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The Writing Thread: Orlando Passaggio (aka The Writing Thread 3)
nicksgal:
So we were talking yesterday about our line for dark and twisted things... And this isn't a major dark and twisted thing, but it's apparently what I wanted to write today:
Nick poked the stick in his hand into the ground, brushing the remnants of the fish bones skewered on it into the dirt with a sickening crunch before absentmindedly poking the fire with the end. When the stick ignited, he pulled it back, twirling it as he blew out the flame before thrusting it into the dirt again.
Yum, lol.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on May 11, 2021, 11:17:41 PM ---How are you liking splitting the concert up? I've been thinking about it as you've been talking and I don't think I ever liked writing concert scenes either. Maybe because it's not quite the same...
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Eh, it's not the same as just watching the whole thing in one sitting, but it's what I would have done when actually writing anyway - just watch the songs I'm writing about. I think I'm done with the actual concert part for now and have moved on to after the concert, so... yay?
Yeah, you can never capture the magic of a concert with words alone. I think that's the main reason I don't like writing concert scenes. It's a lot of writing lyrics and trying to describe what they're doing while they're singing.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on May 11, 2021, 11:17:41 PM ---And then Nick licks Brian's face in public and ruins the facade, lol. I think we all fall somewhere on the Frick&Frack to Frick/Frack scale... Except for maybe Mare? I know you're not Team Brian, Mare, but what about Frick&Frack? Are you "just Frack no &" instead?
Nice, 7 times! My mom wouldn't let me. I was also ten and it's not her thing, so that may have been more of the issue, lol. I saw it at a friend's house during a sleepover at some point in the next year or so... and then, history.
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I love that scale! I can't speak for Mare, but I will say that even as a teenybopper when I wasn't a fan of Nick, I still liked Frick & Frack. I just leaned more heavily toward the Frick side. Now I appreciate them both equally.
Yeah, makes sense. Titanic is mostly fine for a ten-year-old, but the nudity... the drawing scene and the car scene make it questionable. I was 12 going on 13, and one of the seven times I saw it was with my grandpa LOL. Those scenes were super awkward then.
I also saw all the movies my parents wouldn't approve of at friends' houses during sleepovers LOL. Actually, in the midst of our Titanic/Leonardo DiCaprio obsession, my friends and I made it our mission to watch every movie Leo had made up until that point. I had a Leo biography that talked about them all, so every time we had a sleepover, we would try to rent one. We planned ahead which one we were going to try to rent based on whose house we were at and how lenient their parents were, because some of his movies were completely inappropriate for kids our age. Basketball Diaries and Total Eclipse were the worst... pretty sure that's how I first learned about blow jobs and anal sex LOL. I laugh at the thought of us as 13-year-olds watching all these serious, adult dramas and period pieces at our sleepovers. We liked most of them, and we just made fun of the ones we didn't like or understand.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on May 11, 2021, 11:17:41 PM ---It's smaller than you would expect, but it's really neat. One of my students is doing a research project on her right now for a "famous Coloradoans study" type thing and watching them be fascinated about her is awesome. Although, they said something to the effect of "she's such a badass (my words not theirs), she's probably still alive and well!" And I was like... uhh... no, that's not how aging works at all. She would be long dead no matter what. But you're right, she was a badass into her old age.
OMG, they called Molly a Karen! The youths! I'm glad you defended her, but sad you couldn't convince them. Kathy Bates was the perfect choice for Molly, but you should probably not show Titanic in school to prove a point, lol. Maybe a clip of Molly being awesome would be fine.
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Well, she was "new money" LOL. I love that your students recognized her badassery instead of calling her a Karen! If it comes up again in class, I should find a clip from the movie to show them. I love Kathy Bates! That movie was so well cast.
--- Quote from: nicksgal on May 11, 2021, 11:17:41 PM ---And have happened to Nick in your fanfics! If only he knew, maybe he would pick going back to losing a limb.
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LOL Exactly.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: FrickingKaos on May 12, 2021, 09:56:45 PM ---No lol. I have been just reading timelines and coming up with it and that's why I was so stuck for a little bit.
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I'm glad you got yourself unstuck! Are you trying to come up with more ideas for the 2011-2012 part of the timeline or past events? I'm assuming you will write about the NKOTBSB concert where they announced Kevin was coming back at some point.
RokofAges75:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on May 12, 2021, 11:21:25 PM ---So we were talking yesterday about our line for dark and twisted things... And this isn't a major dark and twisted thing, but it's apparently what I wanted to write today:
Nick poked the stick in his hand into the ground, brushing the remnants of the fish bones skewered on it into the dirt with a sickening crunch before absentmindedly poking the fire with the end. When the stick ignited, he pulled it back, twirling it as he blew out the flame before thrusting it into the dirt again.
Yum, lol.
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I love that description! It's something I would do LOL. I like to light marshmallows on fire and blow them out instead of gently toasting them.
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on May 13, 2021, 09:06:08 PM ---Eh, it's not the same as just watching the whole thing in one sitting, but it's what I would have done when actually writing anyway - just watch the songs I'm writing about. I think I'm done with the actual concert part for now and have moved on to after the concert, so... yay?
Yeah, you can never capture the magic of a concert with words alone. I think that's the main reason I don't like writing concert scenes. It's a lot of writing lyrics and trying to describe what they're doing while they're singing.
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Yay! Glad you're getting to after the concert debauchery instead. Hopefully everything flows well from this point on.
Same. Now that we've decided that linking to videos is acceptable, that's what I'd plan on doing from now on, lol. Or just skipping them entirely.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on May 13, 2021, 09:06:08 PM ---I love that scale! I can't speak for Mare, but I will say that even as a teenybopper when I wasn't a fan of Nick, I still liked Frick & Frack. I just leaned more heavily toward the Frick side. Now I appreciate them both equally.
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It's because Frick & Frack brought out this silly and joyful dynamic between them and individually. And they were just all smiles. I like to pretend it's still exactly like that in my writing, even though I know it's not. You know, they were my favorites, so Frick & Frack was just the pinnacle of brotherly Backstreet love for me.
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on May 13, 2021, 09:06:08 PM ---Yeah, makes sense. Titanic is mostly fine for a ten-year-old, but the nudity... the drawing scene and the car scene make it questionable. I was 12 going on 13, and one of the seven times I saw it was with my grandpa LOL. Those scenes were super awkward then.
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I'm sure she would have been fine fast-forwarding through the violence/nudity/dead bodies at our house, lol. Titanic stops before they hit the iceberg, don't even have to change the tape, lol!
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on May 13, 2021, 09:06:08 PM ---I also saw all the movies my parents wouldn't approve of at friends' houses during sleepovers LOL. Actually, in the midst of our Titanic/Leonardo DiCaprio obsession, my friends and I made it our mission to watch every movie Leo had made up until that point. I had a Leo biography that talked about them all, so every time we had a sleepover, we would try to rent one. We planned ahead which one we were going to try to rent based on whose house we were at and how lenient their parents were, because some of his movies were completely inappropriate for kids our age. Basketball Diaries and Total Eclipse were the worst... pretty sure that's how I first learned about blow jobs and anal sex LOL. I laugh at the thought of us as 13-year-olds watching all these serious, adult dramas and period pieces at our sleepovers. We liked most of them, and we just made fun of the ones we didn't like or understand.
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I like your strategic planning to watch Leo movies and glad you got to watch most of them because of it. And better to learn about blow jobs and anal sex from Leo than on the streets! ;) I think Titanic (obviously) and Romeo + Juliet are still my two favorites. You?
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on May 13, 2021, 09:06:08 PM ---Well, she was "new money" LOL. I love that your students recognized her badassery instead of calling her a Karen! If it comes up again in class, I should find a clip from the movie to show them. I love Kathy Bates! That movie was so well cast.
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Stop putting your logic into why her house was small, lol. Money is money. (That's not true at all, there's definitely cases where there's money and cases where there's money. Generational wealth is insane.) As they should; she's a badass. Also I don't think they know what a Karen is yet? I've never heard them talk about Karens, so... :shrug: Or make a clip. The lifeboat scene is the clear one that comes to mind on the badass scale. It was so well cast!
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on May 13, 2021, 09:11:09 PM ---I love that description! It's something I would do LOL. I like to light marshmallows on fire and blow them out instead of gently toasting them.
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Thanks! I also enjoyed writing it. The POV character watching him do it is hating it, lol. I don't know that I would do it with a fish carcass, but I also like to light my marshmallows on fire. They're better burnt than toasted for sure.
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