Reviewer: pixl8ed Signed [Report This]
Date: March 28 2018 6:41 AM Title: Chapter 14: HALF/day

The home ec scene really shows your brilliance at telling a layered narrative.  Izzy is struggling to achieve what she considers basic competence at life skills.  Having no mother to “bring her up to speed” at these things, but having had one to give her an example, she desires to be what we consider a good cook.  She attends an elite, expensive school only to learn that what her mother taught her as a child and what she has taught herself has put her into some strange “middle ground.”  She’s too advanced for what they teach tinies and too behind far behind for the “culinary arts” courses of the biggies.  She’s stuck in some middle half point...alone.

But, hey, good job Mabel.  Be condescending and try to make her feel guilty/freakish for wanting to learn.  Someone as cool as Izzy shouldn’t be accommodated if it interferes with your groping agenda.  She really needs to that.  AND to be shamed into shutting up when she craves higher knowledge.  Inspite of all your concern about superiorness, when Izzy proves herself better and more accomplished at something, she needs to be quiet and not stand out from the rest of the herd.  Oh, Mabel, you are the embodiment of the “toxic biggieness” that permeates this world.  Would you, Mabel, tolerate someone wasting your time with “this is how you crack an egg?”

It really seems like Izzy is never going to get what she wants out her school experience.  This cooking class illustrates that she has done a much better job of teaching herself than this school ever will.  It’s either going to waste her time with dribble or it’s going to go right for advanced courses with no foundational work.  And while she’s expected to slow down and wait for others to catch up, she’s offered no such consideration. 

She is so alone. 

But she’s been so conditioned that she can’t simply see herself as special and worthy of special consideration.  She’s been taught she’s inferior, second class, and so she must accommodate everyone around her. 

And that Darren punk just getting off with a slap on the wrist is only confirming what society has taught her.

The film seems unlikely to help.  It will feel like “Well, we’ve decided it’s time for you to learn the truth.  You are prey.”

Izzy needs to win that stoopid game.  She needs to have a victory to show herself that these stoopid biggies are not her superiors.   Cuz it breaks my heart to see her allowing herself to be treated this way.  One of the coolest character’s in size fiction ever...she’s got some serious respect coming.

I’m enjoying Sabina’s arc more and more.  Seeing her feeling unworthy of Izzy’s friendship was quite an intriguing turn.  Such emotional depth seemed well beyond her a few chapters ago.  I’m still not sure her doubts aren’t vanity based, but well...with one of the biggies, you can hardly ever tell.

Lisa is getting more and more fun, the more we see her.  Her being Izzy’s guide is providing some light and airy scenes that make your world building fun.

McShakey’s has an awful name, but I like the idea of biggies making a diner that say’s it caters to tinies in order to attract biggies... insidious.

Getting special service and having Izzy question it...after living in this world her entire life... shows her egalitarianism is truly in her heart.  I admire her more and more. 

Great chapter.  Great writing.  Great characters. 

You are awesome.  Thanks you.

Peace


pix

Author's Response:

It's quite the conundrum for poor little Izzy. I will say she could probably participate in actually culinary courses if that's where her passion lied. The problem here is that these are basic living skills classes. Thanks to her upbring she already know basic living skill so the lesson is not very stimulating for her. So she is sort of caught in the middle as the rest of her kind try to catch up with more independant minors like her. I'd imagine Alejandro would encounter some of the same in his minor classes. Overall I see it as progress for her generation. Most minors didn't even learn this is high school...if they even went to high school. It is only her first two weeks I'm sure in time if she communicates her needs properly she will get the experience she want. Right now it's sort of  a growing pains situation. 

I really have to work on Izzellah's self worth issues don't I? Poor girl. As much as she knows she's an exception to other minors compared to MAJORS which by her very nature she does almost instinctively she is even more aware of the huge skill gap...more of a chasm actually in ability. I don't know if she'll ever truly feel like she's valuable in this world. Sad. 

You know I actually thought Mabel was trying to be nice, but you really cut right throught the bullshit don't you? I will say she was sincere but maybe she doesn't fully grasp what Izzellah's going through? Hwo could she right? I still like Mabel and I think she's trying. She is a good chef so that's something I think Izzy might admire. If Mabel were smarter she would've offered to teach her cooking instead of fighting or weight lifting. Dummy doesn't know how to read a person at all. Izzellah was just bitching about wanting to cook more. Missed opportunity Red. You'll never win the game that way. 

Speaking of winning, the Hollywood ending would be for Izzellah to win and show all the biggies up huh? it might even be the best thing for her.......The odds are pretty against her though. I don't know Pix...she might be in trouble here. 

Sabrina's really coming along. It's hard for me not to give her everything she want. I think in the end she may get less than what she wants but more than she expected. Who knows. 

Too bad Lisa can't help with the game right? 

Insidious? I don't like what you're implying. What's insidious about a food chain enticing a dedicated customer base by catering to a niche? Just because said niche would entice another completely unrelated customer base on pure coincidence mind you to eat there on the off chance of maybe increasing their own chances of interacting with said niche is no never mind to McShakey's. Minors deserve a place to eat don't they? It's not McShakey's fault MAJORS stalk around common knowledge minor hotspots with full wallets and empty stomachs. Just because they often use minors in there advertising doesn't mean anything either. They're just an honest business. Lisa likes them!  *wink* I think Izzellah might like the place too. *wink* Maybe she'll ask her dad to take her there sometime...or or ask Sabrina to drive her there after schooll. And if a new minor regular aomehow attracts even more customers..well that's just good luck. *wink*

Thanks for the comment. 

Reviewer: AdamX Signed [Report This]
Date: March 27 2018 8:46 PM Title: Chapter 14: HALF/day

Plenty of signifigance happened, Izzy found a new place to eat and met a dog and generally had a good stress free day.

 

She even helped brighten Sab's mood even if only a little bit.

 

P.S. I'd go to church more often if it were held on a giant girls shoulder.

Author's Response:

Well when you put it like that I guess a lot happened. I'd go to church more too for the same reason.