A meme, nicked from djcati

[active_apathy]

The original meme, near as I can divine, calls for people to guess fandoms from a list of ten summary sentences. djcati had 19, some of which were fairly cryptic, and not all of which were summaries.

That way seemed fun. There'll be 32 of them, ranging from stuff I like to stuff that provokes all-out fangirlishness. And while they're all references, they aren't necessarily summaries.

So!

1. It's all a bit non-euclidean, really. The Cthulhu Mythos (deepfishy)
   
   
2. I haven't got the lime. Anansi Boys (riverchild)
   
   
3. It's not easy being green. Wicked: the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (herekittykitty)
   
   
4. Corporatised surnames and privatised police. Jennifer Government (deepfishy)
   
   
5. Undead beasties and disreputable dogs. Garth Nix's Old Kingdom trilogy (deepfishy)
   
   
6. The comfy chair? Monty Python's Flying Circus (peebs1701)
   
   
7. Pages/poison OTP! Also, murderous monks. The Name of the Rose (riverchild)
   
   
8. But where do all the calculators go? Red Dwarf (daphyn)
   
   
9. Such profanity from a celestial body? Stardust (deepfishy)
   
   
10. Pandas punctuate poorly. Eats, Shoots and Leaves (riverchild)
    
    
11. Secretarial harmony. That most evil of law firms. Angel (raptor_au)
    
    
12. We used to be friends. Veronica Mars (data_warrior)
    
    
13. Sometimes, you really do need to set a deep hole with spring-loaded sides, tripwires, whirling knife blades driven by water power, broken glass and scorpions. Discworld (deepfishy)
    
    
14. Always a pleasure. Plus, the people's fame and ovation (forever) sounds like a fun prize. Iron Chef (abberanteyes)
    
    
15. Reality may need to learn how to handle rejection. Mythbusters (palmer_kun)
    
    
16. Kill or cure isn't supposed to be taken literally. One case a week: it's canon. House (riverchild)
    
    
17. Near-concussed investigative staff. NCIS (data_warrior)
    
    
18. He rather liked Ptolemy. The Bartimaeus trilogy (deepfishy)
    
    
19. All by himself in the phonebook. The Dresden Files (monroe_nell)
    
    
20. Oddly enough, meddling is rarely appreciated. Nothing here is what it seems. Go screwdriver! Serenity (deepfishy)
    
    
21. Angsty half-elf, short cheerful thief and creepy wizard go away with friends. Adventure ensues. Dragonlance (palmer_kun)
    
    
22. OMGWTF! Eleventy-one! Lord of the Rings (deepfishy)
    
    
23. Snow on the roof can be terribly dangerous. Firefly (herekittykitty)
    
    
24. She doesn't die at this time. The Princess Bride (deepfishy)
    
    
25. Mr Pointy never gets credited. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (deepfishy)
    
    
26. A couch stuck in a staircase. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (deepfishy)
    
    
27. An unrelated book. Also, the occasional mondegreen. Spicks & Specks (ryttu3k)
    
    
28. It's been a big week, how about those Wiggles? The Glass House (ryttu3k)
    
    
29. Pockets, apparently, aren't riddled with riddles. The Hobbit (palmer_kun)
    
    
30. Buttons can be creepy. Coraline (deepfishy)
    
    
31. As in the coffee shop? Battlestar Galactica (riverchild)
    
    
32. Best way ever of putting up cupboards. Doctor Who (ryttu3k)
    

Comments

[herekittykitty.livejournal.com]

3 = Wicked, 23 = Firefly, 31 = Questionable Content?

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

3, yes. 23, yes. 31, no, and how could I forget to put QC in?!

[deepfishy.livejournal.com]

Whee, fun meme!

1: I am tempted to say the Cthulhu Mythos (which lj's spellcheck interprets as "Catholic")
4: Jennifer Government
5: Garth Nix's Old Kingdom trilogy
9: Stardust?
13: Discworld
18: the Bartimaeus Trilogy
22: ...The Lord of the Rings?
25: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
26: Dirk Gently :)
30: Coraline

The lines from several others make me want to read, watch, or otherwise partake of them. Thus, good meme!

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Here's a whole box of 'yes'. Help yourself.

[deepfishy.livejournal.com]

*hits forehead, a la Columbo*

Just one more thing, I almost forgot - 24: The Princess Bride

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

And, again, yes. :)

[daphyn.livejournal.com]

8 is Red Dwarf :D

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Indeed it is!

[data-warrior.livejournal.com]

6 - Monty Python
12 - Veronica Mars?
17 - NCIS

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

6: Monty Python, yes, but I really needed the proper name for the show.
12: Indeed it is.
17: And again, yes.

[peebs1701.livejournal.com]

6 - Monty Python's Flying Circus

8 - Red Dwarf

22 - Livejournal

23 - Firefly

24 - The Princess Bride

25 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

6: Yes!
8: Yes, but second.
22: Hee! But no.
23: Yes, but second.
24: Yes, but second.
25: And... second again.

[riverchild.livejournal.com]

Ooh, let me do wild stabbity actions in the dark with this clue knife. *wields*

2. Anansi Boys
10. Eats, shoots and leaves
11. Yes, Minister

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

2: Yes!
10: Also yes!
11: And... no.

[palmer-kun.livejournal.com]

10: Yay for Lynne Truss!
15: How could nobody have gotten Mythbusters yet?
21: Dragonlance
29: The Hobbit

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

10: Yay indeed! But grr at being second.
15: Someone has, now.
21: Quite.
29: And, yes.

[monroe-nell.livejournal.com]

19 - the dresden files

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Indeed it is.

[ryttu3k.livejournal.com]

28, Glass House, 32, Doctor Who (Sonic Screwdriver for the win!)

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

I knew you'd get 28. And, yes, 32 is the sonic screwdriver Doctor Who. (Does the screwdriver have its own fandom?)

[maggiebloome.livejournal.com]

Whoah. I seem to be late XP 7. made me think of Feet Of Clay, but Discworld's already guessed. Unless you mean pages as in wanna-be squires, in which case does it involve Tamora Pierce? There must have been poison in there somewhere, she's prolific enough.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

I haven't even read any Tamora Pierce. 7's probably a quite tricky one, unless you've already read or seen it.

[fireflyfailure.livejournal.com]

is 20 also discworld?
hmm...

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

No, it's not.

[raptor-au.livejournal.com]

Er... 11 is Angel?

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

11 is indeed Angel.

[riverchild.livejournal.com]

Ooh, so 7 could be The Name of the Rose, and 16 could be "House"? Maybe?

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Yes, exactly. For both.

[aberrantangels]

14) Iron Chef (though, if memory serves me right, it's actually "the people's ovation and fame forever"). Sadly, I lack an Iron Chef icon. This is one of many things I need to remedy when my next year's worth of extra icon slots comes through.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

It is, indeed, Iron Chef. I have a Chen icon, but it's currently unavailable because my paid time ran out. Woe!

[palmer-kun.livejournal.com]

Another rather odd guess on 20: Neverwhere?

(I'm not sure WHY I'm thinking of Neverwhere)

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

It's not Neverwhere.

Also, I'm rather surprised no-one knows what it is yet.

[mrpyro.livejournal.com]

20) "Nothing here is what it seems" makes me think Babylon 5, but I don't remember any screwdrivers...

That, or it's Lost.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

It's neither. Lost irritates me, and I haven't seen Babylon 5.

[silmaril.livejournal.com]

*stare* No one guessed Serenity for #20? Whoa.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

One person guessed Serenity, almost exactly two and a half hours before this comment. I'm suitably surprised.