Brigit's Flame -- "Seed"

[tierfal]

Prompt: "seed"
Word Count: 512
Warnings: drugs referenced, religious themes
Author's Note: Thank you to eltea for looking it over. And thank you to Wikipedia for existing, since otherwise I probably would've had to call my lawyer!dad and waste his time.

Comments

[jamais_toujours]

Wow. This piece is a powerful insight into the way society works sometimes, especially seeing how everyone around Chris tried to reduce him from a real person to a name on a piece of paper until it was too late. Can there ever be a single definition for justice? Very thought-provoking. Well done.

[tierfal]

I definitely had an interesting time thinking through what I was even trying to say. Glad you liked it, and thank you! :)

[lacombe]

Ooo. I like- very powerful and deliciously complicated, given its length. Nicely done!

[tierfal]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it! :)

[jynxgirl]

HI there! I'm your editor for this week.
This is an amazingly profound piece! The imagery, social commentary and the flow of the story are all absolutely amazing.
The only part that made me raise my eyebrows was this line: “It’s wrong to steal,” Chris Fillmer noted, “but it’s okay to sit back and watch your family die.” Did you possibly mean, it's NOT okay to sit back and watch your family die?
I think I'm a little in love with this piece, and hope to read more of your work in the coming months.

[tierfal]

Thank you! :) I'm glad you liked it!

Oh, the point I was trying to make was a slightly sardonic one -- that it's wrong to steal, but it's perfectly legal to starve, basically.

Thanks for the edit! ^^

Edit number two!

[kenderlord]

Boom. Let's do it

Re: Edit number two!

[tierfal]

Boom indeed! 8D

I suck at whos and whoms. XD And that's the sort of feel I was going for, yeah. :D

eltea does, too! XD

It is an interesting think -- and one that I think has a lot of merit, so thank you! :)

ajlkfdsj English verbs. *dies* XD ...and "crunk"? XD Is that the past participle of "crank"...? XD

Thanks very much! :)

[orientalblossom]

Wow, I think you made a pretty significant point in this story. It's something which I could probably debate on for hours on end (and I'm not a debater, so there you go xD) I like the reactions of Chris's audience in the court as well because it's so true! People like to watch and jeer at other people's unfortunate circumstances & pretend they're superior to misfortunes when they don't understand what's going on at all!!!!

And I like the bit about the delete key, very classy! =) Absolutely lovely writing, as usual!

[tierfal]

I'm not much of a debater either -- which is probably why I put everything in stories, such that people have to wait until the end to argue! XD

Thanks very much; I'm glad you liked it! ^^