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niki_chidon) wrote2009-02-03 08:18 am
niki_chidon) wrote2009-02-03 08:18 am
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Fic Meme
Post the first line from your last 25 fanfics and try to find a pattern.
1. It was obvious that what had woken her up were the explosions that made the whole place shake. (Knights of the Old Republic: Nights of the Old Republic)
2. Depending on how you define things, people have been living, dying and getting born in Antarctica for a couple of centuries. (National Treasure: From the Cold and Frost)
3. Love at first sight is cool. (Enchanted: Five Ways Reality Beats Fairytales by Queen Nancy)
4. No, seriously. (Enchanted: P.S. Three Ways Fairytales Beat Reality, Also by Queen Nancy)
5. Commander Seri Shepard was... intriguing. (Mass Effect: Scars)
6. It was Chora's Den with its Asari dancers that started it. (Mass Effect: and a harder down than stone)
7. Sean leaned on the table, glad to get out of the role for a second, and be able to stop limping – on a healthy man it would only work to aggravate the nerves and he wasn't looking forward to more days of it, especially not with the added pain. (RPS: Motivations)
8. 'A tame wolf'. (Gabriel Knight: Angels in Thy Soul)
9. In the beginning... (Gabriel Knight: Pen's B-day ficlet)
10. New Orleans had been easy. (Gabriel Knight: Need)
11. To be tortured by someone you have loved, someone who has loved you - he couldn't imagine worse pain. (KotOR: I Am You)
12. One might say I am obsessed. (National Treasure: Secure the Blessings)
13. Animal. (WWE: Animal)
14. "I... how can I describe all that you mean to me, Han?---" (Star Wars: Rain)
15. I know this is a dream. (Highlander: the Series: the Dream)
16. Backup throws the soft cover book she was reading away with a violent gesture. (CI5: The New Professionals: Free day)
17. Had she believed in such things, Miss Parker could have considered the oppressing dream she had had an omen for the day. (The Pretender: The Good-Morrow)
18. "He was your friend – Trevelyan. --" (James Bond GoldenEye: Everything)
19. Hey, love. (KotOR: Opposite of Forever)
20. Okay, so he was bored. (National Treasure: The Age of Fire and Gravel)
21. The one memory that haunted him the most was of something he didn't even know for sure had ever happened. (National Treasure: A More Perfect Union)
22. I suppose I knew it would happen, sooner or later. (KotOR: Unsuccesfully Coping with the Natural Beauty of Infidelity)
23. I wake up to a kiss. (WWE: Breakfast in Bed)
24. "Hey Luke, you ever wonder..." (Star Wars: Altered Visions)
25. It had sounded so perfect when Lita had given him the recipe. (WWE: Chocolate Covered... Bunnies?)
Hmmm, patterns. Obviously, not beginning with full sentences;) (Well, 5 out 25 are not but they do stand out.) Only three start with speech (and one of those is an actual quote from the movie), and quite a few are in first person.
Three start with a name, four with 'I' (8 with pronouns), 7 had just about enough info to guess the fandom. Three mention a place.
Surprisingly, only two start with waking up. (Three if you count the one that infers waking up, more if you count metaphorical waking ups.)
I am surprised that half seem to be in present tense. I honestly thought most would in past tense. Shows what I know...;) I also use ellipses a lot.
One pattern to all? I obviously try to begin with something that would keep me reading. Straight to the point, no waxing lyrical on the place or endless descriptions.
1. It was obvious that what had woken her up were the explosions that made the whole place shake. (Knights of the Old Republic: Nights of the Old Republic)
2. Depending on how you define things, people have been living, dying and getting born in Antarctica for a couple of centuries. (National Treasure: From the Cold and Frost)
3. Love at first sight is cool. (Enchanted: Five Ways Reality Beats Fairytales by Queen Nancy)
4. No, seriously. (Enchanted: P.S. Three Ways Fairytales Beat Reality, Also by Queen Nancy)
5. Commander Seri Shepard was... intriguing. (Mass Effect: Scars)
6. It was Chora's Den with its Asari dancers that started it. (Mass Effect: and a harder down than stone)
7. Sean leaned on the table, glad to get out of the role for a second, and be able to stop limping – on a healthy man it would only work to aggravate the nerves and he wasn't looking forward to more days of it, especially not with the added pain. (RPS: Motivations)
8. 'A tame wolf'. (Gabriel Knight: Angels in Thy Soul)
9. In the beginning... (Gabriel Knight: Pen's B-day ficlet)
10. New Orleans had been easy. (Gabriel Knight: Need)
11. To be tortured by someone you have loved, someone who has loved you - he couldn't imagine worse pain. (KotOR: I Am You)
12. One might say I am obsessed. (National Treasure: Secure the Blessings)
13. Animal. (WWE: Animal)
14. "I... how can I describe all that you mean to me, Han?---" (Star Wars: Rain)
15. I know this is a dream. (Highlander: the Series: the Dream)
16. Backup throws the soft cover book she was reading away with a violent gesture. (CI5: The New Professionals: Free day)
17. Had she believed in such things, Miss Parker could have considered the oppressing dream she had had an omen for the day. (The Pretender: The Good-Morrow)
18. "He was your friend – Trevelyan. --" (James Bond GoldenEye: Everything)
19. Hey, love. (KotOR: Opposite of Forever)
20. Okay, so he was bored. (National Treasure: The Age of Fire and Gravel)
21. The one memory that haunted him the most was of something he didn't even know for sure had ever happened. (National Treasure: A More Perfect Union)
22. I suppose I knew it would happen, sooner or later. (KotOR: Unsuccesfully Coping with the Natural Beauty of Infidelity)
23. I wake up to a kiss. (WWE: Breakfast in Bed)
24. "Hey Luke, you ever wonder..." (Star Wars: Altered Visions)
25. It had sounded so perfect when Lita had given him the recipe. (WWE: Chocolate Covered... Bunnies?)
Hmmm, patterns. Obviously, not beginning with full sentences;) (Well, 5 out 25 are not but they do stand out.) Only three start with speech (and one of those is an actual quote from the movie), and quite a few are in first person.
Three start with a name, four with 'I' (8 with pronouns), 7 had just about enough info to guess the fandom. Three mention a place.
Surprisingly, only two start with waking up. (Three if you count the one that infers waking up, more if you count metaphorical waking ups.)
I am surprised that half seem to be in present tense. I honestly thought most would in past tense. Shows what I know...;) I also use ellipses a lot.
One pattern to all? I obviously try to begin with something that would keep me reading. Straight to the point, no waxing lyrical on the place or endless descriptions.