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It's Lion Turtles all the way down ([personal profile] lettered) wrote2005-11-13 04:07 am

Guilty Pleasures

Because it's almost 5am, and I still can't get to sleep.

[livejournal.com profile] stultiloqentia recently posted a drinking game for Spuffy smut fic. It's a list of words you're sure to have seen a time or two (except for, you know, gnomon). Of course, "cold dead seed" makes an appearance.

Also, a while back, [livejournal.com profile] kita0610 had an outing for the old schoolers who invented things like Buffy's vanilla scent. They're those things that get used again and again. And again.

And on [livejournal.com profile] stultiloqentia's list? I was surprised to realize I don't care how over-used it is, I still find the primal roar/whisper "Mine!" sexy. I also get turned on by Buffy's "tiny hands" (in Angel's broad ones), even though it's in every single fic on ff.net, the unsexiest place in the whole wide world.

I've managed to convince myself I'm not the only one.

So come on. What are those "I don't care how many times I see it, I still like it"s? Okay, it might be more of a "I don't care how many other people misuse it, I still like it if it's done right", but you have one, don't you? You like seeing Spike say "Da" or "Yes, Sire," or "Xanpet". You like Buffy's mossy green eyes and Angel's chocolate ones. You like it when _____'s mouth is like satin and ______'s spunk tastes like honey. You like it when Buffy finds out Angel married her without telling her when he put the Claddagh ring on her finger. You like seeing Angel spelled "Angle". What's your cliché-kink?

[identity profile] semby.livejournal.com 2005-11-13 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Eee! Orbs and globes! Yes, way overused. Again, I'm not a fan, but neither of those make me want to claw my eyes out or anything.

And I'm sure there are other repeated constructions like that, but sometimes it's hard to think of these things unless you've just seen them, or hard to notice them unless you've recently read a post like this. I'm sure I'll start noticing them all over the place from now on.
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[identity profile] tkp.livejournal.com 2005-11-13 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
orbs makes me not only want to claw out my eyes, but serve them on a silver platter up to the author, complete with blood gutty nervy things coming out of them, and make a little menu for the author with that says "glowing orbs" on it, and make her pay to eat it.

*nods*