Talk:Taboo: The Sense of Dread/@comment-7706473-20130615191025

Something wicked this way comes...

Absolutely lovely. I've wanted to read a story with motifs of the Tarot (done right) for quite sometime. We have similar opinions on swords, rarely do they portend good things - though in the end, the knowledge gained was useful to the narrator, right? I've gotta say, I read this twice and noticed countless little clues that reinforced the ending it arrived at - that level of continuity alone gets my full attention!

Secondly, the character of Uncle Sean himself. Never seen, just described, and yet present in everything. I love the use of a posthumous character to set the tale, and I think a 'cool' relative is a story a lot of us here can relate to... More than that, the sudden shift in tone used in the word-substitution code (another thing I found awesome) is extremely jarring. And I love Van Gogh, so extra points for that. Sunflowers.

Ironsword... I wonder if this might portend a later creepypasta, or perhaps just another hint of what needed to be sacrificed? Either way, a lotus blossom. Understanding, but at a cost.

I know Ironsword is real, but is Taboo? I'd definitely try it out, in a heartbeat.