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Or at least that's how it sounded. I hunted down a clip on Youtube from the Voyager episode where they appeared, mostly so I could see how the things moved at normal size, and it sounded very much like a gummed-up buzzsaw.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf_0WwfryNo

So a ten-foot-wide one, naturally, would sound similar--but a lot louder and a good bit deeper.

I think it was mostly stuff written by Amanda McKittrich Ros.

Ring Child » by Xx Kiamii xX reviews
Harry didn't expect to go to sleep after the final battle, and wake up to be in the middle of a place called the Shire! Neither did the hobbits expect to see a 3-year-old ISTARI in their midst before their journey. Harry!De-aged and Company!Fatherly.
Crossover - Harry Potter & Lord of the Rings - Rated: K+ - English - Adventure/Family - Chapters: 6 - Words: 19,148 - Reviews: 123 - Updated: 10-17-09 - Published: 10-6-09 - Harry P.

My comment: Istar =/= Potterverse wizard!

…where they would take turns reading a really bad book and whoever kept a straight face the longest won. Verification or corrections, anyone?

It looks like fun. I don't know any other games like that, though.

... is that kind of crap is usually written by women, who really should know better than to glorify violence against women. I won't say that anyone who thinks that kind of thing is a good idea should experience it and learn differently, because NOBODY deserves that (though I maintain that that principle should be applied to the writers who inspired the Wiki's Dubious Lube page, or similar) but they really ought to be told why there's a problem. Or at least there should be disclaimers on books like they have on fanfics saying "I know things don't work this way in real life but fetishes don't necessarily have to bear any resemblance to real life and I'm aiming at that particular market", because otherwise I can't help but worry if they're actually that oblivious.

I actally played this at one gathering. Works especially well at library book sales.

Go to the romance section and gab a random book. Points

Decription of the Sue or Stu:

First sentence: 10 pts
First paragraph: 8 pts
Firtst page: 6 pts

'lit' aspect:

Urple Prose: 5 pts
Key words (have to pick before the game): 10 pts.


The other part of the game is grabing a random book, opening to a random page and reading a random line outloud one at a time around the group. Keep going until you can't stand due to laughter.



Any other games out there?

Leto

but that's normal in Romance Novel Land. Some, ahem, "experts" of writing romance novels say that that sort of thing shouldn't be shied away from; the others say that those sort of things shouldn't be and the book should be happy and care-free. As someone who used to be addicted to online romance novels until I realized their cute little way of taking over my life, I don't care for either view point. Either the book is logical, or it isn't.

to read romance stories that way, isn't it? In fact, I crack up when I try to read online romance fics that don't have a trace of logic in them. Or if they have purple prose. I can't really help it. They just doesn't make any sense to me. (Either that or the years of being roommates with a sister who read romance novels aloud to her boyfriends have finally caught up with me.)

There is money in it!

My friend and I wrote a Mills and Boone style short story. The beautiful heroine, and the devestatingly handsome (actual words from the text there) hero ended up with tongues down each others throats before actually exchanging a word of dialogue... No we are not sure how that happened either!

that sort of story can be amusing if read out in a silly voice!

What sucks is that there's only about 23 kinds of stories out there (correct me if I'm wrong), so all stories follow some kind of formula.

I must say, though, they should be kept as original as possible.

BTW, is a sawmill in glue really how they made the sound?

Oh, this travesty really exists? Shit, merde, scheiße, mierda, and stercus! Do not want! Divide by zero! TO THE MUSÉE DES UNIVERS PERDUS WITH IT!

*takes a deep breath and counts backward from twenty by threes*

*is hit by barrage of extra dots in ellipses* Ow!

*hugs*

I stopped when I found one in which the HERO mistakes the Mary-Sue for his brother's mistress, who he wants to punish for... something... and decides that the best way to punish her is to rape her. Yes. This is the hero, who thinks that women should be punished by RAPING THEM? So he does, and finds out that she is a virgin b/c she bleeds (like they always do) and then says, "Oh no! I guess you're not the woman I wanted to rape after all! I'll make it up to you by continuing to rape you!" and does, and then she decides she likes it...
And then John was a zombie.

Can I also have a beta? You see, my old one just got called away by RL concerns, and I need a new one. Is anyone willing to help?

I read the essay three, maybe four, years ago. When you also know that I can't remember what I had for supper last week or that I can walk into a room and instantly forget what I had planned to say five seconds before, you'll understand the chances of me remembering the essay title and author name from that long ago.

Romance novels are formulaic because that is what the reader wants. If the authors tried to be different they would not sell (at least not to publishers of romance novels; those set the standards or formula).

And I very much doubt they set feminism back to the 1800s. No romance novel will achieve that women have to give up the vote. I think that whoever wrote that essay was very much overstating the cultural impact romance novels have. (Would like an author's name and essay title if you have it. So I can see for myself).

I once read a book (too many pages to be called an essay) by a feminist who reads romance novels in which she tries to find out why she reads these. Which I think is a good indicator that romance novels don't squelch feminism; feminists have their guilty pleasures too. That people like to read about something doesn't mean they like to live it. (Foute fantasieën by Marjan Slob; I don't think there's an English translation)

As for the fanfiction authors taking romance novels as their examples: as long as they keep the canon characters in character I have no beef with them. Probably wouldn't finish reading their story though.

Someone needs to get in IM more~

I know, right? I kep accidentally spelling it right. XD

And here I thought nothing interesting was happening today. ^_^ It's good to see you around here.

... I can't believe it's actually spelled like that. *weeps*

~Neshomeh

am I the only one nauseated and hypnotized by the icon at the top of the screen? Weird.

Commited my share of stupidities, but all in all, I had a fun time on the Board. Have a Public Domain Artifact of your choice!

Huh, I can't recall. However, it's early and I'm quite tired, so it might just be slipping my mind; I'll take your word for it. Good work nonetheless, Eru knows I have an unholy number of projects I need to finish.

but the point I'm trying to make is that I don't think people should always expect them to be formulaic. (And I'm ranting. :| Oh well.)