GIANT

I want to rewatch it fully and take my time to properly digest it before I commit to writing a review, but just as a general feeling I’m still amazed that this show even exists. They managed to included so many details that tells me someone on the writing team is either “one of us”, or they seriously did their homework.

Of course I have plenty of nitpicking and things I would have preferred to see (or not see) but to me this is destined to be a classic in the size community. There is also rumors of a second season, but for me this story is done, and I don’t see how they could top it. Sure, I’m never against MORE shrinking women, but that by itself is not enough to make a mainstream show.

Meanwhile, I’ve posted some clips (one per episode) on my channel if you want to take a look but beware, they all include spoilers (they are currently blocked by copyright in the USA, but visible everywhere else)

@Calypsa
Honestly, a lot of what I’m interested in is usually a subversion of the classic SW tropes: she shrinks, but she’s into it before the man is, or actively did it to herself. I’m growing, but she’s doing to me, or is the one who is excited about it.

I like… the push pull, where both sides have some levers on the other, even if it’s just on emotional manipulation or something, making both ends of the equation active, if unequal, actors. If it’s just the basic ‘bigger person grabs smaller one, sex’, it’s… bland, almost? The situation, the relationship, that dynamic, flavors it.

In the same way, I’m interested in levels of dehumanization, but it can go too far, because it’s the fact that they are people that make it so interesting. If you reduce the woman to just an object, so much of what makes everything special is gone; it’s like you’ve replaced a gem with a Christmas light.

Ah, another for the ‘Ace but weirdly and deeply into a really kinky fetish you probably can’t ever explain to anyone normal camp’. Welcome!

Yeah, I’m not quite the exact same as you, I like all the girly bits, and dicks are… ugh. Not interested, but good/tolerable in limited quantities? How they’re used to present the women?

I’ve never really had any interest in sex, but I feel like, in some way, I grew out of even my fetish-y interest in sex? The power dynamics and relationships and so on interest me, and the sex is general just kind of folded in there (not even getting into the 'are women even into this??? that gets in my head at times).

Regardless, these days I’m more interested in cuddling and actually sleeping together, though I figure at least part of that is the all consuming exhaustion thing.

@The-Big-G Can’t really argue with her.

@The-Big-G Yes, I have! Example: I was texting this girl romantically, and I engaged in some PG-rated roleplay with her where I shrunk her down and played with her. I didn’t tell her that sizey stuff was a “thing” that people were into online, and I’m sure she had no idea that the size community existed.

Over a week later, after that initial sizey conversation, I jokingly asked her if she was feeling more submissive or more feisty today. (That question made more sense in context.)

Her exact reply was: “Depends on my size. Haha. Willing to shrink me? ”

This time, I wasn’t even the one who brought up the idea of shrinking! She was the one who brought it up! She absolutely loved being tiny in a romantic context. This was not the last time we talked about shrinking scenarios. She got really into it.

I’ve had other “planting seeds” experiences besides this one, and I’ve written about them here:
https://www.tumblr.com/protector-of-tinies/799484673199882240/in-my-dating-life-ive-experimented-with-bringing?source=share
https://www.tumblr.com/protector-of-tinies/796700468252459008/remember-how-ive-said-liking-gt-is-more-normal?source=share
https://www.tumblr.com/protector-of-tinies/796793312757661696/another-gt-texting-conversation-i-had-with-this?source=share

Entertainment Weekly created a short reel to advertise their coverage of The Miniature Wife. I made a copy for my SW archive :

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/itw2aAuhfKw

Here is their article:
https://ew.com/the-miniature-wife-elizabeth-banks-matthew-macfadyen-cover-story-exclusive-11937650

Loved this quote

“What interested me about it was just the conversation: What is soft power versus hard power,” says Banks who, alongside Macfadyen, also signed on as an executive producer. “Because obviously he’s physically huge and could squash [shrunken] me like a bug, but I have a lot of soft power in the relationship and influence over him and know how to use it.”

Also using props to make her feel smol

“The ultimate goal was to do as many things as we could to make this feel grounded for Elizabeth, because the bigger the prop, the more she felt like a 6-inch tall woman…”

JUST OVER A WEEK LEFT… this is it!

Oh yeah! Peacock just published a short behind the scenes video with more new footage…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWUoAWAPkMU

@The-Big-G

It depends on the species. Hippos will kill you just to watch you die.

Ironically, predators have to measure out how they fight more, since if they get injured they can’t catch their food. Not having to hunt down their meals means that stronger herbivores have a lot more freedom to be violent on demand.

I’ve already answered that one on Reddit

I’m not dominant IRL. I’m a shy, introverted guy, always have, always been (to an extreme as a child, which lead to bullying and other unfun things). But seriously, that’s like… 90% of the reason why I enjoy the fantasy of shrinking women down - in my mind, when they are vulnerable, I can become confident with them, someone in charge, in control, and/or protective and assertive.

If you knew me IRL, you could never guess that I hide a dominant side.

I’m pretty sure the idea of shrinking someone, making them smaller, vulnerable, was born as a cope for my IRL social anxiety, introversion and extreme shyness. Imagining a place where I’m in control, confident, where I’m in charge, and having someone to care for and protect, is all that I’m lacking IRL. A shrunken woman can be my toy, a comfort plushie, a friend, a lover… And it’s always been a source of comfort to me, and the secret place my mind goes to unwind.