Last Lines Meme
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selenakSomething else I couldn't do while housesitting in Venice were memes. And thus, taken from likeadeuce and others, here are the 21 last lines of my 21 stories, which takes me all the way back to 2011 because apparantly I've slowed down with the fanfiction, and includes my yet to be revealed rarewomen story. (I know the first version of the meme had the 21 first lines, but the last lines were more varied. My 21 first ones involved the word "when" far too often. *facepalms*)
1. But it is her present, and it makes her whole.
2. The future comes to him in fragments, but this he believes with all his heart: there will never be another.
3. But it is certainly shaping up to be interesting.
4. Sing for your supper, and you'll be the life of the party.
5. At long last, it has been given back to them.
6. His story has come to an end.
7. They both do: happiness.
8. She rubs her own wrists and thinks of letters, signatures and the ties they trap themselves with, time and again.
9. You can make Charlie do almost anything if you know which buttons to press, and if you're really good at it, you don't have to admit he figured out what you wanted him to do first, Jed thinks, and his fingers curl in Charlie's dark hair, pullling just enough to hurt, as Charlie kisses him again.
10. "I'm glad," Corin says, and taking Vir's past with him, he is gone.
11. But right here, right now he looks at you with the affection and amusement of a young man who just spotted an interesting opportunity in a Chelsea flat, twenty years ago, and the punishing present fades away as he throws back his head and laughs.
12. "You awake," Sarek says, and in a breath, he is gone.
13. As she raised her hand, the air around her felt cold.
14. "I hope so," Arthur says and watches the widow's children, a dark-haired girl chasing a blond boy across the rubble, not minding a bit that they were both covered in dust.
15. A life.
16. "I'll have you know I've had caviar on the plane," Ringo replies with dignity and really, life is just fine from where he's standing.
17. “I love you,” he says to all them, and only after realizes he said it out loud this time, but that’s alright, too, because tomorrow, when they have calmed down from the drug, nobody will remember anyway.
18. Sunlight started to warm the air, and the first beams falling into the graveyard made John's auburn hair almost look red.
19. "Good old English dirt," George agreed, and chatted with Klaus and Astrid some more while Paul finally let exhaustion and darkness catch up with him.
20. His future has started; he has no idea what it will lead to.
21. Yes.
Hm. It seems I like statements of one sort or another at the end of my stories. Which can be a statement given in dialogue, or as part of the narration. 15 and 21 were the two briefest examples of this, and 9 the longest, despite the fact it's from a short little Citizen Kane vignette. Sometimes I went for ominous foreshadowing, like in 13, but that only works in context. Ditto for ambiguity and bittersweetness, like in 2 or 17. Oh, and also: still a multifandom girl at heart, but that's not recognizable from most of the endings, as only a few include names.
likeadeuce and others, here are the 21 last lines of my 21 stories, which takes me all the way back to 2011 because apparantly I've slowed down with the fanfiction, and includes my yet to be revealed rarewomen story. (I know the first version of the meme had the 21 first lines, but the last lines were more varied. My 21 first ones involved the word "when" far too often. *facepalms*) 1. But it is her present, and it makes her whole.
2. The future comes to him in fragments, but this he believes with all his heart: there will never be another.
3. But it is certainly shaping up to be interesting.
4. Sing for your supper, and you'll be the life of the party.
5. At long last, it has been given back to them.
6. His story has come to an end.
7. They both do: happiness.
8. She rubs her own wrists and thinks of letters, signatures and the ties they trap themselves with, time and again.
9. You can make Charlie do almost anything if you know which buttons to press, and if you're really good at it, you don't have to admit he figured out what you wanted him to do first, Jed thinks, and his fingers curl in Charlie's dark hair, pullling just enough to hurt, as Charlie kisses him again.
10. "I'm glad," Corin says, and taking Vir's past with him, he is gone.
11. But right here, right now he looks at you with the affection and amusement of a young man who just spotted an interesting opportunity in a Chelsea flat, twenty years ago, and the punishing present fades away as he throws back his head and laughs.
12. "You awake," Sarek says, and in a breath, he is gone.
13. As she raised her hand, the air around her felt cold.
14. "I hope so," Arthur says and watches the widow's children, a dark-haired girl chasing a blond boy across the rubble, not minding a bit that they were both covered in dust.
15. A life.
16. "I'll have you know I've had caviar on the plane," Ringo replies with dignity and really, life is just fine from where he's standing.
17. “I love you,” he says to all them, and only after realizes he said it out loud this time, but that’s alright, too, because tomorrow, when they have calmed down from the drug, nobody will remember anyway.
18. Sunlight started to warm the air, and the first beams falling into the graveyard made John's auburn hair almost look red.
19. "Good old English dirt," George agreed, and chatted with Klaus and Astrid some more while Paul finally let exhaustion and darkness catch up with him.
20. His future has started; he has no idea what it will lead to.
21. Yes.
Hm. It seems I like statements of one sort or another at the end of my stories. Which can be a statement given in dialogue, or as part of the narration. 15 and 21 were the two briefest examples of this, and 9 the longest, despite the fact it's from a short little Citizen Kane vignette. Sometimes I went for ominous foreshadowing, like in 13, but that only works in context. Ditto for ambiguity and bittersweetness, like in 2 or 17. Oh, and also: still a multifandom girl at heart, but that's not recognizable from most of the endings, as only a few include names.
