drabble: original fic. "Facts"

[wisdomeagle]

G. Gen. Thanksgiving in space. 100 words.

Facts

Facts: Harvest festivals are anachronistic in their timeless, non-terran lifestyle. Today is just Thursday. At some point the bountiful gifts of an invisible Corn God become less meaningful -- unnamable, even, in the new binary languages -- than the results of their own labors. Human hands made the devices that compress nutrients into food; human hands built the ship that keeps vacuum out and life signs strong.

The idea of ritual is itself an anachronism; they rationalize into habits the once sacred annual motions of birth and growth, of bountiful and lean days.

Facts: Today is Thursday. They are grateful.

Comments

[neonethos.livejournal.com]

I love it. You write such pretty words Ari.

[wisdomeagle]

Aww, thanks Mase. :)

[malnpudl.livejournal.com]

You -- this drabble, and your glee! posts, the way you think and post about religion and faith and spiritual community, and much more -- have done a great deal to help me to be more conscious, more often in my day to day life, of all the things for which I am grateful.

And I am grateful for that.

[wisdomeagle]

Oh. Thank you so much. I am so very glad.

[invisionary.livejournal.com]

Very nice!

[wisdomeagle]

Thanks!

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow, this is amazing.

(Nitpick: Fic opens with "Fact" but ends with "Facts." Is there supposed to be noun agreement?)

[wisdomeagle]

Eee, thank you!

(I think that was intentional? But on consideration, I might change the first "fact" to "facts" for better flow.)

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

Dude, I'm all like, "Well, I included flowerporn in my reclist, so I could start including original fic...right?" 'cause this . . . is amazing. I am very jealous of your writing abilities. (Christlike way to start my Advent, huh?)

Oh, and I forgot by the time I finished actually reading the fic, but I saw the mood first and was like, "I'm 'popular,' whee! :)"

(Yeah, I wasn't sure, 'cause the switch to a plural emphasizes the final two sentences as distinct thoughts -- though obviously they're related -- and one can read the opening two paragraphs as an extended single fact, like an encyclopedia entry.)

[alixtii.livejournal.com]

Ooh, fun. Indistinct space sci-fi drabble! I love the voice here. I heard River's voice in my head the first time I read it, but it's really just so different than your voice or the voice of any of your characters, that it really makes the drabble its own self, creating an entire universe in 100 words. Other drabbles want to be this drabble when they grow up. (Except they won't to grow up; they're Toys R Us drabbles.)

Excellent work, Ari.

[wisdomeagle]

Oh gosh, thanks so much, hon! Since sci-fi/worldbuilding is totally not my thing I was especially pleased that this is what finally sprang to mind with the prompt "nonfannish Thanksgiving-related drabble."

*hugs*