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[phosfate]

The writin' meme: Post the first lines from each of your 25 most recent fanfic pieces and try to find a pattern.



Um. They have...vowels? And those other kind of letters, the hard ones? Continents!

They're all Hot Fuzz unless it says otherwise. Goes back to 2005, but you still miss the Phantom Menace play in the style of Samuel Beckett.

1. Like some avenging...angel, the swan appeared in the rear-view mirror, looking very, very shirty. (The Silent Partner)

2. When you looked at it a certain way, the whole thing was Nicholas Angel's fault. (Mr Staker's Holiday -- viedma and I both hammered on this sentence for months)

3. The NWA were some of the strangest customers the Crown Prosecution Service had ever dealt with. (A Boy's Book of Practical Magic to Mystify, Baffle and Entertain)

4. FANDOM: The Star Wars universe. Though I think calling it a 'fandom' is in many ways demeaning to George Lucas' vision. 'Imaginarium' might be a better term, or 'shared dreamworld.' (Garth Marenghi's "Prelude to More Revenge of a Sith" [Garth Marenghi's Darkplace/Revenge of the Sith])

5. "Agrafollyerbs. Argrafollyerbs." ("Mornspare")

6. Bass thumping as loud as local ordinances permitted, Mrs Upholder's van pulled into its usual spot in the Market Square. (June 30th [HF/Doctor Who])

7. It was a lovely spring evening in Sandford. (Stars Fall on Sandford)

8. "I fuckin' hate fuckin' sheep so fuckin' much," said Andy Wainwright. (Lambs)

9. His heart was small and hard and black, made from a bit of clay stamped with arcane symbols. (Curse of the Cuddly Monkey!)

10. Monday is the day new videos are released. (Celt Teffnan Against the World Crime League)

11. "Nicholas." (Christmas Number One)

12. Constructing quarter-scale trebuchet in Callahan Park. (Danny Butterman's Terrible Ideas)

13. They were a police force -- service -- in the sense that they technically existed. (The Bellman's Map)

14. "It would appear the heavens have opened." (Five Things that Never Happened in Sandford, Gloucestershire)

15. There are times in a person's life when simple patience is rewarded with advancement. (Behold a Pale Horsie)

16. The theme for the evening is cognitive dissonance. (Crazy)

17. Danny Butterman was in love. (She's Really Called Rosemary)

18. They're tired, cold, and wet, wrapped in waffly, ineffectual blankets. (Blue Fury)

19. Many years ago, in Kyoto, there lived a young boy named Nikorasu. (Shonen Jump presents "Fiery New Bear Ronin Squad!")

20. "I want to do what you do." (Faithful Departed)

21. It's not an easy thing for an action film fan to admit, but Tarantino wasn't Danny Butterman's favorite. (Changing Rooms)

22. Euphemisms for Sex that Danny Butterman is Never, Ever Allowed to Use Again: (Tacked to the Fridge)

23. It was, as the fellow had said, another beautiful day in God's country. (Don't)

24. Once, in primary school, Katie Aaronson (Aaron A.'s dad's stepsister, who married Jimmy from the newsagent's) had put a large saucepan over Danny Butterman's head and banged on it with a wooden block. (Turkey with Fireworks)

25. Once upon a time, Harry Potter went to Boston, or possibly Chicago, I can't really tell, and was killed by a mugger. (My First Harry Potter/Crossing Jordan Story!)

Comments

[goddessdster.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's quite a collection. I do not have that many fanfics. In fact, including original stories, I have (counts 7...8...12?) 13 total. And one is a Phantom Menace story.

"That monster is evil!" Mulder cried.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

If it'd gone back a leeeeeeetle further, there would've been a half dozen or so that started "Once upon a time." But with more corpses being eaten than is usual for stories starting with "Once upon a time."

Re: "That monster is evil!" Mulder cried.

[goddessdster.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah. I have those too. But they all have horses in them.