The one Yeerk who fully merges with her host does so bc the host has a trauma-induced dissociative disorder that makes it possible
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Plutoburns and
Wait really? I didn't get that far.
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @Plutoburns and
She's the crazy person who tortures Tobias when they're testing the anti-morphing ray
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
That book was extremely Mature-themed and BDSMy (she tries to break his mind by alternating the pain ray and the orgasm ray)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Plutoburns and
I didn't realize the books ever dealt with sexual themes at all, guess I stopped early
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @Plutoburns and
They don't is the funny thing, because it's YA the "pleasure ray" is described in non-sexual terms even though that's what it is
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Plutoburns and
Which really makes it worse since that means papering over a serious consent violation
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @Plutoburns and
Well it doesn't make the pleasure ray a good thing, it's explicitly a tool of torture, she wants to addict him to it
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
Her whole torture technique is causing the person to mentally associate pain and pleasure w the torturer to break their will etc
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
It goes into some detail abt how her experience as a fully insane/dissociated Yeerk makes her think all minds are just clay etc
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She's a cool character and one you could do a lot more with in dark fanfic
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
The idea of the Yeerk and the host completely losing track of being separate identities is cool even if Applegate is prejudiced against kink
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Replying to @arthur_affect @BootlegGirl and
You could see the Yeerk and the girl as a maximally successful dom/sub relationship even if their integrated personality is evil
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