It expresses so efficiently a complete worldview.
It really does.
Zoe: Jayne. This is something the Captain has to do for himself. Mal: No! No, it's not!
'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.
deborah grabien - Sep 22, 2005 5:49:35 am PDT #4189 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Lyra Jane - Sep 22, 2005 5:58:04 am PDT #4190 of 10001
Up with the sun
would you be completely turned off if the victim was a nice older woman (actually a children's book author) whom everyone in town loved?
I wouldn't, though I see what Susan is saying if the murder is late in the book -- it's that feeling of letdown you get when a character you really like leaves a TV show. But other than that, I agree that the victim being nice adds interest.
I briefly dated a guy in college who was doing his best at being eccentric, part of which included wearing tailored suits as often as he could get away with it. He paired them with oxblood Doc Martens, and it made me wibble at 19.
deborah grabien - Sep 22, 2005 7:29:09 am PDT #4191 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
He paired them with oxblood Doc Martens, and it made me wibble at 19.
I remember when Paula Coles was backing up Peter Gabriel; she wore an Armani ankle-length dress and Docs. She looked AMAZING.
erikaj - Sep 22, 2005 7:31:04 am PDT #4192 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Oh, Nutty, I totally meant that for the "Nice litle old lady gets capped anyway," conversation. I may be a little crazy, but not completely. I specifically thought about murder mysteries. Was it not supposed to be one? Were we thinking more of a Crusie thing with a murder as a plot element, but not really about murders? Because those people are always a little...tarnished, in some way...yeah.
SailAweigh - Sep 22, 2005 8:51:52 am PDT #4193 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
It's All in the Follow Through
Bright lights glared off stainless steel and ceramic tiles, making it hard to see things happening around me. But I could feel them. After 13 hours of labor, rubbery hands smoothed cleanser on my belly to finish shaving it. It might have been 80 º in the operating room, but my beached-whale body shivered at the exposure. Deliriously, I wondered as they pulled crosspieces out from the table to strap my arms to if this was what being crucified felt like? I voiced my thoughts out loud, “There is no joy in Mudville, tonight; the Mighty Casey has struck out.”
Aims - Sep 22, 2005 9:04:02 am PDT #4194 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Um...say one had a cousin that just published her first novel and one wanted to sort of pimp it to other writers, would it be considered gauche to post the Amazon link to one's cousin's book in here?
deborah grabien - Sep 22, 2005 9:04:14 am PDT #4195 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeouch, Sail.
deborah grabien - Sep 22, 2005 9:04:45 am PDT #4196 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Aimee, hell no. Or you could do it in Beep Me - Betsy just did.
§ ita § - Sep 22, 2005 9:04:58 am PDT #4197 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, maybe not if you use the affiliate link, Aimée.
Aims - Sep 22, 2005 9:05:13 am PDT #4198 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
True, I didn't think of that.
And Sail - get out of my head.