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Sunshine's avatar

I enjoyed how you brought out the deeper questions beneath the story, letting the old legends resonate with the present. Thank you for this engaging piece.

Óðr Sierra Sierra's avatar

Thank you so much Sunshine, Mytho-refactoring still working in my mind even after publishing. Glad you noticed it.

Nina Simperi's avatar

You're a writer-magician.

Cause-and-effect woven into a story so organically that it makes a nest within.

Wow.

Óðr Sierra Sierra's avatar

thank you Nina, but I am not

this is just internal visual description

MoTy's avatar

Reads like someone who’s almost too self-aware about their childhood trauma. Written with the full shebang, as always.

Óðr Sierra Sierra's avatar

too aware MoTy, deeply investigate and placed into DMZ

Eleora McConnell's avatar

This is one of the most devastating pieces of writing I've encountered because it refuses all the consolations we typically allow ourselves. (I mean that as a compliment, the restraint is purposeful and beautiful in the execution it was intended.)

This is not just about parenting. This is about how we protect ourselves by making others like us. How reasonable people do unreasonable damage. How a name chosen for its sound becomes a prophecy fulfilled by the very person trying to prevent it. It's extraordinary! Thankyou.

Óðr Sierra Sierra's avatar

thank you so much Eleora, for all your reading and real tuning into this. Glad you are seeing beneath the surface.

Eleora McConnell's avatar

I see and thank you 🙏🏻 truly. The reading and then sitting with it presently, is an experience of joy to me. I love it! 😍 Gratitude my Friend.

Raven's Path's avatar

The way you bring the old to the new is astonishing. You can see the care in each sentence. You can feel the faith in them. It was not what I expected when I opened it. And I'm glad. Beautifully done. Bravo Zulu!

Óðr Sierra Sierra's avatar

Thank you Raven,

Mytho-refactoring works

Mara Ellison's avatar

This one left mark. The depth in this was so beautifully navigated!

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Óðr Sierra Sierra's avatar

and the same story happened again and again,