Guest post by "Being Useful" On a personal note: I have met a few people that I can instantly identify with Molly in my life.
One of them ended up trying to kill me, and then spent years persecuting me when that failed.
I can't speak for everyone, and I can't say "They're exactly the same", but Mollies I've lived through are absolutely horrifying. My personal experience is a "Worst case scenario", and research I've done since shows that the "worst case scenario" is not even remotely unique to me.
So, while many readers see her as just "weird", my own personal history has me seeing her in a very dark cast.
I don't know where you plan on going with the story. I don't know how you intend it to be. I only know that my personal version of Molly makes me feel like I should be shouting, "RUN GIRL, RUN!" to Sarah.
Molly could be good. She could be helpful. She could merely be misunderstood. I have no idea. I only know what you've shown me, and the parallels I'm able to draw from that are bone chilling.
However, my personal horror story isn't what's being told here. It's already controlled enough of my life, it shouldn't start controlling yours as well.
Not everyone posts comments, and those that do are often the ones with the most negative things to say. So while there's likely hundreds of readers that think merely "Cool. Can't wait for the next one.", that's not really a compelling enough thought for most people to relate. In fact, some people suppose it's implied by the fact they didn't say anything.
So yeah, Molly scares me. No, it wouldn't surprise me if she drew an elfy massacre. However, if that's not what you're planning on, you shouldn't be changing your mind just to suit me. There's tons of other ways this can go, I'm certain.
And since I guess maybe it does need to be said now and again: Cool. Can't wait for the next one.
