Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening/Night(whichever one it is in your part of the world),
Hi! I'm here to leave a quick review!!
Anyway let's get right to it,
"Once upon a time..." A phrase I am certain you have heard countless times. A phrase so often used to begin a tale. A phrase I absolutely detest.
Why, you ask? Ha! The answer to that is quite simple.
Once upon a time, I had a family.
Once upon a time, I was loved.
Once upon a time, I was happy.
Once upon a time, but no longer.
"Once upon a time" means it was some time ago in the past, but not that it is any longer. It means that all the wonderful things that follow used to be, but are not now. It means those things we wish would stay with us forever have slipped through our desperately grasping fingers and are never, ever coming back. It means that our hopes, our dreams, our brightly shining futures, have shriveled up and slowly died, just like my mother and sister. Just like Karyne.
Okay...well this is certainly quite the start here. It seems we've just got a bit of an introduction going on here to this one character in particular and well it seems like we're dealing with someone who has quite a lot of baggage there. Definitely not someone that has had life go easy on them. You can certainly detect quite a lot of bitterness coming through there and I think you do a generally pretty solid job of really bringing that across to us. Its a nice mixture of this person just accepting this horrible hand dealt to them and showcasing their sadness through these somewhat rude sounding statements.
Once upon a time, I had a future.
Once upon a time, I laughed for joy instead of scorn.
Once upon a time, I knew there was more to life than status.
And once upon a time, I had a life worth living.
But dwelling on the past benefits no one. And that is why I loathe the phrase "once upon a time."
Well, that caps that off quite fittingly I would say. It definitely nails home the bitterness aspect and sort of showcases perfectly just how this character has decided to see life as a result of their past. Its certainly an interesting piece here at any rate, its not too often we see something of a monologue of sorts from the one character go on for quite this long, but its certainly been quite something here.
Aaaaand that's it for this one.
As always remember to take what you think was helpful and forget the rest.
Stay Safe
Harry
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