The Blog itself was appropriately titled the content was like being tossed on the waves of the ocean in that, the messages conveyed were somewhat random and wandering. In the article that we read, we felt that the nature of this wandering and the links therein took away from the narrative, rather than adding to it.
The character does describe herself as 'Drunk' in the text on Black Russians' and 'high on Mushrooms' which, in light of the wandering nature of the text leads one to wonder....Is the text meant to be the ramblings of a drunk/high girl of 15?
Visuals
The visual nature of the blog made it difficult to read the text at times and we additionally had difficulty deciphering who the narrator was: Tammy, (the Slut - which is never referred to again beyond the preface of the title and therefor relates to nothing) or Vivian who, would appear to be a by-stander to Tammy losing her teeth?
In relation to the title 'She was Warned' at no time was there a warning in the text - therefor, the message expectation does not deliver and misleading.
Links
We chose not to 'engage' with more than one link in the trans-media piece which was influenced by a an epic 'Fail' on the content of the first link - which shed little insight into the story itself and was not a an experience leading back to the overarching story - just more seemingly 'random rambling'.
The links are used to displace you - as an exemplification of where the character is mentally, for her age and state in life.
The Links do however provide another recourse for stories and characters but, are not necessarily connected to the actual story you were in. The pieces are stand alone but may lend background on the protagonist herself - Tammy?
Samantha Lau's blog provides additional background analysis on the thematic nature of 'The Waves of Girls' providing the connection between sexuality, structure and the abstract nature of the graphics within this blog that may be of interest to readers of this piece. Samantha Lau's Critical review
Written By: Crystal Armstrong, Kristin Black, Louise McEachern
If the digital fiction author had intended to use links to displace the reader, and thus exemplify where the character is at her stage in life, she met her goal. I was indeed confused and scattered when reading snippets from the viewpoint of a teenage girl.
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