So these are my notes from your comment above, the invisible waiter/Weasley/slavery in general one. There's only a few :)
I think I would hold off on the 'abused-weasley-who-proved-to-his-owners-that-he-was-more-than-his-body' idea.
One thing that I think most slavery fics forget to consider is that if slavery is "normal" then it's not limited to sexual slavery, and not really everybody's kink. I think it's much more common to see slaves as free labour for your firm or domestic servants than expensive sex toys. People take advantage of slaves, yeah, but it's not the only thing they do. You don't have to prove that you are good enough to be used for things besides sex. I don't know. It doesn't sit well with me.
I feel like as a slave, James had a pretty standard life (of a slave), at least at first. Which wasn't always pretty, but closer to living in that tense, dangerous-but-not-quite grey area of occasional hands and less occasional comments that Matt experiences at the office.
Criminals get enslaved.
Ok, noted. That might feature in our story, considering.
I'm definitely up for reworking Matt's past and cause of enslavement!
And, yeah, petty crime is a step in the right direction, I like it. I'm not a big fan of punitive justice, which DD and the general superhero-slash-vigilante trope fetishize - just kick the mugger in the face, right? That's a great way of dealing with crime, especially muggers and shoplifters looking for spare change.
Children.
Yeah, what DOES happen to children of enslaved people?
SIDE NOTES (Weasley + slavery in general + Matt's backstory)
So these are my notes from your comment above, the invisible waiter/Weasley/slavery in general one. There's only a few :)
One thing that I think most slavery fics forget to consider is that if slavery is "normal" then it's not limited to sexual slavery, and not really everybody's kink. I think it's much more common to see slaves as free labour for your firm or domestic servants than expensive sex toys. People take advantage of slaves, yeah, but it's not the only thing they do. You don't have to prove that you are good enough to be used for things besides sex. I don't know. It doesn't sit well with me.
I feel like as a slave, James had a pretty standard life (of a slave), at least at first. Which wasn't always pretty, but closer to living in that tense, dangerous-but-not-quite grey area of occasional hands and less occasional comments that Matt experiences at the office.
Ok, noted. That might feature in our story, considering.
And, yeah, petty crime is a step in the right direction, I like it. I'm not a big fan of punitive justice, which DD and the general superhero-slash-vigilante trope fetishize - just kick the mugger in the face, right? That's a great way of dealing with crime, especially muggers and shoplifters looking for spare change.
Yeah, what DOES happen to children of enslaved people?