Chapter 11
Added 2016-08-07 12:21:22 +0000 UTCPhew! This update's coming a little later than I expected!
The editing took some extra time and I spent some of the week adding in some more scenes than originally planned, but, I think it's turned out pretty damn well!
I set the absolute final, can't miss it, has to be uploaded, deadline by yesterday... And pretty much haven't slept since! But, it's out now, so, I'm going to crash! Will start working on a commission tomorrow, aiming to get that mostly locked away this week.
Links:
http://archiveofourown.org/works/7165721/chapters/17549413
http://games.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600089618&chapter=11
Comments
Hi, Ahh, well done! Good catch there, and actually reminds me... I meant to state exactly that in the Authors note, completely forgot. So that's fixed up now. But yes, Olivia totally cribbed the design from Azura! How shameless! Really though, it's funny looking at the dress from a writer's point of view and realising just how revealing it is, the fact that someone like Azura wears something that shows off her panties as casual-wear is... Well, I guess when you look at the Mage clothes (Owain lets Ophelia walk around dressed like that?) maybe they were a little more lax in those days. Also! I'm more partial to Hoshido myself, but you can't deny that Azura's Nohr dress is much hotter! She looks amazing in black... I did wonder myself if I made Olivia a little too far too fast, but ultimately I've only got so much space to work with and I don't really want to dedicate three whole chapters to her development, so I tried to just really show how dependent she is, how hollow she's felt with everything that's happened since the war. She's spent all this time desperately clinging to something that could give her life meaning and Robin's finally given her a lifeline. She can help, she can be wanted. So she clings to it with all her might. I intended to have the groundwork there in the previous chapter, but that it would still be something that would take everyone by surprise (Just as it did Robin), so hopefully it worked! Haha, I've gott'a work through a quick commission first and then I'll get straight into the Nowi chapter. I'm looking forward to it myself, it'll be nice to start getting some Manakete's mixed in, especially when you consider Robin's uncovered "heritage". Anyhow, thanks for the kind words and the support! It means the world to me. -J
2016-08-08 12:36:40 +0000 UTCHi, Woah, whoops sorry. Sent that without meaning to. Anyhow, thanks for this comment, really glad to hear you enjoyed the emotional/character parts of the story. I was a little worried by the end of it that I might have put too much into those and that it'd be a bit slow- a lot of character stuff, not that much actual sex. What a strange lemon! But yes, I was hoping to take people a little by surprise with just how dependent Olivia wound up being. I set the path up a little in her previous chapter, showing how important it was to be needed, and here it's mostly just showing her denial and her breaking down from those desires, until, ultimately she's able to admit something as scary as that. The scene with Tharja and Robin actually came recommended some time ago from another reader, it's the kind of idea someone mentions that the instant you hear it you know you HAVE to write it. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out actually, just because it's nice to show Tharja's softer side a little. Anyhow, thanks again! Really appreciate the support and the kind words, it keeps me going. -J
2016-08-08 12:26:26 +0000 UTCHas Olivia started cosplaying as a certain songstress by chance? Tch, and she ultimately chose Nohr, bad choice... :p In all seriousness, excellent chapter. At first I thought Olivia had become too submissive but you write her dependency very believably. Now get some much needed rest and hurry up with the next chapter! I don't want to be as old as Nowi by the time I get to read her chapter :3
Bunit117
2016-08-08 00:37:05 +0000 UTC