Most of the characters who have these issues have barely gotten any time in print--
Glyn, whose sister was the Bridezilla in "Brittle Words" is both touch-averse and has a level of skin-hunger that would be clocked at 'voracious' if she acknowledged it. Her friend Drew is one of six kids, who express different levels of touch /preference/, but no outright avoidance behaviors, and their limits are respected by the rest of the family. What they tend to do isn't asking-permission type limits, but rather, making it clear who is always up for more contact and just letting the less-tactile person move in and out of contact at their tolerance level, which makes the different needs less obvious.
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Re: Respect in fiction
Date: 2014-10-30 04:24 am (UTC)Glyn, whose sister was the Bridezilla in "Brittle Words" is both touch-averse and has a level of skin-hunger that would be clocked at 'voracious' if she acknowledged it. Her friend Drew is one of six kids, who express different levels of touch /preference/, but no outright avoidance behaviors, and their limits are respected by the rest of the family. What they tend to do isn't asking-permission type limits, but rather, making it clear who is always up for more contact and just letting the less-tactile person move in and out of contact at their tolerance level, which makes the different needs less obvious.