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Post by mrsmoe on Oct 27, 2023 16:20:54 GMT
Well, I finished the rest of The Stairs. It's not THAT much longer, but I'm hoping that it's an impactful (yet vague) enough ending. IMPORTANT TW: The minor injury has just been upped to a SEVERE injury, so if you're really sensitive to that (or gore in general), I'd suggest you avoid reading. The Stairs by MrsMoe
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Post by Azure on Oct 27, 2023 19:44:09 GMT
Why Copyright Is Not A Good Thing by Azure (me!)An essay about my thoughts on copyright laws, and how it not only fails to protect small artists, but is actively weaponized against them.This is a little over 1k words, and is a non-fiction essay about something I'm passionate about! Check it out, if you wanna.
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Azure
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Post by Azure on Oct 27, 2023 19:48:16 GMT
THAT ENDING IS HORRIFYINGGGGG!!!!! The sick descriptions of the injury, ugh! (Positive) So good. There are lots of possible metaphors I see in this; the main one being addiction, which I feel is the obvious choice, or those who fall to detrimental routine and refuse to change it, even when it hurts. You did so great!
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Post by jelly on Oct 27, 2023 23:06:09 GMT
Well, I finished the rest of The Stairs. It's not THAT much longer, but I'm hoping that it's an impactful (yet vague) enough ending. IMPORTANT TW: The minor injury has just been upped to a SEVERE injury, so if you're really sensitive to that (or gore in general), I'd suggest you avoid reading. The Stairs by MrsMoeOh wow! How haunting! I love the prose used in this and the thought processes described within feels very real. Poor protagonist... :-( Why Copyright Is Not A Good Thing by Azure (me!)An essay about my thoughts on copyright laws, and how it not only fails to protect small artists, but is actively weaponized against them.This is a little over 1k words, and is a non-fiction essay about something I'm passionate about! Check it out, if you wanna. Yeah, copyright as it is now really sucks...! In the realm of fanworks it sucks marginally less than it used to so hopefully it will get even better going forwards. I feel like this is a nice introduction to this topic! Also lovely choice of image at the end! XD I'm taking a little bit of a break from working on my current WIP right now. Which is to say I added a bit to it at the beginning of this week and now I'm stuck! DX Usually with this sort of identity themed* writing, the character's own actions or thoughts sort of push the ending / resolution a certain way, but this time is just giving me a bit of trouble. Probably because the characters I'm using don't have much in the way of personality to pull from in the source material (being just a name with stats attached to it -- the pain of blaseball fic writing) and I haven't written them before... (*Identity themed in the sense of like, being a clone or amnesia. Love those sort of tropes + exploring how that would affect a character!) I think I'll just think over this all a bit more and see if I can wrestle it into something I'm satisfied with, but I also wanted to hear if anyone else has any advice for this sort of situation? Or even if something like this has happen to you + what you did about it? I'm also open to just advice for this sort of theming or critique in general, you can read what I have so far here! (Also apologies if this isn't in the scope of 'feedback' -- I can move this query elsewhere if wanted!)
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Post by mrsmoe on Oct 28, 2023 11:58:57 GMT
THAT ENDING IS HORRIFYINGGGGG!!!!! The sick descriptions of the injury, ugh! (Positive) So good. There are lots of possible metaphors I see in this; the main one being addiction, which I feel is the obvious choice, or those who fall to detrimental routine and refuse to change it, even when it hurts. You did so great! I'm glad you liked it! I'll be honest though, I'm surprised that the ending is being viewed as horrifying. I meant it to be....bittersweetly uplifting lmao. I guess I should probably explain my intent behind writing it for those who are interested. If you don't want to have your personal interpretation ruined or you haven't read it yet, I suggest not looking at this. The main inspiration behind this story was the current state of my life and how it feel devoid of progression. I feel like my personal growth has been halted in my tracks due to my situation, and I have no accurate estimate of when it will end and when I'll finally be able to "live" again. The protagonist falling and breaking their leg is a metaphor for when something terrible happens and I'm filled with dread or hopelessness, like a mental breakdown or a major setback. Them choosing to keep moving forward coincides with my need to keep waiting and pushing through everything, regardless of the pain. ....But despite that, I'm actually really happy that people are getting different things out of this! I want everything I make to be subtle and when I feel like I've made the meaning way too obvious, I want bash my brains in. Having different interpretations makes me feel like a real writer (for once).
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Post by feralcat on Oct 28, 2023 15:38:26 GMT
THAT ENDING IS HORRIFYINGGGGG!!!!! The sick descriptions of the injury, ugh! (Positive) So good. There are lots of possible metaphors I see in this; the main one being addiction, which I feel is the obvious choice, or those who fall to detrimental routine and refuse to change it, even when it hurts. You did so great! I'm glad you liked it! I'll be honest though, I'm surprised that the ending is being viewed as horrifying. I meant it to be....bittersweetly uplifting lmao. I guess I should probably explain my intent behind writing it for those who are interested. If you don't want to have your personal interpretation ruined or you haven't read it yet, I suggest not looking at this. The main inspiration behind this story was the current state of my life and how it feel devoid of progression. I feel like my personal growth has been halted in my tracks due to my situation, and I have no accurate estimate of when it will end and when I'll finally be able to "live" again. The protagonist falling and breaking their leg is a metaphor for when something terrible happens and I'm filled with dread or hopelessness, like a mental breakdown or a major setback. Them choosing to keep moving forward coincides with my need to keep waiting and pushing through everything, regardless of the pain. ....But despite that, I'm actually really happy that people are getting different things out of this! I want everything I make to be subtle and when I feel like I've made the meaning way too obvious, I want bash my brains in. Having different interpretations makes me feel like a real writer (for once). That's interesting, because I've interpreted the ending to your work as a rather depressing one too.
It was gut wrenching when the character found themselves on another flight of stairs, I've considered it to be a sign of hopelessness of life. No matter what the character does, they can never escape the vicious cycle and what is worse than death but the realisation of your own futility? When all hope is lost there's nothing else to cling onto. But when the character continued to walk down the stairs, to me at least, it was a sign of pretty much giving up. All of that effort was for nothing, the injury, the fall, the false hope were all for nothing because the character eventually returned to what they were doing - going down the flight of stairs, alas a different one. My own interpretation was just life, in general. Like Azure said, some people fall into a routine they never change, and yet as the story illustrates, even when they try to change something about their life, they fail to do so, get hurt and end up doing the routine again. Now that I've put it into words, it reminds me of a song by Brian David Gilbert about a rock. But anyway, it was very interesting to read your own intent behind the story. Death of the author, blah, blah, and all that stuff or smth.
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Post by mrsmoe on Nov 2, 2023 4:42:12 GMT
Why Copyright Is Not A Good Thing by Azure (me!)An essay about my thoughts on copyright laws, and how it not only fails to protect small artists, but is actively weaponized against them.This is a little over 1k words, and is a non-fiction essay about something I'm passionate about! Check it out, if you wanna. This is very well-written and thoughtful, especially for how brief it is! It pretty much validates everything I feel about copyright law being INCREDIBLY outdated in the age of the internet and fanwork. I also agree that copyright shouldn't necessarily be done away with entirely. Something that really pisses me off about elsagate content farms/youtube clickbait slop is how they often piggyback off of indie/small creators and their creations. The best example of that would probably be Sirenhead. Trevor Henderson is a damn good artist and yet he's barely gotten a cent from all the youtube videos and bootleg merch of Sirenhead.
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Post by mrsmoe on Nov 3, 2023 15:37:08 GMT
Okay, so once again I have another unfinished short story. I based it on this week's prompt (autumn spirit) and did my best to churn something out. I left it just as I was about to get to the scary part, so I hope what I've written is intriguing enough on its own. The Stag by MrsMoe
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Post by Azure on Nov 3, 2023 18:11:14 GMT
Deadlocked by AzureMist (me!) Marshall Lee experiences creative agony. Gary lies on the floor with him.
My first 'fic of NaNoWriMo, featuring my latest fixation, Fionna and Cake! 1.8k words, and all about how Art Is Pain Sometimes. Named after and loosely inspired by Deadlock, my favorite song on the topic of how Art Is Pain Sometimes!
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Post by Azure on Nov 3, 2023 18:19:41 GMT
Okay, so once again I have another unfinished short story. I based it on this week's prompt (autumn spirit) and did my best to churn something out. I left it just as I was about to get to the scary part, so I hope what I've written is intriguing enough on its own. The Stag by MrsMoe It could be just me, but it says I need to ask for permission to view :0!
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Post by mrsmoe on Nov 3, 2023 19:01:27 GMT
Okay, so once again I have another unfinished short story. I based it on this week's prompt (autumn spirit) and did my best to churn something out. I left it just as I was about to get to the scary part, so I hope what I've written is intriguing enough on its own. The Stag by MrsMoe It could be just me, but it says I need to ask for permission to view :0!Oh, sorry! I forgot! It should work now though.
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Post by Azure on Nov 4, 2023 2:57:45 GMT
Oh, sorry! I forgot! It should work now though. OUHGHH I love how you leave it ambiguous as to whether the creature is an actual stag or some sort of stag-like monster.... GOD I love the way you write
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Post by mrsmoe on Nov 5, 2023 3:41:21 GMT
Deadlocked by AzureMist (me!) Marshall Lee experiences creative agony. Gary lies on the floor with him.
My first 'fic of NaNoWriMo, featuring my latest fixation, Fionna and Cake! 1.8k words, and all about how Art Is Pain Sometimes. Named after and loosely inspired by Deadlock, my favorite song on the topic of how Art Is Pain Sometimes! I haven't gotten to Fionna and Cake yet, so I can't speak in terms of the characterization, but this was so cute and intimate! Everything Marshall Lee was saying resonates with me so much and my desire to be an artist/storyteller. So real! The strumming of the guitar in-between it all was a great detail too.
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Post by mrsmoe on Nov 10, 2023 19:09:02 GMT
Alright, so like last time, I've finished up the rest of my short story and I'm now sharing the second half. This is my first serious commitment to writing a traditional horror story, so I hope it's worked out. MASSIVE TW for gore and SEVERE head trauma. The Stag by MrsMoe
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Post by Azure on Nov 10, 2023 21:45:38 GMT
i'm going to die (and be buried in another man's grave) by AzureMist (me!) What is a grimwalker? A warped imitation of a man, long dead? (Hunter experiencing the body horror inherent to being a grimwalker as a metaphor for gender dysphoria. Labyrinth Runners-era.)
I said this in the author's notes, but I have literally had this The Owl House fanfic idea since Labyrinth Runners first aired over a year ago. I FINALLYYYY got around to getting it all down! Shoutout to grimwalkers, gotta be one of my favorite trans allegories.
Content warning for psychological body horror (as in, thinking about one's body in a way that is reminiscent of body horror), and for talk of corpses, rotting and the like.
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