Date: April 04 2014 8:07 AM Title: Jenna - Part 3
Yay inspiration! I am always good for more chapters to this. You weren't really planning on leaving this story here were you?
Anyway, this is the first chapter we managed to see actual human emotions from jenna, despite what her defenders say. Still I don't think i understand her character concept. So she's supposed to be a self loathing sadist? Like she would have gotten off on torturing Ashely, shes aware of this and hates herself for it? Well its good to know she does have a consciense but it doesn't make her my favorite character. (still not sure who that is though).
Anyway, I wanted to comment on something you said in an earlier post. You mentioned that people were getting too worked up about what happened to Ashley in this story when it really amounts to a minor hazing and being mean for 30 minutes. While i admit this wasn't as torturous as I had expected and 2/3s of it was just talking, Isnt this basically what Claire did to the girls in Consequences? So which is it, a minor hazing or a punishment fit for felons, it can't be both.
Finally, i take back what i said about Ashley hating the girls for this, since it was her fault and she probably needed something like this to make her realize it (I like the way her character concept is sweet but dumb). Still I doubt she can ever be totally at ease around Omegas again. with awareness of her own power she's become aware of theirs too, no matter how much they love her its going to be ackward.
Hey Are we going to see that Beta boy in the epilogue? maybe get a glimpse of what Ashleys going to do to apologize?
Author's Response:
I wasn't, no. I'm folding a little bit into the eqilogue, actually.
That's a decent enough assessment. She has sadomasochistic tendencies (and I'm surprised people don't clue in to the "masochistic" part of that word given some of her thoughts and reactions in her chapter in Consequences), and while she's aware of them and comfortable with those tendencies when it comes to her job, her interactions with people outside of her work do generate a level of self-disgust.
I don't know, I view what Claire did to the girls as a few levels above what was done to Ashley. She basically beat the shit out of Naomi with her tongue while giving the impression she was going to eat her, actually DID eat Marion (after coming very close to breaking her with a squeeze), and went on a pretty hard jog with Stephanie tucked underneath her toes. She may not have killed or seriously injured them, but she didn't shy away from actual pain.
I'm undecided on if I'm actually going to include the Beta in the eqpilogue. It's a cointoss between him and an Alpha friend of his that is huuuuuuugely fucking angry about what Ashley did to his best friend. Ultimately, I'll see what I like more.
Date: April 04 2014 7:38 AM Title: Jenna - Part 3
You mentioned you were curious as to my idea of what is coming. Well there are two threads that need to be closed. First, the 'final lesson' alluded too earlier in the story:
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"I guess because you're an Omega, and I'm not," she answered flatly. Claire's smile vanished, her eyes softening for a moment before narrowing.
"Ashley," Melody stated softly "that's not-"
"Don't bother, Melody," Jenna interjected sternly.
"If that's what she wants to think, let her. It's just one more lesson to teach before the day is done."
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I mean, we have to have something that speaks toward it. And, secondly, this thread:
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Once this was over, and assuming that Melody was even willing to return to their former pretenses of equality, that feeling would still linger, stronger than ever. That feeling of absolute inferiority in the face of her truly god-like sibling, one she could never hope to compare to.
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Surely the three girls realize how their relationship as friends with Ashley has changed. Claire mentioned in the last chapter to remember they still loved her. But surely they understand the inferiority complex such treatment could impart. I have no idea how they'll address that, they certainly won't be able to 'cure' it. Howerver perhaps the girls will think of a way to make Ashley feel a bit more like an equal in SOME respects. I hope so at least.
Date: April 04 2014 7:36 AM Title: Jenna - Part 3
I just wanted to say how much I have been enjoying reading your stories. I really appreciate the way you have created a society with multi sized interaction without relagating part of it to some subhuman caste where it is all right to do anything you want to the small people.
The writting itself well done, from my perspective it flows really well. I find your character interactions to be believable, and if your Omegas tend to come off as really good people, perhaps a little too nice for people with that much power over others, you do provide reasonable grounds for that in your story. The description of the interactions are handled really well, and even though it has never really ventured into some of my prefered areas (I am a butt man), I have keep finding myself caught up in them.
Thank you so much for sharing.
Author's Response:
Thank you very much for the kind words.
I'll say that there may be some posterior action somewhere eventually, though I wouldn't expect anything of the anal insertion variety. Not my thing.
Date: April 04 2014 7:20 AM Title: Jenna - Part 3
This chapter was great. No real big review. Jenna’s character, for better or worse, has been gone over with a fine tooth comb. Jenna and Ashely are friends, Jenna is aware of her sadomasochistic tendencies, and obviously wouldn’t want to have that coming out toward a person she cares about.
Author's Response:
I'm insulted. Anything less than a six page dissertation is unacceptable!
Date: April 04 2014 6:59 AM Title: Jenna - Part 3
@Xkcd0088
I don't think we can assume that Jenna divides people into two groups naively as you suggest. The fact that this universe has different offence classifications (Class A, B, C, etc.) implies more than two 'groups'. It seems you are not a fan of such things as capital punishment here in the US. While I am not by any means saying that the Omega system of 'justice' is ideal, I'm curious as to what the ideal justice system would be in your opinion. If you wrote a story about it, I'd read it. You've mentioned on the lines of 'just read the mind of the criminal' and rehabilitate, etc. Clearly any justice system devised and run by humans will be flawed as we are flawed individuals, but I'd like to see what you consider closer to perfect.
As for this chapter, I don't care that Jenna seemed a little bit out of character. In fact I don't think she was out of character. She's known Ashley for all of her life and they are friends. Jenna is not evil incarnate. She has a heart and that showed in this chapter and the previous one. It is entirely possible for someone to enjoy torturing those who 'deserve' it (note, I personally do not like that quality in her), and still show love to a friend -- Jenna even sees the side of herself that she despises, she knows that it exists.
Ultimately, as a fan of gentle gts, this would probably have to be my favorite chapter too. Although I think the next chapter, the epilogue, will surpass that since I have an idea of what is coming (and am greatly looking forward to reading it).
Author's Response:
Said it before, and I'll probably have to say it again: System's not meant to come off as idealic (though I'd personally take it over the millenia of "A Beta? Kill it, keep it, whatever, no one gives a shit" attitudes that saw an entire sentient race treated like disposable toys), and there's a very war-like mindset to the whole thing. Shit needs an overhaul. It might get it, it might not. We'll see, eventually.
I am curious as to what your idea of what's coming is, with the caveat that I won't confirm either way.
Date: April 04 2014 5:22 AM Title: Jenna - Part 3
I thought this chapter was the best written in this story so far, which I might add is not intended as a slight on any of the previous chapters. And it was good to get another perspective of Jenna. If I did have a complaint it would be that some of Jenna's previous actions (tone of voice when declaring it her turn, look in her eyes etc) come across as involuntary actions that contradict her words in this chapter. I'm guessing those actions were meant to be deliberate acts of subterfuge on Jenna's part but in my opinion they didn't come across as that, which is why many of us did not consider Jenna capable of this.
I should have mentioned this in my previous review but I do understand that from a story perspective the 'punishments' are necessary. I also think I understand why it is Jenna who is taking this role. As far as I can tell she is the only one that they couldn't trust to carry out any sort of physical punishment because of the risk that she'd lose herself in the thrill of it. This doesn't explain why they couldn't have just had Claire carry out the punishment (or why its needed at all) but again, story considerations.
Author's Response:
The way I was generally hoping Jenna's mannerisms would come across in the end is as a mix of both Jenna somewhat playing up perception of her as well as Ashley seeing what she "wants" or "expects" to see in her.
That's a fair assessment on why this part came down to Jenna. I'll also say it's because she can express a certain harsh detachment with an attitude Ashley likely would have been faced with from whoever her Warden could have been had she not been a minor. And yeah, if you want to get behind the curtain about it, a lot of stuff here is "story considerations." The girls each have a turn because I want to explore them a bit and explore a slightly different thing with them. With Melody and Claire, it's reluctant and casual domination, both of the body and the mind ("impressing" desires onto a more helpless person in particular is something I wanted to go over). With Jenna, I really wanted to do that "lines" thing in regards to the safety of a smaller being as well as explore a girl with sadistic tendencies who tries to draw a line on what she views to be "acceptable" satiation of those tendencies with a fear of going over that line. The story itself exists because I want to explore a little bit of what I imagine mixed-size relationships would be like between friends/relatives/etc, and the neurosis that would likely be held by the smaller person in those relationships.
Date: April 04 2014 4:49 AM Title: Jenna - Part 3
I don't know if she can love them the way they say still love her, it will be tough. At least I hate Jenna less now. Things will never be the same , no matter what they do or say after this.
Date: April 04 2014 4:33 AM Title: Jenna - Part 3
Okay this wasn't bad. It makes sense that Jenna wouldn't outright torture one of her closest friends younger sister and the fact that you made it for a believable reason is all the better. It's almost like people aren't just black and white and are OFTEN found laying somewhere in the middle.
Side note: Reading these comments and finding arguably your three most powerful characters (at least in this story be referred to as "stooges" was personally hilarious. No offense intended to either party although it would be funny to see someone even try to call an omega that.
Author's Response:
I'm still kinda eh on how many people honestly thought Jenna was seconds away from snapping Ashley's limbs at any given moment. There were honestly some assumptions about that really bothered me. Jenna's not a perfect person, but she isn't some monster that sits back waiting for an excuse to hurt anyone and everyone. She does have a moral code, and while I'm not going to get into how progressive that code is, it does guide her actions, for better or for worse.
Date: April 04 2014 4:19 AM Title: Cold
And which one of those three stooges decided that Jenna would be the one to 'gently' impart life lessons while Melody is the one to abuse her sister and burn those associated bridges? Did it never come up in conversation that it might be best to cast the already-feared Jenna in the role of the scapegoat? Why on Earth would they go out of their easy to crucify a familial relationship? Did these children somehow think that destroying it would help drive their message home, a la "if you in any way break our rules we will break your life"? If so this speaks of a pretty vicious undertone of malice...you'd almost think that Omegas were selected on the basis of how cruel they could be when they believed themselves 'justified'.
This is what comes of a control structure where average people are afforded absolute power: eventually an average person gets their hands on the controls, at which point innocent people will inevitably be casualties.
Date: April 04 2014 4:07 AM Title: Jenna - Part 3
Took me a moment to realize what Jenna was doing but when I realized it it was brilliant. Playing off of her reputation to infuse Ashley with that crippling sense of dread and anxiety of what 'might' happen. The same feeling that the Beta Ashley hurt no doubt felt as well. Hell, she was so effective it worked on just about all the commenters too!
Jenna really elevated herself in my eyes in this chapter and I can't wait to read the epilogue.
Author's Response:
Jenna Reynolds: Theatre Genius.
This one was honestly a treat to write. It was...pleasant, to portray a softer, more affectionate Jenna.
Date: April 04 2014 3:56 AM Title: Cold
Notice how Jenna's naive demarcation of people (specifically, weaker people she has power over) into groups either deserving of her psychotic tendencies ("criminals", "monsters", "evil") or not (those arbitrarily classified as "good") perfectly justifies any sort of torture she decides to engage in....because of course, no *true* Scotsman would ever behave badly enough to warrant her attention.
How unsurprising that the same underevolved thought processes that Alphas use to victimize Betas ("my victim isn't actually a person") are the ones employed by the terribly flawed 'peacekeepers' in this broken little world. I guess all that can really be said here is that it's good that these kinds of infantile arguments are so vapid, else they might become commonly accepted.
OH WAIT LOL
Date: March 30 2014 7:45 AM Title: Jenna - Part 2
Loved this chapter.
However you said:
[Jenna] also made it clear that they're putting every effort they can into not even harming her.
I don’t believe that is true. Jenna said these words:
'Our lesson is one in hurt, and not the emotional kind. Not the mental kind. The physical kind.'
So yes, Jenna mentioned they carefully avoided harming her thus far. But those words that I quoted were psychologically comparable to holding a partially loaded revolver to someone’s head or seating someone in an electric chair with hand on dial.
Jenna foreshadowed pain. Ashley anticipated pain — anticipation is often worse than the pain itself.
Now, that being said, this chapter was brilliant in its execution. You had the reader believing what Ashley anticipated. Gentle giantess lovers like myself rejoiced when no true physical pain actually occurred. Plus we got insight into Jenna’s mind -- she clearly isn’t as sadistic as she COULD be (thankfully).
As for the topic of equality, Ashley already mentioned Melody was 10 and she was a 9, so she’s not completely 'deluded'.
Furthermore, what happens when a pop star becomes famous, do her friends feel less equal? Or a man becomes Mr. Olympia, do his friends feel less equal because he can snap them in half? No relationship is truly equal. Sure the disparity in ‘power’ here is far greater than my examples, but still.
Dunno, I’m just spewing thoughts for the heck of it. Your chapters are inspiring, that’s for sure. Ultimately I’m proud of Jenna — way to go girl! She’s not out of the doghouse yet (from a gentle giantess reader perspective), but she’s definitely not Trell. Woot!
Author's Response:
That's true enough, I suppose, but I feel that at the point where Jenna starts talking about death Ashley has realized that she's talking about what she could have done to that Beta instead of what was going to be done to her.
I'm glad Ashley's anticipation had that effect. That was something I was worried about coming through, but it seems to have done so.
You've a point on equality, but as stated, the power disparity here is on a whole other scale. What it ultimately comes down to, I think, is how much you believe that the person with the power cares about you.
Thanks for the read and review though, I do enjoy the comments and thoughts.
Date: March 30 2014 1:34 AM Title: Cold
I think that if I lived in this universe and was an Alpha, I'd stay the fuck away from Betas. I've had people piss me off before to where I could snap and smack them or something; what if that was a Beta? Yeah, no thank you. I think I'd steer clear of them as much as I could!
Author's Response:
I will not deny that this would probably be a good idea.
Date: March 30 2014 1:28 AM Title: Jenna - Part 2
I find it amusing Jenna gets such a negative reaction. Actually how Ashely feels about Jenna in this chapter mirrors how a lot of the reader base feels. They assume what she could do instead of waiting to see what she will do. So far the only thing Jenna has done is squeeze Naomi a few times and by that point Claire had already done worse to Stephanie. If Jenna had talked with Marion instead I wonder if the reaction would be the same.
Author's Response:
I think there's a lot of assumption that Jenna was building to something greater with those squeezes, despite the fact that Jenna had already told Naomi that she wanted something from her in the future which kinda neccessitates Naomi being, you know, alive and able. I think it really does come down to, as I said before, Jenna's interactions being with the more sympathetic girls as opposed to the likes of Marion. She essentially becomes an antagonist to their progress, because she's far more demanding than Claire and isn't particularly interested in their baggage (at least with Naomi, a girl who very nearly did kill someone she is expressly close to through actual malicious action). Naomi (and Ashley) are sorta dumb but likable through their remorse and that translates to sympathy and anger when they're antagonized.
Date: March 30 2014 12:53 AM Title: Jenna - Part 2
I don’t hate Jenna or anything but it’s kind of hard to sympathise with a character who enjoys inflicting pain on others, whether it’s an unavoidable facet of her nature or not. Yeah she tries to impart lessons while she does so but neither of the lessons we’ve seen really needed physical pain to make them sink in, especially since in both cases she was dealing with a character for whom the ramifications of their actions were already beginning to sink in. She could have just as easily demonstrated this particular lesson with a pencil. Physical abuse seems to be the only way that Jenna can think of to teach things which doesn’t say a lot for her character.
It doesn’t help that the redeeming qualities of Jenna’s character seem to relate primarily to her being an Omega, such as Omegas' inherent protectiveness and kindness towards Betas and the extensive education Omegas apparently get on handling Betas/Alphas and teaching equality. Would she have these same qualities if she were raised as an Alpha like her victims are?
Also what sets this apart from a hazing is that Ashley knows, as Jenna is happy to point out, that they could easily kill her. This introduces a significant element of psychological and emotional trauma on top of the physical abuse. Also the fact that you don’t usually get hazed by family or childhood friends.
The above side this is still very well written and Jenna's not mean enough to specifically dislike, she's just hard to sympathise with.
Author's Response:
As crass as it sounds, I wouldn't have much of a story if they all just sat down and talked, now would I? And I personally feel that Jenna was being immensely self-restrained through this whole thing - literally all she's done is pinched Ashley between her fingers and made her slightly uncomfortable. Everything else has been verbal and psychological.
That's a fair enough question on her upbringing, I suppose, but I don't care for hypotheticals. Would Melody still care for Betas so much if she were born and raised as a normal, everyday Alpha? Would Claire? Hypotheticals can be used to push something just about anywhere, in my eyes at least.
And I dunno, maybe. That's just the outlook and experience I'm taking and applying to this. I also wouldn't call Jenna as "happily" pointing it out, nor ignore the fact that she also made it clear that they're putting every effort they can into not even harming her.
In any case, I appreciate your thoughts and enjoyed reading them.
Author's Response:
As crass as it sounds, I wouldn't have much of a story if they all just sat down and talked, now would I? And I personally feel that Jenna was being immensely self-restrained through this whole thing - literally all she's done is pinched Ashley between her fingers and made her slightly uncomfortable. Everything else has been verbal and psychological.
That's a fair enough question on her upbringing, I suppose, but I don't care for hypotheticals. Would Melody still care for Betas so much if she were born and raised as a normal, everyday Alpha? Would Claire? Hypotheticals can be used to push something just about anywhere, in my eyes at least.
And I dunno, maybe. That's just the outlook and experience I'm taking and applying to this. I also wouldn't call Jenna as "happily" pointing it out, nor ignore the fact that she also made it clear that they're putting every effort they can into not even harming her.
In any case, I appreciate your thoughts and enjoyed reading them.
Date: March 29 2014 11:36 PM Title: Cold
Hmm, this certainly was not what I expected from Jenna. Everything we've learned up to this point about her personality speaks of a much...crueler individual to me then this. In fact, she managed to raise my opinion of her just a bit since she is showing Ashley just how little effort is needed to hurt a Beta.
I would like to know what happened to their relationship, and I want to see how it changed. Because even though they are being easy on Ashley, they still shattered her original belief that she's their equal. And I would be very surprised if that belief ever returns. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if it had the same repercussions as the ones Ashley thought of when she was thinking about that Beta boy, and how she effected his life.
Author's Response:
I wouldn't be surprised if it never returned, no. If it doesn't, it's a question of how they deal with it afterward as to where it leads.
Date: March 29 2014 11:00 PM Title: Jenna - Part 2
I've hesitated to comment on your stories because quite frankly anything I would have to say has been covered better by other people, but I can say this for good or bad you have people thinking.
Anyway I guess I'll try to say something constructive. I like how you adress the thought process of your characters it makes you really feel bad for Ashley and really hate Jenna not because Jenna's inherently bad ( even though she's s little harsh..or alot harsh) but because Ashley is so frightened of her. At least that's how I see it.
As far as reprocussions I see this as being an act that shames all parties invovled and looms over every interaction these four have in the future. Say whatever you want but they ALL need to regret this day.
Author's Response:
As much as I tend to defend Jenna, I'm glad that Ashley's fear had that effect despite Jenna's actions themselves being so benign.
Insofar as repercussions go...well, I'm increasingly getting the feeling that some people will be dissatisfied with where I go with them.
Date: March 29 2014 10:46 PM Title: Jenna - Part 2
Interesting chapter. I have to admit its not what I had expected.
Jenna makes some good points as usual, but this is a Jenna neutral
chapter for me. It didn't lower my opinion of her but it didn't raise
it either.
Anyway, I really do want to see what this does to their
relationship. If you want to put it in another story instead of an
epilogue, that fine but I definitely want to know what happens. In
the end the illusion was broken for Ashley and that demands a change
in their relationship, likely not for the good.
But I want to ask you about this illusion. Ashley acts like
shattering the illusion of equality for this boy was a major part of
what she did wrong, but I feel like its the least of it. The fact is
it was an illusion: Not Real. If he really didn't realize the power
his alpha friends had over him by now... well maybe he deserved the
shock. And if this shock was enough to dissolve his friendships,
maybe they weren’t really friends to begin with. You can't have a
friendship based on a lie, the real test is if he can be friends with
them knowing the power they have over him but trusting them not to
abuse it.
And if his friendships could dissolve that easily, it seems it
show the world the omegas are trying to build is impossible. I know
they want betas to be safe and confident, but pretending betas and
alphas are equals is dangerous especially in a mixed society. This
situation with Ashley shows that it doesn't take a bigot to be a
danger to betas. Ashely's real crime was buying into that illusion in
the first place.
I don't see why they are trying to make the sizes live together
(aside from making an interesting GTS story) in the first place. The
power divide is just too great. If this was real life I would
advocate segregation.
P.S I feel kind of bad about writing elaborate serious arguments
for each of your chapters, but your stories just bring out the
armature philosopher in me :)
Author's Response:
I won't neccessarily disagree on some of these things. I think you have a more negative approach to this than I do, though, and I feel the illusion is very important in laying a foundation for a world where it's no simple illusion, where no one really does have to worry about being abused by a larger being because it's become so ingrained in everyone's heads that they do need to respect and adhere to the wishes of people smaller than them. That's certainly the world the Omegas want, and they obviously feel that Betas should be able to live and go wherever they damn well please.
Date: March 29 2014 10:33 PM Title: Jenna - Part 2
There needs to be a cost.
And I don't mean Ashley. Ashley was wrong, she's suffered and learned an important lesson. I think she'll be a better person from here on out.
But the more I think about, the harder it is for me to believe that Ashley would be so carless in the first place given her background. In her shoe? Who realistically thinks that's a good idea?
The Omegas haven't done a good job raising her. The difference between her and them isn't just super senses, it's training. These lessons should have been drilled into her at a young age, when it was easy to shape her properly. She should not have even been allowed into a mix-sizes zone, as an immature teen no less, without extensive training and a solid understanding of the physical gap between her and a beta.
Instead they sheltered her from the horrors of beta abuse. (If the Omegas can take learning it at a young age, there's no excuse in protecting Ashley from the truth.) They've causally carried out punishments in her presence, giving her the illusion that she was above that treatment. And they filled her head with stupid ideas of what she could do with a smaller person. The consent issue is irrelevant at this point. Even if she had asked first, she hasn't got a clue as to the physical limitations of a beta.
So this whole episode has been the Omegas fixing a mess, a failure of their system, the hard way. One they could have easily prevented rather than go "whoops, we better correct that behavior," all high and mighty like. No "well you learned your lesson, go say you're sorry to him, and then we can go back to being best sister/friends." It can't be that easy on them. That's what I mean by there needing to be cost.
I don't know what you have planned later, but I need to know what the cost is in this story. There needs to be an idea of the ramifications. Leaving it vague with a promise of picking it up in another story just won't do. (You can address the costs in other stories after we know what they might be.)
Author's Response:
If it hasn't become clear yet: Ashley, like Naomi, is kind of dumb and not very smart. They're sweet, pretty, compassionate girls, but thinking is not their strong suit. They both got carried away by their seperate desires and ended up suffering for it.
I think you're making a poor assumption on Ashley's handling skills. It's likely that her handling - when using her actual hands - is perfectly fine. But that does not translate to her feet and toes, especially when walking. It is likely that she was overconfident and complacent in her skill. She had no way of knowing things were becoming a bit much for the guy, and assumed she was careful enough. There were no safety mechanisms in place between the two of them, which I feel goes along with the matter of consent.
Ashley is not a stranger to Beta abuse. If there was any failing, though, it was impressing only the concept of malicious abuse upon her. And yeah, they certainly should have stressed the more passive abuse that Claire covered much earlier for her. But either they didn't focus on it enough or it didn't click with her. Even Claire almost made the same mistake she did, though, despite the difference in context, and Claire has certainly gotten a lot more talking to on the general subject than Ashley has.
And I'm sorry, but they didn't fill her head with shit. That was Claire's private business being aired out by her frequent partner, without her consent to share it.
And dead honest, I think you're heavily overblowing what the girls are doing to Ashley. It may just come down to differences in experiences, but I frankly see this as no more than the mild hazing I've experienced and what close friends of mine have experienced on their sports teams/fraternities/sororities. I'll tell you straight up that if you think this needs to end with these relationships being utterly shattered, you're probably not gonna like the ending. Because the harshest thing they've done in my eyes is just be brutally honest with her about what she did. At the end of the day, it's ~half an hour of being treated kind of roughly and heavily scolded. There's going to be fallout over Ashley understanding the realities of her relationship with three girls that completely dwarf her, but 16 years of loving, sororal relationships aren't going to break apart and die because of a half hour of them being Kinda Mean, especially when the three bigger girls are going to keep being there for her (and that's before her mother becomes involved). They aren't just going to say "We're done here" and throw her body on the floor before walking off for tea and cakes.
I'm going to leave a good idea of Ashley's thoughts moving forward, but the stuff with the Beta boy is certainly going to be revealed elsewhere.
I also apologize if any of the above comes off as kinda dickish. That's ultimately how I talk and it kinda sucks.
Date: March 29 2014 9:53 PM Title: Jenna - Part 2
Jenna so far is living up to my defense of her. She hasn't gone overboard physically and honestly her words are having far more effect.
Honestly it makes sense in that Omegas are given strict classes before they can officially even touch a beta, naturally they would have a sense of how to handle an Alpha as well. But how many Alphas, even well intentioned ones, know how to handle a Beta?
Jenna painted a very interesting picture and one that casts a lasting method. If it goes no further than this, or at least not much further than this it cements Jenna as one of my favorites.
Author's Response:
The way I generally consider it is that handling a Beta itself isn't too hard - treat one like you would an egg, basically. The real issue comes when you want to do more than just hold one in your hand and get really involved with one - hence 'Work' where the Alpha parents sign up for training so they can handle their infant Beta.
That was a little picture I've wanted to do for a while, and I'm glad it piqued your interest. Also glad you're enjoying Jenna.