That was a really nice story! One tendency I love in storytelling is the vagueness when describing a creature, a group, a situation, a condition of the environment. Four legs, it has a primal feel to it. It hasn't gone through the cultural filter, it's not "the minotaurs", "the Vierbein" or something like that. It's the kind of name our more simple ancestors may have given it. The kind of name that comes from the need to call it something so you can deal with it.
As I've said before: It's gonna be a tough competition. Really good!
Absolutely! Any readers' imagination is generally more interesting than an author's mind.
When I read, I want to be able to create my own images and draw my own conclusions. With these "four-leg" creatures, I don't even have a great idea of what they look like. I figured that the readers would fill in the blanks.
Have you ever seen the movie Return to Oz?
The closest thing that I can imagine to the four-legs are the creatures that have wheels for front hands. They gave me nightmares when I was a kid.
Thanks for reading and commenting! Can't wait to see some more of your stuff, @steemedchitty!
Haha, expect my entry someday during the weekend. It's been quite a busy week so I wasn't able to meet my post schedule.
In regards to the creatures, I haven't actually seen Return to Oz, but I googled the creature you mentioned and oh boy, I can see why it disturbed you as a kid. I myself pictured something like this from the indie game The Forest, but less amorphous and more tribal, maybe with the legs of captured two-legs dangling from a rope around it's neck.
Yeah, I fill in the blanks quite disturbingly most of the time.
I went ahead and googled the rollers from Reeturn to Oz and sure enough, my childhood fears are rekindled.
I love your disturbing vision. "Legs from captured two-legs dangling" That's pretty terrifying. Makes them seem really powerful. Also, that adds another dimension (nuclear waste or something) where the four-legs are extremely deformed, not even human anymore.