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."
If the apocalypse comes, beep me.
Buffy ,'Selfless'
Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?
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Calli - Sep 19, 2013 2:06:37 am PDT #8723 of 10434
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
§ 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.
Dana - Sep 29, 2013 3:37:04 pm PDT #8732 of 10434
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I think Yahtzee also posted one after the premiere aired, though I haven't read it.