The verdict
Thank you for reading people, wasn't it wonderful? I can now tell you that Story Red was written by FitchSwitch and Story Blonde was written by whyesitscar.
And here is rockyourworld's reply…
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You guys. You guyyyyyys. It's bullet point time.
1. Both of you are incredible writers. I don't mean that in an ego-stroking
sort of ways. I'm not saying it like "You're both pretty, no need to fight,"
although I'm sure you both are VERY pretty, and really ladies…there's no
need to fight. You both (along with some other amazing writers on here
*waves*) have the ability to tell me a story about the same two people I read
about day in and day out and STILL keep me hooked on your every word.
Fabulous, both of you. Take a bow.
2. I think that just a half a paragraph of background is required here. See,
I work for a healthcare company that provides medical insurance to seniors. I
spend all day talking to them, helping them understand their benefits,
comforting them when it all gets too confusing and various other things. I
LOVE me some old people. So when I made the topic suggestion, I was thinking
that it would be a nice change from the "first meeting" type story. And it
was, right guys? I mean, how awesome to get snapshots from mature, grown up,
Grandma Naomi and Emily? Totally awesome. But my heart. It makes my heart
hurt. I could see an animal run over on the side of the road and if there was an
old person nearby I would be more worried about whether that old person had
enough food to eat, money for her blood pressure medicine and that she gets
enough visits from people that love her. Because I talk to people every day
who have issues with some, if not all of those things. So maybe I'm already
softened up a bit towards the old folks.
3. Story Red: You, my friend, have witty banter down. You have Naomily witty
banter down. Here, have a crown. It says "Master of Naomily Banter" on it.
I hope it's not too heavy. This story was just as I imagined it would be
like…years down the road, a little wrinkled and worn, but still sparkling at
each other. Naomi will still be dry and a little unbelieving that she STILL
has Emily. Because you know how your Naomi is. She's all like "NO WAY IS
THIS HAPPENING – I MUST BE IN AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE" all the time about
Emily. Emily will be gracious and understanding of Naomi's little faults
because Emily knows by now that those little cracks in Naomi were the parts
that Emily was made to fit into. (Did I steal that from someone? It sounds
vaguely familiar. No infringement intended.) This: "That's playing dirty, by
the way," she said. "Getting the universe to throw you a bone like that." /
"Right, as you know I anticipate all of our fights and make sure that the
local radio stations play our wedding song accordingly." It. Is. So. Cute.
You are most deserving of your crown. And the Rascal Flatts at the end? You
must REALLY want this hand.
4. Story Blonde: So I did a little research, after I recovered. I discovered
that I started tearing up around the 329th word. "She smiles and slides her
hand down my arm…" I started full out sobbing at word 538. The Post-Its.
DEAR GOD THE POST-ITS. After that I was a lost cause. At one point the real
Mrs. Rockyourworld had to come over from the desk (where she was reading the
stories for herself) and give me a big time hug so I could calm the fuck down.
Because this: "and I wonder if I should start preparing, even when every part
of me wants to hug her away until the world stops asking questions," made me
put the computer down so I could devote myself fully to sobbing and this: "In
my dreams, the sun shines on Emily's hair and we are young again—young and
perfect and made for the world," made me curse myself for this idea for at
least 10 minutes. And Car you really are a bastard because you KNOW I'm a
total sucker for any story that makes me FEEEEL. So, it was amazing.
5. That being said, I've decided that I have two hands. Left and right. You
may both virtually marry both hands and we can work out visitation rights
later. And this isn't a cop-out. You should know better than to make me
choose between the two of you anyways. Both of you are amazingly talented
and gifted writers and it is an absolute pleasure to read anything you commit to
paper. If you want, we can have a write-off to choose who gets the right and
who gets the left. Any takers?
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And so there we have it. I hope you'll agree that what started out as a laugh, ended up with us being given something truly beautiful. So keep talking to us, we love to hear from our readers, and who knows you might even inspire a challenge of your own…
Thanks to both contestants and to rockyourworld, and to all the writers and readers that make out little corner of the universe a special place to be. Until next time, Hypes x