#we've got moe caught between two mirror images. and we've got a lot of photographs of moe and its family.

[moe-broey]

Okay actually this concept might actually kill me before it ever sees the light of day, so I'm handing it over sloppy style

Okay. So we have The Pieces. We have The Visual Storytelling. We have The Themes. And BECAUSE this hypothetical piece would be SO HEAVY in all the little things I want to articulate with it, knowing that in general, most times people are just passing by on Tumblr dot com (which is fine!). I got the idea to get Interactive about it. That, I would break down each piece, but instead of solely info-dumping, I would set it up like point and click narration/dialogue.

Which led to a few things!!! Such as:

Mani speaking in second person, at Moe. Whenever Mani speaks, it's taking control of the situation. Maybe not always to a dangerous degree, but always... protective. Whenever Moe is uncomfortable, whenever it would rather avoid speaking on the subject, Mani takes over. It creates a layer of separation, for Moe, allowing it a little more room to just breathe. Uh, hold on a minute -- what was that about danger, again? It's... helping Moe, right? Surely, this would never lead to any disastrous outcomes if pushed far enough... surely.....

Then, you have a sudden POV shift into first person. This is Moe speaking freely, directly. The voices are very similar, here... sometimes they are, sometimes they aren't. This is Moe's inner monologue, though. Which, sometimes... doesn't always match up to its spoken words, for a variety of reasons, really. Not too relevant in this specific piece, but noteworthy aspect of its character in general!

Then!!! Sometimes you have a statement, devoid of any point of view. You really can't tell which is speaking, here. I'll spoil what this specific line is about, for further context -- Lulu and Clyde are cats! Litter mates, even! Adopted as a set...

(note. There is no pet death, but this is a Chekhov's gun moment. File that away for later. ... If, "later", comes to be.)

... I got a little bit distracted and rambled off another post, but. I think you get the jist of it. IF THIS DOESN'T KILL ME. BADLY. It would be a really cool storytelling exercise!!!! 😅