The Veil Not Seen

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You requested a SPEWlish critique, but since you've already got a few good ones, I'll keep this one fairiy short.

I like the fact that you were really trying to draw us in with the cliff scene- you tried. Ah, I know that sounds like a terrible insult...but really, it's not. You've got mad style skills and you've pulled it off well.

However! This story is a contradiction in all the little clues it gives- at first we get, 'ooh! Cynical hero! He's talking to himself!' but then it switches over the the 'awake' thing, and we get the 'so it was all a dream'...which doesn't really fit. Pick one.

CYNICAL HERO: This guy's life is crap and he acknowledges this with all he's got. Add in more sarcasm and more pitfalls so he's got more to complain about- but don't forget to make him likeable. Challenge of a lifetime, I know.

'TWAS ALL A DREAM: Make this more surreal- strange, twisted details and a lilting sense of description ('soft' words, roundabout phrases) will do the trick.

And of course, you might say, "I was going for something else entirely!" But...you certainly confused me, so you're going to want to pick one of the two, or something recognizable or similar. You can use elements- the 'doom is a'coming' character or the surreal setting- but make sure that it's clear what's going on.

You can do something that's not been done before...but make sure it's actually been, you know, not done before.

Other than that- I did enjoy the yelling at God. I found that amusing. If you want a more sarcastic setting, I'd definitely bring that one out. :D
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Aero--hey, what's up? haven't talked to you in a while--thought I'd pop by. And what is this I find? NO MORE VEIL! *dies*
Darling, you are going to be the death of me. I looked, I saw that there were a whole three pages, and I said to myself, "Oh, Gyr, we must go see what more the loverly aero has written." And what do I find! ;)
No worries darling, but please do keep it coming.
And why is there no Aero crit on my new Gypsie Eyes chapter! *wails, faints, dies--agian*
"In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function...We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful." ~C.S. Lewis




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I heartily concur...only without all the dying. What's up, Aero? Is your protag giving you trouble?
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