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[bliumchik]

As if it weren't bad enough that Bra Strap Bill has taken up residence in my head and is pestering me for crack!fic, he's now been joined by Capslock Holmes, the famous fandom_wank detective.

WHY, BRAIN. WHY.

Also, I've been reading fanfic and I'm getting really pissed off at the word "however." Who the hell actually says "However, I wouldn't think of that normally" in conversation? The word "but" exists for a damn reason, people! It's here, it's colloquial, and it's feeling a little neglected! However, at the start of a sentence and followed by a comma, belongs in essays and dressings down, and it inevitably breaks me out of the narrative when used in stream of consciousness or dialogue. Talk about suspension of disbelief!

Comments

[lackofmendacity.livejournal.com]

Who the hell actually says "However, I wouldn't think of that normally" in conversation?

*coughs*

I feel quite odd now. 0_o

[maggiebloome.livejournal.com]

Oh come on, you only use it as appropriate :P

[maggiebloome.livejournal.com]

And even then, who else have you met that speaks like you do?

[cynicky.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on this one

If I knew how to do strikethroughs I'd make some comment about that being why we love you, but alas

[lackofmendacity.livejournal.com]

Bra Strap Bill, perhaps?