Talk:Skopetsaya/@comment-25021327-20150704144407

Whoa, I liked this one when I read it, and after doing a little research I like it even more! I've mentioned in the past that typically in pastas I prefer character development to story events. This one, I feel, has a very nice mixture of both. The events are unsettling in genereal, but knowing and relating to how the narrator reacts enhances it.

And I got an interesting sense of the personality of the narrator through the subtle (and not so subtle) character quirks described. I felt in the narrator a sense of introversion, along with some ambivalence. The latter became more apparent as the story progressed, and his resistance to the actions of the woman ebbed until his mind had swayed.

Aside from that, the story has a nice feel to it. Creepy, but with an overall sense of vagueness. I was unnerved on a superficial level, but not entirely sure why. The pacing felt good to me, and worked well with the length of this piece. After reading this and researching some of the terminology I found myself more intrigued with this story as it related to 'Skoptsy' and its practitioners.

Anyway, I felt like this one worked on a few different levels, and I'm pleased to have read it.