Random conversation snippets #5064

[elaby]

Gawd, everyone on DeviantArt is so WANKY. Why I should be surprised at this, I have no idea.

On to more interesting things!

Conversation in the car this evening:

elaby and caitirin: *talking about previous Nanos, and how it's very Nano-like to skip important plot explanation or transition or character development because you don't feel like writing it*

elaby: But with my first Nano*, I wrote that completely in line. Linear. I didn't leave any bits out.
caitirin: Me too!
elaby: I realized the major problem with that story, though - I resolved the conflict I was interested in long before I resolved the conflict that made up the actual plot.
caitirin: Which one was this again?
elaby: Ali and Etoile**.
caitirin: Right, right!
elaby: So I resolved the thing I was interested in, that being Ali and Etoile's relationship, way before...
caitirin: The political maneuvering overthrow of the government plot.
elaby: Exactly. And since I wasn't really interested anymore, I was just like "Meh! Etoile has some shiny bracelets that do this thing, and POOF, that's it. Everything's fixed."
caitirin: Hey, I think Deus ex Jewelria is just fine.
elaby: *sporfle!*


*The one, for those unaware, with Ali and Etoile.
**The amnesiac and the transgendered princess respectively.

Comments

[dibsy.livejournal.com]

Can I say how much I enjoy seeing Americans using the words wank and wanky? It's such fun.

You do know what they mean, right?

[elaby.livejournal.com]

Slang for masturbation, right? Or is that only the American usage? I think it translated into the way I was using it through the "self-indulgent" aspect, but I'm not sure.

*snicker*

[cortue.livejournal.com]

Deus ex Jewelria beats deus ex machina any day.

Re: *snicker*

[elaby.livejournal.com]

We think so! Prettier, too ^_^