Talk:The Endeavor/@comment-26054278-20150719173647/@comment-26326346-20150719211327

Thank you for the kind words. I had a lot of fun writing this pasta and I feel that it shows. I wanted to make the Devil more complicated than the usual "I'm here to kill everything and cause you eternal torment", I've also gotten tired of seeing him referred to as Satan, so I did my best to change those two things about him. When I was writing him I began to think "I'm going to go outlandish and crazy, the Devil should be able to do anything, so why not have him appear at multiple places at the exact same time, why not have him change outfits to match the situation?"

I'd be lying if I didn't admit that I struggled to make the pasta creepy, the part with the Devil making out with Lydia was an attempt at it and the glimpse of Hell was the other attempt. I originally had one more attempt at making the story creepy, originally Matthew was going to have been a rapist, it wasn't going to be explicitly stated, but hinted at. I ended up asking myself if I felt that it was really necessary for the story and the answer I came up with was "no", so I changed it. I'm glad I did so, because it would have just made Matthew a complete monster with no redeeming qualities. Even though Matthew is a complete scumbag, I feel like he should be somewhat rootable for the audience and having had him be a rapist would have ruined any chance of that. 3Edgy5me XD

When I was writing this, I went back and looked at the comments on all of my other stories and 'The Intrusion' had the most comments with the exception of 'War-Torn' (another contest entry). I looked through the comments and gathered that people tended to like my pasta more when they had dark humor in them, so I did my best to carry that over to this one and it looks like my decision was a good one based upon all the comments that this story has received.

On another note I feel a lot of pressure in regards to my future pasta, I'm having trouble convincing myself that I can follow this up with something better or near as good, definitely going to try my best though.

I'm really glad that you enjoyed it! No matter what place my pasta gets in the contest, I'm just really glad to have received such an awesome pasta, that's the best reward I think (that and having more pasta in existence because of said contest).