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For some reason, most of the suicide fics I see in the FB section of Fruits Basket focuse on Kyo.

This mystifies me... cause if I had to peg one of them for suicide, I'd have pegged Yuki hands down.

just another music meme

List your top 10 favorite lyricists, in order if order is possible. Who are the artists or bands whose words get to you and leave you breathless with their brilliance. This is not the same as favorite music or favorite band-- this is the favorite lyrics. Bonus: provide a link to the lyrics of a song that demonstrates their mad poetic skillz.

1. Paul Simon ("I hope my meaning won’t be lost or misconstrued")
2. The Smashing Pumpkins ("Forever lost inside ourselves / The night has come to hold us young") and ("With turpentine kisses and mistaken blows")
3. Elton John ("Ballerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sand")
4. The Counting Crows ("I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower")
5. Janis Ian ("Greeting one by one every life runs / Flashing before those dashing eyes / Will you dance, will you dance?")
6. U2 ("See the stone set in your eyes")
7. Sarah McLachlan ("into the sea of waking dreams / I follow without pride")
8. Third Eye Blind ("The sun is always in my eyes / It crashes through the windows")
9. The Eagles ("You can spend all your time making money / You can spend all your love making time")
10. Tool ("Pure intention juxtaposed will set two lovers' souls in motion")

I'm a girl that likes lyrics with big words. Anyone that can rhyme "misconstrued" and do so well gets an applause. This is probably reflective in my choice of artists and bands...like Paul Simon, Janis Ian, Tool. I also tend to like abstract imagery, like Elton John, Third Eye Blind, U2, and Counting Crows.n There were several other bands and artists I would have liked to have named, likeThe Beatles, and Nine Inch Nails, and Tori Amos, and Linda Rondstat. But I stuck with my tip-top favorite lyricists.

from bailunrui

1. Use fanfiction.net's Search >> Story By Summary and look up your name in either Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings.

2. If there are any Mary Sues that share your name, pick the worst-sounding one and post the summary.

( Sara goes to Hogwarts and turns multilingual )

Can someone help me? by KellyKelley
Lily and her best friend Sara live in a unused classroom, both have unusual powers. Lily's parents died in her 2nd year, now she has nightmares about their deaths. Other things are going wrong in her life. WIll life ever get better?

Truer a title there never was.


Lord of the Rings

The Fellowship, a Tale of Middle-Earth by dudecar00
Isengar, Graziel, Frank, Sara, Ryan, and Alia set out on an adventure they will never forget. When they reach Lothorian, ties are broken and the fellowship is born. They must retrieve an elven ring, while battling one of their own.

Well I hope my girl over there raised some kind of objection at the general elf meeting to the idea of travelling with someone whose name is almost just like the tower of an evil orc-breeding black-hearted wizard that serves the dark lord. You know, just because it might be worth noting before we head off.

( Sara goes to Middle Earth and shags elves a lot )

And look! I even get to be the victim of violence done against women as a plot device:

Random stuff in my weird little mind by Flinchy
Randomness. Yea,that pretty much sums it all up. Changed the rating for some abusiveness to Sara (sorry)Hehe got flecks of bluberry pepsi all over my shirt.

uh... would this be the place to say that I disapprove of all recreation drugs not caffeine?

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Is there more than one version of the New Order song "Bizarre Love Triangle?"

define irony? Come on you fellow booklovers... debate time!

I got into a mini-debate with my History of Western Civ professor today.

The topic: Greek tragedies

The point of discussion: Is irony a recognizable element or theme in Greek tragedies, literarily speaking?

I say yes. He didn't really see how irony was part of the tragedy formula.

I brought up Oedipus. The guy leaves his family for fear of killing his father and ends up killing his father anyway, because "father" it turns out is a debateable word. And his parents sent him away for fear of him killing his father only to have him grow up and kill him in circumstances resulting from sending him away.

How is that stuff anything BUT ironic?

Also, the fact that the Greek Tragic Hero's tragic flaw is also typically his greatest virtue/asset is in itself ironic. It's an irony built into the nature of Greek tragedy.

I ended up telling him that yes, Greek tragedies usually include literary irony. He asked if I could elaborate.

Here's where my rolling ball dropped like a bomb and my memory failed me.

I could only remember one type of literary irony, and I distinctly remember being taught in many lit classes that there were at least 3 or 4 categories of irony in literature. I told him I couldn't remember. He said that when I did he'd be interested in hearing more, and could I bring a list?

I said I definitely would. And then he went back to teaching and half of the rest of the class gave me a weird look.

Here's how you can help!

What are the forms of irony in literature?

The only one I can remember at the moment is when the audience knows what the characters do not know.

I know there are more types. Y'all are well-read folks. Help?


EDIT: thisficklemob, evemac, spicedrum and pepperlandgirl4, you gals kick ass. Thank for the help! I've got a veritable arsenal to take with me to class on Monday. I am *so* going to win this discussion. I already have; he just doesn't know it yet.