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Lipstick

Apr 12, 2011 21:37

Title/Prompt - Lipstick
Author - isabelquinn
Word count - 889
Rating - G
Summary - Tiffany Kilbourne tries to learn how to use lipstick.
Link to table - link.
Author's note - Moar Kilbourne fic! This is set during the events of Snob, one of my other prompts. Thanks to ozqueen for beta-ing :)

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author: isabelquinn, table 4, pairing: no pairing, prompt: lipstick, character: tiffany kilbourne, character: shannon kilbourne

Comments 10

lucida April 13 2011, 02:34:18 UTC

Cute! Tiffany's insecurities remind me of some of my own when I first started wearing make-up. ; ) I especially like the scene with Shannon and Tiffany, though. You did a great job contrasting their personalities. :D

isabelquinn April 15 2011, 03:48:13 UTC

Thanks! :D I'm glad you liked the scene with the two of them, I was worried that would feel out of place.

imamaryanne April 13 2011, 07:33:13 UTC

So cute! It really is very logical to think red is the right lipstick color....

isabelquinn April 15 2011, 04:15:34 UTC

Thanks! :D Oh, it really is.

oneoneohohone April 16 2011, 07:19:54 UTC

i loved it! i find it very daring to write another side of something already written. (i don't know why) but it felt very right, i believed every second of it.

isabelquinn April 16 2011, 13:20:34 UTC

Thank you! I'm glad it was so believable for you :D

luxken27 May 20 2011, 21:51:40 UTC

Better late than never, right?

This is awesome! ♥ Poor Tiffany - eleven is *such* an awkward age. I really get the sense from this piece that she's not ready for all the changes she's trying to force herself to make, but at the same time, she doesn't want to feel left behind her classmates and friends. They're setting an example and she's not really interested, but thinks she should be. I think you captured that sort of in-between awkwardness so nicely.

Even though she's unsure of some things, she has strong opinions about others. This line especially made me smile - Five hours with the bratty Delaney kids last week, and all she had to show for it was a tube of lipstick that she’d probably never have the guts wear. The whole second scene is a great counterpoint to that part of 'Snob'. We know Shannon's not really upset about baby-sitting, either...and you show this breakdown in communication really well ( ... )

isabelquinn May 21 2011, 06:02:50 UTC

she's not ready for all the changes she's trying to force herself to make, but at the same time, she doesn't want to feel left behind her classmates and friends.

That's pretty much exactly what I was going for :D Most paragraphs have something childlike in them (eg "all those years using red crayons to draw lips") because I was trying to get that very idea across :D Thanks!

gloriafan July 31 2011, 21:14:43 UTC

Haha, this was great! Really enjoyed it.

(BTW, that's one of my favorite Full House episodes...LOL.)