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

[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]

Yay! *rummages* Ooh, lookit this one!...

Looking over the remaining ones, I'm pretty sure what 7 and 27 are (7 by reputation and ZOMG!spoilered!, not cos I've read/watched it, and 27 because the trick is to ignore the words), and I *think* I know 11 (am I correct in thinking that didn't happen until the last season?). If nobody else figures them out...

*pounce!*

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

If you're thinking what I think you're thinking, the pouncing may well yield results.

[deepfishy.livejournal.com]

But this way, three more people got the warm fuzzies of a "yes" :)

I need to actually read Name of the Rose. People keep spoiling me for plot points, I've got to get in there before I know the entire book already!

Ditzy vampire secretaries ftw! Like my Buffy-watching, my viewing of Angel was erratic and non-chronological. This shall be remedied by the Angelbox (so pretty, so square!).

And, and, they're bringing back "Musician Or Serial Killer?" for this week's Spicks and Specks! :D

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Hooray! Musician or Serial Killer? has much win.

There's only one left to get now. It's getting some extra clue in six or seven hours, I think.