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Jake Morgenstern may be brainless (nobrains) wrote in musings,
@ 2010-12-01 16:42:00

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elphaba thropp, fiyero, iago, jack skellington, miss havisham, rose tyler, roxanne, sherlock holmes, shmee, sleeping beauty, snow white, squee

Posted by J. Morgenstern
Okay. Hypothetically, you're walking down the street - you're listening to your IPod, you're thinking about the tuna salad you had for lunch, you're not paying attention. The most beautiful girl you've ever seen walks in front of you and you bump into each other. Apologies are made and she's gone before you can even catch her name.

You know though that this girl, this woman is someone special. But she's already out of your sight.

What do you do? (Note: your answer will have the endless thanks of one Fabian Greene. Make it good)

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On another unrelated note, where's the coolest place in town to get wasted?

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	thornyedges 2010-12-01 09:51 pm UTC (link)
	~~Morgenstern?~~ You won't know she's special ~~what the hell does that even~~ until you actually get to know her. Try Phantasia. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	nobrains 2010-12-01 10:39 pm UTC (link)
	That’s beside the point. It’s a soul mate kind of gig. You just know. Deets, Warda. Give me deets. I like to know more about a place before I crash it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	skeletonradio 2010-12-01 10:17 pm UTC (link)
	Ugh this sounds like a shitty John Mayer song. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	nobrains 2010-12-01 10:39 pm UTC (link)
	What the hell’s wrong with John Mayer? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	ex_theredlig387 2010-12-01 10:39 pm UTC (link)
	That's chemistry, but J Warda already sort of told you as much. It isn't love, or even like really. But as to what you do, go back there, wait. It might be a regular path for her, and she might come back that way. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	nobrains 2010-12-01 10:41 pm UTC (link)
	Once again, soulmate gig. Or it might not. Regardless of the point, you’re going there because you’ve got that feeling. But a decent suggestion. The area is going to have to be a bit more interesting to carry a whole novel. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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saucyballads
2010-12-01 11:33 pm UTC (link)

You bump into someone, apologize and then, as she vanishes, sudden inspiration that she's omg The One all caps, stars, and sparkles? Sorry, I don't buy it. You want a woman to believe some random person is her match-from-the-heavens you better show some initiative.

Standing on a street corner gaping like a fish isn't initiative. Grow a pair and give chase for crying out loud!

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	nobrains 2010-12-02 12:00 am UTC (link)
	Two votes for chasing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	bearable 2010-12-01 11:39 pm UTC (link)
	If you're that made for each other then she'd have noticed you too. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	nobrains 2010-12-02 12:01 am UTC (link)
	…Good point. ~~And we’ve reached a wall~~ (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	dreamtimes 2010-12-02 12:49 am UTC (link)
	Oh God... Don't chase her, imagine her horror at being chased by a complete stranger, you would seem crazy! It's pheromones, nothing more, let it pass and leave the mindless romance to tales of fiction =/ (Reply to this) (Thread)

	nobrains 2010-12-02 03:16 am UTC (link)
	...it IS fiction. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	nogravity 2010-12-02 01:18 am UTC (link)
	My vote would be less for chasing and more for growing up. Love at first sight is a myth. Lust at first sight is much more valid, but less romantic and not really worth writing about. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	nobrains 2010-12-02 03:12 am UTC (link)
	YOU have just won my unending thanks and devotion for realizing I was talking about a book rather than myself. ~~Halle-fucking-lujah~~ This sort of shit doesn’t happen in real life, otherwise we’d be chasing after people with our heads cut off constantly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	the_automaton 2010-12-02 02:14 am UTC (link)
	What you are experiencing is an initial attraction founded on lust that is formed by your evolutionary imperative to reproduce. Her name would do nothing for this - it's biology, not true love. ~~Morgenstern?~~ (Reply to this) (Thread)

	nobrains 2010-12-02 03:17 am UTC (link)
	Not me, the character. I don't do scientific manuals. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	ooohburn 2010-12-02 04:11 am UTC (link)
	Strange babes have been known to be malicious killers. Like, for all you know: cannibal. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	nobrains 2010-12-02 02:59 pm UTC (link)
	Now that’s an epic plot twist. Now we’re horror, exploitation level. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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Yeah, she sure showed him. -

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...I don't think so... -

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If he was related to Conan, he'd have made that more obviously dirty... -

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	unforgivabelle 2010-12-02 04:13 am UTC (link)
	I think you should have your protagonist chase her. Stalk her, even. Think of all the fun possibilities. Romance is boring. Obsession, now that's something worth writing about. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	nobrains 2010-12-02 03:00 pm UTC (link)
	Nah, those are doomed to end and I think I like this guy too much to deem him a psycho ~~minus the fact he might be chasing after a cannibal part~~ (Reply to this) (Parent)

beyondspareoom
2010-12-02 06:26 am UTC (link)

If they're meant to be together, then they'll definitely find each other again; probably when they least expect it. Fate works in mysterious ways right? . . . Of course that doesn't mean he should just sit back and wait. Fate might be able to push you toward the right person but eventually you're going to have to fight to keep them. That's how you know you really love them right? Because you can't imagine a life without them in it anymore.

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	J. Morgenstern/J. Tailor foundmyway 2010-12-02 07:21 am UTC (link)
	Just curious, but do you happen to know Adam? (Reply to this) (Thread)

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	twofacedliar 2010-12-02 08:55 am UTC (link)
	Sing Savage Garden at the top of the lungs and hope she does not think you are a homosexual. (Reply to this) (Thread)

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littlemissred
2010-12-02 09:00 am UTC (link)

Well. If you're talking fiction here, you could have him chase after her for a bit. But chances are that's too easy, because well, it's fiction, and what is good fiction if not a bit realistic?

Maybe there's a coffeeshop where they passed, and he can frequent it, or come back to that spot at the same time on the same day the next week. Or...perhaps he could post a "missed connections" bulletin and wax poetic about love at first sight.

Or maybe she turns out to be connected to him in some other way. Admittedly, these ideas are rather trite. It's fascinating to be involved in the artistic process of a novelist, though. What made you want to start?

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	napoleonic_star 2010-12-02 03:28 pm UTC (link)
	Move on, perhaps. Ever popular, aren't you? Still remember the six pack rule? ~~If you drink all my beer while I'm at work, you're buying me a new pack.~~ (Reply to this) (Thread)

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