The dominant tiny/submissive giant trope
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A lot of people, especially outside the size community, have this misconception that being tiny means your always submissive or being gigantic means your always dominant. As someone who strictly identifies as a tiny, I really enjoy my moments where I am submissive but I also want to try being dominant and overpowering the giant. I understand that it takes more thought to play these scenarios out which must be why this is rare. I imagine myself as a dominant tiny by me having various items or abilities to control the giant: I could have dangerous powers, have technology such as a device to shock him to discipline him, I could be an exceptional fighter and be able to scale his power, and many more ideas I hope to come up with. What are your thoughts on this trope?
(I know that I made a post called “Badass women in M/f scenarios.” But that post was more focused on women overcoming their situation being shrunk and I didn’t really explore the dom tiny / sub giant much. If anyone disagrees and thinks this post is too similar to the other post, I’d be more than happy to take this one down. I wish to not make posts on repetitive topics because I care deeply about the browsing experience on this site)
My size may be small, but my will is bigger than y’all
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I’ve seen a few stories on this topic, but the easiest way is just… the giant is just into that. Maybe it’s actually a healthy relation with boundaries and stuff, maybe the tiny would be abusive in any other context but the giant just can’t view her as a threat…
Hell. You could make a scenario where the big is just going, ‘you choose’, over and over, forcing her to make (big) decisions until she’s used to taking charge.
At the moment, I’ve been pondering an idea around that kind of concept, where the giant is big and strong and has a lot of powers and shit, but just… is really lazy. Like. The motivation is ‘nap’ more often than not. The tiny he likes, though, has ideas, so he keeps getting her toys to play with on demand, and helps her take revenge and shit.
Beyond that, I’m fond of the ‘sealed evil’ kind of idea: giant is a sealed (dragon, god, demon, war machine, etc), who the tiny accidently springs loose. Thankfully for her, though, she also gets rights to the collar he’s stuck with, and so gets to command him. That kind thing generally dissolves into, ‘I’m waiting for you to fuck up so I can make you suffer for it’, balanced against, ‘I’ll make you actually admit (as opposed to magic forcing) my worth’, or some such.
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@TakoAlice8 Normal-sized woman with telepathic abilities controlling a ferocious giant? Sign me up!
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@Nyx Cate from Gen V.
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@Olo I can appreciate the character, but I’m not a fan of having to touch someone for the powers to activate (not to mention the seizure-inducing side effects). I want to be able to look at a giant and have him become my personal bodyguard.
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@Nyx Yes, ma’am.
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I’m a personal fan of great/ancient god or demon kept in chains (physical or otherwise) and forced to do the bidding of whoever frees or summons him.
Not sure if this really counts, but I like the idea of the tiny learning to lean into her power. They dynamic might start off with her being kind of a pushover and the giant bullying her and generally throwing his weight around - except, that he can’t actually physically hurt her or do anything that could bring her harm. Among the things that motivate her to change is the fact that they’re going to be together for a loooooooong time.
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@miss-lillipants said in The dominant tiny/submissive giant trope:
I’m a personal fan of great/ancient god or demon kept in chains (physical or otherwise) and forced to do the bidding of whoever frees or summons him.
Not sure if this really counts, but I like the idea of the tiny learning to lean into her power. They dynamic might start off with her being kind of a pushover and the giant bullying her and generally throwing his weight around - except, that he can’t actually physically hurt her or do anything that could bring her harm. Among the things that motivate her to change is the fact that they’re going to be together for a loooooooong time.
I love this idea so much! Imagine the tension between the giant and the woman and how it would impact their relationship. There’s a lot to explore with that sort of scenario.
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I write about this. Strong women tinies that don’t roll over and die; not even when tiny. <33 I love this dynamic.
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@Nyx
One of my older ideas is a princess and her long-suffering knight. Maybe there’s some romantic tension, but mostly it’s him going, ‘Yes, your highness’ while he follows her around and whatnot, with some teasing on her end.Portal pops up, knight is all valiant, maybe some kind of bloodline… and the princess and the knight come out the other end, nowhere they’ve ever heard of, or any idea how to figure out where they are compared to where they used to live…
And Sir Knight is now sixty feet tall. And naked, because clothes don’t really fit after massive growth spirts.
The princess promptly starts ordering him around like normal, and when they find native cities, tell him to conquer them in her name. If she can’t have her old empire, she’ll just make a new one! His response?
"Yes, your highness.’
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I do sometimes enjoy scenarios that fall somewhere between The Shape of Water or King Kong where a giant is captured by the government and a woman scientist falls in love with him and takes care of him and because she’s so gentle and loving to him, he basically does what she says and acts as sort of a sexy subby giant pet to her
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I think the dominant tiny has a lot of potential. This is an excerpt from a piece that I have in the works.
“So, you enjoyed that? Playing with me that way. You had your fun?” she said, almost scornfully as she rose to take a defiant stance before him once more. “I did” he replied with a quiet confidence, “And I think you did too.”
“I was curious to see how you treat her” she answered, “I think it will help me get inside her head a little bit. But now… now it’s my turn. Take off your shirt, Usher.”
“Oh, so it’s ‘Usher’ now?” he smiled. “It’s whatever the fuck I say” she replied coolly, slowly sauntering across the table to the small pile of silk ribbons that he had recently used to restrain Melody. She collected several of the ribbons; draping them behind her neck and over her shoulders as she watched the sinewy, young man strip off his shirt.
“Hmmmm… not too bad” she smiled, as she appraised his lean, well-muscled form. “Now, take off your pants. No, leave the underwear on” she added, stepping closer to the edge of the table so that she could see all of him. “That’s very good. Hmmm… it looks like you’re hiding something down there” she giggled, nodding at the obvious bulge in the front of his boxers. “Now, I want you to lay down on the floor, on your back. Then grab the legs of the table, one in each hand and don’t let go.”
Silently, Usher followed Eydie’s instructions, curious to see just where and how far she intended to take this. Back on the table, Eydie watched as he stretched out on the floor and wrapped his fingers around the table legs, as instructed. Moving quickly and gracefully, Eydie jumped to the seat of a chair before expertly swarming down the floor.
Usher’s expression betrayed his admiration as she strode across the thick, plush carpet to stand beside his chest. “Don’t look so surprised, big guy. You’ve lived with a mini in the house for a while now. You know it usually only takes a couple weeks before we get very good at climbing everywhere” she said, as she surveyed his prostrate form. Slipping a ribbon from her neck, she walked to where his left hand gripped the table leg and stepped over his wrist.
Seeya
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This is part of why I like the idea of Fairies/Pixies and etc. They have some magic powers that helps even them out power wise compared to a giant (mundane or also magical). Very easy to see the dynamic at play with say, Feo Ul or the other Pixies in FFXIV and the player. Mormolia in Heroine Anthem Zero, too.
Of course, sometimes the giant is just going along with the tiny’s whims because they’re simple enough to comply with or the giant has an attitude of “Eh why not, I’m bored” or the tiny is just helping them live a more idyllic life. Something more like Arrietty/The Borrowers there but those tinies didn’t exactly have dominant attitudes…
In the horror angle, there’s “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” and those are violently dominant tinies.
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I tend to write more male power fantasy in my erotic stories. But I have had less experienced Giants have caught/found tiny women that were more knowledge about and aware of their appeal to their capture. So they used their sensual skills to manipulate the giant.
“Oh what’s that?” Kelly asked looking up at the catalog of tiny cage accessories.
“Oh that. A mini hot tub.” Gilbert replied getting ready to turn the page.
Oh what a great thing for relaxing her muscles after a long day of serving this giant dork. “Can you by that for me?” She asked in her best pouty girl voice.
Gilbert turned the page mumbling, “Oh I don’t think so.” Meaning he didn’t see how he would enjoy it.
But Kelly did, and if she was going to have to live as his pampered pet she would get what she wanted. And she knew exactly how to do that. “Gilbert,” she cooed in the way she knew would make him look towards her. Kelly arched her body in a way that would draw his eyes. And in this outfit he bought her that was easy to do.
And that work, “Ya, yes Kelly?”
Rolling into a more standing position that displayed her assists Kelly explained to his likely distracted mind, “If you buy me that I would be an ever so happy tiny.”
“Every so happy?” He repeated.
She had to fight back a smile, he was so easily trained. Purring like he liked, “Ev-er so happy.”
He grabbed his tablet, “Yeah, OK. I’ll have it over nighted for you.”
Kelly knew she likely would have to work that off later, but a hot tub of her own to relax in when let home alone. She deserved that. Then she saw another toy for her cage. If she was running a tab already, might as well make it worth the payment. Cooing again, “Gilbert?”
HH1
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Some other ideas: the lab experiment. Giant is being held by military or secret lab, and is trapped by their captors, lead scientist or whatever is a woman. She controls so much of his life he controls him, even if she’s achingly careful about how dangerous he is.
Relatedly, a setting where a giant is, defacto, treated as a sub-human, and has a boss or supervisor in charge of him. There’s little no no actual controls over him, but he has to obey anyways because she’s in charge.
And, something expanded from one of my earlier ideas, a relationship built off a previous relationship a couple had before they grew/shrunk, where the man is more passive and the woman more dominating or controlling. And she shrunk, or he grew (or both), perhaps slowly over time, and they just… kept to that dynamic. Maybe she needs to placed on the table, but she’s the one with the finances on lock and a better picture on what needs to be done, and the fact she needs to keep directing him so much helps cement a sense of ‘being in charge’ in place.
Maybe he can casually lift a car, but she has to be the one do so much of the normal stuff because he’s too big to, so he’s having to sit and wait somewhere (where he can’t break anything important) while she does all the important adult things, goes out into the town or whatever, and basiclly just had a life with friends and stuff, which leads them both to get a sense that he’s useless or too destructive, and just gives him the sort of dynamic of a big, dangerous pet rather than a human being.
