I will go ahead and put you all at ease as far as the SPH aspect goes.
I do not like SPH.
I (personally) don’t get anything out of it.
I have written some SPH characters before, and I have trouble with them, because it always ends up feeling one note and cruel.
(Might be getting a little personal here, but oh well

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I generally try to follow the rule as a writer of “Write what you know.” (Make of that what you will

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Now, that being said, we now know Mark is WELL ABOVE average in size, especially for a 16 year old.
He is clearly well into puberty, as the girls were able to trim him on Halloween.
We also have a *pretty good estimate of Mark’s measurements (including the actual numerical value, which is written on a piece of paper somewhere in Mark’s mom’s sewing room


) which has yet to be verbally disclosed lol (Gotta keep SOME mystery, right?

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Now, we’ve seen Mark’s reaction to seeing James naked, and while Mark may feel bad for James based on what he saw, keep some things in context:
Mark has had ZERO other boys around for reference since completing puberty himself.
He knows he’s well endowed, but is maybe still a bit naive as to just HOW WELL endowed he is.
What I’m getting at is that Mark most likely doesn’t know what ‘average’ looks like as far as penis size goes, and therefore, the girls of Wicker Creek probably don’t know either.
Now, obviously, all the girls have at least an idea of what ‘big’ is, as evidenced by the way they react to Mark.
All that to say this:
I have NO intention of James holding a candle to Mark when it comes to size, but I feel that’s just realistic, given the age difference.
James is (most likely, unless I drastically change my mind) endowed just fine for a 13 year old boy still going through puberty.
For example, look at Cameron from BareB4U’s Sharing A Changing Cubicle masterpiece.
In that story, even though Cam hasn’t hit all the physical benchmarks associated with puberty, he was able to impress and ejaculate a good amount, despite not quite being fully developed.
I see no reason why James in Magic should be used purely as a source for derision in my story.
My hope is that he’ll be a way for me (as the writer) to offer a variation in perspective outside of Mark and the girls.
I rambled, but I hope I put you at ease about how James is or isn’t endowed?
It’s not going to change the level of embarrassment he feels, despite Mark’s little pep talk
