Friday Fictioneers
“The Symbol”
“Oh, look!” Shellie exclaimed. She was back yard of LeFount’s. She was marveling at the sculpture. “It even has a small heart drawn in marker showing the love!” She nearly swooned.
Ted had to admit it looked good. Two heads together, one at the back leaning longingly on the other.
LeFount walked out. Shellie almost squealed.
“Jean, who are they?”
Jean, pondered, then spoke, “He’s an Inquisitor trying to get a non-Christian to repent by pushing him under concrete.”
“Bu..but, what about the symbol?”
“A drawing of an arm muscle to keep me focused.”
Shellie lost the marvelous French meal.
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me too. had to go back and check the picture and see how the symbol could be mistaken. great way to see two things at the same time. well done. a shame she lost her lunch.
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Nice story.
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Thank you, Mari!
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My eye is not as trained I suppose, but I still liked your version. Such a good amount of range in the Fictioneers tales this time around.
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Yes, a huge range.
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Loved the arm muscle. Had to go back and look and it DID look like a kind of Popeye arm muscle. So cute.
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“Kind of like” is good enough to write about 🙂
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I love the two different takes on the sculpture – maybe what we see depends on our own mood. The ‘arm muscle’ description is inspired! One concrit – some of the sentences feel a bit rushed, for example “she was back yard of LeFounts”. The 100 word limit obviously makes it tricky, but I think you could find a way to polish this to perfection.
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I will keep it in mind. I was a bit rushed at the time and still in pain.
Thanks,
Scott
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Drowning in concrete is quite high on migh lost of things never to have to live through (or die through) … Scary
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Clearly an ecologically-minded inquisitor, concerned about the deforestation resulting from all those burnings at stakes!
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So many different interpretations from one piece of work – I love that. Nice story.
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Thank you. I try to be a bit different.
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POV is everything, isn’t it? A well crafted double take on the prompt.
Aloha,
Doug
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Thanks, Doug.
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We all see things differently, don’t we, Scott. I find the sculptors POV a little creepy. Repent or die. Sounds like the Spanish Inquisition.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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It was.
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ha, great twist on the story and a unique take on the prompt..and the statue ^^
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Lol. Thanks
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Very creative use of the prompt and nice twist. Yeah, I didn’t see anything too happy going on in the prompt either.
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Lol
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Perception is everything. I suspect there might be a word missing here: “She was back yard “. “In the back yard?” I enjoyed that he had to ponder before telling her what it meant. Perhaps he was pulling her proverbial leg and if so, he was probably sorry.
janet
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He had to ponder more because he could not understand why she couldn’t see it for herself, I think.
As all artists are that way.
As for the word, I saw it, but decided it was okay without and it made it exactly 100. Good notice.
Scott
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amazing how a story can change one’s mind about the prompt. great interpretation.
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Thanks!
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Excellent. We all see things differently, don’t we?
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Yes, we do. That’s not the first time that comment was made. Thanks.
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Well done on this…Nice work!
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Appreciate the compliment.
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A perfect example of how we all see the world a different way. Well done.
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Yes!
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very funny – LOL 🙂
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Thanks!
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Nice! the romantic meets the practical…
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Ooh very good. I liked it a lot.
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Very nice. I like the arm muscle bit 🙂
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lol – thanks
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Works great…especially the arm muscle. Had to go back and have a look. Very well done
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Thx
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