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This week's word is...
REWARD

How to play: Find the word in any WIP and comment with the sentence containing it. Just the one, ideally! The less context, the more hilarious & interesting it can be.

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- All fandoms, all ships, all writers welcome
- Give a head's up for disturbing/distressing content
- If you share a sentence, please read some left by other writers and drop at least one person a comment. (If you leave the first comment, thanks for starting us off, and please pop back around later!)

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From:

bens_writingjournal

Second time participating there! Fair warning: while the passage doesn't feature sex, it certainly is a lead-in to that.
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"I see your idea of sex is so… cold. Typical for an empress like Natla—" She yelps from the redhead suddenly lunging at her with a furious roar, though it doesn't stop Lara from gripping into her clone's arms and pinning them to the floor. "—Sorry. Didn't mean to say your—"

"It's… it's fine, Lara. I'm still not over her influence, so saying her name is like a reminder of that," Yulia explains amid her heavy breathing.

Nodding, Lara realizes where she's stopped at, and, leaning closer to her copy, says, "I'm more than glad to correct that, but I need your consent." She makes a careful two-finger grip on Yulia's chin, making her whine needily. "Your obedience will be rewarded. Do you want me to do that?"

From:

belovedstill

The mechanics of what the "influence" possibly looks like in this universe and what exactly it would take to reduce it completely is very interesting to consider - is it a ritual, a spell, a conversation? It's nice of Lara to apologise for her mistake and then ask for consent, it tells me she really cares about Yulia.

From:

bens_writingjournal

Well, in the case of "influence", she (Yulia) is actually referring to being bound to Natla's command of "Ohk eshivar" for so long (and having to contend with heavy emotional and physical abuse, might I add). I headcanon that, even after the Doppelganger's freed from this trigger phrase, her actions under her former mistress' control haunt her (that, and also being stuck in a four-year personal hell can fuck up with one's mental state), which is why she'd fly off the handle whenever the name "Natla" is said within her earshot. Reducing it completely, IMO, would be harder, since (undiscovered in 19th century) C-PTSD is a bitch to treat - it'd be more like a mix of art therapy and opening up about the lengths the empire she's once served using her as a punching bag.

It's nice of Lara to apologise for her mistake and then ask for consent, it tells me she really cares about Yulia

Yes, I do wanna expand on Lara's niceness beneath her violent, lone-wolf personality.

From:

anakiddwrites

Lara seems to be threading a complex situation here (from what i grasp from the other comments too). in any case it's visible that name is like a trigger for Yulia. Also: clone sex??? is it clone sex? :D

From:

bens_writingjournal

Also: clone sex??? is it clone sex? :D

Ack, sorry for the late reply, but yes, it's clone sex! I just want Doppelganger to be thoroughly spoiled by her template.

Edited Date: 2025-10-30 06:34 pm (UTC)