brenda (lastbeautifool) wrote,
@ 2008-06-08 16:05:00

* trademarks and truth.
What would you say are the trademarks of my writing? What themes or quirks or turns of phrase have you noticed? What is it that makes a story by me -- well, a story by me?

AND

Certain characters of mine have been dosed with a potion that makes them tell only the truth. Ask them any question that you want, and he or she will answer truthfully!

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dreamandawake
2008-06-09 12:00 am UTC (link)

Um. Again, besides a general awesomeness? I've noticed you always mention your character's pulse, about how it races or slows or stops for a moment. And you always give a very dark and mysterious tone to your writing, which goes SO WELL for your characters.

Dante: Out of all the people you've been with, why did you stick with Ellee?

Zelda: Most attractive thing on any man?

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lastbeautifool
2008-06-09 06:44 pm UTC (link)

me: i DO always mention their pulse, don't i? i do try to stay away from repeating myself, but some patterns are just kind of stuck in there, you know? and thank you. xD

Dante: Because she stuck with me, I think. I mean that she stuck in my mind and sort of lingered around, while other people have come and gone. That part happened because she didn't react to me like a lot of other people have. It wasn't immediate swooning and tearing off clothes. (Yes, that's happened.) She gave out as much as she took and gave me a hard time and there was just something there. I was intrigued. I'm still intrigued. Every time I talk to her, I'm excited to know what she'll say and how she'll react. Also, she's hot as hell and she has a mouth like no woman on earth.

Zelda: oh jeez. an intelligent sense of humor, i think. i don't mean that he's like telling really snooty high-brow jokes all the time that no one gets. that's irritating. i mean a guy who's clever and witty and makes my brain actually start moving. i like a guy who can hold an intelligent, interesting, engaging conversation. a guy can look like brad pitt and be a dumbass, or look completely average in every way and just be smart and all that and i will totally go for bachelor number two. i also really like broad shoulders and a nice chest. i am a girl, after all.

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ow_mybrain
2008-06-09 02:45 am UTC (link)

I love how your characters always use a lot of vernacular. (I probably used that wrong didn't I? Meh.) And I love how you always include their little mumblings, ums and uhs and yannos, that kinda thing. It makes them more realistic, makes it easier for me to hear them in my head. You always depict their emotions so perfectly, I can really see their expressions (especially when they're excited or crazy turned-on) in my head. I love your characterizations, they're always so wonderful and realistic.

Hook: Why are you so interested in Wendy? (Peter is particularly curious about this one.)

Marlowe: What was your honest first impression of Laura? How does it compare with how you see her now?

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lastbeautifool
2008-06-09 06:51 pm UTC (link)

me: oh yay! thank you. i generally see their expressions and emotions in my head, so i'm glad that translates. thank you bebe.

Hook: At first because she was interested in me. To find a pretty girl looking at you instead of the beautiful works of art surrounding her... it's intriguing. I enjoy admirers. I collect them. And now I find that that admirer is also connected to someone who I've taken a very fierce dislike to and it only makes me want her more. She will be mine, and she will be mine first.

Marlowe: Irritating. She was irritating and prying and slightly rude for speaking to me when I'd never initiated a conversation with her before. It was a bit presumptive of her and it put me off at first. She grows on a person, though. What I first thought of as irritating became endearing. I'm not really one for honesty and openness, but I do understand curiosity and going after things that you want. I think in a way she was a good fit for me in the same way that Shakespeare is. I do regret getting her involved in things and putting her in danger. I find I care for her quite a lot now.

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	lemonadeandgin 2008-06-09 08:38 pm UTC (link)
	Marlowe makes me laugh. She has to wait for him to initiate the conversation? Cuuuuute. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ow_mybrain 2008-06-10 06:31 am UTC (link)
	He's so pompous and cute. It just makes me go, "Oh Marlowe." Except if it was me, I'd be totally afraid to talk to Marlowe. Laura just has no boundaries. Sigh. (Reply to this)(Parent)

wow. who fails at life? lena fails at life.

derkins
2008-06-09 04:24 am UTC (link)

Okay. So I am in complete and utter awe of everyone you write. You're just so BRILLIANT and holy crap I'm still so crazy intimidated by you so if I don't PING you it's not because I am a snobby hater it is because homgiamnotworthy. Seriously, I am in complete awe of your character ESPECIALLY THE BAD GUYS you write them SO well and SO menacing but still so charming and drawing at the same time and okay I'll stop now.

Eli: What's one thing you would honestly change about Tennessee?

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Re: wow. who fails at life? lena fails at life.

lastbeautifool
2008-06-09 06:56 pm UTC (link)

Me: ooooooh! i'm sorry i intimidate you! i do like you very much, and i really like your characters. please, you're TOTALLY worthy. and oh my goodness, i love writing the bad guys. i think it makes me kind of a weird person that i like them so much.

Eli: Jesus Christ, that boy has money issues. Seriously. I don't think I have to say how much I love him, because that's so completely obvious that everyone knows already, but I really really wish that he would stop worrying about money so much. He totally freaks out about it. I realize that out of the two of us, he's the manlier man of the relationship and thinks he needs to take care of me and stuff but OH MY GOD, I own a goddamn ferrari. I have more money right now than I really know what to do with, so we might as well use it to get a decent apartment and a tuxedo for prom and all of that, right? Am I RIGHT? I don't think any less of him because he grew up poor or whatever. Not even a little bit. But we have money now, and it's kind of like he doesn't want what I have to give. Anyway. Yeah. I love him so so much, but that is a seriously sore spot with us.

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lemonadeandgin
2008-06-09 12:34 pm UTC (link)

Seductive. Your characters are seductive and seduce other characters without even trying. Your writing is seductive and seduces who ever is writing with you. It says "come hither" and we just blindly nod our heads and follow where you lead. We are the innocent Christines to your Phantom.

Eli: If you didn't have to worry about Tennessee ever finding out, or if he wasn't in the picture, would you sleep with Nico?

Marlowe: Do you ever feel you've grown complacent? Do you ever want something else?

Zelda: Would you get back together with Nico if he asked?

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lastbeautifool
2008-06-09 07:09 pm UTC (link)

me: oh yeah. help me make the music of the night, baby. xD

Eli: Oh jesus. Um. Okay, if Tennessee wasn't in the picture, then... um. Yes. There's... there's stuff there. We're friends, but there are times that there's definite stuff there, and if we had no reason not to act on it, then hell yes. I mean, as long as I knew it wouldn't fuck our relationship or anything, because that would totally suck if it did. But if Tennessee wasn't in the picture, and I knew that Nico and I were still gonna be cool afterwards, yeah.

Marlowe: I do. I do feel like I've grown complacent. But is that any worse than what I was doing before? Before, I was directionless and needlessly putting myself in danger for the sake of feeling. I don't do that now. I've sunk into a pattern, in a way, of sharing my life with someone else. I have someone to think about now, and someone to worry about. It frustrates me sometimes when I think of what I could be doing if I weren't tied down, but in the end, I really believe that I would rather be with Shakespeare than without him, doing anything in the world. I've tried living without him, and it doesn't work.

Zelda: Right now? No. Now I have Scott to think about. I really think I was in love with Nico, and I know I still love him, though not as romantically as I did. There's a difference, you know? But I really really do love that kid with all my heart, and I want him to be happy, and it wouldn't be fair to him or to Scott or to me if we got together again.

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owllight
2008-06-09 01:13 pm UTC (link)

The thing I like best about your writing is what a slut you are. BONNNNG.

......Just kidding. Ily bb.

Questions:
Eli: Do you honestly see yourself still being with Tennessee twenty years from now?
Poe: Who do you think is better for you - Nico or Viollca? (Oh yeah, I went there.)
Charlie: How do you feel about Tennessee not having asked you to stop hooking?
Gabe: If a situation presented itself, and Hans would never find out, would you cheat?

(yes, I'm evil.)

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lastbeautifool
2008-06-09 07:27 pm UTC (link)

me: i knew i was going to regret this. sigh.

Eli: Oh, totally. If things keep the way they are now, then yeah. I really think we could work for that long. I mean, sure, shit can get in the way. I never know what's going to happen. But right now I'm still sorta crazy in love, so I can't really think about my future without him. Jesus, he's turning me into a girl.

Poe: Both make me happy, both hurt me. Nico tells me that he loves me and that he only wants me, but I don't believe him. I don't believe that that will always be true. Sometimes I think he loves me just because I love him, just because he wants to be loved, and I think he could find that satisfaction with anyone else. Viollca loves me so intensely that sometimes I wonder if it's me that he loves or some idea of me, or even if it's love at all and not just loneliness. I'm always waiting to disappoint them or for them to disappoint me. I'm waiting to say the wrong thing or do the wrong thing and for Nico to shout at me again and send me away. I'm waiting for Viollca to finally realize that I'm not what or who he thinks I am and to realize that he's wasted his heart on me when he should be finding someone else. I think, perhaps, that I am incapable of any or this. Loneliness is best for me.

Charlie: I understand that he wants to let me do what I do or whatever, and he's told me before to be careful and not go with certain types of people. But you're right, he's never ever asked me to stop, or even hinted at asking me to stop. Not ever. It... it bothers me. I think he knows that there isn't anything else I can do to take care of myself, and he doesn't all the way want to take care of me. He's not ready for that yet. So it makes me sad. But one day, it will happen, I think. One day when he's ready, I'll be ready too.

Gabe: At this point, I think the guilt would be too much. I'm sharing my life with someone. The last time that I was with someone else, Hans disappeared and even if you say that he would never find out, I know that he would know. I could never hurt him like that now.

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