I know it's been a while! Things are going a little slowly on my end, bit of a snag for the audio I'm working on plus doing a bit of rebranding stuff that'll coincide with it, but - the next audio on this channel will be Vampire Hunter 5!

Aaaaa thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the series! Pretty much the main theme of this channel ever since I started was exploring personal insecurities. A lot of Mitch's arc at the start was centred on his inability to accept love, because he's not used to it, he doesn't accept that he deserves it. He can't help but be distrustful of it. As in, why? What's the catch? Is this a trick? Is it going to be taken away again? He's likely been hit and injured before, he's not had the best time of it. There's a pretty huge power imbalance going on, especially when these two meet. The "I'm at your mercy" line was kind of to drive that home. Mitch is saying "okay I'll go along with this for now," even just being allowed to sleep on the floor by the front door is better than nothing, but yeah here he's just saying truce, I'll stop, what do you want? But it's worded that way to make the listener uncomfortable (writer's intent more so than Mitch's) because it drives home that imbalance, which he doesn't deserve. The shirt scene was also there to make the listener uncomfortable. Mitch doesn't have a lot of modesty so he doesn't entirely understand the look he gets, but I imagine he's probably got quite a few scars and bruises under that baggy shirt. The night scene at the end of part 1, I think of him like a cat; he can't express it, but he really wants a hug, he needs the reassurance, but by morning he's gone and probably won't talk about it again. At least that's how he was near the start of his arc. Mitch has been an absolutely delight to see grow ^ ^ Mitch will of course return next time the cafe is mentioned!

@@MageBunkshelf Thank you for taking the time to reply in such detail-, I'm sorry, KZbin didn't notify me so I've only just seen this! All of Mitch's responses in the first part are heart-breaking, I thought he sounded very on edge and suspicious because of previous experiences but I hadn't even considered what the listener would see when he took off his t-shirt, that he'd been treated with violence. Poor guy, it makes it all the more understandable why he'd be so unwilling to accept anything at face value, expecting a hidden cost that is going to cause him misery. The power imbalance is loud and clear and it is uncomfortable which is why I love how at each point the listener confounds his expectations, they listen to him, they let go of him, stop towelling him, make him food and insist it's all for him then they DON'T take it away from him. They offer him a hug instead of forcing one on him, they don't touch his ears when he asks. They give him safety and comfort and space. It's obvious in the story that the listener is realising that they are being seen as threat so they are deliberately trying to put him at ease. The disbelief in his voice all the way through shows what a rough time he's had. "I get my own couch?!" breaks my heart every time! I love that he sought comfort at the end, even if he didn't want to acknowledge it. Mitch's development over the series has been a genuine joy to listen to, from the first morning not being able to understand why the listener was so upset and worried about him having disappeared all day, it speaks volumes at how he's been treated before to being told that actually he is worthy of their friendship and care and affection. It feels really natural how he oscillates between being comfortable in parameters he understands, like, he's allowed in the living room so he plays his computer game there, he's starting to learn how to cook so being in the kitchen is safe for him but when he's presented with something different like the friend visiting it shows just how insecure he is and how much he's expecting to be discarded. The "I'm nothing, I can't do anything worth anything" is desperately sad. That he up until this point doesn't understand that his human just wants him in their life, because they like him and care about him as a person. I love how every time the listener is reassuring, they never tell him he's being stupid, they just provide him with security. "Am I enough?" followed immediately by "YES" takes him by surprise, the little shocked "oh" always takes me out. The fact that he starts asking for hugs shows how far he's come. The fireworks scene was devastating but that he got the comfort he needed and accepted it, that he'll have noise cancelling headphones next time shows how much he is cared about, (I do love that he organises things to calm himself down, to give himself the feeling of control-him reorganising the human's books felt like he was doing the only thing he thought would be appreciated to show that he valued being there and that he was genuinely trying to help!). The birthday section was adorable, it really felt like the culmination of his acceptance that the listener loves him like family. Honestly, his growing confidence and acceptance in his situation makes this such a comfort listen. I like to think he bakes treats for his human now he knows what he's doing too! Thanks again for making this adorable series that has so much emotional maturity and development, I can't wait to see how his story continues to develop!

It was XD

@@MageBunkshelf Aww yeah! *High Fives*

O.O! Now there's an idea

Aaaa~ thank you so much! This meant a lot to read, thank you

Little bit! The main inspo was Torchwood but yeah you can't really get away from how prevalent SCP is ^ ^

Depends how long the User lives I guess Q^Q

@@MageBunkshelf Uh oh.

Good theory but remember Mitch and a few other listeners used to be just normal animals so it would be more like the moon is effecting both humans and animals. So the moon would give humans animal traits and make animals into humanoids. I don’t think this is the case for our roommate though it sounds like he angered a witch and got cursed.

Oh, don't wanna weigh in too heavily on speculation chats cos those are so so fun to see! But just to clarify if it helps, Mitch & other demihumans were never regular animals. If a demihuman or any other non-human begins to exist supernaturally rather than being born, it's usually more like ex nihilo.

@@MageBunkshelf thank you for the clarification now to start rethinking.

@@MageBunkshelf Ah. Fair enough lol

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