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A different take on the cliche "The Lightning Flashes"

1- Anstey on Aug. 29 2008

Hey Kee, in L3, shouldn't that be 'acidic?'

2- Aphasic on Sep. 2 2008

Also, S3 L3 should be 'revelry'?

S6 - 'cynically angry' is overkill one or the other would suffice.

I think you delivered this without too much attention to detail, if you don't mind me typing so. You probably do, so I'll shut up and leave it there.

3- Aphasic on Sep. 2 2008

..or perhaps reverie?

*gone*

6- Anstey on Sep. 3 2008

Hey Kee, when the Brits/Aussies/Canucks correct your spelling on words like that, the best bet is to smile and nod at the crazy people.

 

 

8- Aphasic on Sep. 3 2008

"I would like to explain my intent.  One can be cynical without being angry, and vice versa.  My intent was exactly that both a cynical attitude and angry at the same time."
"Also reverie can be spelled either way, revery or reverie, I chose the spelling I am most familiar with."

Revery - that spelling was alien to me, until I looked it up. So, strike that stereotypical Brit crit.

And yes, although I am frequently angry and cynical simultaneously, I accept that they may behave more like in-laws than MZ twins. However, when reading that line, the 'overkill' still comes upon me - the adjacent adverb/adjective thing I guess, and I would have preferred something like 'Cynicism dismisses the olive branch./ He slaps open the door [angrily]/ and stares, turning a sickly gray pallor...'
I'm not sure anger needs to be explicitly stated - the slapping open of the door infers the state in the context. Or is that just me being simplistic?

Anyway, thanks for the elucidation KZ  - I'll put it down to another Brit thing, disorientation in the baseball field :>

 

9- Anstey on Sep. 3 2008

 Aphasic, you're awesomely awesome. For the record, I recommend that Brits, Aussies and Canucks roll their eyes at the bizarre American spellings.

 

10- Aphasic on Sep. 3 2008

Yeh - we call that bowling, the idea being to achieve a strikethrough. Not generally recommended, however much you relish the prospect of sticking pins in your eyes.

(I think 'awkwardly awesome' is closer to reality Anstey. I tend to collapse in paroxysms of compressed paranoia when awesomeness threatens to infect me)

12- Aphasic on Sep. 4 2008

Well yes KZ, I can appreciate the need to employ overkill in a typical working environment - the threat of death alone invariably fails to generate the required motivation :>

14- Aphasic on Sep. 5 2008

Yeh - that undermines the overkill thing, though I think it would be good to lose one of those pronouns. Maybe 'Slapping open the door / he turns...' ?
But yes, I think it reads better that way.

I'm intrigued - you seem to avoid the use of certain punctuation characters (stops and commas), but embrace the use of others (speech marks, apostrophes). I presume that's a deliberate thing (?)