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Calm down. You have eyeballs on this story, quite a few of them. Mine included, the whole way. Don't get upset at the lack of commentary. I have no doubt the Finnish version is more impactful than this one, because the vibes aren't quite the same in the translation, it's probably harder to emote in the English translation when English isn't your native language. Which is also fine, because we have many non-native English speakers who post here. Bottom line, your story is interesting enough to keep people reading. Many of us are waiting for something big to happen. That's definitely different things to different people. Personally, I'm waiting for Senni to actually reach a point where she starts questioning whether this is all worth not being homeless. Of course, the alternative being homelessness is a powerful motivator, so one is willing to accept a LOT of things that they wouldn't if they knew they had a roof over their heads. Keep going, is all I'm saying. If your plot has power, people will recognize it soon enough.

That's in really poor taste, as it's wanton and more than a little gratuitous child abuse, but it isn't technically *illegal*

Hey now, Savvy was supposed to be working his legs and arms tonight.

Admittedly, I'm following one story down there, but only when it pops to the top. If I'd seen this topic at the top, I definitely would have checked it out.

I feel a lot better about the opening discussion with this particular therapist than I did with the last one I encountered a few weeks ago. He does ART, and has extensive expertise with CPTSD. To me, it's just unpacking stuff that needs to be unpacked. Tracing wires from current behavior to past trauma, and figuring out how to cut those cords, to stop the past from interfering with me becoming the best possible version of myself.

You are absolutely walking a tightrope with this "weekend at Kim's". I thought this was going to go a lot worse than it did. But I still feel like Paul is taking more damage right now than he's getting back in positive therapy. Savannah needs to step up, not just to assist with his care, but to reassure him, on an adult-to-adult level, that she doesn't think less of him for submitting to this - he wasn't given a choice, it was made clear from the outset that resistance would get him into way more hot water at home.

I just want to put in a placeholder here. This is a story I want to get back to, but right now just the opening thematic statement tells me this is going to be far too triggering for me. I'm re-entering therapy, starting tomorrow night, to deal with my own mother's abuse (among other childhood traumas), and I'm struggling to continue following otherwise really well-written stories because of those triggers. But I'll be back for this one, I promise, because it already feels more visceral, but not cartoonish.

Seems like it'd be easier to just make that character of legal age than worry about crossing lines.

Yeah, the exact internal monologue Oliver had prior to the decision to go cloth is exactly the reason why I'd be throwing fucking hands about this. You want me to get a job, but you've deprived me of any and all means to do so, and forced me into a situation where I have no choice to but to urinate and defecate in my pants at all times. Fuck all the way off, I'd rather live in a no-tell motel and go to Home Depot to get pay-per-day laborer shit than deal with this nonsense.

I... am not sure if I can make it through this next part of the story. Not because you're writing it badly, but because my CPTSD roars every time I read a new chapter. If I go poof, understand it's not your fault.

Yep, I fucking hate her with every fiber of my being. I was the gifted child, but my mother only gave me love and approval when I was demonstrating in real time just how gifted I was capable of being. Beethoven's 5th at a piano recital at age 8, for example. Getting almost straight A's in school? Not good enough.

Couple of suggestions, strictly writer to writer: - Careful about your passive tense. There's no reason to say "had reacted" when "reacted" works just as well. "Had taken a walk" is inferior to "took a walk" or even just "walked". Passive tense should be reserved for things that happen without any action required by any of the characters. "It had rained all night", for example, when referencing someone looking out the window in the morning and seeing water dripping off the roof. - You're definitely having a little challenge with homonym interpolation here. "To" instead of "Too" is happening a lot. "Of" instead of "Off". Also with inappropriate apostrophes. Possessives get apostrophes - like "judge's orders". Plurals don't, like "blankets". The second part, while fairly frequent, isn't distracting enough to cause issues, but the first one definitely is. Remember, people act. They don't have actions foisted upon them by nonexistent entities. All that said, you're doing very well for someone who is not a native English speaker. (Heck, I've seen far worse from people who are native English speakers. ) One more thing, story-related. I think it was a smart move for her to show restraint, not doling out the full judge-ordered swat count. Having done my share of spanking as part of partner interactions, it is absolutely pointless to keep going once your subject has gone fully limp in your lap. In fact, it can do serious nerve damage if you continue past this point. An experienced spanker knows this, and it's not something that even an experienced spankee can fake. The big heaving sobs and utter lack of resistance is evidence of crossing the threshold beyond fight or flight and into full submission. No amount of pain beyond this point will accomplish a thing for the subject's mindset.

I see what you did there.

It's a bummer that she stopped coming around. Ramble had such a dark, warped sense of humor about her stories. Lot of gore porn mixed in with magical AR stuff like this.

It's low-key wonderful to take a walk through my past "content" on this site and discover gems like this. A fun story, and an absolutely hilarious rabbit trail discussion after. A+++ would read again. Is the Rambling one around anymore?