WitchOfDoubt Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 (The three answers are, of course, connected.) I: Unlike afflictions that strike and move on, This lingers after all symptoms are gone. II. No threat was made, no robbery done, Yet two arms upraised reach for the sun. III. Some men end by the sword; The sword's end made me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Thalia Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 stretching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 WitchOfDoubt Posted November 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 That'd definitely work for the second riddle alone, but using that answer won't lead you to the other two. Individually, these riddles are ambiguous, but if you solve all three, I think you'll have no doubt that your answer's correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 1) Growing 2)Stretching 3) Bleeding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 WitchOfDoubt Posted November 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 lenzvlt: A good try! But the connection between the three answers is less ambiguous than that. Let me be clearer. Although Thalia's answer would satisfy the second riddle alone, it isn't the correct answer in this context, and might actually lead you in entirely wrong directions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MissKitten Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 A wound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 (edited) Lemme try this.... Death, Preaching, Being born? Edited November 24, 2011 by Fook Fookidy Fookfook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Hmmm... first one sounds like Herpes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 WitchOfDoubt Posted November 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 (edited) MissKitten: Far from it. Newbie: No, no, and no. TheChad: That would be an excellent answer for the first riddle alone, but isn't what I was looking for - it doesn't fit the pattern of the three answers. Here are some clues to eliminate some general possibilities: The answer is not a physical illness. The arms are not human arms. The sword's end did not kill or wound. Edited November 24, 2011 by WitchOfDoubt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 mourning, noon, and knight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MissKitten Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 Ah, pg, you make riddles look so easy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 WitchOfDoubt Posted November 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 plainglazed: Well-answered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 WitchOfDoubt Posted November 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 (Adding poll) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 (edited) Why is the answer to the second riddle noon? Edited November 25, 2011 by plainglazed added spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Molly Mae Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 (edited) I don't get it. Why is the answer to the second riddle noon? It's noon when the minute and hour hand of a clock point up. Edited November 25, 2011 by Molly Mae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 plainglazed Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 Really enjoyed this one WitchOfDoubt! Most impressive especially considering it's your first (hopefully of many). Think it could have easily gone three, four, or more pages. Had tried the answer for the last one previously but couldn't make any connections with the other two until the possibility of the middle one dawned on me and then it all fell into place. Sometimes (usually with a high quality riddle) something just clicks and you get an early answer. More please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MissKitten Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 Seriously, you have a gift, WOD. I can tell I'm going to really enjoy trying to answer your riddles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 It's noon when the minute and hour hand of a clock point up. This was so obvious!!! I feel like an idiot!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 WitchOfDoubt Posted November 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 Thank you for the encouragement. This one's been through a few drafts. The original version was MUCH easier and posted for a less intense audience, and used lots of cliches (shadows getting shorter at noon, chess knight described as a person, etc.) I'm still not entirely happy with the last one. For one thing, knights are knighted with the flat of a blade, not, generally speaking, the tip. For another, it doesn't make a neat rhyming couplet. I'd be happy to hear suggestions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MissKitten Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 Nah, it's good. Riddlers get to have some.... riddling license, would it be?..... with what they create. Not all riddles are extremely accurate. For example, I wrote a riddle about a hummingbird [Molly Mae solved it in about 20 minutes. ] where I had a line that said something like, "I commandeer the air." Basically, I was saying that hummingbirds are the only birds who can fly up, down, frontwards, backwards, side to side, and hover. So they don't actually commandeer the air, because they're so low in the pecking order, but I was giving that allusion to the ways it can fly. And not all riddles have to rhyme. I know riddlers like plasmid, pg, shakee, etc. don't rhyme a lot of their riddles. It's easier for me to rhyme mine, since I'm an amateur, and most of my riddles are solved on the first page or so [well, more like the first post.... ] but the riddle can be just as good without the rhyming. I really liked the phrasing and cadence of your third riddle, and I think you could very well have ruined it by trying to rhyme it. But yeah, don't worry, they were all really good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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(The three answers are, of course, connected.)
I: Unlike afflictions that strike and move on,
This lingers after all symptoms are gone.
II. No threat was made, no robbery done,
Yet two arms upraised reach for the sun.
III. Some men end by the sword;
The sword's end made me.
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