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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
Tribute to Memory
The old woman next door played her depressing version of Happy Birthday to You on her piano again, and Lisa couldn’t study.
The music wasn’t loud, but it seeped through into her apartment with its slow pace and low notes and bothered her, even though it was ignorable and she was comfortable in good company.
“There she goes again with the sleepy music.” Mark placed his Calculus book on the coffee table, leant back into the couch, and yawned. “What’s this, the eighth time this year?”
“The first time,” Lisa said. “And how’s it sleepy music?”
“It’s making me d
Literature
Shadows of Whales
What I wanted to say was that I remembered the clouds,
that I watched them paint shadows across the ground,
giant birds of prey gliding across the aether - whales,
lost in a different sea, to float
white and pregnant
with all the sounds of things; thundering out
threats of the sky, sounds full of fury
and the disease that catches you off guard
"Open your door. I must come in."
what I wanted to say was that the echoes are the same
that the pulses of sound are just pieces of the original
instead of slightly dimmer copies
every one a herald
of the silence, soon to come.
I wanted to say things that, maybe, you'd listen to -
that sort of alab
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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?"