Rather vague, even for me
Jun. 12th, 2002 01:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
incandescensI have half a dozen vague ideas and images which need putting in order. I have also come to the conclusion that I have an appalling habit of discovering a new genre and promptly feeling the urge to write something for it. It dates back to my first discovery of a Blade Runner filk and my reaction of, "Hey, I could do this! And do it better!" Resulting Blade Runner filk cycle is still up on my homepage, and I think a couple of them got into Xenofilkia.
But I digress.
(The habit of short sentences and cutting little paragraphs is so addictive.)
I submit this quote in lieu of inspiration today. This book is heartily recommended, by the way.
"I'm a peacable servant of the Lord," he insisted again, "so when the Lernists invaded our country, contrary to all the laws of Christiandom, the tenets of diplomacy, the counsels of good taste, the pleasure of King Grangousier, the desires of my fellow countrymen, the welfare of their own sundry concerns, and the advice of their wives, who will now be in fine position to say 'I told you so' to the survivors, I merely uttered a prayer for their souls. When they started sacking and burning our towns, I gave them a pax vobiscum. When they began ravishing the women, I said no more than a few aves. When they commenced killing our men, I replied with a pater noster. When they swarmed into the sacred precincts of our holy order, my only comment was to tell, if I remember correctly, three beads. But when I saw them stealing our grapes and cutting down our vines, then I lost my temper."
(_Silverlock_, John Myers Myers)
(Hm. Want to do something interesting with Yaone. Let me think.)
But I digress.
(The habit of short sentences and cutting little paragraphs is so addictive.)
I submit this quote in lieu of inspiration today. This book is heartily recommended, by the way.
"I'm a peacable servant of the Lord," he insisted again, "so when the Lernists invaded our country, contrary to all the laws of Christiandom, the tenets of diplomacy, the counsels of good taste, the pleasure of King Grangousier, the desires of my fellow countrymen, the welfare of their own sundry concerns, and the advice of their wives, who will now be in fine position to say 'I told you so' to the survivors, I merely uttered a prayer for their souls. When they started sacking and burning our towns, I gave them a pax vobiscum. When they began ravishing the women, I said no more than a few aves. When they commenced killing our men, I replied with a pater noster. When they swarmed into the sacred precincts of our holy order, my only comment was to tell, if I remember correctly, three beads. But when I saw them stealing our grapes and cutting down our vines, then I lost my temper."
(_Silverlock_, John Myers Myers)
(Hm. Want to do something interesting with Yaone. Let me think.)
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Date: 2002-06-11 06:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-06-12 05:26 am (UTC)Text cannot convey my absolute numbing terror. :)
- Em
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Date: 2002-06-12 09:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-06-12 01:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-06-12 01:27 pm (UTC)Okay, maybe I haven't changed much. ;)