Okay, so the big moment is coming up.  Whila a bunch of us have been rooting for Oliver, destiny approaches.  Time to share a little truth from my perspective.

    Okay, we all know Oliver is gonna get shrunk.   We all know he’s gonna spend the rest of the story as “less.”  But if you are a fan of the character, keep in mind, no matter what his circumstance.  He didn’t lose.  
    First, in order to lose, you have to know you’re in conflict.  Any other circumstance is more like an assassination.  Do you say JFK “lost” to Oswald?  No.
    You know how you win a war?  The first step is declare fucking war!  If you take hostile action against someone with out them knowing you are hostile, you are an assassin, a murderer, something...you are not a winner and your victim is not a loser.
    Oliver has made mistakes.  That isn’t losing.
    Oh sure..the ‘Mega Cunts with their antisocial personality disorder laden brains will think “We won.”  But they lie to themselves better than they lie to men.  Ah, you say “he took the arm bands they came with a warning ‘belong to omega pi?’”  So the megs warned him and he still walked into their trap.
    Imagine a scenario.  I show you a picture of a house.  I say, “I will sell you a house just like this for $20,000.  Only one previous owner.”  The pic shows a brown and red house, with a nice porch.  On the back of the photo is written X square feet, X insulation...etc.  You say “Sure.” and give me the money.  I give you a copy of the photo.  “See,” I say, “just like this one.  Only one previous owner.”  You didn’t lose.  You were deceived. 
    I didn’t sell you a house, I sold you a photo: I lied.  The implied promise was I’d sell you a house with X sqft and X insulation.  It was the only term on the board.
     Now, keep in mind:the girls handing out the arm bands all “belong to omega pi.”  They aren’t being shrunk, humliated, tortured.  The aren’t having their lives destroyed.   The only terms on the board are their experiences of “belonging to Omega Pi” which are clearly benign.  What they are selling and what they are showing are two very different things.  In other words: they lie.
    Those of us who come from a rural area and have half a brain, might object that Duggernaut is treating Oliver like a “bumpkin”, but we all know the guy who is “smart, except when it comes to women.”  Oliver being that guy, does not make him a loser.  In fact, you could make an argument that Oliver is not that guy. 
    Oliver is a small town gentleman.  He as treated the ‘Megs as though they were honorable and worthy of trust and respect.  A mistake, but not his fault.  Do you suppose for one moment his so called mother ever said “Oliver, guard your self respect and dignity jealously?”  Ha!  Her supposed mothering was more like “playing house” when she wasn’t showing him off to her psycho friends.  He has no defense against that.  Especially when he’s being lied to and manipulated. 
    The base mistake he’s made is interacting with them like they were human.  These things are only shaped like beautiful women...inside...I’m not sure what they are....but it’s as ugly as it comes.   They may be human enough that they feel the need for justification....some “all men are guilty crap”....what has Oliver done compared to what they do?  Makes any justification they give themselves a great big, stinky lie.
    When Sersi grabs Oliver’s junk she’s telling him “I want you as a man.”  Could there be a bigger lie?  She grabs her own junk and tells herself she’s thinking of Oliver.  Un huh, what did she compare their victims to?  Oh yeah, a cigarette butt.  Can’t be both a cigarette butt and Oliver.   But, when you lie to others so easily...lying to  yourself is a breeze. 
    This, actually, illustrates one of the big lies the ‘Megs tell themselves; they are intimate with their victims.  It’s pretty  clear they are getting off on their victims pain and humiliation, the guys themselves are providing very little physical stimulation.   If it were otherwise, they wouldn’t need all those sex toys.  Look at Sersi’s fantasies about Oliver, all designed to humiliate him, not stimulate him.
    So, no matter how it goes, Oliver has not “lost.”  He’s been victimized, but that’s not the same thing.  For those of us who are rooting for Oliver, we know he’s not a loser and the ‘Mega’s lies and double entendres can’t make him one.   When some giant monster is pushing him around, he won’t be a loser then either.  Bullied, maybe, but not a loser. 

    I've described before how Duggernaut has created these fantastic good guys and bad guys for us.  And this is just to show that I'm still with Oliver all the way....Go Team Oliver!

Peace.

PixL8Ed

Is Oliver finally putting it all together?  The Omega's special knockout beverage, that the two previous lucky recipients of three pink wrist bands have strangely disappeared.  When it came to naming a contact that he trusted the most, it wasn't his mother Oliver went with, it was Stan.  It should be interesting to see how he declines or pretends to drink the roofie juice during tonight’s special event.  I'd love to see him fake being unconscious so he can see what is really going on with these girls and their tributes as they begin to prep his body for the reaping...

Look at that!  Way to go Oliver!  CYA!

Not that it'll help...poor guy.

suspense is killing me.

More please!

This Prima Eligendo sounds like a quasi-Amazonian version of a certain Norman custom from the Middle Ages. Wherein the lord of the land could deflower a newlywed peasant bride on her wedding night...before even consummating with her own husband!

Author's Response:

I based it off the right of Prima Noctae, exactly what you mentioned!

Hmmm intersting... so the life energy not only maintains the beauty of the Omega participants, it extends their lives as well.  So, for the old ones, their very lives depend on the reaping of the life energy...

Sersei got him good. Since she has spent so much time with Cam, she probably knows all of Cams jokes.

Vesper looking good as always. Her friends creeped me out too. Haha! "So delicious." Lol.

Things are looking good. I can't wait for the next chapter!

Author's Response:

True enough, Sersei knows her brother. Soon, Tom, soon...

Hoo-boy! Why is the phrase "Calm before the storm" suddenly ringing through my mind?

Author's Response:

Angry clouds gathering o the horizon, the air feel dense, charged as the storm crawls toward the shore...

I really, really like this kid, Deacon. I mean, I feel like this kid represents me. I see myself in him.

It all makes sense now. Oliver=Duggernaut (the guy running the show). Cam= Carycomic(the guy with jokes and references. Deacon=TomSpeedy(the guy sooo interested at girls and wants to be more buff).

Deacon wants to learn about these Omega Pi girls and I would too if that was me. Also, I always try and keep a conversation going, especially with strangers. Lastly, his vocabulary is average and I would put myself in the same boat as him.

Usually, I despise new characters, but I like this kid.

I can't wait for the next chapter!

Author's Response:

Hey Tom, yeah Deacon is a likable chap. The question is whether or not the Omegas have thier pretty eyes on him...

I was at a wedding over the weekend and there was one girl there who i couldn't stop starring at and i couldn't figure out why because she was hot but not the hottest one there then i realized... she was EXACTLY how i pictured Kandi in my head

Dear Pixl8ed: allow me to recommend the shrunken women stories of The-Minimizer @ Deviantart. He used to have his _own_ website. But, apparently, it went bankrupt for one reason or another.