Talk:Think Happy Thoughts/@comment-4849011-20170206164101/@comment-26326346-20170206225444

Haha, I didn't intentionally mean to have "smashing success" be a pun, but now I see it! XD This story was inspired by a nightmare I had, actually:

Thank you for reading, the kind words, and the in depth review!

The dedication I made at the start about the Polish King is actually a joke. King Wladyslaw I of Poland never existed. He was a character from one of my Crusader Kings II playthroughs. I just became attached to him because he got his arm cut off in a battle and kept on fighting, adopted a cat, held a massive funeral where kingdom attendance was mandatory for said cat, and then died shortly after from an infection due to his lost arm not being treated properly (it's hard to forget someone like that). I figured it'd be funny to dedicate something to a nonexistent character.

There are a ton of King Arthur references, in fact, there may be a story within the story :D Firstly, Cal Iburn = Caliburn/Excalibur, Arthur Pendrake = Arthur Pendragon, Gwen Evere = Gwenevere, Derdrom = Mordred, Bedivere = Bedivere (the knight who returns Excalibur to the lake after refusing and lying a few times). A potential interpretation of the story is Excalibur has been corrupted by Mordred and used to kill Arthur and is thus forced to be returned to the lake.

I thought copying the end of the King Arthur legend, but twisting it to fit was a good way to end the story, since I woke up before I could see how my nightmare ended. I've got an idea for a sequel, but I doubt I'll ever do it. Still, as it stands right now, we've got a case of Schrodinger's Gwen :D