I have a hard time not back-buttoning out of fics where I run across things like that. I figure that the author is an American who doesn't have a clue about British slang, and is either a) too lazy to find out what it should be, or b) don't bother to find a Brit-picker. One or the other! It's not hard; it's called research.
Angel: Connor, this is Spike and Illyria. Guys, this is Connor. Connor: Hi. umm...I like your outfit. Illyria: Your body warms. This one is lusting after me. Connor: Oh...no, I--I--it's just that it's the outfit. I guess I've had a thing for older women. Angel: They were supposed to fix that.
'Origin'
Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?
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SailAweigh - Mar 08, 2015 11:22:37 am PDT #9591 of 10434
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
P.M. Marc - Mar 08, 2015 4:17:33 pm PDT #9592 of 10434
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
thinks fondly of the days where every fucking Dark Angel fic seemed to involve jumpers and car parks, bless.
So I'm at almost 32k with the Push fic now. Today, I added project targets in Scrivener. I really, really want to finish the story so I can go work on something totally unrelated. In a totally different fandom. A fandom containing more than the approximately five people in Push fandom.
I think I set my goal date for finishing at two months after I started. Which probably isn't too bad for a novel-length piece, though my writing speed's been cut in half because of employment.
You know, I'm actually over 32k. I forgot I have a few handwritten pages to type in.
I should go do that now.
Also... how am I in this fandom again? I feel like my brain owes me an explanation. And a stiff drink.
WindSparrow - Mar 09, 2015 5:04:57 pm PDT #9593 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.
Typo, SpinnerDolphin wishes me to convey thanks for rec'ing "Below". I left a rather enthusiastic comment after reading it.
Typo Boy - Mar 10, 2015 1:32:31 pm PDT #9594 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.
SpinnerDolphin is a damn good writer. Everthing ze does is well written. I guess I should join AO9 so I can leave comments.
WindSparrow - Mar 10, 2015 6:12:02 pm PDT #9595 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.
Need an invitation code, Typo? Let me kmow.
Connie Neil - Mar 12, 2015 7:57:32 am PDT #9596 of 10434
brillig
I just had the briefest of ficish thoughts re: Terry Pratchett and the Buffy-verse:
"You were supposed to fix him!"
"He said no!"
"When the hell did that ever stop us!"
"It's Terry Pratchett!"
"Where the hell am I going to get new Granny Weatherwax stories now?"
WindSparrow - Mar 12, 2015 9:14:39 am PDT #9597 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.
Raises a glass.
P.M. Marc - Mar 14, 2015 11:45:09 am PDT #9598 of 10434
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I think ita would have appreciated this: [link]
One of the better SPN writers, taking on Cougar/Jensen? Yeah.
juliana - Mar 15, 2015 9:41:01 am PDT #9599 of 10434
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Connie Neil - Mar 17, 2015 12:42:04 pm PDT #9600 of 10434
brillig
The splendiferous Copperbadge has a new Avengers story out, Toy Soldiers
in sum: Captain America was in the comic books. Steve Rogers is a modern man from Brooklyn, small and sickly as a kid, who got proper medical care and thorough training, and Agent Steve Rogers will put your ass down.
His friends dare him to get the phone number of the handsome guy at the bar, and Tony Stark gives it to him. A few months later, Tony has to make a business trip to Afghanistan. Stane could only wish he just had to deal with Iron Man.
edit: My favorite quote so far: Tony tugged the pillow out from under Steve's head and hit him with it. "You're making breakfast, my tiny murderous nerd."