End of Line (Writing Meme)
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ranty_rie.
Post the first line from your 25 most recent fanfics and try to find a pattern.
Uh, I'm going by use of the "fic post" tag, so it's possible these are out of chronological order; I'm imperfect at best with my tagging. Only unique story bits were counted; drafting posts were skipped.
1. Night fell across the landscape, shrouding the adventurers in darkness.
[Mirrorworld Etc. Etc. Part Six; Mortal Kombat]
2. So Roy walks into a bar, and it's a dirty, shoddy bar on the wrong side of the tracks that cut Dublith in neat halves, have and have-not.
[Lucky Strikes; FMA]
3. Remus Lupin took his briefcase and coat down from the rail and waited for the passengers in the rows ahead of him to file out before scooting away from his seat.
[Distant Voices; Harry Potter]
4. Can't.
[Can't; FMA]
5. It's better than nothing, and anything is preferable to that damned veil.
[One Character Challenge (Mileena); Mortal Kombat]
6. He is not sure how he got here, half man and now half something else.
[Untitled Genderswitch (Mileena); Mortal Kombat]
7. It never rained like this in Sunnydale, but this is not Sunnydale, this is not home, but Sunnydale was not home either, but him?
[The Off-Road to Redemption; Angel]
8. It's a perfectly serviceable iron ice-box, and in it there's ghrel and s'lisk and chicken, and eggs, though those don't keep long.
[Untitled; Mortal Kombat]
9. Fellow's rude.
[Pavement; Mortal Kombat]
10. Even the walls are sleek, lush, papered with sound-deadening silk that devours her breath.
[Untitled; Mortal Kombat]
11. He's known it would come to this match--his commander in chief planned it for weeks, just so, perfectly timed to remind his daughter how very much she stands to lose--her eyes glisten at the corners as they face each other and bow.
[One Pairing Challenge (Baraka/Mileena); Mortal Kombat]
12. "I'm just about done with this."
[Untitled; Mortal Kombat]
13. Jade wasn’t altogether sure she’d live to regret this.
[Untitled; Mortal Kombat]
14. She knew he would say nothing.
[Untitled; Mortal Kombat]
15. There’s a certain smell to fresh death.
[Abattoir; Mortal Kombat]
16. Mileena hadn't known, or cared, about the opposite of pain until then.
[Untitled; Mortal Kombat]
17. His left leg is still gone.
[Piecemeal; FMA]
18. He was over the rails in an eyeblink, pulling the Shield up in front--he had to come down soft on the impact side.
[Reward Response; FMA]
19. It doesn't frighten him anymore.
[The Dream Warriors; FMA]
20. The windows are waxed paper.
[Nocturne; FMA]
21. He regains consciousness on the third day and speech on the sixth.
[The Human Stain; FMA]
22. "Try harder. Do better. Win more." Her fist went clean through the table. "You disappoint me."
[Untitled; Mortal Kombat]
23. "And do something about your complexion--it's like you have the consumption," she murmurs once he's finished, striding away without ever looking back.
[Each to Each; Harry Potter]
24. She can feel the world going out from under her, a little at a time.
[Homecoming; Mortal Kombat]
25. Mileena inhaled sharply.
[Fuel My Fire; Mortal Kombat]
1) Shorter is better, on that first line.
2) Almost always Mileena's viewpoint.
3) There is no number three.
ranty_rie.Post the first line from your 25 most recent fanfics and try to find a pattern.
Uh, I'm going by use of the "fic post" tag, so it's possible these are out of chronological order; I'm imperfect at best with my tagging. Only unique story bits were counted; drafting posts were skipped.
1. Night fell across the landscape, shrouding the adventurers in darkness.
[Mirrorworld Etc. Etc. Part Six; Mortal Kombat]
2. So Roy walks into a bar, and it's a dirty, shoddy bar on the wrong side of the tracks that cut Dublith in neat halves, have and have-not.
[Lucky Strikes; FMA]
3. Remus Lupin took his briefcase and coat down from the rail and waited for the passengers in the rows ahead of him to file out before scooting away from his seat.
[Distant Voices; Harry Potter]
4. Can't.
[Can't; FMA]
5. It's better than nothing, and anything is preferable to that damned veil.
[One Character Challenge (Mileena); Mortal Kombat]
6. He is not sure how he got here, half man and now half something else.
[Untitled Genderswitch (Mileena); Mortal Kombat]
7. It never rained like this in Sunnydale, but this is not Sunnydale, this is not home, but Sunnydale was not home either, but him?
[The Off-Road to Redemption; Angel]
8. It's a perfectly serviceable iron ice-box, and in it there's ghrel and s'lisk and chicken, and eggs, though those don't keep long.
[Untitled; Mortal Kombat]
9. Fellow's rude.
[Pavement; Mortal Kombat]
10. Even the walls are sleek, lush, papered with sound-deadening silk that devours her breath.
[Untitled; Mortal Kombat]
11. He's known it would come to this match--his commander in chief planned it for weeks, just so, perfectly timed to remind his daughter how very much she stands to lose--her eyes glisten at the corners as they face each other and bow.
[One Pairing Challenge (Baraka/Mileena); Mortal Kombat]
12. "I'm just about done with this."
[Untitled; Mortal Kombat]
13. Jade wasn’t altogether sure she’d live to regret this.
[Untitled; Mortal Kombat]
14. She knew he would say nothing.
[Untitled; Mortal Kombat]
15. There’s a certain smell to fresh death.
[Abattoir; Mortal Kombat]
16. Mileena hadn't known, or cared, about the opposite of pain until then.
[Untitled; Mortal Kombat]
17. His left leg is still gone.
[Piecemeal; FMA]
18. He was over the rails in an eyeblink, pulling the Shield up in front--he had to come down soft on the impact side.
[Reward Response; FMA]
19. It doesn't frighten him anymore.
[The Dream Warriors; FMA]
20. The windows are waxed paper.
[Nocturne; FMA]
21. He regains consciousness on the third day and speech on the sixth.
[The Human Stain; FMA]
22. "Try harder. Do better. Win more." Her fist went clean through the table. "You disappoint me."
[Untitled; Mortal Kombat]
23. "And do something about your complexion--it's like you have the consumption," she murmurs once he's finished, striding away without ever looking back.
[Each to Each; Harry Potter]
24. She can feel the world going out from under her, a little at a time.
[Homecoming; Mortal Kombat]
25. Mileena inhaled sharply.
[Fuel My Fire; Mortal Kombat]
1) Shorter is better, on that first line.
2) Almost always Mileena's viewpoint.
3) There is no number three.
