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

[janne-d.livejournal.com]

Her golden tresses blew in the wind of eternity, her eyes glowed deep golden brown with true compassion for the universe and her teeth twinkled like stars as the Doctor fell to his knees and swore undying love with tears in his eyes and throbbing emotion in his voice, feeling truly inferior for the first time in his life in front of the incomparable and brilliant Time Lady Rose Tyler.

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

Wow. I'd count that as a gorge successfully raised!

[janne-d.livejournal.com]

*grins* Good oh.

[cobweb-diamond.livejournal.com]

But that is all 100% fact!

[janne-d.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. Especially the way her teeth twinkle.

[cobweb-diamond.livejournal.com]

This is why I don't write DW fic. Because it would totally end up like this. Possibly worse.

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

her teeth twinkled like stars

*helpless giggling*

[janne-d.livejournal.com]

Heh - it's a toss up whether I like that or "winds of eternity" better.

[zillah975]

AHHHAHAhahahahaomg*snort*hiccup*

[janne-d.livejournal.com]

*grins*

[theyellownebula.livejournal.com]

You just know Russell T Davies wrote a fic exactly like that and wondered if he could get away with filming it.