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« on: February 08, 2008, 22:47 » |
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I've heard this story talked about a lot, and I figure it's finally time for me to read it for myself. But it's not in our library, could anyone supply me with a working link or download?
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"A fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me on his back a thousand times... here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft."
-William Shakespeare
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
-F. Scott Fitzgerald
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« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2008, 22:55 » |
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« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2008, 22:57 » |
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Much thanks. Odd that it's not in typical format; I've never seen a story posted directly onto a forum, usually it's in a Word attachment or something of the like.
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"A fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me on his back a thousand times... here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft."
-William Shakespeare
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
-F. Scott Fitzgerald
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« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2008, 23:01 » |
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Yeah... Maybe that's why when I scrolled down to the end of the page I couldn't read more. But if that happens to you, remember where you stopped and ask someone else for the link or download. I'll try to look for the download too.
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"There's a light at the end of every tunnel, just pray it's not a train."
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« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2008, 23:04 » |
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Much thanks. Odd that it's not in typical format; I've never seen a story posted directly onto a forum
It helps when thats a forum in the first place.  I post all fictions on my sites directly with HTML code, and very rarely provide a downloadable for them (some do). If you want a download, I made a quick txt file, and I hope that Graham (if he sees this) wont mind. |
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« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2008, 21:39 » |
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A very interesting story, a little bit weird but good. Not as "heart-disruptive" as Gently or Lisa Fitzgerald but enough to attract one on it. At the end I didn't know to be happy or mournful for her...
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« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2008, 09:30 » |
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At the end I didn't know to be happy or mournful for her...
Ditto here, that is why i think this fic, even if being maybe too out of canon for simpsons, has one of the most awesome endings i ever saw. A mixture of emotions hardly describable.  |
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Here at the edge of this world
Here I gaze at a pantheon of oak, a citadel of stone
If this grand panorama before me is what you call God. . .
Then God is not dead.
Agalloch - In the shadow of our pale companion
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« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2008, 10:12 » |
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At the end I didn't know to be happy or mournful for her... Well, I knew that... I cried like a baby when finished reading the fanfic. Sounds stupid, huh? But it's the only story that made me so depressed since many many years. Yes, the ending was very powerful, but I don't know how it's possible to be happy for Lisa after such a conclusion.  Maybe that's because I'm an atheist and subconsciously think that any kind of life, even the most suffering one, is still better than death. I still have to add the story to the Library... |
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« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2008, 14:08 » |
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I think I wrote about what I think about the story somewhere else (EDIT: in matrixdll's picture topic, for "without sunglasses"). Yes, the end is surprising and surprisingly good.
You still have to add many stories to the library...
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« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2008, 22:33 » |
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Yes, the end is surprising but very clever in my opinion: vampires are quite interesting creatures which show that being immortal can be a punishment, not a gift (eternal life, even if it's in heaven, it's something which scares me: it's too long for an human mind I think)! So I can't say that I was happy for Lisa, but I think it was the better end for her . I like many things in this fanfic: the end, the construction of the story (with flashback which explain how Lisa acts in the present) and also the drawing of matrixdll: 'Without Sunglasses' (I discovered the fanfic after seeing this picture) . |
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Sorry for my English!
C:/DOS
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« Reply #10 on: December 06, 2008, 02:28 » |
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Lo?cIt's weird, but that side of being a vampire wasn't often showing in books or movies. If you check any Dracula filming version, if you check movies like Blade, Van Helsing etc - vampires are always shown like quite happy creatures who treat regular people like some "lower kind". They enjoy everyday life, avoid the sun, meet each others, they even create - write books, make investigations etc, and they don't need to hurry themselves In the story, though, Lisa isn't happy because she lost her family and didn't become a vampire by her will. Those feelings were eating her every day, being immortal is bad only when you're completely alone, when you don't have anyone to rely on, and that's how it was with Lisa, she could rely on Mark but she decided not to... and Lisa's future immortal life in heaven is still under a big question, since vampires don't have souls if we believe christian version. So Lisa got in a huge, very depressing life trap she didn't have a single way to escape from, and that's what makes the story so sad IMHO.
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« Reply #11 on: December 06, 2008, 22:34 » |
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Dagdamor It's weird, but that side of being a vampire wasn't often showing in books or movies. If you check any Dracula filming version, if you check movies like Blade, Van Helsing etc - vampires are always shown like quite happy creatures who treat regular people like some "lower kind". They enjoy everyday life, avoid the sun, meet each others, they even create - write books, make investigations etc, and they don't need to hurry themselves You really should watch "Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles"/"Интервью с вампиром: Дневник вампира" the movie ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interview_with_the_Vampire:_The_Vampire_Chronicles) Also, you can read this good Alex Exler's review on it (sorry, Russian only -> http://www.exler.ru/films/05-02-2007.htm) |
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