[Report This]Date: September 14 2024 2:25 PM Title: Chapter 4 - Shrinking
You did a great character presentation with the first three chapters and with how the shrinking sequence unfolded on the fourth. Especially how shrinking is not only shrinking but a full change on Jordan's appearance - if Alice thought her friend was beautiful before… but it’s not just that, it’s a clever way to convey the coming of age, the begining of a budding adulthood (in his body, his features, his voice, but in the body of those around him, Alice now gigantic, terrifying and disgusting in some of it's details but also enticing and beautiful).
It all happened right after the momment each other started realizing “something unspoken, something that was new but somehow familiar”. And right after came Leila, a 'new thing' Jordan found, with her world of magic and it's unknown rules. Powerfull stuff.
I might be reading too much, I have a tendency to do that, but I guess that’s part of the fun for me. Please, keep going. I simply love when things get complicated. I am a sucker for messy romances.
Was the movie FernGully, perhaps, one of yours inspirations? Man, how I miss classic 2D animation… anyway, sorry for any misspelling. Although I am fluent in english, it is not my primary language.
Author's Response:
Thanks so much for the comment! I really wanted to add a change to his appearance besides just the shrinking to make him unrecognizable. I tend to love it when women are unaware in giantess stories but I also love it when they actually find the tiny person and they're still unaware of their identity. It just adds that additional layer of embarassment on top of shrinking but I don't remember too many stories on here that pull this off.
Movies like Ferngully but also Ant Bully and Epic were among the many inspirations I had for sure.