First of all let it be known that I really like how people can come up with such long explanations theories for such short one shots, it's really a testament to the yuri community and I hope to see more of it in the future.
But then why am I so unstatisfied with those? I can't say there is anything wrong with them, it's just intepretation.
So, again, why am I not content with it? I went throug the story a couple of times and I saw nothing wrong in it with what I read here. Then, I asked myself: ''How would I interprete it?'' ''Alright, think, what do I know about them?'' Then it hit me, the same problem I had with Takemiya Jins recent work, the one with the friendzoned girl:
Missing characterization and world building, even though you can get some info out of it, I started to realized a inherent problem with one shots. They are too short. What is that, you say? ''Duuuh, of course, they are, they are one-shots, done by some guy/girl who had some free time to spare''
That is true, yes, but why then not go all out, why choose this type of storytelling that relies very heavily on others to fill the gaps? Then I thought about it again: What if I was Yui_7, telling you this story on a fireplace? I would probably have lost more than half the people by the time I was finished. I didn't really thought about the circumstances, the characters or the situations they are in, I just left it up to you to finish the blanks, even though I created this story in my head and took it upon myself to entertain you for the evening. Why is it okay when a series like Watchmen has an ambigious ending? Why am I not complaining when Inception teases us with the totem at the end. What about Stretch and Prism? They aren't shy to withhold information. What about Umineko? Heck, it could be argued that it's one giant clusterfuck of interpretation Why am I okay with them not having a statisfying answer?
I think I got it. All of those stories I listed managed to build a world with characters you like or atleast you can understand. All of those had prioritized of building the ground work first, ie: telling a story first in a clear sort of matter BEFORE they turned to the audience and gave them room to come to their own conclusion. I believe that, unless you make one hell of a long one-short, you are going to lose your reader if you keep things too simple and too ambigious, remember this when you want to write a story, you are a STORYWRITER, please write a STORY and don't rely too much on the audience to fill in the gaps for you, .
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