Alphabet meme

[tarotgal]

Okay, so the brilliant shadowscast wrote an even more amazing alphabet in Gorey-style, set in the Buffyverse.
It's totally a meme now, only my attempt isn't anything as good as hers.

Meme: Select a fandom. For each letter of the alphabet, list a character who dies and how he/she dies in the rhyming style of Edward Gorey.

I made two attempts, one serious and one that's supposed to be funny.

Serious Attempt:
A Highlander-verse Alphabet (in the style of Edward Gorey's GashlycrumbTinies):

A is for Ashe, who begged not to die
B is for Burns, to help dark!Duncan he did try
C is for Charlie, stabbed after a search
D is for Darius, killed in his church
E is for Ellenstein, in the bombed antique store
F is for Fitzcairn, though he was brought back for more
G is for Grayson, at the sulfur pit, a close call
H is for Horton, run through once and for all
I is for Ingrid, targeting evil men on her list
J is for Joe, in a movie that shouldn’t exist
K’s for all the K-immies, from sword or from pistol
L is for Luther, who died over the crystal
M is for Mikey, thanks to a train rail
N is for Nicholas, the vamp had Mac on his trail
O’s for the Other Methos, peace couldn’t save him
P is for Piton, who killed models on a whim
Q is for Quenten, whose death took out Moore
R is for Richie, whom Ahriman used as a lure
S is for Silas, a horseman brutal but funny
T is for Tessa, shot dead over money
U is for Ursa, who fell from a spire
V is for Vashti, burned alive on a pyre
W is for Walker, mad at who he found in his bed
X is for Xavier, who lost his hand then his head
Y’s for Young Kenny, whose death we expected
Z is for Zale, who Mac should have protected

Comments: Okay, so I had to stretch a few to get them to fit. The problem with Highlander is that SO many baddies' names start with K! I came up with different versions of some of these, but kept editing until I found better ones. And my biggest problem in writing was I kept describing the CHARACTER instead of the DEATH as I was supposed to be doing. I ended up describing the circumstances for the death in a lot of cases, which I think counts.


Another problem with using Highlander for this is that all the immortals basically die the same way: they're beheaded. And when I mentioned to my mother what I was writing, we joked about that and I just couldn't resist writing a funny version based on that...

Funny Attempt:
A Highlander-verse Alphabet (in the style of Edward Gorey's GashlycrumbTinies):

A is for Andrew, whom Duncan beheaded
B is for Byron, whom Duncan beheaded
C is for Cord, whom Duncan beheaded
D is for Dallman, whom Duncan beheaded
E is for Everett, whom Duncan beheaded
F is for Felicia, whom Duncan beheaded
G is for Garrick, whom Duncan beheaded
H is for Howard, whom Duncan beheaded
I is for Ingrid, whom Duncan beheaded
J is for Johnny K, whom Duncan beheaded
K is for Kronos, whom Duncan beheaded
L is for Larca, whom Duncan beheaded
M is for Martin, whom Duncan beheaded
N is for Nefertiri, whom Duncan beheaded
O is for O’Rourke, whom Duncan beheaded
P is for Peter, whom Duncan beheaded
Q is for Quince, whom Duncan beheaded
R is for Reinhardt, whom Duncan beheaded
S is for Sullivan, whom Duncan beheaded
T is for Thorne, whom Duncan beheaded
U is for an unnamed immortal, whom Duncan beheaded
V is for Voshin, whom Duncan beheaded
W is for Whittaker, whom Duncan beheaded
X is for Xavier, whom Duncan beheaded
Y is for Young Kenny, whom Duncan beheaded
Z is for Zachary, whom Duncan fought… but Amanda beheaded

Comments: I really wanted to choose different people for this one than the first, and I managed that in all but 3. I could have re-written the first to choose a different I (one Richie beheads) but I love Ingrid and wanted her in the good version.

Comments

[shadowscast.livejournal.com]

Okay, first of all, LMAO at the second version! *snicker*

Now, sadly, I've never seen a single episode of Highlander (despite having a special affinity for Duncan, being of the clan MacLeod myself!)—so I can't fully appreciate your achievement here. But it looks quite good to me!

And my biggest problem in writing was I kept describing the CHARACTER instead of the DEATH as I was supposed to be doing. I ended up describing the circumstances for the death in a lot of cases, which I think counts.

Oh man, yeah, I had the same problem. And describing the circumstances of the death totally counts, I would say—the point is to evoke the death scene in the minds of your readers, yes? :-)

So, hey, well done! Okay if I link here from the body of my original post?

[tarotgal]

Oh no worries. I know there aren't many on this flist who know the fandom. But I appreciate you reading anyway!

Yes, the second version was lots of fun (except for there still being no Highlander character whose name starts with Y! I'm tempted to try Star Wars because I *know* there's a Y in that one. LOL!). Though it occurs to me that in the second version the character I used for 'V' was actually beheaded by the propeller of his ship during his fight with Duncan. But Duncan was about to behead him, so it's close enough (he was a very bad man, selling out to Stalin and sending nice people to their deaths for a little profit).

Oh man, yeah, I had the same problem. And describing the circumstances of the death totally counts, I would say—the point is to evoke the death scene in the minds of your readers, yes? :-)
I'm SO glad you had the same problem! And, hey, it's your meme so I bow to your wisdom in this matter. heehee

And you're most welcome to link to this post!