tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post6127156616679388738..comments2023-05-25T10:03:20.236+01:00Comments on Xeroverse: John Xero: Paying the PriceJohn Xerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-57950409790871835562012-02-29T12:26:25.616+00:002012-02-29T12:26:25.616+00:00Cool! ^_^
Thank you, Jenny.Cool! ^_^<br /><br />Thank you, Jenny.John Xerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-48183040848685614592012-02-28T23:03:34.290+00:002012-02-28T23:03:34.290+00:00I adore this. Fan-fucking-tastic.I adore this. Fan-fucking-tastic.Jenny Dreadfulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14845702060737687444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-41295546299393769422012-02-28T14:26:23.010+00:002012-02-28T14:26:23.010+00:00Ha ha! Thanks, Pete. ^_^
It wasn't intended t...Ha ha! Thanks, Pete. ^_^<br /><br />It wasn't intended to be... I have some ideas on how to expand it, but so much else on my plate right now.John Xerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-54335852574487182352012-02-28T14:24:59.279+00:002012-02-28T14:24:59.279+00:00Thanks, Tim. =)Thanks, Tim. =)John Xerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-7076358808877368032012-02-27T20:21:53.874+00:002012-02-27T20:21:53.874+00:00Like the dark ideas at play here. Is this the star...Like the dark ideas at play here. Is this the start of a series? (The correct answer is yes! :P )Peter Newmanhttp://www.runpetewrite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-8872978920799482442012-02-27T05:57:16.891+00:002012-02-27T05:57:16.891+00:00Nice. I like stories that make us think.Nice. I like stories that make us think.Tim VanSant Writeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17614259042362664840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-64159265515192733992012-02-25T20:24:55.434+00:002012-02-25T20:24:55.434+00:00Ha ha! Thank you, John. =)
Since posting I have t...Ha ha! Thank you, John. =)<br /><br />Since posting I have thought about showing more of the boatman's interest in the doll, maybe holding it to his faces, sniffing it... ;)John Xerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-1765910573960054142012-02-25T20:22:39.411+00:002012-02-25T20:22:39.411+00:00Thanks, Steve.
Writing it made me wonder about my...Thanks, Steve.<br /><br />Writing it made me wonder about my own 'treasured' experiences and memories.John Xerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-56584853738978609592012-02-25T20:19:42.497+00:002012-02-25T20:19:42.497+00:00You don't get anything for nothing, even in th...You don't get anything for nothing, even in the afterlife...John Xerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-75394873481224656592012-02-25T20:17:38.280+00:002012-02-25T20:17:38.280+00:00Thanks, Aidan. =)
I was thinking more of the Gree...Thanks, Aidan. =)<br /><br />I was thinking more of the Greek notion of a singular afterlife rather than hell, per se. But yeah, it would get harder and harder, I imagine 'memory brokers' in a kind of afterlife economy...John Xerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-83034575047483228742012-02-25T14:19:15.449+00:002012-02-25T14:19:15.449+00:00Wow, that is wicked John. That could have implicat...Wow, that is wicked John. That could have implications both literal and figurative, to give up what matters to you in order to enter an afterlife. Is it bad what most intrigues me is why Charon wants these things, and what it does with them?John Wiswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-38424192247743570562012-02-25T10:18:26.381+00:002012-02-25T10:18:26.381+00:00“B-But... we were t-t-told to bring only what m-ma...“B-But... we were t-t-told to bring only what m-matters to us.”<br /><br />“And I would accept nothing less.”<br /><br />Just those two lines alone are enough to give food for thought, it made me consider what I have that mattered to me, what REALLY mattered to me, that I could give.Steve Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414279461366098783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-2983232970323096112012-02-25T07:58:00.913+00:002012-02-25T07:58:00.913+00:00There was a real sense of sadness in this piece. H...There was a real sense of sadness in this piece. How do you give up something that you hold dear? Yet there is a lesson also that is one must make a choice, and in doing so you have to relinquish one thing in order to gain another - there is always a price to pay the boatman know ;)Helen A. Howellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12748128819820230841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-62255668956851319902012-02-25T01:58:49.267+00:002012-02-25T01:58:49.267+00:00I love the premise of memories being all we have a...I love the premise of memories being all we have as currency in death and using bits of them. This will be quite a hell as it gets harder and harder to part with a specific memory.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14170148559429001125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-39829181302209711682012-02-24T22:31:52.198+00:002012-02-24T22:31:52.198+00:00Oh wow, thanks, Cindy! ^_^
Really need to go watc...Oh wow, thanks, Cindy! ^_^<br /><br />Really need to go watch Doctor Parnassus again, actually, it's been a little while. =)John Xerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-25591766481719756392012-02-24T22:30:20.320+00:002012-02-24T22:30:20.320+00:00Thanks, Sonya. I think a few of my upcoming flashe...Thanks, Sonya. I think a few of my upcoming flashes have a little melancholy about them...<br /><br />I'm happy really! =)John Xerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-8469496427789245972012-02-24T19:29:18.129+00:002012-02-24T19:29:18.129+00:00Really love this story! Read it three times and I ...Really love this story! Read it three times and I still can't imagine what will I do if asked to pay. <br /> <br />It kind of reminded me of one scene from The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, but then it is so different, rich and indeed melancholic. Beautiful in a sad and a little scary way and gripping.Cindy Vaskovahttp://cindyvaskova.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-31521179669830113682012-02-24T19:07:47.018+00:002012-02-24T19:07:47.018+00:00It's terribly sad but I love the idea of memor...It's terribly sad but I love the idea of memories becoming currency in the afterlife. Great story!Sonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01351929216915547602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-30513121689913120782012-02-24T17:14:18.802+00:002012-02-24T17:14:18.802+00:00Thank you, Tony. =)Thank you, Tony. =)John Xerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-62426011433582736592012-02-24T17:13:15.555+00:002012-02-24T17:13:15.555+00:00Thanks, Becky. ^_^
I know, I don't think it&#...Thanks, Becky. ^_^<br /><br />I know, I don't think it's something I could give up either, but I think different people have different 'sentiment hierarchies'.John Xerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-3268784150599453672012-02-24T17:10:37.650+00:002012-02-24T17:10:37.650+00:00Heh, thanks Larry. I'm not sure if the payment...Heh, thanks Larry. I'm not sure if the payment has to go somewhere though, if the Charon have a boss...<br /><br />I was thinking the keys were as much mnemonic objects as just keys, it's the sentiment more than the object. =)John Xerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492709629314280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-49373288006808491222012-02-24T16:23:01.201+00:002012-02-24T16:23:01.201+00:00Ooh, that's a hard bargain. Give up the stuff!...Ooh, that's a hard bargain. Give up the stuff!<br /><br />Great atmosphere.Tony Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-22051680568691749242012-02-24T16:02:47.687+00:002012-02-24T16:02:47.687+00:00A breed of Charon... Ooh, that's an exciting t...A breed of Charon... Ooh, that's an exciting thought.<br /><br />The memories of all his kisses? No, I couldn't. Just... couldn't. I guess that's the point.<br /><br />Fine, intriguing tale with loads of melancholy atmosphere. *love*R.S. Bohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09101260459422806220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7554146478001236835.post-77078323724694167362012-02-24T15:48:35.684+00:002012-02-24T15:48:35.684+00:00I'd have offered that fine suit jacket. Charon...I'd have offered that fine suit jacket. Charon (or the Charon?) would have looked a lot nicer in it. ;-)<br /><br />Me, I'd have given him the keys. Not like I'd ever live in any of those houses.<br /><br />Nice depiction of one's personal end of everything.Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.com