Progressive Retrograde / Discussion

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Vivarium 17 Feb 2021 00:25

Thank you for reading my contest entry for Cupidcon. I hope you liked this romantic tragedy told via melancholic recollection through amnestic!

Thanks to the people I forced to read my draft!

Quadraginta , Sirslash47 , Ralliston , Strange Matter , LilyFlower , pixelatedharmony> does not match any existing user name , Karablue9482> does not match any existing user name , Grigori Karpin , RadioactiveRADS , HarryBlank , Marcelles_Raynes> does not match any existing user name , Cerastes , and a special thanks to Athenodora for reading this draft numerous times.

Cheers!

Last edited on 17 Feb 2021 00:41 by Vivarium Show more

Grigori Karpin 17 Feb 2021 06:40

Excellent work, you grow with each piece in my opinion…

+1

Vivarium 17 Feb 2021 09:26

Thank you. I'm proud of this one.

Awww, right in the feels...

ISNorden 18 Feb 2021 07:07

Is Jenna/the Aurora Lady a new skip or an existing one, though?

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"Anomalous" just means "unusual"; not all surreal strangeness HAS to be evil, deadly, or even scary.

Re: Awww, right in the feels...

Vivarium 18 Feb 2021 08:52

Jenna is a new thing. She is not connected to any standing article… yet.

Re: Awww, right in the feels...

ISNorden 18 Feb 2021 10:06

Planning on writing her up? Good luck!

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"Anomalous" just means "unusual"; not all surreal strangeness HAS to be evil, deadly, or even scary.

DornKoon 18 Feb 2021 10:49

It was sad and romantic, does show the consequences the foundation has on people when they do things like this. I really enjoyed reading it!

I also hope to see more on the subject of Jenna in the future.

I wish you all the best, and good luck in the contest!

Vivarium 18 Feb 2021 13:22

Thank you for the praise. Also remember to upvote if you like it. This is a contest after all.

Cheers!

Doctor Fullham 19 Feb 2021 23:21

How dare you do this to me. Take my upvote and my tears, you cruel author you

Vivarium 20 Feb 2021 12:39

I hate to do it to you, but I love writing tragedies. Glad you liked it!

91stCataclysm 24 Feb 2021 09:33

Beautiful and painful to read, even when I anticipated the ending. Or perhaps because I saw it coming it was more painful to read (in a good way).

Either way, +1 from me.

Edit: just re-read the title. It was there all the time, and here I was feeling clever by "figuring out" the ending before I got to it.

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Vivarium 24 Feb 2021 13:53

Not a lot of people have guessed the ending, so you did do a good job of picking up the hints I left in the article. Thank you for the read, and sorry for the tragic ending!

winkwonkboi 24 Feb 2021 14:15

Bro, I’m fucking crying right now. That ending hit me like a train.

+1 you tear-jerking author

Vivarium 24 Feb 2021 18:12

I'm sorry. <3

J Dune 24 Feb 2021 20:26

Very good from start to finish. The presentation of the images and the BHL theme elevated the reading experience. Deserves every vote it has.

spacepillow 23 Mar 2022 17:31

Spectacular stuff. Keep up the good work :)

WOWE

boldyeller 20 Apr 2022 22:18

What makes this so tragic is if she would have continued to stay in Norway and obsess over her abilities, the Foundation would have likely never found her. But just when she decided to live her life happy, anomalous auroras over all of Europe put her on their radar. BEAUTIFUL and HEART-WRENCHING.

P.S. Just curious, did you come up with this tale while taking an IRL trip around Europe?

Re: WOWE

Vivarium 21 Apr 2022 07:44

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

Also unfortunately no. I have not had the opportunity to go on a trip across Europe, but a lot of this tale is based on what I would love to do one day. The northern countries are imo the most beautiful and seeing the old cities of Greece is another dream of mine. Hopefully when I do go on a trip, it isn't as tragic as this story.