@Vgiv: in case your wondering? The slang term "snafu" goes back to World War II. At which time, it was an acronym (a word formed by initials) used sarcastically in certain radio communiques. Commissioned officers claim it stood for "Situation Normal: All Fouled Up." While enlisted men had another translation! ;-)

Today, American armed forces prefer to use the acronym "fubar" ("Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition").

Author's Response:

 Oh thanks for clearing up that Cary and it looks like I got a new word to use! Thanks for that too!

@vgiv. I too am an only child. I hold friendships and family in high regard. But check out how short that period was where she supposedly loved him and how long that time was when she tortured him. When his father died, there was no love for him in that house.
That last act of her was nasty. She knew that would destroy him. She didn't even worry when he didn't came home and probably would have liked it when Cassie would had gone trough with her plan for Alvin. She would'nt have cared if died.

When he comes home. See the way she talks to him. Not satisfied because Cassie didn't mentally destroyed him with is not far away from killing someone. Sounds pretty sadistic to me.
Those eight years of torture just because of a few words Alvin said?

Maybe you see something in Wendy that makes it worth it to give her a chance. But I wouldn't if I were in Alvin's shoes. That boat sailed away a long time ago. Just leaving them isn't even an evil act compared to the eight years of torture and lack of love.

@vgiv,
"as they did have a civilised conversation in Alvin's car in Chapter 1 I think"

Wendy:" I don’t get why Mom always asks you more questions. Am I that uninteresting?”
Alvin: "I don’t know. Honestly, sometimes I wonder why she gets so quiet every time I say the word scholarship?"
Wendy: "Alvin,"
Alvin: "Yes sister dear?"
Wendy:"Try not to make it too easy for my friends I to push you around. We like a challenge"

That was the conversation in the car. A civilised promise of a massive beating like she had done so many times before. Impressing her friends has nothing to do with it, because she is the leader of the group. You can clearly see from the behaviour of her friends that they don't care about beating Alvin up or not. They already respected her and she already stands out.
That guy cooks for her and doesn't look for trouble. But eight years long, abuse inside the house and at school non-stop. She is either cruel or stupid or both or something in between. That behaviour would have continued if Cassy hadn't befriend him and treathened her multiple times.

If he leaves the house, he is finally rid of Wendy and her mother. No more stress and a good life ahead. No need to hate them either, just erase them completely from your life. Don't give them your phone-number, don't tell them where you live. Move as far way as possible. Wendy and Patricia deserve eachother.

@Nostory. You have point. And it's not unrealistic either, but she is still creepy. Acting so nice after many years of complete opposite behaviour. That character can't be gone. She good easely fall back to being rotten again if Cassie was gone. It's best if Alvin moved out of that house as soon as possible, just to be sure. He can go live with Cassie and leave al his troubles behind.

@Nostory

I've read it to chapter 18. I find her behaviour patterns very disturbing. ;) First normal treatment when his dad was alive, than super cruel for a long time and than be able to have selfreflection at her friends house and with Cassie and after that acting nice to Alvin. She wasn't only cruel to Alvin, but to others too for years. Wendy left him in a life treathening situation with Titans. That rotten character can't be gone in just a few moments off talk with Cassie.

Love the story, and a Bio "chapter" is a great idea, but if I have a minor criticism, it would be the use of photos of real people for the characters.  I like to be able to use my imagination when I picture a character in a story, and once I get a real-life person in my head from a photo, it creats a bit of dissonance for me to visualize the characters.  Also, there are the inevitable differences between the models in the photos and the characters as described in the story.  e.g. Cassie's breast size compared to the supermodel pictured.

Sorry, I hope that wasn't harsh.  I'm just trying to offer support for the criticism.  

Loving the story though, and your idea to provide a nice easy reference chapter for the character descriptions is genius.  

I just read the last few chapters in one sitting, since they mainly revolve around Wendy and her character, that will  be what I address.

On the surface I'll be honest, her backstory looks pretty generic. Child who grows up with parents who don't want her, and a drunk wifebeater for a father. At first it sounds like every other backstory that's been done before. What makes this different, however, is in the number of layers within this story. The mother not wanting children explains her indifference to Wendy and Alvin (along with the death of Daniel), giving Wendy parental issues. The father beating Wendy gave her a sense of helplessness that she would channel into Alvin, becoming a bully. But what I found even more interesting than that, is how she was beaten during her developing years. This stunned her growth, as well as kept her from developing any imressive curves or muscles. So not only did Wendy grow up being abused, but she also had to deal with self-image issues. Not to mention the bullying at the hands of a bigger Amazon. So she's delt with neglect, abuse, and self-image issues.

Finally, what made this story way different from other generic my-drunk-dad-beat-me backstories, is Wendy's past history with Alvin. It's so refreshing to see that they had a legitimate brother-sister relationship. It's like learning that, when they were kids, Cinderella's step sisters were close friends of hers. It makes their present relationship more interesting, and gives more character and depth to Wendy and Alvin.

I do have one problem, and that is the build up. A lot of people tell me that in my story A New Perspective, they weren't sure how to handle Peter's battle with depression, because they felt like it was too much revelation at once. Some say that they felt it came out of no where, and they had a point. I probably should have dropped a few more hints here and there. This story gave me a new point of view to consider, as the reader. While Wendy's story was great, it felt like too much to learn at once. That story you illustrated earlier, where Wendy erases all of Alvin's contacts? If you had a few more flash back scenes like that earlier in the story, it would have been perfect. Then there would have been that perfect balance between giving a deeper look into a character, while keeping us guessing. Then you tell the whole story when Wendy speaks to Cassie. 

My final thoughts: great backstory, very deep with history and experience, and answered some questions. Though there should have been more flash back scenes to show us the past first hand rather than tell all at once. Please don't take that as critisism though, as I'm guilty of the same mistake. Looking forward to the next instalment.

Great chapter as always! Very interesting to hear Wendy's backstory. Wonder if we'll hear Cassie's backstory anytime soon?

Also wondering if there's gonna be any more Titans in the story?

Author's Response:

Maybe, Wendy did reveal the backstory for not only her but Patricia and Alvin as well. 

I'm glad to see this isn't dead. This is like I've said in a few reviews before, one of the few stories where the story is more interesting then the fetish content. Keep goin man! I wanna see this conclusion :-D

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