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Jedi Trace Title: • SouthEast RSA • FanFiction Manager Registered: Dec '99	Date Posted: 3/30/08 5:49pm Subject: [AFD 2008] What is up with all the VERBS everywhere? - Date Edited: 4/14/08 1:56pm (4 edits total) Edited By: The_Face
	Seriously. I realize that VERBS are a necessary part of life, but do they have to be in every single sentence? We all have our likes and dislikes and to each his own, right? It’s a big fandom with room for everyone, and I’m not disrespecting the VERB Lovers, but I think I might like to see something else in the way of action words sometimes. Does anyone else feel this way? -----signature----- "Luke Skywalker kicks ass. Next question." - Tom Taylor "Sometimes bad guys are the only good guys you get." - Leverage
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The_Face Title: Ex-Manager Registered: Feb '03	Date Posted: 3/30/08 7:04pm Subject: RE: [AFD] What is up with all the VERBS everywhere?
	Thank you, Trace! I was starting to think I was the only VERB basher on this site! I mean, I'm glad those who enjoy reading fics filled with VERBS can have their fun, but it seems like I can't even find a story that doesn't have them in nearly every update, dancing and jumping and saying and generally distracting the heck out of me! Those of us who prefer to write our own parts of speech, meanwhile, sink to the bottom of the page, buried in a crowd of VERB fics and VERB/NOUN 'shippers. -----signature----- "Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia." - E.L. Doctorow
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Jedi Trace Title: • SouthEast RSA • FanFiction Manager Registered: Dec '99	Date Posted: 3/30/08 7:45pm Subject: RE: [AFD] What is up with all the VERBS everywhere?
	The_Face posted: Those of us who prefer to write our own parts of speech, meanwhile, sink to the bottom of the page, buried in a crowd of VERB fics and VERB/NOUN 'shippers. Exactly! As a self-professed Vowel/Consonant ‘shipper, I’ve never quite gotten the whole appeal of the VERB/NOUN pairing. I kinda liked Ve/N in the Bantam era, but Del Rey just destroyed them. I can only handle Ve/N in AU fics now and, even then, in small doses. -----signature----- "Luke Skywalker kicks ass. Next question." - Tom Taylor "Sometimes bad guys are the only good guys you get." - Leverage
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ophelia Title: Ex-Mod Registered: Jun '02	Date Posted: 3/30/08 10:25pm Subject: RE: [AFD] What is up with all the VERBS everywhere?
	Well, I don't want to offend anybody who'd rather not read VERB/NOUN fics, but honestly, they're as common as they are because they're canon. I mean, even if you discount "Attack", "Revenge," and "Return," as parts of noun phrases in Eps. II, III, and VI, there's still "The Empire Strikes Back." I mean, that's unquestionably VERB/NOUN. Also, Verbs are at least strongly implied in the three films I mentioned before. The only films that are missing Verbs entirely are "A New Hope" (which didn't even have its sub-title until 1978), and "The Phantom Menace." Again, I don't want to rain on anybody's parade, since we're all here to get what we want out of fanfic. But since NOUN/VERB is definitely a part of Star Wars, there will always be a lot of activity based around that 'ship. -----signature----- In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps with your mom
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obaona Registered: Jun '02	Date Posted: 4/1/08 3:56am Subject: RE: What is up with all the VERBS everywhere?
	dies -----signature----- MS Word is designed by sadists with masochists in mind. - teh atty my recent Atton (KOTOR2) fic: http://boards.theforce.net/before_the_saga/b10475/30335989
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BigE Registered: Jul '02	Date Posted: 4/1/08 5:18am Subject: RE: What is up with all the VERBS everywhere?
	Verbs - that's what's happenin'. -----signature----- Not charging for Awesomeness. Gentlemen's Writing Guild 'Shipwrecked' challenge: http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/30481486/r30519170/ psst: It's "crazy good", says a source.
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Bri_Windstar Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 4/1/08 7:16am Subject: RE: What is up with all the VERBS everywhere? - Date Edited: 4/1/08 7:19am (1 edits total) Edited By: Bri_Windstar
	I is a verb Don't be hatin' Plus, that Cade Skywalker dude gets so much action (in every SENSE of the word ) that I think he earns the status of being a Verb. That makes verbs pretty cool in my book. -----signature----- Mediocrity- it takes a lot less time and most people won't notice the difference before it's too late. * OMG! SO RIDICULOUSLY AND AGGRAVATINGLY PERFECT!- Gabri * 11010110101000101011
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LilyHobbitJedi Registered: Aug '05	Date Posted: 4/1/08 7:27am Subject: RE: What is up with all the VERBS everywhere?
	I kinda like verbs actually... -----signature----- Proud Master to eboneya & Alassë Eärfalas! Everybody Lies- House/SW Crossover! http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/28032689/r28039379/ A Light In The Darkness http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b1047
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divapilot Registered: Nov '05	Date Posted: 4/1/08 7:42am Subject: RE: What is up with all the VERBS everywhere?
	I like to verb my nouns at every opportunity, as in: "Hey! Don't Del-ray that character!" -----signature----- Never tell me the odds. UConn: Huskies forever! RIP Jasper Howard, #6 "Focus on what matters. It's about the GAME, not each other. Dumb humans."
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thesporkbewithyou Registered: Feb '05	Date Posted: 4/1/08 7:52am Subject: RE: What is up with all the VERBS everywhere?
	obaona posted: dies dies as well This discussion has seriously made my day! I mean, of all the things I complain about in any fic that I write is the abundance of verbs. There are just way too many for one person to handle! How do you keep track of them all? How do you manage them? runs off in a fit of hysterical laughter -----signature----- Loyal servant ... er ... Padawan of HyperionRising. E-sis/mutual adoptee/ter of Maggy for a happy almost 3 years
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DarthIshtar Title: Former CR Registered: Mar '01	Date Posted: 4/1/08 9:33am Subject: RE: What is up with all the VERBS everywhere?
	The verbs are no problem. Now, PRONOUNS! The real menace. -----signature----- "I feel like a more down-to-earth Pink 5 when I'm writing Leah. Same attitude, less lip gloss." ~Me on how to get in the right mindset for Twilight fanfic.
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jedi_of_ennth Registered: Mar '05	Date Posted: 4/1/08 10:05am Subject: RE: What is up with all the VERBS everywhere?
	Jedi Trace posted: The_Face posted: Those of us who prefer to write our own parts of speech, meanwhile, sink to the bottom of the page, buried in a crowd of VERB fics and VERB/NOUN 'shippers. Exactly! As a self-professed Vowel/Consonant ‘shipper, I’ve never quite gotten the whole appeal of the VERB/NOUN pairing. I kinda liked Ve/N in the Bantam era, but Del Rey just destroyed them. I can only handle Ve/N in AU fics now and, even then, in small doses. Hallelujah! I thought I was the only Vowel/Consonant 'shipper left. (They just go so well together; just try coming up with a name that doesn't include both!) I used to like Ve/N well enough, but so many Ve/N 'shippers insist on villifying Consonant in their fics. Said villification just makes me hostile. -----signature----- "I'm your friend. I love you." -- Zekk to Jaina, LotF: Fury
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JediNemesis Registered: Mar '03	Date Posted: 4/1/08 10:21am Subject: RE: What is up with all the VERBS everywhere?
	Another Vowel/Consonant shipper here. There's still a few of us lurking, old-fashioned though we may be. I have no objection to Ve/N - it's one of the less far-fetched canon pairings imo (Preposition/Article is the one that gets me. Return of the Jedi was bad enough, but Attack of the Clones nearly made me ill - Revenge of the Sith is barely better) but I wish that people wouldn't see V/C hatred as a necessary corollary of 'shipping Ve/N. so many Ve/N 'shippers insist on villifying Consonant in their fics Non-Con makes me sad. I don't get why people feel the need to write it, really. -----signature----- BeTS Best Author '08 NEW Bad Dreams - http://boards.theforce.net/a/b1/29893091 Eleven Summers - http://boards.theforce.net/a/b1/29657584 Into The Shining Day - http://boards.theforce.net/a/b1/29224914
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Jade_Pilot Registered: Dec '05	Date Posted: 4/1/08 11:08am Subject: RE: What is up with all the VERBS everywhere?
	The next thing you know these VERB lovers will be wanting their own thread and...and challenges! SHEESH! -----signature----- BOO!
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divapilot Registered: Nov '05	Date Posted: 4/1/08 12:18pm Subject: RE: What is up with all the VERBS everywhere?
	The next thing you know these VERB lovers will be wanting their own thread and...and challenges! SHEESH! Challenges!?!?! What a great idea! How about this: Here's one that will appeal to the noun/verb 'shippers. Write an entire vig using at least ten gerunds. I'll start: Anakin's whining was finally getting to Obi-Wan. -----signature----- Never tell me the odds. UConn: Huskies forever! RIP Jasper Howard, #6 "Focus on what matters. It's about the GAME, not each other. Dumb humans."
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thesporkbewithyou Registered: Feb '05	Date Posted: 4/1/08 12:29pm Subject: RE: What is up with all the VERBS everywhere?
	divapilot posted: The next thing you know these VERB lovers will be wanting their own thread and...and challenges! SHEESH! Challenges!?!?! What a great idea! How about this: Here's one that will appeal to the noun/verb 'shippers. Write an entire vig using at least ten gerunds. I'll start: Anakin's whining was finally getting to Obi-Wan. Oh wow! There's something to get the creative maple syrup flowing. But, um... what's a gerund? -----signature----- Loyal servant ... er ... Padawan of HyperionRising. E-sis/mutual adoptee/ter of Maggy for a happy almost 3 years
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