Mogrifly

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Status

Completed

Year

2023

Author

TrafficButter

• One Shot
  Oct 21, 2023

Reviews

Community Reviews(1)

• RznRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  A soldier is captivated with the imagery of butterflies amid the gruesome work that he must do. This leads to a long philosophical examination and concludes with them taking action. Given that this deals with someone struggling with their actions and self-harm the content warnings are very much valid. The political insertions here give a decent idea of what is going on, but it doesn't go to any specific real-world situation. A good story though it does have a bit of excessive questioning and a fair number of choppy sentences, the overall attention to the theme works - yet it does get a little off topic as well. Particularly the nature of the souls and butterflies. The spiritualism aspect feels to drift a little bit further than necessary given the allegory was already clear. While it is rough on the edges and has some minor issues this is still a thought-provoking story that alludes to enough horrors without describing to make it work.