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@littlest-lily I protest, this is clearly emotional manipulation, and… well, it’s highly effective on me.

@maladaptivetiny That’s the dream! We’re going to need a bit more than just VR but also full suits and gloves.

But it’s still pretty incredible to see in VR what I’ve imagined millions of times in my head, even if it’s just a small preview of things to come.

Abodigen : “I’m not getting off to physics and engineering!”

Me : “Noooo let’s discuss tiny toilets, and plumbing, the Square-Cube Law, and the effects of gravity on falling tiny bodies!!!”

Very much GTS focused again but I can relate to what he said about the beauty of vulnerability, in a context of immense mutual trust :

“The giant in this scenario finds their frailty beautiful, they’re proud to protect and hold this little person.”

@littlest-lily ohhhh it’s just what I needed this afternoon (I’m super sick with COVID, wtf… 4 years after everyone I guess it was my turn lol)

I can just imagine how weightless yet surprisingly warm her body would feel. What a rush to hold and protect a delicate, tiny life in the palm of my hand.

I’ll never tire of tiny hands interacting with giant fingers. Like, even IRL I always loved comparing my hand size to my GFs (I don’t even have big hands, but yeah)

@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.

@SmolChlo are you talking about those the “why are short girls so mean” ones?

Unrelated, but this one popped up in my fyp (TT has the scariest, most accurate algorithm of all social media)

@Olo "You oversized MORON ! "

@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.

@Olo oh believe me I know, I worked on systems that would make Orwell blush. Thankfully I’m not at that company anymore but the amount of data we had access to, that people gave willingly, was downright scary.

TikTok probably knows more about (some parts of) me than most of my friends.

Damn, this hits so hard. I think I’d need an emotional support tiny in my life right about now…

@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.

@SmolChlo haha don’t give up, I’m sure he’ll get it eventually!

My problem has always been searching for signs when in reality there were none. Good ol’ “I reject your reality and substitute my own” at work!

@littlest-lily love the little pieces of lore drop… num num num sweet lore.

@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!

@Olo Well you’ve done it Olo - from now on I’m reading all your comments with your voice in my head lol

Seriously those themes are so far away from my comfort zone. Still found it interesting.