It wasn't all a lie

[gwyn]

I'm being spammed by some LJ accounts, which probably a lot of people are (they have a huge crush on me!). What's bothering me most about this though is that all the old posts they're spamming me in are ones that are about sis_r and her battle with cancer, and her death. To say this is upsetting me is putting it mildly, particularly because this is the time of year I have to deal with huge depression and facing our birthday alone. I know we can ban users, but since these are all different accounts, I'm not sure what the best tack to take is?

But I need bigger help than that, oh Flist of wonder. I was at my writing group today, and one of the authors has just recently sold her second-world fantasy book and they want it to be a trilogy, so she's bringing new stuff. In her submission today, she had something that I said was a missed opportunity for my favorite romantical trope of all time -- the "It wasn't all a lie" line, where one person in said liason had to string the other along for some endgame or play them, and when the other person finds out that the relationship wasn't true, the player says, "It wasn't all a lie" or "In all this mess, you were the only true good thing" or something to that effect.

She looked at me so blankly, and she had NO idea what I was talking about. Weirdly, as much as I love this, I couldn't think of anything except the episode of Streets of San Francisco where I first discovered that I adored this trope, which, you know, is 40 years old and not going to pass (also, Days of Our Lives, where Steve says it to Kayla, but I can't use that either).

I need help for resources I can point her to -- movies and books would be especially helpful, as she has two kids and has all these rewrites to do on top of her job, so she doesn't have a lot of time to search out TV (though if anything's up on YouTube, that would be cool). Come on, SOMEone else besides me has to love the "it wasn't all a lie" trope...

Comments

[ixchel55.livejournal.com]

Hunh. I wonder if my secret admirer is stepping out on me with you.

I am sorry though, that what should be a minor nuisance is attached to such a difficult time in your life.

About the trope you mentioned, I know I've seen it quite often also, but the only example I can think of right now was - I think it was S4 of NCIS when Tony was meant to romance Jeanne (daughter of a French arms dealer) to get close to her old man and wound up falling in love with her. He had to have the same conversation with her. I'll try to think of other examples.

[gwyn-r.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the problem with TV is that she doesn't watch much, and it's hard to find what you want later if you don't have all the eps. Unfortunately, also, TV uses it more than anyone else!!