Spike: Heard what happened up top, offing your dad and all. Don't know if you know this, but, uh…I killed my mum. Actually, I'd already killed her, and then she tried to shag me, so I had to-- Wesley: Thank you. I'm…very comforted.
'Lineage'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
DebetEsse - Feb 01, 2007 9:17:19 am PST #1903 of 28333
Woe to the fucking wicked.
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2007 9:54:52 am PST #1904 of 28333
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I thought books were underlined and movies italicised. Where's our style guide?
Aims - Feb 01, 2007 9:59:52 am PST #1905 of 28333
Shit's all sorts of different now.
We don't trust the style guide. It speaks against gauchos.
Amy - Feb 01, 2007 9:59:59 am PST #1906 of 28333
Because books.
Nothing's underlined, according to the Chicago Manual of Style. Books, films, TV shows -- all italicized. A specific episode of a TV show would be in quotation marks, as would a song off a particular CD (and the CD itself would be italicized).
t /pedant
Note that I am a pedant who doesn't bother to actually code her posts to italicize the title of mentioned book.
Dana - Feb 01, 2007 10:02:31 am PST #1907 of 28333
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I think MLA style underlines book titles.
Nutty - Feb 01, 2007 10:04:30 am PST #1908 of 28333
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
The underlining is an MLA thing. APA also uses itals, and quote marks for a smaller segment of something that would go in itals.
Polter-Cow - Feb 01, 2007 10:23:37 am PST #1909 of 28333
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Underlining is for squares.
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2007 10:24:52 am PST #1910 of 28333
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think MLA style underlines book titles.
Whoohoo!
Uh, perhaps a little needy right now.
Polter-Cow - Feb 01, 2007 10:26:48 am PST #1911 of 28333
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I don't think you're square, ita.
DavidS - Feb 01, 2007 10:30:22 am PST #1912 of 28333
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Underlining is for squares.
::nods in approval and makes L7 with fingers::