No, I don't think it was too schmoopy at all. It was calculated, and that's intriguing, that bit of plotting in him during a sort of schmoopy moment. I liked it.
Can't even shout, Can't even cry. The Gentlemen are coming by. Looking in windows, knocking on doors. They need to take seven, and they might take yours. Can't call to mom, can't say a word. You're gonna die screaming but you won't be heard.
Dream Girl ,'Bring On The Night'
Buffista Fic: It Could Be Plot Bunnies
Where the Buffistas let their fanfic creative juices flow. May contain erotica.
Deena - Jan 06, 2004 8:00:30 am PST #8142 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
erikaj - Jan 06, 2004 8:16:48 am PST #8143 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, he's been around some women. And in whatever way, he makes them unbelievably angry with him...I suspect occasional "monogamy issues" combined with their "mental health issues". I'm thinking as much trouble as he gets in, he must be able to get out, sometimes. It's not all shtick but some of it must be.
Deena - Jan 06, 2004 8:18:20 am PST #8144 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
And he's got to have something that gets them involved in the first place.
erikaj - Jan 06, 2004 8:23:54 am PST #8145 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Yes, definitely. And I'm being honest here, it's not that I don't love him, but he can't rely on the the physical impression. The Munchkin has to grow on a person.(And I can hear him right now saying "Great. Like mold, like fungus." But that's not what I meant.)
Deena - Jan 06, 2004 8:24:35 am PST #8146 of 10001
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
He's got a certain look, sometimes, though, that I find attractive, and I can imagine him using it on purpose.
erikaj - Jan 06, 2004 8:31:11 am PST #8147 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Probably practiced in the mirror before dates until he was twenty. And, yeah, I see it too, but he got me with the wordplay first. Although, writing him? His sentences go on for six years, sometimes. Or they are not sentences at all, just kvetchy fragments. Feast or famine.
deborah grabien - Jan 06, 2004 11:12:18 am PST #8148 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
But Munchkin - like Portnoy - is all about the kvetchy fragments, damnit. They work fine.
erikaj - Jan 06, 2004 11:40:15 am PST #8149 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah, probably not if you're his gf. And I read that damn book until it fell apart, it should surprise nobody to know.I'm not sure why...intially I think my mother got it from the library and I felt like I shouldn't be looking at it. Then there was the how the other half lives thing. And well, he's practically screaming. About jerk-off contests and such.Guess it didn't hurt anything, unless you want me to eat liver. I didn't tear up the library copy...I bought another one. Cause I know people here hate people violating(and I don't mean porn. honest) library books. I can see the letter now.
Dear Mr. Roth,
My friends tell me I do an excellent impression of you.Signed, your unlikeliest fan evah,
Erika
deborah grabien - Jan 06, 2004 1:36:03 pm PST #8150 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
(gigglegiggglegigglesnortgiggle)
erikaj - Jan 06, 2004 1:54:19 pm PST #8151 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah...you know I'm pretty sure I'm not who he had in mind. And I have not thought about those books in years...except for the one where Nathan turns into a breast, because it is so like the bad fic. And as such, really kind of hideous. But I start writing the Munchkin, and some part of my brain remembered all of it. Huh. Hey, if we ever did meet up, who'd be at the word-processor first? Me or him? (But even he wouldn't be as surprised as Spike Lee. I think I could make him speechless for probably the first time in his adult life.) ETA: Iirc, the love of his life, the first serious gf that Portnoy feels the worst about jerking around? Her name was Kay.