hello fedi and/or @bookstodon pls demand a story, written by me, for you. Any and all genres and settings welcome. As specific or general as you'd like.
My idea-generator is temporarily burnt out. Parts on backorder.
I will of course never show it to you but it's good practice and maybe I'll show it to you if it somehow turns out well.
Listen, I'm just trying to set expectations here, I'm in my "everything I write is garbage and I know it because I have good, discerning tastes" phase and gotta get past it somehow.
The somehow is ever-increasing word count and facing off against the unfamiliar. Gotta beat up the monsters so I can summon them later.
@emeraldzak@bookstodon
Three women are huddling in a tent, deep into the woods.
They stare at eachother with strong negative emotions.
Outside lies a dead bear.
It’s winter, but one woman is dressed for autumn weather.
@subm3rge Replace bear with a man and then maybe. After all, the worst a bear might do is injure/maim/kill/eat you. It won't tell anyone that the way you were dressed meant you were asking for it, or that you secretly wanted it, or actually it was consensual. No bear ever defended another bear with "don't punish him for the rest of his life for a couple minutes of fun."
Real talk though, instead of pretending like you're being sincere: Let it go. This is one of the many reasons why any reasonable person chooses the bear. This is a spiteful, bitter, mean-spirited, asshole response to a genuine question.
I'm not putting up a veneer of "respectability" because quite frankly, your response is shameful. Your behavior is deeply disappointing.
@emeraldzak@bookstodon Wow, just wow. You really read a lot into that, nothing of which I intended, thought or even was aware of - you made me find this whole ”bear thing” (which btw is super weird 😳).