@Einahpets I barely registered it as horror, so hard to say about that. XD But even with the point that the 2nd person perspective makes it more unsettling, I should clarify that I don't think that's a bad thing.

It was confusing for me personally, but the uneasiness of it works and I can't imagine it being as powerful in 3rd person.

I am very glad you linked those other essays, though. Helped me understand a lot better.

@zephasaurus_hex I'm curious, how did you read this story, (in case that impacted it). I listened to the podcast that read it, and then read the physical version after. Do you think the way you read it would have made a difference? 2/2

@zephasaurus_hex 3/3 And if it wasn't clear, I identified with the narrator (I think that's why the author says 1st person even though it's in 2nd, because if you read the interview, it's lifeofauthor.txt) because it's very relatable.

@lapis Ooh, good question. I just read the text. I wonder if hearing it spoken would have been more clear that it was a person, a character in the story, talking *to* me.

I think I'll try that today.

@lapis I do a lot of dissociating with pronouns. In *text* I use the first-person pronoun *all the time* but it's harder in speech, especially when I'm at work or stressed?

So I'll say "you" when I mean me but I'm sort of thinking of myself as just this separate entity. XD

And then I say "they" for like...literally everyone else. People frequently have to ask me who I'm talking about. I'm focusing on what they did, thinking of a specific person gets hard.