@Olo I can still tell pretty easily, but then again I’ve spent hundreds of hours generating content and my eyes can spot the telltales of generative AI.
I do love the way you describe them as being statistically generated - a much better term IMHO, closer to reality (Markov Chain).
@Mrgoblinging7 Well first off when I was young I thought all imaginations were like that? 
I don’t know, it’s just one of the things you realize growing up that you have, like having a perfect pitch, or being able to hold a beat, or being colour-blind. You think it’s the same for everyone at first.
For sure this has caused me issues… it’s hard to let go when you can revisit moments in your memory, and re-experience them vividly, especially of times when you were happier. Might explain my tendency towards nostalgia, and why I still remember detailed stuff from childhood.
It also means I’m at the mercy of some fiction authors lol. If I really like what I’m reading, I go all in and view those scenes in my head. If it’s something really fucked up, I am NOT okay afterwards. But I still wouldn’t want to be rid of it. I’m just highlighting the cons.
Antidepressants somewhat tinker with hyperphantasia btw (along with a shit load of other things), makes memories and feelings more neutered and colourless. But hey, at least you don’t spend your day crying in a corner so that’s a plus, right? 
@SmolChlo I may have poured a bit of reality along with the fiction in that piece.Tends to happen when you live your life wishing for an impossible fantasy, I guess. 
@blehb said
It’s a line I want to cross but I can’t bring myself to do it.
Same. I suck at this so much. I don’t want to wallow up in self-pity again, but me being a dom cishet male in my 40s brings a whole lot of bonus difficulty to opening up (perceived or real), that some in the “it’s-no-big-deal” crowd might not have to account for.
Or maybe that’s just my excuse ¯_ (ツ)_/¯
I mean, folks don’t tend to post their L’s online, but I’ve had some private conversations with people who “came out” to their partners about their size kink and things went horribly wrong. You don’t really hear about those, but it’s always a possibility.
(Chlo I’m sure you’ll be fine, please don’t mind me)
@blehb said in What small details really elevate size content for you?:
Typically shrinking could be seen as a negative representation of feeling anxious, or being placed in an intimidating situation. But I love the idea of reversing that trope and the tiny finding a way to overcome not only that situation, but also their typical irrational fears.
Oh I love that idea, it’s just too easy to tie shrinking purely with negative emotions - in a negative light - all the time!
If only I wasn’t struggling with anxiety myself. I think I mentioned before that even from a young age, this fantasy always had a calming effect on me. There’s something about, like @Nyx said, a SW’s “softness and delicateness and quietness” that work just like benzos sometimes. 
Having a giant to protect and comfort you also helps with those feelings as well.
And I like to think it can go both ways - not for protection, of course, but a tiny could also help a giant find his inner strength/confidence, and overcome his fears. Which I realize might go against the common trope of an all-powerful, almost infallible giant!
@Olo Don’t shoot the messenger, hehe. “Synthography” is the term that is being used in English to describe images generated partially or completely with AI.
@littlest-lily said in What small details really elevate size content for you?:
@foreverlurk An all powerful giant can be exciting sometimes, but I think it’s much more interesting for him to have flaws and insecurities and vulnerable moments and all that jazz
I realize it’s almost the antithesis of the kink but I like when power shifts back and forth between G and t (only possible if love or at least gentleness is involved in the scenario).
Different kinds of power, of course. She could never have any physical control, but she probably holds more sway over him overall than the casual observer might notice at first. 
@SmolChlo said in Sunrise Kiss:
As much as I prefer being “taken care of” there’s something that really warms me about being able to soothe and relax something so lorge
I know it’s not the same thing as taking care of beards (mine could also use some grooming btw), but you know, for all my dom inclinations, I find myself loving the idea of being comforted by a tiny lady barely the size of my pinkie. 
Imagining her supporting me, drying my tears, while being so small yet having such an impact… a mere fraction of my size yet my entire world and the only thing I can focus on and that can bring me peace.
I swear I’m not the only giant that could use emotional support tinies from time to time.
@blehb I saw Arrietty as a grown ass 20-something and it blew my mind. I’m such a sucker for impossible or forbidden love stories. I’m never fully comfortable watching sizey stuff with other people, even to this day.
@SmolChlo said in Date gone wrong?:
who deserves a doll of his very own?! You do 🫵 Yes you do!
@SmolChlo I… 
I do?! 
@blehb said in Watching Others Watch Size:
I think Minami-kun works so well because the goal is to get Chiyomi back to her normal size, so general audiences are rooting for their relationship knowing that.
Of course, I was rooting for her to remain tiny. 
That’s why I love the 2004 version were she stays small but they are together and well at the end.
@blehb said in Watching Others Watch Size:
I’ve said this before on here, but the very few people I have mentioned this to described it as “adorable”.
It’s funny because the 3D artist I commissioned recently didn’t know about the size kink at all (to my surprise, I must say - based on her portfolio I thought otherwise). I had to explain the basics and her reaction was similar - it’s “cute”. Umm, I left out some details, of course.
@SmolChlo said in Watching Others Watch Size:
I’m always down for a sizey chat with normies
Haha you’re just built differently, Chlo. I wish I had just half your confidence when striking up conversation: “Hey ladies, so… wanna shrink to three inches tall tonight?” 
I have to say the aspect I love the most is shrinking - the actual process itself has always been as enjoyable to me as the aftermath. Seeing girls shrink in cartoons as a child was one of my first awakening experiences to the fantasy. I would replay in my mind the scenes, that’s why even to this day I love shrinking to be a rather slow, gradual thing.
I’m hopeless in the number of times I’ve imagined using shrink rays on unsuspecting victims…
Primary school teacher? SHRINK.
Girl I had a crush on in 8th grade? ZAP.
Woman who intimidates me? FIRE.
Cute co-worker? DOWN SHE GOES.
Thank god they couldn’t read my mind. 
You seem to have had some pretty good experiences in RP, which I can’t really relate to. Maybe I haven’t been lucky, or probably I just suck at RP? I realized I simply can’t play the cruel giant, that’s not me. I can be playful, teasing, a bit rough or somewhat blissfully unaware of the fear I can cause, sure. But I love tinies too much to hurt them. Yeah I know the whole noncon shrinking is borderline and contradicts what I just said lol
Nowadays I’d much rather indulge in well-written fiction - the community has sooo many talented people.
@littlest-lily How do you always manage to come up with such cute little scenarios?
Now, I’ll have to hold back from endlessly raving about my love of mechanical keyboards. My father was a software engineer, and the sound of his old buckling spring Model “M” from the 80s still evokes Proustian nostalgia for me, with its clickety-clack-clack. 
