I did not manage to calmly sit down for like 5 solid minutes after reading your comment. Oh my god am I giddy and excited about your words dfkjghdfjhdfk
It's impossible to express my gratitude for your comment enough besides going FUCK YES SGSJGHFGBSHBJ at every single one of your paragraphs. I am delighted to hear that this spiteful optimism touched you, that the ending hurt, that the scenes coalesced into a worthwhile collage, that the work Blood put into it tied it all together, and that it just coaxed such loving musings from you.
I also thank you - from the bottom of my heart - for saying I grew as a writer. Especially following up on my previous year's entry, I was a bit intimidated. It was a more succint (and probably because of that more accessible) story that already got many positive comments, and was the first of its kind in my body of work. This one ventures into similar themes but with like 10 times the scope, so I was afraid of losing focus in my writing. But evidently, I did succeed and that makes me feel so fucking rad <3 Thank yooouu <3<3<3<3