Reviewer: clacker Signed [Report This]
Date: February 21 2015 8:13 PM Title: Chapter 27: Matchmaker Tips

Awwwww

Author's Response:

Thanks for reading!

Reviewer: Olo Signed [Report This]
Date: February 21 2015 10:22 AM Title: Chapter 27: Matchmaker Tips

I have to say, Erica seems much more mature than your average high school junior (male or female).  Even with the added detail of her breakup with Sean, most kids can't process drama like that so swiftly.  The advice she's giving Peter sounds like it should be coming from someone who's had at least a year away at college.  I fully buy that Erica's concern for Peter's safety and even happiness is genuine, but as a teenager herself she would realistically limit her focus to not incurring her mother's wrath.

Perhaps unintentionally, Cary's comment highlights the fact that I don't think we've heard a single word about Peter's father.  Not to be excessively heteronormative, but where's Daddy?  If Suzanne is the (quite understandable) source of overprotectiveness in the family, who's the source of the adventurousness that Peter is experimenting with (and that Erica is advocating)?

My cavils aside, I still think this is one of my favorite stories, and I impatiently check the site every day for updates.  Watching teenagers let a five-inch-tall kid make them feel special while they in turn try to make him feel normal is, well, special.

Author's Response:

Fair considerations; I appreciate you putting the thought into the characters that you have. My answer on Erica is basically that she hasn't necessarily processed it completely; she just tends to bottle things up and think them over in solitude, allowing her to parse out bits of piecemeal wisdom for herself (or Peter, in this case). I know she may come off as mature, though I've known plenty of people at this age with this kind of perspective. While wary of her mother's wrath, she's been in this family long enough to know that if Peter doesn't step outside his mother's shadow sometimes, he'll never "grow." (heh)

Peter's father will eventually be brought up. The source of adventurousness really comes as a result of Peter needing a break from his mother's overprotectiveness - she shelters him so much, he has to proactively take initiative to see what's out there.

Again, thanks for your thoughts. Glad you're liking the story.

Reviewer: Carycomic Signed [Report This]
Date: February 21 2015 8:21 AM Title: Chapter 27: Matchmaker Tips

Peter's not entirely wrong. There's a reason why over-protectiveness is called "smothering" instead of "sfathering."

Author's Response:

Oh good gravy, that hurt more than I expected it to.