Song of Sunger - Rube Goldberg Contest

[RapeU]

This contest really likes its SciFi stories. And it's also the second forced alien breeding story from two very different authors I've read. It's interesting how a theme that feels so open to interpretation makes different authors go to such similar places.

What I enjoy the most about this story is that the Sunger aren't malicious in what they do, at least not fully. I think a rapist who is forced to do it or feels compelled to do it for a higher purpose is an underexplored type of story in our community.

There is one thing I don't understand though. What was the point of introducing that parasite subplot?

Overall, another interesting story in the contest! And another one that @Vela Nanashi might enjoy a lot based on her usual preferences!

I made Archivist super smart and then realized that she was smart enough to be able to escape, and she wouldn’t do it without her captain. That’s not where I wanted the story to go. She needed to be incapacitated for a little while until a few children were born, but not by the Sunger since the Sunger are just trying to survive and are not evil.

[SoftGameHunter]

I noticed the sci-fi nature of this contest too. I can't speak for others, but for the contest theme, I found it easiest to incorporate increasingly complex moving parts if I didn't have to explain too much what exactly they are. That and I happened to remember that old novel I based mine on, which was itself a lock on the theme.

I'm glad Sunger is getting some recognition here. It was an elegant and slightly lurid tale of interstellar diplomacy gone in unexpected directions.