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Pupatlas
3/8/23, 10:11 PM
Absolutely loving this series! Found it earlier today and I'm already eager for the next installment! Really enjoying how things have been coming together
3/8/23, 7:55 PM
_Extremely_ well-written start. I'm impressed how much descriptiveness you managed in relatively few words!
3/8/23, 7:40 PM
I thoroughly enjoyed the story. I am interested to note what I find arounsing and what I don't. The development of a meaningful life pleasing other is fascinating and really sexy. The end doesn't;t quite do it for me, just a little too far. On rereading the story I might find ti more arousing. It felt worthwhile reading it; there was a lot of it and it felt substantial.
3/8/23, 7:27 PM
What a very interesting development to this story! Lots of interesting potential to this alien figure, both in terms of the steamy stuff and plot (will James try to hide him? What sort of antics will that create as he’s almost caught, and what would keeping such a big secret mean for how James feels about their relationship?). Cool potential here.
3/8/23, 6:39 PM
A well paced start that kept my interest. I want to read more. I hit the story as I had searched for puffer jacket. I would love to see what you can do with that.
3/8/23, 6:28 PM
Reading the story makes me feel really good. I like the ambiguity of the black grease/cum, and the link between the jacket and his masculinity.I want more. I like the way the story progresses.
3/8/23, 5:51 PM
This was great! And I love that the alias was Dick Greyson, heh.
3/8/23, 5:56 AM
I loved this! The whole vibe of _bros being bros_, suffused with intensifying homoeroticism, is so much of what I’m always looking for on this site. The nonchalance, the confidence, the casual sexuality of it all is really well written and draws me in very effectively. I’m glad to have read this, and I hope to see more!

3/8/23, 3:23 PM
@[Soren Fitz](/user/show/10011670) Thanks, sincerely. Those are some of my favorite stories, too. There’s a lot of lampshaded homoeroticism inherent in traditional male-male bonding, and I love stories that let it snowball into full blown sex. Glad you liked it!
3/8/23, 1:04 PM
I would like to be frisked all over by a TSA agent!
3/7/23, 7:40 PM
I wish I could express how flattered I am whenever I see a tribute story, humbled that my work has had such an effect on so many people. I think you're off to a good start here. Remember that the audience doesn't know what you know -- they only know what you tell them. CYCLE ONE is a story about addiction, so allow the creepiness to be a slow burn. The narrator might think there's something not quite right about the CO rep, but there's no reason for his hostility -- not yet. The users should enjoy their success at first and then realize they're caught in the trap. Does that make sense? I'm really excited to read this series! Keep up the good work and the fun angle!

3/7/23, 10:15 PM
@[absman420](/user/show/162063) I'm happy that you've given what I've written so far a thumbs up. Your stories are some of the things I strive to create so it's only natural to have me as an imitator. I think the addiction I have in mind here is more on the personal level. If anything I'm thinking more in line with _Snowfall_ and the addiction not as much to the drink but to certain feelings that come about. Addiction comes in many forms; I'm thinking of changing the form of addiction, but addiction will be a part of the story. I may have to reach out to you to make it works, but I'll do my best to put something out there you hopefully will like.

3/8/23, 3:29 AM
@[absman420](/user/show/162063) This makes me think I need to hit the books about addiction because now that I see it in your response I don't really know how Cycle One is addictive. It's transformative but where does the addiction lie? If it imbues energy, martial arts often talk about harnassing qi which is what would be part of the things that make things different in my mind. But there's a need to hit the books to understand what addiction is and isn't and how Cycle One could be addictive.

anybodys
3/8/23, 8:45 AM
Any praise is well deserved.

3/8/23, 9:56 AM
@[New Guy in Town](/user/show/820450) I'm not Absman, but I do think addiction is a pretty central theme in his "Cycle One" stories; there are all kinds of references to steroids (being on "the juice"), and the guys who start drinking it babble enthusiastically like they're on a cocaine high. (And of course there's that great scene where Sam tries to mimic the Cycle One users he's scene by looking longingly at the bottle, salivating like a Pavlov-conditioned dog). To me, that's one of the major factors that distinguishes "Cycle One" from most of the "magic potion" muscle growth stories that were being written at the time, which almost exclusively focus on the positives and wish-fulfillment aspects. With Cycle One, you might gain more physical power, but you lose your willpower. I think Absman is giving you good writing advice, as readers come in with certain expectations for a Cycle One story. If you want to do a very different kind of "magic potion" story, then maybe just call the product something like Grow Juice. (Maybe Eric is mostly selling the AbsMango flavor...)