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Yeahhhh babyyyy the king is back! Loving the impressionist-leaning artstyle and the atmosphere of unease that is your works' signature, through the music, the direction... Mwah.

And obviously, the writing, which is the kind I like: flowing, without fat but not bare either, it makes every word count.

It's pretty obvious this story is very metaphor-laden and I'd be tempted to throw in some interpretations, but it'd take away from the mystique of it (assuming of course they were correct). Just check it out and draw your own headcanon, with stories like these you'd be stripping yourself of that fun if you looked at other people's

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if the headcannon I'm suppose to create is true then this was truely a horrible story which I really dont want to think :/ Theres no mistique just a depressing and abrupt ending, how did you interpret the story?

Hehe well I believe it's sort of the point for this story to be "horrible" not in the sense that it's bad but rather that it's sad. I'm pretty sure the MC is suffering from severe depression so that's where that's coming from: the boat, the sea is metaphorical of his inner struggle and the way he deals with it all. It's just the way things are with people suffering from stuff like that, you feel me? They rarely get the luxury of a happy ending.
Alternatively if the mental illness angle isn't your cup of tea the story can be read under a purely supernatural lense too, like a mysterious entity dooming this voyage, it can be interpreted as a horror story that way.

It's a story that plays its cards close to its chest, never giving definitive answers, and that leaves it open for multiple takes on it

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Youre right, especially for a short story written for a jam I should just appreciate good art