Is the broccoli test something I should know? Or is it just in that post, which I cannot access from my phone? I am curious about this test.
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JenP - Nov 09, 2010 8:40:47 am PST #15654 of 30002
§ ita § - Nov 09, 2010 8:43:30 am PST #15655 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The broccoli test is a test of eyes only communication for your OTP. It's from Professionals fandom, so old school.
The idea is, can Dean convince Sam to pick up some broccoli at the vegetable section without actually saying "Dude, broccoli." I think if the Winchesters need to communicate worldessly about anything that's not feelings, they've got it down pat. Castiel, on the other hand, isn't communicating. He's just looking at Dean's soul, and even if Dean's mind should (aberrantly) demand broccoli, his soul will never be that tainted. Cas would just get him pie, instead.
§ ita § - Nov 09, 2010 8:44:13 am PST #15656 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
high protein chocolate muffin:
From fanlore:
The term came out of a humorous real-life situation. Sandy Herrold and her friend Charlotte were in a grocery store together, at opposite ends of the produce section. Both were heavily into The Professionals at the time. Sandy tried to communicate to that she should pick up some broccoli without shouting across the store at her. No amount of pantomiming and mouthing of the words could get the point across to Charlotte, so Sandy told her later, "Doyle would have known Bodie wanted him to pick up some broccoli with just a raise of his eyebrow!"
Thus, Bodie and Doyle would have passed the broccoli test. It is frequently shorthanded even more to "have broccoli" -- a pairing is said to have broccoli if it can be proven in canon that they understand one another well enough to pass the test.
P.M. Marc - Nov 09, 2010 8:47:39 am PST #15657 of 30002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
God, I love Sandy.
JenP - Nov 09, 2010 8:56:12 am PST #15658 of 30002
Heh. Love the broccoli test. Now I'm trying to figure out who among my people could pass the broccoli test with me. Not for sex, just for silent communication connection. Well. Mostly.
§ ita § - Nov 09, 2010 8:57:55 am PST #15659 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My sister and I could probably do it. Colin--it would never work, because he'd never believe I wanted broccoli. But if the topic was vodka, he'd have my back.
Polter-Cow - Nov 09, 2010 8:59:11 am PST #15660 of 30002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
It's like the produce version of mamihlapinatapei! Almost.
Vortex - Nov 09, 2010 9:28:55 am PST #15661 of 30002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
But if the topic was vodka, he'd have my back.
yeah, that's my issue. Anyone that I'm close to wouldn't be thinking broccoli, they'd be thinking bourbon.
Laga - Nov 09, 2010 9:50:42 am PST #15662 of 30002
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
that's the Broccoli test? All this time I thought it had something to do with James Bond.
they rode in a submarine and stole a Canadian pirate ship with Leslie Nielsen.
wait, what? Did I stop watching Due South before the end?
Amy - Nov 09, 2010 9:52:26 am PST #15663 of 30002
Because books.
If it were me, it would of course be cake, but Stephen totally has my back there.