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A fascinating piece to crit and read, a pleasure to do both as well. It's an exploration of a very human issue where the reflux is taken to an extreme beyond casual happenings, which is sometimes the best kind of exploration. Then there's the metaphorical ocean of cold water the protag finds themself (ourself?) in, a tsunami of revelation, yet in spite of all that the tale ends in complete regression to the former self they find so terrible. In that way, it's an even more human telling of this kind of story: the one where, when given the option, we would choose to slink back into denial and distraction rather than facing the music, even once we've become aware of the issue at hand. A point very much emphasized by the choice of second person. (At least, by my interpretation.)
It's a damning thing, ain't it. +1
What an intriguing adventure. There's something so alluring about the more… marine-focused pieces here on the library. A fear yet attraction to the endless sea, I suppose, and this piece really revels in that idea, presenting us someone who has joined the bottom as an escape, and jumps in between these two worlds they know. As always, the descriptions here are delicious, and the overall plot is great. Also loved the ASCII fish bit a ton lol
+1~
The emotion this piece tries to deal with is very, very real and the precision and subtlety it is dealt with here is so very, very impactful. The desire to flee from human society, which pollutes, which superimposes itself above nature, which seems to inimical to human life, to the woods, to the sea- it's so powerfully understood here, and I honestly believe that this is your best piece about the sea, at least to me. It's a lot more literal than your others, certainly, but your prose is no less beautiful here, and the way you deal with pollution is so… different to how it's usually presented. Yes, there is pain there, because the sea will never be the same after what we have done to her, but she is still wonderful and even the plastic is a part of that now, and the same applies to human society.
Ah yes. he sea, our fauthful companin, home of beasts both kind an terrible. You bring us here so often, uvunculate our minds in the seafoam spray, cover us with saltwater stingign and sweet, and we learn to embrace the stig, the ferocity, the denial of our educated humanity. To embrace the other pat of ourselves that yearns for an escape, and wrestle with that need.
Beautiful. Vivacious. Emerald blue against dull gray. Sweeping sadness aside.
-Avalon
I watch the yonder hills
See foodwrenches toil in dust
Let their cacophonous calls
Rend our bodies to rust
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