Fic: Changeling
He foggily experienced a bizarre set of moments as he drifted in and out of consciousness. One of them involved Phyllis’s face inches from his, so close he yelled. It asked him what happened? Could he hear her? Should she call an ambulance? And he found he couldn’t do much more than groan about how loud it spoke and close his eyes
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Of course I know what you write! :) I was so excited to see the HP/LOM crossover brought to life. And I snigger whenever I read "Hufflepuff" now because, in my head, I hear "Hufflepoof." Your writing's in the spirit of both the show AND J. K. Rowling though it pleases me to say I see hints of Diana Wynne Jones in there, too. I cannot wait for more. :D
Present tense has, somehow, become my latest obsession. I'm not sure where it sprang from because I've hated it most of my writing career (that being expansive; you know, since I could pick up a pencil and make letters); but I even wrote a large portion of my college thesis in present tense.
Okay, need to get over the disjointed. o_e I am so neurotic about it. *loves the flow* But if it works, it works and you are right, the wounded are the least reliable narrators. *has been playing with that a lot lately too*
Lot's of sincere thank yous. :D Makes me so happy to know people like what I write and even happier to hear why. I rarely expect people to enjoy my scribbles.
:) I think Gene's that type of man. In my dark twisted brain, he's a bit like Gibbs from NCIS. He's gruff, tough, mean, does things HIS way, but he loves his people. And he knows when to express that love and how to express that love without... looking soft. Like Gibbs who smacks his people upside the head.
I think of Ray coming back after getting blown up and I think of Sam (poor Sam) tripping all the way through that one episode (and all they do is toss him on the couch!), and my conclusion is the same as yours. You go to the hospital if you can't heal on your own in 1973 and you only stay as long as it takes to patch you up.
Concussion-- meh-- you'll live.
:D I agree. Babbling more would prove amusing. And my hand clapping is generally paired with bouncing and beaming. My manager experienced this the other day when she handed me my reward for being one of the top sellers. I was all :D!!!! and she was "._o" and then very amused.
Me: JUST WHAT I WANTED! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
Her: *shakes head* I figured as much. You're... that type of person.
:D
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*giggles* Hufflepoof. I think it when I see someone acting in a particular manner, normally to customers who order very specific drinks. And, you've achieved your aim! Diana Wynne Jones wrote The Chronicles of Chrestomanci and about six billion other things (including Howl's Moving Castle) all of which I've read. She's mostly a teen/young adult writer, studied under Tolkien, but her books have this biting, tremendously funny humor to them that drags me in all the time. :) The cat bit reminded me of her; things like that happen all the time in her books.
I tell most people that I could write before I could read properly and it's true. Have notebooks dating back to when I was four or five. Picked up the pen, wrote the letters and thought, Oh my, this is quite nice. I have a story in my head and using these letter thingamajigs I can make it last forever. Yes, I think I shall do this forever.
>_< 45 pages of my life given away in a flurry of past and present tense hybrid. When I handed it in, the digital copy was saved as, "Just turn the damn thing in already." And shockingly, the best bits were the present tense parts though the past tense bits were the important ones. >_< Of course it would be that way.
Me: *whimper*
Director: You can do it. You're almost done.
Me: But... I hate it.
Director: Of course, you do. You've done nothing but stare at it for months. So--
Me: Take a break? Look at something else?
Director: Of course not. It's due in two days. Go home and get through it.
Me: T_T
Director: And smooth out the memory portions. They're... not working yet.
:) I try to leave feedback too. >_> Though sometimes I forget, or run out the door, or don't which is awful of me and I'm trying to get better. *hangs head in shame* Because feedback's completely essential. *blushes* And thank you.
I haven't watched NCIS in ages. :/ I miss Gibbs. I miss Abby. I miss Ducky. I really, really miss Tony (which is ridiculous because he's so goofy) and Ziva and McGee. But, alas, I don't have enough time to watch everything I want so I cut down to the ones I like best. What sort of messages have popped up lately? Hehe, maybe Gibbs and Gene are distant relations.
>_> I always repair my narrators. You know because I need them healthy for their next dose of... bad experiences. Heh, and I agree, I think if anyone other than Annie did a psychological profile on Sam, he'd be sitting in a loony bin before he had a chance to add, "YOU'LL SEE."
o_e He tried to walk to the local pharmacy? No! NO! HOSPITAL! NOW! HEART ATTACK = BAD!
Heh, it wasn't much. We all had to sell a lot or she'd give us the boot. I just happened to use the incentive appropriately (we had a bunch of coupons for a couple of weeks)and smile very nicely. :) It was quite nice for her. Most of the time she just says, "DO IT!" and we all cower and say, "Yes'm" because her angry's terrifying. Last time we were yelled at, I crawled around on my belly for days around her until she yelled at me about that too. >_>
She'll tell tomorrow. Our ratings dropped. Again.
Aw!!! Happy Birthday (belated) and that's so sweet! :D What'd you get? :D Gives the warm fuzzies, doesn't it?
*giggles* I had my own experience of that today. A regular customer came in, dressed in 1800s garb (early even, closer to 1700s) with a curling wig on (with the little pony tale on the back) and I started giggling about it because all I could think of was Hugh Laurie in Black Adder. His makeup looked the same. Apparently, he's in a play at the community theatre and I made up for my laughter by promising to see it...
XD Yes, brain tissue like bodily tissue. Bam. Ehehe, of course, someone's brain might be handkerchief tissues. Wouldn't that be an interesting twist?
*squeak* :) Hope you don't mind. Wanted to keep tabs on what you're up to (in the least stalkerish manner possible) :D
And, now, before I fall into utter delirium from overwork and sleep deprivation, I'll get the next chapter up.
I hope this thing makes sense... *looks over it* o_e
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Poor Tina!
Yes all those scientist are obviously just wasting time seeing if ducks quacks echo they should make super brains instead (although having memory loss makes life much more fun - “hey look at that tree I have never seen one like that before… “*5 seconds later* “hey look at that tree…”)
Yay awesome, well difficult customers deserve it.
Well I will defiantly have to go and have a read of some of her stuff, I love a book with a lot of good humour in. I haven’t read many books that are aimed at teenagers which is probably why I have missed her. Any books in particular that you would recommend by her?
Yeah that is probably true for me (if you count being able to write to communicate rather than writing correctly - only got the hang of that a few years ago #>_># )
Wow so you have obviously always had a thing for writing which is great, natural talent and interest will get you further than just having lessons ever could. That’s a really sweet story.
Hehehehehehe Lol poor you - but you got it finnished so well done :)
Well I often forget to comment too, so no worries, every one forgets at some point and at least you are keeping fit while running out of the door o_0
Yes tony is brilliant - and who was the girl that got shot and was always flirting with McGee - I miss them too.
The show that made me stop watching was aired on transgender day of remembrance and featured a girl who had once been a boy and was murdered yet thoughout the whole show they referred to her as a he and made her life choice seem dirty and wrong - no one supprted her and it was suggested that she had brought her own fate upon herself (almost deserved it) for her life choice.
This combined with another episode that had aired a few months back when another crossdresser/transgender woman was a murderer but ended up on a date with McGee - when he found out her freaked out and it was played out as ‘how funny because he is freaking out but so sick of her the freak’ and she ended up getting shot dead un-necessarily and quite violently and no one cared as she was obviously an immoral evil woman for her life choices (not because she murdered someone). Seriously when you think to yourself Gene Hunt dealt better with this minority in A2A than they are dealing with this you know it is time to turn off.
Well that’s good to know otherwise the countryside would be littered with broken and bleeding narrators.
Yes indeed, it’s lucky that everyone fancies the pants off him as it is only that which has kept him out the loonybin.
I know, mad old man.
Oh well that is bosses for you - pretend to be nice but are made of pure evil. Awww poor you - if being yelled at makes you crawl on your belly then yelling at you for crawling wont help. My department always seems to be in the red so I know how you feel.
Actually its not belated - my birthday was today but they celebrated it during a team nightout on Friday. They gave me curly wurlys and a HMV voucher. Family gave me the devils whore on DVD (starring John Simm) and a camera. Yes it does lots of warm fuzzies (so warm I stared precipitating.)
Poor guy - but it must be hard not to laugh as soon as you think of Hugh Laurie. Well hopefully he will be good in the play.
Hehehe it would be like that bit in hitchhikers guide to the galaxy where they get turned into wool and Arthur Dent throws up tones of wool after being turned back to being human. Fun to write but people might think you were on speed when you wrote it.
No don’t worry, I have hand many stalker-ish moments so don’t mind people doing it to me as it is just friendly (slightly obsessive) interest.
Poor you, hope you get some sleep. Yay, next chapter!!!! *bounces with excitement!
It makes more sense than my last one (I seem to have forgoten what paragraphs are - my excuse is it was late when I wrote it).
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