Fanfic: The Broccoli Conundrum (...Meme?)
Sep. 24th, 2009 10:57 pmIt is a weighty, age-old question: If your OTP characters are in different parts of a grocery store but have visual contact, can A convey to B – without shouting – that A wants B to pick up some broccoli?
The famous "broccoli test" – as far as I know – was originally devised by Starsky&Hutch and/or The Professionals fans, as a telling measure of a pairing's rapport (or characteristic communication problems, as the case may be).
But I ask you, where on earth are all the stories? The subject is fairly shouting out for fiction. Pass or fail, there should be stories! So, here's my attempt to show how things might play out for one of my pairings.
( The Broccoli Conundrum: Junno and Ryo )
What about your pairings of choice? Do they pass or fail the broccoli test? Write! Show me! Ask all your friends! For the love of broccoli! :-)
Also, because I can, a poll!
The famous "broccoli test" – as far as I know – was originally devised by Starsky&Hutch and/or The Professionals fans, as a telling measure of a pairing's rapport (or characteristic communication problems, as the case may be).
But I ask you, where on earth are all the stories? The subject is fairly shouting out for fiction. Pass or fail, there should be stories! So, here's my attempt to show how things might play out for one of my pairings.
( The Broccoli Conundrum: Junno and Ryo )
What about your pairings of choice? Do they pass or fail the broccoli test? Write! Show me! Ask all your friends! For the love of broccoli! :-)
Also, because I can, a poll!
Poll #1340 Junno, Ryo and the Problem of Broccoli
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 1
Do Junno and Ryo pass the broccoli test?
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Yes! They are the kings of broccoli.
0 (0.0%)
They pass the first time, but fail the second.
1 (100.0%)
They fail the first, but pass the second.
0 (0.0%)
Total fail! No broccoli!
0 (0.0%)
Your limited poll options restrict me! Let me tell you how it really is: