Talk:Under a Rotting Sky/@comment-26129088-20150601170759

This was a very good read. Thank you for sharing, as always.

I usually find stories inspired by music to be very interesting. Being somewhat of a rock musician myself, I can appreciate the imagination and passion that gets weaved into a particular tale not only from the lyrics, but from the sounds that come from chords/notes/etc.

After the first paragraph, I had almost the whole story predicted (incorrectly, of course). I was sure that Garbage was a normal kid who would find some punk girl, become punk himself, get involved in some occultish hullabaloo, break her heart, and she would then curse him to seek out and wallow in filth for eternety.

I sometimes suck at symbolism and take pastas at face value.

So, as usual, I enjoy your portrayal of completely screwed up lifestyles. I actually laughed inside a little when I saw how Garbage was reacting to Raven's blunt, quasi-sadist nature.

Near the end, I started to feel happy for Raven for turning her life around, but then realized it was you writing the story and that I would have better luck finding a yeti in my fridge than getting a happy ending. Still, I can't help but wonder what caused Garbage to be subject to such an eternity as described in the second to last paragraph.

As for The Long List, I most certainly did read it and voted it up for PotM. I see that it has won. Congratulations.