Question Kitsune Discussion

A place for discussion of the final form WhatIF version Granted I think there's another one way down in the tunnels, but meh. Anyway, I think this is the right spot, if not someone can move it to where ever this is supposed to go.

I have just finished reading it. It was quite good.

The main aspect for me, the part that i enjoyed the most about this story was the relationship between Kitty/Conner and Her/His children. Conner was a good role model for them, and you took time to include scene showing us the way he tried to be the father figure that they needed to grow.

The age regression on top of the gender change is something that has to be wielded with caution because it can diminish certain aspect of the stories. Here, it served to outline even more the bonds in the family, by shuffling the role a little. So the characters remained the focus of the story. It was brilliantly done.

On the other hand, i am wondering how you will deal with her eventually going to whateley. The alchemy would not be the same.

Thanks.

Esar wrote: I have just finished reading it. It was quite good.

The main aspect for me, the part that i enjoyed the most about this story was the relationship between Kitty/Conner and Her/His children. Conner was a good role model for them, and you took time to include scene showing us the way he tried to be the father figure that they needed to grow.

The age regression on top of the gender change is something that has to be wielded with caution because it can diminish certain aspect of the stories. Here, it served to outline even more the bonds in the family, by shuffling the role a little. So the characters remained the focus of the story. So it was brilliantly done.

On the other hand, i am wondering how you will deal with her eventually going to whateley. The alchemy would not be the same.

Thanks.

Thank you very much for the compliments! I am glad you enjoyed it

The plan with Kitty/Catherine going to Whateley is two fold. First, she will still be interacting with her family throughout, as Anna is still at Whateley, and I plan to continue to have adventures during breaks and the like (like summer) with the older siblings and Overlord's influence and continuing plots. The reason for this is to intentionally continue to examine the question of "What makes a person a parent?" As a step parent, a foster parent, and a traditional parent I admit I am a little biased in my opinion of this, but I thought it'd be a good tool to write about and really look at. It's part of why I age regressed and gender swapped Conner in the first place. If we change everything that society thinks of traditionally of what makes someone a parent, what we are left with must be the truth of the matter.

The second part of the plan is by putting Catherine smack in the middle of the student body and a group of friends, is to watch her adult experience interact with teenage troubles and for her to literally start to "parent" the people that she ends up interacting with while also being a friend. There will be problems for her to work through herself, people for her to help, and being able to examine the various relationships that crop up between various characters.

By no means are Max, Claire, Will or Anna done in these stories So while additional things will be happening at Whateley, there will still always be the ties back to home and the core family that will take place in the writing of off campus.

Are there any significant differences between this and the originally published version?

joreymay wrote: Are there any significant differences between this and the originally published version?

The docks encounter with Ferrous on January 1st has been ... edited and expanded upon slightly due to well deserved and helpful constructive criticism. It aught to flow better and make more sense now. There is an additional all new section (The February 1st section) which has never been published before. Other than that most of the edits were more typos or minor phrasing changes. If you've read it before on the old boards or the non-published version, I'd just check out those two spots

Made a TVTropes Page ...

Wow... that's surprising and kind of flattering... I didn't think it was that good

FiddlerFox wrote: Wow... that's surprising and kind of flattering... I didn't think it was that good

Well, it's more, "You got Featured, a.k.a Official Published, or whatever" so you get a TVTropes page from me.

Heehee. Congratulation on getting published. :3 Lots more exposure, and the story is definitively good enough to be featured. ;3

Merf. I need to sit down, and read the next part. TwT;