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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yqOBuQRwOU

by Kiko

@littlest-lily said:

I’ve never seen Land of the Giants, I apparently need to change that!

It had some nice moments, but it had far more missed opportunities. Everything’s getting rebooted, why not LOTG?

I think there’s room for people just ever so slightly unnaturally large. 7-footers are rare but they’re not unheard of. What most people expect to see when they look at a 7-footer is someone who is seven feet long. That’s markedly different than, say, a 5’9" dude proportionally enlarged to 7’0" in height. That person is going to get double-takes from everyone, but no one will be able to confidently say “that’s unnatural.”

Bigger than that and you have a guy who will have real difficulty navigating the built environment and will provoke people to call the authorities.

@tiny-ivy There should have been an entire series devoted to the holodeck.

by Kiko

@littlest-lily

I’m older and more experienced than Aiden, and I’d be mortified when I found out I had done this. A hundred bucks says he calls up Moira and begs her to take care of Evie until he can face up to this. It could set them both back months.

@i-am-insane This is what I think of when I hear She-Hulk being called “the Jade Giantess.” Weird how no one calls The Hulk “a giant,” huh?

@tiny-ivy

Counselor Troi Counselor Toy
Major Kira Mini Kira
7 of 9 7 or 9 inches
T’Pol S’mol
Ensign Tilly Ensign Tiny
Ensign Mariner Ensign Miniature

needs source

That’s it for now; that’s as far as the original idea went. I have no immediate plans to continue this story; in fact, a couple of nicer stories are next up in the queue.

If I ever return to this, you can probably guess that this criminal enterprise—like so many others—will fall apart due to greed, impatience, and short-sightedness.

German, another language with gendered nouns, has Riese and Riesin for male and female giants, respectively. Oddly, German uses the same word, Zwerg, to refer both to IRL people with dwarfism and to imaginary people who are Tom Thumb-sized. And yes, a female “dwarf” is a Zwergin.

(Tom Thumb is Daumling (Thumbling) in the original German Kinder- und Hausmärchen by the Brothers Grimm)

@tiny-ivy I remember seeing some sizey Buffy fanfic, but of course it was F/m.

@sloppy_amy I’ve found that it’s difficult to crush a skull that’s still in use.

@littlest-lily

Very glad to hear your operation went well! Have an easy recovery filled with sizey dreams!