3rd person plural, pluperfect.
I mean, let's say you did kill us. Or didn't. There could be torture. Whatever. But somehow you found the goods. What would your cut be?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Buffista Fic: It Could Be Plot Bunnies
Where the Buffistas let their fanfic creative juices flow. May contain erotica.
§ ita § - Jun 13, 2003 9:18:08 am PDT #4152 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
deborah grabien - Jun 13, 2003 9:19:54 am PDT #4153 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Susan, yes indeed. Lucy, your main character, has a very distinctive voice, and I love that you let her talk instead of pulling her around. She also has a very distinct way of looking at her world, and you show me that, as well. I'm all about that.
ita, SA, I ought to qualify: very short pieces, the drabbles and whatnot? A lot of them do work very well in the present tense. But in straight fiction longer forms, I hate it with a stone passion. I find myself assuming that the writer can only last two minutes in bed before he/she runs out of breath....
P.M. Marc - Jun 13, 2003 9:22:10 am PDT #4154 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
3rd person plural, pluperfect.
I almost want to dare someone to try this.
But, I see what you're saying.
"They had had sex. It had been very good for them."
deborah grabien - Jun 13, 2003 9:25:16 am PDT #4155 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
"They had had sex. It had been very good for them."
That unpleasant squishy thing you all just heard was the sound of my head exploding.
esse - Jun 13, 2003 9:37:58 am PDT #4156 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
t snerk I wonder if anyone could feasibly write in the pluperfect tense.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Jun 13, 2003 9:41:19 am PDT #4157 of 10001
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
I wonder if anyone could feasibly write in the pluperfect tense.
I'm looking it up right now...
What? I need a challenge.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Jun 13, 2003 10:00:08 am PDT #4158 of 10001
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
I, err, appear to have stunned you all into silence.
101 words, Buffy/Wesley, pluperfect tense as far as I can.
Never again.
- - -
They had had sex, and rested, and had sex again. It had been good for them, because everyone needs to let off a little sexual tension now and again, and the air between them had been getting thicker for weeks.
Sex with Wesley, Buffy had decided, was good. It wasn’t as good as it had been with Angel, but it had the major advantage of happening more than once.
“This has been good,” he had said, “but it can’t go on. I’m meant to be responsible.”
She had turned away, tears in her eyes, but she had known he was right.
deborah grabien - Jun 13, 2003 10:02:29 am PDT #4159 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
(speechless)
esse - Jun 13, 2003 10:04:38 am PDT #4160 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Remind me not to challenge you to anything, Am.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Jun 13, 2003 10:04:59 am PDT #4161 of 10001
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
grins
Edit: yes, fear me. The other document open on my desktop is a Firefly/Hitchhiker's crossover.