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DavidS - May 31, 2011 9:50:54 pm PDT #14993 of 28289
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Still unhappy about that whole thing, aren't I?

It's funny to me how little it bothers me. In fact, this morning I was thinking about how Gus's persona changed over time. How it was a lot more carefully constructed in the beginning and then became less sophisticated/warm/charming and more didactic/cocksure/know-it-all towards the end. As if he lost the energy to maintain that facade.

I do feel a wee bit of a sting at the betrayal of trust, but his story was always so unlikely that I wasn't entirely surprised that it popped like a soap bubble.

And I like the TV Tropes website which has become a singular dissection of narrative strategems.

§ ita § - Jun 01, 2011 3:19:42 am PDT #14994 of 28289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I don't know if you can claim credit for asspull, Hec.

DavidS - Jun 01, 2011 5:22:20 am PDT #14995 of 28289
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I don't know if you can claim credit for asspull, Hec.

I can claim it. The claim just might not be accurate. I'll relinquish my claim when an earlier cite turns up. But since I'm not looking for it and I doubt anybody else cares, it could be a while.

le nubian - Jun 01, 2011 5:27:10 am PDT #14996 of 28289
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I cannot believe I missed all the Fast Eddie crap. I don't know how I dodged that one.

§ ita § - Jun 01, 2011 5:31:43 am PDT #14997 of 28289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Fair point. You can claim it. You can claim anything. But I'm pretty sure you're not the first person I saw use it.

Toddson - Jun 01, 2011 5:36:01 am PDT #14998 of 28289
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

bah! I schlepped through the heat to Barnes & Noble yesterday to get a copy of Deadline ... only to be told that its release date is TODAY. At least at that store. However, I may have convinced the guy who was helping me to try the book, so it's not a total loss.

DavidS - Jun 01, 2011 5:41:03 am PDT #14999 of 28289
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

But I'm pretty sure you're not the first person I saw use it.

Yeah but see how you can't be arsed to look it up? That's the beauty of this specious claiming business.

Polter-Cow - Jun 01, 2011 5:56:57 am PDT #15000 of 28289
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

bah! I schlepped through the heat to Barnes & Noble yesterday to get a copy of Deadline ... only to be told that its release date is TODAY. At least at that store.

Bah, indeed! Who do they think they are, Borders?

Toddson - Jun 01, 2011 6:02:57 am PDT #15001 of 28289
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Couldn't be ... they're still solvent.

§ ita § - Jun 01, 2011 6:10:07 am PDT #15002 of 28289
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Yeah but see how you can't be arsed to look it up?

I totally will do some work to counter your citation. Have you met me? When's your cite?

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