MM, I don't know how much I can respond. I'm really behind with work right now, but I'll do my best.
And don't you ever stand for that sort of thing. Someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill 'em right back! ... You got the right same as anyone to live and try to kill people.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Deena - Nov 24, 2008 2:45:07 pm PST #1212 of 6718
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Miracleman - Nov 25, 2008 4:07:17 am PST #1213 of 6718
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
If you're swamped, Deena, it's cool, I don't have to send you anything.
Could that *sound* more passive-aggressive? But that's not how I mean it, honestly.
Deena - Nov 25, 2008 5:40:59 am PST #1214 of 6718
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Hee. No worries. I'd like to read it. I just don't want you sitting at your mailbox five minutes after you send it cursing me for my inability to respond.
edit: (or, reality, 10 days later.)
erikaj - Dec 06, 2008 7:06:19 pm PST #1215 of 6718
Always Anti-fascist!
Mystery fans: Is getting your detective protagonist roughed up necessary, played-out, or somewhere in between?
Ginger - Dec 06, 2008 7:54:40 pm PST #1216 of 6718
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It depends on whether it happens all the time or not. If our hero gets roughed up too frequently, I tend to start worrying about his judgment and his medical plan. Mainly, I get irritated if he or she gets roughed up because he did something really stupid.
I was just thinking about something similar after reading one book in which I never felt as if the protagonist was in jeopardy and another in which I thought the oft repeated jeopardy began to seem contrived. It's a fine line.
Amy - Dec 07, 2008 2:08:43 pm PST #1217 of 6718
Because books.
I think it depends on what the story demands, erika. If it's set up well and means something -- either in character development or moving the plot -- then go for it.
The danger is something like Giles getting knocked out all the time, I think. That was played as a running gag after a while, of course, but in a novel, unless your tone is pretty light, that's harder to pull off.
Typo Boy - Dec 13, 2008 7:02:13 am PST #1218 of 6718
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.
AU Channel Christmas Specials
Carl The Christmas Vampire
Little Match Girl II: She's back from the dead and out for revenge.
Saving Pottersville: Can the people of a thriving metropolis be saved from an evil spell that seeks to make them vanish as though they'd never existed?
Dreidel of the Dead: "shin" in this game will cost you more than just Hanukkah gelt.
CSI North Pole: who killed the sinister Arctic sweatshop owner with the midget fetish?
Anne W. - Dec 13, 2008 7:18:09 am PST #1219 of 6718
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Little Match Girl II: She's back from the dead and out for revenge.
That is wonderful. There are no words for how much I loathe the original story.
Typo Boy - Dec 13, 2008 7:21:17 am PST #1220 of 6718
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.
It was the first one I came up with.
Ginger - Dec 13, 2008 7:42:03 am PST #1221 of 6718
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The Terror of Jingle Bells: Who will survive the race with the wolf pack?
The Terror of Jingle Bells II: They've eaten Grandma. Who will be next?
Little Match Girl III: She's back with her matches and this time she has gasoline
CSI NY: The bearded man at Macy's claimed he was Santa, but what was he doing with little girls?
Other AU sequels:
Little Red Ridinghood II: Revenge of the She Wolf
Little Red Ridinghood III: The Woodsman with his Ax Gave Grandma 40 Whacks
Jack and the Beanstalk II: The Ho-ho-horrible Revenge of the Giants