First Line Meme
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cornerofmadnessI got this from trobadora and it looks like fun.
Rules: list the first lines of your last 10 published stories. See if there are any patterns yourself, or have other people say what they notice.
Honestly it wasn't the last ten. I tried to grab a random sampling of my fandoms from AO3
1. “Mulder, we can not tell this to Skinner.”
(this one IS new, The X-Files The Simple Truth
2. Sometimes life was just ridiculous and hard.
Dogs: Bullets & Carnage A Little Sweetness
3. Penny rested her umbrella against the door before knocking.
The Big Bang Theory The Sky Wept
4. Flowers perfumed the summer air as Sanzo watched Goku chase butterflies around the temple gardens.
Saiyuki Candy from Strangers
5. He took the spoon away from the flame of the jasmine-scented pillar candle then stuck the end of the needle into the liquid, drawing it, like mellifluous life, into the syringe.
Angel: the series Hyperion's Son
6. Did he know she watched him showering?
Angel: the series Shadowless Like Silence
7. Rupert felt adrift, wanting to just be empty, to silence his mind and allow himself to have fun.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Transitive Nightfall of Diamonds
8 “This is just nuts,” Buffy scowled, looking at the tightly-packed, festival vendor stands that crowded the street just across from their hotel; the Historic Lowe Hotel.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Stepchild of Belief
9. There were days he wanted to just run off and forget that he was the Flame Alchemist.
Fullmetal Alchemist The Source of Sorrow
10 "This is ridiculous," Ed grumbled, slumping on his hotel bed.
Fullmetal Alchemist The Believers
I honestly don't see a pattern but I welcome your thoughts!
trobadora and it looks like fun.Rules: list the first lines of your last 10 published stories. See if there are any patterns yourself, or have other people say what they notice.
Honestly it wasn't the last ten. I tried to grab a random sampling of my fandoms from AO3
1. “Mulder, we can not tell this to Skinner.”
(this one IS new, The X-Files The Simple Truth
2. Sometimes life was just ridiculous and hard.
Dogs: Bullets & Carnage A Little Sweetness
3. Penny rested her umbrella against the door before knocking.
The Big Bang Theory The Sky Wept
4. Flowers perfumed the summer air as Sanzo watched Goku chase butterflies around the temple gardens.
Saiyuki Candy from Strangers
5. He took the spoon away from the flame of the jasmine-scented pillar candle then stuck the end of the needle into the liquid, drawing it, like mellifluous life, into the syringe.
Angel: the series Hyperion's Son
6. Did he know she watched him showering?
Angel: the series Shadowless Like Silence
7. Rupert felt adrift, wanting to just be empty, to silence his mind and allow himself to have fun.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Transitive Nightfall of Diamonds
8 “This is just nuts,” Buffy scowled, looking at the tightly-packed, festival vendor stands that crowded the street just across from their hotel; the Historic Lowe Hotel.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Stepchild of Belief
9. There were days he wanted to just run off and forget that he was the Flame Alchemist.
Fullmetal Alchemist The Source of Sorrow
10 "This is ridiculous," Ed grumbled, slumping on his hotel bed.
Fullmetal Alchemist The Believers
I honestly don't see a pattern but I welcome your thoughts!
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