Go-to sizey daydream?

[foreverlurk]

@maladaptivetiny said in Go-to sizey daydream?:

But maybe giants are extra prevalent in Norse mythology

I’m really no expert but it was my impression they were. Not based on anything but empirical evidence.

Same way I’ve also noticed that Southeast Asia has a tradition of tiny people in their folklore, based on the various stories and television shows featuring them and what I’ve been told on the subject.

(Someone should do a PhD on Size Representation through history!)

[i am insane]

@foreverlurk
FIre giants, Ice giants, and depending on how you look at it the actual gods; Norse also have their creation myth with the land starting from a dead giant, Ymir. So… yeah, they have a good amount of it.

[macrodid]

It’s been really interesting reading some of your responses on daydreaming and even hearing someone earlier mention about tulpas. Even aside from having DID (where many of our alters are tiny people, which you can imagine led to much confusion upon discovery), I’ve found myself fascinated with G/T fiction. Sometimes I find myself just enjoying curling up to a good G/T fiction story about a tiny person with a gentle giant, and kind of imagining myself as the tiny person with the gentle giant. Sometimes it just feels soothing and relaxing in and of itself.

I know for a while G/T fiction just sparked us getting new alters a lot, but within the past year it hasn’t, so it’s nice to just read it for a change. I know some of our alters not just imagine the scenarios but feel like they’ve lived through it, so they probably have a lot to say on that as well.

Hopefully this makes sense. Sorry if it sounds kind of confusing.

[i am insane]

@macrodid
I… think I do? It’s the phrase ‘alters’ that’s throwing me a bit;, like, how furries have a custom character that’s ‘them’, but instead of fur it’s someone that’ really big or small?

[littlest-lily]

@i-am-insane Alters are in reference to the DID condition they have - I learned a lot of about it from the YouTuber DissociaDID (https://youtu.be/ANcVfE7XeQ4?si=sl5q61b_CDkgsJse). Anthony Padilla also did a video about it and interviewed multiple systems https://youtu.be/ek7JK6pattE?si=tcp_VF-Xl3W5LCjH

(Apologies, I don’t mean to speak for you @macrodid ! Just figured I’d share the resources that helped me understand what you guys deal with)

[i am insane]

Huh. Well, I got that completly wrong then.