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Originally Posted by carandol
So are there many epic fantasy novels written in this style?
So then Gandalf goes "This is the One Ring," and Boromir goes "The One Ring to Rule Them All? Like, wicked!" and then Gandalf was all "Ash nazg durbatuluk..." Real downer, man.
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ha !!! hilarious !
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Originally Posted by tsgreer
Oh I wasn't addressing your comments directly or anything. I was just more or less thinking about how the phrase really stands out as absurd nowadays. I don't mind creative dialogue tags here and there. Basically, the only time it's not good be too creative in the use of a dialogue tag is if someone notices the dialogue tag. And "ejaculated" is the one that always pulls me out of the scene.  |
ah ok, i took that for me. no worries. i admit, "ejaculated" rather startles me too, and i'm used to seeing out of date language in what i like to read...