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[–] MaelGuerra@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago (5 children)

"Streak, this is Eternus, our new member. He's a time manipulator of sorts."

"Good to know, General. How's it hanging, Eternus?"

Not fucking good, Jamie, not fucking good.

"Oh, I guess it's hanging fine enough. We'll have to see what the future holds."

Again.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have to say, this is the best writing prompt reply I've seen since I got on lemmy.

[–] MaelGuerra@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Well damn! Thank you!

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Man that was such a good read.

Well done

[–] MaelGuerra@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Thanks :)

Ngl, I'm proud of this one. Even made my family listen to me read it lol

[–] choss@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Bravo, that was excellent! That felt like Worm

[–] MaelGuerra@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

That's pretty damn high praise

[–] SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It really did! I would absolutely read a whole book of that! (Or dozens of them, if the length of Worm is any indication)

[–] choss@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Haha, it's crazy finding another fan in the wild, it always felt like a small audience, but nope! 👋

[–] SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago

No, it's actually pretty popular. Although nothing today is as mainstream as things used to be.

If you liked Worm, you might enjoy Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality (if you haven't read it already). It has some real similarities to Worm, including an unreliable narrator who is very intelligent, but can also be arrogant and impulsive. I'd also classify them both as "hard fantasy."

You can find it at hpmor.com if you're interested.

[–] ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

this is good shit right here. I'd read a sequel

[–] MaelGuerra@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

My kid has been telling me the same thing.

I kinda want to, because it's still in my head, but I don't know if it needs continuing. It might make it fall apart because it works with that as an ending.

[–] recklessengagement@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That was a great read. Is it from something?

[–] MaelGuerra@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

My head.

I got lucky and the prompt inspired me fully. That's pretty rare, normally I just get an idea and then have to really work at it to get something readable. This was pure stream of consciousness.

I'm legit proud of it.