#williamfichtner

COMPLETED

Caught in a Trap - accideadly (6ch | Guy undercover as a male escort)

For Your Own Good - Morfox (3ch | Doris came with fire, Jasper with revenants. Guy came b/w them & now he's locked up)

The Hunter and the Gun - Twig (6ch | Canon Divergence, Guy tries to elevate himself to player from pawn)

Say No To This - JodyJuliana (5ch | Secret Relationship)

his immortal companion - JodyJuliana (2ch)

A little at a time - KyHemis (10ch | Short stories)

Possession is nine-tenths of the law - serenus_serenade (1/3ch | S1E4 AU)

Amor Fati - whyamilikethis_html (6ch | Guy a newly minted CIA agent)

Dress-Up Doll - hayloumac (3ch | Guy has a late-night coffee problem)

keep your hands to yourself - JodyJuliana (5ch | Human AU, New Apartment, Jasper the neighbour)

i want to be found (found by you) - forgetmic (2ch | Guy hid his nature from Jasper, A/B/O)

One Wall Between Them - hayloumac (8ch | Guy rejects Talamasca after moving to London, Jasper's the neighbour)

ONGOING

Someone That You Used to Know - White_Noise (7ch | Episode 5 Canon Divergence, Guy was memory-wiped & found by Jasper)

My Predestined Love - Keterine (7ch | Soulmate AU, Reincarnation)

feel like prey, feeling like praying - riddlersboyfriend (3ch | Jasper is Guy's Alpha)

Fragmented - Wilihelith (3ch | Guy Time-Travelled to 1920s & met Jasper)

I'll get you through it - accideadly (2ch | Alpha!Jasper/Omega!Guy)

Within Reach - BronteLover (4ch | Christmas Cabin AU)

i run back through the dark - WordsAblaze (2ch | Guy is turned into a vampire)

Is that a promise? - jurassic_cunt (2ch | “Wakey, wakey. Big day ahead, amigo.”, Time Rewinds after the betrayal)

Leaving the heart, listen to your mind - CatUhTonic (1ch | Guy still finds himself in London despite never being recruited)

Where Silence Ends - eWaken (7ch | A/B/O Dynamics)

keep your hands to yourself - grumpynymph (2ch | “We don’t need another barker, we need a dancer.”)

The Silence of a Vampire - JodyJuliana (5ch | Guy raised by the Talamasca since childhood, tasked to extract information from Jasper)

No idea that you're in deep - yuki013 (4ch | "I may be an immortal, my boy, but I’m still a man.”)

'Now, once again, take it back from me.' - armandetsahache (2ch | Talamasca tosses an unresponsive Guy into Jasper's cell)

When my time comes around (lay me gently in the cold dark earth) - sugarcoatedchaos (3ch | Jasper always believed there were gentler ways to keep someone)

Cold, Not Gone - eWaken (9ch | after a night out, Guy takes a familiar path home)

I’m damaged, and you’re a disaster (show me what I’m worth) - lucy11110 (1ch | “Why did you come to my aid? Would’ve been a lot simpler for you to stay away. Let the Talamasca have me.”)

show me your teeth - riddlersboyfriend (1ch | A/B/O, Guy is not Talamasca)

Jasper the Talamasca Agent - Keterine (1ch)

Captured Mind, Captured Soul - DisappearingInPlainSight26 (1ch)

Cold Little Heart - thoringrham (1ch | Guy wants to live again, Jasper wants to believe he can still love)

Territorial - Moth_of_the_dawn (7ch | Guy tasked to infiltrate Jasper's clan)

SERIES

The sexual escapades of one Vampire Guy Anatole - merv606 (2 works)

between two points - Twig (3 works)

boy - hepialidaes (3 works)

shelter, den, home - moonbobwrites (2 works)

ONESHOTS

Reassurances - bowiebee (Guy's lifetime of listening to other people’s opinions of him, Jasper teaches him it doesn't matter)

The Pup that Bites - White_Noise (Jasper turns a dying Guy into his fledgling)

I'll cut your little heart out 'cause you made me cry - JodyJuliana (Jasper suffers from turning down Talamasca, saved by the one who betrayed him)

recon(ciliation) - accideadly

What a wicked thing to do - yuki013 (College AU)

simmer - arabellas_court (arabellawrites) (AU after S1)

(having my) baby - thisisthefamilybusiness (A/B/O, Sweet Fic)

Father Figure - lennoxcaprisun

twelve grapes for a new start - cupisdead (Jasper attempts to make the next year kinder)

To be bold and naked - thoringrham (Jasper wanted to fill every part of Guy — and he wanted to be filled back.)

Fresh blood - cupisdead (A/B/O, Guy goes into a rut)

Danger in Every Direction - demonkatgurl17 (Omega Guy goes into heat at the Westcroft Hotel)

Even The Pawn Must Hold A Grudge - Safaia ("Guy in his arms, nearly bled dry, because the idiot walked into the cell of a starving vampire & released his restraints")

Fool's Gold - easefuldeaths (Alpha/Alpha relationship)

I love them sm but... Felicia you're brave.

It's easy to see what makes Equilibrium appealing to some but this dystopian action film has a fatal flaw that unfortunately cripples it beyond repair. It's a lot less intelligent than it thinks it is.

Set after a third world war in the early 21st century, cleric John Preston (Christian Bale) is part of an elite task force charged with taking down “sense offenders”. In this future, emotions are outlawed and people repress them using medication. When an accident at home causes Preston to miss a dose, he becomes a sense offender himself.

You see what the film's trying to do. Artwork, music, poetry, fiction, love, basically anything creative, anything that could arouse emotion or derived from emotion is outlawed. Unfortunately, the set and costume designers couldn't help themselves and didn't quite commit. If the people of this dystopia were truly determined to eliminate everything associated with emotions, then everyone’s clothes should be the same, every building should look the same, every surface should have the same texture and color. On paper, this wouldn't be an issue but in a movie, you've got to overlook a lot. Let's say you do. Even then, you spot flaws right away. This entire civilization depends on self-medication and it only takes one missed dose to send cracks throughout the system. We've seen similar scenarios work elsewhere, which is probably the issue. This is not a novel idea and the execution isn't smart enough to make us forgive this fact.

Not helping are the performances. Everyone's too good! I’ve seen plenty of awful actors that would have been perfect for the roles of emotionless, robot-like workers in a society that oppresses all feelings. Instead, Kurt Wimmer employs men and women who can’t not emote. No one should be delivering a wink or a smile after that one-liner, or screaming as they’re about to die. I hate to hang onto this point for so long but this is where a simple re-write would've done wonders. Instead of no emotion, just say they're severely suppressed.

You wonder why someone could enjoy the film? Because of the action. The moves our supercop displays while apprehending criminals is truly awesome. Gunshots are merged with martial arts in a spectacular and unique genre of combat - gun kata. When you see it in action, you forget about everything that rubbed you the wrong way previously. It isn’t just one big fight towards the end either. There are numerous action sequences throughout and they’re nicely varied.

Equilibirum suffers from flaws that are hard to overlook. If you're the kind of person that can be dazzled with cool fighting sequences and the idea of becoming the guy that might topple the fascist regime single-handedly entices you so much that you won’t be able to even think of the illogical bits, then you'll go nuts for this film. In that sense, I can recommend it, but only to a select audience. For everyone else, Equilibrium gets a middle-of-the-road rating, a 2,5/5. (On Blu-ray, February 7, 2015)