, and tries to bait Bourne into taking his life, Bourne can't cope, and breaks. Kirill shakes his head and leaves Bourne alone. Bourne takes a week or so to recover, and that event starts the mental fracturing that leads to the amnesia suffered at the beginning of the Bourne Identity.

What do you think?

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You, my dear, should make this into a fanfic. In all honesty, I'd love if you wrote this, I'd read it! The ideas you have a really good to work with and I like the plot idea. Good potential for character development and a lot of angst. That makes good fic... So, will you humour me and try to write it? *hopefull*

Oh, and I agree with you, Marie/Bourne was really convincing, and I have to admit that it took me completely by surprise when they killed her off. I like her, too, and I think they worked great together. pity. Still, I like Kirill more (Karl Urban is sex on legs, really) and I wished there had been more of him. Pity, too.

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Mmmmmm. No promises, but I'll certainly try and sum up the motivational energy (it'd give me an excuse to actually *do* something /productive/ these days as well... so that is a good idea).

*starts thinking* ;)

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YAY! Go for it! Get creative - it feels good, let me tell you *just wrote over 18.000 words since Sunday and created 4 manips* (yes, I'm still working next to doing all that. Mostly.)

Got anything written yet? Need inspiration? (*has some nice pics of Kirill*)

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I have some first thoughts. The problem I am having right now is putting what I imagine down into a text file... I can picture this scene in a club (partly inspired by one of your B/K manips, can you guess which one? :P), which I *really* like. I think I'll watch the Bourne films again over the next few nights to try and extrapolate how Bourne would talk and act before his breakdown, and go from there. I wouldn't hold out for anything great though, I've still stalled on the Alliance stories, like that is a surprise!

It really isn't helping that trying to get my brain into anything other than neutral, 1st and reverse gears is causing a lot of stupid problems. I need a new gearbox. And probably motherboard and a better CPU. Oh, and did I tell you that my baby (desktop) died in November? She is still at the technicians to see if they can resuscitate her, so the motherboard and CPU thing may apply to her too.

But yes, back to trying to get creative stuff done...

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Hmmmm, my best advice for putting ideas down into a text file is to just write the sentences that are in your head, not important if they're totally unconnected situations, out of order scenes or just a few words without real context. It works best for me. I connect the scenes/moment/sentences later and make them into a whole story. I usually have bits and pieces that are completely random. I'm what you can call an "non-chronological" writer ^_^ Ohhh, I feel honoured that my manip inspired you! I really hope to read the result of that inspiration some time! *encourages* Be creative!

Ahhh, poor honey! I know *exactly* what it feels like when the computer dies... Mine actually did die once and for all in september and I had to buy a new one within a few days, and because I obviously didn't have the money for a shiny new powerful laptop, I bought a netbook - and hey, I can do everything with it (even Photoshop) what my old laptop could do (and that had been about 1000€ more expensive when I bought it...). I hope you get your baby back soon (and working again and no further dying-on-you ^^)

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Cool, that might be something to try then at least. Yeh, I hope you can read the result of the inspiration from your manip as well sometime :).

Aww, shame about your old laptop (vaguely recall something about it's passing being mentioned on here). Glad to hear that your new netbook though is working well, hope that continues. Hopefully I'll have some news on my desktop on Wednesday, we'll see.

Take care,

CCA

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OOOH THE SHINY IS SO SHINY. I enjoy your pictures-in-pictures. <3

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*grins* you like shiny, hm? Glad you like my kind of shiny, my dear! XD I'll make more picture-in-picture manips, I guess. I just can't resist...

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Awww, such a sweet and adorable scene of these two! They totally need and deserve some more happy moments together <3
This makes me smile!

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Oh yes, they definitely need some happy moments. Kirill didn't smile once in the entire movie, I have to change that in my story! And I love the easy, happy atmosphere of the original photo, so I searched hard to get pics of a smiling Kirill (this was from a behind-the-scenes photo shooting, so Karl Urban was actually in the real Kirill-in-Goa outfit - perfect for me! XD)

Glad I could make you smile, hon! And tell me, how's school and exams going? When will you be finished?

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Thanks to Karl for behind-the-scenes pictures, then! This guy knows what his fans need and want ;D I'm still soooo in love with his pictures from Star Trek and RED appearances XDD

School is... okay, I guess. Better than I expected. A eek ago I had mock exam from geodesy, which I failed, I'm sure, because I made tons of stupid mistakes, but I managed to pass my geography exam, math exam, Polish exam and Russian exam. Actual school leaving exams will be in May and geodesy exam in June or something. So I still have time for studying *le sigh* I basically had no winter break, because for the hole two weeks I was working on my geodesy projects... but soon it all is going to be over XDDD

But I'm managing to have time off. Finding new shows, pairings, drawing <3 I started watching "NCIS:LA", and I believe next to "Star Trek" and "Southland" it's my third happy place at the moment. And my bro likes it, too! XDD

This comment is getting long...

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Oh yes, he's awesome. Sex on legs, as I just told a friend of mine XD Not to forget that awesome smile...

All right, let's get back to the not so nice stuff (like school and uni >_<). If you finish in June, then we'll be finished about the same time. My finals will be from the 27.-29.6., after that, I AM FREE!!!! *can't even imagine what that mist feel like* I'd love to meet with you again, wherever we can (I'd like to come to Warsaw again, I really liked it. And I want your mom's milk soup XDD). We'll survive the next month together, then school and uni are done! I belive in us! *encouragement* And I'm certain you learned from the mock exams, so you'll do it better next time. Better to actually have mock exams than to make all the mistakes on the real stuff... (Oh, and btw, since you're doing Russian, I have a surprise for you. Loo here: http://zhurnal.lib.ru/k/kompanija_s_z/curiositykillsthekino.shtml Enjoy XDD)

Ahhh, new fandoms are always good (just look at me and the Bourne Trilogy XD). And to enjoy them with somebody else is even better! Greetings to your bro from me! XD

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YES.

Once again, YES. Meeting again would be amazing <3 I just hope I'll do okay at the exams.
YAY FOR COOL LINKS XDDDDD Nice, surprise, I must say!

I really wish I could have more time for all the cool fandoms _o_ But NCIS:LA makes me so happy right now. No as much as Star Trek, bu VERY close XDDD And I noiced I always fall for TV shows and movies hat are really not popular.

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Oh, I'd really love to come to meet you again! *just thinks of all the stuff we have to do, watch, talk and fangirl about* And don't worry, you'll get through your exams with good grades, I'm sure. You're studying for it, so it'll work!

Oh btw, could you read the Russian version? Since I know absolutely nothing of Russian, I was just wondering how it was to read the story in another language XD

Hmm, more time for fandoms is one of my permanent wishes. I *never* have enough time for fannish stuff. Oh, and you're not the only one who's into fandoms that are not really popular, I have some pretty unknown ones, too ^^

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I wish I was as optimistic as you are about my grades XDDD

I had to look up a lot of words (I'm still not very used to reading in Russian *lol*) but it was definitely fun! ^^

We can just hope some of them will get more popular with time, if people won't forget them!

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tarlanx

Another wonderful manip :)

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Thanks a lot! ^____^

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I don't even remember any photo Bourne/Marie in the movie but i'm just 100% sure that your version is better ;D

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The photo appeared twice in the movie, first it was Marie looking at it with a smile, later it was Bourne after Marie's death, when he was burning her photos and passports and just wasn't able to burn the picture of them together. Well, I would have preferred to have Kirill in the picture, so would you, probably, therefore I agree, this version is better (even though I liked Bourne/Marie and I think it's a pity she died, I still can't help liking Kirill more XD)

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Marie wasn't annoying but still, Kiril is better for Bourne ;D
I really hope that your muse will force you to make more B/K manips! And i can't wait to read your fic about those two *is excited*

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Well, she had one major disadvantage (in our eyes): She was female. XD And Kirill *is* still way hotter than her, she'll always lose the comparison. And Bourne/Kirill has this 'forbidden fruit'-aspect to it, that just makes the pairing even juicier... ^____^

PS: Just posted the first story in the series. It got 14.200 words. And there's more to come! I really really hope you like it!

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She was a bit boring (...and female ;D) beside it's hard to find character that would make Karl Urban looks bad or uninteresting...is it even possible? Hm...i don't think so.

Hurray for new fic! I'll read it today ;D i don't have time but i'll do it anyway because i deserve to have some free-time after this week! And it has 14,200 words...O_o' i don't know if i ever wrote something so long (my thesis excluded but it doesn't count).
How i wish i could write in english! I have this great idea (or i think it is a great idea) for my new pairing Marcus/Esca from The Eagle. Watch this movie! Do it! This pairing is almost canon (they don't kiss but it's still a love story for almost everyone with common sense);D

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If you want a more truthful telling of that whole dynamic, then I would advise reading "The Eagle of the Ninth", and if you like that, both "The Silver Birch" and "The Lantern Bearers". I do not recall either Marcus or Esca being in either the of the last two, but the trilogy is fantastic. It remains one of my favourite series', even though the last time I read them was when I was perhaps 10 or 11. It is for this reason (same reason why I refuse to see either 'The Golden Compass' or any of the Dune films) that I will not watch "The Eagle". Also, if you enjoy books set in this general period, I'd also recommend "Outcast", also by Rosemary Sutcliff if memory holds. Sutcliff also did two stories regarding the Arthur legend(s) - one, your traditional fantastical telling, and the other "Sword at Sunset", which offered a potentially more plausible account of who Arthur actually was, and what he did, and why he did it.

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... and female, which was the biggest problem for us XD And well, let's be honest, there *is* no one who can make Karl look bad or uninteresting XD

Soooo, did you find the time to look at the fic even though you shouldn't have taken the time? I know 14.200 words *does* take some time to read, but I'm soooo curious! *gnaws fingernails* And well, it's not my longest fic, I once wrote about 58.000 words within a month (my Lotr fic "In the Course of Time"). Maybe you should just try writing in English, then get a beta to read it over and learn from it! I only learned by writing a lot (and the first things were really bad -_-V).

PS: I had a look at the trailer of The Ealge and now I want to watch it! It sounds soooooo slashy and good! And I want you to write on Marcus/Esca in English so I can read it! *begs*

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But we LIKE a lot of female characters...we just prefer them with other girls ;D

I did find the time to read part A of your story- me likes very much- but i had this thing with fainting... and my head had this fast introduction to the floor- i even had nice little concussion (that's Thursday for me -__-') so i didn't finish reading it...but i'll do it tomorrow! Promise!

Is that you volunteering to be my beta-reader? ;D I'll try to create something bearable before sending it to you.

Marcus/Esca are super cute together. They have all this sweet moments and they act like lovers most of the time. I'm not saying that film is good but it's not so bad like some of the movies we've watched just for slash.
Lately i spend a lot of time just convincing people to watch it ;D ...i should get myself some nice icon with those two...

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*worried* why did you faint? And why did you think it was a good idea to find out if the floor or your head was harder? Really, my dear, that doesn't sound too pleasant... Are you better now? Oh, and you know what's funny? I spent my Thursday in bed - because I got a massive food poisoning on Wednesday afternoon and spent the whole night puking my guts out... I think it's safe to say that we both had a pretty crappy Thursday, hm? ^-^

*cough* well, I might offer being your beta if I can make you write in English! And now I want to watch that film... I'll find it somewhere. I love new pairings XD

PS: I'm soooo glad you like the first part of the story! Now I'm axiously waiting for your reaction to part B ^-^
And get better, my dear!

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