That's not exclusive to her, just FYI. I've seen that trick pulled in everything from Sherlock Holmes to Peter Wimsey.
Good luck. Try not to kill people. Hands! Hands!
Willow ,'Storyteller'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Dana - Dec 22, 2005 3:25:58 pm PST #9667 of 10002
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
§ ita § - Dec 22, 2005 4:28:13 pm PST #9668 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I wasn't touting it as a rare new breed of storytelling never before seen in nature -- I've, you know, read books and seen it before. I'm just trying to avoid it if it's her characteristic. Hell, that's why I don't read as much Holmes as I might otherwise--that and the arcane twisted knowledge required to solve the crimes.
Honestly, I don't mind a character saying "I know how it's done." and it not being shared. It's references to conversations with actual information in them that's not shared.
Calli - Dec 23, 2005 7:47:12 am PST #9669 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
For Good Omens fans. Gaiman and Pratchett came up with New Year's resolutions for Crowley and Aziraphale: [link]
Anne W. - Dec 23, 2005 4:16:15 pm PST #9670 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I'm trying to track down the short story that "Brokeback Mountain" was based on. Any clue where it was published, what collection it might be in, or even if it was ever published online?
Sue - Dec 23, 2005 4:25:20 pm PST #9671 of 10002
hip deep in pie
Anne, it was originally published in the New Yorker, and I thought I saw a link to the story on their website somewhere in my interbunny travels. Let me check the usual suspects.
Sue - Dec 23, 2005 4:27:52 pm PST #9672 of 10002
hip deep in pie
Here's a cached version from Google: [link]
Anne W. - Dec 23, 2005 4:28:02 pm PST #9673 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Thanks, Sue! If I can track this down, it will absolutely make my mom's Christmas. She's a huge Annie Proulx fan, and hasn't been able to find the story anywhere.
ETA: THANK YOU!!!!
Mom's getting gay cowboys for Christmas! Whee!
§ ita § - Dec 23, 2005 4:33:24 pm PST #9674 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sue - Dec 23, 2005 4:56:00 pm PST #9675 of 10002
hip deep in pie
Blows smoke off fingers.
§ ita § - Dec 23, 2005 4:58:47 pm PST #9676 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hey, I got none of that messy cache stuff. So I take a couple extra seconds to make it pretty.
::sniff::