[quote=@Terminal][hider=Seasonal Spirit]I will freely admit it grated my nerves that you clearly anthropomorphized the seasons arbitrarily as anime-genre girls, and I was sort of relying on RomanAria to help and supply an objective viewpoint. In their absence, I shall attempt to set aside my misgivings and tell you what I liked about the story.

Firstly, I found the reasons supplied by the children as to why they enjoyed winter to be fairly well-reasoned and compelling. It is not a trend often seen in literature to frame winter as an ally of man, so that was actually a pleasant change for once. I also liked how you established and described Winter's motives for rebelling and attempting to prolong her existence - the setup for her defiance is expertly woven throughout the beginning and is indicative of excellent overall story-structure and planning. I will also say that this particular story, without question, is the single cleanest entry you have ever submitted. There are an odd few issues with awkward grammar, but they are few and far between.

Outstanding work overall. A bit cheesy and the caricatures are admittedly not to my taste, but I will still acknowledge what is evidently a splendid effort.[/hider][/quote]

[hider=Response]I will mention that I did not imagine them as anime-characters. My primary inspiration were the nymphs. Minor female nature deities. I had already decided to make use of gods in some way, so, yeah. Just the same way Zeus might be the God of Thunder I had Winter be... well, the Goddess of Winter, and then I just didn't come up with any clever names. Haha.

So, that aside, I am very happy you liked everything that actually mattered in the entry. XD

I mean, yeah, how they looked didn't matter in the slightest, that's just a skin which contains the body of the story, sooo, yeah. It's like the entry is a person which you said you liked as a person despite them looking ugly. So, I'm happy about that. Hahaha.

Also, yes. I like winter. Winter makes me so happy. Winter also made the most sense for the story I was imagining. So, proper research was made. I'm happy you found that a breath of fresh air~

And yes. About that cleanness and compliments about the planning. This time, for once, I actually got an idea I liked AHEAD OF TIME, sat down to plan and write it WITH PLENTY OF TIME TO GO, and had it finished [i][u]NOT[/u][/i] ON THE LAST SECOND so I could PROPERLY PROOFREAD IT an EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF TIMES. And what I got for that? [u][b]RESULTS[/b][/u]. I'm pretty happy right now~! :D[/hider]