Gear Up, Guardian

[mamas_minion]

Alden dreads election years.  He despises having to talk to the press.  The complexities of his job alone are bad enough without the added pressure of having to answer inane interrogatories about how he feels about this or that policy, over the establishment of which he has absolutely zero influence or control.  His number one responsibility, as

Comments

[rayaso]

You managed to comment on current events in the context of your story, and still make it work as a story, which is quite an accomplishment.

[mamas_minion]

Thank you, I was worried I wasn't going to be able to pull it off.

[alycewilson]

Boy, this sounds familiar! I liked what you did with this.

[mamas_minion]

Thank you, I felt like it was time to say something.

[sinnamongirl]

Good job on slipping to the side of current events with an alternate magic sort of thing. Nice entry!

[mamas_minion]

Thank you

[adoptedwriter]

Very timely!

[mamas_minion]

thank you

[bleodswean]

What a superb allegory. I think you could even take this further, deeper. You're such a gifted writer and it's wonderful to see this other direction you took your skills this week. I struggled with the prompt because of the political/legal associations but YOU took that and made it a fantastic challenge. Well played!

[mamas_minion]

Thank you very much, I knew I was taking a risk with this one, but I felt I needed to say something.