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tpm_flashbackTitle: Forgotten / Forgotten: Roles Reversed
Authors: Trudy West
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Qui-Gon/Obi-Wan
Warnings: Multiple references to past rape in both stories.
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truwest
Link to story: http://www.masterapprentice.org/archive/f/forgotten.html
http://www.masterapprentice.org/archive/f/forgotten_roles.html
Reasons for recommending: I'm a sucker for mindwiped stories, prostitution stories, and sex slave stories, and these are all three. What a bargain! I also have a definite fondness for stories told in first-person POV that are done well (holding to the characterizations I expect, giving us narrators that have definite flaws without resorting to the characters agonizing over those flaws), and I love the way Trudy gives us the very limited perspective of mindwiped slaves who are trying to survive/escape/figure out their pasts. It probably also goes without saying that the sex is scorching. ;)
Quote from story:
From Forgotten:
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From Roles Reversed:
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More: The author's comments for Roles Reversed are as follows: This is a companion piece. Some very kind people emailed me and said they liked the first Forgotten story, and asked for a sequel, so the inspiration for this next story belongs to them. The original plot bunny may have expired for good, but this sibling popped up full-blown like Athena from the brow of Zeus. I started wondering how the same basic plot would have played out with Obi-wan and Qui-gon in reversed roles: how Obi's experience as a slave would logically be different from Qui's, how that would influence his mindset, etc. This is the result. If you're read Forgotten, you know what to expect: familiar plot elements scrambled in a slightly new way. If you haven't, this can be read stand-alone. This one was cranked out a little faster, so there may be more boo-boos, for which I take full responsibility.
This is what really sells me about these two pieces. On their own, they're both damned good, but together, you get a lot of sense of the similarities and differences between the characters, what their experiences would have been like, how Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan deal with adversity, how manipulative they are, how much they stay in control no matter what happens to them. Playing with mindwiped characters is a fun way to distill characters down to what the author thinks the barest, most basic traits of their personalities are, and I really, really like the characterizations Trudy's devised for both characters in both these stories.
Authors: Trudy West
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Qui-Gon/Obi-Wan
Warnings: Multiple references to past rape in both stories.
Author's e-mail, web site and/or LJ id:
truwestLink to story: http://www.masterapprentice.org/archive/f/forgotten.html
http://www.masterapprentice.org/archive/f/forgotten_roles.html
Reasons for recommending: I'm a sucker for mindwiped stories, prostitution stories, and sex slave stories, and these are all three. What a bargain! I also have a definite fondness for stories told in first-person POV that are done well (holding to the characterizations I expect, giving us narrators that have definite flaws without resorting to the characters agonizing over those flaws), and I love the way Trudy gives us the very limited perspective of mindwiped slaves who are trying to survive/escape/figure out their pasts. It probably also goes without saying that the sex is scorching. ;)
Quote from story:
From Forgotten:
Next to the guard stood a young man with an intent expression. Human, medium build and height, nondescript clothing. Hair a light color, straight to his shoulders, framing a face that many would consider handsome. The intelligence in his eyes was unnerving. Intelligence in owners is not always a desirable trait.
"Step forward into the light, please," the young man said.
How polite. Pretentious young ass.
I thought of the collar and moved forward one stride, two.
The young man looked me up and down. His face was blank, but I sensed a hunger behind it. "Yes," he said. "Yes, this one may do. What can you tell me about him?"
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From Roles Reversed:
The tall man hadn't turned away, so he hadn't heard anything from Grieg that put him off me too much yet. Grieg wound up for the clincher. "In short, he's a unique property. He's strong, healthy, smart, fighting trained. If you want him for breeding, he's intact, fertile and of course beautiful. He's bedtrained enough to be used, but still tight and fresh. I checked that myself. You can try him out if you like, free of charge. High-strung and a handful, but the best thoroughbreds always are. A real collector's item for a buyer who's looking for challenging but rewarding project."
The buyer's mouth was tight, and he was frowning. His knuckles were white against the bar. I wondered what had come to his mind to upset him. Perhaps he didn't like such a direct sales pitch.
I had made my decision. This tall man was the best choice for an owner that I'd seen so far, either here in the pens or back at the brothel. This was my chance, I knew it, I could sense it. I came close to him, separated only by the bars, and reached up to touch his hand. "Please, sir, take me. I want to go with you," I said.
***
More: The author's comments for Roles Reversed are as follows: This is a companion piece. Some very kind people emailed me and said they liked the first Forgotten story, and asked for a sequel, so the inspiration for this next story belongs to them. The original plot bunny may have expired for good, but this sibling popped up full-blown like Athena from the brow of Zeus. I started wondering how the same basic plot would have played out with Obi-wan and Qui-gon in reversed roles: how Obi's experience as a slave would logically be different from Qui's, how that would influence his mindset, etc. This is the result. If you're read Forgotten, you know what to expect: familiar plot elements scrambled in a slightly new way. If you haven't, this can be read stand-alone. This one was cranked out a little faster, so there may be more boo-boos, for which I take full responsibility.
This is what really sells me about these two pieces. On their own, they're both damned good, but together, you get a lot of sense of the similarities and differences between the characters, what their experiences would have been like, how Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan deal with adversity, how manipulative they are, how much they stay in control no matter what happens to them. Playing with mindwiped characters is a fun way to distill characters down to what the author thinks the barest, most basic traits of their personalities are, and I really, really like the characterizations Trudy's devised for both characters in both these stories.
