i think there's actually a lot to like here. this really lands the fable structure and voice and it's convincingly told, altogether. there's just a few elements that i think could bear a look. one is that there are a few little hiccups where sentences could be rewritten and polished to read a bit more fluidly and less awkwardly. another is that , while i buy the connection the buck and the chicken have with the concept of humility (or their lack thereof), i'm not a hundred percent sold on the robin as a symbol of humility. (obviously there are links to christian iconography with the robin, but if you are going that route i think you need to make the parallels more direct.) i think if you go the extra mile to explain why the robin in this particular fable it would be much, much stronger — since the other two have aspects about them explained by displeasing humility. finally, i know that the genre is a fable, but it really feels like it ends very fast. there are areas you could build this up more and develop it more. a little more context for Humility would probably help, and i think you could lean into imagery — there are a couple of places ("when the sun was full of youth and the moon’s heart yearned strong for its fiery lover", "Humility looked up toward an oak that reached towards the painted night") where this really goes hard and i would love to see a bit more of that to help establish vibes and setting. allll of that said, for now, i am novoting, but i think this has a ton of potential.
The Angel and the Creatures / Discussion
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