To see if some one has figured out how to bring it to life? :)

with a forum topic as wide as [or as shallow as] one's own imagination it is no wonder that it's so quiet here--

Some have no imagination and others have too much. Some folks are strictly G-rated [Which is to say, all they can write is seen through  the eyes Mrs. Grundy's idea of morality and propriety] and yet others are all over looking in strange and sometimes dark places in the heart, mind, morals, etc.

What kind of story is gripping to a G-rated adult mind? Dunno, but I imagine it would be boring to me. Art [graphic or written] should be transformative and maybe even invasive in the sense that once experienced the art or the writing you are different [you see the world differently]  than you were before. It is rare that  G-rated arts are transformative or disruptive to the way people look at themselves or the world. The Matrix or Simulacron-3 can be disruptive. Watching Sponge Bob Squarepants is its own reward [a clinical study showed it makes kids unable to retain information].

I can imagine one might say "Well what about Disney's stories?" Go read the originals and their variants or the unexpurgated history... most of their stories are based on horrific folktales... which was the point of the stories to teach certain real lessons about the world.

Given that I like prose like China Mieville or William Gibson or Roger Zelazny mixed with a dash of Jaqueline Carey and Steven Brust, most of what I have seen here is [yawn!] kind of pedestrian. Some of Sixus1's promo stories for his products at RDNA [or in their story forum] are horribly well written [yes I know... use a pun go to jail].

Be that as it may... it does not seem that folks around here really want to tell stories or post them... or even discuss them.

as for the thumbnail... the last time I tried to post something here [a couple of years ago?] the thumbnail was required... so if that's changed well great...