@blehb You’re not alone, I’m fascinated with human nature and thus I’ve also been trying to see normies reaction to size media. I can’t find it right now but I saw a good reactions videos to HISTK on yt, and of course a few good ones to the recent Gen V scene.
Oh and I’m in the same boat about wanting to tell a partner eventually (gulp!), so I totally understand the concern. 
@Olo Thanks for sharing, just listened to both episodes and I hope down the road there will be one fully dedicated to SW…
Also, the neuropsychological aspects are fascinating, I think it would be such a great topic of serious research. I would gladly volunteer hours of my time for such a study.
@littlest-lily said in zHEIGHTgeist:
just haven’t gotten the courage to record myself lol
I think we all hate hearing our voices! 
Listening to my own is cringy torture, in English it’s even worse with my thick French-Canadian accent lol.
@Olo That would be appreciated, ain’t got no Hulu in our frozen wasteland 
@skysayl said in Extraordinary season 2 trailer:
“Good day sir say would you mind shrinking me to the size of a mouse?”
Alas, I wish that was a normal question to ask in this reality (“Of course, right away, my lady!”).
Damn, this hits so hard. I think I’d need an emotional support tiny in my life right about now… 
@miss-lillipants said in Disaster and confrontation:
an opinion or thoughts in a hopeless situation, rather than some voiceless, mindless doll.
Loved your thoughts on the fem/male/gaze. I think you nailed something important to me - agency in the face of a grim situation. I love it when a SW in a story uses everything to escape her fate, and doesn’t give up even if she ultimately fails. No fun in her being this passive victim, which can be found even in a lot of classic SW stories.
@blehb said in Disaster and confrontation:
Or maybe he’s just an average dude that’s just trying to help the best he can.
Yes, this… all the while keeping his urges in check, pushing his willpower near the breaking point. That’s my trope lol. Personally I like character descriptions to remain vague, as they allow me to project more easily into the story - if the giant is a handsome, strong and tall 20-something, it makes it harder for my early midlife self to insert. 
@SmolChlo said in zHEIGHTgeist:
@foreverlurk I must be the only one who wants to hear every single one of your voices Expose yourselves!!
You’re not alone, just talking about my own self-consciousness. Je serais beaucoup plus confiant en français, ceci étant dit. 
@littlest-lily said in zHEIGHTgeist:
@SmolChlo No I’m with you! I just want more and more of those giant ASMR stories hehe
Heard about those! There should be more M/f ASMR stories out there, told from the SW’s perspective! In a sea of GTS/SM offering, there’s like only… one? two?
Seriously I’m sure I’m not the only one here who would be eternaly grateful, like you so elegantly said there’s enough GTS content to last a few lifetimes already… can we please have some SW audio/ASMR too?!
It doesn’t even need to be super elaborate. Like in what I posted, I know the delivery isn’t perfect and the scenario sounds cliche but I think she nailed the part where she switches from bratty entitled princess to vulnerable SW after realising she might have to remain that size. Her desire to be kept safe, it’s simple and efficient - works for me! 
@littlest-lily love the little pieces of lore drop… num num num sweet lore.
@Olo I know - one thing that helps me keeping a connection with the young folks is having someone at home who’s clos(er) to that generation and doesn’t mind explaining his old man what’s what these days.
I also like to generate AI renders with 35-40 year olds sometimes, without them looking like supermodels or pretty boys. Strangely it’s harder to get the AI to generate just plain normal looking moms or dads lol.
I wouldn’t, first and foremost because even if I get off fantasizing about shrinking, thinking about its consequences IRL really kills all the fun for me. My mind and imagination are free of such restrictions of course, but I’ve learned (or, rather, am learning) that having these thoughts and imagining those scenarios do not define who I really am, and how I act IRL. 
Like others have said, if I pretend for a second that such a thing is possible… let’s say with her full consent, reversibility and safety (and somehow going against physics and the law of conversion of mass), well, sure, let’s try!
@SmolChlo well sue me and my Giant/tiny brain but I find these pictures really hot 
@Technomage said in Foreverlurk's AI artwork:
These images are fantastic, I’m curious about when and how much the censorship could be avoided, so verything can be tweaked to explore interaction in them (that’s where the good stuff is at
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Thanks! Censorship can be avoided on DALL-E but it’s hit or miss. Also, what works today can be patched next week, as it’s been the case since the very beginning.
Tweaking is the best approach, using inpainting to replace details in the scene. That’s where Stable Diffusion helps.
If you’re asking about interaction, that’s the real tricky part. AI doesn’t like ANY display of affection, so you have to use what I call “legalese” to explain what you want WITHOUT directly saying it. For instance, they’re not “kissing”, they are “tongue-interacting”, your honor. It’s like a mini meta-game of its own hehe.
@miss-lillipants When you’re part of a linguistic minority, you learn quickly not to take your language - and culture - for granted!
I love the idea of communication across the boundaries of language (and, unsuprinsingly, size). What I can imagine is a three inch tall mute woman trying to sign to me, but she’s too small for my poor eyesight to catch her signs - or I don’t know BSL/ASL.
So, plan B : she starts to trace the letters on the palm of my hand (with a twig or something). That’s assuming we share a common written language, of course. I have no idea how I’d communicate back if she’s also deaf, but that’s a start!
My tastes have evolved with time, too. I won’t deny there will always be a sexual undercurrent about my size fantasies, but anyone who’ve seen my stuff know I tend towards cleaner, less outrageous content and imagery. Not only because of the confines and limitations of AI, but because that’s what I like, personally.
A few years ago, before Jitensha created this place, I was contacted on the SWB by a few like-minded individuals who wanted to create such a space. They wanted to represent a more mainstream aspect, without so much focus on pornography. The goal was to create, quote, “a place to go that I’m not embarrassed to show my friends or girlfriend”. Still in my foreverlurk-ing phase, I didn’t put much thought into it and the project never got off the ground.
I’d be down for a SFW group, Discord server, or sub-board, where we can somehow verify the age of participants, and have a space to chat between adults. In the past, I’ve had uncomfortable RP experiences(!) where I had to stop after having doubts about the maturity and age of my RP partner - even for gentle stuff, I simply don’t want to interact with minors(!!). That’s why I now only RP after getting to know the person for a little while.
@blehb It’s very interesting to me, but mind this isn’t representative statistically when done in a single “contemporary society class” at college. Maybe a more rigorous survey wouldn’t have the same results.
Kink aside, I’ve always found shorter women cute, but that’s just my preference. 
Although I cannot be entirely sure it’s not my size fetish taking over, hehe.
I’m an inch below average for guys in my country and while it does limit the dating pool, it never bothered me that much. Once shrunk, they’re all mouse-sized to me
