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the_deep_magicLink from Neil Gaiman's Twitter: an article about a dating site that matches people based on their love of books. I don't know how seriously to take it, but I'd love to meet a guy who's read (and enjoyed) Geek Love or Narcissus and Goldmund (which is like the sweetest subtextual gay love story ever and would make a perfect Pinto AU*). Also included in the article is a delightful list of literary pickup lines.
So, I'm curious: are there any books that, if you saw on a potential significant other's shelf, you'd immediately think "yup, we're compatible"? Or, conversely, any that would be absolute dealbreakers? Obviously a shelf full of Dan Brown or L. Ron Hubbard is a huge red flag. But I also think there's a Nietzsche Threshold -- two or three books is acceptable and even desirable; more than that says "whack job who's going to start throwing the word ubermensch into daily conversation."
Also, fic rec from the kink meme: Together by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jumpmybones for a Pinto reincarnation prompt. It's a short one, but full of so many heart-rending and sweet details.
*Srsly, even the physical descriptions of the characters match up. Obviously would have to be tweaked a bit, as they aren't together or even communicating for most of the book, even though they're there in each other's thoughts all the time. Sigh... I would write it if I weren't a) already committed to a dozen other things and b) certain I'd horribly mangle it. Repressed!monk!Zach and romantic!artist!Chris
So, I'm curious: are there any books that, if you saw on a potential significant other's shelf, you'd immediately think "yup, we're compatible"? Or, conversely, any that would be absolute dealbreakers? Obviously a shelf full of Dan Brown or L. Ron Hubbard is a huge red flag. But I also think there's a Nietzsche Threshold -- two or three books is acceptable and even desirable; more than that says "whack job who's going to start throwing the word ubermensch into daily conversation."
Also, fic rec from the kink meme: Together by
jumpmybones for a Pinto reincarnation prompt. It's a short one, but full of so many heart-rending and sweet details.*Srsly, even the physical descriptions of the characters match up. Obviously would have to be tweaked a bit, as they aren't together or even communicating for most of the book, even though they're there in each other's thoughts all the time. Sigh... I would write it if I weren't a) already committed to a dozen other things and b) certain I'd horribly mangle it. Repressed!monk!Zach and romantic!artist!Chris
