therealljidol week 27: be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you

[j0ydivided]

In all the stories, it's the stepmother that's wicked, not the mother

Comments

[murielle]

Excellent! You drew me in and held me to the very end. Well done, you! Well done.

[j0ydivided]

Thank you!

[penpusher]

A frightful and palpable tale with a shock of a twist, just when I thought you were going to go full on Grimm, you turned Disney!

[j0ydivided]

Heh, I dunno if Disney involves blood sacrifice, but thank you! :)

[i_17bingo]

That was wild. I really enjoyed the escalation of it, as the magic overtook her mother. I also enjoyed watching the narrator's powers grow, even while she resisted it. Also, there was a happy ending!

[j0ydivided]

Thanks! Yeah, I wanted to give it a happy ending, if I could. :)

[messygorgeous]

I love a good modern magic story! At first, I was thinking the issues with her mom were psychological or hormonal, something medical. But I was excited to find magic! I really thought she was going to take her mom out, there in the end, but your ending feels right and true.

[j0ydivided]

Thank you! I was afraid that the ending would come off on the wrong note -- I didn't want it to seem too "pat", but I also didn't want to give it a grim ending (because that was expected, and I thought Gabbie deserved better). :)

[rayaso]

What a great end! I loved how you tied everything in to your beginning about mothers-stepmothers. Too bad the mother's magic periods weren't tied to a sports schedule. That was such an amusing suggestion!

[j0ydivided]

Ha, right? I seriously contemplated making it tied to college football somehow, but ultimately stepped away from that, because I couldn't think of a way to make it work that didn't come off as totally ridiculous.

Thanks for reading, and for the kind words!