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That's very nice of you to say.Sialia said:Knowing you, BardStephenFox, if you have a go at my story there won't be much left for our esteemed judges to wonder about.
You've never been wrong about anything I've posted yet.
Sialia said:But I didn't mean to say that I included or represented anybody literally, apart from the deliberate nod to my esteemed opponent. I borrowed bits of this and that, and those of you who find something familiar in this will probably be right about where it came from.
I hadn't really thought that there were too many literals in the story. But, I observe certain elements that make me think of specific people. When framed against the nature of EN World, and the nature of this contest, it makes perfect sense. It is also deliciously appropriate. I love the cleverness in which you incorporate elements and I find myself looking for that inclusion whenever you post.
Sialia said:I've wanted to do something like this pretty much since AlSi2O first posted the d20 postmodern thread. Which is why I nearly wept for joy when Mythago handed me the violinist. If AlSi2O's in here anywhere besides getting himself salt roasted, it's there.
I still wish I had managed to pull it off in a more Gertrude Stein-like voice, so that form would follow function in a more avant-garde fashion, but nobody would have had the patience to read it if I'd tried that, eh?
Sometimes its important not to lose the soup in pursuit of the perfect bowl.
I would have had the patience. Curiously, I have been afraid my competitive nature would come to the fore in this little endeavor. By the time I posted last night, I had come to the realization that it was not important to me whether I won or not. It was important that I tried and it has been genuinely fun to participate. I was looking forward to whatever you would put together because I felt that by trying to put together a story, I had finally given back in a way that was, perhaps, significant. I certainly hope that everyone has had as much fun reading my little yarn as I have had in reading yours. It has been a growing experience and I am thankful for that.