My name is… John.
I am…
I have a wife and a daughter. They are visiting me today. Their names– Alice. And Anna.
I can see, sort of. Everything is blurry. I am submerged in a coffin, a clear coffin with green water. There’s a tube in my mouth so that I can breathe, machine-like.
My legs are transparent. I see veins and arteries, thin muscles that look like spiderwebs bundled together. The doctors say my memory will be fuzzy. It’s supposed to come back quickly.
I am…
The theme of this Drabblecast Trifecta is “if you want something done right, you’ve got to do it yourself.” In Faithful Servant, a long-suffering butler’s poorly timed fit of temper is nearly the end of him. In Selfless, a man with an incurable illness goes to great lengths to ensure his wife and daughter enjoy a normal, happy life. In Prophecy Negotiations, a fateful farm boy learns that if you want to rise to a new station, it pays not to accept the first offer.
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Shonuff, DC is the spicy life. Good variety. More sugary carbs this week than some, but I like desert, even dirty crepes.
I like the idea of the clone's awareness of his provisional status. Gotta keep Prime satisfied.
I like the answer to the riddle of why there are so many wizards (Anthropology in D&D!).
Faithful Servant has an amusing twist on Upstairs/Downstairs caste-ing, a subtle commentary on Class divisions. Not necessarily, but possibly, that the high-born are genetically advantaged, and if the Occupiers don't want to be butlers, they'll be shot. Does anyone else see it that way? Very 'Brittish'.
Can't say I understood the twabble, although I used it's punchline above. I've got a lot of nerve.
I like the idea of the clone's awareness of his provisional status. Gotta keep Prime satisfied.
I like the answer to the riddle of why there are so many wizards (Anthropology in D&D!).
Faithful Servant has an amusing twist on Upstairs/Downstairs caste-ing, a subtle commentary on Class divisions. Not necessarily, but possibly, that the high-born are genetically advantaged, and if the Occupiers don't want to be butlers, they'll be shot. Does anyone else see it that way? Very 'Brittish'.
Can't say I understood the twabble, although I used it's punchline above. I've got a lot of nerve.
Posted: July 26, 2012, 5:29 pm
strawman wrote:
Shonuff, DC is the spicy life. Good variety. More sugary carbs this week than some, but I like desert, even dirty crepes.
I like the idea of the clone's awareness of his provisional status. Gotta keep Prime satisfied.
I like the answer to the riddle of why there are so many wizards (Anthropology in D&D!).
Faithful Servant has an amusing twist on Upstairs/Downstairs caste-ing, a subtle commentary on Class divisions. Not necessarily, but possibly, that the high-born are genetically advantaged, and if the Occupiers don't want to be butlers, they'll be shot. Does anyone else see it that way? Very 'Brittish'.
Can't say I understood the twabble, although I used it's punchline above. I've got a lot of nerve.
The twabble is a mash-up of two of Charleton Heston's lines in Planet of the Apes.
"Get your stinking paws off me you damn dirty ape."
"They did it, they blew it up."
<fists pounding sand in front of the fallen statue of liberty>
God.... Damn...You All.... To Hell....
One of Hollywood's greatest cinematic endings.
Posted: July 26, 2012, 5:48 pm
OK, that makes sense.
...I guess I should be worried.
...I guess I should be worried.
Posted: July 26, 2012, 10:48 pm
Selfless--I didn't really like this one. I've read other stories about clone replacements that I thought did it better. In the end this one just seems to accept the status quo that he's disposable, and that is all. I wanted something to happen, the situation to change.
Prophecy Negotiations--I laughed and laughed and laughed with this. It all makes way too much sense. Frodo Baggins, Shea Ohmsford, Luke Skywalker, you fools, you're soft bargainers!
The Faithful Servant--I was pleasantly surprised when the lady turned out to be competent with a gun. But at the same time. An interesting idea that even as the world is falling apart around you, such a woman could still be concerned about the state of the carpet. I found her character kind of inconsistent though. She apparently doesn't remember that the dog is dead, yet she is apparently aware of the end of the world--so is she senile or not? I'm not sure whether the butler should stick around because she is apparently sometimes competent, or whether he should run like hell because she might shoot him in a confused moment.
Prophecy Negotiations--I laughed and laughed and laughed with this. It all makes way too much sense. Frodo Baggins, Shea Ohmsford, Luke Skywalker, you fools, you're soft bargainers!
The Faithful Servant--I was pleasantly surprised when the lady turned out to be competent with a gun. But at the same time. An interesting idea that even as the world is falling apart around you, such a woman could still be concerned about the state of the carpet. I found her character kind of inconsistent though. She apparently doesn't remember that the dog is dead, yet she is apparently aware of the end of the world--so is she senile or not? I'm not sure whether the butler should stick around because she is apparently sometimes competent, or whether he should run like hell because she might shoot him in a confused moment.
Posted: July 27, 2012, 3:50 pm
And I forgrot to mention my excitement: a Drabblecast original story by Bear and Monette in the Mongoose universe! Soooooo excited!!!
Posted: July 28, 2012, 6:14 pm
That, and Liz' cover art gets it just right.
Posted: July 28, 2012, 8:30 pm
Sho 'nuf, great Trifecta. Perfect set of stories to accompany me on my trip yesterday. The faithful servant had such great imagery, that an interesting thing happened. When the story was over, I could clearly remember the visuals of the house, the carpet, etc. Yet I had no visual memory of the road I'd been driving on during that story. My memory recorded the visual imagery of and auditory story, rather than my visual inputs (eyes). Not sure if this is a safe driving story, but interesting. 
Posted: July 29, 2012, 3:03 pm
Another great episode.
In my wildest dreams, DC puts out four episodes a week like this.
Well, maybe not my wildest...
In my wildest dreams, DC puts out four episodes a week like this.
Well, maybe not my wildest...
Posted: July 29, 2012, 6:46 pm
Unblinking wrote:
And I forgrot to mention my excitement: a Drabblecast original story by Bear and Monette in the Mongoose universe! Soooooo excited!!!
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Posted: July 30, 2012, 10:26 pm
themorg wrote:Unblinking wrote:And I forgrot to mention my excitement: a Drabblecast original story by Bear and Monette in the Mongoose universe! Soooooo excited!!!
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Posted: July 30, 2012, 10:27 pm
RPD's
You just can't beat that. My week's complete.
You just can't beat that. My week's complete.
Posted: July 31, 2012, 6:23 am
tbaker2500 wrote:
. My memory recorded the visual imagery of and auditory story, rather than my visual inputs (eyes). Not sure if this is a safe driving story, but interesting.
At least you weren't texting!
Posted: July 31, 2012, 6:28 am
Great Trifecta! The readings were all particularly well matched and well done in this one I thought. Selfless was my favorite of the lot.
Posted: August 8, 2012, 7:41 pm
