Subject: Well, if you want fangirling...
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Posted on: 2013-02-14 15:28:00 UTC
...picture me jumping up and down and grinning like a loon because I'm actually *talking* to *Araeph*. (For even more mental pictures, add in the one of me occasionally giggling somewhat hysterically because I'm *actually a PPCer*, which, believe me, is not something I ever thought would happen. Mostly because I thought the PPC wasn't very active anymore, but boy, have I been proved wrong about that!)
Ugh. Snow+public transportation=slush on the buses, in my experience. Although nothing can beat the time my dad drove me to school and I slipped and fell backwards into a snowbank on my way over to the sidewalk. That was hilarious at the time...actually, it's still pretty funny (at least to me). Try to focus on how pretty it all is (before the cars ruin it, of course).
Ooh, Spain? Sounds fun. I'm in Israel, hence the occasionally strange posting times. I got tanned last week. *Tanned*. It was insane(ly awesome!)
Fangirling/comments specific to stories would be...well, I recently reread some of the missions (mostly the earlier ones), and the vacation at...bother, I've forgotten the name. The OFU for PotC, anyway--that's got to be one of my favorites. I mean, what hasn't it got? Interactions with IC canon characters, interactions with students, Misspelled Monkeys, Mara and Isaiah being mistaken for students, Isaiah getting fangirls, and the entire Isaiah and Quen storyline--yes, it's got it all! Hence, favorite :)
I did catch the 'Bella Swann' thing...which, of course, is a pretty bad name unless she's actually Spanish.
On the plus side, 'Rachelle' is not 'Michelle'. Then I'd have to 'terminate with extreme prejudice', for the cause of ruining a Beatles song that I love.
(Grew up on them, spent 'formative years' reading them...same difference :) The story is that I discovered the PPC somewhere around 4 or 5 years ago, probably through OFUM--or perhaps through PPC spin-offs on FFN--and then spent at least two years reading PPC-related fiction, MSTs, and such-like. Eventually, that boiled down into just being pretty well-versed in Sue-related things and keeping an eye on Deleterius. And then, several months ago, I got it into my head to reread the Original Series, and OFUM, and Suedom, and then I found out that the Board/PPC was still active, so...I decided to say hi :) And now, here I am, one month and one day later, putting together a Permission request. My, how time flies...)
Well, jury's still out on whether her real mother is French--all I know is that she's adopted and has some sort of connection to sea voyages, which, coupled with the summary, means pirates, which means Jack Sparrow, which means I get to yell 'SUE!' and hopefully send agents out after her.
...I think I'm in the very happy position of knowing that it is *extremely* unlikely that a Sue will ever steal my name, just because it's such an uncommon one that I hardly ever run into anyone who even knows it, although there have been a few close encounters. In fact, this year (well, last year, now) marks the first time that I have ever personally met someone with the same name, and it wasn't even the name she goes by. So...yay, uncommon names! I can sympathize, though. Have you run across many Sues named Rachel? It doesn't really seem like a Sue-ish name--not speshul enough (note how this one is 'Rachelle')--but you never know...
Yup, "peaceful, ladylike dreams". Exact quote. I believe my reaction was, "Ahahaha…excuse me, you do *not* know Elizabeth. Charge for being Elizabeth’s adoptive sister and not knowing anything about her personality." (I tend to make notes of potential charges while reading through badfic. It's therapeutic, and gives me an idea of how good it would be for sporking material--or for how much it deserves it. If I gather a page's worth from reading two paragraphs, then I start thinking about claiming it. My theory is that having these lists will make it easier to write the missions, but I have no idea if it will work in practice…hopefully it will. If nothing else, it gives me a good laugh to reread them, and helps me remember what’s in each badfic.)
Well, that got pretty long. Hopefully you don't mind. Nice talking to you (and hopefully not *at* you).
~DawnFire