Once an English major...

[arduinna]

I'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*

Comments

[marycrawford]

Heeee, that's great, and sounds exactly like I would react (except for not having read The Great Gatsby, but, you know.)

[cereta]

Ooh, yes. It's one think just to steal a name. It's another thing to make a deliberate allusion. Says the person who's been doing a bleep-load of worldbuilding for the last year, and has walked that fine line a LOT ;).

[the_shoshanna]

...link?

(Not that I've read The Great Gatsby since high school, but still, this sounds cool.)

[arduinna]

Sorry! It's 60,000 words and I hadn't gotten very far, didn't want to point people at it in case it fell apart. But I liked it all the way through, so!

Backing Up, by LindaO

[cesperanza]

And what KIND OF FRIEND does not LINK to said story???

Also, I'm kind of writing Finch and Reese undercover in a gay bar. *facepalm* DON'T JUDGE ME.

[arduinna]

Sorry! It's 60,000 words and I hadn't gotten very far, and didn't want to point people at it in case it fell apart.

Backing Up, by LindaO

Gen, plotty, case!

...You are not. *facepalm*