[Report This]Date: September 21 2015 6:23 PM Title: A Day at the Office
Another excellent chapter. Your 'day at work' is much better than what I'd started. You keep the interactions one-on-one, which allows us to focus on dialog and characters without being overwhelmed by the number of people at work. You show man as 'boss' in a tongue-in-cheek sense -- an ususual mixture of 'extremely valuable' and 'hopelessly dependent/inferior'. Even though it's a 'safe' environment, they don't even let him go to the bathroom unaided. Yet Ash takes it all in stride simply because he knows of no different existance. Women are likely jealous of Amy and her regularly being the first person Ash calls for aide. She, of course, is thrilled. Assuming 1 man marries 4 women on average (who knows the exact ratio), women only have a 1 in 25 chance of getting married so it's like winning the lottery. This type of society opens itself up to all kinds of other facets. The world would be a dream come true for a lesbian, even though most partners would prefer a man. I imagine the sex toy industry would also get a lot of business. With Ascended fluids having such an effect, I wonder if women would try to 'spike' the drink of a man. Now I'm just rambling but you got me thinking again. :)
Author's Response:
Thanks!
In my mind, nobody in this world would fit our definition of "lesbian". No ascended woman prefers female intimacy to healing, since it's like an orgasm x 10, plus the health and life benefits. That said, with so few men, and no taboo about F/F relationships, it's natural for women to fall in love, build strong relationships, and marry. With healing easy (if pricy) at healing centers, they can enjoy each other and healing too.
Addison is the current character closest to a lesbian. She's a very strong woman, attracted to strength only other ascended women can offer her. She also can hold off her urges towards men much better than most women. That said, she still needs and desires healing. It's just part of ascended physiology.
Date: September 20 2015 9:23 AM Title: A Day at the Office
Im a big fan of spookys stuff, this series included! As for your writting id say youve matched his style in many ways, I actually thought u were him, no joke. Then I saw the author and realized it was someone else! So far youve captured the characters personalities to the letter too! I can safely say ill be looking forward to updates from this, good luck.