Talk:Tranquility's Bounty/@comment-26129088-20171019184903

I'm not much of an intellectual, but I didn't have too much trouble following what happened. I frankly enjoyed the "pointless" and "confusing" switches between the astronauts and the young adults. Considering the moon, in theory, has so much to do with werewolves, it was an interesting take on two contrasting experiences involving a full moon.

Sure, the past vs. present dialogue switches were difficult to keep up with, but I just paid attention to which quotes were italicized and which weren't. It was pretty straightforward after that, even for a lazy reader like myself.

Fact is, there have been many pastas I've read that truly were convoluted, in every sense of the term.

At first, I didn't know there was any controversy about the theistic practices that took place during the lunar landing. A quick bit of research later and, sure enough, there was. I can enjoy a bit of realistic historical context in horror fiction.

The theory that werewolves are mutated humans who came in contact with moon dust is interesting, even if not very believable. Still, it creates a potential logic flaw that if moon dust is the cause of lycanthropy, why do we then have to kill the bitten person unless the mutation is also spread in such a way?

Now, my favorite monster in existence is the werewolf. Because of this, I am very particular about werewolf-based horror. I enjoyed your descriptions. Sounds like a pretty scary critter. However, I feel like the story revolved a bit much around the characters, and not so much the monster, who was the theme for this contest. The plot development and growing revelation behind the characters was delivered well, but took up too much of the spotlight, in my opinion.

Interested in seeing what our friend Humboldt thinks of this one.