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Comments: mythago: I'm sad to see you didn't have time to finish your story. What's there is very intriguing, I like it! And when you say you didn't have the time, I know that's no exaggeration. I hope things will become a little less stressful for you in the following weeks. carpedavid: So...

Oh come on! It can't be that hard to write a simply story out of six pictures showing several dozen people. Post some fiction, already!

Well, I just think the speech is particularly good, and a television writer doesn't exactly have leisure time to come up with great phrases and stirring emotional speeches. Plus, I'd say the speech is reasonably well-known, so comparisons would occur instantly. And in these circumstances, I'd...

That would have rocked.

Hooray for the judges! They kicked me out before... this. So. many. people. :eek: I think my head would explode. Or, in other words: Good luck everyone. It seems you're going to need it. Man, I can't wait to see the stories to these maniacally evil pics.

Okay, I have to admit: that was frakking hilarious.

I... what? You guys write these things in three hours? :eek: Congratulations to those who advanced, and be glad I didn't :)

That's not fair. Some of Rodrigo's characters have more than one syllable in their name.

Well, at least for me, I've got the benefit of a different time zone. Usually I get the pictures in the evening, and I can let them sink in, sleep on them, and next day somewhere between noon and afternoon I start writing; so a simmering process is almost "built in". But I usually have an idea...

Normally, I chuck out at the first two ideas that I get, knowing that they either won't work or, if they do, will come back to mind later.

That's a really interesting approach; I might try that next time. What I tend to do is look at the pictures looking for my protagonist; if I can't find him/her, then the pictures must have been taken from his/her point of view. Next I look for the picture that is central to the story – this is...

I agree :D I prefer mine :) Now, to be more serious for once, I appreciate the thought, but I think I remember other very close matches with mythago and Macbeth, or with carpedavid and ... someone, or how about the time Sialia won? I'd be happy if a year from now this would be a match spoken of...

The last one is my commission :) It turned out great. It's something we're planning to give ti to a player of ours... it's a group effort. So, evrybody who wants to comission Mr. Storn and balks at the prices, however reasonable they may be – just commission with your whole group. Maybe a...

Damn. For a moment, I believed :) Congrats, Piratecat, for a deserved win. Good luck for the rest of the contest. I was slightly influenced by Saddam Hussein's quick death despite the chance to psychologically analyze him, so that I totally didn't think that fat-fetched. Adam is a threat first...

Yay! My top pick made it. Glad to see some XX chromosomes in the jury this time. Congrats to all the judges, and plan your holidays accordingly :)

Because I live in this thread... Just to unconfuse: It's definitely meant to be a technical thing; the not speaking being only superstition (and something I introduced for the illusory "breaking the spell" moment ;) But making it explicit is something I'll consider if I work on the story some...

Once more, washing the spoilery muck off of a comment: If you go back far enough, that is the case with everything. Six degrees of pirate kitties ;)

Two more stories, innit? Here are some random associations right after reading: Rodrigo Istalindir Ahh – the life of a Ceramic DM contestant :) I really enjoyed your idea of medusaic labor. It's a weird world you throw us in, but it fits to the proceedings pretty nicely. I had to think of...

Unspoilering a spoiler below. Proceed at your own risk :) Which is not something you can say about carpedavid's story. ;) Zing!

Making sense... I never knew that was a requirement. :) Sialia: Who would've thought that "I had to puke after reading your story" could sound positive? Thanks be the post hoc ergo propter hoc logical fallacy. :) Thank you for your comment.