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February 23, 2013
The Wrong Thing by *flamewarflipsides delves deep into the head of a protagonists and asks some very good questions.
Featured by JZLobo
Suggested by iammemyself
Literature
Buckets
i.
before I'm 30
I want to die
to be buried
Jewish
even with the decorations
& bodily equations
laid out over my skin
like tapestries of
thought
to have "Edge" read
by a woman who leapt
over the edge of sanity
first
but held out her hand
to help me across the
greatest divide
to leave my body
to the science of
nature
& all the crows that
followed me from
home to home,
never asking why.
ii.
before I'm 30
I want to not die
to lick the condensation
from the window
of my life
& see the world clearly
for the first time,
to be reborn
to hear a song
that tastes better than
a cigarette
& all the time I'v
Literature
It Bit Me
"And tomorrow we'll install the kitchen cabinets along this wall here," the man gestured into the adjacent room.
My mother nodded in agreement as the construction contractor spoke. All the while, I sat slouched in boredom against the unpainted drywall of my newly-constructed home, my eyes wandering around the unborn living room as I searched for something, anything, to pique my interest. I desperately prayed for any form of entertainment or distraction, but the room loomed in desolate quietness. The scruffy man with my mother turned and stretched his hand out towards the wall directly across from me, redressing the cryptically dull conversat
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Todd
There was a big fanfare when Todd came back. Even a couple of newspaper reporters showed up. It was only right I guess, what with him being dead for a year. At least I think it was a year. I mean, he was gone for eight and I'm pretty sure if a person is missing for seven years the government declares them dead or something. I know that his parents bought a tombstone from the place on First Street a while ago. They put it up in their family lot at the cemetery, next to his grandparents. I went to visit it after the funeral. It had his name and a little insc
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Note: a fairly large portion of this story takes place in the bathroom. While I'm not overtly explicit about anything, if you have a strong imagination, you have been warned.
There is also some swearing, GAME ENDING spoilers for Shadow the Hedgehog, and implied nudity.
This is about 15 hours early, but I can't be sure I'll wake up in time to post it, so I'm just gonna put it up early. Happy birfday!
A little something I wrote for *iammemyself. Comparing my life to the plight of the roboticist who never wins anything, thinking about her current project, The Right Reasons, thinking about the ending of Shadow the Hedgehog while I work on my big project based on it... this kinda came together. I got so emotional about it I showed her in advance, even though it was supposed to be a surprise, and she's ok with it, so that's all good by me.
Buutttt there's more...
Companion Picture: [link]
Loosely Inspired By: [link]
A Much Better Picture By Indiana: [link]
Sonic, Eggman, Shadow, Gerald, Black Doom, and everyone else belong to Sega, and so does Eggman's constant failure. The words are mine, though.
Edit February 23rd: Holy crap. A daily deviation. I did not expect that at all! (Indiana, you are dead! ) I am very flattered, and I want to thank everyone: Indiana for recommending this piece for a DD, JZLobo for selecting it, and each and every last one of you for reading.
There is also some swearing, GAME ENDING spoilers for Shadow the Hedgehog, and implied nudity.
This is about 15 hours early, but I can't be sure I'll wake up in time to post it, so I'm just gonna put it up early. Happy birfday!
A little something I wrote for *iammemyself. Comparing my life to the plight of the roboticist who never wins anything, thinking about her current project, The Right Reasons, thinking about the ending of Shadow the Hedgehog while I work on my big project based on it... this kinda came together. I got so emotional about it I showed her in advance, even though it was supposed to be a surprise, and she's ok with it, so that's all good by me.
Buutttt there's more...
Companion Picture: [link]
Loosely Inspired By: [link]
A Much Better Picture By Indiana: [link]
Sonic, Eggman, Shadow, Gerald, Black Doom, and everyone else belong to Sega, and so does Eggman's constant failure. The words are mine, though.
Edit February 23rd: Holy crap. A daily deviation. I did not expect that at all! (Indiana, you are dead! ) I am very flattered, and I want to thank everyone: Indiana for recommending this piece for a DD, JZLobo for selecting it, and each and every last one of you for reading.
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I really like the dreary, introspective mood of the piece. It's quite divorced from the typical bright colors and fast-paced action of Sonic, but in a compelling way. And I think those of us who developed other abilities in place of social skills can relate strongly to the line, "My wit, charm, intelligence, and creative skill, while superior in most ways to Shadow’s, cannot compete with the social value of having a heart. I wonder what denied me that. Was it my grandfather, my father? Or was it me?"