therealljidol week 10: take a hike

Mar 02, 2017 02:04

Sealskin

for fidgety

We first met when I saved him from drowning. He was on one of the boats, the ones that floated above us and left us largely undisturbed, concerned, as they were, with fishing, and not with fishing for usIt was a calm day, and we were playing close to the surface, when I saw him topple into the water. His boots filled and nearly ( Read more... )

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eternal_ot March 4 2017, 07:43:09 UTC
Ah! Lovely! A beautiful love story. I liked the fact that he started loving her once his guilt got over. A nice read.

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rayaso March 4 2017, 19:48:53 UTC
This was a wonderful love story, and very well told. I love that you had the fishermen afraid of the revenge of the selkies.

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beeker121 March 5 2017, 02:50:04 UTC
This is beautiful, as both a story of choices, and the things that happen because of how we are made. it reminds me of another Selkie story, with a less happy ending. It's a song, the lyrics are here: http://www.talis.net/stillcatchthetide

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mamas_minion March 5 2017, 03:50:00 UTC
a truly beautiful and amazing story.

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halfshellvenus March 5 2017, 08:22:46 UTC
Gorgeous story, with such ache and tension for all of the choices that will always hurt someone, no matter which is picked.

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