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ninablues in runaway_tales

rhubarb, honeydew, vanilla and whipped cream

Nov 20, 2010 10:49

Story: Timeless { backstory | index }

Title: The Doll

Rating: G

Challenge: Rhubarb ‘My Treat’ #20: what do you have there? (overprotective big brothers make it hard to Isaac to do nice things), Honeydew #28: rain check, Vanilla #15: inhospitable lodgings

Toppings/Extras: whipped cream

Wordcount: 441

Summary: Jude Prowse wants what’s best for his brother.

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[challenge] honeydew, [inactive-author] ninablues, [challenge] rhubarb, [challenge] vanilla

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ninablues November 20 2010, 17:06:13 UTC

Thanks. :) Jude's a very, very minor character-- Isaac is the second-to-main character in the actual story, although he's an adult in that. Jude sort of appeared when I was sketching out Isaac's past and, yup, I love him too.

There's nothing else written (yet) in which Jude actually appears, he's only mentioned every now and again. My brownie called "Foxholt Alley Orphanage" pretty much explains Isaac's entire backstory, not that I'm obliging you to read it or anything. XD I noticed you'd sort of vanished, hopefully your muse has made a triumphant return and we'll be reading more of your stuff soon. :D Thank you!

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ninablues November 20 2010, 17:32:22 UTC

Oh poop, sucks when that happens. I never have a clue whether my fingers or my brain do better at writing, to be honest... some of my best sentences have been written without much thought, but so have my most facepalm-worthy. XDD Writing, why so complex?

There have been tons of amazing stuff posted on RaTs recently, I missed a ton during the middle of NaNo and I'm not sure I'm going to have time to catch up... oh well, the good thing is that more lovely pieces of writing always show up soon enough. :)

bookblather November 21 2010, 05:54:47 UTC

Awwwww. This is really sweet, but it makes me sad, both because of Emily's eerie sobbing and the way that foreshadows what happens to Jude. Poor Isaac. At least he was trying to do good. Great job!

hi_falootin November 22 2010, 22:51:27 UTC

I really like the picture you paint with this piece. Isaac wanting to give Emily the sockish doll made me "aww" and Jude seems like a good brother. I feel bad for all of them, of course :(

smoothiegarten November 26 2010, 20:32:02 UTC

:( This is so sad. I do love Jude quite a lot after reading it, though. He's a great big brother and it seems like he does a good job looking out for the other two.

ninablues November 26 2010, 20:42:36 UTC

Oh God, you would not believe how much I have started to love Jude. Unfortunately he's one of the most tragic characters I've ever written. ;-; Maybe I should do a Jude's-life-story brownie... though I don't know if it'll even reach brownie length.

dragons_kin January 24 2011, 21:31:45 UTC

Ohh I hope Emily is okay. Isaac is sweet.