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[yubsie]

So, I'm reading an Aliaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas fic. Solely because it's set in Sacvkille.

Yes. THAT Sackville. The one in NB. In which Jack and Syd are Mount A profs, but Syd currently has no memory of the last five years. In which she married Vaughn and they had a kid. Oh, and Vaughn teaches grade five... which for some reason is at a middle school. And his schedule bears no resemblance to grade five in District Two. :p

Oh, and Syd lost her memories by falling off the Swan Pond bridge. For those of you not from Sackville and therefore not already laughing at this, I have a picture to illustrate the problem.





I'm standing on the RAILING of the bridge. You can't just fall off that bridge! And even if you did, it's just not that far a drop. Though there's rocks. :p

Oh, and this fic is EPICALLY LONG. I've only made it through three chapters. The nostalgia only takes you so far. :p

Comments

[i-paint-the-sky.livejournal.com]

That is rather hilarious! Can we have a link plz =P

[yubsie]

Five Years and Fifty Lilac Bushes. Because somemthing with that much WTF value must be read. :p

[chibifrieza.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh. There's so much wrong with even just the first scene. I mean, aside from the obvious awkwardness of prose,

a) I didn't know she was even standing up until Vaughn told her to sit down
b) There's an implication that he fired a gun underwater, and we know what happens when guns get wet, yes? And even if it managed to fire, the bones in his hand would have been pulverised by the confined vibrations unless it were specially made to be fired underwater, which, FBI(CIA? whatever Secret Service they're in, I forget) or no, I really doubt.
c) How did "almost four years" become "over two years"? :P

Yikes. I mean, I had to investigate, but I don't know if I can take an epic in this vein.

[yubsie]

And this person just graduated with her Honours in English. Presumably from Mount A, which scares me. :p

As for b... haven't they seen the third Pirate movie? :p

I think it has to be read in small doses. There's just so MUCH. :p

(Did you get to the Christians bit? :p I almost want to know what church they go to in Sackville, because it would be really funny if it's one of the ones where I know the minister's kids. :p)

[chibifrieza.livejournal.com]

O_o

Yeah, really. XD

I didn't get to the Christians bit, having stopped at the first set of asterisks. I'll probably end up keeping on reading, just from sheer train-wreck fascination. *_*

[yubsie]

The things we do for train-wrecks. :p

[i-paint-the-sky.livejournal.com]

That is so beyond bizarre.

It's not bad writing though.

[yubsie]

Just... weird ass subject matter. :p

[i-paint-the-sky.livejournal.com]

Definitely.

I was looking at the author's info and apparently she has a BA in English and is our age. Which means she could have been someone from our year, since I'm going to take a wild guess and say that she probably went to Mount A.

[yubsie]

Yeah, I noticed. And thought about how creepy it would be if you knew her. :p Since she just graduated...

[i-paint-the-sky.livejournal.com]

Of course, the profile info could be out of date, but she's still probably a recent grad.

I don't remember anyone named Andi though, but who knows if that's her real name.

[yubsie]

Yeah, even if her profile is up to date, it's not particularly stalkable. So we'll never know if the person sitting next to you in Advanced Shakespeare was writing WTF Aliaaaaaaaaaas AUs. :p

[i-paint-the-sky.livejournal.com]

Well, considering the person sitting next to me in Advanced Shakespeare was Lily, we could always ask her XD

[yubsie]

LMAO!!! That would be worth it just for her reaction. :p

[seryan.livejournal.com]

O-kay. I've been to Sackville NB what? Twice in my life? Yet I can still tell you exactly what is wrong with that idea.

In the picture you look like you're going to descend and devour our souls. I'm keeping a copy to scar your future children with, BTW.

[yubsie]

Other than everything? :p

*snerk* I'd never thought of it quite that way. :p

[anglophile-rat.livejournal.com]

Lovely Goth pic there.

[yubsie]

Thanks. :D That would be my "I feel like making a Death costume. I know, I'll do one that she only wears in one issue!" costume. :p That picture is actually taken on Halloween. Because clearly standing barefoot on a guardrail at night at the end of October in CANADA is a good idea. :p