I would love to see you try. Some day... Obscure slang useage challenge, anybody? Could be weird or hysterical.
Well, first I'd have to remember the expression, and as I no longer speak the language...
I miss speaking Spanish, I think.
Willow: Something evil-crashed to earth in this. Then it broke out and slithered away to do badness.
Giles: Well, in all fairness, we don't really know about the "slithered" part. Anya: No, no, I'm sure it frisked about like a fluffy lamb.
'Never Leave Me'
Fan Fiction: Writers, Readers, and Enablers
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P.M. Marc - Apr 14, 2003 8:36:07 am PDT #4815 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
shrift - Apr 14, 2003 8:37:07 am PDT #4816 of 10000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
wanted less of it, and was trying to phrase the request as a positive rather than a negative?
I'm guessing that might be the case, but I'm still sitting here wondering how on Earth I could do that. I mean, it's like asking me to write a John Crichton POV without making any pop culture references.
Not only would it be dead boring, it would in no way resemble the canon characterization. If that makes any sense.
I shall remain baffled, and diminish into the west.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Apr 14, 2003 8:44:53 am PDT #4817 of 10000
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
Well, first I'd have to remember the expression, and as I no longer speak the language...
Now you're making excuses.
Very reasonable ones. It would still make a good challenge, though, to dig up the strangest bit of slang you know and find a way in which a character might use it.
It would probably have to be multi-fandom, and allow/encourage original characters.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Apr 14, 2003 8:45:50 am PDT #4818 of 10000
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
I shall remain baffled, and diminish into the west.
sudden visions of writing a slash-the-slashers entry for the Inappropriate Elf Challenge
Lyra Jane - Apr 14, 2003 9:12:20 am PDT #4819 of 10000
Up with the sun
Katie M - Apr 14, 2003 9:28:16 am PDT #4820 of 10000
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Nice, Lyra. I like the baby day camp, having irritated memories of going to Girl Scout day camp and doing macrame myself.
Lyra Jane - Apr 14, 2003 9:30:15 am PDT #4821 of 10000
Up with the sun
Thanks, Katie.
It's funny -- I sat down last night thinking, "Eh, 100 words, how hard can it be?" And went through about 4 premises before I found something that seemed natural.
Theodosia - Apr 14, 2003 9:43:27 am PDT #4822 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Good drabble! Mine was my first one, too. I want to do more because I think they can be really useful writing exercises in miniature.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Apr 14, 2003 9:46:39 am PDT #4823 of 10000
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
Nicely done, Lyra.
I like writing drabbles-- it's long enough that you feel you've written a story, and yet it's over quickly enough that you don't get stuck on a scene in the middle.
Lyra Jane - Apr 14, 2003 9:57:38 am PDT #4824 of 10000
Up with the sun
Theo, I loved yours -- the whole Bogart vibe is very Lilah/Wes.
I want to do drabbles because I feel like I *should* write fic, but it's rare that the plot bunnies bite me. And once you have 100 words, 900 or so more should be easy, she said delusionally.