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Live at Exceptional Erotica as part of “Bound for Summer,” this (with “Uncanny Valley of the Fae”) is the second in a trio of darker-than-usual stories from me this summer.
The “Zeta-Men” universe was cooked up by a writer going as “Rex Schmutzig” to explore superhero shenanigans that didn’t center BDSM, but I think he was mostly reacting to all the woman superhero in peril stories.
This is me reacting to two things: a writer recently opining that they’d like to see a big-powered superhero portrayed somewhere between “death metal” Snyder and “nearly-twee” Gunn, and me realizing that Polly wants “beyond twee.” The softest, most baby-faced of heroes, who needs to be topped so tenderly and mercilessly.
But also a longstanding grudge about that Larry Niven essay, which starts out like it’s going to be sexy-fun but is deeply mean-spirited. Young Polly read a lot of LN before they could parse or understand the politics, and there was a lot to unpack and unlearn later.
I wanted to write a playful rebuttal: a powerful male hero topped, with impact play and pegging! Fun for everyone! And I did, mostly, but then another guy demanded entrance to the party, and the Mistress turned out to have an agenda of her own.
Hope you like it.