(A hint for next competition, now that the round 1 polls have ended - While I liked your story, some people have the tendency to "tl;dr" (aka skim or skip entirely) on writing competitions if they feel the story is too long. Finding the middle point between too long and too short in a story competition thus becomes an important point of making an entry appealing.)
I understand what yer sayin'. But 'tl;dr' shouldn't really have to be a concern in a competition requiring writing...
It just doesn't seem t'me that aforementioned writing had anything to do with what got votes.
You kidding? The story's the best part! I agree there isn't really a proper 'god' in them, but they've all shown the author's creativity and imagination. The story also shows they didn't just throw cards together, but actually thought about it.
Out of curiosity, which one has character?
I'm well beyond kidding. The effect I had hoped to present was 'dripping sarcasm'.
Throwing thought into a deck is a little different than coming up with a back story for a character that should exist, yet... doesn't.
S'far as this group of winners go, Selene actually has a character that exists, and a story that makes sense t'me... but doesn't seem very godly, false or otherwise.
And Architon, while a rather fun bit of writing, gets a bit too abstract by the end of it. It's not very false god-y...? False godly? either. It's a good piece of writing about an undefined 'thing' that an old men briefly encounters.
Okay, I'm done </complaining> :p
