Ow, make it stop
Jun. 17th, 2004 04:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
azuriteo_O What a bizarre couple of days. Okay, not really, but it always feels bizarre whenever I stay at someone else's house (in this case, Cris's again) and lose track of time. Least this time, I got the big "couch." But still, trying to sleep at 6am in the Presidio when light is just BLINDING in... yeah, and we'd just watched "Ocean's Eleven" -- and probably some other stuff that I forgot about. I was immersed in "The Goblet of Fire," and just finished it a short while ago-- a lot of people were right in saying it was the most "fanfic-cy" of the novels thus far. Draco's character is so... "wooden." -.- It's like hello, shouldn't he seem a bit more human?
Anyway, snagged this from Stephanie:
1. Use fanfiction.net's Search >> Story By Summary and look up your name in either Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings.
2. If there are any Mary Sues that share your name, pick the worst-sounding one and post the summary.
Harry Potter and the Secret of the Dragons by Depleti
Meredith Drake is a US kid whose mother was just accepted to teach at Hogwart's....
That's not as bad as THIS one, though:
Darkness overcomes all by Rose Eve
Meredith Delaney is the cousin of Tom Riddle. What happens to the world when she becomes the Dark Lord?
I found 12 Mary-Sue Harry Potter fics. I'm sure if I used the Enhanced Search I get by being a Paid Member of FFnet, I'd find even more. Ow, make it stop. Still, I'm curious if there really *is* a HP character with my name. I mean a canon one. o_O It would be weird.
*snicker* You know, a few of those just might be possible... (I tried to get one with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rhapsody_dragon in it, but failed... shucks.)
Okay, back to the fanfic world:
Currently reading: "We'll Always Have Paris," (Harry Potter), by Melissa D. Hosted at fictionalley.org, by way of Schnoogle.com. Hermione/Draco
Currently waiting for: Kysra's Stuff ("Black" and "Grey Rainbow," most especially, but of course "Playing Tag" is up there), Mamono's "In The Sands of Egypt," and Atlantis's Stuff ("Riddles of the Heart" and "Power of the Nile.") Oh, and Harlequine's lemon that I forgot the name of, but she was supposed to send me DAYS AGO! *smirk*
Currently writing: I've been shifting between "The Rose Chronicles" and "What Doesn't Kill You." For TRC, I even made a map of Rose's travels; the problem is highlighting the route and finding out the distances; plus, finding a bit more about travel, fashion, and food (etc.) in the 1480s. Several of the cities on the route to "defeating the Lancastrians" actually don't exist anymore, or underwent a name change. I had to guess about a few of them, judging by name similarity and closeness to previous locations. 'Tis a pain in the bum, I'll tell ya that much. I've been getting plot bunnied quite a bit recently for "Prophecy Girl" though.
*laughs* "Ah yes, the Slytherins. The few, the proud, the certifiably insane." --Hermione to Draco, "We'll Always Have Paris," Chapter 6.
Can anyone tell me why it is correct to have a paragraph of dialogue, and then, when the speaker changes the subject (but has continued talking, without break for dialogue attribution), that no closing quote is given? You know, when you see this:
"Blah Blah Blah Blah. Blah Blah.
[new paragraph] Yadda Yadda Yadda Yadda!"
I always thought that whatever has a start must have an end, and it isn't proper to leave dialogue just "hanging out in the open" like that. But I see it all the time-- not just in fanfiction, but in Harry Potter, too. Is it a British thing?
Speaking of Harry Potter:
(1) I never HATED it. I disliked the uber-hype that surrounded it. It annoyed me how people would CAMP OUT for a damned book. And Harry Potter being at Fanime annoyed the SHIT out of me. It is NOT a cosplay.
(2) I'm reading the books now, but I'm a far cry from becoming a fangirl. I have not made any icons, wallpapers, or layouts, nor have I taken any quizzes to find out "Which Harry Potter character am I destined to be with!?" I may or may not write fics, but I do read them, as is my routine when going into new fandom territory.
(3) Oh, and as I would have gotten the chance to tell Joe before he interrupted me, PEOPLE'S FEELINGS DO CHANGE. I won't go ranting about HP anymore, because I do rather like the series. But I'm not going to be carrying around a wand or knitting scarves any time soon.
One last query-- does anyone know of any HP resource site, where they have a list of all known spells, hexes, curses, and the like? I'm sure there's a generator out there somewhere for "Harry Potter-style spells." I was just wondering where I might find it, to save myself the trouble of going insane and making one myself.
Anyway... yeah. I really haven't been eating much lately. During the course of the day I stayed at Cris's, I found out my weight dropped from 98 (I was surprised it was that low anyway; I weighed myself because a character in one of the video games kind of looked like me, and I wanted to know if I was her weight as well) to 96. -.- That is not healthy. Makes no sense why I feel like my thighs are so damn BOWLING PIN shaped, but I'm classifiably "UNDERWEIGHT!" Hmph.
I feel like I'm forgetting something. Tomorrow-- er, later today-- I might go back to Cris's for a Brisco Country, Jr. marathon (I still have popcorn leftover from yesterday). Joe left his cards there, so maybe if he's not working he'll come back for the marathon and get them (and not ignore me, that would be nice). Am I supposed to go to RTA, too? >_o It's not like I have any money to spend there, last I checked. Still, I should spend all my tickets before I go to LA.
*yawn* Back to the fics.
Anyway, snagged this from Stephanie:
1. Use fanfiction.net's Search >> Story By Summary and look up your name in either Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings.
2. If there are any Mary Sues that share your name, pick the worst-sounding one and post the summary.
Harry Potter and the Secret of the Dragons by Depleti
Meredith Drake is a US kid whose mother was just accepted to teach at Hogwart's....
That's not as bad as THIS one, though:
Darkness overcomes all by Rose Eve
Meredith Delaney is the cousin of Tom Riddle. What happens to the world when she becomes the Dark Lord?
I found 12 Mary-Sue Harry Potter fics. I'm sure if I used the Enhanced Search I get by being a Paid Member of FFnet, I'd find even more. Ow, make it stop. Still, I'm curious if there really *is* a HP character with my name. I mean a canon one. o_O It would be weird.
*snicker* You know, a few of those just might be possible... (I tried to get one with
rhapsody_dragon in it, but failed... shucks.)Okay, back to the fanfic world:
Currently reading: "We'll Always Have Paris," (Harry Potter), by Melissa D. Hosted at fictionalley.org, by way of Schnoogle.com. Hermione/Draco
Currently waiting for: Kysra's Stuff ("Black" and "Grey Rainbow," most especially, but of course "Playing Tag" is up there), Mamono's "In The Sands of Egypt," and Atlantis's Stuff ("Riddles of the Heart" and "Power of the Nile.") Oh, and Harlequine's lemon that I forgot the name of, but she was supposed to send me DAYS AGO! *smirk*
Currently writing: I've been shifting between "The Rose Chronicles" and "What Doesn't Kill You." For TRC, I even made a map of Rose's travels; the problem is highlighting the route and finding out the distances; plus, finding a bit more about travel, fashion, and food (etc.) in the 1480s. Several of the cities on the route to "defeating the Lancastrians" actually don't exist anymore, or underwent a name change. I had to guess about a few of them, judging by name similarity and closeness to previous locations. 'Tis a pain in the bum, I'll tell ya that much. I've been getting plot bunnied quite a bit recently for "Prophecy Girl" though.
*laughs* "Ah yes, the Slytherins. The few, the proud, the certifiably insane." --Hermione to Draco, "We'll Always Have Paris," Chapter 6.
Can anyone tell me why it is correct to have a paragraph of dialogue, and then, when the speaker changes the subject (but has continued talking, without break for dialogue attribution), that no closing quote is given? You know, when you see this:
"Blah Blah Blah Blah. Blah Blah.
[new paragraph] Yadda Yadda Yadda Yadda!"
I always thought that whatever has a start must have an end, and it isn't proper to leave dialogue just "hanging out in the open" like that. But I see it all the time-- not just in fanfiction, but in Harry Potter, too. Is it a British thing?
Speaking of Harry Potter:
(1) I never HATED it. I disliked the uber-hype that surrounded it. It annoyed me how people would CAMP OUT for a damned book. And Harry Potter being at Fanime annoyed the SHIT out of me. It is NOT a cosplay.
(2) I'm reading the books now, but I'm a far cry from becoming a fangirl. I have not made any icons, wallpapers, or layouts, nor have I taken any quizzes to find out "Which Harry Potter character am I destined to be with!?" I may or may not write fics, but I do read them, as is my routine when going into new fandom territory.
(3) Oh, and as I would have gotten the chance to tell Joe before he interrupted me, PEOPLE'S FEELINGS DO CHANGE. I won't go ranting about HP anymore, because I do rather like the series. But I'm not going to be carrying around a wand or knitting scarves any time soon.
One last query-- does anyone know of any HP resource site, where they have a list of all known spells, hexes, curses, and the like? I'm sure there's a generator out there somewhere for "Harry Potter-style spells." I was just wondering where I might find it, to save myself the trouble of going insane and making one myself.
Anyway... yeah. I really haven't been eating much lately. During the course of the day I stayed at Cris's, I found out my weight dropped from 98 (I was surprised it was that low anyway; I weighed myself because a character in one of the video games kind of looked like me, and I wanted to know if I was her weight as well) to 96. -.- That is not healthy. Makes no sense why I feel like my thighs are so damn BOWLING PIN shaped, but I'm classifiably "UNDERWEIGHT!" Hmph.
I feel like I'm forgetting something. Tomorrow-- er, later today-- I might go back to Cris's for a Brisco Country, Jr. marathon (I still have popcorn leftover from yesterday). Joe left his cards there, so maybe if he's not working he'll come back for the marathon and get them (and not ignore me, that would be nice). Am I supposed to go to RTA, too? >_o It's not like I have any money to spend there, last I checked. Still, I should spend all my tickets before I go to LA.
*yawn* Back to the fics.
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Date: 2004-06-17 02:05 pm (UTC)I remember that beautiful drunken night... hahaha.
Haha
Date: 2004-06-18 07:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-17 05:56 pm (UTC)Heh, I'm just that freakin' innocent! XDDDD
o_O
Date: 2004-06-18 07:22 am (UTC)Re: o_O
Date: 2004-06-18 03:46 pm (UTC)(Note to self: Do NOT forget to use your OWN username when replying to posts NOT dealing with the one you're currently signed in as...)
Re: o_O
Date: 2004-06-18 08:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-17 05:58 pm (UTC)(I tried to get one with rhapsody_dragon in it, but failed... shucks.)
Heh, I'm just that freakin' innocent! XDDDD
:P
Date: 2004-06-18 07:23 am (UTC)Re: :P
Date: 2004-06-18 03:49 pm (UTC)Innocent? *grin* Well... *hides cracked Halo* I have my moments... ^_~
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Date: 2004-06-17 07:45 pm (UTC)So it really is legit?
Date: 2004-06-18 07:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-06-17 09:56 pm (UTC)"Blah Blah Blah Blah. Blah Blah.
[new paragraph] Yadda Yadda Yadda Yadda!"
It's a standard thing, and works on the same premise as regular prose writing. You're not interrupting the quote - just bridging to another subject within the same monologue/soliloquy, therefore there is no need to close quotes.
Why I was confused
Date: 2004-06-18 07:39 am (UTC)book
Date: 2004-06-18 12:54 am (UTC)Re: book
Date: 2004-06-18 07:42 am (UTC)