Favourite lines / quotes from fic

[birdsofshore]

Sometimes a line gets stuck in my head. It's not usually anything deep or meaningful, although occasionally it might be. At the moment, some of my best ones are:

"He's sarcastic, and haughty, and REFUSES to wear a shirt." from dustmouth's Keep Your Shirt On

"The Saviour of the bloody wizarding world does not. Wear. Pants." from dysonrules Wayward Owls and Pub Hunts.   

Ok, there's a bit of a theme going on there...

Here's a corker from one of my FAVOURITE FICS which everyone should read, but hardly anyone ever does. It just makes me cackle.

"Greg," repeated Draco. "Big man, quiet—"

"Former minion," added Harry, which earned him an elbow in the ribs.

from omi_ohmy's The Redemption of Gregory Goyle.

Here's a beautiful one:

his flaws were the salt that brought out the flavour from who_la_hoop's The Rabbit and the God

Then the last one, which is not quite right, as I've forgotten where it's from, but it was a dialogue between Draco and Pansy, and went something like.

"Then I saw Weasley."

"Which one?"

"Our King."

Ahahahaha. Point me to that one if you know it, please. from Pursuing Potter by hereticalvision

Do lines from fics take up residence in your head? Which are your favourites, at the moment? Just short, but perfect, or funny, things that have stayed with you.

Comments

[ashindk.livejournal.com]

What a lovely post! I needed a smile.
Actually, "the saviour of the bloody wizarding world does not. wear. pants" is one of my favourites as well.

I'm going to cheat and quote more than one line from the same fic, because Blamebrampton writes these brilliant snippets of dialogue that stay with me for a very long time. And when I start to forget, I know it's time to re-read her fics. Like this one from Marginal Notes:

‘Malfoy. Have you seen Harry?’

‘He went that way.’ Draco pointed over his shoulder. ‘Pursued by hordes.’

Cheers,’ said Granger, trotting off in pursuit

Draco and Daphne watched her go. ‘Was that odd?’ Daphne asked. ‘It’s reached a point where I can no longer tell.’

‘I’ve been at that point for ages. Come on, we’re going to be late for Arithmancy.’

I just love that slightly flippant, slightly absurd writing style. It makes me chuckle every time!

[birdsofshore]

Thanks ash! I thought a happy post would be a good thing!

I really like this snippet and you're not the first person to mention BlameBrampton, she's obviously very quotable!