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BittenBuggy



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 12:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I agree with Viv about the acronyms and begging for reviews but what REALLY gets me is this:

"Jack and Jill go up the hill... I'm really awful at summeries but please read!"

I don't think I've ever read one with a summery like that. To me that says : "I don't have enough faith in my writing, so I'll resort to begging!"


And there ends Hannah's weekly rant Cool

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 2:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, those do have a huge DO NOT READ banner on them, don't they? Very Happy

One of the many, many reasons I avoid good ol' ff.net... Wink
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 2:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am ashamed to admit Embarassed that I sometimes go trolling on FF.net to look for certain "gems," based on summaries just like the ones BB and Viv mentioned. It's like one of those movies where you know the killer is lurking in the closet. You know that you shouldn't look, but the temptation is JUST too strong for you to resist.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 3:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

While we're having ffnet confessions...

I will sometimes troll around to see if any of my favorite characters star in some particularly glorious works.

Usually there aren't any.

I shudder to think what I'd find if I was a bigtime Legolas or Frodo fan, though....... Uzi
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 3:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, the last Leggy fic I read on ff.net had him pregnant with Saurons twins.


I stopped after that. Puke

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 5:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Well, the last Leggy fic I read on ff.net had him pregnant with Saurons twins.



Now, what is wrong with that?? Wink

No--I know--it would have been OK if they were Gimli's twins, or maybe Aragorn's , but just because it's Sauron, it's not OK.
Legolas can be off on a booty call with Haldir, Boromir & Treebeard, and that's cool, but add in a flaming eyeball and suddenly---WHAM--it's obscene.

Roll Eyes

I dunnooooooo............ Wink [/i]
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 6:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sometimes I put a paragraph of the actual fic as my description. I happen to think it draws the attention of the reader more.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 6:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BittenBuggy wrote:
Well, the last Leggy fic I read on ff.net had him pregnant with Saurons twins.


I stopped after that. Puke


I wouldn't Yikes! Puke
I really don't want to know any more specifics of that fic. LOL.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 6:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Perhaps I was a bit too vauge...

Legolas is a M-A-L-E... that means no babies. Sorry sick psycho freaks, its just not biologically possible.

Got it? No babies. None. That's it. Period. Sorry.

Gross... Puke



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BittenBuggy wrote:
Legolas is a M-A-L-E



Ooooooooooh. Well, that clears some things up.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BittenBuggy wrote:
Perhaps I was a bit too vauge...

Legolas is a M-A-L-E... that means no babies. Sorry sick psycho freaks, its just not biologically possible.

Got it? No babies. None. That's it. Period. Sorry.

Gross... Puke



Very Happy


Well I once read a luverly Legolas/Glorfindel monstrosity in which our fair haired prince actually spawned a child. Shocked I didn't mean to read it, but it was so horrific that I had to continue on for the sake of scientific research.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 10:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Well I once read a luverly Legolas/Glorfindel monstrosity in which our fair haired prince actually spawned a child.


By whom? Neither one is married. ROFL
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 11:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

And unfortunately that was the problem. Shocked Lego was the mommy and Glori was the daddy. The entire story left me quite uncertain as to what to get for the expectant mother for the baby shower Dummy
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 10:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

sindohte wrote:
And unfortunately that was the problem. Shocked Lego was the mommy and Glori was the daddy. The entire story left me quite uncertain as to what to get for the expectant mother for the baby shower Dummy


A dangerous weapon with which to kill the author.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 01, 2004 4:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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A dangerous weapon with which to kill the author.


Ah, if only, if only... Rolling Eyes
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