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boi98229
1/12/22, 6:57 AM
Good start for what looks like a fun ride! Chat later; need to read on right now. ;))
Martin
1/12/22, 6:20 AM
What a wonderful parable! Thanks to Nutiper, Anon, and Amul, who've made me finally read this little gem. And of course to Derek, who wrote it. I had no idea, classic case of ratings turning one away from a story. Granted, this is not about wanking, it's not about sex (at first glance), it's not even about mind control. But it's about change. And one of the biggest turning points in one's life. Many of us can relate to this story, have fought the same battle. Some of us even might have friends like Chris fading out of their lives because they were able to make the step you couldn't do yourself. At least for the older guys here on this site, this sounds just all too familiar. I think it's better these days, at least in some places, but let's all remember the "The Process" isn't easy and that hundreds of millions are still suffering because they are afraid of it.

1/12/22, 6:57 AM
Thank you @Martin, I’m glad you enjoyed it. Fun fact: when this first came out and the comments were uncertain, I asked you to remove this story. You asked me to reconsider; and I’m glad you did.
anonymous
1/12/22, 3:50 AM
I read this story back when it came out and it resonated with me then a lot, and rereading it now it really still does. I guess some commenters felt thrown off by it since it wasn't a power fantasy, wasn't a porn set up, wasn't a usual trope of GSS story, but I appreciated seeing a story which draws so viscerally on the feeling of being closeted and growing up gay... this is "gay" spiral stories, after all! And this type of literary, heartfelt take on those types of emotions is really nice to read, and felt intensely personal and relatable. The story may be fictionalized and put through this filter of metaphor and allegory, but reading lines about how the protagonist was "no bigot, but surely it would never happen to *him*" still hit hard. I understand why this story wasn't necessarily a hit on a website most often devoted to erotica, but if the author is still reading comments I want him to know it struck a chord with me and was artfully and beautifully done.

1/12/22, 4:01 AM
@anonymous I agree with everything you said, anon. I did not read this story when it came out and might have missed it if not for your comment, so thank you very much for making a late comment on the story even if Derek doesn't see it. This is a fine story entirely on its own merits, and who cares if it's not an ideal fit for GSS?

1/12/22, 5:10 AM
Oh, trust me, I read all my comments. My ego demands it.
1/12/22, 3:35 AM
Yeah, gonna love spending time reading this one

Tight Stories
1/12/22, 4:25 AM
@S1lv3r Oh bro! Proper glad to hear it mate!
Nutiper
10/6/20, 2:34 AM
I definitely read this as "pandemic as a lens/metaphor through which the experiences of being closeted & the coming-out process are remixed" but I also worry very much that my reading is too reductive. There is something marvelous, though, about taking that feeling of life-destroying dread over "coming out" and reframing it into the apocalyptic language of a pandemic. And yet the Process itself is so simple. I appreciated the seemingly anti-climactic, elegant simplicity of the ending — there was an emotional rightness to it. And I'll add that I, too, go to brunch and drink orange juice with fellow friends who have gone through the Process, and we definitely talk about how the Process made us feel. In fact, it can just be easier to connect with people who have gone through the Process themselves... people who have gone through it just like I have... But that's exactly the sort of thing that someone who went through the Process *would* say, isn't it. Hmmm!

1/12/22, 3:59 AM
@Nutiper That's exactly how I read it. I'm sure there are other ways to interpret it, but what I got was that "the process" was admitting that you're gay. That's why it takes a single phone call and a few minutes to complete "the process". I thought at first it might have been alluding to some conversion therapy, and I think the author intended you to think that at first, but clearly that's not what it was and it was much less sinister. A really fine story overall.
1/12/22, 2:51 AM
This is such a fantastic series! I am really excited to read more!
1/12/22, 2:08 AM
Hey Free Thinker -- When you had the Baron giving Timmy instructions about his cock hardening and his sac tightening . . . I was feeling my own member doin' it. I also like your carefulness about your writing, sentence structure, having edited out errors in grammar or spelling. (The "grammar Nazi" in me, I guess.) Your style of describing is novel-like, too, as was noted by another commenter on Part I of the story. I suspect that you could write porn or non-porn well. You have the skills and the knowledge, and a good sense for describing a place, a setting, etc., as you did with most of Part I.
Anonymous
1/12/22, 1:58 AM
Loved the back story. Thanks.
1/11/22, 4:34 PM
Just great! hope we see more please

Willie Cici
1/12/22, 1:56 AM
@Sinatraguy74 That was the last chapter.
1/12/22, 12:10 AM
“But please, ‘Professor’ sounds too formal. Call me ‘Master’.” ...... LOL Nice story. Lucky boys.