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

[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.

[palmer-kun.livejournal.com]

People got all the other ones I recognized!

...for some reason, I never saw you as a Dragonlance person.
Flint/Tas OTP

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

It's my third-favourite AD&D setting, after Planescape and Ravenloft. (I expect there's less surprise at those two)

Raist/Soth OTP!!11!1!!eleventyone!11!
...theirloveissomorbidandcreepifyingandunnaturalanddisturbing.

[palmer-kun.livejournal.com]

Soth is too emo for Raist.

And that's saying a lot.

And nothing involving Raistlin is unnatural and disturbing.
Or everything is. One of the two.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

Soth/Caramon?

I'm going with 'everything'. But disturbing in a good way. Or something.

[palmer-kun.livejournal.com]

I just gave you a plug as an Internet Celebrity :)

Come on, we both know that the only person doing Soth was Kit, mainly because she would do anything (and often did).

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

I'm completely not having that argument again.

...good point. Kit/Everything OTP.

[palmer-kun.livejournal.com]

You were metioned in the rules of metaquotes by name. You can't argue with that :)

Kit/Everything OTP.

See my icon? That line there gives me INFINITE opportunities to make use of it.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

I'm not mentioned there now. QED. (Is there still the gap in the rule numbers?)

Of course. There's no shortage of things in Krynn that can substitute into that pairing.

[palmer-kun.livejournal.com]

You WERE there. Matter of historical fact. (Yes)

Who says Kit would restrict herself to objects and entities Krynnish?

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

...fine. (whee!)

In the Olde Cosomologie, where Krynn would occasionally contribute to the Planes? Then yes, Kit/Bariaur OTP. Kit/Rilmani OTP. Kit/sphere of destruction OTP. Kit/Lady of Pain OTP.

[palmer-kun.livejournal.com]

I have invincible logic skills :) (Pwnt!)

Wild guess here...
20: Scooby Doo?

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

That is a wild guess. It's also not right.

[palmer-kun.livejournal.com]

Yeah well, it has those meddling kids, and they're rarely appreciated for meddling.

I'm at a complete loss as for what's left.

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

If no-one gets them, I think I'll probably repost the ones that are left with another sentence, or something like that.