Posted by Astronommy 4 years ago Report

Adam's idea of affections seems to run along the lines of inclusion into his family, probably because his family has been the most accommodating of his needs, while for Claire, a family-onto-herself kind of woman, it is based on ownership and personal control; however, both seem the be weary of the limitations of their respective comfort zones (the smothering isolation in one case and a need for acceptance and appreciation of who she is deep down, in the other).

A daring advance of Claire's towards a better integration between the two of them in this one, offering Adam a better glimpse into her private designs in return, followed by working out the difficult subject of their economic dynamic, securing the pipe dream of a pet volume printer, and hearing the first real rumbling roar from the composite leviathan of Adam's extended family, this chapter's got the heroine spinning tapestries out of the threads of her fate.

Enjoying the clashing/complementing music tastes thread in particular, looking forward to the first big argument on the subject, if there's one in store!

Adam's costume design appeared precious beyond words, and Claire's Oni/Hathor personal expression schematics have planted a very intriguing seed, considering her admission of trusting her outfits more to reveal her personality, rather than her body on its own.

Posted by 4ofSwords 4 years ago Report

> looking forward to the first big argument on the subject, if there's one in store!

**furtively jots down a quick note to self...**

Posted by Astronommy 4 years ago Report

And now if the story's delicate balance is upset due to that addition, the blame will be all be on me!

I get that it was a lovely joke, but in seriousness I assume the story past the readable point is set in stone, so I'm liberal with entertaining such hypotheticals without intending to influence anything.

Posted by 4ofSwords 4 years ago Report

Some of my daily editing has taken hours. I haven't been beyond rewriting things completely...

Posted by Astronommy 4 years ago Report

Oh, I see! It's back to pruning my comments for any possible butterfly-effectual suggestions, then!

For the record, the musical tastes thing would be better for once the two are past the point of admitting they're in for the long haul together (assuming they get there), as a sort of instance of friendly contention demonstrating their future routine as a family.

But it could be an excuse to explore some of their deeper differences earlier on, of course -- Adam being reticent to try out new bands, or not giving them a real chance of growing on him before declaring them not his thing, or the two arguing about the intent or imagery of lyrics in a particular song (a sort of an echo to Claire lecturing Jaime on the character fundamentals of Bats).

And to dig myself in deeper, there was a lovely little exchange o their first meeting in the book store, with Claire drawing from her D&D reference pool, with Adam responding by applying his knowledge of real life mythology, picked up during his movie career. With his basement lounge movie brushed away so quickly to give way to other festivities, I imagine that's not going to be utilized much, but it might come hand in hand with the music mentions as flavoring and filigree.

Such are the hazards of encouraging me, I'm afraid.

Posted by Sauvegarde 3 years ago Report

Something my sister told me some weeks ago: "furries are so dedicated to their art because it's not only a matter of expressing themselves, it's about being themselves."

Posted by 4ofSwords 3 years ago Report

That rings true!