Mr. Nobody.

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Once upon a time a very special and unique snowman seemingly the same as any other, but you better not be fooled because Mr. Nobody has a very significant peculiarity on his soul, something that can easily be translated into a single, strange and uncontrollable desire that even he can't explain himself: become a human being and experience living in the real world to its fullest, especially at the time it most wanted to (Christmas).

I know, I know... This may seem like something crazy and totally disconnected from reality, after all, how would a snowman come to life? The explanation does not exist, but the symbology of the idea that controls Mr. Nobody's persecutions is very pertinent and unsettling, something he can't measure through words (not least because he can't), but he can feel it.

Inexplicably emerging as many other snowmen seem to have crossed the earth and taken root in it, in the winter of freezing temperatures, it has many peculiarities that make it different and the main one is being able to see and feel everything that happens around him (at least how far your eyes can catch the movements) in a unusual way. Alternating between moments of happiness and frustration, Mr. Nobody has to learn to deal with this duality.

The magical time of Christmas awakens a great desire to be able to live all that he can perceive in his own "skin" and by chance of fate, so "magically" he has his wish fulfilled and can transform into a human and throughout this very special time he lived the best experiences of his journey in the real world: he visited many places, felt marveled at the beauty and magic of Christmas, he met and helped many people, and he even found a great platonic love (but it didn't work because it was a one-way love).

On the other hand, this dreamy snowman full of good intentions also sees many bad situations happening: hungry people being ignored by those who can help them, people sleeping on the street and having to take shelter in harsh places to escape the cold, people committing illicit acts to survive and so many other sad examples that make Mr. Nobody rethink why he wanted so much to live like a human in the real world. After all... Was it that good?

When the snowmen are no longer the main attraction and people start not caring about them and forgetting about them, Mr. Nobody returns to his normal form and as he begins to be melted by the high temperatures, the snowman begins to remember everything he lived through some days ago. It drove him into a sea of ​​emotions it had never known before, and then it began to drown him in the midst of so many new feelings… Reliving them as he turned into to water and trickled across the floor.

Despite being a simple snow toy that entertain people at a specific time, the snowman came to the conclusion that it was worth having his dream come true, because he realized how incredible and how good it was being a human and especially, how good was to be able to understand that he wasn't just another snowman like so many others around, because he had a chance to live and see the world with other eyes, with a perspective that belongs only to him (and that made all the difference).

So... Don't you think everyone should have some of Mr. Nobody's vision and wills within themselves and spread it to other people creating a kind of good stream in the world?


This is my entry to the #DerangedSnowman CONTEST, promoted and sponsored by @carlgnash and also sponsored by @derangedvisions, @galenkp and @gibic.



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Nice, I am glad to see a writing entry into the contest I think you are setting a good example for people who say they have no snow so they can't compete :) I definitely agree, it would be good for everyone to gain the perspective of other lives and forms as Mr. Nobody did. And not all dreams turn out how we imagine them, but it is still good to dream, and imagine :)

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Hey, @carlnash... You really got the message from Mr. Nobody, haha!

Thanks for you comment.

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