>>I have to wonder, though, if anyone is reading this series and thinking, "Gee, I wish somebody would LET me take care of them."<<
I certainly hope so. I can't guess percentages, but probably a lot? of the readers are reading this and identifying with all of the characters in various ways, to certain degrees, at different times, and I know I'm identifying with the 'kids' because I see how someone else fixes things, the solutions Uncle Phil uses to ease things along, and that those could apply to my life; I know, from my end of things, I'm not reading this as from the POV of 'caregiver' or potential one first-read-through, as objectively as someone thinking of what you said above.
-kellyc
(Am I the only one using your work as a sort of catharsis/therapy? Words are failing me, argh! Ah well, I'm brave enough to admit it)
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dancing_serpent
Re: Hmm...
Date: 2014-03-04 09:37 am (UTC)I certainly hope so. I can't guess percentages, but probably a lot? of the readers are reading this and identifying with all of the characters in various ways, to certain degrees, at different times, and I know I'm identifying with the 'kids' because I see how someone else fixes things, the solutions Uncle Phil uses to ease things along, and that those could apply to my life; I know, from my end of things, I'm not reading this as from the POV of 'caregiver' or potential one first-read-through, as objectively as someone thinking of what you said above.
-kellyc
(Am I the only one using your work as a sort of catharsis/therapy? Words are failing me, argh! Ah well, I'm brave enough to admit it)