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telophase ([personal profile] telophase) wrote2005-05-13 07:21 pm

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You know what I really want to see? A good Saiyuki fic titled "One-eyed Jacks and Suicide Kings." Isn't it, like, the most totally apropos title ever?

*eyes fic writers on reading list*

*thinks about art in exchange*

[identity profile] nightambre.livejournal.com 2005-05-14 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
If I read/saw it, I'd contemplate it. ^^;

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2005-05-14 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
Well, maybe one day I'll have an idea for something in a fandom you read/watch. XD

[identity profile] nightambre.livejournal.com 2005-05-14 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
I just haven't gotten around to seeing it yet. :D I plan to, just haven't been able to. :(

[identity profile] yhlee.livejournal.com 2005-05-14 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
I feel like I've seen three sf/f stories by that title already. Which may not be true, but...eeee.

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2005-05-14 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sure it's a common title, but I was sitting here doodling around for a non-Saiyuki picture that has a card theme and the Sucide King and One-eyed Jack parallels occurred to me.

There may already be Saiyuki fic out there with that title just because it's so obvious, but a five-second Google search didn't turn any up, and I'm certainly not about to hit the Pit of Voles for it.
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[identity profile] batwrangler.livejournal.com 2005-05-14 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
[livejournal.com profile] matociquala wrote a short story with that title (see: http://www.lenoxavemag.com/lenoxavemag/issue5jack.htm).

I want a good fic for the title "Hesitation Marks" but I'm not sure what fandom it should be.

[identity profile] rushthatspeaks.livejournal.com 2005-05-14 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
Lemme get back to you on that when I'm over the flu, if no one else has by then.

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2005-05-14 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
Sure thing! XD
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[personal profile] octopedingenue 2005-05-14 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
I could write one, but it would not qualify for the "good" portion.

I will put pressure on the writers of my acquaintance. >:D

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2005-05-14 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
i mad u a piccie lol!!!!1 (http://artpad.art.com/?iggi2q1ddd3w)

this one with the correct URL! Move the slider to 'fast'
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[personal profile] octopedingenue 2005-05-14 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
THAT IS A THING OF BEAUTY AND A JOY FOREVER

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2005-05-14 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
THANK U!!11!! U R SOOOOOOOOOO SWEET!!!!

[identity profile] cicer.livejournal.com 2005-05-14 05:05 am (UTC)(link)
Bzuh? I feel I am missing a reference here. Anyone care to fill me in?

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2005-05-14 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
In a standard deck of playing cards, the King of Hearts is depicted as holding a sword horizontally behind his head, so he looks like he's stabbing himself in the head (http://www.madore.org/~david/images/cards/english/king-hearts.png), hence "suicide king." The jack of spades and the jack of hearts are drawn in profile (http://www.madore.org/~david/images/cards/english/jack-hearts.png), hence the term "one-eyed jack."

Exhibit A (http://www.sun-spot.org/waiwai/caps/sanzo-gun.jpg)
Exhibit B (http://images.quizilla.com/S/serialzero/1091627272_iHakkaiEye.jpg)

[identity profile] mistressrenet.livejournal.com 2005-05-14 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahh. Hmm. I'll see what I can do. XD

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2005-05-14 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
XD

[identity profile] cicer.livejournal.com 2005-05-15 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
Aha! *files this info away for possible future writing*

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2005-05-15 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
Yup. I've played poker with one-eyed jacks and suicide kings wild, and you have to keep peering at your cards to remember which ones are wild and which ones aren't. XD