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There are a bunch of different characters and plotlines going on right now in Waiting Room. Which are your favorites? Essay question, answers below, thanks!

I found the series most interesting when it was about Michael using Laurel to convert area women to fucktoys and sex slaves for profit. Identities erased. Lots of women getting those lower back tattoos lately. (This is also the aspect that was highlighted in the SJI tribute)

FWIW I'm the exact opposite of the above poster. I prefer it when they retain their identities and most of their free will.

There were lots of individual scenes like that in Waiting Room. I'm not sure about favorites, but eg. the ones where the wife encourages/participates in the husband's promiscuity are pretty hot.

The two plotlines I'm most interested in seeing more of are:

• The guy who won the cheerleader harem
• The guy who married into a new family

I suppose the common throughline there is I'd like to see them enjoy their new lives. A lot of MC fiction focus on the pre-MC and during-MC part of a single storyline; I think we could all use a little more post-MC enjoyment of the new situation.

I read Waiting Room a lot like I read Expanded Universe, as a big constantly shifting free for all. Best to not get attached to any of the character relationships when they are always changing.

Characters wise, the cheerleaders and the lesbian couple. I also enjoy the parts where Dr Laurel is herself MC'd.

The coach / teacher of the cheer squad

Boob jobs for the cheer squad would be amusing as well

Unlike most of the other readers of this site, judging from the comments that get post, I absolutely hate the mind erased/dumb bimbo/fuckbot scenario.
It just doesn't do anything at all for me.
I very much prefer when the controlled retain their personalities and most of their agency, yet find themselves drawn to the controller and unable to resist, as in much of SJI, Unknown Pleasures, and Occurrence.

I really enjoyed this title when it started, before Michael re-appeared and MC'ed Dr. Laurel.
The scenes when she took advantage of the prior programming were very hot.
And the cheer squad party was very hot also.

And this might mainly be me as well, as I don't see what is happening now as a 'bunch of different characters and plot lines'.
To me it is just a lot of very minor variations of the same characters and plot line.

Nothing about any of them really stands out to me from any others.

I'm pretty sure I'm the outlier, but that is my honest opinion.

I guess this is one of the stories on the site that I don't quite get the appeal of. Nothing against it, but it just leaves me scratching my head.

I think the note about it being variations on a theme is very apt. Not quite to the point of "Free Cable" but in the same ballpark.  Women are adjusted to greater and lesser degrees, their identities edited.

There is a lot of mindless stuff in the comic, even where that isn't being highlighted as part of the programming. I don't really get why anyone - given the choice - would want to have sex with someone (a stranger) who isn't enthusiastic about it. And I actively dislike those tattoos.

But I have generally enjoyed this comic. I do tend to like stories where women are essentially used as whores, so I suppose that's where this has delivered.

Favourite threads?

Dinah and her friend were enthusiastic whores. I'm less interested in her new family arrangements.

The corrupted cop is enthusiastic too. (If only cops had to go and check out, like, brothels or something.)

I liked the fantasy roleplay scene in the lesbian couple story, but that hasn't ended well.

I am interested to see what happens with Francesca and the business deal, if that's going to be expanded upon.

Helene's happy corruption is good. I just wish Bertrand had been more interested in having her deliver an equally enthusiastic cheerleader rather than ordering up a mindless Aimee. But then, my respect for him wasn't very high to begin with.

I’ll keep this short and sweet.

The cheer squad, the lesbian married couple and the detective.

I think everyone has listed their reasons for cheer squad and I wouldn’t mind seeing more boob jobs in this series.

I enjoyed the detective and lesbian couple most of all cause of the amount of control they seem to enjoy when they themselves are brainwashed.  They betrayed those that trusted them and turned them into slaves too and that’s just really hot to me.

Please don’t give up on this series.  The multiple storylines can be confusing but the art always makes it worth it :)

I've liked seeing the cheerleading coach's transition into a brainwashed mind controller of coeds. Ultimately though, I think the series has strayed a bit too far from Dr. Laurel and her corruption from a therapist into an evil hypnotist. I'd like to know how aware she is of her new persona, if some part of her is struggling against Dr. Michaels' control, or if her old (somewhat corrupt but mostly good) personality is gone at this point. Maybe a new (female?) villain could arrive who wants to convert Dr. Laurel into their hypnotic tool.

Definitely Dinah and her mother.

The plot lines that keep me coming back are definitely Dinah and her mother. That's been quite a thrill to read. The lesbian married couple and the cheerleading coach reveling in their new lives is also very interesting. The detective is also fascinating, seeing how she's interfering with any Dr. Michaels's investigations.
I enjoyed reading laurel, but I'm unsure where her plot is headed. All these stories are almost like a giant anthology, where it's not just 1 controller anymore, it's a whole group.
I'll be honest that I don't remember most of the older characters. Their plot lines aren't as interesting to me, such as the robotization.
It feels like that this series is branching out into a whole universe to itself, almost with multiple series. I know that's a far-fetched idea, but that would be a way to track where each character is going more directly. Dr. Michaels just becomes that McGuffin behind the scenes that is allowing this world to operate.

To each their own, but Dinah and her mom are definitely my favorites in the comic. Super interested to see what their new normal looks like.

For me, the Cheerleader storyline was my fave for so very long. I'd like to see some of them come back, under Helene's control of course. Issues 6 - 8 are still go to issues to read again and again.

Dinah's storyline is also great fun. I love how others are recruited by other slaves. That part is VERY hot.

I know it might not be a popular subject, but I'd like to see what would happen if Dr Laurel fought back against the programming, and actually hypnotized one or more of the men to try and take over the whole setup, or had another track on the DVD's that the woman would watch at a pre-determined time to action this over the men that controlled them. I know in the MCT episode Doctor Laurel, Part 3, (spoliers)....she starts to brainwash Dr Michaels with her tits, and THAT really got me!

It is my fave series on the site as the artwork has always been amazing, especially since Celestin took over.

The mindless (this shows up a lot throughout and isn't just the robot stuff even though that has it the most) and betrayal (e.g., the teacher betraying her students, the lesbian betraying her partner) parts have been fun. The cop having a mindless mode and betraying her duty could be explored a bit more imo.

My favorite storylines:

•Lia being used to hypnotize other women
•Janice being forced into sex with an old married couple
•Katie being mean to mindless Alix

I also like it better when the women have more personality. Not a big fan of the robot stuff

Big fan of "Waiting Room". Like other folks, I'd enjoy seeing Laurel herself controlled. And, if you want to revisit the cheerleaders, that would be excellent.

I pretty-much ignored Waiting Room until issue 4 when some random dude showed up at Alix and Katie's place (note: I think their names are swapped on page 12) and I continued finding "random dudes" making use of David's harem somewhat interesting. That's primarily because of the power dynamic. Alix, who was possibly the "dominant" partner in the marriage, is annoyed that David hired Katie but is made to accept it. David starts taking Katie out on the town instead of Alix which can only earn him dude-cred. Meanwhile, like all of the women susceptible to the pendant, no exclusive rights so folks with grudges against David can virtually get back at him. That's an interesting set of cross-power-exchanges that I can enjoy. Eventually, Alix gets all of her kinks straightened out (which ends a lot of the heat for me, honestly). I feel sorry for anyone named Alix in MCC storylines... they usually get the roboto-treatment. Now that this relationship's in maintenance mode, it's not as interesting to see.

The cheerleaders arc is also interesting but mainly because Helene is betraying them all. First unknowingly but, by issue 10, is an enthusiastic participant. Here we have a group of dudes who get to enjoy themselves on what is, conceptually, a rotating buffet of beautiful women (as you'd get a new set each year, I'd assume). The heat will probably run out for me after she brings the next class to the estate (with bonus heat if one of her girls is someone she should TRULY be protecting from these philandering predators - a relative or close friend).

I like one moment of the Dinah story - we get one tiny glimpse into who she was in issue 12 - when she rolls her eyes when Mr. Ulrich leans over the fence to ogle and talk to her. In any rational Universe, she stops watering the lawn and goes inside to escape... in this Universe she turns into a wet dream. The rest is just mechanics.

Finally, Leticia and Kerrie are the line I'm currently enjoying. I'm not thrilled that Kerrie's getting the dumb bimbo treatment (as that's a boring end for anyone) but Leticia being converted fully to betray the woman who should someday be her wife is a story interesting enough to follow. Let me amend that... I don't like that Kerrie got the simplification... but I do really like that Leticia did it.

And, as a post-word, there are LOTS and LOTS and LOTS of women on the site with comically large bosoms, including this one. Even the ones that trend "realistically normal sized" are quite large (ex: Helene and most of the cheerleaders). I know it's not explicitly part of the discussion but I've seen it suggested in previous posts: "more boobs please". I'll promote the counter: please keep some characters with normal human proportions. Part of what helps me enjoy mind control stories is (obviously) character interactions but if EVERYONE is a massive-chested mammoth from the get-go then it's not special any more and, while you can make them say they're "anxious about their huge hooters" and then "loving their engorged melons"... that loses meaning when every woman in the the whole world has back-breaking monster globes attached to their fronts (a.k.a. "You've got big breasts? Yeah, everyone does... so what?")

Going to echo those who have emphasized how similar these storylines all are, but also that I much prefer elements of betrayal and characters who are happy and eager about their new brainwashed life.

I'll also say that I want more time with Laurel and Lia themselves - I'd like to see more of them and have them happy about their new life as recruiters.

Definitely prefer the betrayal and serial recruitment elements.

For what it’s worth, I’m completely in agreement with GrimTidings on the breast size issue.

Definitely agree with the last point

Agreed.  Dinah and her mother separately were my favorite parts, as was the corrupted cop. The incest angle is not my thing though.