I'd only use the exact quote if I was doing that exact scene, and I figure I'd have gotten to that scene by a completely different route, so different words would be more likely.
Lorne: Back in Pylea they used to call me "sweet potato." Connor: Really. Lorne: Yeah, well, the exact translation was "fragrant tuber" but…
'Conviction (1)'
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Connie Neil - Apr 29, 2013 2:35:48 pm PDT #8516 of 10434
brillig
WindSparrow - Apr 29, 2013 4:52:10 pm PDT #8517 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 can think of one or two Mentalist fanfic writers who make an art form of weaving show dialogue together with poetic descriptions of internal landscapes to give beautiful insight. I can't do it. And bunches of people try and fail miserably.
erikaj - Apr 30, 2013 7:23:08 am PDT #8518 of 10434
Always Anti-fascist!
I've used quotes before, just as a jumping-off place.(I sometimes do have to explain a bit more to make a crossover work, or to write about someone's thoughts about something they heard in canon.) But I would agree, not more than a sentence or two.
§ ita § - Apr 30, 2013 9:06:44 am PDT #8519 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I really like D/C AU stories that metaphorically follow the canon events that mark their relationship. But making the literal statements apply metaphorically often ranges from heavy-handed to cutesy. Saying that this new guy got you out of a hellish situation is one thing--gripping and perdition? Srsly?
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 30, 2013 9:17:12 am PDT #8520 of 10434
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Agreed. Sometimes it's like having a pet bird that's been trained to sqwawk "profound bond!"
§ ita § - Apr 30, 2013 9:24:03 am PDT #8521 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Christ yes. See also: excuses to call always-human Castiel an angel of any kind (including hookers called Angels--that was just a hamfisted list of ways that writer watched and loved an entirely different show from me--I actually skimmed every fourth chapter or so too keep track of how off track we were).
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 30, 2013 2:39:12 pm PDT #8522 of 10434
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Hilariously given our conversation above, I just ran across a Teen Wolf/Aliens fusion that substantially lifts dialog and didn't bother me. But it's mostly a retelling of the plot of the latter with the show's characters mapped onto the originals.
Mostly.
Juliebird - Apr 30, 2013 2:59:46 pm PDT #8523 of 10434
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
/Newt
Connie Neil - May 04, 2013 2:31:39 pm PDT #8524 of 10434
brillig
The last part of Words May Fail (The Body Remains) is up! I haven't read it yet, I'm re-reading Hollow Your Bones and don't want to mix them. But I re-read Words May Fail just a few days ago and was bemoaning the WIP. Yay, fic!
SailAweigh - May 08, 2013 6:20:10 am PDT #8525 of 10434
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
For Connie who asked for Stark Trek in the movie thread: [link]
Tonight (I’m Fucking You) by canistakahari. Totally NC-17(01) PWP. Tony meets a hot, intriguing stranger at a fundraiser. Obviously he takes him home. Tony Stark/Leonard McCoy. Hot and hilarious.