I'm still sort of ambivalent about the fanfiction thing myself, Kassto. I start stuff and then I have trouble and stop. And really my own stuff should come first, cause, well, money, or hope of same. And, well, some of it scares me.But some of it is So. Damn. Good.(But I kind of went in thinking "What kind of a dork does that?" Anorak to you Ukistas.) My kind of dork, I think.
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'Beneath You'
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erikaj - Jun 30, 2003 10:16:31 am PDT #5396 of 9843
Always Anti-fascist!
Madrigal Costello - Jun 30, 2003 11:25:14 am PDT #5397 of 9843
It's a remora, dimwit.
I admit I'm a bit of a snob, but not about the act of ficcing itself. It's just the crap stuff. It's sort of like how some dismiss rap or country music altogether and don't even consider it music, and others simply choose to only listen and write the good stuff. I enjoy reading the Patsy Clines of fanfic, not the Shania Twains.
Nutty - Jun 30, 2003 11:28:08 am PDT #5398 of 9843
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Madrigal and I are one in our fanfic snobbery. As snobbery goes, I feel pretty good about it.
Typo Boy - Jun 30, 2003 11:39:22 am PDT #5399 of 9843
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
And some of us don't think country music died with Patsy, and enjoy the musical stylings of "That Don't Impress Me Much".
Kassto - Jun 30, 2003 2:23:47 pm PDT #5400 of 9843
`He combed his hair, Put on a shirt that his mother made, And he went on the air...'
Yes, Typo Boy. Nothing wrong with Don't Impress Me Much. The thing I like about Shania Twain is she has a real live womanly sexy twinkle in her eye (as well as a hell of a voice). Not one of those plastic Faith Hill types.
Good country music: Roseanne Cash singing Elvis Costello's Our Little Angel, Kris Kristofferson singing Lovin' You Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again), Steve Earle doing The Mountain. And any great female country voice doing Stand By Your Man and Angel of the Morning.
Leigh - Jun 30, 2003 3:01:07 pm PDT #5401 of 9843
Nobody
Bugger that for a game of soldiers.
Lord, how I love this expression. I want to marry it and have its little expression-y babies. t /random
Rio - Jun 30, 2003 3:07:04 pm PDT #5402 of 9843
Are you ready to be strong?
What does the "for a game of soldiers" part mean?
evil jimi - Jun 30, 2003 4:27:23 pm PDT #5403 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
in my world it translates to, "bugger that for a fucking stupid idea" ... as in, being a soldier and being shot at and blowed up is a stupid idea :)
Angus G - Jun 30, 2003 4:28:19 pm PDT #5404 of 9843
Roguish Laird
I love juxtapositions of sublime and ridiculous. I love language, and action, and bravado. I love storytelling, and I love swashbuckling
But Fay, Wimbledon has all these things!
Am-Chau Yarkona - Jun 30, 2003 10:37:13 pm PDT #5405 of 9843
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
What does the "for a game of soldiers" part mean?
My impression is that it's "a silly thing"-- compare the similar expression "bugger this for a lark", which I sincerely hope refers to a lark in the "silly game" sense rather than a bird.