The trouble with writing a mystery is that sometimes half-way through telling a story... the central mystery itself mutates.
At least, this was just the sort of experience I had while I was writing
Imprint, my first horror/mystery/whatever the hell this is. I knew there were certain things I wanted to play around with in this story: the
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*was going to use her Larsa icon for this, but squicked at the last moment*
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I don't know whether I should be more horrified or proud. ^_^
And it's interesting to see how some people find this story more disturbing when the facts are clear and how some find it less so. Maybe a Penelo POV story would clear that up...?
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Thanks for posting these notes up. It cleared up the foggy parts I was having trouble with. <3 Well done!
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And hee, I'm glad you liked. It was sort of fun seeing the various theories people threw at me but seeing their reactions to the real plot is interesting as well!
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I didn't even think of Larsa being an invention of Vayne's--I kept thinking he was there in some way, although possibly twisted mentally (wrong brother, I guess XD)--but knowing that he's not there now, things make so much more sense. Although it's a little less creepy to me now, oddly enough. (I expect Vayne to be psycho, Larsa not-so-much? I dunno.)
The ending is really awesome though. Go, Penelo! ...and I would've totally liked the other ending, too, I bet, but this one is just oh-so-creepy in a good way.
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And looking back... having Larsa still exist but be twisted because of his brother slowly but surely taking over his body would have been an excellent twist as well. Perhaps some other enterprising person could pick that plot up next time...?
And one of these days, I should really go and write up that other 'Penelo triumphs' ending. It's marginally less bleak and hopeless than this one, after all...
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Very creepy.
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I'm not surprised about people getting a bit confused about the "Vayne in Larsa's hollow body" bit... looking back, the clues to that were a little too subtle. And poor Penelo. It's true what they say-- you always hurt the ones you love. She really needs to have her story told more, I suppose...
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