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LordStonefish 10 Oct 2017 02:57

This is something djkaktus wrote that got downvoted but was too good to let sit on a shelf forever.

I added the other half. Guess which one wrote which and its probably not the half you expect.

The message in this tale has been done to death in the lolfoundation canon, but hey I like it.

Decibelles 10 Oct 2017 03:04

Good thing I've already read half of this tale when it first got posted!

LordStonefish 10 Oct 2017 03:06

I'm sorry! I just wanted this glory to live.

djkaktus 10 Oct 2017 03:21

This is a welcome surprise.

Taffeta 10 Oct 2017 03:28

I feel like I just read a Seinfelt version of the entire wiki.

Agent MacLeod 10 Oct 2017 04:33

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Ikonovich 10 Oct 2017 05:26

So confused about Mary right now.

Shaggydredlocks 10 Oct 2017 06:56

Christ. I have to say it was a good decision to take it in this route - the contrast of the weightiness of Mary's portions against the inanity of the bro shenanigans keeps it from being just a bunch of silly bullshit so that I may upvote in good conscience. Gotta love that lolfoundation niche.

TL333s 10 Oct 2017 11:48

The bro half is solid lolFoundation, but intercutting it with this tragic tale of a woman living the worst life ever was, I think, a mistake. The incongruity is so offputting. And it gets more surreal as it goes — Tabula Rasa? sure, why not! — but I'm just not sure what I'm supposed to take away from this. No-vote.

Decibelles 10 Oct 2017 21:28

All sounds like typical lolFoundation to me.

psul 10 Oct 2017 19:23

The idea of "killer flops" stamping on a human face forever has promise, and I can get behind turning that into a critique of toxic masculinity. But I don't think this has a sharp enough edge - it's not focused enough to be really effective.

If you put some more time into linking the two storylines - both plot-wise (perhaps Mary is the wife of one of the three researchers?) and textually (to bring home the point with more force) - I think that this could be very good indeed. It would also have a fresher message than the current one, which (as you say above) has been done to death in the canon already. As it stands, the Mary storyline feels too disconnected to have any real emotional impact.

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Switchie 02 Nov 2017 23:47

Is 035 meant to be Australian or British in this… Like out of everything that is confusing me the most. It sounds British for a while, then suddenly sounds Australian then back to sounding British again…

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