Why Age Regression Stories -- (Author) Little2Roo
Why Age Regression Stories -- (Author) Little2Roo
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Author: Little2Roo
Timestamp: Oct 31, 2024 at 9:22 AM
Content: Hey everybody. I recently updated my Author's page on Amazon for Pico Walker. I included the following essay (intended more for a general reader) about why I use age regression as a literary theme. I thought it might be of interest here--
"Why address age regression as a literary theme? Isn’t it just a fetish?
"Well, for starters, I would say, far from it. While I recognize that for some people, age regression and diaper wearing is a fetish, it is by no means the same for everyone. For myself, personally and as an author, age regression represents a spiritual journey—yes, spiritual!—a journey to the pure beginnings of our lives. The eternal dream of "starting our lives over" becomes possible.
"All human beings have a fundamental need to be loved and encouraged. Sure, we can survive without those things, but we don't thrive without them. To be held, nurtured, fed, bathed, and, yes, diapered is where life starts for all of us. If done correctly, we form connections with our caregivers and the enchanting world around us. We know that we are safe. We gain the confidence to grow into ourselves. If done poorly, our early lives become a living hell, and yet we will survive that hell to grow into broken humans in some way.
"I put my fictional characters through age regression to explore both possibilities. I treat them with compassion and deep concern (there are no fetish scenes in my novels), but they will suffer along their journey. For the most part, my stories have happy endings (I happen to prefer nurturing done right), but not always. Either way, my characters will have faced adversity and grown in some way.
"Kurt Vonnegut has a set of rules for writing. One of them says, “No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them-in order that the reader may see what they are made of.” Being regressed to infancy, losing control of one’s life and even bodily function, can be one of those “awful things.” Or, if done correctly, it can help my characters grow into themselves."