Fannish Bulwer-Lytton Contest!

[trinityofone]

Smart Bitches Trashy Books is having a contest in honor of the 2008 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest Winners. Two years ago, I held a similar contest. I feel like it's time to bring it back—with a vengeance!

Here are the rules:

1. Comment with the worst sentence you can imagine opening a fic. I am opening this up to any and all fandoms this year, with the caveat that, as the initial judge, I may be more partial to fandoms I am familiar with. Note: the sentence should be a sentence. Crazy punctuation is fine and even encouraged, but opening paragraphs will not be counted. ETA: You're welcome to make as many entries as you like. I'd recommend one per comment for clarity, but I'm not gonna be a stickler on that.

2. On Thursday morning-ish, I will choose my ten favorite entries for everyone to vote on. Feel free to comment on your favorite entries; my opinions on matters unpolitical can often be swayed. ;-)

3. Voting will run through the weekend; on Monday I will announce the winners and possibly some runners-up. There will be prizes! (Most likely a selection of used books on numerous enchanting subjects.)

4. Feel free to link! Let's see if we can make this an omnifannish extravaganza.

And...go!

Comments

[cat-77.livejournal.com]

Rodney stood on the balcony overlooking the crashing waves, contemplating just what it would feel like to have them tear into him and pound his broken body against the metal shores of Atlantis, knowing anything would be preferable to the look Sheppard gave him when he admitted his greatest secret – snuck in with his plethora of awards, hidden behind a certificate of merit from MIT, was his original autographed picture of Richard Grieco from 21 Jump Street, his first and only love.

[debris_k.livejournal.com]

Aw, Rodney! I feel your pain, young!RG *was* made of sparkly love, yes he was!

[roaringmice.livejournal.com]

The Richard Greico comment got me laughing.