open rp || the dark urge Caedes "What?" he called, turning their head towards the call - and crashing straight into a tree that should definitely have been visible. Shaking their head, Caedes reached out carefully, pressing his palm against the bark, eyes narrowing.

worm and ward, like homestuck, are best seen as narrative teaching tools. worm and ward demonstrate how to combine watsonian and doylist explanations for necessary but contrived aspects of your narrative. homestuck teaches, among other things, how to mess with the narrative formula and treat writing as a playful joust with the reader. the trouble comes, of course, when you begin seeing these as goals to pursue rather than tools in your arsenal. do not worship at the altar of rationalfic at the cost of fluid pacing and fun. do not allow the investment of the reader to be mocked without a clear rhetorical counter. if all you have to offer is a hammer, the reader will wish you were a nail

the sausage hurt Santana's head ......