Entries tagged with writing: snippets

Over the past few days, I’ve been revisiting Rose of Segunda. This was somewhat inspired by my finally getting around to playing Cinderella Evermore last month, since, like Cinderella Phenomenon, the Rose of Segunda is a visual novel that I adored and that had a sequel released not long after I initially played it—a sequel which I was very excited about and did buy, before promptly spending many years Not Playing It, oops.

Though, in this case, The Thorns of War technically isn’t finished yet. I think it may be the only early access game I’ve ever purchased—but in any case, I’ve waited long enough to play it that there’s not really all that much more left to wait for, lol. I believe Frederique (;_;) and Charlotte’s routes are the only ones that haven’t been released yet—everything else is done, and tbh I’m actually rather intimidated by how long the game already is in its current state!

But this post isn’t about the Thorns of War—it’s about Rose of Segunda, and how much I still love this game upon revisiting it. ( more beneath the cut, including spoilers )

It’s getting later than I’d like, particularly since I still want to try to get some writing in tonight, so I think I’ll wrap this entry up here for now and tackle my other thoughts at another time.

► About a week ago I read a short story that I really fell in love with— “Jackalope Wives” by Ursula Vernon. It was really amazing? Grandma Harken has my heart forever and ever, and I loved the atmosphere worldbuilding so much. ~~I, uh, also kind of shipped Grandma Harken/the Jackalope Wife? ...Their interactions were super cute, okay?~~

Then I found out from

yuuago that Vernon also wrote a novelette about Grandma Harken called “The Tomato Thief”, and— it basically has all the strengths of “Jackalope Wives” and then some. Seriously, it was amazing. ♥ The reveal of who the antagonist was sent me flailing ( some spoilers )

► Speaking of short stories… I also read “Help Me Follow My Sister into the Land of the Dead” last week, and 10/10, would recommend. What an excellent use of an unusual format.

► I was going through and clearing out the unneeded notes from the sticky notes program I have on my computer, and came across a part of a Prince Maker Braveness fic I lost when my computer got hit by that encryption virus a few years ago.

Except, it’s not actually a proper snippet. It’s the result of a snippet that I ran through Google Translate a few times for a meme. It’s kind of interesting that that still survives when the original fic doesn’t.

I don’t think I ever shared it anywhere before, though, so I’m going to share it here:
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I still remember why I saved it to a sticky note— it was because I loved how the last paragraph turned out, and how it almost sounds like a prayer.

► While I’m talking about writing… I have a mildly amusing story to share. I wrote a story involving Tom Riddle for a recent exchange. At one point while I was typing, my word document randomly decided to turn Tom into ™ instead, and I had to laugh. Because he would want a name so special that it has to be trademarked.

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156 | short fiction recommendations, & the strange remains of a lost fic