Lois McMaster Bujold
In general, it's any tale where one character gets hurt and another has to take care of him-her-it, forcing a changing and deepening of whatever emotional relationship between them the author is in pursuit of. (When the emphasis is more on the hurt part, one sometimes suspects a touch of authorial sadism, or at least bad mood, but really, it's mostly a device to peel bare and reveal emotion.)
For over 132,000 worked examples, there's this:
http://archiveofourown.org/works/sear...
(Probably best to pick a fandom you know and like and then apply the tag, so you won't drown altogether. It's a very popular trope.)
Ta, L.
For over 132,000 worked examples, there's this:
http://archiveofourown.org/works/sear...
(Probably best to pick a fandom you know and like and then apply the tag, so you won't drown altogether. It's a very popular trope.)
Ta, L.
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Andrew
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Heard about the EM Drive? Invention appears to defy classical mechanics by producing thrust from energy without using propellant, which violates conservation of momentum. NASA is testing and so far hasn't managed to disprove it - in other words, continues to validate the invention. Could lead to viable space travel. http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/04/evaluating-nasas-futuristic-em-drive/
Alexandra
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But wouldn't the Vor have their own accent, like the Brits with their Queen's English?
Matt
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Lois McMaster Bujold:
Hi I'm writing a fantasy short story and I'm unsure how to write a main character having a flashback as someone else. Say if the characters name is John and he's having a flashback as another chara called Sally do I use John said or Sally said within the flashback? Cheers
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