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Nov 02, 2005 15:16

Short B/A centric fic is currently kicking my ass, so I find solace in TV.

I recently watched season 1-3 of "24". A friend of mine who got me started in on AtS said it was a good show and brought me S1. I currently hate him for wasting my life. Also, a2zmom mentioned a) you could drive a truck through the plot holes, and b) nothing has any ( Read more... )

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a2zmom November 2 2005, 22:34:41 UTC

I just don't find Keifer hot. For one thing, he's so damned short (says the height challenged girl).

And now you know why, when I spoke to David Fury I told him that he needs to torture and slowly kill Kim.

You really could just watch the last four episodes of each season and not miss anything. Seriously.

a2zmom November 3 2005, 03:14:17 UTC

ps If you want to send the fic to me for suggestions, feel free.

lettered November 3 2005, 04:06:01 UTC

I wish I had it to send! It's for the IWRY marathon. I knew it would kill me. When I'm just writing for fun I write whatever. When I'm writing with any kind of goal in mind, I get a serious complex about whether my idea is "good enough" and I get all discouraged. Which I hate, because the exact reason I write fanfic is to dispell all that kind of stress. Omg I'm such a pathetic whiner! ;o)

lettered November 3 2005, 04:01:11 UTC

He IS short, but I'm surprised you'd say so. He's the same height as me, which is medium sized for a man and very tall for a woman. DB is only two inches taller. But yes, his size over all leaves much to be desired, though you can't see it as much on tv so it doesn't bother me as much. The guy who plays David Palmer suits me much better. And he is also hot. Anyway, weirdly, Keifer Sutherland is much more the type of guy I find hot, because he's not even that handsome. I've probably said it before, but I always surprised at how sexy I find DB, because DB is much better looking than the guys I usually go for. Er, I'm rambling.

And now you know why, when I spoke to David Fury I told him that he needs to torture and slowly kill Kim.

I hope he listened to you.

You really could just watch the last four episodes of each season and not miss anything. Seriously.

I don't know. I liked it well enough to want to see everything, though some stuff was seriously unnecessary.

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marenfic November 2 2005, 22:52:38 UTC

I love that I never finished Season 3 because it was boring me to death, but your comments didn't spoil me at all. Although I am curious about what happened to tarnish Palmer. . .

lettered November 3 2005, 04:03:04 UTC

He listened to his ex-wife. 'Nuff said.

Yeah, S3 seriously dragged. As did big chunks of S1 & 2, but I really got into the second 1/2 of 2, so was hoping for more. Oh well.

Off Topic! bisi November 3 2005, 15:33:05 UTC

Hello tkp, please can you help? Could you tell me another word Buffy might use instead of 'kvetching', and is the phrase 'catch some rays' horribly cheesy? What could you say instead (Buffy again)?

Re: Off Topic! lettered November 3 2005, 17:42:31 UTC

What's wrong with "kvetch"? The only things I can think of are just less interesting synonyms, like "gripe" and "carp". Of course, if Buffy used the word "carp," there'd have to be a joke about fish. (She'd probably say "trouting" and everyone would look at her funny until it was finally all sorted out that she meant "carping.")

"Catch some rays" is horribly cheesy, and also something Buffy might say to make fun of surfers. So she'd probably say, "Catch some rays and then say "dude" a lot, and maybe bleach your head?"

It really depends on what you mean; it's easier to think of things like this when they're in context. If you're writing a fic and need help or a beta, I'd be happy and grateful to oblige.

In the meantime, sorry I can't be of more help. I'll think on it for you some more, but don't bet on me being interesting or coming up with anything better ;o)

bisi November 3 2005, 22:22:52 UTC

Oh, that's so NICE of you! I'm day 10 in the iwry ficathon, but to tell you the truth, I don't know if I dare have any one read it over, cos...it could be utterly crap and unfixable...

Vacillates...I'd love to have someone's opinion of it, but there's not time to make any big changes, because I want to send it to Chris this weekend - so bad characterisation would probably have to stay that way, rather than be wrestled into shape...if I haven't put you off, perhaps you could drop me a line at bisi_mama @ hotmail.co.uk with your contact details and I'll send it you?

And I'm keeping kvetching and getting rid of rays, so thank you!

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