Thing about the "fateful encounters" is that, as broad-ranging as the category is, I've already done many of my moments in earlier drabbles. Not sure it's kosher to do that again.
Riley: Oh, yeah. Sorry 'bout last time. Heard I missed out on some fun. Xander: Oh yeah, fun was had. Also frolic, merriment and near-death hijinks.
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deborah grabien - Oct 19, 2004 7:21:57 am PDT #7519 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Pix - Oct 19, 2004 7:22:28 am PDT #7520 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Wow, ita. That's fantastic.
deborah grabien - Oct 19, 2004 7:26:59 am PDT #7521 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
ita! Who?
Polter-Cow - Oct 19, 2004 7:27:48 am PDT #7522 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Um...P-C, I think I read more into it that I was supposed to. Or maybe I was just tired. But I actually truly think it's weightier than you're making it out to be.
Well...good, then! Because they always turn out less weighty than I intend.
And damn, ita, as usual.
§ ita § - Oct 19, 2004 7:28:33 am PDT #7523 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Colin.
I'm not much for the fateful, but it was certainly quite the moment.
Polter-Cow - Oct 19, 2004 7:32:23 am PDT #7524 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Farrell? Firth? ComaBoy from Everwood ?
§ ita § - Oct 19, 2004 7:33:47 am PDT #7525 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Pfah on those Colins. This one.
Nutty - Oct 19, 2004 7:41:45 am PDT #7526 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
The not-murderer. Not that ita's Colin particularly appreciates the homonymy.
I am surprised that so many of these fateful encounters are autobiographical -- it seems even moreso than other drabble topics. I cannot think of a single "fateful" encounter with a person that I recognized at the time, nor one I remember so clearly that I can describe it later.
§ ita § - Oct 19, 2004 7:44:24 am PDT #7527 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Not that ita's Colin particularly appreciates the homonymy.
No, it works for him. Keeps him familiar, without him having to go on Death Row.
I don't have that many (if any) fateful encounters. But I might not be in LA if I hadn't met him, so I can keep that one.
Every time I try and make up a fictional one, it seems overdone.
Lee - Oct 19, 2004 7:47:22 am PDT #7528 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
One of mine was actually largely fictional. I took a feeling from one situation and spun it into another situation.