Talk:The Gym Teacher/@comment-5632489-20151224055001

While I had read parts of this story before and enjoyed it (like all your other works), I'll admit I never made time to read the entire thing before tonight. And I wish I had chosen a better time to read the whole thing because reading this half an hour past midnight (whilst being the only one awake in the house) does things to you.

While the explicitly graphic and stomach-turning parts were obviously the meat and potatoes (no pun intended) of the story, I also think the thing you nailed down the best was the general unease. Security cameras have always given me a personal case of the creeps and the idea of a boy too young to go to college setting one up in the deep woods and watching something unspeakable unfold on it played with that fear and really pulled me out of my comfort zone to extreme levels. Y'know, I can count on one hand and a half where I've actually, legitimately felt unsettled by a piece of fiction, and this is one such instance.

It's really odd how you could identify with Danny, despite his sick obsession, and watch his character develop and feel sorry for him once you get to the end. He may have been a brat who mistreated his family and a sick fetishist, but he ended up acknowledging that this all needed to change by the end but was unfortunately too late to do anything about it seeing as he only finally realized this when Mr. Kirby got his claws (okay, that pun was intended) around him and the people he loved, which makes it all the more depressing. I also thank you for not showing Mr. Kirby killing and (presumably) raping Melissa in detail because that would likely have fucked me up for awhile.

I don't rate things on a 1-10 scale too often, so I'll just say this: this story was great. You're one of the best writers on this wiki, I think, and it's always a pleasure to see it whenever you have a new story up, Humboldt.