SCP Foundation

Sometimes you miss something so much that you don't realize that in chasing your past, you destroy your chances at finding satisfaction in the present. Not until it's too late, not until you arrive at a place where not even nostalgia can comfort you.

Alternatively titled: Dis(co)topia, Autumn's Genre Is Ambient, and A Lovesong With No Melody.

I'm gonna have to go neutral on this and it's the first I've done so. I like the American Gods sort of vibe, the prose is nice and pleasant as always, and you've hit all of the contest points… but I don't feel like this stands on its own. The GOI references are a bit vague if you're not familiar with them and so is the scarecrow.

I'm digging the feeling of interconnectedness this Tale presents. The usage of seemingly disparate skips and GoIs in a grand scheme really makes the Foundationverse seem unified, rather than self contained in little independent pockets that I for some reason imagine. The prose and imagery is great, and I really like the ambiguity of the ending.
Also, rave nation and radiation. *facepalm*

I disliked the original Scravecrow article that this is based on, and thus was prepared to find something that I also disliked. However, this turned out to be pretty good.

I'm still not certain I care that much for the events of the story. "Rave planet where music from traditional instruments is punished with death" is a little goofy for the confines of what you're going for here I think.

What I did like, however, was both the quality of the writing itself, but even moreso the feeling conveyed through the Jack o' Lantern guy. The mood for the piece was set very well by the varying settings of the narrative, such that I wasn't rolling my eyes at the sense of loss coming from an animate scarecrow with a disco ball for a head.

A nice, tight little piece of writing.

This combination of items, piled against each other in a magnificent mess of RAVES made me smile but wonder when I read this as a draft… is this the kind of dystopia I'd like to see winning the contest?

This is one of the two pieces that is written well enough to have me not caring for the direction taken towards an unconventional (even subversive) approach of dystopian tropes (the other being djKaktus's entry, Starch and Cream. Melody is beautifully written, and my only concern with it (the ending) has not stopped me from upvoting with a smile. Excellent work, this one. :3

This was beautiful. Seriously, this hit the feels buttons perfectly. The concept is original enough, the world building interesting, and there's some (day I say it) Wildean feeling to it all.

I am seriously bummed I cannot upvote twice.

I've given you extensive feedback on this already, so this won't be a surprise :)

The concept is not bad, but it's where the story goes that sells it; like Kalinin I do agree the rave itself is a bit obvious (though described in a compelling fashion), but I didn't call where the story was going and all of it is well done and feels fresh and compelling. And many nice lines and pieces of imagery. +1