This was brilliant, and I'm pleased and surprised to say that I don't feel the least bit squicked by any of it.
The "vomit-play" is what tripped me up the most upon reading your warnings, and I was totally going into this expecting much "worse" than what was actually here.
It wasn't an all out squickfest, not even close (for me, at least), and I'm incredibly impressed with the way you handled it. Nothing involving vomit will ever be a kink for me, but I did find the initial scenes with the plums to be surprisingly compelling and fascinating. I think I might even view them as necessary to fully exploring the extent of the D/s dynamic, so I commend you for being willing to take it on and for handling it so well.
The most squicky warning aside, I really, really loved that you switched between the D/s scene and a scene showcasing the way H/D interact (and in many ways, do not interact) outside of that. The distinct divide between the two realities is painfully bittersweet and, for me, equally intense as the rest of what you've written. To be honest, it's probably the one aspect of this fic that will stay with me the longest.
So in short: I loved this, period. And I seriously admire your balls for being willing to push the limits and risking squicking everyone.
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Date: 2011-02-07 02:17 am (UTC)The "vomit-play" is what tripped me up the most upon reading your warnings, and I was totally going into this expecting much "worse" than what was actually here.
It wasn't an all out squickfest, not even close (for me, at least), and I'm incredibly impressed with the way you handled it. Nothing involving vomit will ever be a kink for me, but I did find the initial scenes with the plums to be surprisingly compelling and fascinating. I think I might even view them as necessary to fully exploring the extent of the D/s dynamic, so I commend you for being willing to take it on and for handling it so well.
The most squicky warning aside, I really, really loved that you switched between the D/s scene and a scene showcasing the way H/D interact (and in many ways, do not interact) outside of that. The distinct divide between the two realities is painfully bittersweet and, for me, equally intense as the rest of what you've written. To be honest, it's probably the one aspect of this fic that will stay with me the longest.
So in short: I loved this, period. And I seriously admire your balls for being willing to push the limits and risking squicking everyone.