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REST IN RUINS.
"After the Outing"
"A" is for Alice, who fell into a hole.
"B" is for Beowulf, whose fight took a toll.
"C" is for Caligari, trapped in a box.
"D" is for Don Quixote, who was squished by some rocks.
"E" is for Ebenezer, spirits dragged him below.
"F" is for Frankenstein, who froze in the snow.
"G" is for Gilgamesh, denied immortality.
"H" is for Hamlet, who chose Not To Be.
"I" is for Icarus, who got burned by his pride.
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"J" is for Jekyll, from death he could not Hyde.
"K" is for King Kong, who fell from on high.
"L" is for Lupin, hanged by his tie.
"M" is for Munchhausen, who crashed on the moon.
"N" is for Natty Bumppo, who left us too soon.
"O" is for Odysseus, who never returned.
"P" is for Paul Bunyan, whose forest was burned.
"Q" is for Quasimodo, suffering since he was born.
"R" is for Roland, skull split by his horn.
"S" is for Sinbad, a victim of scurvy.
"T" is for Tin Man, whose metal turned curvy.
"U" is for Uncle Sam, who stepped on a mine.
"V" is for Vainamoinen, who sunk in the brine.
"W" is for Wisakedjak, who drank a foul mick.
"X" is for Xuan Zang, drained dry by a tick.
"Y" is for the Yellow King, driven mad by his play.
"Z" is for Zorro, who swung out the wrong way.
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"After the Outing" by Mister_Toasty and choccoMan, from theSCP Wiki. Source:https://scpwiki.com/after-the-outing. Licensed underCC-BY-SA.
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Filename: 1057px-Trickster_-_Print_by_Bill_Lewis
Name: " Print on paper by Bill Lewis"
Author: Bill Lewis
License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported
Source Link: [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trickster_-_Print_by_Bill_Lewis.jpg]
Inspired by Edward Gorey'sThe Gashlycrumb Tinies: or, After the Outing.
All images are public domain, except for Wisakedjak, who is credited in the Licensing/Citation Box.
Co-authored withchoccoMan.
I think it's safe to assume that we have now killed the most PD characters in this contest.
Alice =Alice's Adventures in Wonderland andThrough the Looking-Glass
Beowulf = self-explanatory
Caligari =The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Don Quixote =The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha
Ebenezer =A Christmas Carol
Frankenstein = self-explanatory
Gilgamesh =Shūtur Eli Sharrī/The Epic of Gilgamesh
Hamlet =The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Icarus =Metamorphoses, Greek mythos
Jekyll =The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
King Kong = self-explanatory
Lupin =The Arrest of Arsène Lupin, etc.
Munchhausen =Baron Munchhausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia, etc.
Natty Bumppo =The Leatherstocking Tales
Odysseus =The Iliad andThe Odyssey
Paul Bunyan =The American Lumberman, American folklore
Quasimodo =The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Roland =La Chanson de Roland/The Song of Roland
Sinbad =One Thousand and One Nights, The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor
Tin Man =The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, etc.
Uncle Sam =The Adventures of Uncle Sam, in Search After His Lost Honor, American propaganda
Vainamoinen =The Kalevala
Wisakedjak = Algonquian and Dene mythos
Xuan Zang =Xīyóu Jì/Journey to the West
Yellow King =The King in Yellow
Zorro =The Curse of Capistrano, The Mark of Zorro, etc.
Hm. I do think the concept behind this is interesting, and I thought the simple rhyme scheme that you were going for was neat, but my interest kind of waned from there. I can see how this is a charming piece about public domain characters kicking the bucket, but idk I wasn't really that engaged with this. Maybe because I'm more into poetry that breaks conventions than ones with simple rhyme schemes (which isn't the fault of the piece itself, to be clear), or maybe because I'm just not into this in general and this is not for me. Or maybe I'm just no fun who knows. Either way, this gets a novote from me.
Also, found a rhyme that I think feels a bit clunky to me. It's the one with "denied immortality" and "who chose not to be," because one definitely has more syllables than the other so it kinds of reads weird to me idk. Hope that's helpful to you.
yeah, the 'denied immortality - chose not to be' rhyme was something we were a little unsure about, but we concluded that they were very fitting ends for both characters so we decided to keep it.
Thanks for giving this one a read and giving your thoughts!
Image Sources
First image isAlice drink me, under public domain.
Second image isBeowulf death, under public domain.
Third image isCabinet of Dr Caligari 1920 Lobby Card, under public domain.
Fourth image isDon Quijote and Sancho Panza, under public domain.
Fifth image isMarley's Ghost-John Leech 1843-detail, under public domain.
Sixth image isFrankenstein, pg 7, under public domain.
Seventh image isRelief, late 19th century Limestone, under public domain.
Eighth image isHamlet und Horatio auf dem Friedhof (Eugène Ferdinand Victor Delacroix), under public domain.
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Ninth image isGowy-icaro-prado, under public domain.
Tenth image isDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) - Hyde, under public domain.
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Eleventh image isKing Kong Fay Wray 1933, under public domain.
Twelth image isArsene Lupin art Pierre La Fit by Léo Fontan, under CC 0 1.0.
Thirteenth image isMünchhausen-AWille, under public domain.
Fourteenth image is1989 CPA 6128 Picture, under public domain.
Fifteenth image isOdysseus Tiresias Cdm Paris 422 n2, under public domain.
Sixteenth image isThe Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan - Illustration 1, under public domain.
Seventeenth image isQuasimodo by Antoine Wiertz, under public domain.
Eighteenth image isLavisse elementaire 022 roncevaux, under public domain.
Nineteenth image isSinbad 1, under public domain.
Twentieth image isTin Woodman, under public domain.
Twentyfirst image isUNCLE SAM - BUY WAR BONDS (window card), under public domain.
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Twentysecond image isVäinämöisen lähto, under public domain.
Twentythird image isTrickster - Print by Bill Lewis, by Bill Lewis, under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Twentyfourth image isXuanzang w, under public domain.
Twentyfifth image isThe King in Yellow, under public domain.
Twentysixth image isThe Mark of Zorro (1920) - 3, under public domain.
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