Mal: There's plenty orders of mine that she didn't obey. Wash: Name one! Mal: She married you!

'War Stories'


The Great Write Way, Chapter Two: Twice upon a time...  

A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.


Connie Neil - Apr 04, 2005 9:22:33 am PDT #1019 of 10001
brillig

It was supposed to be light and fluffly. I think that souffle fell.


Topic!Cindy - Apr 04, 2005 9:23:31 am PDT #1020 of 10001
What is even happening?

Picture four Word count: 100

Pater noster qui es in coelis,
Their father—now in heaven

sanctifcetur nomen tuum.
We bear his name in hell.

Adveniat regnum tuum,
He has come into the kingdom

fiat voluntas tua,
What will be done

sicut in coelo et in terra.
for us—on earth?

Panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie,
Today, there is bread,

et dimitte nobis debita nostra,
But we are in debt.

sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostri,
Will our debtors forgive?

et ne nos inducas in tentationem,
The temptation to join him is overwhelming.

sed libera nos a malo.
Who will deliver us from evil?


Topic!Cindy - Apr 04, 2005 9:26:42 am PDT #1021 of 10001
What is even happening?

Ack. What's up with the formatting on that? I must have made an error I can't see. It should all be like the first half.

ita, if you're still here, can you look at it, please?


deborah grabien - Apr 04, 2005 9:27:47 am PDT #1022 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

ita, there's a word missing in yours. I adore it, but am also consumed with curiosity: armed with borrowed....?

Cindy, nice breakdown on that one.


Topic!Cindy - Apr 04, 2005 9:29:34 am PDT #1023 of 10001
What is even happening?

Thanks, Deb. I'm just sad the formatting messed up. I can't tell what happened to it. I don't know if I dropped a tag, or what. The double line breaks are in it (after the black lines) all the way through, but they're not showing up on the board.


§ ita § - Apr 04, 2005 9:30:45 am PDT #1024 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

There are a lot of words missing from mine, it seems. I'm not sure how Word managed that.

I need to recreate it.

Cindy, I'll have a look in a sec.


§ ita § - Apr 04, 2005 9:33:59 am PDT #1025 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Okay -- rejiggered, because I'm arsed if I can remember the original way I got it to 100 words:

They didn't stay long. Long enough to marry, and have one child, but during the second pregnancy his patience, stretched by local hostility and shrinking prospects, shattered. He took them back home, where he wouldn't have to shield her from thrown trash, or his son's developing language from racist epithets.

Years later, over every objection, his son moved back to London, armed with borrowed anger and a university degree.

He has a lucrative computer job that his father doesn't understand, and sends money back to his parents.

They've never met his wife. She's white.

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Topic!Cindy - Apr 04, 2005 9:37:28 am PDT #1026 of 10001
What is even happening?

Thank you, ita. What did I miss?


§ ita § - Apr 04, 2005 9:38:16 am PDT #1027 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I have no idea, Cindy. I just put in some extra t p and it worked out.


deborah grabien - Apr 04, 2005 9:38:35 am PDT #1028 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.

Huh. I really screwed up that formatting.