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« Last post by MCaesar on January 02, 2020, 04:26:20 pm »
Thoughts on I’m Coming 4 U by Jukebox, as well as the 4U series overall:
First, the stories give off a really cool spy vibe, like the Bourne movies but with less shaky cam and the protagonist is a sex slave. Second, I think the setting is fascinating, and we get a big exposition dump in this installment to break open all the little cracks and glimpses we've gotten into the history of the MK Perfect conspiracy. And for once, the "cabal of sinister mind controllers" trope plays out to it's logical conclusion, where one person decides they just want to be the only one at the top. I feel like there are too many shadowy cabals made up of megalomaniacal mind controller that all seem to share and get along fine, and that always breaks my immersion unless it's addressed.
And last, but the opposite of least, the way that 4U works through her programming in all sorts of situations. Rarely is a brainwashed character so aware of their own brainwashing, and so deftly able to dance around the cognitive dissonances that arise from conflicting programming. It's fun to watch. The pleasure component of the brainwashing sometimes feels kind of pushed to the background, and some of the sex scenes feel a little tacked on as an afterthought. That just might be me, though. I feel like all the hottest stuff is going on in 4U's head.