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Just a quick poll to see if I'm the only one who misses our favourite rodent's stories.
Methos: "I'm easily amused."
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Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly. Aramis: Yes, sorry. Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
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You forgot "OH HELL YES!!!" as an option so I chose other. Lab racked me in with "Epiphany" and I haven't been able to go a week without reading it again and again. Granted I like all her work, but THAT ONE was the tops for me and so I can't help but wonder what other goodies MS Lab has got in her head. I know she lets her muse do a lot of fun stuff, so she must be getting something back in return.
You can tell by her feedbacks, so insightful and right on. There's got to be ton of stories still stuffed in there to pry out some way or another.
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Yes, Lab is probably the one person most guilty of single-handedly sucking a lot of us into not only fanfic as a genre but into LnC fic specifically. For me it was "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" followed by "Burnout" followed by "Wet and Wild" followed by "Epiphany". Are you sensing a pattern here? To her defense, since she has contributed so much to the fandom, her muse does deserve a bit of rest. However, I'm thinking that after a year-long sabbatical, it's time for us to start leaving nasty phone-mail messages <g>. My answer to the question? "Duh" of course. Lynn
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Have you ever seen tapes of these Christian meetings, where like 2 million people show up, and one person on stage asks, "Do we need world peace?" The crowd goes wild, candles are lit, a couple of hundred even swear they just saw Jesus, and the event hits the newspapers and airs on TV.
In Folcdom, thousands of fans gather around, and one person on stage, this being Elena, asks, "Do we need more stories by LabRat?" The crowd goes wild, people are armed with a ficus and not afraid to use it, some even swear they saw snippets of stories pasted on IRC - we should end up in newspapers. We should end up on TV.
Two of the most-asked questions I can think of, both having the same obvious answer. <g> The reaction is exactly the same.
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Such a little thing really, a kiss...most people don't give it a moment's consideration. They kiss on meeting, they kiss on parting, that simple touching of flesh is taken entirely for granted as a basic human right.
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PEL!! ~Liz
Lois: Can I go? Clark: No. Lois: Oh come on, Clark, why do we go through this? We both know I’m going to go. Clark: Then why do you ask? Lois: I’m trying to be nice.
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HAH! I had a bark of laughter as soon as I saw this poll. OF COURSE our resident Rat needs to write more!! Jen (And I find it odd that I'm nagging someone to write when I myself usually slack off at least a year at a time...)
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Awwwwwwwwww - what is it, 'Be Nice to Local Rats Week'? You guys. Keep it up. No, wait, I'm only a poor-as-a-church-mouse rat, I can't afford all these cheques... (Yours are in the mail) Pel - people are armed with a ficus and not afraid to use it You crack me up. ROTFLMAO!! Thanks for the kind words, everyone. I swear, the thing you guys do best of all after fanfic is ego boos. LabRat (who strenuously denies there was ever any irc fic...)
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly. Aramis: Yes, sorry. Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
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Rat said: the thing you guys do best of all after fanfic is ego boos. What?! I strenuously deny ever booing your ego! Wendy (who BRed Shape of my Heart, and reminds Rat that she thought it was pretty darned near perfect as it was. )
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and reminds Rat that she thought it was pretty darned near perfect as it was What, you mean, apart from the gaping holes in the middle and the fact that it's currently only 40 pages when I reckon it should probably be about 100? LabRat
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly. Aramis: Yes, sorry. Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
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Well, I for one think that if Labby doesn't want to write anything then she shouldn't. Who are we to force our wills on a poor little laboratory creature.
Writing is a very time consuming and tedious experience and one must be more than a little bit off to be writing pages and pages of story that has no monetary compensation at the end. So, I say, if Labby isn't interested in writing, then more power to her. Retirement can be a good thing... really.
Tank (who also points out to other writers... do they really want more of Labby's stories out there to compare their own stories too?)
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Tank!!!!! Don't give her ideas!!! Of course Labby should write. Labby, you gotta take care of your fans - other celebrities offer merchandise, we just want the stories. <g> Julie
Mulder: Imagine if you could come back and take out five people who had caused you to suffer. Who would they be? Scully: I only get five? Mulder: I remembered your birthday this year, didn't I, Scully?
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Tank!! She's a LabRat!! She's not supposed to have an opinion, she only has to do what we humans tell her to!! And, as for this: Tank (who also points out to other writers... do they really want more of Labby's stories out there to compare their own stories too?) See it the other way around, Tank... Do you want to be constantly bombed with stories by me, and not have some LabRat fic to balance the amount of hopeless stories? (Believe me, you don't.) So, the answer is one: YES, SHE SHOULD! WRITE, LABRAT!!! WRITE!!!!! AnnaBtG. (currently reading Masques, and being astonished)
What we've got here is failure to communicate...
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Remind me, again, who is this Lab-rat??
I've been on these boards not quite a year, and I don't recall ever seeing any of her fic...odd, that.
Well, yeah, if she's any good, let's hear from her!
CC (who lost two days of her life to Masques, but it was sooooo worth it)
You mean we're supposed to have lives?
Oh crap!
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Do you have to ask?
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/me nods sagely reading Tank's post. That all sounds very logical...sensible...intellectually it makes a lot of sense. I like the poor lab creature bit too. Sounds suitably pathetic. There's just one problem with it. Tank, they threatened me with <drops tone to horrified whisper> the ficus! There are few terrors to compare with being threatened by the ficus. I like it. I might even try that one on the Muse. "Har! Stay on that beach, Muse. See if I care. Muses are two a penny round here. I could replace you like that any day of the week. No danger!" It could work! /me pretends not to hear Jose say that one that begins with 'S'.... Hey...this is almost like writing responses to fdk posts. I'd forgotten how much fun that could be. Maybe I need to post another story, now that I've a taste for it again... LabRat (thinking Tank is just scared the next poll will read "Should Tank Come Out Of Retirement..." and is getting his defence in early... )
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly. Aramis: Yes, sorry. Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
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Also...having just spotted that this will make my 2006th post...I present this as evidence that - apparently - I do actually write quite a lot. LabRat
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Do you want to be constantly bombed with stories by me Absolutely! I'm a firm believer in doing as I say, not as I do – you're not allowed to retire. You're far too young. You have to write at least another oooooooooh 50k of story text before you'd even be allowed to consider it. I'm getting the impression you chose to ignore what was AFTER what you quoted, Labby. AnnaBtG. (purposefully posting replies, so that LabRat will miss replying fdk posts even more ) P.S.: Just 50k?
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Whoops. No. That was supposed to read 500 meg. <G> LabRat
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly. Aramis: Yes, sorry. Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
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Lab, you're stuck at 2,009 posts. Your last three posts in this thread all read 2,009. I think you've stumped the system. Or it's refusing to give you any more credit unless it's actual story that you are posting. <BG> Lynn (who notes that her very next post will be her 500th! Is there a special button for that? )
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I broke the boards? /me hides from Annette. LabRat (pinning a new shiny button on Lynn... )
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly. Aramis: Yes, sorry. Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
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Just jumping in to lend a hand, Lynn and Lab, as I can see how you newbies might get confused.
The tally at the bottom automatically shows your latest post number. So, whatever you post on, ALL of your posts on the board show the same number. That's your TOTAL, see? And when you post AGAIN- follow me here, because this is math, and a bit like the blind leading the blind- then all of your posts will show that number plus one, and so on...
For example, Lynn, when you post that 500th post- which will probably be here to tell me to go to hell (hee)- ALL of your previous posts will roll forward and show THAT number.
Hope I cleared that up for you gals. And, btw, Welcome to the Boards! We're all very friendly here, glad to have you...
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You mean we're supposed to have lives?
Oh crap!
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/me looks at CC and wonders if she has a deathwish...
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ROTFLMAO! OK, I feel like the world's biggest doofus!! I always thought that each post was assigned its very own number - so I could actually go and find my 127th post if I had a stupid reason to do so. CC - you are the Queen of Smart among other things! /me slithers off to hide behind the ficus and drool like a blathering idiot, dunce hat firmly in place.Really, honestly, I'm smarter than I look. I can even chew gum and walk all at the same time. Yep. Honest. Lynn
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For the 1846286295796872648596792861574856th time, Rat (and you know I hate numbers!), SOMH is FANTASTIC and needs just a few pages to be rounded off then POSTED so we can get our fix! So get your little rat-tush in gear!! Kaethel
- I'm your partner. I'm your friend. - Is that what we are? - Oh, you know what? I don't know what we are. We kiss and then we never talk about it. We nearly die frozen in each other's arms, but we never talk about it, so no, I got no clue what we are.
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The tally at the bottom automatically shows your latest post number. So, whatever you post on, ALL of your posts on the board show the same number. That's your TOTAL, see? CC!!!!!!! I NEVER knew that!! Boy do I feel DUMB! ~Liz (off to hide with Lynn behind the ficus)
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follow me here, because this is math Nope, this is numbers. And you all know how I feel about those. (CC, if you don't, ask Wendy) And I still haven't a clue what you're on about. Because it's numbers. So I immediately lost the will to live two words into your post. LabRat (well, actually, I understand your post, CC, and actually knew that (quel surprise). It was Lynn who confused me <G>) PS - Kae, 40 pages do not a few pages make.
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It's all relative, Labby. To the person who brought us Masques, I would think 40 pages would be "just a few."
Do you know the most surprising thing about divorce? It doesn't actually kill you, like a bullet to the heart or a head-on car wreck. It should. When someone you've promised to cherish till death do you part says, "I never loved you," it should kill you instantly.
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Originally posted by rivka: It's all relative, Labby. To the person who brought us Masques, I would think 40 pages would be "just a few." EXCELLENT point. JD who is forever baffled by the days when 100K seemed like a huge fic
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Well, there is that. True. Come to think of it, when I was busily writing the next segments of Masques after my buffer ran out, it wasn't that unusual for me to dash off 40 or 60 pages in the two days between posts.... Course, I'm too old for that kind of recklessness now. Them kind of tricks is for young things. LabRat
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