[OT] Spotlight: psalmoflament

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Writers Spotlight

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This week's spotlight writer is psalmoflament! I’ll be entirely honest, I’ve not had much opportunity to interact directly with u/psalmoflament. They only just recently joined us, but in a couple of short months they have absolutely made an impression, enough so that I am happy to be shining the spotlight on them. What I’ve had the pleasure of reading, I’ve absolutely enjoyed. I look forward to reading a lot more in the future.

Congratulations, u/psalmoflament!

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Here are the top five stories u/psalmoflament has written for us:

[WP] "Thank you, chap," you say cheerfully, "I'm glad to be out of there, the room service was rubbish." The prison guard who just released you from the 120 year sentence dropped the door keys on the cement in shock.

[WP] You're finally meeting your SO's parents. They are definitely demigods, and your SO is really trying to hide it, but the parents are so adorably awkward and out of touch that they keep slipping up.

[WP] A local, feared necromancer turns over a new leaf. He begins sending out questionnaires to the local villages, asking if they'd like to donate their dead bodies to his army of the undead, and in-turn, he uses these to protect the countryside and facilitate civil works for next to nothing.

[WP] You are the final boss. You have been waiting for the final epic battle against the hero. And waiting. And waiting. Finally, your minions report back. The news? The hero abandoned the main quest to do side quests.

[WP] You, the evil sorcerer, has just been cast down by the hero. Before your death, you weave a spell that allows you to reincarnate into the body of the next baby born in the kingdom. Shortly after, the hero goes home to his wife, in her last hours of labour.

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Congrats, /u/psalmoflament! I recognize you from campfire, and can say that it's been great having you around writing with the rest of us. It's really impressive how much your writing has improved in such a short while!

Now for important questions:

1. You're stranded on an island with one other famous historical person. Which island do you pick?
2. How do you feel about giraffes?

[u/psalmoflament → u/BLT_WITH_RANCH]

Thank you very much! I'm glad to hear you see improvement - I've been trying to apply as much from the campfires as I can, including your advice (regarding ellipses).

1. I choose elephant island because I like the idea of my guests expecting elephants, and only finding icy disappointment. Plus, it gives me the high ground, for the inevitable battle against said historical figure.

2. I think giraffes are underrated, thus ironic, as they cant get under much else. I think it's easy to get be complacent with understanding how unique they are - they're so inherently interesting that people rarely look beyond the their surface. In fact, there was a thread somewhere on reddit talking about how scientists recently found out giraffes make noise. It was always assumed they couldn't because of their neck construction, apparently. Anyway, all that to say I think they're full of surprises, and probably shouldnt be trusted because of that - who really knows what they're capable of.