Buttering him up. Breaking him down. Wearing him down. Getting under his skin. Infecting him. Tiring him until he says yes.
Giles: Stop that, you two. Riley: He started it... Xander: He called me a bad name! I think
it was bad; it might have been Latin.
'Selfless'
Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?
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Juliebird - Sep 14, 2011 2:48:36 pm PDT #7396 of 10434
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
WindSparrow - Sep 14, 2011 3:01:16 pm PDT #7397 of 10434
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Context is "The conversation this morning out here on the beach - is that really all we're going to have of *courtship*? Because it seems to have compressed about six months of dating into three minutes, and I think I need the hearts and flowers." Spoiler font to keep ita_! from wanting to reach through the intertubes and strangle me.
The best alternate phrasing I have come up with is "the preliminaries to the relationship" and I like that only slightly better.
ETA: Thanks, by the way, for trying.
Amy - Sep 14, 2011 3:03:40 pm PDT #7398 of 10434
Because books.
WindSparrow, why not flirting ?
Or rework the sentence so it's something like, "Is that really all we're going to do of dating? Because we skipped a bunch of steps, and I think I need the hearts and flowers."
Juliebird - Sep 14, 2011 3:09:08 pm PDT #7399 of 10434
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
"dating" seems the simplest, most common place term. Even though it repeats immediately.
Or, shorten it to "preliminaries".
lengthen it to "the getting to know each other phase". I suppose it depends on the personality. Can they handle large awkward phrases? If they're kind of Data-like, shit like "acquaintance familiarization" (oh, how I make me larf) could-- no, that sucks.
Use "dating" first and replace the second one?
WindSparrow - Sep 14, 2011 3:16:22 pm PDT #7400 of 10434
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Amy, your second suggestion is brilliant. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Juliebird, just thinking of anyone other than Data saying "acquaintance familiarization" is a heck of a lot of fun. I'm going to have to work it into conversation just to see the looks on people's faces.
Amy - Sep 14, 2011 3:16:56 pm PDT #7401 of 10434
Because books.
Hey, it's what I do. You're welcome!
Juliebird - Sep 14, 2011 3:19:07 pm PDT #7402 of 10434
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Windsparrow, too kind. The second I saw Amy's suggestion I knew I had no hope of being a bad influence!
WindSparrow - Sep 14, 2011 3:23:47 pm PDT #7403 of 10434
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
I rephrased Amy's idea a bit: "Is that really the nearest thing to dating we are going to do? Because we skipped a bunch of steps. It compressed about six months down to three minutes, and I think I need the hearts and flowers." So I'm only making off with the idea, not the words.
Amy - Sep 14, 2011 3:24:36 pm PDT #7404 of 10434
Because books.
That's perfect!
§ ita § - Sep 14, 2011 4:20:12 pm PDT #7405 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't want to be a stuffy net nanny, but this is the thread for other people's fic, technically. "Buffista Fic 2: They Said It Couldn't Be Done." is for working on your own.