Reviewer: WTH I Love This Signed
Date: January 10 2020
Title: Chapter 3: Nature
Ok, I couldn't resist! I had to write a longer review.
I am absolutely IN LOVE with this whole setting. I am excited to see more of how NGR's rhetoric works. I love how this isn't the cliché "Men have always abused us by being bigger and stronger, so we need to make them smaller and weaker." That motivation was understandable, but way too simple! Here, you've created something truly interesting! Instead of the stereotypical "masculinity is toxic," it's "masculinity and femininity are both good, but they're imbalanced, and need to be corrected." We can see this through the training videos and Dianne lauding "virtues of masculinity" like humility. Instead of "being a man," being a bad thing, NGR sees it as something to be encouraged, which is all the more reason it needs to be fixed, so that every male can truly "be a man." By making it more about the good of both women AND men, it provides NGR with a counter to the “but most men aren’t abusive or cruel” argument. Instead of the attitude toward shrunken men being "Good, now they can't hurt us anymore," it's instead "Good, now we can grow together, the way it was always meant to be."
The ideology of NGR provides a "New World Order" type story that the men of this universe could actually be convinced to be on board with(without needing a fetish)! Again, I'd love to see how normal women (and even men) are convinced by NGR. Can NGR resolve the frustration that it would inevitably cause in the natural sexual desires of normal men and women? If so, how? (Perhaps even women who cling to having normal-sized men are shamed for putting their personal desires over what’s best for their men!)
For example, I'd love to see a story from this universe with a normal couple. A couple who are in their early-mid twenties and have been happily married for a few years. The woman is one who, like most, enjoys having a big strong man to love and provide for her. A woman who loves when he picks her up and holds her in his arms. A woman who loves sitting in his lap, making out with him, resting her head on his shoulder, having him be a little rough and take charge in the bedroom sometimes, etc, etc. I want to see how a loving, adoring wife, who enjoys all there is to her normal relationship, can be converted into one who is intent on having that same man she loves secured, sweetly and gently, into the toebox of her nylons! And I'd love to see that husband undergo an equivalent transition. To see how he goes from being an independent man and caring husband, who has a normal life and perfect relationship with the woman of his dreams, to be converted into one who is firmly convinced that he belongs in her work heels when she goes to the office and in her slippers when she's at home, only being allowed to explore her body above her ankles again, except for kisses and face/nose nuzzles, on occasion. (We see a hint of this in Dianne's "milktoast normal-sized relationship" comment)
Or, for another example, maybe a story about two high school sweethearts who are excitedly planning a happy future together, only to have both of their families(or just his) indoctrinated into NGR, and now they have to figure out how to make it work. Which is even more difficult when the boy in question now BELONGS to his mother or sister. If it's a sister, I can just imagine how much she'd tease the girlfriend. Like, she comes to visit him, and the sister answers the door like "oh did you wanna see my brother? Hold on I'll get him for you," and then proceeds to take him out of her sock and give him to his girlfriend, and then walks away like, "I'll give you guys one hour, but then you're back on toe massage duty, lil bro!" Or who knows, maybe the Mom would be the same way, but in a sweeter, more "mother teasing and embarrassing her son in front of his girlfriend" way instead of the sibling torment way. And maybe in a scenario like that the girlfriend would be totally on board and just giggle at how sweet her boyfriend’s relationship with his mom is. The possibilities are ENDLESS!
Or, imagine a young couple walking arm in arm on a college campus. The girl has been watching some promotional YouTube videos, and brings the topic up yet again to her athletic boyfriend. “I mean, you said that I have pretty feet, so I mean it wouldn’t be that bad, right baby?” she giggles. “Come on, I promise that if we get you registered under my name I’ll be so good to you baby!” She insists, gripping his muscular arm a little tighter. Then she lowers her voice to a more serious tone. "I just want what's best for both of us, babe."
In the conversation between Dianne and the woman in the waiting room, you do see a tiny bit of the "frustrated, neglected wife gets revenge on burly husband," but you can tell that's not the start and end of NGR philosophy. Obviously there will be an element of that to NGR, as they could argue that men being bigger disrupts the natural order and causes some men to abuse it, and thus making men smaller restores true balance between the sexes.
Btw, I'd love to see Dianne in a role like Judy Stevens from Jacksmith's "Time-Out" series, where she administers punishment on her nude son in her stockings while completely disregarding how utterly humiliating and embarrassing it is, or even believing that that feeling is necessary for boys like him to have "growth." (Btw, just a suggestion, I also think that in later generations of NGR, the boys should still be normal-sized until they turn 18. That leaves the door open for endless teasing opportunities throughout childhood and adolescence! And perhaps little girls are encouraged to play with and "practice" with their fathers and/or other adult family members.)
I agree with Mr in A Suit, and I'm glad that someone else is on the same page as me in wanting to see a story where ALL women aren't so one-dimensionally cruel like only women in a fetish story could be. He also resonates with my desire to see how Thomas and Julia's relationships outside the home are affected. (Perhaps Thomas is in one of those "frustratingly mixed-size" high school relationships like the kind mentioned above!)
Sorry, that's an even LONGER review than my first one, but I hope you read it all! I cannot stress enough how thoroughly EXCITED I am to see where this goes. The world setting you've made here is absolutely OVERFLOWING with potential and possibilities! Seriously, keep up the GOOD WORK!
Author's Response: You made a lot of scarily accurate hypotheticals I had in mind xD
I love to see how much thought you put in this! If you want, please feel free to write a story in this universe and adapt it as you wish :)
