Well, look who just popped open a fresh can of venom.

Xander ,'Empty Places'


Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?

This thread is for fanfic recs, links, and discussion, but not for actual posting of fanfic.


§ ita § - Sep 18, 2013 6:48:36 pm PDT #8722 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

The punctuation doesn't change the name, though.

Why is ABC bothering to be consistent with branding, then?

I'm not saying everyone has to do it that way, precisely like I said at the start. But ABC seems to have taken a stance on the show's title, and it's odd to say there isn't a right answer just because you don't want to use it. And if I were writing an article it would be spell-checked just like any other brand. I don't get to call it Fedex in formal circles just because. The *right* answer is FedEx, and I take that into consideration when I make my choices.


Calli - Sep 19, 2013 2:06:37 am PDT #8723 of 10434
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

In other news, the portmanteau name I've been seeing tossed around for Sleepy Hollow is "Ichabbie," which sounds, to me, like an old time skin ailment. "Aye, the poor lad has dropsy and a terrible case of ichabbie."


§ ita § - Sep 19, 2013 8:25:20 am PDT #8724 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

You know, I think this is new to me:

that insufferable, pushy horrible person that reigned terror over the office

Congratulations, author! That hadn't even occurred to me!


Juliebird - Sep 21, 2013 3:55:33 am PDT #8725 of 10434
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

An expression was just used to allude to suicide in a fic I'm reading, but I can't begin to figure it out: "Does he look like the type of guy to ride the two-legged mare?". The closest I've gotten is a Queen song that mentions a mule.


Sophia Brooks - Sep 21, 2013 5:00:03 am PDT #8726 of 10434
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Maybe if he had a noose on, and was on a mare, and the mare only had two legs, he would be hanged?


§ ita § - Sep 21, 2013 6:16:15 am PDT #8727 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Maybe after they yank the horse out from underneath you and your legs kick it looks like...I don't know. It's a lot of work to do.


dcp - Sep 21, 2013 6:36:25 am PDT #8728 of 10434
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

I've never heard it as an allusion to suicide before.

A gallows made from two uprights and a cross-beam is a "two-legged mare." A triple gallows like the Tyburn Tree is a "three-legged mare."

I don't recall a nickname for a gallows with a single upright and a braced arm, though.


Juliebird - Sep 21, 2013 8:59:12 am PDT #8729 of 10434
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

It's gotta be the gallows thing, since the suicide was a hanging.


Amy - Sep 29, 2013 11:14:25 am PDT #8730 of 10434
Because books.

Has anyone seen any good Sleepy Hollow fic yet?


Cass - Sep 29, 2013 3:30:18 pm PDT #8731 of 10434
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

A friend of ours wrote this which I really liked.