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'The Devil' is in the Details: How an Amateur Model Inspired Maverick
🕑 Added 2020-07-19 22:26:54 +0000 UTCPeople sometimes ask if my gaining-girls are inspired by specific friends or celebrities. Not really. Although I draw from experience like any author, and have included variations of events and locations from my past in my weight-gain tales, my characters are mostly amalgams. As a man of diverse tastes, I've written about gals of every disposition, hair-color, and body type (top-heavy, bottom-heavy, heavy-heavy), but I prefer to take a coloring book approach when describing them: I'll provide the outline while the reader fills the details. If I get too specific, I risk turning-off a portion of my readership.
For that reason, I've never been a huge fan of illustrating my stories. My vision for Susan Singleton, the rich-bitch from "The Lesson," may not be the same as yours, but that's OK. (We've all known super-trendy, holier-than-thou sexpots like that from High School). However, the minute she's illustrated, that's it. That's her. If she doesn't fit your preference or the vision in your head, it could impede your enjoyment of the story. I've actually skipped weight-gain stories entirely if I haven't liked their illustrations. It's weak, I know, but it's the truth.
So I've never composed a weight-gain story with a specific girl in mind...with one notable exception: Shanna from "Devil and the Deep Blue Sea".
A tale of virgin gain on a cruise ship, the character's name came from a High School girlfriend who jilted me right before prom, but her face and physique come from the sexiest cyber-model I've ever seen (even twenty years on): Michelle from Southern Charms.
I discussed sex-appeal in my musing on the late, great Anna Nicole Smith (https://www.patreon.com/posts/anna-nicole-my-35054132) and Michelle, like Anna, had it in spades. Of course, that's about the only thing those two had in common--Anna was a blonde bombshell built like Russ Meyer's blow-up doll, while Michelle was an auburn-haired, girl-next-door type blossoming into womanhood--but that just goes to show God can max-roll a trait for anyone on his great-big character builder in the sky.
If anything, Michelle may have been sexier. No one could top Anna Nicole Smith when the stars were aligned (make-up, wardrobe, lighting, etc.), but she sometimes got in her own way with overdone make-up, forced poses, and toothy grins. Michelle's easy beauty never failed her despite a, um, "less-is-more" approach to her photo shoots. Taken by a friend or boyfriend who occasionally got their fingers in the way, they were often blurry, poorly lit, and badly composed. And since this was back at the turn-of-the-millennium, when the Sony Mavica floppy disk camera was the pinnacle of digital photography, even the good ones were the resolution of a PlayStation game. None of that mattered. Michelle was ravishing in and out of clothes, make-up, and even focus.
In retrospect, the hurried "oh shit! we have to finish before my folks get home!" look of her shoots added to their charm. Especially since it was probably true. It didn't take a detective to tell Michelle was still a teenager living at home. She lounged seductively on old-fashioned furniture covered in Grandmotherly quilts as family watched from framed photos on the wall. Those were the best...especially the ones containing the virginal schoolgirl who would become 'Michelle.' In addition to enhancing her 'forbidden fruit' allure, they bore evidence to the fact her fruit was still ripening.
At some point, we plan to do a musing extolling the virtues of 'virgin' gain (the first 10-20 pounds packed on a slender girl). Michelle could be our spokesmodel. Nascent fat rolls? Check. Softening upper arms? Uh-huh. Straining buttons? Yup. Although she never fully tipped the scales into fat territory during her Southern Charms run, she came tantalizingly, and frustratingly close. The slightest shove was all it would've taken.
I would've loved to do the honors.
So, enter Charles the bartender, the semi-sociopathic antagonist of "Devil and the Deep Blue Sea," who takes advantage of Shanna's naivety and rebellious sense of adventure to book her a one-way cruise to obesity. The bulk of the story (pun intended) is spent on those glorious initial pounds. Pounds that Michelle wore so well. So when I wrote passages like this:
The spaghetti straps on her bikini bottoms seemed to dig ever-so-slightly into her waist where they once rested loosely just above her hips. A tiny, almost imperceptible roll of skin jutted out above where the straps now sunk into her spongy sides. Although Shanna's hips didn't seem any wider, it was evident there was a bit less bikini string available to tie into the neat little bow that rested on her side. Previously, her stomach concaved inwards below her ribs before meeting her hips to form a classic hourglass shape, but now it arched outwards slightly as if swollen from a large meal. It didn't appear any flabbier, but I wondered if she would be able to suck it into its previous shape.
I had in mind photos like this:
Shanna came onstage in a sleeveless, form-fitting dress that had yet to be adjusted to her new girth. Rather than gently caressing her curves, it clung to every new bulge, particularly around her stomach and hips. Her pale bare arms looked meaty, and--despite my location near the back row--I could see them jiggle with every sweeping movement and gesture.
I took my time, but eventually knelt in front of her and worked to remove her panties. Her hips protested, but I was finally able to roll them down the length of her still-shapely legs. I was right: her stomach did droop ever-so-slightly where her underwear had been and creased just above her pubic hair. It was obviously a recent development; one that I doubted was there a few days earlier.
So now you know my inspiration for Shanna, the sexy singer from "Devil and the Deep Blue Sea." I hope having such vivaciously vivid images in mind for the character doesn't detract from your own vision of her. But even if it does, I think you'll agree that Michelle makes for good source material. Truthfully, I'd forgotten just how hot she was. I wonder what she's up to now (both personally and weight-wise)? Although she likely never reached the 200+ pound strata her alter-ego did, I wouldn't mind seeing how country living and a few kids might have impacted her now 40ish figure.
Maverick
PS: A special thanks to my buddy, Riptoryx, for restocking my file of Michelle images that had been corrupted.
PSS: I'm sure you've read it, but in case you'd like a refresher now that you know the context: https://www.deviantart.com/maverickthewriter/art/The-Devil-and-the-Deep-Blue-Sea-Part-1-314169168
Comments
Maverick and Riptoryx
Thanks, Matt. I'm not that sacrosanct about my work, truthfully. This is weight-gain fiction, not Shakespeare, and some fresh images and illustrations could inject new life into older tales. "The Lesson" has been around for almost 25(!) years. It's had plenty of time to breath :). Anyway, we're working with a few artists on other projects, and if things go well on those, I expect fresh twists on older tales may be forthcoming. Maverick
Maverick and Riptoryx
Matt’s not wrong, Mav. I suspect more than a few folks out there would enjoy seeing those stories adapted to other media, including illustrations and/or comics. As Maverick alluded to, though, there’s always this worry about an adaptation not living up to expectations built around the original. How often has it happened that a great novel, historical event, comic book, video game, previous movie or other source concept gets adapted into a new feature film but then the film just…sucks. Lookin’ at you, Uwe Boll and Michael Bay! -Riptoryx
Matt L.
I wasn't aware that you're not very interested in having The Lesson illustrated, it's your story and I respect your friendship and prowess as an author but both The Lesson and Jean Therapy would be outstanding comics.
Maverick and Riptoryx
You were holding out on me, Rip! I thought she hit her 'on camera' weight peak in early 2001, but I obviously forgot just how chunky she was during some of those 2002 shoots. (My archives from that year are gone.) I think that was around the time she moved into her own place. Coincidence? I think not. Not a fan of the severe haircut, but it definitely enhances her "chunk-a-dunk" look. Maverick
Maverick and Riptoryx
“Michelle” definitely was one of the classic weight gain(ish) gems of Southern Charms (see this musing about “Melanie” for another example: https://www.patreon.com/posts/curious-case-of-32108589). Independent from any influence of Maverick, I followed “Michelle’s” periodic freebie updates for years, scrutinizing every fold and pinch of fabric for hints (or, sometimes, blaring sirens) related to her fluctuating weight. While I’d hesitate to speculate about specific numbers like that “200 pounds” milestone, I think it’s safe to say Michelle’s weight did spike quite a bit early on. I think this was particularly evident in the disparities between some of her “best” photo sets taken in 2001… <img src="https://i.ibb.co/SwcZm6S/mi2728.jpg"> <img src="https://i.ibb.co/Rp8L9PZ/mi4803.jpg"> …versus the markedly chunk-a-dunkier look she was sporting by 2002. <img src="https://i.ibb.co/fQzsFdV/mi233x008.jpg"> <img src="https://i.ibb.co/n0qb8Vp/mi233x013.jpg"> <img src="https://i.ibb.co/qC12Zgc/mi233x015.jpg"> (I mean, that backfat…jeez!) Even better (at least from my perspective), this contrast was made all the more deliciously glaring because for years—and despite likely not even being able to yank those pants up over her ass anymore—“Michelle” kept using that photo of her on all fours in the white top and jeans as the primary image on her main page (or maybe a very similar photo from the same set?—I don’t recall exactly). Her own stubborn refusal to acknowledge the extent of her weight gain had the perverse consequence of making it both easier and more rewarding for others to fixate on it. A close cousin to that girl-next-door charm you noted, Maverick, I find such…unintentional candor can have a special appeal all its own. -Riptoryx
