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[keyk]

Just kind of presenting the kinds of themes that are prevalent in IF. I totally said it was a philosophy paper in comic form, and it totally is. Which also means, everyone is allowed to disagree with how they end up living their lives (which may or may not be what they choose to do here). \o/

So, in case it wasn't clear (I totally hope it was though), Dusk is dead! I believe he'll still be alive in the first chapter/prologue, but then after that it's posthumous Dusk. There will also be a lot of meta (literary and as metaphysics, although the latter is purely for plot and not necessarily philosophy centric) in this story, even though I'm probably not skilled enough to do meta, it's in the plans anyway!

Speaking on a personal level, because IF is extremely dear to me, death is one of the things aside from my own self esteem that just really depresses me. My own death? Not so much, except perhaps the consequences, so I wanted to reflect that here. Other people dying? It's one of the most depressing things. My grandaunt even took the effort to tell me in a dream not to cry before she left. XD; I-I still cry over it every now and then though, sorry, haha.

To cope with all my pent up feelings toward dying, IF exists! It used to just be a depressing story. I don't think IF would've been optimistic at all had my grandaunt not visited me when she did. She used to see ghosts a lot, and, after she died, her granddaughter saw her standing over my baby cousin, and she also visited her older granddaughter to tell her goodbye in a dream, much like mine. I'm not entirely sure why she came to me, but I'm happy and grateful and honored she did. To this day, I still hold onto that hope, that people are happy after they die, or at least that there's no need to feel sad for them.

Just need to let off some stress, and IF's my most optimistic story, so, there we go. It's been awhile since I've ever mentioned Riselle, but she's Dusk's older half-sister. ...And looks just like a genderbent Dusk here. XD

Comments

[apathycary.livejournal.com]

Oh goodness. You take on such an interesting view of death. I've been thinking about it a lot lately in my own stories and how and when I want to incorporate it, but because of the nature of the story ( in that it's about growing beyond the expectations of culture and society and becoming your own person) I feel really scared to delve into it.

[apathycary.livejournal.com]

OH NO THIS IS AN RP ACCOUNT I'M SORRY.
I'll be over here looking embarrassed now.

[keyk.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :3 I think it'd be ok to incorporate death into your story, actually! Death ends life, making it that much more important to live life as a person you can be proud of, right? I say don't be afraid to mess around with new ideas while the story's not finalized, and if it doesn't work out, then you can decide to leave it out. :)b

[psychofish.livejournal.com]

That's a really pretty comic! A mellow pondering story, but pretty!

this comment sounds like rocky road

[keyk.livejournal.com]

Mellow like a marshmellow straight from the marsh.

Mellow pondering story with nutty plot devices, yes! I will try to make the final product less rough, but thank you! :D