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First things first: There's finally a reliable method to filter out pairings on AO3! The method doesn't rely on text string search, so you don't end up filtering out stories accidentally. Instead it filters by tag id.
This post explains how it's done. I also installed the "ao3 saved filters" userscript suggested in the post, and now I have a conveniently searchable archive. For example, thanks to that script "Clint Barton/Phil Coulson" is filtered out globally in my searches - which means it also doesn't appear on the pages for Mission Impossible. However, stories that list "Clint Barton, Phil Coulson" still show up.
(Thanks to ratcreature for the heads-up)

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The Unusuals fic rec:
Just Another Jewellery Store Heist Gone Wrong by BlackEyedGirl
Gen; Shraeger, Walsh; Hijinks & Shenaningans; teen; 1134 words
Summary: "Second squad, this is dispatch. I don’t want to alarm anyone, but I hope you brought your broadswords to work this morning."

Since ratcreature showed me how to make Dreamwidth feeds I've been using my newfound powers to create ones for all my small fandoms. I figured I'd share them:
The Americans: http://ao3-the-americans-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile
The Wire: http://ao3-the-wire-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile
Leverage: http://ao3-leverage-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile
Continuum: http://ao3-continuum-tv-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile
The Unusuals on AO3: http://ao3-the-unusuals-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile
on ffn: http://unusuals-ffn-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile
MI4 Ghost Protocol on AO3: http://ao3-mi4-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile
on ffn: http://mi4-ffn-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile
The Bourne Legacy on AO3: http://ao3-bourne-legacy-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile
on ffn: http://bourne-ffn-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile
Hansel & Gretel on AO3: http://ao3-hanselgretel2013-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile

Me and the roommates are in need of movie recs for Buffynight. Well, we still call it Buffynight but we ran out of first Angel and then Buffy episodes well over a year ago. Now it's basically Movie Night, on which two of us cook a nice dinner while the other two get a movie. The food is the easy part.

We saw some fantastic movies already (I should really have made notes for a recs list... some of those, like The Prestige, I had no expectations for and was really pleasantly surprised.) I could use some recs, so: What are your, say, three favorite movies? The ones you'd bring on the desert island (if the desert island had electricity)?

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And while I'm here, I'm snagging the Ask Me Anything meme I just saw at kradical:
ask me anything you want in the comments. I shall answer as best as I can though I'll reserve the right to skip questions.

(x-posted to DW and LJ)