Kick my brain? And other notes.

[misscam]

Or more particulary, the part of my brain that does the writing. It's been a bit lazy of late. So, I was thinking - give me a line from one of *your* fanfics you'd like to see in a story of mine. (You will of course be credited with its use if I do use it.) It doesn't have to be from a fandom I write in, though if names are mentioned, it is of course more convenient if it is.

Alternatively, if you're not a fanfic writer, get a line from another source, like a book. Or invent something ;)

Never know what will spark something.

Blah blah work.

Meanwhile, the Israeli ambassador has managed to piss off Norwegian Jews by critizing the Norwegian Royal family for "not being supportive enough" after the shooting against the synagogue. They feel she has no right to speak for Norwegian Jews, which does go to show Israel ain't quite the same as Jews everywhere. Not to mention that going after the Royal family in Norway is always a bad, bad idea. They are generally beloved and Norwegians can get quite fiercly protective.

Man, there are days I think foreigners here need a 'Guide to Norwegians' style thing with everything that isn't in the official guidebooks. Like how asking a Norwegian what they believe is considered almost rude unless you know them well and even then it's a fairly personal question, the concept of "dugnad" (basically, people getting together and doing stuff for free for the benefit of others or society in general. A collective effort for the common good, as it were. It differs from volunteerism in that it's non-organisational and task-specific), why we have two languages (goes all the way back to the Black Death, that) and have given up on joining them, why you do not attack the Royal family and why we have a love-hate relationship with the US and the EU.

Be fun to write, really.

I wish Grey's Anatomy season two was out on DVD already in Europe. I WANT. WHINE WHINE. I've even given in and uploaded some icons. Stupid addictive show.

Finally, 'aww' over Fudge the hamster's story.

Comments

[vandonovan.livejournal.com]

"Every world should be saved by a man in a garland at least once."

(From Obsessions, part five (http://community.livejournal.com/dwliterotica/26610.html))

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Heh, I had to look up 'garland'. So I learned something today too.

[starsong24.livejournal.com]

'The world, she decided, had gone not just insane -she was used to insane -but loony; nevertheless, she was determined to sort it out.

This was probably more the result of posessiveness issues -the 'nobody messes with my boyfriend' one in particular -than any sort of noble, heroic ideal.'

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Where's that from?

Guidebooks

[mad-troll.livejournal.com]

Uh, as far as I know guidebooks to Oslo don't include anything of real interest..the only ones I've found listed shopping places and suchlike.
Those about Norway list mostly trekking ways and skying places. :(

Write one? Pretty pretty please? You said that it would be fun...

Re: Guidebooks

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Heh, perhaps. There's time issues to consider and all. But we'll see.

[ericasj.livejournal.com]

Icon love! They're my favorite couple on Grey's. Hehe. Not enough for OTP, but I like them. :D

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I suck at having OTPs, but they are definitely a preferred pairing. Much, much love.

My, we agree on a ship. Wonders never cease ;)

[canadian-kazz.livejournal.com]

"I knew that if he did touch me, he would only feel the wood of my police box disguise at first. Then he would be able to feel the power inside. He would realise he was touching something with a soul, something alive."

From my fic. Touch, which is the TARDIS' POV of the moment captured in this icon. If you want to use it, feel free to take it out of that POV. (Change the "me" and "my" to "it" or "her.")

[misscam.livejournal.com]

TARDIS POV is quite challening, but in a good way. *pets the TARDIS*

[falena]

You know I love your brain too much to kick it.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

It needs tough love.

[lotus79.livejournal.com]

At the risk of being hypocritical... *kicks your muse*

Blah work, indeed.

I have come up with two for you, so far:
1. He can’t help but tense the muscles in his jaw, knowing this is an indulgence he can no longer allow himself. He should never have allowed it in the first place, but the stakes were not so high at first, and he’d been a more selfish man, then.


2. He closes his eyes as she kisses him, and knowing it must be the last time, he almost allows it to consume him. Finally, she rolls away from him, and both begin to silently gather their clothes.

They are from a Snape/Lily fic that will probably never be finished. Use one or both if the mood takes you. ;)

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Yeah, where's my fanfic? *kicks you back* :P

I remember that fic! You quoted bits at me.

[melliyna.livejournal.com]

“It’s all about the dreams, Rose. You go out there and you start to think that you can create real dreams by mucking with time. It doesn’t do.”

And I'd be very interested to have a genuine Norwegian guidebook. I don't know much about Norway (although I am learning quite a lot about Slovakia, courtesy of having a Slovakian friend this semester) and it's always fun to learn about other countries.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is. And beyond what being a tourist will tell you, you know? Every country's got something particular and often peculiar.

Norway's no exception.

[norwegianne.livejournal.com]

Fuck, the first comment didn't post properly,...

Anyway - Odd Børretzen wrote a book called "How to understand and use a Norwegian": http://www.cappelen.no/main/katalog.aspx?f=1105&isbn=8202230195 Which has its points... Funny, self-deprecating book.

And you never insult the royal family as a foreigner, never. Norwegians might do it, but it is mostly tongue-in-cheek stuff... mostly.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I think I heard of that one, vaguely. Shall have a look. He is a funny guy, in a certain way.

Heh. I think Norwegians feel free to lightly mock as a sign of love, but when foreigners do it, it tends to be seen as critisism.

[ressie-noldo.livejournal.com]

"There is an acrid edge to the air, a smell of wet smoke and something else he cannot place – linens, perhaps, mingling with lavender."

Which is far from being a very good line, but it's one of the few I've written which is less than fifty words long. (That probably says a lot about my writing habits.)

Alternatively, there is always the rather awesome T. S. Eliot line 'the clock has stopped in the dark', which has been nagging at me to write it into Doctor Who fic for a while now.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Bit fond of the long sentences, like Dickens?

The T.S Eliot line is very evocative, particulary concerning the nature of Time Lords. Humhum.

[y2jdingo.livejournal.com]

[name] moved strictly on autopilot. If he didn’t he would crack. He’d split right down the middle, his brain splitting and his sanity turning to nothing but dust and memory.

From my fic New In Town, chapter nine. Probably be best if you have an overdramatic character.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

OMG!Dramalama?

[greyladybast.livejournal.com]

Instead, she held herself as one looking to confess, or perhaps confirm, what they suspect may be a dangerous secret.

That's from Encounter in Sue Minor: Shuichi, which is a Yu Yu Hakusho* fic that will most likely never be finished. Actually, I'd had the vague idea to make Encounter in Sue Minor a massive observational crossover metafic series, but that's unlikely to happen, either. Anyway, I like the line and I think you can turn it into whatever you like, so there it is.

Also, you should totally write the Guide to Norwegians. It sounds like an awesome read.

Bast


*the only anime series I ever truly got into...

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I never got into anime at all. Maybe I lack the right brain components. Or something. I've had friends try to get me into it and never suceed. Ah well.

We shall see, yes.

[lyricalviolet.livejournal.com]

She suspects the things they protect each other from could fill an ocean. from Chapter Two of my story "Rescue Me".

Or if you're in the mood for something smutty, and specifically writing for Doctor Who, feel free to snag either one of these:

-Nine hundred year old Time Lords know how to make a woman scream. He'd been sure she'd screamed so loudly that Jack would come running. Jack didn't, and Rose eventually took the opportunity to pull some rather loud noises out of him as well.

-"Oi!" That does it. One mention of Jacqueline Andrea Suzette Prentice Tyler and his penis deflates like a flan in the cupboard. He jumps to his feet and scowls at her. "That was not fair."

(both from Chapter Three of "Rescue Me")

[misscam.livejournal.com]

*snorts at the last one* Poor Doctor, truly. His penis has Issues.

[wendymr.livejournal.com]

Dugnad sounds both fascinating and enviable. I like Norway :)

Fic lines... interesting challenge, both in finding something that might even vaguely spark interest in your brain and be a bit more challenging/intriguing than a straight shippy line. But I chose this:

It's supposed to represent a family, and in a way [she] can't help but feel that's appropriate. The family [he] doesn't have on Earth; the family [she] wants him to feel that he does have.

It's from a Lois and Clark fic of mine called Lonely This Christmas, though the source is hardly important.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Clark does have some similarities with the Doctor, as that line shows. Though they certainly have their differences too ;)

*pets wee Norway*

[--kali--.livejournal.com]

Fudge = awwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I know. Aww indeed.

[aervir.livejournal.com]

If your muse needs even more kicking, here's a line from a LOTR ficlet of mine:

"These dry chronicles were not written with ink, but, until all wars are ended, with the blood of ordinary men."

And I originally wanted to ask about the difference between nynorsk and bokmal, but falena84 beat me to it.

If you ever wanted to post on the folklore of your country (not Norse mythology, but folk-tales and fairy-tales), that would be awesome.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you interested in that? We do have gathered fairy tales, somewhat like the Brothers Grimm did, but decidedly Norwegian. Trolls and nisser and huldra and all that.

I'll do a post on some Norwegain stuff maybe, since it sounds like some people are interested.

[sarie-gamgee.livejournal.com]

why we have two languages (goes all the way back to the Black Death, that)

Two forms of Norwegian, you mean? I'm looking forward to reading the links you're planning to post about it. Sounds very interesting.

I totally agree on your idea of "Guide to *add your nationality here*". We keep getting Erasmus/exchange students who are totally shocked to discover that people in Barcelona don't speak Spanish on a daily basis (and lessons are not taught in Spanish). Same with the variety of cultures within the country, because some people think we all dance flamenco and eat paella.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Yeah, two versions. They are similar enough that we understand each other, but despire many tries, we've never managed to agree on one version. So, bokmål and nynorsk remain.

Heh. I'm sure some Norwegians think that too, but since quite a few Norwegians buy houses down there when they retire, we have a bit more cultural exchange with Spain than we would otherwise. We learn.

[bluerosefairy.livejournal.com]

People shouldn’t be capable of turning those colors.

It's from an unfinished story of mine, but I thought it'd be appropriate for Whofic. Which is what you're writing, right?

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Probably, though CSI fic is another option.

[robin-2370-hood.livejournal.com]

I don't really write fanfic. Oddly enough the only line I can think of right now is
"my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die." Which is from the Princess Bride. I doubt it was of any help, but I tried.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Heh. Well, you never know what might be useful.

Thanks.

[littlezink.livejournal.com]

Well, this isn't a single line so much as a chorus that usually makes me think of the Doctor and Rose...

And when the sky is falling,
don't look outside the window.
Step back and hear I'm calling.
Give up, don't take the fast road.
It's just your doubt that binds you.
Just drop those thoughts behind you now.
Change your mind.
Let go too soon.

Full lyrics can be found here:
http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/allamericanrejects/changeyourmind.html

[misscam.livejournal.com]

You like the band, then?

[elvea-aure.livejournal.com]

Grey's Anatomy... I hate how I have to wait a whole week between episodes. :(

[misscam.livejournal.com]

ME TOO. This is why I want season two on DVD (we're about eight episodes in, I think.)

[mademoisellenon.livejournal.com]

I *told* you you were going to LURVE it!! It's the best EVVVARRRR!!! *fangirls*

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Best ever it is not. But it is good enough.

[siraj.livejournal.com]

Grey's Anatomy Season 2, huh? *puts it on his Christmas list under "stuff to get Cam"*

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Aww. Might be out before then in the UK though, or so I'm hoping.