Flipping the concept on it's head: Yandere SWs

[i am insane]

@Olo
The SW sneaking into your clothes, into your bags, into your food, constantly stalking you, but she’s on you; no privacy in your home, no matter how hard you try. Threatening to reveal herself to friends and claim abuse unless you spoil her constantly.

[littlest-lily]

@i-am-insane Gosh I could see this becoming really tragic really fast! He’s a genuinely good guy and he feels bad for her if she’s freshly shrunk, and now his life revolves around making sure she’s safe and taken care of… And then she notices and manipulated him more and more, and maybe he also develops feelings over time (in a bit of a nightingale syndrome type thing, something I have thought before in the context of SW actually). Oof, I feel for him already!

[i am insane]

@littlest-lily
A lot of gentle SW scenarios, where the SW is a stranger, is often built around something like Nightingale Syndrome, where they devote time to caring for them and get attached, and the SW in turn gets used to being cared for and grows attached in turn.

Rather than her being nuts right away… you could play it as a sort of… slide, since he is her world, honestly. Food? Water? Safety? Comfort? All of them come from the Friendly Giant. It becomes common sense for her to rely on him for everything, to call him for every worry. At the same time, the fact she has nothing else, no real way to spend her time, no others to talk to (or, if there’s other SWs, they’re only competition for the FG’s time), the fact that the FG has other options than her grates at her, even as the sheer helplessness of her situation eats away at her sanity; people aren’t made to be so helpless, after all.

And so, more and more, she demands more and more from the Friendly Giant, growing slowly crueler and more abusive, until on some level she starts thinking that she owns him, and isn’t afraid to throw a fit if he breaks that world view.

[Olo]

@i-am-insane “Why can’t I come with you to work?”

[i am insane]

@Olo
“Where are you going? Are just going to leave me here, trapped on this table? I thought you were going to protect me. Don’t you love me?”

[SmolChlo]

My my… now this is something I would thoroughly enjoy. I’d find it entertaining to constantly test his boundaries just to see what I can and can’t get away with. Things like holding my breath until my little face turns blue if I don’t get the Victorian styled dollhouse I demanded. Crying out and pretending he accidentally hurt me whenever he handles me just to pull at his heart strings a little. It would be such a thrill to watch something so utterly massive stutter and profusely apologize for hurting something so delicate and precious as me.
Quickly shifting from love bombing to the cold shoulder until he’s the one begging for my attention

[i am insane]

@SmolChlo
Of course, that’s a dangerous game, because most things with yanderes end with the person noticing they’re being obsessed over… and the giant is the one holding the cards. You need to balance your stick usage with your carrots, otherwise your giant horse is going to walk off to do whatever he wants, with you stuck for the ride whether you like it or not.

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‘You’re saddled up; there’s no recourse
It’s, “Hi-yo, silver!”
Signed: Bad Horse.’

I never thought Dr. Horrible’s Singalong Blog would feel topical to SWs, lol.

[SmolChlo]

@i-am-insane I was mostly playing into the Yandere role. I could never be this mean to someone, I’m too much of a little lover lol I also wouldn’t dare try to manipulate someone if I was smaller than the underside of their boot

[BigCuddlyGiant]

This sounds like a fun idea for a twisted version of Peter Pan where Tinkerbell (who is already basically a yandere) is just faking her death for fun and attention.

[Olo]

@BigCuddlyGiant I’m surprised Tink hasn’t found a way to shrink Wendy.