WBDaddy

2nd person is a valid writing perspective, where "you" are the subject. Problem is, that is LITERALLY the most jarring of all accidental perspective changes, from 2nd to 1st.

Did I mention my favorite writers around here are the ones who can take a little ribbing?

Hanging more meat onto the myriad characters that are Joomi's family. Sunlight and shadow alike. Well done. Honestly, my eyes crossed when we went through the technical stuff in the previous chapter - I thought we'd teleported into a BabySofia story for a moment there. (Love BabySofia to death, but she sure does dive into the tech and gadgets and stuff a LOT)

I wrote one about 30 years ago - literally a prompt, I was really into ee cummings at the time, and one of my friends said "Write me a poem about a spirit of winter" If it's okay with you, I'd love to share it. It wound up being lyrics to a song I recorded about... 22 years later.

Why?

This is a fun take on the "trained to be auctioned off" trope. Looking forward to what *else* you do with it.

Felt like this was aimed at me. At no point have I criticized our story crafter for the choices his characters made. I've just let myself react viscerally to the characters themselves, and express that reaction. For the record, both Bryan and Lilly recognized what I saw, that they were the ones who pushed him over a cliff when they were trying to keep him from running off a different one. I'm emotionally invested in this story at this point. I'm reacting to everything, because I'm allowing myself the space to feel everything. And that is a testament to what Frosty is doing here, because I don't stay plugged into stories that don't move me like this one does. Some of that is direct empathy with Paul's experience (I too lost a parent at a young age, not quite as young as him, but young enough to where it broke me in a lot of ways), but a lot of it is Frosty's effort to make this emotionally engaging.

I love how you highlighted that the diagnostic criteria for Maturosis is based on observing adult Littles who have already been diagnosed with Maturosis. Hence, anything he said or did would have been acknowledged as evidence of his condition. Because everyone else ever diagnosed with Maturosis did all sorts of things, creative, combative, or both, to try and convince their "adoptive parents" that they did not need this sort of treatment. Completely circular logic. And beautifully displayed here. Kudos to Joomi for realizing this was a bunch of hogwash and giving Adam a chance to remember that she was already not interested in this exercise, that it in no way affected her opinion of him. Deep down, I suspect that his willingness to submit to this kind of treatment just to get the chance to work with her was such an immense complement to her, she couldn't help but grant his request.

I'm pretty sure a LARGE number of people would wet themselves during a skydive, if it's their first time... diaper or not.

One of my favorite things to do with my little is taking them out with normal clothes on and a well-hidden diaper underneath. They get so squirmy, convinced everyone knows they're wearing, but no one ever notices. It's especially fun to whisper things like "we need a change?" and doing subtle bum pats.

This is correct. Though one thing I'd offer that I've found to be pretty much universal - cuddles are always welcome and wanted. Hugs, bum pats, squeezes, all of that good stuff.

I didn't even know there was a built-into-the-forum-browser chat until you just did that. Wish there was a way to turn it off just for me. I hate chat apps.

I mean, but does it? IDK - Martina remembers Paul being broken after his mother's death. But she doesn't realize how much of what is going on now traces back to that moment. She's put Paul in a diaper, but she's never seen him fully regressed like Kim and Savannah and (now) Harley have seen. So she can't possibly share insights that would help Amber understand Paul as he is in the moment. Honestly, there is an incredibly tiny tightrope that Amber gets to walk right now, because what Martina shares with her is nothing compared to what they both are about to see. I connect with Paul's plight deeply, mainly because I was never allowed to mourn my father's passing just short of my 12th birthday. He lost his mother at a much earlier age, and he had no one but Martina to keep him upright during that time period, and it showed in how he responded to it. This crash, honestly, feels like someone who tried his damnedest to catch up when he fell behind because tragedy happened.

Lovely. Though as a Daddy, I would insist on the diapers, but she would still remain my focus - no Mommy character in my version of this story. Of course, I'm old enough to not want to make actual children to distract from this scenario.

LOL in my middle school (back in the mid-80s), kids that braved going outside during lunch getting shoved into the dumpster was a routine thing. No money involved. Just "DUMPSTER CALL!" when someone got hold of someone else and whether people joined in or not... You lost me when you just jumped 3 months ahead in part 2, because the battle is most of the fun in stories like this, where you info dump why it's happening and then let it all unfold.