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So....Errr this page is heavy okay.  If you're not in the right frame of mind.  If you're feeling low, maybe don't read.

I'll discuss stuff after the link so that I dont actually accidentally spoiler the comic before you've read it

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It's strange how there seems to be some clear divide between people who didnt have the internet and people who did, in terms of accepting their kink. 


 I spent the first 18-19 years of my life thinking I was the only one who wanted to be a baby, thinking I was wired wrong and messed up and from a very early age I wrote myself off as being un-marryable and generally gonna grow old with a bunch of cats cause noone would want a freak like me. Around the age of 14/15 i came very close to taking myself out, thinking the world wouldnt miss me and be better off without me. I didnt tho, (obvs) and glad i didnt end it but i came closer than i would have liked.

Getting online and discovering others like me was like...a giant weight off my shoulders, being able to talk to others who felt the same way, who had experiences and knowledge and ...just it completely redefined my life, it was liberating and ...addictive.

I generally find that people who have had the internet since day one dont quite have the same self hate struggle about their kink.  Maybe because they can find out earlier that theyre not the only ones, but I know twenty year olds who have never felt that self loathing stage, and thats def  a good thing.  People shouldnt hate themselves for who they are.

I still get odd blips where I hate having this kink, but they are like tiny islands in this vast ocean of happiness and self acceptance.  I am grateful that I have this kink.  I didnt pick it but it's shaped my entire life, the people I know, the places ive been...all because of this kink.  So how could I be anything else other than grateful really.

Comments

Anonymous

Is it now that Elly unexpectedly enters the room again while Star is sitting on the floor and can't hide her pacifier or diaper?

Anonymous

And this is also why I love Shine so much. Most of us have these feelings one or more days. And that’s why I became a Patreon, because I want to show appreciation for what you do, share your life experience with us in a very entertaining way. I can’t wait to buy a hard copy when and if it’s done.

Anonymous

I also hope so and I don’t 😅 I hope so, so she can be open about it and I think Elly will be understanding. I don’t hope she enters, because I don’t want Star to feel so exposed and embarrassed 😳

Anonymous

I wonder how many people would like to change or remove one of their kinks because they think they are alone with it and there must be something wrong with you.

Anonymous

Whoof... you and me both girl. I was three when I first realized I felt jealous because girls got to dress up and I didn't. I realized I wanted to play with Barbies as much as Nintendo shortly after. I was also born in 1986 and grew up in rural Kentucky. The internet as we know it barely existed until I was in high school. My mom knew that I was... well... not sure how to define it now. I'm into sissification yeah, but sometimes I just prefer to wear a nice skirt and a normal teeshirt just so I can have a skirt on. I don't wanna transition, but I do like being feminine as often as anything else. But yeah, when you start experimenting with gender identity and clothing at eight and don't have any siblings, your mom finds out pretty fast. Fortunately for me she's one of the rare exceptions to the Boomer generation that is pro-LGBTQ+ rights and has been since before half that alphabet soup existed as a concept. My father... um... well... reminds me of Star's father in all the worst ways. >_> Fortunately, she ran interference on him any time we had a close call and by the time I was going into high school their divorce was finalized and I haven't seen the man since I was fifteen (and good riddance to him, the homophobic git.) But yeah, I went through it all as a kid. Self loathing, feeling -wrong-, gender identity confusion on a massive scale, purging, trying to 'fix' myself. If it wasn't for the advent of the internet and finding online groups for queer people I'd have probably tried to kill myself before I was out of school. It really didn't help that about the same time I started working out that I wasn't exactly straight either that the Same-Sex Marriage debate began in earnest in America and, well, I lived in rural, very much RED state, Kentucky. These days though? My kink side led me to stuff like Deviantart, and eventually Furaffinity where I found your works, and then to an RP site called F-list where I made more than a few friends... one of whom I started writing with back six years ago, both kink and non-kink. He knows I'm queer, he knows I'm into ABDL, he knows I like sissification and such, and he knows me both online and in person. ... and two days ago he proposed to me. :3 So yeah, I totally feel for Star... it hurts to feel like you're alone and just 'wrong' somehow. At the same time, that last line in the comic is exactly how I feel with my fiancee. Stuff like this is why I'm glad I'm the way I am. I'd have never found Shine without it. Keep up the amazing work.

squiggle

Holy heck!!! Congrats! Thats such a sweet story....no well not the self loathing and the dad bit and all of that, but you've come so far and have someone who loves you for who you are. That's like fairytail stuff!

Anonymous

Funny choice of words given how much roleplaying we’ve done using Changeling the Lost. :P Some couples do the weird stuff, we do the Wyrd stuff. X3

squiggle

For a second there I thought you mean me and you rping LOL But realised you must be talking about you and your partner haha Im really not awake today.

Sicle_Family

Oh the binge and purge days before my online life

Anonymous

Ah yes, my old friends. I feel most of us have experienced some version of this. For me is was being in denial so much that I couldn't even admit to myself that I liked this stuff. Being older than the internet sure didn't help matters. In the end it took some very bad experiences to finally force me to accept this part of me. Oh how I wish I could change it all now. As hard as it is to deal with I love this comic (and you) for keeping things real and not being afraid to touch this part of things. It helps. A lot.

Anonymous

I was able to dodge a lot of this. Not because of my age, but because something was wired differently. Didn't have really any desires before I went to college. Didn't so much as "do" the thing with myself until 19. But I started indulging in diapers a year before that. I can only imagine how bad it would have been with my parents finding out...

Anonymous

This is so true! Finding people who accept you for you is such a big deal no matter what you are into!

Anonymous

Such a telling page. Star could really use a big hug right now...

Anonymous

You did good with this one, kiddo.

Anonymous

This actually hits close to home for me, I’m just now getting comfortable with my “kink” and exploring all the new options I have. I still question if my little side is the reason for my marriage ending. I still have moments where I’m not really happy with myself.. But then I wouldn’t have met so many awesome people!

Anonymous

Team giraffe <3 And I like how some good vent is included in this comic, can relate a lot!

Jared Godwin

While this hits home for me, it also points out to me, once again, that I am different. As someone with Asperger's Syndrome and ADHD, I've never fit in. I could always get along with everyone around me, but never fit in. I think a part of it has to do with the fact that I often don't feel human, so I hold everyone else at arms length. Indulging in my little side is one of the few ways I have to healthily manage my emotions. It is one of the few sides of myself that doesn't make me loathe my existence, only who I am. I am still not comfortable with this side of myself, and I might never be comfortable with it. All I know about it is that failing to appease my little half hurts. I would like to thank you for putting this comic together so far because it has helped me to understand this other side of me

TayOnyx

Well... This hits close to home. I mean, a lot of the emotional stuff in Shine does though (relating so much to a girl really shoulda tipped me off sooner). I'm 20, but didn't have access to any of this community before a year or so ago because every website where people might meet were blocked on my family's network (curse you, technologically-inclined dad!) The self-loathing was real, and I only broke out of that earlier this year. Reading Shine let me see the good side of being little, and those pages where Manda comforted Star were my lifeline. I read them basically every day to remind myself that it was okay to be different, and there was nothing wrong with being myself. Accepting myself as little set me up for a lot of other things, a big one being that I'm trans. I don't think I would be in as good a place I am today if it weren't for Shine. I found it when I really needed something good, and it was a light to keep me away from really dark places. Thank you for making such a wholesome comic, and including the rough parts.

Anonymous

There's two types of people in the world... Those who have a kink, and those who lie about having no kinks ;)

CuteWolfy45

Damn this really hit the spot. I used to think the same thing and honestly I never grew out of this kink and it has stayed with me even after I got out of diapers. Like I wish I had real life friends who lived in my state who liked the same stuff, but I have to keep it a secret because I learned from the one time I did open up to a friend. I was laughed at and made fun of... so I have learned to keep it private, but it does sound like fun going to a abdl event and meeting other littles who can relate to how you feel.

squiggle

hey dont let one event stop you from making friends ok. theres lots of folk out there who wont laugh at you, plenty of places online who will accept you for you. if you have telegram theres a chat specifically for this patreon https://t.me/joinchat/EJ3YcULW_62kSilyYGpG3g