Comments | telesilla: tiny rant about a peeve of mine

telesilla

tiny rant about a peeve of mine

Feb 09, 2006 22:04

OK you know what? When people declare their love for each other they do not use full names.

THEY JUST DON'T.

I'm so tired of reading fic where people say "I love you Joe Patrick Smith!" And the reply is "And I love you Ted Allen Jones!"

People do not talk like that, OK?

OK.

ETA: Apparently some people do. I still loathe it in fic.

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capra_maritimus February 10 2006, 07:03:15 UTC

I could see someone doing it for the comedy of it. LOL

*****

"I love you, Dominic Patrick Bernard Luke Han Chewbacca Sblomie Monaghan."

"Impressive. Most impressive. But you forgot to fit 'Sexy English Beast' in there."

"Hmm. It doesn't scan all that well, Dom."

"Well, I love you, too, William Whinging Lazy Arse Boyd."

"Excuse me? Lazy? My whinging arse worked bloody hard for you today."

"Mmmmmm. That it did. That it did."

;D

almostnever February 10 2006, 07:12:38 UTC

Heeee!

capra_maritimus February 10 2006, 07:34:08 UTC

Awwww, cute icon. :D

telesilla February 10 2006, 07:17:39 UTC

*dies* Funneh!!!!

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bkm5191 February 10 2006, 07:19:53 UTC

If I ever did that to himself he'd leave me.

Mind you I do call him "Dr Lee" (now Prof. Lee) as a joke. But in the height of passion? Aren't you supposed to start kissing right after you?

"I love you Viggo Peter.... mummph" Now that's a kiss.

telesilla February 10 2006, 07:24:46 UTC

When people do it with Viggo's name, they often leave out the Jr. Too bad, 'cause talk about comedy gold.

virtuistic February 10 2006, 07:58:41 UTC

Heh. I think they might've in the 40's. At least in musicals. XD

telesilla February 10 2006, 08:09:17 UTC

Now I can't stop thinking of "I wish I knew how to quit you, Tom Underlay."

*giggles*

And yeah you get it in ficiton a lot, not just crappy fan fic.

eljuno February 10 2006, 08:50:17 UTC

I did, once. But the girl in question had what I then considered to be one of the coolest names ever and I just sorta liked saying it. Also? Was totally 16.

However, most of the romantic 'I know this from experience' type things I can say are of the 'Don't date anyone who's got a restraining order out on them from a Rocky Horror cast' or 'bad poets == bad idea' type so, well. I may not be the universe's best example of ANYTHING.

helsmeta February 10 2006, 16:41:48 UTC

The whole thing reminds me of something my mom used to call me (and in fact still does when she's in a particularly cute mood): "[firstname] [middlename] [maidenname] Gerbil Pigeon Muffin Cookie." *g* (It has not been updated with my married name, which amuses me to no end.)

Grant has called me by my entire (maiden) name once: when he proposed. I can literally go months without hearing my real first name, because so many people call me "Sheepie" or "Sheep" in real life.