heartsync productions….!! we’ll be twitter mutuals one day oomf of an oomf….!! anyways let’s get right to your game. i have to say omg what a CONCEPT. wings representing potential was already getting me good but there’s just something so delicious about juniper’s internal conflict about being able to see these wings but not having her own – the part about prosperum being talent leeches sticks in my mind the most. it kind of reminds me of the toreador in vtmb, a clan of vampires who love art but can’t produce their own. but, as i think you alluded to towards the end, is it really that they can’t – or that they’ve grown complacent in merely seeing potential and talent and don’t work on their own? juniper’s realization that she’s holding herself is timed perfectly with what i think is the reader’s own realization of this. as a psych major, might i add the theory of stereotype threat? [pushes up glasses]
i feel like a lot of people will resonate with the themes and ideas here (i know everyone in the comments so far do) and i’m no different! creativity is so fluid and unforgiving sometimes, and i can’t even count how many times i’ve lost passion for something. but that’s why i love the way aliferous ended because the competition is not what really matters; it’s that they found a way to revive their own interest in the subject. in psychology btw not that it matters but you could say they made art their primary reinforcer instead of their secondary. but it’s nice that at the very end, having made the decision to pursue what they love, juniper sees her own wings. it’s such a hopeful message – what a great game!