“and death i think is no parenthesis” // 80th Games TYs
Jan 3, 2019 19:24:19 GMT -5
Post by Baby Wessex d9b [earthling] on Jan 3, 2019 19:24:19 GMT -5
Faithfulness to the past can be a kind of death above ground. Writing of the past is a resurrection; the past then lives in your words and you are free. - Jessamyn West
Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. - Mahatma Gandhi
And death i think is no parenthesis - e. e. cummings
Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. - Mahatma Gandhi
And death i think is no parenthesis - e. e. cummings
It feels like a bit of a cop out to say the theme of the 80th ending up being resurrection… but holy shit you guys, you blew my mind when you put together Angel, Eve and Hellion. I mean if that’s not fate, I don’t know what is. To see this twist through, after many years of planning and hoping and worrying, is a dream come true. I didn’t have the twist revealed to me as you all did. Instead, the big surprise in this arena was the reaping list - and the two volunteers. That was the crowning moment for me, the day I got to celebrate the eventual return of these twenty-four tributes. It feels like a lifetime ago, tbh, mostly because I didn’t actually know many of these tributes. I’d hoped and dreamt of them for a long time, sure, but it’s not the same as being knocked on my ass by Wander’s PTS or wondering how I could reasonably contain the Theft twins.
My dreams were insufficient.
You all made this arena, these Games, this twist so very much better by the characters you wrote and the relationships you developed. I can’t thank you enough. To boot, many of you ended up sharing the burden of secrecy with Jess and I, some of you for months. Thank you for everything you did to make sure these Games ran authentically start to finish. Thank you too to all the bystanders who were clearly invested in now just the twist, but the tributes themselves. I really appreciated all of the enthusiasm y’all showed this fall. In many ways, these Games demonstrated what I love most about this site: our dedication to writing and development, our support of each other even during competition, and our collective ability to be creative as hell. I hope the 80th has opened doors for you all, and that you all feel like you’ve entered a new and exciting chapter of your writing.
For me, these Games are the culmination of many attempts at Gamemaking, always seeking to improve upon the experience. You, my tributes, were respectful and stern, holding me to a higher standard sometimes than I even held myself. Thank you for your honesty, for trusting me, for working with me. I could not have asked for a better Games, truly. If I’m not able to GM again for a long time, I will be fucking proud of the construction of this twist, of GMing while pregnant, and of running a ridiculously fast Games mostly effectively. I feel privileged to have been your Gamemaker, and to have gotten to write Glamour Kinkade as a GM once more.