Re: Slaughterhouse-Five [1/2]
anonymous
March 16 2009, 19:19:29 UTC
Ah, here it is. Sort of, I hope this works.
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England sipped his tea, seemingly trapped in his chair. The walls had a warm color along with the lighting, the chair low and heavily-cushioned, cradling him. In other words, it was, well, womblike, almost, like every other Starbucks he’d ever been in. He wondered how these places had possibly become so popular. Perhaps Freud had been right.
On top of it all, the tea was terrible.
“So, umm, why’d you want to talk to me?” asked America. The whole place smelled like coffee. That might have something to do with the taste of the tea - with every sip, he also got a mouthful of coffee.
“I was looking at your banned books list.”
“That old thing? I haven’t banned a book in like, what, forty years?”
“No, the other banned books list.”
“Oh, that one,” he said, laughing, “Looking for something good for after Harry Potter?”
“I’ve read since Harry Potter.” This was pretty pointless, he thought, but then again, America had called him over for more pointless things than this. That new swingset,
( ... )
Re: Slaughterhouse-Five [2/2]
anonymous
March 16 2009, 19:20:34 UTC
Continued and finished.
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“See, you stop copying off of me, and this is what you get.” said England.
“That’s not true! As soon as my writers stopped copying off of you, we got Mark freaking Twain -”
“Who couldn’t spell -”
“It was a Missouri dialect, dammit! Pure Americana! Don’t tell me yours have never written dialect. I’ve tried to read Wuthering Heights. Impossible.”
“That’s how you’re supposed to do dialect. You don’t write dialect if everyone has the same one. That’s just stupid.”
“Mark Twain was not stupid!”
England opened his mouth but America just continued.
“Why can’t you recognize that I actually have some culture that I haven’t copied for once? God!”
“That wasn’t my point -”
“What was your point? The time travel part? You know, some of Mark Twain had time travel in it too. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court? Ever heard of it? You’d think you’d read novels that you were in.“That wasn’t
( ... )
Re: Slaughterhouse-Five [2/2]
anonymous
August 27 2009, 22:15:46 UTC
YES. I wrote a whole paper for Lit class on Slaughterhouse-Five and HOLY CRAP. Nothing makes me happier when people connect Hetalia to lovely books of literature.
Oh, and triple win on the reference to post-Dresden Germany.
If you can find a place for smut in this prompt, you're totally welcome to it. :D
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England sipped his tea, seemingly trapped in his chair. The walls had a warm color along with the lighting, the chair low and heavily-cushioned, cradling him. In other words, it was, well, womblike, almost, like every other Starbucks he’d ever been in. He wondered how these places had possibly become so popular. Perhaps Freud had been right.
On top of it all, the tea was terrible.
“So, umm, why’d you want to talk to me?” asked America. The whole place smelled like coffee. That might have something to do with the taste of the tea - with every sip, he also got a mouthful of coffee.
“I was looking at your banned books list.”
“That old thing? I haven’t banned a book in like, what, forty years?”
“No, the other banned books list.”
“Oh, that one,” he said, laughing, “Looking for something good for after Harry Potter?”
“I’ve read since Harry Potter.” This was pretty pointless, he thought, but then again, America had called him over for more pointless things than this. That new swingset, ( ... )
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“See, you stop copying off of me, and this is what you get.” said England.
“That’s not true! As soon as my writers stopped copying off of you, we got Mark freaking Twain -”
“Who couldn’t spell -”
“It was a Missouri dialect, dammit! Pure Americana! Don’t tell me yours have never written dialect. I’ve tried to read Wuthering Heights. Impossible.”
“That’s how you’re supposed to do dialect. You don’t write dialect if everyone has the same one. That’s just stupid.”
“Mark Twain was not stupid!”
England opened his mouth but America just continued.
“Why can’t you recognize that I actually have some culture that I haven’t copied for once? God!”
“That wasn’t my point -”
“What was your point? The time travel part? You know, some of Mark Twain had time travel in it too. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court? Ever heard of it? You’d think you’d read novels that you were in.“That wasn’t ( ... )
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ANON... You win. Everything. Everywhere.
ESPECIALLY because of the last line.
(NotOP)
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I lol'd. This Americanon had to read Slaughterhouse-Five for a Lit class and agrees with England entirely. :D
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oh lord, the sixties.
this was awesome
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OMG, the last line...you win the internet. XD
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Oh, and triple win on the reference to post-Dresden Germany.
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