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spuffyduds margaritas my Mexican dinner*. She's writing limericks. *whimpers with joy*

But anyway the point of this disturbingly affectionate and even more disturbingly spontaneous post is this drabble. How come I didn't write that?

Also, it's because I've been meaning for a while now to wave my cane and yell at you hoodlums to stop saying things like, "She couldn't say why; this was something she just had to do." Because that means in bad-author-speak, "Yeah I don't know where I'm going with this."

JEEZ!

Which just kills a lot of the affection and spontaneity, really.

*edited for artistic purposes.

ETA2: 2am is apparently equal to crack in la vie de TKP. This is why I am not a spontaneous poster. Did you see how I deleted the other post that looked exactly like this? Another thing, kids. I'm getting tired of "straining against the confines of his pants." THINK OF A NEW PHRASE. Or. Possibly. GO WRITE LIMERICKS. And never share them.

ETA3: 3am, and all's well. Fanfic writers of the world, Michelangelo's David is very beautiful, yes. But keep in mind, if you must excessively liken Angel or Spike or who have you to him, he had a rather small schlong. Last bit, I promise.

ETA4: I lied. Right to your faces. My hair looked fabulous today, and McDonald's now has chicken biscuits like Chik-fil-a. It will be seven in 3 hours and I can go get some. I think I might need coffee, just a wee bit. Dude! Remind me never to make posts late at night, ever. Go read spuffyduds's drabble.

Comments

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Also, it's because I've been meaning for a while now to wave my cane and yell at you hoodlums to stop saying things like, "She couldn't say why; this was something she just had to do." Because that means in bad-author-speak, "Yeah I don't know where I'm going with this."

This sort of line almost never works when it's 3rd person author voice saying it. OTOH, it can work just fine if it's first person...

For example, it can work just fine if we've got HS Xander telling Buffy or Willow or Cordy that he has no idea why he's doing __insert stupid teenaged boy thing here__ because that would fit well enough with the characterization.

More frequently, yeah, I agree with you. Because it's almost like a case where the author is trying to jam a square peg into a round hole and using the short cut rather than working with characterization....

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Oh definitely, first person, whole new ballpark. And even third person, the line could work, because Xander really might NOT know what compels him to do such and so a thing. But there are better ways to say it than, "this is just something he had to do." That's the kind of LAME excuse teenagers use when they HAVE to go to that party and they're parents won't let them. It's something people and characters use, but (third person) narrators shouldn't. Oy.

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

It's something people and characters use, but (third person) narrators shouldn't.

I'm generally used to seeing it in fics (and in online debates) as a prelude to the "even though their behavior didn't indicate this at all, Character X was really super-duper in love with Character Y, only they didn't know it" so now in my fanfic I'm going to make them pass go directly to kissy-kissy...

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Oh, please do! ;o)

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Maybe when I get time to write that Lilah Morgan/Ron Burgundy AtS/Anchorman crossover...