Word of the Day 7/14/13

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Ploce (noun)
plo·ce [ploh-see]

noun Rhetoric.
the repetition of a word or phrase to gain special emphasis or to indicate an extension of meaning, as in Ex. 3:14: “I am that I am.”

Origin: 1580–90; earlier ploche < Late Latin plocē < Greek plokḗ plaiting, akin to plékein to plait

Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.

Meme planning

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Ages ago we had a meme that was fantastic good fun, and witchyemerald suggested that we have another one to get to know our new members, and so they can get to know the crazies that have stuck around.

H and I are hoping to get the thing posted for Wednesday, sometime, but we are looking to you to ask some questions. What do you want to know about the people around you?

Who is poly-dactyl? Do you create to stop the voices in your head? Is vanilla enough of a flavor?

We're going to screen the comments here, but comment here with what you'd like to see in a meme, and we'll get it all assembled!

crime and punishment...

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So, I have a kingdom of particularly peaceful individuals who possess a varying array of mental 'abilities', a land where serious crime is almost non-existent (the most common crimes, which are not particularly common at all, would be things like cheating someone out of fair payment, failure to pay, avoidance of taxation etc). There is very little history of things like kidnapping, rape, beatings or murder...but these crimes HAVE happened now and then, so there would have to be punishments in place to deal with these things.

The situation at hand is that three individuals (non-connected) have been proven to have been involved in the death of another (a church leader). One is the religious leader in a neighboring kingdom...I'm thinking he will be cut off from the church and left for the queen in his kingdom to punish. One of the other two is also a religious figure, the son of the poisoned man, and the third is a pawn manipulated into trying to poison someone else...but the poison ends up in the wrong hands. The third is also not a citizen of the kingdom in which the poisoning takes place.

My dilemma is determining what sort of punishment they would administer...both to one of their own race, part of their church, killing his own father, and the other being a blacksmith of a different race, from a different kingdom. Would a death penalty be too harsh for an otherwise peaceful people? Something quick and relatively painless...or something meant to be a public lesson? Just looking for ideas to spark the creative process, so all suggestions are welcome.

3rd Annual Hurt/Comfort Meme!

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I was supposed to do this a couple of days ago, but RL interfered. I'm hosting an h/c & schmoop meme over at my journal. All fandoms, pairings, rpf/s, and gen welcome. Come by and play! Click the banner to visit!



Welcome to the Multifandom Hurt/Comfort & Schmoop Comment Fic Meme!

All Fandoms Welcome! RPF/RPS included.

(FIC) Retired (Hawaii Five-0; Danny/Steve; G)

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Title: Retired
Series: Life with Jacob McGarrett-Williams
Pairing/Characters: Danny/Steve, Jacob McGarrett-Williams
Spoilers: none
Warnings: none
Summary: He's missed so much and doesn't want to miss anymore.
A/N 1: written for the 7/13/13 Word of the Day: Retire. Also sort of a tie in with I'd Walk to You If I Had No Other Way' where Steve is rushing to get home for Jacob's birthday.
A/N 2: Thank you to huntress69 and thtwzjustadream for looking this over for me!

Steve always thought he'd be in the Navy for life; raising the ranks and serving his country. It's what he was sure his Grandfather would have done if he wasn't killed when Pearl Harbor was bombed.