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

Buffy

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

Spike only ever cried twice (I mean except for those times he cried on the show): once when he discovered he'd won the contest to have a role on "Passions" but then it turned out that it was just a cameo and he got really mad and ripped out the throats of all the people involved, and twice when he realized his favorite show was gone forever; it crushed him more than Buffy dumping him for the bazillionth time ever could, how would he go on?

Re: Buffy

[love-jackianto.livejournal.com]

Oh you had at '(I mean except for those times he cried on the show)' and 'Passions'.

Re: Buffy

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I miss Spike and his dorky addictions to daytime tv.

Re: Buffy

[trinityofone.livejournal.com]

My thoughts exactly! *sniff*