Bet On Black: Part 2
Added 2021-03-03 16:06:01 +0000 UTCHere we get into some of the real meat of this story. Mya living in Stepford, not knowing about the brainwashing, and only avoiding it due to forces outside of her awareness.
I also wanted to start setting up some genuine seeds of Mya and Gabriel caring about one another here. I always enjoy Stepfordization most when there's some actual emotional attachments between characters, and so showing that connection grow between the two leads here is something I've had a lot of fun writing.
I've also had a really fun time with this story overall. I'll be upfront and say that it's darker than Fitting In, but its also not one of my darkest stories either. I didn't specifically decide on a middle ground for the tone, but I did write this story based on my own preferences as a reader and consumer of kink stories. Lately I've found that the stories I write based on my own enjoyment tend to be the ones that my readers most enjoy as well, so I'm just sort of going off of that these days. Keeping a steady tone, but always the sort of tone and plot directions that I, as a reader, would want to see.
Hope you enjoy!
Comments
Thank you so much! Their relationship and how it develops is definitely the primary focus of the story, along with Mya’s competitive nature. Hope it continues to be enjoyable!
Smokey
2021-03-06 00:03:00 +0000 UTCI am really, really enjoying this story! Makes sense that it would be darker than “Fitting In” since “Fitting In” kinda feels like as light as a story of yours could be outside of the explicitly utopian Retro Futurism setting. Any lighter than “Fitting In” and it might not quite be a Stepfordization right? In any case, I love the sweet elements here, like the blossoming flirtation between Mya and Gabriel — I ship them! His decision to shield her from any explicit brainwashing is both a fun narrative device and an emotional engine. I’m sure he’s excited to watch her take on more and more of the Stepford lifestyle out of her own free will/competitive drive, and I am too!
vasily26
2021-03-04 06:57:24 +0000 UTC
