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Author's Final Notes
Honestly, this took longer than expected. It ended up taking a year and change, and pretty much took my other story out of contention. Still, it has been fun to experiment with different styles, even if I get it wrong sometimes. So for that, I apologise.
The response has been muted, less than I'm used to but in line with my meagre expectations. Still, please do find it in your heart to leave this on your favourites list should other readers come across it.
Also, a review wouldn't hurt.
Explanations (Spoilers, duh!)
There are a lot of themes floating around that don't really make sense until you reach the end. However, the underlying theme is that this story is based on Lovecraftian lore. For those who don't know, the gist is that there are cosmic horrors that lurk in the dark, which man can never hope to defeat.
This is why I didn't want to colour your opinion in the summary and when you first start reading the story. I hoped the progression from the first to last act would be jarring. The narrator is meant to be unreliable. What starts off as normal is meant to become maddeningly worse.
Also, you guys don't understand the next-level fuckery this story possesses: e.g. go back to the fourth act and change fonts. The default font doesn't allow you to view the messed-up words clearly, but other fonts will.
Anyway, the whole point of the ending(s) is to to stay true to the Lovecraft genre.
To clarify, the Outer God, Azathoth is supposed to be the progenitor of all the other Gods, Old Ones, etc, and I best describe him as a blind, idiot God who lays dormant and devours worlds.
So for every insight you gain into understanding this universe, you must give something back; and that is knowing that there is no real happy ending for Minato. That could only work if you choose to remain ignorant and only read ENTITY. You wouldn't understand that:
(1) The pillars symbolizes the foundations of the universe and it's been destroyed;
(2) The universe will demand something equivalent in exchange;
(3) The other shoe drops when Haruhi tells Minato that she's hungry.
That is why your interpretation of his character matters because it sells you his motive and makes the endings more personal and impactful. In BLACK, he ends up killing Haruhi to right the wrongs, only to have it blow up in his face. In BLUE, well, this turned out to be more fucked up than even I imagined. That line near the end where she questions the narrator's identity is meant for Minato and not Narukami Yu.
So yeah, that's pretty much it.
Thanks for your support!
