Songfic: Ur Doing It Wrong

[redbrunja]

Dear Fanficcer,

I love the song "At Last." It's a great song. I have two separate versions on my iPod.

However, I have lost track of the times I have come across this exact scene for various pairings:

Some dance somewhere. One half of an OTP will be like, 'may I have this dance?'

Other half: *has feelings about this*

Annoying interspliced text: "At last, my love has come along...."

Other half of OTP: Yes, you may.

Annoying interspliced text: "My lonely days are over...."

This is the fanfic equivalent to getting hit in the face with a baseball bat.

Please knock if off.

If you want to have them dancing together, please pick a different song, and describe it more creatively than just shoving the lyrics in there.

Ask yourself 'is what is playing the MOST IMPORTANT thing about this scene?'

And if the answer is yes, don't fucking post it.

Bruised,
me

Comments

Just In Cases

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Did that actually happen in Love Actually? Because I don't remember that scene at ALL.

Hmm, favorite plotlines?

I'd have to say the Colin Firth, almost silent one. That was just awesome.

Re: Just In Cases

[tobu-ishi.livejournal.com]

Huh. I could swear somebody was dancing to "At Last" at some point in Love Actually...but, come to think of it, I can't remember which characters. I think it was either Alan Rickman and his secretary, or Sarah and Karl...

(Blah, I probably got it mixed up with one of the sixty-three slow, jazzy Norah Jones songs they played for Sarah/Karl. X[ )

Heyyy, I love the Jamie and Aurelia story, too! That, and Liam Neeson and his stepson--there's something really charming about their weird, cockeyed semi-parental bond. I like practically all the threads, actually--though I can't figure why the "To Me, You Are Perfect" scene is the most popular in the movie. Jamie's proposal was much more outright romantic, not to mention funny; the signboard scene is just...incredibly bittersweet, though well acted. *is a dork*

Re: Just In Cases

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Probably because so many women imprinted on the 'I like you, just the way you are' scene in Bridget Jones' Diary?