February's Featured Thread: Peony Moon!

[Colombina]

Peony Moon For this month's featured thread, Drayton has chosen Peony Moon. Read his great commentary on this thread below: "Sifting through the massive amount of wonderful writing on this site, trying to catch up with what I had missed, what I missed and at the same time find a Thread of the Month for February I stumbled upon this lovely little thread. Peony Moon does not give us the story of a great, life-changing event in Seven’s life, it gives us the morning after. In this thread we are allowed to feel some of the lingering emotions, excitements and anxieties of Seven after his encounter with a Symenestra. This thread doesn’t seem to exist for the plot so much as for the character. The fact that Peony Moon is written in the first person does an artful job emphasizing that. Seven does not describe his sister’s feelings about his actions, or explain to us the attitudes of Lhavitians, he feels and reacts to them. And through his perception the details we are offered become more real, and take on meaning beyond the simple facts. This writing style is rare on RPs because it can be difficult to carry out, and down-right impossible to use when writing with others, but in Peony Moon it becomes a thoughtful tool. I admire the natural way the dialogue carries you from thought to emotion and back again, and how, despite being short and concise this thread leaves you with a well-rounded picture of Seven’s life with his family in Lhavit. Well-written, short and sweet Peony Moon is my pick for Thread of the Month."

[Laszlo]

Congrats! /whistle-cheer!

This is well deserved! Bravo, Cody! Your writing has always made me bitter jealous, in both its elegance and flawless organic feel, and the only thing that keeps me from hunting you down and eating your heart to gain your power is your friendship (but beware if we ever become enemies). The world you describe is always so tangible and realistic, and Seven the character is so real that it's difficult to remember sometimes that he's just a figment of your imagination. His struggles are so personal that it's hard not to put yourself in his shoes, because you feel like you've been there before.

[Paragon]

Congrats!

[Veldrys]

Congratulations, Seven!

I thoroughly enjoyed reading the thread. You are an excellent writer.

P.S.: I cannot help but wonder if they'll ever meet again.

[Seven Xu]

There's a book under my face.

I've gotta say, this isn't the thread I expected to see when I saw I was awarded the medal, because my PC has gone on some pretty awesome emotional rollercoasters with some pretty awesome-r people who are far far far better writers than I am (so you should check them out too!), but I'm pleasantly surprised that people dig through my old stuff and enjoy it. First person is a great character development tool when your PC is a horrible introvert as Seven is, it lets me wiggle inside his head and really grasp what he's thinking, when otherwise he'd just be making faces. I love using it for solo threads. Thanks a lot, Drayton, and everyone else.

[Victor Lark]

Congrats, amigo! Well deserved!

[Caelum]

Oldies but goodies are fun. Well done, Cody.

[Cheshire]

Congrats Cody. This is so well deserved. You are such an amazing writer

[Kamalia Timandre]

Congratulations, Cody!