The same but different
Aug. 30th, 2008 10:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
castalieOh I had such a great day! First, I slept in. Till 11.00 AM! Mom was like 'yes, but did you go to sleep at 3.00 AM?' Which, Mom, do you know me well! Except this time I went to sleep at midnight, so that was early, ha!
We went to the Terracota Army exhibit in the afternoon - wow, it gave me such a rush to see the soldiers for real, and not just through my tv screen. It was absolutely fantastic! Afterwards we went back to the parental unit's place for a cup of coffee - cappuccino for me - and headed to Ikea with my dad after that; I picked stuff for my kitchen and when we got the check-out they didn't let me pay ♥ ♥ But their awesomeness doesn't stop here for they invited me to what is becoming 'our' Japanese restaurant, where we had delicious food. I love my parents so!
I just got home and I'm ending the day quietly; cruising the flist and tabbing fics. I think I'll start with that Panic kink ficlet (with art!) which is being recc'ed right and left :-) [ETA: Omg! Corset piercings! My new favourite kink *fans self*]
Oh and also, I've seen the First Line meme pretty much everywhere. I started doing it then realised that I preferred my last lines to my first lines, so I thought I'd go with those instead. Pretty much the same meme, right? Just in reverse. Sorta.
Post thefirst last line from your 25 of your most recent fanfics and try to find a pattern.
1. Because he couldn't imagine losing this, couldn't imagine losing this thing he had with Jim before he even understood all the implications and ramifications.
2. And if that's too difficult? Then the secret is to believe that Jim, at least, believes it.
3. Sometimes happiness was no more complicated than a small Christmas tree in a small apartment, and one person by your side to share them with.
4. He and Jim - the real them - they were enough.
5. All of a sudden, he realized that maybe you didn't need to believe in fairy tales to start envisioning a happy ending...
6. Had someone said a sentinel's life wasn't exciting?
7. "Took you long enough, Darwin."
8. Or so he hoped.
9. "As if I could ever stop telling you how much I love you, Blair, as if..."
10. Because wonderful things did happen to you even when you didn't believe anymore, and that was worth being immortalized, so he wouldn't forget.
11. It doesn't matter what little he can find, he'll make the best of what he has.
12. "But at least there're some benefits."
13. "And you were the center of it."
14. Then he turned on his stomach, and promptly fell asleep.
15. The game wasn’t over yet.
16. The rest is unimportant, mere details.
17. Not that he was complaining.
18. Sam was down with that.
19. Because if Dean had been killed he would have wanted revenge too, and he'll need time to accept that about himself.
20. And if hell and damnation were waiting them both? Well, so be it.
21. "Yeah, okay; I’ll go."
22. Forever.
23. It was just another day in the life of Don and Charlie Eppes and, as long as they ended it together, around their father's table, he could handle everything that was thrown their way...
24. They gave each other a smile, Don's hand on the small of Charlie's back in a last caress, before entering the house to join their father.
25. But even more important than that, they had the same chance at happiness as everyone else; they just needed to grab it and never let it go again...
As for the pattern, I don't know... what about the fact that the very last line is usually a sort of conclusion to the penultimate one? It's not just the last line that is important but what comes right before it. They really go in pair.
We went to the Terracota Army exhibit in the afternoon - wow, it gave me such a rush to see the soldiers for real, and not just through my tv screen. It was absolutely fantastic! Afterwards we went back to the parental unit's place for a cup of coffee - cappuccino for me - and headed to Ikea with my dad after that; I picked stuff for my kitchen and when we got the check-out they didn't let me pay ♥ ♥ But their awesomeness doesn't stop here for they invited me to what is becoming 'our' Japanese restaurant, where we had delicious food. I love my parents so!
I just got home and I'm ending the day quietly; cruising the flist and tabbing fics. I think I'll start with that Panic kink ficlet (with art!) which is being recc'ed right and left :-) [ETA: Omg! Corset piercings! My new favourite kink *fans self*]
Oh and also, I've seen the First Line meme pretty much everywhere. I started doing it then realised that I preferred my last lines to my first lines, so I thought I'd go with those instead. Pretty much the same meme, right? Just in reverse. Sorta.
Post the
1. Because he couldn't imagine losing this, couldn't imagine losing this thing he had with Jim before he even understood all the implications and ramifications.
2. And if that's too difficult? Then the secret is to believe that Jim, at least, believes it.
3. Sometimes happiness was no more complicated than a small Christmas tree in a small apartment, and one person by your side to share them with.
4. He and Jim - the real them - they were enough.
5. All of a sudden, he realized that maybe you didn't need to believe in fairy tales to start envisioning a happy ending...
6. Had someone said a sentinel's life wasn't exciting?
7. "Took you long enough, Darwin."
8. Or so he hoped.
9. "As if I could ever stop telling you how much I love you, Blair, as if..."
10. Because wonderful things did happen to you even when you didn't believe anymore, and that was worth being immortalized, so he wouldn't forget.
11. It doesn't matter what little he can find, he'll make the best of what he has.
12. "But at least there're some benefits."
13. "And you were the center of it."
14. Then he turned on his stomach, and promptly fell asleep.
15. The game wasn’t over yet.
16. The rest is unimportant, mere details.
17. Not that he was complaining.
18. Sam was down with that.
19. Because if Dean had been killed he would have wanted revenge too, and he'll need time to accept that about himself.
20. And if hell and damnation were waiting them both? Well, so be it.
21. "Yeah, okay; I’ll go."
22. Forever.
23. It was just another day in the life of Don and Charlie Eppes and, as long as they ended it together, around their father's table, he could handle everything that was thrown their way...
24. They gave each other a smile, Don's hand on the small of Charlie's back in a last caress, before entering the house to join their father.
25. But even more important than that, they had the same chance at happiness as everyone else; they just needed to grab it and never let it go again...
As for the pattern, I don't know... what about the fact that the very last line is usually a sort of conclusion to the penultimate one? It's not just the last line that is important but what comes right before it. They really go in pair.
