I am addicted to FML. I am also addicted to reading. I thought that I might as well put the two together. Originally I was going to list the book and character before the FML, but Dave thought it would be more fun if people guessed. So... guess the book and character these are from! Some of them will be pretty obvious, others will not be. I'll try to stick to classics or really popular books.
When you guess, post the number, then the book, then the character. Correct book guesses will be bolded, correct character guesses will be italicized.
- Today, our very old and developed civilization was entirely wiped out by a prepubescent human who thought he was playing a video game. FML (Ender's Game, the buggers)
- Today, I had to dress up as a giant ham for a school play. Then, on the way home, I was almost stabbed. My brother broke his arm defending me. FML (To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout)
- Today, I found out that my husband has been canoodling with another man. We have been married for eight years and we have two kids. FML
- Today, I thought I had struck a great business deal with a foreign nobleman who wanted to buy a house in England. It turned out he is a vampire. He kept me imprisoned for a month, came to England, and attacked my wife. FML (Dracula, Jonathan)
- Today, the only woman I have ever seriously pursued turned me down and called me names. The names are accurate. FML (Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Darcy)
- Today, I died. Nobody noticed. I created all of existence. FML (Amber Spyglass, God)
- Today, I scared my father with how ugly and gruesome I was. FML (Frankenstein, Frankenstein's monster)
- Today, I was put in prison for life without a trial because an ambitious politician was blackmailed by my jealous cousin. FML (Count of Monte Cristo)
- Today, my son killed my cousin/new bride, after killing my best friend, strangling my brother, and framing my faithful servant of murder. FML
- Today, I ran into a windmill. I thought it was an evil giant. FML (Don Quixote, Don Quixote)
- Today, I killed my father and fucked my mother. Then I stabbed my eyes out when I found out. FML (Oedipus Rex, Oedipus)
- Today, we are losing the battle. Then I found out my wife killed herself by eating live coals. I never wanted to fight this war in the first place, but I was forced to initiate the events. FML (Julius Caesar, Brutus)
- Today, the whole world went blind except for me. Only I get to see to what depravities people will sink when they think nobody is watching. FML (Blindness)
- Today, I set my house on fire trying to kill my husband. Then I jumped out a window and died. My husband lived. FML (Jane Eyre, Bertha)
More to come later! This post was getting really long and I hadn't even covered 1/8 of the books that I wanted to. Buahahaha I have more of these.
Comments (17)
wow, I guess I'm not very well read, but i'll give it a stab.
1. Ender's Game, Ender
2. To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout Finch
8. I was going to guess Count of Monte Cristo, but I don't think there was blackmail involved lol so I give up.
10. Don Quixote, Don Quixote
3/14 ...
Oh and
11. Oedipus Tyrannus (aka Oedipus Rex), Oedipus
4/14
@kagome122 - i guessed all the ones you did.
#4 Dracula. whatever character Keanu Reeves played.
#7 Frankenstein. Frankenstein's monster.
haha! you're so funny...
btw, I admire the depth of your literary interests. I don't read enough
#14. Jane Eyre. Bertha Mason.
whoops, i just realized for #1, I guessed the character to be Ender, but it's actually the Buggers describing Ender.
Damnit, I could only guess Oedipus right off the top of my head.
2. To Kill A Mockingbird--idr the girl's name but it was like..a boy's name.
4. Dracula---whoever Mina's Husband was..Johnathan Harker??
6. Nietzche, God Is Dead?
10. Don Quixote, Don Quixote, by Cervantes
11. Oedipus, Oedipus Rex
14. Jane Eyre-Bertha!
That was fun. You should go to mylifeisdesi.com. it's like FML for FOBS hahaha
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@kagome122 - haha it was count of monte cristo... it was like seven years since i read the book so i went to the wikipedia entry and the synopsis said he had been blackmailed
@KiwiFruity - wow yep, jonathan harker, you pulled out a full name! impressive! and you got 6 wrong. i'm surprised you didn't get 5! SHAME
ok dave pointed out that 3 is not actually a book.. my bad
I THINK I KNOW 5!! Is it Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Darcy?
Fuck my life describes me in general. But, I guess Oedipus had it significantly worse.
@KiwiFruity - jeez duh! and you should know 12 too! although maybe the reference i took was a little obscure, dunno how many people will remember that that happened
all 3 reminds me of is jim mcgreevy =( ...and idk that live coals reference.
and 13 makes me think of that movie "blindness"..and i cheated and googled but apparently it's based off of a novel by jose saramago. so is that it?!
@KiwiFruity - haha wow i didn't even know it was a movie, yep it was a book first, and it was in spanish!
is number 6 the amber spyglass?
numba 12: "friends, romans countrymen, lend me your ears." (all i remember, sadly).
-Mark Antony, Julius Caesar
character is brutus' wife.
6 I S GOD