The web is too big... and my brain is too tired

[reve_silencieux]

Okay, I googled for about 10 seconds then decided that I just don't have the energy or desire to hunt for one line of my fic.

So instead I'm asking my flist!

Okay, first off - it's Mozzie speaking.  I need a phrase/code/reference... something about a lair or a trap.  Maybe a fairy tale or fable... it doesn't matter to me.  But just something

Comments

[zou2]

How about "will you walk into my parlor? Said the spider to the fly" ?

[reve_silencieux]

Thanks! I'm definitely going to think on that and see if it works.

[elrhiarhodan]

Or maybe, Hansel and Gretel should have known better than to enter a house made out of candy.

[reve_silencieux]

Oooh... this almost worked. I got excited until I read up on it and it might not quite fit. But I will keep it in mind. Thanks!

[elrhiarhodan]

Hmmm, what about "Persephone was warned not to eat anything in Hell"? Or, "Rapunzel's mother should have stifled her craving for rampion"? Or "The miller's daughter should have known better than to ask a favor from a wicked imp"?

[reve_silencieux]

I am SO going to have to look those up. At least to get the official story. I know the first two, but not the miller's daughter.

[itcanbehere]

Not sure if it fits your context, but I know Mozzie and Neal would appreciate this one. ;)

“A trap is only a trap if you don't know about it. If you know about it, it's a challenge.”
- China Miéville, King Rat

Also from the ever proverbial Jean de la Fontaine:
"Tel est pris qui croyait prendre."

(There's also the iconic booby-trapped temple in Peru from Raiders of the Lost Ark.)

[reve_silencieux]

Oh... that's a great quote! It doesn't fit the context, but I'm definitely going to have to keep that in mind for the future. Thanks!