Talk:War-Torn/@comment-24101790-20150629013230/@comment-26326346-20150629044112

I'm glad that your worries didn't play out. This was really hard to write- not in the sense of coming up with a story, as the song provided a lot of it after I listened to it a few times- the hard part was not coming across as disrespectful. Well, that and making it creepy, I wanted to keep it grounded in reality because that's how the song was. So having them in a Predator situation (every single other military pasta I've read has been like that) was something that I immediately shot down in my head. I'd thought about having a torture scene, but decided against it and just eluded to the possibility of it happening (when Hayden got dragged off).

A military based Pasta was something that I never expected that I'd write or planned on writing, so thank you for assigning my the song and pushing me out of my comfort zone :) I like how the pasta turned out and the researching made me feel like I was in school again.

I like gore shows like Saw and the first Hostel, but I also believe that less is more at certain times. I didn't really know which way to go with the stillbirth, so I fell back on the less is more and I think it turned out better that way.

I do regret the time leap to the therapist's office a bit, but I felt it was the best way to show how Fynn was effected. I just wanted to convey that war is Hell and should not so readily be lobbied for. Thanks again for the kind words!