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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 1860502" data-attributes="member: 2">Yup, it looks like Sparky made it just under the wire. Yay!That was a fun, close match with SteelDraco. I can go any time you want to match me with someone; sooner is fine.I absolutely agree with the judges that my use of the bronze statue face (detail.jpg) was the weakest of my photo use. It had played a larger role in a previous version of the story where the millipede poison petrified people, but I really didn't think the story was as strong with the supernatural flavor. Excising all of that made it much more interesting to me but left me with one weaker photo.It's interesting how themes evolve that pull together a tale. I hadn't even considered the use of Jabberwocky as a framing device, but I was lying in bed early on the third morning and trying to think of a way to make the silverware more relevant. Could we go on a cannibalism theme and she uses it to cut out his heart?  Maybe she could cut off his head instea. . . and *snap*, I thought of vorpal swords and the rest fell into place. I'm glad it came out pretty close to how I envisioned it.</blockquote>