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<blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 1623555" data-attributes="member: 2"><p>That's what did it for KidCthulhu, too. I think the payoff is actually more satisfying if you reach that conclusion earlier in the story instead of later; more random little references make sense.</p><p></p><p>It was fun to write, in any case. I'm glad it was a good read, and I eagerly welcome any analysis and commentary (just spoiler it until Carpedavid has had a chance to post his story, so he doesn't have to avoid <em>two</em> threads.) <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p> My weakest picture element was originally the mask, but in editing I think I found a way to make it integral (or at least relevant) to what was going on. Carpedavid-free spoilers: [spoiler]I had looked at the cheerleader picture and said "Snulap Kpog? What the heck does that spell? Nothing! I can't do anything with this. But... hmm... it sounds vaguely Russian. What if it were a name? Sure, but why would a man's name be on the front of a bunch of cheesy-looking cheerleaders?" And then the whole story hit me in the head with a ballpeen hammer. The narrator's identity came about two paragraphs in, and that solved the rest of my logistical problems.[/spoiler] Then the trick was getting it all down before it leaked out of my head; nothing is worse than knowing you had a clever idea, but for the life of you not remembering what the heck it was!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Piratecat, post: 1623555, member: 2"] That's what did it for KidCthulhu, too. I think the payoff is actually more satisfying if you reach that conclusion earlier in the story instead of later; more random little references make sense. It was fun to write, in any case. I'm glad it was a good read, and I eagerly welcome any analysis and commentary (just spoiler it until Carpedavid has had a chance to post his story, so he doesn't have to avoid [i]two[/i] threads.) :) My weakest picture element was originally the mask, but in editing I think I found a way to make it integral (or at least relevant) to what was going on. Carpedavid-free spoilers: [spoiler]I had looked at the cheerleader picture and said "Snulap Kpog? What the heck does that spell? Nothing! I can't do anything with this. But... hmm... it sounds vaguely Russian. What if it were a name? Sure, but why would a man's name be on the front of a bunch of cheesy-looking cheerleaders?" And then the whole story hit me in the head with a ballpeen hammer. The narrator's identity came about two paragraphs in, and that solved the rest of my logistical problems.[/spoiler] Then the trick was getting it all down before it leaked out of my head; nothing is worse than knowing you had a clever idea, but for the life of you not remembering what the heck it was! [/QUOTE]
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