Hi from Dreamwidth! + writing meme
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elen_nareSo, in the light of the recent LJ kerfuffle about their updated TOS, and several people and comms moving to an only or primarily Dreamwidth mode, I decided to make an account here too. Don't worry, I don't intend to vanish from LJ! But if nothing else, it's always good to have a back-up I think... And since Dreamwidth enables automatic crossposting (which I am testing with this post), I'll be using that to keep everything on both sites up-to-date.
Now, in the spirit of 'different website, same elen', a meme borrowed as ever fromthisbluespirit!
Send me two characters or more (pairing or otherwise) and a prompt number and I’ll write a ficlet:
1. “Are you drunk?”
2. “You’re too young to hate the world.”
3. “I don’t want your pity, I want your absence.”
4. “We’re designed to be disposable.”
5. “There’s blood on my/your hands.”
6. “Could you be any louder?”
7. “I’ve never killed anyone before.”
8. “Your smile is not as bright as it used to be.”
9. “Don’t call me that!”
10. “Please don’t make me socialize.”
11. “Same time tomorrow?”
12. “I’ve been buying the wrong underwear.”
13. “How can anyone not be afraid of love?”
14. “You’re supposed to talk me out of this.”
15. “That was a perfect example of how not to do things.”
16. “If you want, we could go together?”
17. “I have contemplated becoming a hermit.”
18. “I’m alive… I can tell because of the pain.”
19. “Maybe you’re not thinking hard enough.”
20. “It’s 8:30, I have a hangover and you’re annoying me.”
21. “No one has a heart of stone.”
22. “Can I open my eyes yet?”
23. “So much for not getting involved.”
24. “I will if you will.”
25. “My nightmares are usually about losing you.”
26. “I didn’t intend to kiss you.”
28. “I didn’t lose it, I just misplaced it.”
29. “Prepare to be amazed.”
30. “I’m fine.”
32. “I’d ask you to stay but I don’t like you.”
33. “Something about you makes me want to commit extreme violence.”
34. “It’s not like I missed you or anything.”
36. “Everything was fine, until you showed up.”
37. “Can you just shut up for five minutes?”
38. “Never mind, the moment’s gone.”
40. “I believe you dropped this.”
41. “What are you doing in my house?”
43. “Why are you/we whispering?”
44. “If you really loved me there wouldn’t be a choice.“
45. “I think I made a mistake.”
46. “Shut up, I am a delight!”
47. “I can think of a million places I’d rather be right now.”
48. “Now, just hold on a minute...”
49. “It sounds like you’re trying to convince yourself.“
50. "Why does anyone have to be naked?”
Now, in the spirit of 'different website, same elen', a meme borrowed as ever from
thisbluespirit! Send me two characters or more (pairing or otherwise) and a prompt number and I’ll write a ficlet:
1. “Are you drunk?”
2. “You’re too young to hate the world.”
3. “I don’t want your pity, I want your absence.”
4. “We’re designed to be disposable.”
5. “There’s blood on my/your hands.”
6. “Could you be any louder?”
7. “I’ve never killed anyone before.”
8. “Your smile is not as bright as it used to be.”
9. “Don’t call me that!”
10. “Please don’t make me socialize.”
11. “Same time tomorrow?”
12. “I’ve been buying the wrong underwear.”
13. “How can anyone not be afraid of love?”
14. “You’re supposed to talk me out of this.”
15. “That was a perfect example of how not to do things.”
16. “If you want, we could go together?”
17. “I have contemplated becoming a hermit.”
18. “I’m alive… I can tell because of the pain.”
19. “Maybe you’re not thinking hard enough.”
20. “It’s 8:30, I have a hangover and you’re annoying me.”
21. “No one has a heart of stone.”
22. “Can I open my eyes yet?”
23. “So much for not getting involved.”
24. “I will if you will.”
25. “My nightmares are usually about losing you.”
26. “I didn’t intend to kiss you.”
28. “I didn’t lose it, I just misplaced it.”
29. “Prepare to be amazed.”
30. “I’m fine.”
32. “I’d ask you to stay but I don’t like you.”
33. “Something about you makes me want to commit extreme violence.”
34. “It’s not like I missed you or anything.”
36. “Everything was fine, until you showed up.”
37. “Can you just shut up for five minutes?”
38. “Never mind, the moment’s gone.”
40. “I believe you dropped this.”
41. “What are you doing in my house?”
43. “Why are you/we whispering?”
44. “If you really loved me there wouldn’t be a choice.“
45. “I think I made a mistake.”
46. “Shut up, I am a delight!”
47. “I can think of a million places I’d rather be right now.”
48. “Now, just hold on a minute...”
49. “It sounds like you’re trying to convince yourself.“
50. "Why does anyone have to be naked?”
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Date: 2017-04-17 08:08 am (UTC)And what better way to open up a journal than with a meme? Can I give you #2 and Grizel and Joey?
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Date: 2017-04-24 09:07 pm (UTC)I hate the whole world," she was proclaiming crossly to the room at large as Grizel walked in. Slumped in front of one of the tables, she was glaring at a sketchbook on it as if she would quite like it to spontaneously catch fire.
"You're too young to hate the world, Joey," Grizel said, doing her best to sound solemn.
Joey glared at her. "That's three years between us, Grizelda my lamb, not three decades," she retorted.
Grizel frowned at the hated version of her name, but let it pass.
"Why do you hate the world, anyway?"
"Well, just look at it!" Joey said, dramatically waving her arm towards the window.
Grizel didn't need to look to know what she would see. The rain was sheeting down, obscuring the view so that nothing more than a yard away could be seen, just as it had been doing for the last few days. All the girls were growing very tired indeed of it, and of being continuously confined to the house; it simply wasn't letting up at all, and no-one would allow them out in such weather, of course. The girls understood why, but it didn't make them any happier, and tempers had begun to become rather frayed. Joey was the first one to express her annoyance in quite that form, however.
"And,", Joey continued, now clearly set on airing all her grievances to her new audience, "Herr Laubach is making me do my still life all over again! It's not that bad, now is it?" she demanded, shoving her sketchbook towards Grizel.
That young lady gasped. Jo had certainly outdone herself this time! It wasn't the skewed proportions that were the problem, though surely no orange in nature was ever quite so lopsided, and no bowl of that shape would ever stand without tipping over. No, it was the colours that were so startling, quite outdoing anything that could be found even under the brightest of mediterranean sunshine, never mind the dull greyness that had pervaded the Tiernsee all these days.
"It is a little bright, my Jo," Frieda, who had leaned over to take a look herself, said tactfully.
"I know it is, but everything is so deadly dull these days, I wanted to brighten things up a little," Joey explained.
"Well, I think it is a lovely idea," Simone said loyally - though Grizel noticed that even Simone couldn't go so far as to say it was a lovely drawing.
"I'll redo it entirely in grey, I think, and see if Herr Laubach likes that better," Jo decided, examining it with her head tilted sideways. "Or maybe I'll just paint over it with a grey wash, that should make it dull enough to please him."
"Joey, no! That's not what he meant, and you know it. You'll just get into trouble," Frieda pleaded.
"Why shouldn't I? If he wants it to be dull, I'll make it really dull," Joey said, her face set and obstinate. "It's not as if there's anything better to do this afternoon, anyway."
"She won't do it, Frieda, don't worry," Grizel drawled, biting back a grin at the furious look on Joey's face. Sometimes it was just too easy to tease her.
"Oh, won't I? That's all you know," Joey snapped, drawing herself up for a fight.
Remembering she had been sent here on an errand, Grizel decided to stop baiting the younger girl. "Well, I suppose you might do it," she allowed, "but it won't be this afternoon. Or at least, we'll all think you frightfully dull and boring if you do!"
"What d'you mean?" Joey demanded. "Is something going to happen this afternoon?"
Grizel nodded, grinning. "We're having a book people party! Costumes of literary characters to be made from our own things, and prizes for the best, and oh, all sorts of other things. Madame sent me to tell you, and to bring you all to Hall so she can explain everything."
"Oh, splendiferous!" Mercurial Jo had bounced right out of her gloom at the news, and was now smiling from ear to ear. "I might have known Mad - my sister would think of something fun to do, after we've been trapped inside so long. Come on! Let's get to Hall!"
The rest of the Middles were also thrilled at the news, and were now rapidly putting their things away, chattering as they did so. Some of them were already evolving increasingly elaborate ideas for fancy dress on the spot, and begging friends to lend them certain items that would be indispensable to whatever they were envisioning. Several had questions for Grizel, too.
"Are we allowed to borrow things from each other? Can we be a group of characters? What counts as a literary character? How long do we have to make the costumes? Can we use our pillowcases? Is there going to be dancing?"
The questions came thick and fast, and Grizel held up her hands to stop them.
"Enough, enough!" she exclaimed. "I don't know anything more than what I've already told you. Come to Hall, and everything will be explained there. You too, Joey - if you're sure you wouldn't like to stay here and do your black and white still life instead, and complain about how you hate the whole world, of course," Grizel teased.
Joey just laughed, her black mood fully gone. "Quite sure. You were right, I am too young to hate the world - old thing!"
The emphasis on 'old' was unmissable, and Grizel chuckled, acknowledging Joey had made her point. Some days, she might have taken Joey to task for cheekiness, but the planned fun of the afternoon had her just as excited as the Middles, even if she was trying to be dignified and not show it. "All right, then, all you young things, let's go. Madame will be waiting for us."
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(Thank you for the prompt! 'Twas fun :D I admit when I first read it I thought Grizel would be the one hating the world, but Joey insisted on being dramatic. (Sidenote: why on Earth did Joey always turn 'Madge' into 'my sister'? Wouldn't it have been much easier and less noticeable to turn it into 'Madame'? Although I suppose it would have been harder to convey it in writing than 'Mad - my sister'...))
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Date: 2017-04-25 07:43 am (UTC)why on Earth did Joey always turn 'Madge' into 'my sister'? Wouldn't it have been much easier and less noticeable to turn it into 'Madame'? Although I suppose it would have been harder to convey it in writing than 'Mad - my sister'...
Yes, probably as you say, although also it's a fair point that Joey wouldn't automatically think of Madge first as Madame, so her hasty correct defaults to "my sister." Madame is what everyone else calls her. But I suspect you're right about some writing pragmatism in there!
And I wasn't sure which one would be hating the entire world - as you say, it's obviously Grizel, but Joey's mood swings also were a possiblilty. But it sounded like them together and thank you very much for this. :-)
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Date: 2017-04-29 11:18 pm (UTC)That is a fair point about what Joey's default would be, true. There could be a story with Grizel saying that line, easily... but it would probably be a much less overall cheerful one than this one.