Reviewer: Giantess Nation Signed [Report This]
Date: August 17 2023 10:11 AM Title: Chapter 19 - Doing our Jobs

This was an excellent addition, Panzer! I was expecting this chapter would feature the conversation between Justyna and Kristen, but I'll never complain about a slow rolling narrative. By all means, keep the narrative rolling as slowly as you like to. It is all the better for it, in my opinion.

These chapters from the perspectives of the tinies are well worth it. I understand it is not your favorite thing to write, but trust me,from the perspective of the reader it is well worth it. I guess its like how a steak is better when the butcher cuts the meat against the grain, which results in a more tender steak for the person who has to chew it with their teeth... something like that. Anyway, just saying the effort is appreciated even if its not your favorite thing to do. And as someone who has written a little bit myself, I can understand that.

The part you wrote with the man talking with the therapist in Servitus did an excellent job of conveying the psychological trauma their circumstances have had on the tinies, to find themselves on the floor of this giant woman, and all the associated horrors, tyranny, death and destruction surrounding this. The mental health impact this has caused to these millions of people is something that I wondered about myself awhile back. I'm glad to see this thought has occurred to you as well, and that you've addressed it with this segment. Again, it is a detail that I appreciate you've taken the time to write.

It does seem to me that Therapists would be one of those professions which would be in very high demand among the cities of the micros (and the nanos of Ostrov). So alongside the cleaning jobs, I imagine this would be among the top paying careers, since there is a lot of need for it.

Another thing aside from therapy which people often turn towards in difficult times of trauma like these people are experiencing is religion. And I see you are addressing this also in writing about the thousands of nanos making a pilgrimage to Kristen's heels and worshiping them. It does make sense some people would do something like that as a coping mechanism. I wonder also if it was something that Kristen herself thought would happen or hoped to encourage happening when she left those shoes there like she did.

Anyway, thinking about this further has given me some ideas I would like to suggest to you.  Kristen (and also Ginny) seem to be increasingly embracing the whole goddess thing, and it seems that many micros (and now nanos) are starting to embrace this also. But my question (and suggestion) revolves around this: what is their current religion(s)? Or what did they believe on their home worlds prior to being teleported into Kristen's house?

Odds are each city perhaps had its own sort of religion, if not various ones. In the years they've been in this situation I suspect many of them have leaned heavily on their old religion(s), but it is probably becoming increasingly clear that their old God(s) either don't exist or aren't going to do anything to help them, for whatever reason. Kristen (and Ginny), on the the other hand, undeniably does exist, and unlike the old God(s), she can even be communicated with and reasoned with (to some extent). This makes a very good selling point in trying to convert people from their old religion to worshiping Kristen/Ginny instead. Get what I'm saying?

I don't expect you to go into any great detail in describing the old religions of all these various places, but at least in the case of Ostrov in particular its one homogenous country, so you could go into some depth on whatever their "pre-Incident" faith was. And I think this sort of thing would be an excellent point of discussion between Justyna and Kristen in their upcoming conversation, so I'm glad you haven't written that just yet, so that you could first consider this idea.

The old religion of Ostrov might be monotheistic, polytheistic, or whatever. But I was thinking it would be cool if their old religion was like ancient Greek mythology or something like that, and they had a pantheon of dieties maybe, but also a supreme one like Zeus or whatever. Anyway, just like with ancient Greek Gods, imagine there are temples and statues dedicated to them all over Ostrov. Maybe in some city there is something like the Statue of Zeus or something from ancient Greece, but its of the Ostrov supreme deity, and this statue happens to be the largest structure in the entire country or something like that.

Well, obviously Kristen's heels now dwarf it (by a huge margin), so it would be a cool topic to bring that up in the conversation. Kristen's ego might even be such that she proposes the Ostrov religion be altered so that she be added to their pantheon, but now as their supreme God or something like that. She might still allow them to worship their old Gods, but they are now considered subordinate to her on the pantheon (or something like that).

Kristen might order them to alter or remake the statue(s) so that even though this (former) supreme deity was already very large and imposing and being one of the largest landmarks in Ostrov, it too is now dwarfed by a statue of Kristen, where the (former) supreme diety is now like a bug at her feet (or something like that). It would be pretty cool to have Kristen boost her ego by messing with their religion like this and reducing their supreme gods into her mere slaves.

I think this path also makes for a smoother transition than them just giving up their old gods entirely and just worshiping Kristen. It allows for a continuity between the beliefs of their ancestors to the present, and at the same time its just a cool way for Kristen to mess with them and inflate her ego. Reducing supreme immortal Gods into bugs at her feet is much more ego-boosting then to just having them abandon them and worship her instead.

That being said, I don't know what their religion is and its not my place to tell you what to write, so do whatever you want to do, but that's just a suggestion on my part that I thought was cool. Their religion could be monotheistic instead if you prefer, or I dunno. Also, if you don't like the idea of their old god(s) continuing to exist as bugs at Kristen's feet, then you could have the canon be that Kristen overthrew the old God(s) and killed them/squished them/ate them, whatever. And now she has usurped their power and authority. Or something like that... I dunno.

But I just thought this would be a cool idea to discuss changing the Ostrov religion (to center around Kristen) in the upcoming conversation between her and Justyna. Of course, there would be a lot of resistance. Even Justyna herself might consider it a red line and refuse to go along with this sacrilege. But as we see with the worship at Kristen's heels, there are many that would embrace this new religion. But it would cause massive social upheaval and perhaps even a civil war. But with Kristen's backing, we know which side would prevail in that. Anyway, don't feel obligated to write that, but its a suggestion. Its your story so do what you want.

Another train of thought that came to my mind was when the guy talking to the therapist about his fantasy of everyone returning to their old worlds in their old universes. I don't know if this is what you ultimately plan to happen, but I don't think it will, but it nonetheless raises some interesting thoughts. Obviously Kristen (and Ginny) have caused some enormous world altering changes to these cities/country, the hundreds of millions of people that live there, and even their religious beliefs. I expect this to continue to be the case as more and more years progress in the story. No one even knows what caused them to be teleported like that (and perhaps that is for the best, because not all questions need to be answered, or should be). So who knows if or how it could be undone? But just for the sake of hypothetical consideration, if it somehow were undone, it would be interesting to see how the changes these people and their realms would work out if returned to their original planets. Like for example, Ostrov being a major super power in that world, suddenly returns after years being gone, but now it returns with numerous cities reduced to dust, millions of its people dead, some new lakes and other features, a huge yoga mat dividing it in half, and hundreds of millions of people psychologically traumatized and with a new religious outlook. Would this traumatized Ostrov be able to recover and resume its former position as one of its world superpowers? Or would it be too psychologically (and physically broken) that other powers on its world just carve it up or something? Interesting questions to ponder. Also, if the new religion idea I suggested takes root before they returned, would it continue to flourish like some sort of Cargo Cult even in the absence of Kristen? Would other nations on that world pick up that religion?

I'm not suggesting that you write it like that, but it is some interesting stuff to ponder. I much more prefer that they remain where they are and where they belong: On the floor and at the feet of their goddess. :)

But that gives me a very evil but very exciting idea: what if it really does somehow become possible for the tinies to return to their home worlds, but Kristen refuses to allow them to leave because she enjoys her power over them too much? I loved the part in the previous chapter when she tells the people of Port Leslie that "you are my people" like she possesses them. :) But at least so far there hasn't actually been any way for them to return to where they came from. If that suddenly changed, and if Kristen refused to permit them to leave, then her path to the dark side would truly be complete. ;)