Marci??? Boy, the number of owners this poor guy has... XD
I don't remember Matt being extremely broken in in SP, but that might just be because I read it YEARS ago. I just remember being seriously disappointed in Frank for getting into a relationship with him without batting an eye. And also rolling his eyes when people raise eyebrows at that, which just makes things So Much Worse.
We also might have a slightly different idea of what "extremely broken" looks like? For me that's, uh, intense. "Quivering mess" comes to mind. Reading DfS and L&F will do that to a person, I guess. Or "unable to have a thought" if we go with the fucking dog-child story. But I remember also reading one in which Matt is stoically subservient with no resistance at all, even in the privacy of his mind, and being shocked that Matt being at least a little unhappy with it doesn't feature in the story at all. The whole fic felt like not only Matt, but also the narrator was completely fine with it, because not only it starts that way, it also doesn't change. The arc doesn't interact with Matt's subservient mindset at all.
Kind of the opposite of DfS, in which it's pretty subtle but you can see Matt going from "slaves gry used" and "Mark was a good owner because he only used me when he felt like it" to "slaves are raped" and "let me tell you about my previous owner Mark if you want to write about how badly slaves are treated". You can see him grow as a person, slowly getting free of his conditioning.
And you can see the tragedy of others not being able to grow in small comments like "I was wondering why Matt is so different" that really hit because we only ever see Matt, and being confronted with that "difference" is sudden and shocking.
If I have a criticism of DfS (other than Foggy being perfect) it'd be that — I'm pretty sure the author will give us freed Matt and consider it a happy ending.
Without a second thought to everyone that's left behind. Matt is fine, Mary Jane is fine, what more do you want? All is well in the world now. I find the approach of only caring about the abuse of main characters seriously disturbing.
If Marci's the owner in AC then I definitely never read it. And probably not TG either. I just skimmed the summaries last night and tried to match them with my memory, which clearly went spectacularly. Oh well. Sorry xd
Re: S1 Slavery AU
Marci??? Boy, the number of owners this poor guy has... XD
I don't remember Matt being extremely broken in in SP, but that might just be because I read it YEARS ago. I just remember being seriously disappointed in Frank for getting into a relationship with him without batting an eye. And also rolling his eyes when people raise eyebrows at that, which just makes things So Much Worse.
We also might have a slightly different idea of what "extremely broken" looks like? For me that's, uh, intense. "Quivering mess" comes to mind. Reading DfS and L&F will do that to a person, I guess. Or "unable to have a thought" if we go with the fucking dog-child story. But I remember also reading one in which Matt is stoically subservient with no resistance at all, even in the privacy of his mind, and being shocked that Matt being at least a little unhappy with it doesn't feature in the story at all. The whole fic felt like not only Matt, but also the narrator was completely fine with it, because not only it starts that way, it also doesn't change. The arc doesn't interact with Matt's subservient mindset at all.
Kind of the opposite of DfS, in which it's pretty subtle but you can see Matt going from "slaves gry used" and "Mark was a good owner because he only used me when he felt like it" to "slaves are raped" and "let me tell you about my previous owner Mark if you want to write about how badly slaves are treated". You can see him grow as a person, slowly getting free of his conditioning.
And you can see the tragedy of others not being able to grow in small comments like "I was wondering why Matt is so different" that really hit because we only ever see Matt, and being confronted with that "difference" is sudden and shocking.
If I have a criticism of DfS (other than Foggy being perfect) it'd be that — I'm pretty sure the author will give us freed Matt and consider it a happy ending.
Without a second thought to everyone that's left behind. Matt is fine, Mary Jane is fine, what more do you want? All is well in the world now. I find the approach of only caring about the abuse of main characters seriously disturbing.
If Marci's the owner in AC then I definitely never read it. And probably not TG either. I just skimmed the summaries last night and tried to match them with my memory, which clearly went spectacularly. Oh well. Sorry xd