@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 I saw this one very young, it was shown on TV and since it was animation I was drawn to it. While it was rather traumatising it probably contributed to my awakening.
It’s a classic and I’m surprised it’s not more well-known in the community. They released a blu-ray version in 2017 and it’s gorgeous, love the artwork and colours.
@littlest-lily I protest, this is clearly emotional manipulation, and… well, it’s highly effective on me. 
@SmolChlo I just love understanding what makes other people tick, too… even if it’s not my main fantasy. Simply keeping an open mind made me discover some aspects I hadn’t considered, and explore scenarios I had previously discarded! 
@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. 
@DFP I’m a huge fan of Robotech and there are plenty of G/t scenes in the anime.
Battletech is still going strong today (after the whole Clickytech fiasco) with Catalyst successfully kickstarting many new expansions. I’m a fan of the lore, the worldbuilding and politics of the Inner Sphere.
@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) 
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.”
@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.
@tiny-ivy Yes I know about Molyneaux and his sad story, I don’t think he’s involved with the latest Fable, the one with the sizey elements we’ve seen in the teasers? I hope not!
But yeah I was a fan of Bullfrog and I played Populous on my brother’s computer (thanks to him I could play games my parents wouldn’t have wanted me to play lol)
Never got into Dungeon Keeper, but heard they are classics. My other favourite was a cyberpunk one called Syndicate, you had missions to complete with a team of agents, didn’t understand it too much but setting people on fire never got old
@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)
@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!
@miss-lillipants I’m not done reading but I’m already loving it! I’ll admit I’m a sucker for Stockholm Syndrome stories 
I’ve had problems with Batoto from my end, pictures not loading but I found that LunaToons worked perfectly:
https://lunatoons.org/series/646a14dc2d2/
Thank you so much for sharing!
Damn, this hits so hard. I think I’d need an emotional support tiny in my life right about now… 
