« What must it be like lacking any passion for life or knowledge, Zelda wonders? What must it be like to go through life like a piece of white bread, living only as an imitation of a person? » holy shit
« As usual, he doesn’t talk to her unless it’s absolutely necessary and shows as much emotion as the rocky face of the mountain does. » it’s this mountain https://youtu.be/Ku2s8HcAluk
first they say “the middle of bumfuck nowhere” but later in the same paragraph they say “the center of bumfuck nowhere”; pick one
they are really bothering me with their use of tense; it’s not wrong but it’s not easy to read
« Since breakfast, Zelda and Link had been riding through the mountains with only a short stop for lunch. Now, the afternoon sun beats down as they travel across the exposed cliffside, pricking their skin and sneaking through the protective barrier of Zelda’s sunglasses into her eyes. »
you need a better transition from past to present than that, here in the beginning of the fic, when your voice is not yet established. like at least start a new paragraph please
i feel very encouraged that this author does not expect me to know what passing a kidney stone feels like
i love authors who come up with a metaphor which they really think is clever, but then worry that the audience won’t get it, so they immediately explain the metaphor in the same sentence
« So far, the hot fall day passed like a kidney stone: slow and excruciating. » we’re off to a great start folks
i have yet not attained 121 bookmarks on all of my fanfiction, combined so it MUST be good
while i read “The Calamity of Link’s Cargo Shorts”, a legend of zelda fanfiction novella which has, somehow, garnered itself 121 bookmarks since being published at the beginning of this year
i would have picked, you know, the Last Supper, but sure let’s talk about that time Jesus broke some bread and then immediately vanished
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