-I like the way I kept the power dynamics of the survivors' group loose and shifting, and kept them from settling back into any configuration of a nuclear or patriarchal family. The Baker is never going to hold much authority over Red, no matter how you slice it :)
-I like the babyfic aspect. I really enjoy writing this kind of babyfic, about the adults' experiences of infant chatter and baby things, and in a way I got to do it more purely here, because the baby-loving isn't contextualized as the apex of a ship.
-I like the abstraction of a lot of imagery. Fairy tales are traditionally a very psychologically flat form, and while I did psychological realism here I tried to balance that out with metaphoric flatness, so Cinderella's mouth tastes like babies and the Baker talks to Jack about love, trust, and biology. Really straight-up, but also both nondescript and summary. I think it's a cool effect.
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-I like the way I kept the power dynamics of the survivors' group loose and shifting, and kept them from settling back into any configuration of a nuclear or patriarchal family. The Baker is never going to hold much authority over Red, no matter how you slice it :)
-I like the babyfic aspect. I really enjoy writing this kind of babyfic, about the adults' experiences of infant chatter and baby things, and in a way I got to do it more purely here, because the baby-loving isn't contextualized as the apex of a ship.
-I like the abstraction of a lot of imagery. Fairy tales are traditionally a very psychologically flat form, and while I did psychological realism here I tried to balance that out with metaphoric flatness, so Cinderella's mouth tastes like babies and the Baker talks to Jack about love, trust, and biology. Really straight-up, but also both nondescript and summary. I think it's a cool effect.