Sunshine Challenge - Blue

[arias_hollow]

Droplets of rain pour down from the sky, each one carrying a bit of cold, a bit of sorrow. They fall so steadily that the individual tapping of the drops hitting the pavement begin to meld into a single synchronous sound. All else is quiet. Street lamps softly illuminate the night, creating a tiny windows through which to see the twinkling fragments. The icy sorrows hold shape in the air as they cascade down, alone, then shatter into a growing collective on the ground. They flow together, strengthening each other, until it's enough to drown in. In their number, in their strength, even in their sorrow, there is a gentleness. A caring thing to drown in. An easy thing, to stare endlessly at the navy sky, and the little pockets of light where the gentle sorrows shine.

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So, I don't 100% know what this one is about, but it's what happened when I tried to capture the vibe of blueness. Blue can be a sad color and a joyous one both, and it can be ponderous and serene as well as more energetic and chaotic. Personally, I find the shade of blue strongly affects what associations come immediately to mind. A saturated sky blue is energetic and positive, a pale, light blue very soft and dreamy, a deep blue reminds me most of the ocean, navy blue is more majestic and makes me think a tiny bit of the stars. I associate blue with ice and the cold, as well as introspection and serenity. Oh, and there is also 'the blues', as in the music style! Not in that style at all, but a song that came to mind was of course Blue (Da Ba Dee) by Eiffel 65, for meme reasons. Blue also makes me think of the intelligence and wisdom stats in Dungeons and Dragons, which is almost entirely because I already associated blue with mana in the Diablo series - the very blue spiritual force that fuels your magic spells. (I always need more mana lol)

Comments

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[oldtoadwoman]

I like how you've captured a sense of bittersweet melancholy. It's an explicitly sad narrative that is yet somehow calming ("there is a gentleness") and hopeful ("little pockets of light").

I love rainy days (unless I'm forced to travel in it).

[bemused_writer]

Ahh, Diablo mana potions are such a good example of blue! Good thinking. And I loved the drabble; it absolutely made me think of blue and a chilly night sky gazing down on us as we try to figure it all out.

[shipperslist]

Ohh, that was lovely!

[silveradept]

An interesting picture of the sky in the night.

And yes, always the quest for more mana in Diablo, especially when you are basically using some of your very strongest abilities all the time to put scratch damage into your opponents at the higher difficulties.