I fall in with King's loquacity, but I was revisiting Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla recently and wanted to swallow my own head. Speedy definitely bullseyes the trope, (which I am tempted to research timeline-wise because the earliest example I can think of now (in general, not SK specific) is Dick Halloran). I'm gonna not think about writing stuff to regret in retrospect because that's the sort of thing that gets the fantods hopped up on goofballs.
I fall in with King's loquacity, but I was revisiting Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla recently and wanted to swallow my own head. Speedy definitely bullseyes the trope, (which I am tempted to research timeline-wise because the earliest example I can think of now (in general, not SK specific) is Dick Halloran). I'm gonna not think about writing stuff to regret in retrospect because that's the sort of thing that gets the fantods hopped up on goofballs.