Whew.

[rivkat]

My Yuletide story is done. I'm deeply dissatisfied, because it's actually just the beginning of a story, but I'd have to wait until *next* Yuletide to get that done. Someday, I want to write the Great American Alien Invasion Novel, but probably not this year. (Yes, it is a fascination of mine. Is that so wrong? Today in B&N I saw a new paperback novel, the conceit being that the government is secretly selling humans as sex slaves to alien races. The cover spiel said that it was the beginning of a new series about slavery, rebellion, and -- not a direct quote, but good enough -- the triumph of the human spirit. I didn't buy it, but now I wonder if I'm not morally required to do so.)

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totally OT

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

So, a long time ago, I remember reading a Buffy fic on the fic website that you and Mustang Sally have. Or had, because the one linked on your journal doesn't look like how I remember it and doesn't have said fic. Anyway, the fic. I don't remember the title except that it was one word and started with R. It basically had evil Riley, psycho witch Willow, evil season 4 government and this horribly sad scene where Buffy asks Spike to kill her and then he dusts himself. I was feeling morbid at the time I read it, so I liked it, even though mass death fics aren't normally my thing. I don't remember if this fic was a you thing or a Mustang Sally thing or a joint thing.

Anyway, now that I've given you the proper exposition, onto the main question of my post. You know how there are little things that you read that just stick in your head? Well, I've always wondered about something I read in that story. It was in this scene where Willow has a confrontation with Evil!Riley, and she talks about how now she's only peanuts, but given a few more years of study she'd flay him alive with her witchy mojo. There was a line in that scene that I just found myself remembering, and being curious about. I was gonna quote it, but the fic page doesn't have that fic anymore, so I can't. It was something about words that are acts, or represent action, and there was marriage mentioned as an example. I remember I thought that was very interesting. I was wondering if that was something [you] read about (I'm curious if this is the case), or some that [you] just made up because it sounded really cool (which is understandle.)

Re: totally OT

[rivkat.livejournal.com]

The site still has Allegiances, here (http://www.disenchantedkingdom.com/rtbtvs.htm). Anyhow, the notion of performative language is not original to me. Here's (http://online.sfsu.edu/~kbach/perform.html) a short summary of J.L. Austin's How To Do Things With Words, which is the source of the idea.

Re: totally OT

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Allegiances

Darn! I was sure it started with R. But anyway, yep, that's the fic. Guess I missed it.

Here's a short summary of J.L. Austin's How To Do Things With Words, which is the source of the idea.

Oh, thanks! I'll be checking that out. Appreciate you answering my question.