You're correct about The Paper Frock. There are some similarly creative flourishes in other stories that work off the old 'So, [unsuspecting villain], what do you think should be done to the person who did ____?' wheeze. They inevitably go off on this long elaborate programme of torture, and then...
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Date: 2009-03-31 01:47 am (UTC)You're correct about The Paper Frock. There are some similarly creative flourishes in other stories that work off the old 'So, [unsuspecting villain], what do you think should be done to the person who did ____?' wheeze. They inevitably go off on this long elaborate programme of torture, and then...
...I really do need to find that book.