I hope you are having as much fun tonight as I did! Guess what, it is three in the morning here! That is late. But not too late to be tipsy and open a word document. Guess what times TWO, I have written 5000 words since I last sent monsters to you. That seems a very strange thing to say. It sounds sort of like, "Guess what? It has been twelve days since I sent syphilis to you! Fancy that." But it is not the same because syphilis is bad and gay fiction is good. Unless it leads to syphilis. Then it is bad, simply by default. D:
Anyway, STALKER, NO TALKING, FUNNY STORY. Tech-i-nically, don't you have it as a reminder in your journal already? Or do you write an entry and then leave it to fend for itself in the wilds of cyberspace, never to help it again? Like a mother flinging her offspring out into the cold, cruel world.
PS - I love Peach Schnapps, even though if you say its name really fast it sounds like Peach Snots. In fact, that is what I am calling it now, just to gross people out. Until the day someone happily obliges me when I say, "I would like some peach snots," because then it would be icky and beyond the bounds of civility. I think. I don't want to test this out with the Welsh. TERROR.
By all means! It is a hilarious Southern-ism that I pilfered from my Grandmother. I think it would scandalize her to know I use it after I have been swilling the stuff, but kay sirrah sirrah.
Maybe I'll have to write another Az drabble. 9.9 He's the only Lush I have, and he's... well... >.> a major demon, not a devil, but close enough for government work? ^^;;;
Haha, or you could just invent an entirely new story about some green young thing trying to enforce prohibition, who then wanders into an entirely seedy bar filled with hardened, alcoholic soldiers. Or something. ;3
Well, the naive prohibitionist could be the youngest prince trying to do Some Good for the kingdom, and the soldier he meets could be a snarky battle wizard, frustrated by the prince's idealism but strangely drawn in by his youthful enthusiasm and sweet nature. Also, they could fight a demon that tries to manipulate people by magic that looks like "drunken intoxication."
>.> I seem to be having trouble with sweet and enthusiastic princes lately. >.> I am so blaming M. ¬ ¬ I went from Cute Fluffy Selan to a bunch of crazy Snarky boys. This is all her fault...
Ha, you could try the best of both worlds! I always equate the Snarky/Nice pairing with the Sugar/Spice pairing. But yes, I have noticed a general upward trend in the Snark Factor. I think Sigma just barely skirts under the radar of entirely snarky. I say aim for a character that isn't smart at all, just endearing. I always find that the cleverer I make a character, the more bitchy they get. I think it is because they see the ridiculousness of the world and need to vent. Whereas, sunshine and rose-colored glasses character would float dreamily along like Gaiman's Delirium.
Sigma? *blink* Sigma's like the anti-snark. o.o;; Tau Ceti, on the other hand... >.>;;
And I do have a not-real-bright cute fluffy prince in Herb, who I just got to revisit in a drabble and... ^^;; He's adorable, really, but I can see why I keep leaning toward snark. *headshake* Beldon so needs to make that boy an IQ potion or something...
Really? I always suspect that there is quiet snark lurking under Sigma's surface. Tau is just overt about it. I picture Sigma as the type who stays quiet and then every once in a while delivers one of those comments or rejoinders that has everyone going, "Damn and blast."
I do like Herb. He was terribly dweeby, but cuddly. He is just so very normal and Beldon is not. Always these stories of Gay Luv we write are about terribly important, fantastic, different people. Herb was refreshing. I can see him providing what I like to call the "five-year-old perspective" for Beldon -- because don't sweet, dumb little kids sometimes say the darndest things? ;D
Sigma is... 9.9 Complex. I get to delve deeper into his psyche in my needs-to-be-started drabble for M. ^^; I don't think he's the type to snark much, but he is very intelligent and can deliver one hell of a rejoinder if need be. 9.9 Hmm... *ponderponder*
*grin* Yes, Herb is fun because he's so clueless, but then he's so right about a wide variety of complicated concepts. ^^;; But still, I sure wouldn't want to try to deal with him on a daily basis. Power to Beldon for managing. ^^;;
Eeexcellent. Complicated is more often than not amazing. Especially if we just get surface glimpses and are left to puzzle out just how deep a character is. ;)
Somehow, I think it would be worse if Beldon had someone just as stubborn and intelligent and arrogant as himself. Mutual destruction: guaranteed.
I think Sigma as a man would have stagnated if he hadn't met Tau Ceti and learned to think... creatively. ^^; Now, he's slowly changing into the man he's meant to be. What that is.... >.> only Pyotr knows for certain. Because Pyotr knows all. *nod* ^________^
*snicker* This is very true. Herb is probably the only person on the planet capable of getting along with him for more than five minutes at a time. ^.~
Hm, yeah, I'd actually agree with that. I bought his "change" in attitude, something I usually find hard to do. Not because it was a drastic change but a logical change. Like he was growing as a person. And then of course, you know he is still perfectly capable of resorting to his original self-reliant ways, in the "rescue" mission the crew undertakes to get him. That was a nice moment. XD
I debated about it for a long time before deciding that no one could possibly live and sleep with Tau Ceti and still maintain that rigid, by-the-books attitude. ^^; So he had to change. I'm glad it worked well enough, and Sigma's "rescue" made me giggle insanely. I'd spent the whole story with him in captivity and he absolutely refused to sit still any longer. ^^;; Heh.
Yeah, it definitely made sense. It's what people do naturally anyway, right? Grow and change? I sure think so. Go Sigma! *pom-poms*
The rescue was great. He was just like, "Well, that is enough of that. Good thing they forgot to confiscate my can-opener because I am fixin' to crack open this can of whoop-ass."
Indeed. ^^ I am afraid I must cut this comment jamboree short because it is nearly six in the morning, and I need to go watch large rugby men beat the shit out of each other at half one. So few hours of sleep combined with inevitable rugby pints probably means more drunken rambling later. Heavens-to-Betsy!
Well, if I'm rambling drunkenly that means you can drink all the hot-chocolate-with-marshmallows your heart desires and still emerge the more sane.
Sadly, the only cute rugby boys are those playing their very first game ever. After that, their noses are broken so many times they usually wind up somewhere above their left eye, and they keep the tooth fairy busy enough that she has to hire part-time help. ;) They do, however, perform this wonderful maneuver known as a "scrum line" which I like to call "the big rugby man-hug." It is a thing to see.
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Date: 2007-02-10 03:25 am (UTC)Anyway, STALKER, NO TALKING, FUNNY STORY. Tech-i-nically, don't you have it as a reminder in your journal already? Or do you write an entry and then leave it to fend for itself in the wilds of cyberspace, never to help it again? Like a mother flinging her offspring out into the cold, cruel world.
PS - I love Peach Schnapps, even though if you say its name really fast it sounds like Peach Snots. In fact, that is what I am calling it now, just to gross people out. Until the day someone happily obliges me when I say, "I would like some peach snots," because then it would be icky and beyond the bounds of civility. I think. I don't want to test this out with the Welsh. TERROR.
Um, bye.
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Date: 2007-02-10 04:28 am (UTC)Or, y'know, whatever. *sly look*
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Date: 2007-02-10 04:47 am (UTC)And I do have a not-real-bright cute fluffy prince in Herb, who I just got to revisit in a drabble and... ^^;; He's adorable, really, but I can see why I keep leaning toward snark. *headshake* Beldon so needs to make that boy an IQ potion or something...
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Date: 2007-02-10 04:54 am (UTC)I do like Herb. He was terribly dweeby, but cuddly. He is just so very normal and Beldon is not. Always these stories of Gay Luv we write are about terribly important, fantastic, different people. Herb was refreshing. I can see him providing what I like to call the "five-year-old perspective" for Beldon -- because don't sweet, dumb little kids sometimes say the darndest things? ;D
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Date: 2007-02-10 05:02 am (UTC)*grin* Yes, Herb is fun because he's so clueless, but then he's so right about a wide variety of complicated concepts. ^^;; But still, I sure wouldn't want to try to deal with him on a daily basis. Power to Beldon for managing. ^^;;
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Date: 2007-02-10 05:05 am (UTC)Somehow, I think it would be worse if Beldon had someone just as stubborn and intelligent and arrogant as himself. Mutual destruction: guaranteed.
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Date: 2007-02-10 05:08 am (UTC)*snicker* This is very true. Herb is probably the only person on the planet capable of getting along with him for more than five minutes at a time. ^.~
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Date: 2007-02-10 05:28 am (UTC)Definitely.
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Date: 2007-02-10 05:41 am (UTC)The rescue was great. He was just like, "Well, that is enough of that. Good thing they forgot to confiscate my can-opener because I am fixin' to crack open this can of whoop-ass."
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Date: 2007-02-10 05:45 am (UTC)Pretty much. ^^;; Heehee. I so love my badass warrior types. ^________^
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Date: 2007-02-10 05:52 am (UTC)If there are any cute rugby men, take pictures! ^__________^
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Date: 2007-02-10 05:59 am (UTC)Sadly, the only cute rugby boys are those playing their very first game ever. After that, their noses are broken so many times they usually wind up somewhere above their left eye, and they keep the tooth fairy busy enough that she has to hire part-time help. ;) They do, however, perform this wonderful maneuver known as a "scrum line" which I like to call "the big rugby man-hug." It is a thing to see.
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Date: 2007-02-10 06:03 am (UTC)o.o;; .... >.>;; Sports people are weird. Maybe if you carefully took pictures of just the important parts and cropped off their heads... 9.9