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Roisin
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Action/Adventure and Romance in the right proportions, with a liberal helping of Angst, preferably with an eventual happy ending.
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dolarabee
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According to Merriam-Webster online:
a feeling of anxiety, apprehension, or insecurity.
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Roisin
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I usually think of it as emotional turmoil or suffering.
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Hathor
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I like stories that have a bit of everything in even balance, although I'm a sucker for slashy stories that end tragically.
Hell, as long as the characterisation's good, I'll read it.
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NancyBrooke
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| Good character exploration - I don't care what the situation is so long as I learn something new about the characters or get to think of them in a new light. |
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Coreinha1980
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2003 12:45 pm Post subject: |
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I enjoy all the things mentioned here, exept for the slash 
The stuff I really enjoy is well written angst fics, with plenty of action, a bit of mystery and good characterization.
I really love to know how the characters are feeling, and I really try to put that into my fics!
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Ellbee
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I adore good smut. I love rip-roaring action, which is actually kind of hard to find in fanfiction. And I'm a real sucker for clever dialogue, also hard to find. But I have the ability to like almost anything, if it's done well. -Ell
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catmorgan
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all of the above, definitely.
But I also like stories with character growth--a stagnant character is a boring read. I love UST, too. 
mmmm....legolas
the easterling really fits my bill. 
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Scribe
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| catmorgan wrote: | all of the above, definitely.
But I also like stories with character growth--a stagnant character is a boring read. I love UST, too.
mmmm....legolas
the easterling really fits my bill.
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Roisin
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Bickering as foreplay. I was raised on Moonlighting, When Harry Met Sally, and the like. 
Speaking of Legolas, not that anyone was, there's a great picture of him in this week's Entertainment Weekly. He's looking quite Legolicious.
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sindohte
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2003 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Roisin wrote: | | Bickering as foreplay. |
There is certainly something to be said about that. One of my favorite movies with lots of bickering is 10 Things I Hate About You. Heath Ledger & Julia Stiles - wow, great chemistry.
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Roisin
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I don't know if you ever saw a production of Much Ado about Nothing, but it is much the same principle. The movie was quite good, too.
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sindohte
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Nope, haven't seen Much Ado About Nothing, but I do know it has an excellent cast. All of this talk about Shakespeare just made me remember that there was a Moonlighting episode based on the Taming of the Shrew. Very excellent episode. I miss that show so much. When will it ever come out on DVD?
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Tripsoverhercats
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:Laughs:
I remember that episode! It ended with them all screaming "I hate Iambic Pentameter!"
I prefer stories that either stay away from source material, or flow around it, covering aspects and characters only hinted at in the books. I've got half a dozen plot bunnies leaping around right now from things gleaned from a single line, or offhand mention in the appendix.
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Gavalandrea
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2003 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Much Ado About Nothing was the best. One of my all-time favorites. And having Denzel in it didn't hurt either. |
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