Jan. 14th, 2008

rionaleonhart: final fantasy x-2: the sun is rising, yuna looks to the future. (against the cortina)
Yesterday, I went to visit [livejournal.com profile] th_esaurus, and I have come to the conclusion - based mainly, I have to admit, on his style of dress and the peculiar shadows he had around his eyes in some of the pictures she showed me - that Miles Edgeworth is a vampire. JUST SO YOU KNOW. I would very much like [livejournal.com profile] th_esaurus to write about Vampire Edgeworth meeting Zombie Piers Morgan, but alas it is probably not to be.

We also raced remote-control Daleks down the corridor, because we are gigantic children (it was amazing), and then I went home and dreamt that [livejournal.com profile] twilit_wanderer came to my house, took me, my family and Radek Zelenka (who was there despite my having watched exactly one episode of Stargate Atlantis) hostage, and then stole all our things. NOT THE MOST SUCCESSFUL LJ-PERSON MEETUP, THEN. I am sorry, [livejournal.com profile] twilit_wanderer; I am sure you are a perfectly lovely person in real life and do not deserve this slander from my subconscious.

P.S. RD, keep me updated on how Canis Canem Edit goes? The little of it I saw looked fairly hilarious.
rionaleonhart: final fantasy x-2: the sun is rising, yuna looks to the future. (so happy together)
Today, I received a letter from the Doctor. It is written on beautiful paper and contains a drawing of a Dalek in a hat.

I also received a letter from [livejournal.com profile] draegonhawke, which contains many extracts from some severely awesome-looking fanfics about the Doctor and the Master. My favourite of the lines is probably 'He unfolds it and it's another note, but this one only says [Fuck you] eighty-seven times.'

It has been a good day for post. Strange, admittedly, but good. Thank you for writing, [livejournal.com profile] draegonhawke and unexpected Time Lord!

In other news, I have been considering perhaps having a silly LJ game in which everyone suggests truly terrible opening lines for fanfics ('Jeremy Clarkson had been weeping uncontrollably for three days now', for example, or 'Ash knew it was wrong, but he couldn't deny his feelings for Pikachu any longer'). I was going to suggest that everyone should then pick someone else's suggestion and try to write the fanfic it opens well, or at least plausibly, but, now that I think about it, we should probably not put any more Ash/Pikachu fanfiction than absolutely necessary into the world. That said, if you really want to adopt a terrible opening line, please do!

SO. Suggest some truly appalling opening lines for fanfics in the comments. It could be fun, right? If you feel that you need some inspiration, I'd suggest that you take a look at the entries for the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest.