This Is How You Lose the Time War

You can't really world-build a high concept time travel war narrative using lyrical Sapphic free verse - who would have guessed?

To the extent this fails, it's due to great ambition. I highly recommend checking it out. It is unique - in the true sense of the word.

I think I'll let it all fade from my mind, and then revisit it, reading only the letters. I'm intrigued what effect that would have. My instinct is that it might be more alluring with LESS explanation. I feel like this tried to straddle lush poetry and intricate time travel plotting, and they didn't work so well together. My dissatisfaction with the plot I was given distracted me from just enjoying the language and emotion.

I also feel like the voices of the characters converged over time - weird, given the dual authorship, and disappointing because the characters are from such drastically different civilizations! Again, maybe a more patient re-read of their letters will give me a different impression.

All in all, highly weird and beautiful, and takes a big swing at being different.