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Why didn’t I make Jon simply ask Tiffany where his house was? Maybe I should have. But I’m thinking that Jon is uncomfortable with the new Tiffany and is reluctant to speak to her again. Also, he’s freaked out by the fact that she now lives in what used to be his house. I imagine her house being subtly different from his: same physical structure but different car, stuff in the yard, etc. That almost-but-not-quiteness has shaken up Jon and left him unable to think clearly.

A note about Jon's father: Back in 2008 when I started this branch in "Random family swaps", I made a brief reference to him:

He [Jon] heard footsteps in the hallway outside his bedroom. They were too light to be his father's, but too loud to be his little brother Mikey's.

However, Jon's father was never mentioned again in the branch, and in "Another Mystery", The Guest established that Julie Madison was a "single mother."

I'm assuming that Linda Madison was also a single mother, or else Jon would have said something about losing her father when Julie became his mother.

To reconcile those 2008 and 2022 episodes, I propose that Jon's father is still alive and that in the initial reality, he still visited his ex-wife's household on occasion, so Jon would know what his heavy footsteps would sound like.

Question: Is Jon's original father a Madison, or did Linda Madison keep her last name and give that name to her children?

Great before/after contrasts!

A future episode might reveal some degree of continuity between old and new beyond the retention of first names. The previous Manning and Donovan might’ve been slightly different from this duo, and not just because their first names were different.

Neat to see the Carly McGill/Samantha Sanders scene again but from another perspective!

I’m sorry if I sound too critical. I love this episode, and I upvoted it. I want to continue the story from here but am not certain about some of the details.

“Of course, she'd only been a freshman for a day. Before that, she had been a sophomore, and the day before, a Junior. Unlike some, her changes had been minor, as she'd gone up or down one year...but not anymore.”

I’m confused by “up … one year”.

It seems that until the wish took effect on Tuesday at 3:47 PM, Rachel was a junior. Then she became a sophomore.

And on Wednesday she became a freshman.

And now on Thursday she joins the class of ’54 (?).

Until that sudden age boost, it looks like she was just going down a year at a time.

Nobody14 established in “On the Bench” that one of the soccer players was eight. So I made Ji-woo eight too.

If Rachel is now eighty-six, she would’ve been born around 1936, assuming this story is set in 2022. So when she was eight, Roosevelt was in office - Ike wouldn’t be in until she was about seventeen.

Possibilities:

she’s old and getting her presidents confused

she was thinking of FDR and not Ike

she’s seventy-six which would make her eight when Ike was in office in 1954

I’m guessing “Wacjowski” is a typo for “Wachowski” since I think “cj” is unusual in Polish. http://www.herby.com.pl/indexslo.html , a database of Polish surnames, doesn’t contain “Wacjowski”.

“Palimpsest” is a nice metaphor for swaps and could be a title for this branch if it were published as a standalone novel.

Thanks for immediately picking up where my episode left off!

I was hoping this episode might reveal who the female director was and had once been, but perhaps that can come up later.

I hadn’t thought of diversity as a factor in the director’s mind. That, um, could set the stage for what happens next.

The director being irritated by the song “Tomorrow” cracked me up.

Three great things about Rachel:

a reminder that theater requires more than actors
first character mentioned who’s gone up and down a year

(probably a very common effect of the wish, but this episode is the first time that such little shifts have been explicitly pointed out)

first elderly character

I fixed a continuity error of mine: I originally made Connie tall, but neither Keun-hye nor Sophie were tall, so that made no sense, and I decided to have Keun-hye and Sophie have the same height and build.

A note on Keun-hye’s last name: Korean women keep their surnames after marriage. So she remains a Lee even after marrying Mr. Kim. However, her two daughters take their father’s surname.

I was considering writing an episode in which Jon said no, but this is even better!

Happy to see this branch resurrected after 16 months!

Having Tiffany belong to an unfamiliar family rather than having her join the family of an established character is a nice touch.

For reasons I don't really understand this is one of my favourite branches.

Author’s Note
Karyn at this point is still overall female in appearance (present hyper-dongs excepted) just super-jacked. Of course she still has her stone-imposed “big boobs and long blonde hair”.

But I might have a way to have some more fun with this later. ;-)

I love this storyline. Always happy to see it added to.

My spelling of John is all over the place, which is the canon one?

Thanks a lot. Glad to hear you're enjoying it.

This series is great, I absolutely love it. Probably best writing especially concerning their relationship I have read in a long long while. I am eagerly looking forward to the continuation.

I'm liking a lot. I think it's about time for Biff and Karyn meeting each other ◕‿◕ It will be pretty interesting when Biff realises that "his" ex husband is a girl that thinks she's a man.

Great idea! Can't wait to read more. Love how John will be at the mercy of David!

Glad you are back :) Happy new year.

Just a random side note, Zoe was supposed to mention noticing that Karyn was super into Jon's boobs at dinner... but I wrote the thing realised I hadn't included that and couldn't find a good way to insert it without disrupting the flow. It wasn't super important, just sort of Zoe teasing Jon.

Maybe at some point she'll have a chance to ask Karyn about that directly. That seems more interesting anyway, though I have no idea when a conversation between Zoe and Karyn might happen before the wish ends. Karyn's gotten off lightly when it comes to the consequences of the time limited wishes and some awkward conversations would be fitting.

Their is very much a reason why it works for the sister but not for Mephi or Karen.

Happy there is more to this story line!

Thanks. I admit I wasn't sure, felt like the pacing is too fast in some areas here. There is a bit more to it but this is from what Terry saw, and how a demon terrified him... not just that of course, but made him feel negative about himself.

@Mary
If ya got a good idea and are in the mood, always feel free to write a continuation of my stuff! It means way more to me than just upvotes or anything like that.

Ok this adds a much appreciated depth to Terry's character, Also, could the motive of this flashback be Terry turning into a demon himself and being more vulnerable to dark emotions?

Hey, I might try and add to this soon if you guys don't mind! Love your work! My idea is to have Jon wish that his new husband, mother, Karyn, and Zoe know he really was Jon and not Sue, either from some imagined accident or intentionally. I think it adds to the humiliation if people know Jon isn't a horny milf, but can't help but act like one. And it gives him some directive as his family might try and help them out but judge him for being so lewd. I think this would establish the husband as the antagonist, who has the stone, who isn't willing to give up his amazing life and wonderfully, sexy wife. I think Karyn should be the friend who wants to help, mom be the type of person who secretly enjoys it since she has a new friend, and Zoe who just finds it hilarious after the full effects kick in. What do yall think?

16yrs old, 6'6" and 300lbs of muscle. Is Mikey fucking Jotaro Joestar?

Comments have only existed for like a year IIRC, two at the most.

Thanks. Yes Terry is a bit cliche, but what isn't these days ;)

It is nice seeing you writing again, this must likely be what you told me you were working on. I must say, even though Terry can be a bit on the cliché type on his disdain for the other world, you have really outdone yourself in the writing department. There's a really nice sense of flow that really enhances the intricancies of this new setting as they're shown off. I also see a lot of focus on a duality between magic and electricity, as each the main element of each world. In short, I'm really looking forward to what is to come from this new plotline, I'll be on the lookout for any new chapters.

Absolutely where I was going—just taking my time getting there. :)

The more Karyn-bulge the better. Love it. If you have a different vision keep going. :)

thanks :) Never left, was always lurking

Welcome back to the site

Awesome! What did you enjoy about it in particular?

BG has been one of my favorite stories on FB. I do hope you decide to continue it. Thanks.

Keep the good work, continue writing •ᴗ•

I did mention that Jon's boobs are noticeably bigger than softballs right after the wish that brought them into existence, though I guess I've never given context for how big that looks on Jon. The intent is that yes they are notably large, though not out of proportion. That is they look bigger than Karyn's in addition to actually being bigger.

The main thing hiding Karyn's boobs is intended to be how she carries herself and her sweater obviously, my intention was that the sweater is very long, almost covering down to where a short miniskirt would end, and it's all fairly loose so if she hunched slightly it would very effectively hide her entire upper body's shape.

Ignoring clothes sizing, a lot of being big is about proportion. Karyn's body being curvier then Sarah's means that while she's bigger her breasts are more in proportion to the rest of her body and they won't stand out as much. It makes sense she's happy with how they look. How big is Jim? I don't know if that's been said in most of these episodes.

It's intentional, Bra size systems vary around the English speaking world and aren't exactly precise in any place they're used, a cup size doesn't actually tell you much. I'd rather just compare to some real world object, or just describe the character's experience.

Not even women really know what bra sizes mean, something like 60 to 80 percent of women are wearing the wrong size depending on which bra manufacturer's study you believe. Part of this is that people tend to think DD means massive melons, but it doesn't really.

Basically I at one point read up on bra sizes, found it's a stupid rabbit hole and using realistic sizes would give a lot of readers the wrong impression and I don't want to go with reader expectations and be wrong, so I just avoid mentioning bra sizes. I could justify it by the characters being wrong, but I prefer to avoid it.

So to Jon his boobs are massive and they are fairly large, but they feel a lot bigger to him, at least in terms of the weight and movement. Obviously he can see their actual size in the mirror and by feeling them in his hand, though they are substantially more than a handful, but his subjective experience of them is where I want to focus, that and Karyn's adaptation to being attracted to boobs, plus them transitioning from a platonic to a romantic and physical relationship.

I don't plan to write a shopping scene during the week, since Jon already owns bras and I'd expect him to be resistant to the idea.

I've noticed that the story avoids bra sizes. Is this intentionally vague or is it being saved for an episode where they go shopping?

This has been an interesting and nicely detailed story. I'd love to see where this goes. Please keep writing.

I’m glad someone is bringing this story back

Not sure how intentional it was, but it seems to me the mental command of "you need to tell me what happens today. Everything." might be relevant...

On a side note, it had been a long time since I read the root of the story... re-read it and noticed there was a line about Jon not really being able to tell that Karyn's boobs had changed. So we got this chapter where Karyn has in fact been hiding how curvy she is. The idea is that, the root mentions them coming back from spring break, so Karyn filled out a fair bit over summer, hid under her sweater constantly, continued to fill out over the past several months up to spring break.