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theoldguardkinkmeme) wrote2020-07-22 10:07 am
theoldguardkinkmeme) wrote2020-07-22 10:07 am
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Re: Give An Inch (Fall A Mile): Joe/Nicky, Moving Goalposts (5b/?)
(Anonymous) 2020-10-19 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)I loved the start with the loss of money (Sorry, Nico): it's a fantastic detail! First because the number of mundane problems and annoyances the Old Guard must have encountered in their lives is just... staggering. Second because it just fits perfectly, it's a thing that happens. Third because relationships are that, too - everyday annoyances that sometimes lead to fights.
I loved Yusuf's disappointment, the fact that there are still flares of resentment, Nicolò's acknowledgment...
And the second part, ooh, the second part! I love their teasing and dancing around the subject.
I may have facepalmed a little at the "talking about the weather" bit because honestly, who exactly are they trying to fool here? Also, hyper competitive idiots. Don't let them think I don't know exactly what they are doing.
Loved that they couldn't keep their hands off each other, Yusuf trying to breach the subject tactfully (I'd say "taking the long way around" but I'm not sure it translates accurately) and Nicolò just agrees given a quarter of excuse.
You are an amazing writer!
Re: Give An Inch (Fall A Mile): Joe/Nicky, Moving Goalposts (5b/?)
(Anonymous) 2020-10-20 12:16 am (UTC)(link)(Can you imagine how much time they've all cumulatively spent waiting in lines? HOLY FUCK. Several lifetimes, AT LEAST.)
It definitely translates, that's actually an idiom in English as well and totally applicable, although I think 'dancing around the subject' is more common.(Sorry, I just really like Language Stuff. XD) It's like, A-Plus Boundary Drawing, well done, great job, excellent example. D- in Sticking To Them. (And only because Joe successfully (?) revised history and rules-lawyered them out of an F.)
Re: Give An Inch (Fall A Mile): Joe/Nicky, Moving Goalposts (5b/?)
(Anonymous) 2020-10-20 05:05 am (UTC)(link)Re: Give An Inch (Fall A Mile): Joe/Nicky, Moving Goalposts (5b/?)
(Anonymous) 2020-10-20 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)They either wouldn't want to be reminded or be all "meh, it's just a line. Nobody is getting killed, I can put my brain on standby"
Dancing around the subject, that's the phrase I was looking for! Thanks! Also, no need to apologize, languages are fascinating and this fandom is just the perfect place to play with them.
> A-Plus Boundary Drawing, well done, great job, excellent example. D- in Sticking To Them. (And only because Joe successfully (?) revised history and rules-lawyered them out of an F.)
ROTFL!