Reviewer: azryel Signed
Date: October 20 2018
Title: Chapter 2: Chapter 2: Lesser of Two Evils
I'm a textbook lurker on this site. I've been haunting GW for a decade or so and have only ever reviewed/commented on a couple of stories. And I'm still yet to submit any of my own work.
That being said, if I were a regular reviewer, I would have written the equivalent of a novel's worth of praise for your many, many contributions to this community. Better late than never, right?
I won't get into too many specifics, but this chapter in particular stands out to me. I get the contrast that you're talking about between this and your Blackmail series, because this scene with Maggie and Scott both at normal size is very reminiscent of the scene in Blackmail 2, I think it was, when Carly wanted Jack to smell her feet after mowing the lawn. Both similar scenes in that it is younger sister/older brother and that both characters are still normal sized - which is a standout exception if you ask me. Personally, I enjoy a piece of well-written foot-smelling/stench torture whether it is microphilic based or not. But it's really rare to find on this site in particular - and you, sir, do it spectacularly.
Two more things and I'll cease my prattling.
A)I don't think your use of a "younger" giantess has ever been distasteful. You may push the boundary and flirt with the line...but good literature should be able to do that. Anyone who says otherwise should shutup and read Lolita and then try and argue the point with Ol' Vlad.
Any times where the relationship between your characters has bordered into the actually sexual(insertion/masturbation etc) have not, from memory, been at a time when the giantess is younger. It wasn't until Blackmail 3 that Carly started getting Jack off purposefully. I have always found your younger giantess interactions to be appropriately tasteful. (Anyone who wants to argue about that can go and check out some of the dirty, smutty filth that you can find on writing.com in the interactives).
B)What the actual hell is wrong with some of these past comments??!! It seems like half of them are just people telling you to get on with some other series like Toy Teacher or Julia(which, if I'm being honest, are two of your stories that I have had the least time for). I mean, the audacity of these comments is galling beyond belief. Especially that one guy whose entire review was "Toy teacher." Just can't believe how rude some people are.
And now my rant is ended.
Author's Response: I appreciate the review. Same-size interludes in macro stories are often some of my favorite variations on the theme, where the psychology and power dynamic remain despite people being the same height, but you don't see too many of those around, so I incorporate them when they make sense, like here.
I personally can't be the judge of my own story and whether it keeps good taste or not, but I hope people don't take offense to this one, and glad you didn't. There are probably elements of stories like this one and Blackmail that I would write differently if done today; many of these characters/stories were conceived when I myself was closer in age to the players. That may not make a difference to some readers, but it is what it is. The overall tone is sexualized and taboo-pushing, like many works of literature or film, but there are bounds I observe, like you said.
