Introduction: So because I couldn’t sleep, I did this with my sleep deprived time instead...

Honestly, I didn’t submit an entry to this one because I thought making something with “The Butterfly Effect” would be too obvious and done by somebody else. Will read and give my thoughts about the entries from top to bottom. (As reviewing these works are nearly impossible in my normal format.)
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Tidbit Thoughts on “Metamorphosis”: Okay, so writing wise, it was decent enough. And I don’t know if this was an afterthought or not. But I’m grateful that there’s someone (other than me) that puts consideration into the structuring of their writing for these contests. As making your story into the shape of a butterfly, is just that little extra detail that shows you put enough care into what you posted. Also the title itself is perfect. (Point being, I appreciate the consideration of your craft, however brief it might’ve been.)

Tidbit Thoughts on “The Lepidopterist’: Ignoring nitpicks about unnecessary descriptors, or questioning if every word was used to its utmost effect. There’s little bits and pieces of writing here that certainly makes me [b]want[/b] a longer version of this mini-character study of sorts. And I’ll say that there’s clearly [b]something[/b] here. So I think others may like this one more than I did personally. 

Tidbit Thoughts on “A bit sappy”: Um, yep. I got nothing. 

Tidbit Thoughts on “The Butterfly”: I’m trying to analyze if there’s some other technique present than the sentences spelling out the word. But regardless, it doesn’t really stand out to me.

Tidbit Thoughts on “Butterfly”: Is the missing capitalization on purpose? And if so, why? *Adds ‘Caliginous’ to vocabulary.*

Tidbit Thoughts on “полуденное солнце”: Might be a little too obtuse for me. But this only comes off as being able to use google translator. 

Tidbit Thoughts on “Summer haiku”: It’s a haiku alright. I got nothing.

Tidbit Thoughts on “Dreams”: The artsy vagueness of the prompt (as it’s not just outright stating “geddit, it’s a butterfly.”) makes it a little less bluntly obvious than other entries. So that’s a point in its favor.

Tidbit Thoughts on “Butter Flies”: It actually had me, but it lost me. Dragged on a bit long for my taste. But I appreciate the effort to make bad puns.

Tidbit Thoughts on “The Summer of 20”: [s]You didn’t capitalize the word Summer in your hider. 6/10 too much water - IGN[/s] No, actually I liked this. (Maybe it’s because it kind of reminds me of mewithoutyou’s short songs about a spider and a leaf.) But I think it’s nicely written.

Tidbit Thoughts On “Sensitivity to Initial Conditions”: I think ‘The Butterfly Effect’ is what’s being mentioned here? (And whether or not it’s a positive that I don’t quite know what it’s going for, is up to how clear you intended to make it.) But ignoring how I feel about the use of punctuation. By feeling alone, I like how it started. But I don’t know if I care for how it ended up. Though the random name drops feel a bit out of place. As it seems more natural to put the character’s name/random philsosophy stuff at the start. But that’s just my two cents.


Tidbit Thoughts On “The fight for acceptance”: This one might be a little hard to argue for fitting the topic of “Butterflies”. But it’s also not edited for spacing, and it has obviously missing words. (And I do apologize for only doing this to you, but I do want to point it out. “From the bugs all (the) way to Mother Nature herself.”)
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Top Three Entries:
1. The Summer of 20 - (Probably my favorite writing wise. And it didn’t need to say “Butterfly” for you to get precisely what was being artfully described.)
2. Metamorphosis - (A very close second for me.)
3. The Lepidopterist - (It didn’t quite grab me. But I respect the effort to make a “full” story.)

[@Calle]
Voting For: The Summer Of 20.

Edit: (If you're supposed to vote for two, then 'Metamorphosis' would be my other vote.)