I need to say that Julia sometimes makes hope that something about this can work out and then the bad stuff she does overweigh so stupidly much that it's not funny anymore.

Getting rid of Ashley's books, something she knew was important to her and her happiness, that was messed up. It certainly wasn't about space. There's absolutely no justification but that she again wanted to destroy her personality by eliminating one of her interests that isn't her. But that's not how there's even a chance that they'll have something remotely resembling a relationship where Ashley can feel as a person that matters. If Ashley can't have any interests then we're again at her being an empty shell at Julia's mercy, which supposedly isn't the goal (despite all the practical evidence against this).

It's a bit infuriating how Julia claims to have Ashley's well-being in mind and intends to gift her everything, only to run right over her and not give a shit about her wishes (well one shit, given chapter 12). Ashley can tell as often as she wants that she doesn't want something, but Julia takes even the autonomy of her body away from her (which ties really badly back to reality when I see Trump supporters raise canvasses that read "Your Body, My Decision"). If she truly cared the slightest bit about her mental wellbeing she'd listen. Yet sadly Ashley always loses all personal agenda, hopes, dreams, and even her mind the moment she gets into any remotely sexual situation and goes into sex slave/pet/toy mode. Even those that by all accounts shouldn't be the slightest bit pleasant for her (I mean asscrack, seriously?). It's kinda sad that the only times when she speaks up isn't when she wants something, but only to be needy of her owner. That should even bother Julia, as her future wife lost all hopes and dreams of her own. Can't see much of the old Julia in that. That becomes especially apparent when she's by herself and simply stops being a person, but some dog that only has her owner on her mind.

Barbara is certainly messed up. Her reasoning is hard to follow that she hurts tinies because she loves them. She wasn't lashing out at Julia when she specifically targeted Ashley and HER hopes and dreams and intended to put an end to them, so her justification doesn't make sense. Yet I feel particularly sorry for Marina and hope something good will happen to her in the story. Yet I have no idea what Barbara was even intending to say. Marina is a bad tiny who deserves being tortured, because she's regularly getting abused and has to take it? What does Barbara think Marina is supposed to do in a world where tinies became disposable property (tying back to the news where tinies get killed in sex crimes; certainly without murder charges for the perpetrators)? She's in no position to ask for help, because everyone around her and all of society supports the one torturing her. Marina's mind was broken by all that happened and Barbara claims she's at fault? Is she seriously unable to catch the idea that confidence has to be built up and that people may have personality issues after constant torment? As I said, messed up, and the fact that Ashley basically agreed with her, by going along in the discussion is slightly infuriating.

In addition, the part with the leash showed again quite how little care everyone shows for her. Her frickin neck could have snapped! That it only lasted a second doesn't help there. Snapping a neck doesn't get that much better even if it only lasts a second. That's by the way how most hanged men died. The sudden pressure on the neck, not the strangulation. She could've died there. Not sure how the leash was even supposed to make her look like someone even remotely fit to be in a superior position to Barbara.

Damn, how much I'd wish for some karmic throwback to all those who're yet guilty of all this neglect to those they consider smaller and lesser. I like it far more if those experience the things they make others feel. The futas are all so high of themselves that they certainly don't deserve the happiness they can only gain by taking and destroying others without any care. Maybe a virus that only targets them. Maybe the tinies will develop something. Can't even see how that society makes for any intellectual jumps the way everyone is hormone controlled.

Nonetheless, good writing. Even if it's mostly rage, it triggers my emotions.