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hyper Title: A Subject So Worthy
Author: blue_icy_rose
Pairing/Character: Lilly, Duncan
Rating: PG
Word Count: 261
Summary: Duncan finds Lilly self-absorbed. Pre-series.
Spoilers: Makes a vague reference to things in season 1.Disclaimer: I own nothing except the story. Rob Thomas owns the great characters and all the rest.
Author’s Note: This is in response to
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yahtzee63's AFI Greatest Movie Lines Challenge. I’ve decided to use line number 29. I read it and I could practically hear Lilly saying it. (And I’ve got another ficlet in the works in response to line number 10.) You should definitely check it out. Also? My first time even attempting writing Lilly so I’m very unsure on how I’ve done with her character. Here’s hoping. Feedback is, of course, welcome.
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29. In my case, self-absorption is completely justified. I have never discovered any other subject so worthy of my attention. - Laura
"Don’t you ever get tired of looking at yourself in the mirror, Lilly?"
Lilly flipped her hair over her shoulder, raising a hand to smooth it back and away from her face. She studied herself critically for a moment before her eyes met her brother’s in the mirror. She raised an eyebrow.
"Why should I?" she asked, turning her attention back to her reflection. She frowned and reached for the lip gloss sitting on the dresser. With a steady hand, she began to apply it, liking the way it drew attention to her mouth. She nodded in satisfaction at the results.
"Maybe because it’ll take us at least twenty minutes to get there, we’re already running late, and Logan and Veronica are probably already there." Duncan supplied, listing the reasons that they should already be on their way out the door.
"Yeah." Lilly replied absently, looking down at her outfit and tilting her head to the side a bit. "Do you think I should change?"
Duncan groaned, shaking his head as he stood up.
"You can be really self-absorbed, you know that?" he muttered. Lilly turned from the mirror, a slow smile gracing her face.
"Ah, my dear Donut, I thought you’d have learned by now." she told him. "In my case, self-absorption is completely justified. I have never discovered any other subject so worthy of my attention."
Duncan’s eyebrow quirked up a bit as he studied her.
"None?"
She thought briefly of Logan, of Weevil, of all the other men in her life and shook her head.
"None."
July 1 2005, 04:14:48 UTC 6 years ago
July 1 2005, 04:18:41 UTC 6 years ago
Here's hoping it gets easier, right?
July 1 2005, 04:45:09 UTC 6 years ago
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July 1 2005, 11:48:34 UTC 6 years ago
July 1 2005, 11:06:50 UTC 6 years ago
Also, two:
dialogue written like this:
now." she told him.
should actually be
"now," she told him.
with a comma. I'm sorry if I'm confusing you. Anyway, those are just little things. I thought this was quite well-written, and you wrote Lilly very well. I could just imagine this brother-sister interaction in my head. Duncan's first line was sweet and your characterization of him was great. Good job!
July 1 2005, 11:50:58 UTC 6 years ago
Anyway, thank you for the great (and helpful) feedback!
July 1 2005, 12:05:29 UTC 6 years ago
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July 1 2005, 19:55:03 UTC 6 years ago
"Maybe because it’ll take us at least twenty minutes to get there, we’re already running late, and Logan and Veronica are probably already there." Duncan supplied, listing the reasons that they should already be on their way out the door.
"Yeah." Lilly replied absently, looking down at her outfit and tilting her head to the side a bit. "Do you think I should change?"
Heeee! Love it. Very nicely done :)
September 17 2005, 18:14:58 UTC 6 years ago