Hey everybody.👋 Welcome to my second story. I'm hard at work on getting things ready for this one. I thought I would go ahead and start the thread and give you an idea what's going on. I'll post occa...
Darling is a sim that is, sad to say, easily overlooked. I hadn't given them/her any thought until that moment. Darling's reaction to seeing Mimi caught my eye. Darling's reaction to seeing Mimi on stage was so much more enthusiastic than everybody else that I knew I had something. Where Darling's story goes from here I don't know, but I have plenty of time to decide. Since Mimi has been in the last two chapters and was the sole focus in the last one it will be a couple of chapters before we see Mimi again other than maybe as part of the closing song. Having the chapter end at the Orchid with one of the queens performing is something I'm giving some thought to making a permanent feature. That's not to say you wouldn't see them anywhere else, but it feels like a fun way to wrap up each chapter.
Daisy and Priscilla were ready to march them out, but Mimi had been looking forward to a chance to have this conversation and they/she realized this may be the safest way to do it. Mimi is not strong in the physical sense so a fight with Nancy would be a tossup and a fight with Malcolm would heavily favor him. This way Mimi had backup in case things got heated and Malcolm in particular decided to become violent. As far as staging all of this in public the way I did, that came about because of the first line that popped into my head. As I played out the meeting in my head the first barb from Mimi that I came up with was the "You taught a Shar Pei to walk on its hind legs" bit. In my mind I saw that play out with Mimi's fans eating that line up. From that point on I got locked into doing this at the club where Mimi had an audience for the put downs and showing Nancy up. I wish I had realized that everything except that opening bit would have worked in Mimi's penthouse with just the three of them. There is something to be said for having Mimi showing confidence and emotional strength in public.
Mimi's sense of self is strong, but not fully established. They still have a struggle with gender identity to sort out. Mimi is sure that there is no way they can go back, they couldn't handle having to live the 'alien' life of Johnny Zest. Mimi is comfortable with where they are now and happy, but at the same time there is still a feeling deep down that they aren't complete. They still have to sort through all the ways that finishing the journey to simply being Mimi would affect their life. Their career as a drag queen is one detail that has to be considered. Can you complete transition and still be a drag queen? Mimi loves performing as Lady Mimi, but is it the character or the act of performing in general that Mimi loves so much? Has Lady Mimi gone from being a more acceptable way of expressing their feminine self to being a prison of sorts? Does Mimi really want to finish transition or are they content now? This is where I see Darling and Malaika becoming key figures in Mimi's life. They're going to help Mimi figure out where the journey is headed. Even as Mimi helps Darling, Darling will in turn help Mimi, even if neither one of them really knows it at first. I know this storyline is one that could, and probably will, chase some readers away, but it's one that I've wanted to do for some time. Even before I started sharing my stories on here. I hope my readers will come along with Mimi and me as this storyline unfolds, but no hard feelings if it's too uncomfortable.
Malaika will be a surrogate mom to Mimi. Nancy was never there in any positive way for Mimi once it became clear that their path wasn't the stereotypical male role. Like Mimi told Malaika, it has been years since they heard anything positive or supportive from any family member, but Nancy specifically. I think Mimi feels like they never really had a family and they've adapted to being alone and having to be self reliant. Mimi did have girlfriends who saw them for who they are and were supportive but it's not the same as family. Those same girlfriends were protectors and often raised enough commotion that they were able to break up the beatings Malcolm had arranged. Mimi doesn't know for sure that Malcolm had anything to do with that, but they suspect it. Nancy is so dysfunctional she can't comprehend how out of line she is. She genuinely believes that she's a good person and a good mother even though it's obvious to everybody else that she is neither.
I had that lightning bolt strike her when she made the 'I'm a good person' comment but when all was said and done it felt more appropriate at the end.
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