Well, first of all, thanks for the feedback. I appreciate criticism even when I may not agree with just everything it's said. I've introduced some changes (I don't know if improvements, since this is not for me to judge) from similar feedback in the past. Actually, your feedback is quite in line with that from "IHateGiants666" (not sure if you have read some of his comments) and I can tell you that I appreciate his reviews.

Now, let me try to answer to some of your remarks:

- I don't know if you have read the entire series so far or if you started just with Volume 3. I tried to explain the reason why Kelly ended up being a stripper (I'm not sure if successfully). In Volume 1, Kelly was a college student back at her hometown after her first year in College. She used to be the hottest girl in High School, but she was quite smart as well and she was not doing bad at all in College. After accidentally growing and taking a background role while Casey wroke havoc in town and Lisa tried to stop her, Kelly's life becomes miserable. She is not the hero Lisa became and while she is not a villain that deserves being sent to prison (like Casey), everything with her life goes wrong: she fights with her father, her townmates hate her for having become a giant, she gets sued for some of the things she did while she was big, she gets expelled from College... her life goes worse and worse and she ends up far away from her hometown and working as a stripper, using her body, since everything else she has failed. It's at that point where the FSD finds out that whatever made the girls grow was still active and decide to bring Kelly back for testing. At that point, a concatenation of events make her grow (and that's when the action of Volume 2 starts). So, while Kelly is not a genious, there is an explanation for the fact that she is smart and she ends up working as a stripped. I actually invested quite a lot of time to write her backstory in Volume 2.

- I never pretended my story to be anything else than a giantess story. That's the reason I'm posting it here... I'm trying to make it as good as my limited ability allows me, and some people seem to be enjoying it, according to the feedback I'm getting. To me, making the story as good as I can is trying to give it a background and a storyline that feels logical and to develop the characters enough. Now, I know that I cannot expect everyone to like what I do (either because they do not like the particular genre I chose or because they think I did not do the job right for that particular genre), but honestly, I've got a reception that is way more positive than I could have expected, and I've been very encouraged by it.

- Of course there is nothing wrong with male growth. It's just not my cup of tea. Some of the story ideas I have involve "some" male growth but I find that I cannot get as motivated by the topic so I invariable end up chosing the storylines that get me more inspired for the stories I end up developping.

- I know that the military has not yet used everything they have on Kelly. There is still plenty of the story left and there will be further attempts. Of course, the US Government is not yet defeated, either. I never said they surrendered (it's just Kelly that considers that she has completely seized power). The same applies for the potential effectiveness of her visit to the UN. I guess you'll need to wait until she gets there to see what happens, but I think that expecting that the world leaders are not going to surrender to her is very logical :)

I believe that your complaint, which is logical, comes from two things: on one hand the timeline of the story is shorter than what the story extension could suggest. It has been barely a little more than half a day since Kelly and Casey grew to 250 feet in height in Hollner and even less since Kelly became 1,700 feet tall. The military has not yet had time to put together a proper response using the right tools (as the cabinet discussion suggests). They will eventually do it and as I've repeated in parts of the story (in the mouth of other characters), I would never expect the people to surrender to a threat like Kelly. The reason she has been successful so far has been that she has got way much powerful than anyone could expect and she has moved very quickly, not letting the army time to react before she has beheaded their structure of command (which was quite a lucky move for her, since she had not really planned it).

I admit that I am not an expert in the details of how the US Government works. I doubt many US citizens or film makers are experts either... my depiction never intended to be "documentary-like" accurate, but just to support the story. Some TV shows like 24 or some books (e.g. "The sum of all fears" by Tom Clancy) also describe the issues in the chain of command when those that have to give the orders are overwhelmed by the situation. Of course, the writers of these shows/books are much better at their jobs than me and have done a much better job of describing the situation.

Now, I believe that the biggest part of your complain is that the characters you could actually empathize with (Lisa, Ron, others?) have not had too much time in the story so far. I have discussed this with some people that gave me some really deep and good feedback about the story and I have to admit that you are right: I did not invest enough time to keep the characters that are the "hero" type and that should have been the protagonists of the story in the highlights. I actually intend Ron and Lisa to be very important in this story and they will have more screen time in the second half of Volume 3 (since their role is actually key in how the story will evolve and finish), but I underused them for maybe too long. I may have invested too long in describing the actions of the characters that are antagonists, probably because of two reasons: first, I really wanted to explain Kelly's evolution as power makes her delusional and turns her into an antagonist she was not in Volume 2. Second: I have probably not balanced the story development with the pure giantess content in this first part of Volume 3.

As I mentioned, I intend to make the story evolve in a logical way and to have the characters that have not been important yet become important in the end. I know that the weekly publication pace may generate some frustration, as you may perceive the story is going in a different direction from the one you would like.

I'd like to ask you to have some patience until the end.

I'd appreciate your comments in future chapters in any case. 

Thanks again for taking the time to let me know what you think!

Thanks for the feedback! I hope that you are enjoying the story and the direction it's taking.

Let me say something about your review: it's true, there are plenty of people that want to get bigger and each of them have their own agenda:

- Kelly is already big enough. Her new size and power have brought her god-complex to its zenith and in her mind there is no other logical conclusion to the situation than world domination. She does not want any more size or power. She cannot even imagine that anyone can get remotely close to challenge her and she knows that getting bigger will make it much harder to interact with the little people she wants to rule. As you say, she is expecting a certain degree of resistance, but she cannot even think on anything that she should not be able to defeat easily.

- Lisa did not want to get big from the start. She has always been freaked out at being a giantess. But now she is so mad with hate and the desire for vengeance that she would do anything to hurt Kelly. She knows that this means getting bigger, even if she has not yet thought on what she would do afterwards.

- Casey, as you say, has no more regard for human life. She just cares about enjoying and having finally let her inner sadism go out all the way, this means using the world as a playground (like you say) where the toys invariably get destroyed. This enough would make Casey want to get bigger, since the bigger she gets the more destruction she can cause. The fact that she needs some extra size to be able to face Kelly made her want to get bigger right away.

- Finally, Mandy has some of Casey's genes running through her blood. It's hard to tell if she would be another Casey or a combination of Casey and Kelly, but if she gets to grow it won't be good news for the rest of the world

So, we have four women with an agenda that involves getting bigger... but this does not mean that they will be able to get what they want. Let me say something about Side Effects: I made up some (weak) pseudo-science to try to explain the reason behind the growths. As flimsy as it may be, I plan on sticking to it for the rest of the story. This means that if someone wants to grow there are certain things that have to happen.

Now, I know that I have not clarified anything of what will happen (it was on purpose), but let me tell you that I enjoy reading what other people think the direction of the story will be. First and foremost, I get some good ideas from this. And I have to admit that I also enjoy it because when people speculate about what will happen I interpret it as an evidence that I have been able to create a setting, a collection of characters and a storyline that are solid enough for that (I hope that I'm not overinterpreting this in a too favorable way for myself... ;) )

Anyway, thanks again for the feedback and please, keep letting me know what you think. Getting feedback is the main reward I get at writing and posting this story!

Cheers! 

Well, I guess that having you eager to see next week's chapters is one of the highest forms of praise I can get, so thank you! I need to admit that it also makes me feel a little bad that I cannot release chapters quicker... I guess that the weekly pace is a good enough compromise.

I'm glad that you enjoyed the teases as well. I really enjoy writing Kelly and she got more interesting as a character the more I wrote about her. I hope that you'll like the rest of the story (in her story arc). Not everything will be teasing, of course.

Cheers!