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Damn stupid meme
If you happen to be working on some creative writing project, fanfiction or NaNoWriMo or what have you, post exactly one sentence from each of your current work(s) in progress in your journal. It should probably be your favourite or most intriguing sentence so far, but what you choose is entirely your discretion. Mention the title (and genre) if you like, but don't mention anything else -- this is merely to whet the general appetite for your forthcoming work(s).
Well, you asked for it...
A STORY OF WITCHES (Harry Potter story)
“Ahh,” said the old woman, “who wants to be young and beautiful when you can be old, immortal, and strong?” And then, in a hiss of delight: “What can youth and beauty give that power cannot give ten times more?”
AN UNNOTICED BRITISH TRADITION ABOUT ST.PATRICK (Historical research)
. Dumville: "Uitae II and IV offer Magonius... [but] The Historia Brittonum alone has Maun, which would descend regularly from a British *Magunos, 'servant lad', but in defiance of the etymology provided by Tirechan"... as if any trust were to be put in Tirechan!
THE QUEST FOR CLEO MALFOY (Harry Potter multi-chapter fic)
“All this time trying to avoid you getting sunburn or other nasty accidents – ahi! – and I go and forget to protect myself – ahia! Clever mission leader, I am – ahiahia!”
GILDAS, DAVID, DINOOT AND SAMSON IN THE HISTORY OF THE BRYTHONIC CHURCH (historical research)
Both the Life of St.Cadoc and the lost Life of St.Cynnydd (of which an abstract was made by the Englishman John of Tynemouth in the early 1300s) state that the synod was called by David himself - flanked, in the Life of Cynnydd, by his supporters Padarn and Teilo; and neither speak of Pelagianism.
HOW THE IRISH EXCHANGED PLEASANTRIES (historical research)
For one thing, Gerald had never been in the kingdom in question, and there is plenty of evidence that he tended to locate the “tall tales” he was told about Ireland in distant areas of the island; in this, he followed the practice of the Irish themselves, who were fond of slanderous or monstrous accounts of distant Irish provinces.
TRACES OF A REDISTRIBUTIVE EXCHANGE SYSTEM IN EARLY INDIA (historical research)
Consequently, the fact that part of the ritual is to feed this multitude indicates that the king is seen as the feeder of the world.
TAMSIN AND KIRSTEN (Harry Potter multi-chapter fic)
There were things that Blaise Zabini did not like to see, and bullying was one of them.
LOVE AND HERMIONE GRANGER. (Harry Potter fic)
She thought it was the most selfish of all emotions.
THE BRILLIANT CAREER OF NARCISSA MALFOY (Harry Potter fic)
Bellatrix might well find the satisfaction to her hatred and her destructive impulses in fighting; but Narcissa knew perfectly well that, under a strong government (and a quiver of delight ran through her body at the thought), the real power belonged to the secret police.
OLD FRIENDS (Harry Potter fic)
To be a Creevey has always been to take insane risks and live life in a state of superabundant enthusiasm; and to be a Honeyduke has long meant to regard the world as a sort of huge, amiable joke.
PYTHAGORAS AND KRISHNA (Historical research)
This, incidentally, uses Draupadi’s name Krishna (long a); in effect, the only difference between this scene of madness and the description of justified devotees bent on Krishna (God) is the difference between one long and one short a.
ROMAN LORDS AND KINGS (historical research)
How could the Romans, the most family-minded of men, with their elaborate and immense vocabulary of kinship going back to the fifth generation, their huge loyalty to the memory of their ancestors – even the art of Roman sculpture has its roots in the celebration of famous men – how could the Romans, of all people, have no place whatever for kinship in their city organization?
STRANGE DAYS – MINERVA McGONAGALL (Harry Potter fic)
Dear Lucretia,
it is at times like this that one feels glad to have a sister.
STRANGE DAYS – REGINA DAVIES (Harry Potter fic)
Harry Potter had indeed caught the Snitch, but it was too late; the match ended with Hufflepuff leading Gryffindor by 240 to 190.
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There are some twenty other items, but I for one am fed up. The meme ends right here. Besides, who on Earth cares?
Well, you asked for it...
A STORY OF WITCHES (Harry Potter story)
“Ahh,” said the old woman, “who wants to be young and beautiful when you can be old, immortal, and strong?” And then, in a hiss of delight: “What can youth and beauty give that power cannot give ten times more?”
AN UNNOTICED BRITISH TRADITION ABOUT ST.PATRICK (Historical research)
. Dumville: "Uitae II and IV offer Magonius... [but] The Historia Brittonum alone has Maun, which would descend regularly from a British *Magunos, 'servant lad', but in defiance of the etymology provided by Tirechan"... as if any trust were to be put in Tirechan!
THE QUEST FOR CLEO MALFOY (Harry Potter multi-chapter fic)
“All this time trying to avoid you getting sunburn or other nasty accidents – ahi! – and I go and forget to protect myself – ahia! Clever mission leader, I am – ahiahia!”
GILDAS, DAVID, DINOOT AND SAMSON IN THE HISTORY OF THE BRYTHONIC CHURCH (historical research)
Both the Life of St.Cadoc and the lost Life of St.Cynnydd (of which an abstract was made by the Englishman John of Tynemouth in the early 1300s) state that the synod was called by David himself - flanked, in the Life of Cynnydd, by his supporters Padarn and Teilo; and neither speak of Pelagianism.
HOW THE IRISH EXCHANGED PLEASANTRIES (historical research)
For one thing, Gerald had never been in the kingdom in question, and there is plenty of evidence that he tended to locate the “tall tales” he was told about Ireland in distant areas of the island; in this, he followed the practice of the Irish themselves, who were fond of slanderous or monstrous accounts of distant Irish provinces.
TRACES OF A REDISTRIBUTIVE EXCHANGE SYSTEM IN EARLY INDIA (historical research)
Consequently, the fact that part of the ritual is to feed this multitude indicates that the king is seen as the feeder of the world.
TAMSIN AND KIRSTEN (Harry Potter multi-chapter fic)
There were things that Blaise Zabini did not like to see, and bullying was one of them.
LOVE AND HERMIONE GRANGER. (Harry Potter fic)
She thought it was the most selfish of all emotions.
THE BRILLIANT CAREER OF NARCISSA MALFOY (Harry Potter fic)
Bellatrix might well find the satisfaction to her hatred and her destructive impulses in fighting; but Narcissa knew perfectly well that, under a strong government (and a quiver of delight ran through her body at the thought), the real power belonged to the secret police.
OLD FRIENDS (Harry Potter fic)
To be a Creevey has always been to take insane risks and live life in a state of superabundant enthusiasm; and to be a Honeyduke has long meant to regard the world as a sort of huge, amiable joke.
PYTHAGORAS AND KRISHNA (Historical research)
This, incidentally, uses Draupadi’s name Krishna (long a); in effect, the only difference between this scene of madness and the description of justified devotees bent on Krishna (God) is the difference between one long and one short a.
ROMAN LORDS AND KINGS (historical research)
How could the Romans, the most family-minded of men, with their elaborate and immense vocabulary of kinship going back to the fifth generation, their huge loyalty to the memory of their ancestors – even the art of Roman sculpture has its roots in the celebration of famous men – how could the Romans, of all people, have no place whatever for kinship in their city organization?
STRANGE DAYS – MINERVA McGONAGALL (Harry Potter fic)
Dear Lucretia,
it is at times like this that one feels glad to have a sister.
STRANGE DAYS – REGINA DAVIES (Harry Potter fic)
Harry Potter had indeed caught the Snitch, but it was too late; the match ended with Hufflepuff leading Gryffindor by 240 to 190.
……………………………………………………………..
There are some twenty other items, but I for one am fed up. The meme ends right here. Besides, who on Earth cares?
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