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hdcup_mod (hdcup_mod) wrote in hd_worldcup,
@ 2008-04-29 08:01:00

Entry tags:

fic, pg, prompt: the moon, round i, team canon

S. Morgenstern's 'Through the Looking Glass' (abridged) - Team Canon
Title: S. Morgenstern's Through the Looking Glass (abridged)
Team: Canon!
Author: el_em_en_oh_pee
Prompt: Moon
Wordcount: 3,792
Rating: PG
Warnings: none. Thinly disguised meta, maybe, but really, none.
Summary: The moon Tarot card is associated with such things as "illusion. Escape into daydreams to avoid dealing with reality. Inability to discern reality from illusion". Herein lies S. Morgenstern's epic rendition of a man whose dreams and reality become increasingly blurred after a traumatic event, now abridged by editor Eloise Midgen.
Author's Note: Thanks, my beta extraordinaire(A) for checking this last-minute and for keeping me sane(All remaining mistakes=mine). Thanks B&E for keymashy conversations about worldcup&for calming me down the last few days. Love!

S. Morgenstern's Through the Looking Glass (abridged)

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	lilithilien 2008-04-29 07:29 pm UTC (link)
	Very unique! It took me a little time to get into what you were doing, but before I reached the halfway point I was laughing aloud. And I really enjoyed the commentary on what cuts were made and how all the plot was getting trimmed. Nice entry! (Reply to this)

	shyfoxling 2008-05-06 10:26 pm UTC (link)
	I have to admit I really don't understand what's going on here. The imagery is interesting but I'm not even grasping the meta content... (Reply to this)

	(Anonymous) 2008-05-08 01:42 pm UTC (link)
	two of my favorites - The Princess Bride and H/D - wrapped up into one fantastic package! well done! (Reply to this)

ships_harry
2008-05-10 05:17 pm UTC (link)

Man, okay, this was awesome :D. I think my first reaction was along the lines of "oh, you clever clever thing" and I'll freely admit that I don't get all the references :). It was after the fact that comments showed me the Princess Bride links etc, and it's been a couple of decades since I read any Lewis Carroll, and I gotta say, I'm fascinated by this being in the Canon team, and not in a bad way. Really interesting use of the prompt, the meta was fun, and my experience of this is that it was entirely possible to enjoy it without knowing exactly what you were doing. Because it was clear you were doing something, and sussing it out without the references was half the fun :).

Plus, it's purely awesome to read something so different :).

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