Yet that terror was not fright, but a tremulous delight.

[callherblondie]

As a reader, I'm as guilty as the next person of sometimes not being able to fully articulate what I love to read, this is especially true in the case of fanfic because I hardly ever read it. However, a common complaint I've seen over the several fandoms I've been in is that a story reads like the writer wrote it with a thesaurus in his or her lap

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[enname]

I just had a look at a few of the library 'online text' databases that I can access, and unfortunately they are all in the original French as well. Hmm. Indeed, the hard copies we hold are all the French, and there is nothing like trying to read 'period' French to bend one's mind. Ergh, the medieval French is bad enough but adding another? I am tempted :P Maybe in a few days though

[callherblondie]

I wonder if Edouard and Ourika have been translated into English in their entirety? It seems really hard to find translated versions. Thank you for checking though!

Vocabulary, and the ability to chose what words are necessary for the sentiment, is a sign of quality not of pretentiousness.Precisely, I couldn't have said it better myself. I think the big problem is that people who complain about purpled prose are actually protesting all the multitudinous times that advanced vocabulary has been misused and the writer obviously doesn't know what he/she is doing or saying. Unfortunately, this aversion to a more sophisticated vocabulary gets extended way too far to include writing that is challenging and, true, difficult, but is done so with precision and knowledge. I think a lot of readers have trouble distinguishing between the two and have come to assume that all dense, complex writing is the result of an over-reliance on a thesaurus and pretension. Many readers find it hard to countenance that such writing could possibly be the

[super_tricie341]

Oh, I love that author. I devoured her Naruto/Ino stories and her Shisui-centric story "Who Died and Made You Lolita?" cracks my shit up every time. I haven't read Naruto in ages.

[callherblondie]

Yes! She's really a genuinely talented writer and I'm going to try to read through all her stuff because I so love the story of hers I recced. :)

[mnemo_syne]

I love reading Naruto fic even though I've never read/seen any source material. There are some great writers in that fandom. :D Thanks for the rec.

[callherblondie]

There are some great writers in that fandom.
Yes, it really seems like it! I almost want to delve into the source material because I'm interested now to find out what it is about it that draws in such skilled and talented writers. Although the laaaast thing I need is another fandom; kpop drives me to distraction, both good and bad! Remember when we started fangirling SHINee way back in 2008? I remember seeing Replay on ohnotheydidnt and being like 'who are these boys? Augh, little kid with a bowl cut who looks like an alien! Augh, kid with huge nostrils! Augh, weird kid who looks rather deranged! Augh, another weird kid who looks rather...slow! Augh...oh, wait, who is HE? PRETTY.' Ah, kpop...how far we've fallen come. XD