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Oct. 16th, 2009 08:33 amUGHHH talking about the same damn soviet montage theory in the same way as always. For the millionth time. FML
Oct. 16th, 2009
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Oct. 16th, 2009 08:34 amAm getting through by imagining Illya and Napoleon going to and arguing about movies in 1960s New York :)
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Oct. 16th, 2009 08:52 amAnd now i'm passing the time imagining the article recaps being punctuated by Wilhelm Screams :) it's hilarious
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Oct. 16th, 2009 11:42 amPeople who write in library books also belong in Book's special hell
isn't there an acronym for this?
Oct. 16th, 2009 08:14 pm*sigh* Don't you hate when your suitemates, with the best of intentions, move your large pot of slow-cooking beans to a smaller burner without telling you, thus totally throwing off the cooking process? Yeah, me too.
For some reason, I'm really in the mood for "Oh No, My Loved One Is Dead! But Wait, Not Really!" cliche fic. You know, with the grief and the angst, and the tragic separation, and the realizations of how much X meant to Y now that X is gone -- and then the realizations that Loved One is not dead! And Y can save them! And have a dramatic reunion! etc. You know what I mean. It's subtly different but close cousin to the rescuing-the-Loved-One-from-mortal-peril trope (see Bones' Gravedigger episodes, for example), but with added angst before the determination kicks in. Good times.
Suffice it to say, I've been reading a good deal of Man From UNCLE fic. :D
Unfortunately, it's mostly re-reading, because I've made my way rather thoroughly through the recs in that fandom. More's the pity. But I'm easy! Rec me your favorites of this cliche, please? Any fandom works, pretty much. Even if you think I don't know it, I actually probably do. I'm just that good. :)
I feel like there is untapped potential for this cliche. It obviously has great amounts of play with close partnerships, as well as in, say, spy genre fandoms, or where someone might have an enemy holding a violent grudge and the capacity for kidnapping, or whatever. But imagine it bent a little for less obvious fandoms: Criminal Minds (team rather than partners, but still emotionally affecting), or Sports Night (they don't really live lives of danger, so death is more unexpected), or Merlin (if everyone thinks Arthur has died, that's a whole 'nother kettle of fish on top of the personal issues). Tell me your ideas! :)
For some reason, I'm really in the mood for "Oh No, My Loved One Is Dead! But Wait, Not Really!" cliche fic. You know, with the grief and the angst, and the tragic separation, and the realizations of how much X meant to Y now that X is gone -- and then the realizations that Loved One is not dead! And Y can save them! And have a dramatic reunion! etc. You know what I mean. It's subtly different but close cousin to the rescuing-the-Loved-One-from-mortal-peril trope (see Bones' Gravedigger episodes, for example), but with added angst before the determination kicks in. Good times.
Suffice it to say, I've been reading a good deal of Man From UNCLE fic. :D
Unfortunately, it's mostly re-reading, because I've made my way rather thoroughly through the recs in that fandom. More's the pity. But I'm easy! Rec me your favorites of this cliche, please? Any fandom works, pretty much. Even if you think I don't know it, I actually probably do. I'm just that good. :)
I feel like there is untapped potential for this cliche. It obviously has great amounts of play with close partnerships, as well as in, say, spy genre fandoms, or where someone might have an enemy holding a violent grudge and the capacity for kidnapping, or whatever. But imagine it bent a little for less obvious fandoms: Criminal Minds (team rather than partners, but still emotionally affecting), or Sports Night (they don't really live lives of danger, so death is more unexpected), or Merlin (if everyone thinks Arthur has died, that's a whole 'nother kettle of fish on top of the personal issues). Tell me your ideas! :)