#( dialogue / lorelai gilmore )

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[venustrape-arch]

" no, i won't drop it. " she finally speaks before he can walk away from her for the millionth time today. " i'm holding it very tightly, in fact, babe. i'm holding on the way jack should've held on to that stupid piece of wood. " making a reference to a movie about a sinking boat on luke's dark day may be entirely inappropriate here, but it's too late to rectify it. " it kills me, okay ? to watch you sink away & act so differently – god, i swear i'm not trying to be cute, the nautical theme is just very heavily imbedded in my brain right now. " she pauses, letting out a frustrated breath as she waits for him to look at her. " i'm sorry. i just – i know how much you loved your dad. i know how much this boat means to you, i didn't want you to regret abandoning it. "

@castlesfallen [ luke ] | 🎁

[maddy-ferguson]

french twist is so so bad worst episode of the show by far

[ac0smicdanc3r]

Eddie getting out of Steve’s bed in the morning and sleepily going downstairs to get some coffee from the kitchen. He grabs Steve’s polo from the floor on his way and puts it on, his outfit now consisting of a preppy polo, that is unmistakably Steve’s, and his underwear.

As he rounds the corner to enter the kitchen, he is met with the sight of all six members of the party both sitting on and standing around the kitchen counter. It shouldn’t be surprising, the party hang out at Steve’s fairly often. The real mystery is how on earth they got in when Steve has been asleep all morning.

However, Eddie’s train of thought is cut short by the six pairs of wide eyes now staring at him. It’s then that he becomes aware of his appearance. So much for keeping his and Steve’s new relationship a secret.

The party stares at Eddie for a few seconds and he stares back. Without saying a word, he retreats back round the corner and up the stairs to Steve’s room. He stands at the foot of the bed where a half-asleep Steve peers up at him.

Eddie: Well, I think everyone’s gonna know.

Steve: What are you talking about? Why are you wearing my shirt?

Eddie: I put it on to go get coffee.

Steve: Downstairs?

Eddie: Yup.

Steve: But the whole party’s here…

Eddie: (sarcastically) You’re kidding!

Steve: You walked into the kitchen looking like that!?

Eddie: Yeah well, I didn’t think people could be in your house without you letting them in!

Steve: I gave Dustin my spare key, he can just let himself in.

Eddie: Oh he certainly did, just in time for the floor show.

Steve:

Steve: …maybe no one noticed?

Eddie: Look at me!

Steve: Okay yes, but you wear crazy outfits all the time

Eddie: They usually include pants.

Steve: Okay, so they know. So what? I mean, they’re gonna find out eventually, right?

Eddie: Right…so we’ll hear about it for a few days.

Steve: A few weeks.

Eddie: Six months of hearing about it, but then it’ll die down…so, okay, well, they know. It’s out.

Steve: It’s out.

Steve: …Where’s your coffee?

Eddie: *gestures to himself, still only wearing Steve’s polo and his underwear*

Steve: Oh, I’m getting your coffee.

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Btw I cannot take credit for this hilarious dialogue, it’s a scene from season 5 episode 3 of Gilmore Girls where Lorelai walks into Luke’s diner wearing only his shirt, revealing their new relationship.

[sarabethsilver]

Anybody catch this before? In Let The Games Begin, Rory lies to Lorelai about when and why she removed Dean's bracelet (aka the dreaded Quarter On A String).

Here's Rory, still very much wearing the bracelet, in the opening scene of the episode. (This is immediately prior to her amazing "hi hi hi hi" scene with Jess 🥰)

I like to think that as soon as Rory had this delightful exchange with Jess, the bracelet disintegrated off her wrist from the sheer force of her wanting him so badly. ANYWAY.

The very next scene is a Friday Night Dinner several nights later, where she is plainly NOT wearing the bracelet:

(Cutie pie is hungry and waiting for her fifth salad.)

She is also NOT wearing the bracelet during her adorably awkward near-kiss with Jess in the diner apartment. I tried to take a screenshot but my brain kept short-circuiting from all the cuteness.

Then, on the morning of her Yale visit - which is about a week later, according to dialogue - Rory says this:

(Please note Lorelai's mournful face as she realizes that Dean will no longer stalk their house on the daily.)

Very interesting, Miss Gilmore! Because according to my calculations, that bracelet has been off your wrist for at LEAST a week, probably closer to two.

It might be a coincidence, but I don't think so... those first two scenes make a pretty big point to show us her left wrist. I wonder if this is supposed to signify a change between how Rory handled her relationships? She told Lorelai every little thing about Dean, certainly including updates about that damn bracelet. But with Jess... the moment they start dating, she's keeping their relationship mostly between them and doesn't include Lorelai.

It's a healthy boundary for Rory to set between her and Lorelai, but it also involved Rory lying about a trivial event. What a perfect demonstration of the ways that her relationship with Jess was more grown up AND more dysfunctional from the start.

[saltygilmores]

Thoughts While Watching Gilmore Girls-Season 3, Episode 12. “Lorelai Out Of Water” Part 2

Folgers really blows their little minds. Taylor's attorney's sure got her work cut out for her. I know she's supposed be on his side, but still. We're just gonna gloss over his long list of financial crimes, are we now, Miss Attorney?

Nicole is slumming it? Really? Luke is Stars Hollow's prize catch (ha ha, I made a fishing pun in an episode about fishing). Sure he can't spell Tomatoes correctly, he's a coffee fraud, and he breaks multiple labor, wage, and child protection laws, but he's hot, he's gainfully employed, and he'll bone you into next week and cook you breakfast afterwards. Plus, he's sassy.

Oh yeah. That's the stuff.

And I bet he rocked her world.

And we will never see evidence of one of these mythical so called "Dates" We can infer a little bit of information from this sentence, however: Seeing as she apparently needs transportation to get home, as opposed to them just walking home, one could assume that Jesss sometimes takes Rory out of Stars Hollow for dates. Good man. Looks like Jess managed to secure them a couple Day Passes to leave The Institution. I guess Lorelai is not (currently) flipping a snit that Rory is being picked up at their home, climbing into Jess' DeathSexMobile and disappearing unsupervised into the great beyond now and again. He can pick her up at Lorelai's front door with his car and drive off with her now, but not two episodes from now. Got it.

Damn, Luke. Give the barely legal skronklet a break will you.

Daydreaming pleasant Alex Thoughts.

AmyShermanPalladino claims the show operated on a shoestring budget; was that because they were paying their Fake Food Person a triple salary? The fake food steals the scene once again. As if Rory would ever order peas and carrots, but I digress. Rory shows up with some books about fishing so Lorelai can win Alex's heart and then eventually stick a fish hook in said heart, reel him in, and leave him on the dock flopping and gasping for air. Mm, I take that back. That's actually what she does to Luke in this episode, not Alex.

Oh, buddy.

Unlike Rory's unwavering faith that Jess plays imaginary sports with imaginary friends, Luke actually questions Lorelai when she infers that she has multiple friends who all indulge in a hobby that she wouldn't be caught dead involving herself in. (not yet, but later. But he knows. He knows).

Heh, heh. *way too long scene of Paris and Rory probably reconciling in Charleston's office* Me predicting Luke's reaction before he says the line: "You look ridiculous." Luke:

Get in the pool, loser, we're going fishing.

My kindgdom for euphimisms. Give me ALL the handjob euphimisms! What L&L scene had the best sexually charged dialogue thinly layered in metaphors? Was it this? Was it that whole "pounding on the porch rail" scene? The one with the pickles? The throbbing, aching painting party?

He knows. He knows.

Nice try, Lorelai. Like I said, that line might fly if you're Rory People Pleaser Gilmore. You ain't pulling that "I have friends" bit over on Luke.

Time for a Crazy Ex Girlfriend “I Have Friends” musical interlude!

I have friends, I definitely have friends! No one can I say that I do not have friends! Friends friends friendly friends time to meet my friends!

ALTERNATE SWAN SONG SCENE Rory: Where'd you get the black eye? Jess: I was playing ball with my friends. Rory: Since when do you engage in any athletic endeavors? What friends? ..... (she tries to end the sentence with an example but can't name one friend Jess has) Jess: Yeah you're right Rory you got me I have no friends it was actually a swan with a thirst for revenge Rory: Oh okay. Can we have sex now Jess: Yeah Anyway, the only other "friend" of Lorelai's Luke can come up with is her own daughter.

Oh Luke, you poor soul. After an uncomfortable exchange where Lorelai admits she's seeing Alex, Luke offers Lorelai the use of his Box and Pole on her date with another man.

I wouldn't get too crushed about it though, Danes. Alex will fall victim to the Wormhole in a few weeks, then you just have to wait it out for another...year and a half.

[thefirst3chapters]

What do you think about how some fans say it would be weird if rory and jess were together because luke and lorelai are now married? Wondering if this could’ve been the actual reason why they didn’t get to end up together as part of gg canon…

This ask arrived at an opportune time because I already had a draft post about this very topic! Lots of rambling ahead:

I really don't think we as the audience are meant to see Luke and Lorelai's marriage as a decisive obstacle for Rory and Jess possibly being together. The main defenses of Literati that I've seen others bring up regarding this concern are that Rory and Jess aren't genetically related and didn't grow up as relatives, and they dated before Luke and Lorelai did. Something else that probably makes being "step-cousins" essentially a non-issue is that there were numerous opportunities for the characters to see this as a problem, but they never did.

Throughout S2/3, Luke supports Rory and Jess's relationship (even enthusiastically so!) while he is pining for Lorelai.

At the end of S4, when Luke has just had the epiphany that he's ready to let Lorelai know how he feels, he eagerly listens to Jess's disastrous "I love you" story and gives him encouraging advice, and Jess witnesses Luke and Lorelai attending Liz and TJ's wedding together and seems happy about it. Neither Luke nor Jess appear to be troubled by the fact that they're both in love with a Gilmore girl.

When Luke and Lorelai start dating, Rory and Jess's previous relationship is never mentioned as an obstacle.

In S6, the infamous Truncheon kiss happens when Luke and Lorelai are engaged to be married, but that doesn't seem to be a concern for Rory and Jess at all, and the scene is completely focused on other problems.

In AYITL, when Luke asks Jess about being "over that," one of them could've said something to the effect of everything working out for the best in this regard if the writers wanted to imply that being step-cousins would impede any chance of a future relationship. Instead of that, though, we get the implication that "it's never over."

There's definitely potential for some awkwardness, but the characters' history suggests that this family link probably wouldn't be that big of a scandal for any of them.

As I've seen other people discuss here, it seems like maybe Rory was never intended to end up with any romantic partner at the end of the show because the central relationship is always Lorelai and Rory's, and the long-planned "last four words" are dialogue that they share and are focused on the "full circle" theme. ASP has expressed some disappointment that audiences focus so much on Rory's romantic life, which perhaps also suggests that the writers didn't want to finish the series with Rory in a relationship. In this Time interview (link) from right before AYITL was released, she said:

The fact that people love them and are excited about them is great. It’s just such a small part of who Rory is. I don’t see people debating “What newspaper is Rory’s working for?” “Did she win a Pulitzer yet?” It’s all about Dean and Jess. Dean was 16 years old when they dated. Everybody should go back and think about their boyfriend at 16 and then reevaluate whether that should be the focus of the conversation.

(That's kind of interesting considering what happens in AYITL. Rory is burned out and grasping at straws professionally, and there's limited mentions of what's been going on with her career in the interim years. Unlike Rory's forgotten boyfriend Paul, who presumably met Rory more recently than her OS boyfriends, Jess and Logan are both key players in the narrative and are both implied to have a significant role in Rory's future, but I digress...)

So anyway, I think there's plenty of hope that Rory and Jess could still end up together even with Luke and Lorelai being married. Thank you for the ask!

[ilovedumboys]

i saw you love gilmore girls and so do i! would you do a imagine where like in season five, rory sees logan with that other girl while shopping with lorelai? rory and logan established that their “relationship” had no “strings attached”, yet it took a great toll on her. i was thinking, y/n as rory is really sad about seeing mattheo (as logan) with some other girl so she confines with her best friend pansy. happy ending where mattheo says he could learn to be a good boyfriend? thank youu!

I FOUND MY PEOPLE OMG MATTHEO PLUS GILMORE GIRLS UGHH also there is a lot of dialogue I pulled from Gilmore girls so mattheo is the bold :))

Mattheo and Y/n have been messing around for four weeks now, but keeping it casual. She knows they aren't official yet, but she wants them to be. Mattheo is all she can think about. So naturally she tells her best friend all about it. Y/n and Pansy are walking down the street of hogsmeade, and she's telling her everything.

"I just hope he doesn't get bored. I mean I'm not sleeping with him, at least not until he'll date me. Is that extra?" Pansy rips a piece of pretzel off, handing it to her. "No, it's self control, it shows that you don't just give it away." She says, stuffing a peice of pretzel in her mouth.

Y/n swats pansy to get her attention, the both of them looking over Mattheo and another girl sitting together in the three broomsticks, her playfully twirling his hair while he talks. "pans..." she says, her voice breaking. "god I'm such an idiot." she mutters, making her way down the street, back to the portkey to Hogwarts. Pansy runs after her. "babe, come on" she yells, but y/n ignores her. "Y/n..." pansy cooes, holding her hand.

They get back to their dorm, and pansy sits with her, painting her nails while Y/n rants. Then an owl pecks at the window, and Y/n stands up, opening it. A letter is dropped into her hand, and the owl flies away. "Its a letter from mattheo, he wants me to meet him at the astronomy tower." she murmurs. "Go!" pansy says, pushing her towards her closet. "and change you look like a mad woman."

Y/n walks up the stairs off the astronomy tower, her hands shaking with anxiety. "Mattheo?" she yells, looking around for him. "Hey, Y/n." he says, coming out from a corner. "Matty we need to talk..." she says, looking into his eyes.

"what's wrong?" he asks, stepping forward. "I um, I don't think I can see you anymore, or whatever we're doing." She says quickly, running a hand through her hair nervously. "Why, I thought we were fine?" he says, his voice laced with nervousness that his face doesn't show. "This casual dating thing, it's not who I am, and because I saw you today, with another girl, plus I haven't heard from you in a week." Mattheo shakes his head. "I was busy, I had some friends to catch up with and-" She cuts him off. "you know what, it doesn't matter, you're not my boyfriend you don't owe me any explanations, I just don't want to be one of the many anymore."

"Y/n come on." He says squinting slightly, seemingly examining her face. "Why are we done here?" he asks. She looks back up "I've said everything i have to say." He stuffs his hands in his pockets, looking upset. "Which is what?" "I'm a girlfriend girl, mattheo. I have boyfriends, not escorts." he paces slightly. "ah" "I thought I could be different but I can't, I'm sorry, maybe we can just go back to being friends again." Mattheo looks mad, running a hand through his hair. "or maybe we can become boyfriend and girlfriend, right?" "What?" "I get it, I get what you're doing." Y/n rolls her eyes. "I'm not doing anything." "Hey if that's what you want just come out and say it okay, but you coming in here and issuing an ultimatum?" "There's no ultimatum!" he paces before getting closer to her.

There is a few moments of silence, his breath heavy. "alright fine, I'll do it." She looks into his eyes. "Do what?" "I'll be your boyfriend." "You can't be my boyfriend." "Why not?" He raises his voice. "Because you told me you can't be my boyfriend." "If I say I can then I can..." "you have a 100 girls on speed dial. You keep your options open, very open." "That doesn't matter, you came in here saying you're unhappy with the situation right?" "Right.." "Yes, right, Ive fixed the situation." "You're not a boyfriend guy I get that it's fine!" She says, not wanting to argue. "Y/n, do you really wanna stop seeing me?" She pauses. "No but I can't-" "cause I don't wanna stop seeing you." "Okay, but" "So then except what I'm saying. I don't like trying new things, new is different, but I can do it." "Are you sure?"

He grabs her waist, her hand on the back of her head. He kisses her deeply, pulling away and looking into her eyes. "I know you can do that, but." he cuts her off with another kiss. "Then believe me." He pulls away but his hands never leave her waist. "We're starting again, new beginning." "okay." she smiles. "I'm an excellent boyfriend." he says kissing her again. "I agree, but do you wanna tell that girl you were with earlier that?" "Oh she'll figure it out soon enough." "Better not treat me like that." "oh never, you're my girlfriend now."

[moonlitmeeks]

Hi lovely! I was wondering if I could request a blurb of Rory Gilmore x fem!reader where they just have a cute movie night with loralei or hang out with lane ?

Thanks, vesper <3

hi darling!!! oh my god i have been dying to write for rory for so long, so thank you so so much for sending this in!!! mentions of food

in true gilmore fashion, the living room table was near invisible beneath the monumental array of snacks spread across it.

rory had invited you along to one of her and lorelai's movie nights, an event your girlfriend had told you countless stories about. you thought her warning of how seriously her mom took these evenings was hyperbolic, but you quickly realised her words rang true.

from the moment you had entered, you were swept into a whirlwind of questions: which movie do you prefer, casablanca or thelma and louise? what snacks are your favourite? do you prefer sweet or salted popcorn?

rory had commented that her mom was never usually this over the top, and it was likely she just wanted to make a good impression for her girlfriend. though you waved her off, you were secretly delighted at the notion lorelai cared enough about you to put on this spectacle.

finally, the movie had started.

whilst lorelai sat to her right, you were to the left of rory, her hand in yours as she played mindlessly with your fingers, eyes never leaving the screen.

the two of you were only slightly cuddled into one another, not wanting to deal with lorelai's constant teasing at your expense. a thick, knit blanket swaddled you both,

you couldn't help the butterflies that stirred as you listened to her quips and comments, some intellectual and others just plain hilarious. soon, your attention was on the alternative dialogue rory and her mother were offering rather than the movie itself, something that didn't go unnoticed by rory.

"you're not watching the movie." her voice was soft, the slightest inclination of amusement in her tone.

in response, you shrugged, looking down at your intertwined hands.

"i find you much more entertaining."

you were interrupted by a piece of popcorn hitting your face and bouncing into your lap. the faux innocent look on lorelai's face indicated her guilt, and the piece of popcorn she slipped into her mouth confirmed that she was the culprit.

"less flirting, more watching," she said, shooting you a sly smile before turning back to the movie.

rory only laughed, leaning into your side and pressing a kiss to your shoulder. you beamed under her touch, happy that you could spend a night like this with her.

[soleadita]

top 15 tv shows (in no particular order)(ty for the tag @staybeautifulmp3 🫶🏼🫶🏼 i'm eyeing ur list and taking mental notes btw)

teen wolf (self explanatory)

stargate atlantis (self explanatory)

gilmore girls - it's comfy it's cozy it gives "show’s californian creator idealizes and pines after a new england small town experience" which. same, amy, same. also there's jess mariano. with paperbacks in his back pocket.

the bear - as larry the cucumber once said to bob the tomato: i laughed. i cried. it moved me, bob. (genuinely such an impeccably made show)

bridgerton but SPECIFICALLY SEASON 2 iykyk

the good wife - josh charles. also alicia florrick step on me what who said that maybe it was kalinda

sports night - again, josh charles. also baby peter krause. also dialogue speed that rivals lorelai gilmore's.

derry girls - the amount of times i’ve repeated the wee lesbian to myself in my head. unmatched.

crashing (2016) - go on. there are six 20 minute episodes. knock em out in an afternoon. you can do it. i believe in you.

bones - never have i ever seen so many characters with different flavors of autism in one space. it’s marvelous.

daredevil - love a sad catholic boy in a suit

andor - i know next to nothing about the greater star wars universe but diego luna star wars can stay

warrior nun - GLOWY LESBIAN FIGHTER NUNS I THINK ABOUT U DAILY <3

reservation dogs - okay full disclosure the first season emotionally decimated me so thoroughly that i haven’t been able to bring myself to watch the second season yet. or the third, for that matter. but holy hell. television amirite.

malcolm in the middle - watched purely bc of amanda’s reese mitm posting. no regrets. it’s so bizarrely good that my younger siblings, who barely like anything unless it’s pretentious or an anime or a k-drama, dropped everything to watch it with me last time i was home.

no pressure tagging @dauntingday @stardustsea @hotcinnamonsunset @scattered-winter @xandromedan @moonlightperseus @itwoodbeprefect + anyone else who wants to do it 💕

[venustrape-arch]

@bruiseeasily | meme ↪ ❛  are you even listening to me?  ❜ harvey @ lorelai

she can tell he's not used to being ignored. especially when he's trying to answer a question she asked, so the annoyance is fair game. in hindsight, staring into space while processing her stress & taking a call from sookie right in the middle of their talk might've not been the most polite thing to do, but considering how she left things back at the inn, there's no way she's ignoring a call from her chef. it's not like it's their first rodeo with a disruptive guest, but this one was particularly nasty. threatening to sue because she dared kick him out when he spent the whole night making a ruckus with no regard for the people he shared walls with ?! after already getting two warnings from the night manager ?! ludicrous. the stupidest thing she's ever heard ! harvey's just the only one who could possibly assure her as fast as possible that a case like that would never be in his favor... right ? " sweetie, calm down – just offer the guests breakfast on us, i'll be there soon. " word of mouth can either make or break a new business & she will smooth things over. she'll crack the charm up to a hundred & ten if need be. but meanwhile, she puts the phone away, letting out a heavy sigh & tucking dark strands of hair behind her ears before darting her attention back to him. " i'm not gonna lie to you, my brain was sort of talking over you while you were speaking & you don't know my brain, but it's very loud, so – you were saying. "

[maddy-ferguson]

what's most jarring about s7 (mediocre dialogue and storytelling aside) is the camerawork and especially THE CLOSEUPS

[angstbotfic]

Twenty questions for fic writers

tagged by @waknatious

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

180.

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

774,164

3. What fandoms do you write for?

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

yes, every single one. even when it takes me months.

6. What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

probably Second Chance?

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

i mean they kind of all have happy endings . . .

8. Do you get hate on fics?

i have in the past during the height of anti-SQ sentiment in the fandom. not recently.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

i am the prophet of smut, so yes. 113 of my stories are explicit.

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

The Gardener took Emma Swan and put her in 1949 LA with Rita Castillo.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

no, though i did swap one of my fics out to be CS to see what they'd say with Emma being domme and several people saw it and reached out to tell me it had been stolen and i had to let them know.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

no.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

yes, A Recipe for Love, Or: Lesbians and Lasagna with @rowark

14. What's your all-time favorite ship?

i mean i am terrible saying i have a favorite of literally anything but i have definitely written the most Swan Queen

15. What's a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

i haven't given up hope on rewriting every episode of Gilmore Girls in my Paris/Lorelai verse but it's on indefinite hiatus right now.

16. What are your writing strengths?

smut, i think?

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

description. i just don't care about describing how anything looks.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

when it makes sense in context and the author knows the language well enough, by all means. but don't try to Google Translate!

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Voyager in 2000.

20. Favorite fic you've written?

i can't do favorites!

tagging nobody. do it if you wanna.

[saltygilmores]

The whole "forklift driver" thing never made a lick of sense to me so I prefer to imagine our little employee of the month here was more than likely just a run of the mill of stock boy and I feel very strongly that there should have been a Gilmore Girls Black Friday episode, where the GG's and the other characters from The Hollow go Black Friday shopping at Jess' Walmart, the hilarious hijinks of the characters battling it out for the best spot in line on the sidewalk to camp out overnight, tiny little Jess getting caught in a stampede when the doors open, or getting pulverized trying to break up a fight between like, Kirk and Miss Patty (really the combinations are endless here) over a discounted toaster. Luke would go into an epic rant about the evils of consumerism, but he could also be grudingly convinced to provide coffee to the campers. Lorelai and Rory would deck their tent out with twinkle lights. What would be the hot item that everyone is after? I haven't decided. I generally enjoy the image of Rory and Lorelai escaping The Bubble (The Hollow) and going to Walmart, where (alternatively) he's a cashier and has to ring up their purchases, and some snappy back and forth dialogue ensues at the register, but he would get fired after like a day dealing with retail customers. Not everyone would let him get away with being snarky and Noping customers like Uncle Luke would.

[wonderlandleighleigh]

I’m a new follower, so I wouldn’t know if anyone asked you this already, but tips for dialogue?

Loved reading your work on ao3! ❤️

Thank you!!

I think dialogue has rhythm and style to it. It ebs and flows and each character has their own.

Lenny tends to elongate and be more formal in his speech:

"I will give you a ring" instead of "I'll call you."

So more words.

Midge talks faster but uses less words.

A lot of it is about paying attention. If you don't, Joel and Lenny will wind up sounding similar when they're not. Lenny tends to forgo contractions. "I will." "I do not." "You are more important than God" sounds weird with the "you're" contraction, right? Less reverent.

Dean Winchester: less words with a Midwestern drawal to them.

Toby Zeigler: oscillates between an annoyed clipped rhythm and short, snarky drawals.

Abe: as wordy as he can possibly manage.

Tenth Doctor: babble monster whose volume goes from quiet growl to squeaky yell.

Lorelai Gilmore: quick, but not as quick as Midge.

Go listen to Midge and Lenny's sets or their banter. Or any character's way of speaking. Listening for the ups and downs in tone. To rhythm and tempo. To word choice. It's all intentional.

[indestinatus]

20 fanfic questions

Thank you for the tag @television-overload :) it's been a while since I've done one of these!

How many works do you have on AO3?

37. Well, who would've thunk

2. What's your total AO3 words count?

382,174 and omg how

3. What fandoms do you write for?

NCIS, Shadow and Bone, Euphoria and Gilmore Girls <3

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

the warmest color (Euphoria); Something Blue (NCIS); an audience of one (Euphoria); NCIS 17x11 (NCIS); Once Upon a Halloween (NCIS) ❤️

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I do. People are so kind on AO3, I love interacting!

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I once wrote a fic where Tony died. Let's not talk about that.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

It's probably Something Blue with the sickly sweet ending. Or maybe Once Upon a Halloween ;) that ending chapter was lovely

8. Do you get hate on fics?

I used to. Someone said I wrote too much prose

9. Do you write smut. If so what kind?

Well if it isn't my signature!!!

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

I don't. Too mind-boggling to come up with a good one

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Let's not talk about the Wattpad German incident

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Again, Wattpad German incident

13. Have you ever cowritten a fic before?

I did! 2020 was so fun in the NCIS fandom :')

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

I gotta say... And it pains me to say this but. There are two now. Life is strange cause I thought that Tony and Ziva were it but oh well Lorelai and Luke are pretty much up there. Blueprint, both.

15. What's a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

Once Upon a Christmas Eve is coming, people. Eight stories down the line, only twenty-three to go! Ouch

16. What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue. Dialogue. Dialogue.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

I'm Brazilian. Always googling synonyms

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

Gotta listen to how they talk. I also used to study scripts!

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Oh, boy is that surprising. Tony and Ziva for NCIS.

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?

BY FAR Once Upon a Halloween! I love Halloween. 🎃

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