In the Blink of an Eye (Challenge #126) (PG-13)

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Aw, thanks, Moonlighter, Tucute...

And by the way, I'll have a doozy of a story coming up for the Reader/Writer Challenge, so fear not! I'm busy writing.

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This was absolutely wonderful. Such a great look at Coraline and Mick! :clapping:

Fabulous work!

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Thanks so much, LM! I don't write Mick/Cora much, but it is an interesting, complex relationship.

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I know, I know. I've read it before and commented before, but when something is this good, it needs to be revisited and gushed over.

It just does.

Thanks, Lucky!

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Just had to give this a bump
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Makes me feel sorry for Coraline...

Well, almost anyway.

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I really love this, Lucky. Sometimes the super-short ones force us to distill a story down to its very essence. And this is the perfect example of that process. This distillation is very potent indeed. :notworthy:
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Wow. I'm glad I decided to bump a few of the stories from this Challenge today. This one is such a grabber. Sometimes the short stories are the ones that capture a thought with the most purity. Lucky had an amazing gift of storytelling, and I love to honor her by commenting on her stories when I revisit them. :heart:
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I'm so glad you bumped this one, Alle. It's been so long since I've visited it, the impact now is just as fresh as the first time. :hankie: So often, Coraline is presented as 2-dimensionally selfish -- just wanting a plaything. In this piece, though, Lucky gave her much more depth. Using only a few words here, the irony of destroying the very thing she was trying to preserve packs a powerful -- and tragic -- punch.
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Glad this got bumped. I had never read this before and boy, what a bit of powerful story telling! Coraline really did think she was giving Mick a gift, and couldn't imagine how it would backfire.

I loved all of the comments, too. Very insightful. :reading:

And seeing all the old member names again, from the early days, always makes me a bit nostalgic. :happysigh:
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