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4/11/2026 11:14:35 AM
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Cried at a book for the first time yesterday
Well a short story.
‘Jefty is Five’ by Harlan Ellison
I’m reading a collection as I wanted to read ‘I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream’ for research purposes but it came with about 15 others. All sci-fi or with a sci-fi slant; a mixed bag but overall good so far.
‘Jefty is Five’ is about a little boy who ever since the age of 5 has stayed that age (physically and mentally - as if a child stuck in time) while everybody else aged, and it’s told through the eyes of his friend who’s now in his 20s. A pretty gut-wrenching read and throws up some pretty interesting questions around our relationship with the past and living one’s life through this age of almost constant appeals to nostalgia.
Anyway, what was the last thing y’all cried at?
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Edited by The First Aifos: 4/11/2026 3:46:23 PMOh, interesting. Most stories about an immortal always deal with it from the perspective of a mortal, so it's interesting to see it the other way around. Outgrowing a friend would be a sad thig indeed. The last thing that made me cry? Hm... [url=https://youtu.be/0nVKUeh9aUs?si=ntl-g8RYqdBuiwa8]This song[/url], I think. Though, to be clear, it wasn't, like, bawling my eyes out, just teary eyed. As far as things that made me, like, cry my eyes out, that's a good question... Maybe [url=https://youtu.be/BmykLjq3cQk?si=LpOGMdhcTYTiy1FC]this song[/url]? That was a while ago, though. There might've been something else in between that I'm forgetting. There hasn't been a story that's made me cry in a while, though. At least, not that I recall. Something could be slipping my mind. Edit: I lied. Somehow, I forgot about Noctuary. Noctuary made me cry a couple times. It's hard to say why without spoilers, but man that game hit me pretty hard. I've been dying to talk about its story, but I can't get anyone else to play it!
