{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Crusader 8 (princelypublictimeline)'s status on Monday, 30-Apr-12 05:40:12 UTC","author_name":"Crusader 8 (princelypublictimeline)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/princelypublictimeline","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/1304383","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/9751\" class=\"url\" title=\"Samuel\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">dlcentaur<\/span><\/a><\/span> no no I meant just the overall excessive amount of reasons he had to be depressed and anguished. Typically a character should only have one or two traumas that, when mixed with the circumstances of the character or perhaps his or her choices, create the tragic heartstring-pulling mood. But when it's just an unbelievable train wreck to the point when you can almost laugh at its absurdity, THAT's when it's a bit too much. I think what worked best for the story is that although it was fiction he wrote it in the pretense of being nonfiction. That ultimately created a successful immersion for my reading experience."}