Meme!

[fpb]

Stump the writer, swunked from kennahijja.

[1] Go to my list of fics and pick out a line or three from one of my stories.
[2] I will respond with which story of mine I think it's from. I SWEAR I WON'T CHEAT.
[3] A drabble of choice for the first three of you that manage to stump me.

Comments

[mentalguy.livejournal.com]

"Harry was a first-class Seeker; but Viktor was the finest Seeker in a generation."

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Is it from Bodies and Souls?

[mentalguy.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's right.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Oh, and do you think it is "cheating" to just look at the titles of my fics?

[mentalguy.livejournal.com]

I shouldn't think so. Unless you've an unusually good memory, not being allowed to look at titles seems like an unfair disadvantage for a prolific author.

It would be nice if the rules were a bit clearer generally. For example, I assume I'm only given one go at this?

[mentalguy.livejournal.com]

I realized that I am assuming that you had identified the fic, but didn't remember the exact title and needed to consult the title list for that reason.

If you had to resort to looking at titles before remembering the fic at all, then that shouldn't count.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Come to think of it, I can't see why anyone should not have as many goes as they like.

[mentalguy.livejournal.com]

Very well then. I'll try to exercise moderation. :)

[southindian.livejournal.com]

"Their duty was clear."

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Strange Encounter

[southindian.livejournal.com]

Correct.

[kennahijja.livejournal.com]

All the time, Harry was wondering how much danger he was really in. Plain speaking to a potential mortal enemy was not without risk, either

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Harry Potter and the Ice Princess, of course.

P.S.: are you having a sleepless night, or are you in Australia somewhere?

[kennahijja.livejournal.com]

Meh. Knew it wouldn't work :(.

Nah, still in Scotland and subscribing to the 'sleep is for wusses' theory ;).

[fpb.livejournal.com]

A hint: the guy who came closest to stumping me is mentalguy, because he picked a fic I barely ever think of. (I wrote it for a challenge.) I had to review a list of all my titles before I remembered it.

I caught this myself because I had woken up in the middle of the night and could not go back to sleep. I have been having some disturbed sleep patterns of late.

[kennahijja.livejournal.com]

I realised I'm pretty good at this, apart from quotes that come from sex scenes. Those stumped me to no end over on IJ :(.

Hm... going through life in a state of over-tiredness certainly takes care of the sleeplessness issue, but I'd not recommend it.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Neither would I. I have been completely shattered for two weeks now, and look forward to sleeping in all day tomorrow.

(Except, perhaps, for writing one or two essays that have been milling around my head for a while.)

[mentalguy.livejournal.com]

Here's another:

"Mine has poisoned itself after chewing some plastic sheeting, and I need to check some references."

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's a favourite. It's the humorous conclusion of the otherwise grim THE HAMMERING.

[mentalguy.livejournal.com]

Yes.

I thought THE HAMMERING was brilliant, by the way -- very well thought-out and chilling. (If it had one flaw I think it was that your own voice overcame Hermione's for portions of it, but it didn't ruin the effect.)

I'll make my next one harder...

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I would love some reviews. Are you reading them from FA or from ff.net?

[mentalguy.livejournal.com]

I can certainly oblige, as time permits. I've been reading them on both sites, but I have a (barely-used) account on ff.net; I suppose I should dust it off.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

And I agree that Hermione ended up sounding like me - although she does talk like a book in skirts, still a girl of fifteen or so does not quite sound so politically aware. I tried to diminish that by showing that for most of her letter she was quoting, but all the bits about understanding history were her own - that is, mine own. I could not find a way around the problem. You are, however, the first person to bring up this issue.

[mentalguy.livejournal.com]

Two (consecutive) sentences worth of dialogue.

"What happened?"

"Part of it we only found out later."

[fpb.livejournal.com]

That did stump me for a moment. It is the Rabbi telling Rachel about the battle between the Golem and the SS in THE FIRST FEMALE LIBRARIAN.

[mentalguy.livejournal.com]

Yes. I suppose in this case the phrasing of the second sentence is likely to have helped place it.

I'll see if I can find something more generic...

[mentalguy.livejournal.com]

Incidentally, I loved the way that wonder-working Rabbis were integrated into the HP continuity in that story.

[mentalguy.livejournal.com]

All right, here's one more. It is a bit brutal, but you've proven yourself exceptionally good at this.

"Out of what?"

[fpb.livejournal.com]

This time I'm stumped. Name your drabble.

[mentalguy.livejournal.com]

Wow, okay. It was from "The Unexpected Kiss".

For my drabble, I would like to see Odysseus about to set out on his journey with the oar after the events of the Odyssey.