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[theluckyhell]

Pictures I send my boyfriend 😂 if you know the real me you know what a complete juxtaposition I am with glamour/total sloth recluse or as @hironia says 'Living with you is like living with Barnie (from #thesimpsons)' 😂🙊 #true #realtalk #realme #suchglam #glamsquad #hi #glamour #babe #ultraglam #itsallafacade #textstomyboyfriend #picsisendtobae #beauty #beautyportrait #makeup #fotd #motd

[biscuitwheels]

Work life as seen from the outside #studio #backlot #universal #luckyomalleys #itsallafacade photo taken by @Vonder13 (at Universal Studios Backlot)

[ilikestarwars]

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[liveasloved]

Haha, the whole snake skin leggings and apple thing seemed too good to be an accident in my opinion. Oh and quick question, was the party that Ivy took Emma to supposed to represent Hell? It really seemed like it with all the chaos and stuff going on. Oh and was the blood on Emma's hands supposed to represent sin? I'm not too familiar with the bible and I thought you couldn't go back into the Garden of Eden if you sinned.

Hmmm... well, the story is really more about the loss of innocence than specifically Heaven and Hell.

But, yeah. In Genesis, they eat the forbidden fruit, break the only rule they're given, and then Adam and Eve are banished from the garden. I don't know if I meant the rave/party to represent hell. It's really more like Earth, where we are.

I wanted Emma to get caught up in the "fun", only to have it not be as fun as she thought it would be. I didn't want her to stop and question, because she's just supposed to go with what she thinks- since she's been sheltered, she's easily manipulated. 

At the same time, I wanted her to represent that capacity for evil that I believe we all have- especially when put in what's basically a pressure cooker (which is what I did to Emma). I didn't, however, want to go into the theology of the Garden. (I skipped the big part of the original Story, where God basically says, "Eve, you disobeyed; Adam, you didn't stop her- I gave that rule to you; and Satan... onto your belly you go." Obviously I skipped an allusion to Adam all together.) 

I'd say, to me, the blood represents a fall from innocence, the loss of that perfection. Theologically, yeah, that's sin. It's also why I didn't have her dad let her back in. I also skipped the theological aspect of grace. She doesn't get any in my story.

I think I'm more fascinated by the interpretations I've heard than I am by my own story. In my writing class, there were at least 4 or 5 opinions on what the ending actually meant, and that was awesome to me.

But in the end, it really is just a story with some glaring allusions to the greatest story of all. For the original one (with fewer plot holes), check Genesis 1-3. It's actually probably shorter than my story. (I read ESV; it's the most recent version and the version of the Bible that most closely correlates to the original Hebrew/Arabic/Greek.)

[liveasloved]

I just read your story and I thought it was fantastic. I kinda see it like the biblical story where Eve (Emma) was enticed by the snake (Ivy) to take a bite of an apple from the tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden, resulting in her being banished from the garden. Or maybe I'm just over-analyzing. :)

No, you're exactly right. I didn't follow that story line exactly, but I did draw from Genesis. I'm sure you noticed Ivy in the snakeskin leggings, eating an apple, ect.

I'm really pleased that you liked it. I'm makes me want to keep writing when the people reading enjoy what I've written.

So thanks- not only for reading, but also for taking the time to send me this nice little note.

-Alyssa