Friday Rec: Wanting Everything (Patreon)

Welcome patrons to a brand new series I'm calling Friday Recommendations! This is a brand new perk available to all patron tiers so you're getting a bit more bang for your buck, so to speak!

Each and every Friday I will post a link to a transformation story from around the web (be it CYOC, Gay Spiral Stories, AO3 or any TF Tumblr) and share it with you along with the reasons I think it's so great. The goal is to uncover some hidden gems you might not have fully appreciated before and to get some conversation going about classic stories!

Without further ado, my first Friday Rec is...

"Wanting Everything" by Male Body Exchange 

"Wanting Everything" was posted all the way back in 2012 and it's been one of my absolute favorite stories ever since. I go back and reread it probably several times a year and I think it's fair to say that it's influenced a lot of my own stories too.

The story features two racial transformations - one from white to Hispanic and the other from Hispanic to white. While there's a fair bit of stereotyping going on, the subtlety of the transformations between the two characters has always really appealed to me and is quite regularly reflected in my own work.

The plot of a racist or arrogant white man being transformed is perhaps one of the more common story tropes in the transformation genre - I know I'm certainly guilty! - but I think it stands up as a great starting plot, as is definitely seen here. As a reader you're thrilled to see the main character learning the error of his ways and perhaps even being punished for his past misdemeanors, while the person who was previously mistreated is able to enjoy a life with more benefits.

What do you folks think? Have a read of "Wanting Everything" by clicking the link above and then leaving a comment on this post or start up a conversation on the exclusive patron-only Discord server!

See you back here this time next week!