Alright, well I normally never use this account to actually say anything because, y'know, alt-account password reset laziness. Anyway, it's definitely one that I was hesitant going into but figured “It's a short story, I'm a loser who likes anon-fics who --unsurprisingly-- has time to burn, even if the story ain't my fetish/genre”. Call me wary: I learned my lesson from Trouble's Tale all those years ago, so I guess I went into it expecting either that or Uncle Tom's Cabin. And, like, yeah I guess it was morbid curiosity that got me to wonder which pole this was gonna crash into. It's one of those still-awkward topics for some people*, so I wondered if someone would deal with the topic seriously, I guess?
It took a few chapters for me to click through and they were short enough that I didn't feel like I was eating time. It definitely took some adjustment to 'get into' the setting but it got there. The introduction of 'Dusty' this early on is probably one of those things that has to be done quick and nearly just kinda got me to dismiss it, as it was so uncomfortable for me personally. “Alright, this is a creepy thing that's going on, so where is this whole thing going?” But Purple's not my waifu or imoto-chan** so I stuck around. I was curious by the end of 1:5 what direction this was taking; after all, the story isn't poorly written and has its own narrative character, it's got an interesting enough premise that can really go in a lot of directions, and there's enough little social curiosities to pique my interest.
I didn't see that 500K rider in the description, so damn did I get sucker punched when I went Pastebin thinking 'too late to stop now'. Hey, no spoilers, but after a day of binging I just can't help but both want more, and wonder if there's gonna be some John Brown II, Harriet “A.J.” Tubman, or Douglass instead of magical rock-based problem solving. What can I say, I'm a history and lit nerd, and seeing if anything changes structurally between 1:5 and act 6 is interesting. So I appreciate the effort to put it up here; I'll definitely be following, and keep it up, eh? Thanks and peace out, mates.
*mostly from south of the 49th parallel. **Or whatever that little sister complex is called.
Alright, well I normally never use this account to actually say anything because, y'know, alt-account password reset laziness. Anyway, it's definitely one that I was hesitant going into but figured “It's a short story, I'm a loser who likes anon-fics who --unsurprisingly-- has time to burn, even if the story ain't my fetish/genre”. Call me wary: I learned my lesson from Trouble's Tale all those years ago, so I guess I went into it expecting either that or Uncle Tom's Cabin. And, like, yeah I guess it was morbid curiosity that got me to wonder which pole this was gonna crash into. It's one of those still-awkward topics for some people*, so I wondered if someone would deal with the topic seriously, I guess?
It took a few chapters for me to click through and they were short enough that I didn't feel like I was eating time. It definitely took some adjustment to 'get into' the setting but it got there. The introduction of 'Dusty' this early on is probably one of those things that has to be done quick and nearly just kinda got me to dismiss it, as it was so uncomfortable for me personally. “Alright, this is a creepy thing that's going on, so where is this whole thing going?” But Purple's not my waifu or imoto-chan** so I stuck around. I was curious by the end of 1:5 what direction this was taking; after all, the story isn't poorly written and has its own narrative character, it's got an interesting enough premise that can really go in a lot of directions, and there's enough little social curiosities to pique my interest.
I didn't see that 500K rider in the description, so damn did I get sucker punched when I went Pastebin thinking 'too late to stop now'. Hey, no spoilers, but after a day of binging I just can't help but both want more, and wonder if there's gonna be some John Brown II, Harriet “A.J.” Tubman, or Douglass instead of magical rock-based problem solving. What can I say, I'm a history and lit nerd, and seeing if anything changes structurally between 1:5 and act 6 is interesting. So I appreciate the effort to put it up here; I'll definitely be following, and keep it up, eh? Thanks and peace out, mates.
*mostly from south of the 49th parallel.
**Or whatever that little sister complex is called.