Bloodsucking Fiends!

[cyrano]

Yeah, I know. I *just* posted. But this is different! With the holiday weekend, this is your IFIAYAQ! Day question! Woot!
Plus, I want your advice.

So I'm writing a story, and one of the supporting characters is a vampire who feeds on sexual tension rather than blood. Is naming him Thomas Collin too 'on the nose'?

Comments

Because I'm a rebel and I still follow IFAMAQ

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

Who the heck puts 'common figures of speech' in 'quotation marks' any more?

Re: Because I'm a rebel and I still follow IFAMAQ

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

You know, I was going to come up with a scathing witty retort here, but I have words to write.
So. So 'suck it'!

Re: Because I'm a rebel and I still follow IFAMAQ

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

'Your face'.

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[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

'yer mom'

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[roseneko.livejournal.com]

'That's what she said'.

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[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

'That's what *I'm* talkin' about!'

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[roseneko.livejournal.com]

'Talk to the hand.'

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[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

You know, I've had quite enough of your juvenile efforts to distract me from writing.
That reminds me. Don't you have words of your own?

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[roseneko.livejournal.com]

I win. :)

[tersa.livejournal.com]

I'm going to plead ignorance at whatever wittiness you're attempting with the name to point out that Jim Butcher named a vampire who feeds off emotions/sexual tension "Thomas", and that that was where my brain first went to.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

That's a good sign, then. (: And Rose was just a smart ass, so it looks like the Twilight reference is not too strong.

[tersa.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh. Yeah, I am not the person to ask about for Twilight references. I know there's a love triangle and I know their character names (none of which are Thomas) and that's it. :)

Probably better to ask someone who is more familiar with Twilight, then.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

And get you some L3 support, stat?

[tersa.livejournal.com]

I am L3 support. :)

[roseneko.livejournal.com]

I'm familiar enough with Twilight to snark at it, and I didn't catch it until you pointed it out. So, go for it. :)

[inlerah.livejournal.com]

I didn't think of anything literary, but I suddenly had a hankerin' for gin and seven up.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

And that was deliberate to amuse me, I admit.

[marialuminous.livejournal.com]

That was my response, too. And darn, all I have here is wine and rum. No gin.

[scarywhitegirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I didn't catch the Twilight reference either. I went with Tom Collins from Rent. :)

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Good. My misdirection is working well.

(PS: I love Thomas Collen already, and he's only like half a page old.)

[scarywhitegirl.livejournal.com]

I am deliberately NOT reading your NaNo even though I have access to the file. Partly because I have my own NaNo to write, and partly because I want to wait till it's all DONE! :)

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

If you want, I will take you off the list so you're not tempted.