Anne, that was great.
Kaylee: So, uh, how come you don't care where you're going? Book: 'Cause how you get there is the worthier part.
'Serenity'
Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?
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Typo Boy - Jul 10, 2010 7:53:37 pm PDT #6744 of 10434
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Anne W. - Jul 11, 2010 12:55:13 am PDT #6745 of 10434
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Thank you all very much!
Hey, are you ficcers doing Plei's mundane bingo?
I'm playing! One thing I love about the challenge Plei put together is that it recognizes that there's a lot of breadth to "mundane." Some things that are mundane for others are quite unusual for me, and vice versa, so it's going to be interesting to look at some events as "just one of those things."
Fay - Jul 11, 2010 2:41:22 am PDT #6746 of 10434
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Anne, that was lovely!
Thanks, guys - I'm kind of reeling. It's a big achievement for me, and I think it's a pretty good story - it's a nice feeling!
Typo - this is my long-ass story. It's a Merlin/Arthurian legends modern AU, set at St Andrews University (alma mater of Prince William of Wales, and my good self), in which Arthur is still a prince, Merlin is still a wizard-in-training, and history has a habit of repeating itself
Typo Boy - Jul 11, 2010 11:10:18 am PDT #6747 of 10434
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Thanks Fay. I found it after asking and stayed up way too late cause I could not stop reading. Question, given the AU nature how close are these characters to the TV show? (Never saw TV show, so I can't judge.) Because this is very well written, stands great on its own as a piece of Arthur and Merlin reincarnated fantasy-romance. Are the characters different enough from the TV show that you could submit this to a publisher? Cause the quality is certainly high enough (assuming a certain amount of editing, though to tell you the truth it is already better edited than a lot of stuff on the shelves.)
Fay - Jul 12, 2010 12:48:34 am PDT #6748 of 10434
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Crikey! That's a tremendously nice thing to say!
Well, obviously there is teh gay, and there are various nods to TV canon. The characterisation is quite close, I'd say, although Gawain and Kay are my own additions, borrowed from legends.
...food for thought!
Typo Boy - Jul 12, 2010 8:06:33 am PDT #6749 of 10434
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
And making Mordred a kitten was pure genius, and a way of saying "Arthur is NOT going to end sleeping with his sister in my story".
Typo Boy - Jul 12, 2010 8:07:07 am PDT #6750 of 10434
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
And making Kay call Arthur "Wart" is borrowed from TH White.
Calli - Jul 12, 2010 8:21:04 am PDT #6751 of 10434
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Anne, that was beautiful and heartbreaking in the best way.
SailAweigh - Jul 14, 2010 1:48:06 pm PDT #6752 of 10434
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
This has got to be my very favorite Star Trek vid, ever: [link]
The first 30 seconds is a bit of a love letter to Kirk/McCoy, but the last bit is pure genius.
Fay - Jul 15, 2010 12:09:42 am PDT #6753 of 10434
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Yes, Wart's a nod to TH White. Eh - I'm delighted you enjoyed it so much!
Sail, that vid was a rather surprising mesh of two different things, but I did laugh my ass off at the South Park section. Top banana!