Does it still work if you know it's the beat-up-Spike scene from "Dead Things"?
Um, yes.
Phew.
fans self.
I like the way the walls go out. Gives you an open feeling. Firefly is a good design. People don't appreciate the substance of things. Objects in space. People miss out on what's solid.
Early ,'Objects In Space'
Buffista Fic: It Could Be Plot Bunnies
Where the Buffistas let their fanfic creative juices flow. May contain erotica.
juliana - Apr 01, 2003 2:16:00 pm PST #3100 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Fay - Apr 01, 2003 2:17:35 pm PST #3101 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Does it still work if you know it's the beat-up-Spike scene from "Dead Things"?
Very much so. Because I didn't realise it until the last line, and then I was all "No, but..." and re-read it and was all "blimey".
Cleverly done. Disturbingly so.
Deena - Apr 01, 2003 3:19:35 pm PST #3102 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I think that gives it extra punch and it had plenty of punch to begin with.
askye - Apr 01, 2003 4:33:49 pm PST #3103 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
So, I was trying to write this for the LJ community Multi Improv, the words are "pure, classic, fold, underground" for 100 word drabbles you pick one word. I picked pure and then wrote pure right out of the drabble. Which, I suppose, means I failed, but I couldn't get it to stay in there without it looking forced. But I like what I wrote...
Anya enjoys doing laundry in this modern world where machines do all the work. She just separates the clothes by types and sets the washer. What she hates are detergents that smell like “mountain rain” or “sunshine fresh”, they remind her of the past, when washing clothes was hard work. She asked Xander about the outdoor scents, he said people were nostalgic for the past. She said they were insane. She’d rather have detergent that smells like tangerines, or new car; she seems to be the only one. Instead she buys Ivory, which leaves her clothes smelling clean, like soap.
(I am working on a drabble that uses the word "pure")
Elena - Apr 01, 2003 5:51:51 pm PST #3104 of 10001
Thanks for all the fish.
askye, I like it. I like the constraints a drabble puts on you. It's like haiku, but longer.
askye - Apr 01, 2003 5:57:42 pm PST #3105 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
I have seven million versions of this on notebook paper, with little numbers at the top, I had to let go of a few things I liked but I liked it. I tried to put a time constraint on myself as well.
Now, the hard one is 100 words using "pure" for a drabble with Fraser.
Elena - Apr 01, 2003 6:03:08 pm PST #3106 of 10001
Thanks for all the fish.
Oh, Fraser is all kinds of pure. And the fun is trying to spoil him.
askye - Apr 01, 2003 6:07:48 pm PST #3107 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
Well, yeah, but the trick is getting the word in there without it feeling forced, which is why I had to drop it from the Anya drabble, because it read like I was trying to cram the word in there to meet the challenge.
Elena - Apr 01, 2003 6:22:21 pm PST #3108 of 10001
Thanks for all the fish.
Hang on...
Elena - Apr 01, 2003 6:24:07 pm PST #3109 of 10001
Thanks for all the fish.
Instead she buys Ivory, which leaves her clothes smelling clean, like soap.
She buys Ivory, which leaves her clothes smelling like soap, 99&44/100 pure.
Which is still 12 words, if you count 99&44/100 as one word. Which may be cheating.