Talk:Fables/@comment-15881997-20130820003933/@comment-4099220-20130820045608

While what you're saying is true in the context of a horror story, that's not what I was going for. This wasn't meant to be scary in the slightest. It was written to act as a counter to all that gets added to the site. To change it up a bit. To show that not everything that goes bump in the night is out to get you. Right off the bat, though, we aren't sure whether or not the mysterious figure poses a threat. Ambiguity, for this part, is the important key. As the story progresses, however, this may-kill-her-or-may-not-kill-her sensation dissapates into a more comfortable, emotional state.

As far as going into excruciating detail of the father dying goes -- given the nature of the article -- it would take away a considerable amount away from the story. All we need to know in the end is that he's dead. Being told any more would, in my opinion, take away from the final product.

To be honest; the father plays an integral role only by merely being there. We don't see into the father's psyche because it's not important. What's important is how the main character experiences the situation.

The form of the story also attempts to express the experience of being aroused from one's sleep. Initially, it's groggy and alien -- employing the only real fear element in the story. Then it moves to a more lucid state and ends with her falling back asleep, thus completing the arc.

Finally, there's a definite, underlying psychological connundrum for the reader to decide for themselves. Did this really happen? Sure, if you want to read it in a literal manner. Was it all a dream? If you either employ a concretely logical analasys or are M. Night Shamaylan, it may very well be. Or, for the therapists reading this, the main character may very well have been subconsiously coping with the traumas of finding out that her father had only recently been murdered in cold blood.