incredible, beautiful work here. the initial worldbuilding and discovery of what dollhood means in this setting is a stomach-churning experience, all the tension building up so that the encounter with beautiful's polycule feels like it could be anything, some new nightmare or the calm, refreshing breath we end up getting, and that part feels like the first crack in the facade of what we know about this world, like the first thing getting through to our protagonist that the world isn't quite as nightmarish as they have perceived it
it sets the tone for the rest of it to unravel as we find out just how complicated the situation was. despite all the magic, it feels like a very realistic story of hurt people with good intentions mixed with selfish desires making short-sighted decisions, all while being so immersed in rape culture and patriarchal ideas that they can't even describe the things happening to them, let alone figure out what they actually want and need
the art and visual effects were incredible too. the repeated dog attacks and accompanying graphic are at times silly, horrifying, traumatic. the effect of the blood covering the screen and even obscuring the text is super cool too. i was impressed with the writing too. it was witty and fun. the poetic use of repetition was done well, and i loved all the times that all that poetry falls to the wayside for garbage doll to talk about something not being punk rock enough (and a loner dog reference?) or a defiant "make it clothes like that". it was a lovely story, i am very glad i checked it out and grateful for all the work you put in to share it
editing to add that all the doll modifications and injuries were hot lol x.x i was glad the bits near the end seemed to fully confirm they were meant to be so i didn't feel like such a pervert freak ^^;
-L