"The elder Winchester" is also up there, for me.
I like the ruffles.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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Juliebird - Jun 07, 2010 10:06:02 am PDT #10338 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Amy - Jun 07, 2010 10:06:06 am PDT #10339 of 30002
Because books.
It's okay to keep using their names! Just like it's okay to limit dialogue tags to "said" instead of getting fancy. It doesn't add up to repetition in those cases, it fades into the background, the way it's supposed to.
§ ita § - Jun 07, 2010 10:08:32 am PDT #10340 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Well, you can't call Dean a blonde because he's not a chick. You can't call him a blond because he's a brunet. t /picky
JA was blond here. But I would have qualified him as pretty brunet by the time he was Ben/Alec.
Every time fics say "the hunter" or "his partner" I get distracted. I'm not sure why. Repetitions of name get pretty transparent for me. I see "the hunter" and I wonder if John or Bobby or Rufus wandered into the room. I see "his partner" and I start thinking about if they're out as a couple or not.
ehab - Jun 07, 2010 10:09:54 am PDT #10341 of 30002
...all my words have been taken by my work. - Mala
I can't recommend a Google search of dirty blond(e) with safe search off. The images really weren't what I was after. ::Ponders when I turned safe search off and why::
Juliebird - Jun 07, 2010 10:14:15 am PDT #10342 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I have the same bafflement with "his partner", ita. Are they already considering this a relationship? If they meant a fellow hunter, would "fellow hunter, colleague, friend" work better?
Theresa - Jun 07, 2010 10:42:30 am PDT #10343 of 30002
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
JA was blond here. But I would have qualified him as pretty brunet by the time he was Ben/Alec.
When he first arrived on Days, I would say he looked more like the first picture. By the end of his run, he had already turned dark. I always thought of Ben/Alec as brunet. But I can see the strands themselves being blond under the sun or light.
ehab - Jun 07, 2010 10:45:12 am PDT #10344 of 30002
...all my words have been taken by my work. - Mala
Now I'm fascinated by the rules of blond(e) and brunet(te). While I follow the convention established by the blond (male) and blonde (female), I had no idea there was a similar rule for brunet and brunette. I always learn here.
Amy - Jun 07, 2010 10:49:02 am PDT #10345 of 30002
Because books.
Webster's 10th edition doesn't actually make a distinction between blonde for a woman and blond for a man. Most style guides I've seen usually break it down into blond as an adjective and blonde as a noun, though.
Brunet is just wrong.
::runs away, clutching pedantry to breast::
§ ita § - Jun 07, 2010 10:49:25 am PDT #10346 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I had no idea there was a similar rule for brunet and brunette
I'm probably being overhardcore here and forcing French rules on English, but I can't bear to see the feminised -ette on a male noun. I'm pretty sure it's a rare usage.
§ ita § - Jun 07, 2010 10:49:59 am PDT #10347 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Most style guides I've seen usually break it down into blond as an adjective and blonde as a noun, though.
FREAK.
FREAKETTE.
JUST SAYING.