SHOWMASTER HEART GAME (FRIDAY)

[showmaster]

A familiar voice can be heard above you, you're not sure if they're talking to you or not but it does feel like you're part of this conversation:

"What a Wonderful Story that you have. I've read it many times when I was feeling sad. You know, I wanted to keep it in my personal collection, but it doesn't seem that's going to be possible. To grant my wish, I'd have to sacrifice what it means to be a reader ... to become the story. That's The End that I'm looking for.

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Comments

Re: LOVE (Brother)

[ticketmaster]

I know . . . but I can't figure out a believable solution to the story without rewriting the whole thing.

[he scratches his head with a pencil he had in a pocket]

Re: LOVE (Brother)

[mykidisthebest]

[shakes his head]

There's no need to rewrite anything. That might just mess things up. But...well...at least part of the issue seems to be that these siblings are stuck and can't die.

I don't think that dying is a good end to a story. But maybe giving up their immortality is a suitable equivalent price? It's giving up unlimited life, which has to count for something.

Re: LOVE (Brother)

[ticketmaster]

I think so but I wonder how to just... take the immortality out... hmmmm...

Re: LOVE (Brother)

[mykidisthebest]

Immortality is tied to "Legends" right? So they just need to pull the "Legends" out of them and that should help. We've already proven that can be done, since people on the ship have already done it temporarily. Just make it something more permanent.

Re: LOVE (Brother)

[ticketmaster]

[Ash looks a little confused, but the Ticketmaster smiles.]

That's an interesting idea.

Re: LOVE (Brother)

[mykidisthebest]

Someone who doesn't understand a sibling's love should keep her opinions to herself. I already know any ending you'd want to pick would be unsatisfying.

But I think it's a fair resolution, isn't it? If the "Legends" are what's causing problems, then just split them off and let them go. I know I'm simplifying it by a lot, but it seems like something within the realm of possibility.

Re: LOVE (Brother)

[ticketmaster]

I feel like we're talking about a different story...?

[He coughs.]

Anyways, I think that sounds like a viable? Solution? But I'm not sure... how to go about it...

Re: LOVE (Brother)

[mykidisthebest]

I can't claim to be well-versed in how someone would go about that in reality. But if it's just a story...all you need is for the reader to believe it's true. Or, for those who are living through it, for it to feel true for them to some extent.

[taps his chin]

Legends are tied to "true names", so...perhaps severing them from their true names and giving them a new name. A sibling can grant a name, since they're family.

[ticketmaster]

[She's not saying anything, she's just standing there smiling.]

[But the brother is writing notes on a notepad.]

A new name...

[mykidisthebest]

That should be narratively satisfying, right? I'm not exactly a writer myself, so I don't know if I have much more I can help with than that. But, as a reader, I'd enjoy that kind of happy ending. Even if the world is a little changed, so long as it's one where everyone can live happily one way or another...that's what matters.