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6/2 c1 161KagamiPINKAgreste
Goodness the innocence of a child, truly unmatched. Children love their love parents, even if said parents don't return it. The concept hit deeply. The characterization fit beautifully.
4/5 c1 23HrystiHowl
Your first CB fanfic was great! :D I always had to listen to a short story about little Victoria and her new doll, as well as a hidden and unpredictable relationship with her parents as she proved it. And thanks to that, it inspired me more to do everything creatively.

Also, you'd better make even more new CB fanfics as I'll look forward to it and start reading this than it's written from start to finish.
1/25 c1 19Butterfly582
This story was great! I love how you mixed innocents with the strict 1900th century parenting. I don't think Victoria was being bad per say when she bursted in on her mother. She was just excited and wanted to express that to her mother. Even if her mother did not share the excitement. I also love seeing Victoria's parent's being caring tortes her and seeing more stories about her younger life. Please post more soon! You have a new fan in me! :D
1/21 c1 36PlayerPiano
It's always nice to see a story about little Victoria. I liked your depiction of her love for her new doll, and her desire for love and acceptance from her parents, particularly her mother. That mention of the three hugs is sweet and heartbreaking!

Thanks for sharing this story, I enjoyed it very much. :)
1/13 c1 no name please
What a marvelous story! It’s always a delight to see Victoria-centric fics in here and this was a terrific addition to this ever-shrinking fandom :) I’m quite impressed with how much you were able to interrogate the meaning of love in the Everglot family. It stands to reason that Victoria probably wouldn’t have turned out as well as she did if her parents were totally apathetic monsters (Hildegarde’s influence notwithstanding) and I think you did a very nice job with revealing tiny, tiny hints of humanity in their dysfunctional family dynamic. The notion that Victoria’s parents must love her because they don’t force her into a factory is surprisingly astute and, again, an interesting take on what “love” means to an Everglot; clearly they’re not bankrupt at this stage in Victoria’s life, but it did make me reconsider Finis and Maudeline’s “nothing to see here, everything’s fine and our daughter shall wed” approach to poverty in the film. No, they didn’t force their daughter into a factory, but they did sell her as a bride to a rich family who could keep them afloat, so how different are the two concepts, really? It makes it all the more poignant that Victoria names her beloved doll/pretend baby after her mother. She’s so desperate for love that she’s invented a small, innocent, artificial version of her mother to bestow that affection upon because her actual parents cannot and will not reciprocate. My heart!

I did get somewhat taken out of the story when Victoria interrupted her mother’s teatime — even with her rebellious side, the notion of such disobedience would have been drilled into her head as unthinkable sacrilege by that age — especially considering how little punishment she received for embarrassing Maudeline so much. But everything else, right down to the mention of timed visits with her parents, was so well-drawn that it’s totally forgivable.

I really, truly enjoyed this piece. Thanks so much for sharing!

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