LaPorte Caves

Torque wrote: How are the rewrites coming? Very excited to see what you've come up with!!

Woodclaw wrote: ...and I'm wondering if this missing bits are what seem to have wrote Circes in a corner.

twitch99 wrote: So it's time for our monthly check in on this great story. I was so exited when I got the email on comments. Hoping a new chapter had been posted, but alas that was not the case.

I'm not surprised that Circes is having a hard time writing this next chapter. The story is at such a pivotal point, as Pepper noted, it can go in many directions.

I trust Circes will continue to take us on a wonderful ride. Take your time, we will try to be patient.

ballen wrote: As I read the comments that suggest Julia has somehow become corrupted by power and is treating Howard as a slave, I cannot help but think there is short / selective memory being displayed here. Howard absolutely defines his relationship with Julia by both is perceived greater deductive abilities and physical abilities. And now that Julia is the more able person in this world he is having severe problems coping.

Let's go back to Chapter 8 when Julia was quickly able to decipher the written language of this new world - something Howard was unable to do. What was his reaction? There was no, "that's great Julia. that will be helpful for us to navigate this stange world until we are able to leave ..." He stormed out of the room like a child.

Immediately after, she tried to extend an olive branch by engaging in something that could bring them together; swimming. The passage reads that she looked for a way to bring his confidence back up. Unfortunately the gesture failed. Why? Because of his pride. There was no, "You performed amazingly honey - phenomenal". In fact he understated her performance by saying, "Your pace was good." A reader commented that Howard was trying to build her into a better person. If there was a sincere effort on his part to do that, there would be no need to restrain compliments to his girlfriend. Why hold back? Tell her she is amazing. A confident man would do that. Further, how did he react when she continued to improve her already incredible performance? He struck her! He resorted to physical abuse. There was no taunting, no bating or any provocation on her part except for once in their relationship, she was more able than he, and that he could not tolerate. Thank goodness she was invulnerable.

Howard's reactions clearly demonstrate that this relationship only works for him when he is more able, both mentally and physically. Sure he encouraged her in their former world, but is behavior in this world suggests his encouragement was more likely patronizing and probably would be absent should she "ascend" to his level.

I could go on by discussing their interaction at the rock, but I want to turn to the latest chapter. Where Julia comes into her own and starts behaving like the superior being Ruth is encouraging her to embrace. I will say here, Julia did not exercise any tact or diplomacy when it came to her sexual behavior. She didn't have to tack in that direction but she did so in order to get Howard to hit her with the crowbar. In the end however it was a miscalculation because instead of her getting Howard to recognize she didn't need his protection, she instead only got him to see rage. The metaphor was lost if you will. I would make this point however. Howard was the first to transgress in his act with Amanda. Julia made him promise not to do anything with her, yet he succumbed. And not only that, but he admitted to her how wonderful the experience was. Frankly, neither one of them could have helped themselves. Women in this world are as unable to resist their sexual needs as the men are to resist women's pheromones.

One last quick point on tying Howard to a tree. Again could have been handled better, but definitely for his own good. It's like telling your 10 year old daughter not to go out at night for her own safety, except the 10 year old daughter would know better. Howard would roll out refusing to admit he is less able to defend himself in this world, than a 10 year old girl would be in his old world.

I want Julia to experience being independent and confident and let's see if Howard really can love Julia if he is not able one in the relationship. If so, then I think their relationship will become a deeper one.

And by the way, I thought this was superwomenmania.com? Why would we ever want the nourishment to wear off or the women to LOSE their powers?

Monty wrote: I hope Circes Cup doesn't mind!

How I would envisage a Fully Nourished 19 year old Mindy...

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twitch99 wrote: Not sure of the protocol for posting pictures on this site. I dabble in DAZ3D and often create my interpretation of a favorite character from stories I really enjoy. Julia fits the bill.

Circes_cup, please let me know if this post is ok with you.

Here is Julia emerging from the ocean after the mermaid tail swim.

circes_cup wrote

This is great! She's got it all -- the brawn, the curves, the sweet face. And the setting is right on. Without her swimming fin, I wonder whether this is really her return from that swim vs. another of her bouts in the water. But that's a minor distinction. Great stuff -- thanks for sharing it!

Got any others?

twitch99 wrote:

circes_cup wrote

This is great! She's got it all -- the brawn, the curves, the sweet face. And the setting is right on. Without her swimming fin, I wonder whether this is really her return from that swim vs. another of her bouts in the water. But that's a minor distinction. Great stuff -- thanks for sharing it!

Got any others?

Here is a close up of Julia on the beach and I found a mermaid tail to make it more accurate:)

AuGoose wrote: Never attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity. Only Julia no longer gets to claim stupidity as a cause for her actions so we're pretty much left with pure malice. The notion that someone who whose whole self-image revolves around seeing themselves as down-trodden can go on to so completely fail to have empathy for another person stuck in the equivalent of her own former straits (much less someone she professes to love!) rolls right on past sociopathic and out into psychotic narcissism.