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From haleysings. Couldn't resist.
The Better Than It Sounds Meme
1. Write up misleading summaries for 10 properties.
2. Post them to your blog.
3. Have people guess.
4. Cross out those that are correctly guessed.
For some reason these all came out sounding like headlines on The Onion. Three are anime, three are comics/manga, two are book series, one is a movie, and one is a play.
1. Girl falls in love with a drug addict who grabs her on the bus.
2. In the future, everybody shops at Hot Topic and nobody has health insurance.
3. God creates universe without realizing it, becomes bored and depressed.
4. Boy has 168 hours to kill seven angels and become God.
5. Guy spends seven years committing suicide in the most meticulous and obscure manner possible.
6. Guy spends twenty years cooking elaborate seafood dish, invites friends over for party.
7. Guy stalked relentlessly by local crazy woman ends up shooting her cousin and having a nervous breakdown. It's a love story.
8. Beautiful blonde purple-eyed teenage girl copes with her sad past by going on a quest with her cute little pet dragons.
9. Young girl discovers that accepting jewelry from a creepy old man has unforseen repercussions.
10. Girl offered chance to save world decides "Screw that," goes to live in jungle with guy who wears worm skins.
1. Oniisama E, guessed by tl__dr
2. Repo! The Genetic Opera, guessed by festive_gray
3. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, guessed by serenity_winner
4. Keys to the Kingdom by Garth Nix, guessed by festive_gray
5.
6. Watchmen, guessed by tl__dr
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9. Princess Tutu, guessed by psychoe
10. Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind (manga), guessed by festive_gray
The Better Than It Sounds Meme
1. Write up misleading summaries for 10 properties.
2. Post them to your blog.
3. Have people guess.
4. Cross out those that are correctly guessed.
For some reason these all came out sounding like headlines on The Onion. Three are anime, three are comics/manga, two are book series, one is a movie, and one is a play.
1. Girl falls in love with a drug addict who grabs her on the bus.
2. In the future, everybody shops at Hot Topic and nobody has health insurance.
3. God creates universe without realizing it, becomes bored and depressed.
4. Boy has 168 hours to kill seven angels and become God.
5. Guy spends seven years committing suicide in the most meticulous and obscure manner possible.
6. Guy spends twenty years cooking elaborate seafood dish, invites friends over for party.
7. Guy stalked relentlessly by local crazy woman ends up shooting her cousin and having a nervous breakdown. It's a love story.
8. Beautiful blonde purple-eyed teenage girl copes with her sad past by going on a quest with her cute little pet dragons.
9. Young girl discovers that accepting jewelry from a creepy old man has unforseen repercussions.
10. Girl offered chance to save world decides "Screw that," goes to live in jungle with guy who wears worm skins.
1. Oniisama E, guessed by tl__dr
2. Repo! The Genetic Opera, guessed by festive_gray
3. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, guessed by serenity_winner
4. Keys to the Kingdom by Garth Nix, guessed by festive_gray
5.
6. Watchmen, guessed by tl__dr
7.
8.
9. Princess Tutu, guessed by psychoe
10. Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind (manga), guessed by festive_gray