Once an English major...
Jul. 7th, 2012 11:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
arduinnaI'm on a Person of Interest reading binge, and hit a summary that mentioned an OC named Daisy Buchanan, causing me to go very cranky and muttery, because dude, you can't just steal your OC's name from literature and expect people not to notice! Come on!
But I start reading anyway, just because. And it's well-written, so I start to go hmmm, and then I find out that the author isn't stealing names after all, she's specifically referencing The Great Gatsby in multiple ways, and dropping other literary allusions around to boot.
\o/
I hereby publicly retract my private cranky muttering!
*dives happily back in*
But I start reading anyway, just because. And it's well-written, so I start to go hmmm, and then I find out that the author isn't stealing names after all, she's specifically referencing The Great Gatsby in multiple ways, and dropping other literary allusions around to boot.
\o/
I hereby publicly retract my private cranky muttering!
*dives happily back in*
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Date: 2012-07-08 10:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-08 06:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-08 08:42 pm (UTC)(Not that I've read The Great Gatsby since high school, but still, this sounds cool.)
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Date: 2012-07-09 05:04 am (UTC)Backing Up, by LindaO
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Date: 2012-07-09 02:53 am (UTC)Also, I'm kind of writing Finch and Reese undercover in a gay bar. *facepalm* DON'T JUDGE ME.
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Date: 2012-07-09 05:10 am (UTC)Backing Up, by LindaO
Gen, plotty, case!
...You are not. *facepalm*