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[–] MaelGuerra@lemmy.world 42 points 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 weeks ago

Well damn! Thank you!

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Man that was such a good read.

Well done

[–] MaelGuerra@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Bravo, that was excellent! That felt like Worm

[–] SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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.

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

That's pretty damn high praise

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

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

[–] MaelGuerra@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks 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 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That was a great read. Is it from something?

[–] MaelGuerra@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks 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.