[Report This]Date: May 23 2024 2:24 AM Title: Lured into the Dragon's Den
This was a really fun read. I think that you nailed Vera as a character. Someone who has power, is playful but ultimately still very human. I also love that she's using her power to support her community and oppose an empire. There's so many layers to this. And just the level of hijinx in this story - delightful!
Author's Response:
Thank you! Vera was a very fun character to write, and I especially enjoyed playing around with the classic dragon tropes and putting my own spin on them. I'm glad you liked it!
[Report This]Date: March 09 2024 5:42 PM Title: Lured into the Dragon's Den
Giant Dragon Lady? That's a 5-star out of 5 in my book!
But in all seriousness, i loved this story.
Great depiction of Pick and Vera relationship(something that i did not see coming), well-written descriptions, interesting plot twist, and some very neat details(the dragon den as a bank was completely unexpected, i must say). A really delightful read.
I'm slowly but surely coming around to read all of your stories, and i'm always pleasantly surprised. You're a great source of inspiration.
Author's Response:
Thank you! This one was low-key inspired by your Dragongirl story. I remember seeing you and some others on discord lament the lack of dragon lady size stories and figured I could try to play a small part in fixing that. Dragon women make for great giantesses, so I should probably write more at some point.
I love the image of a dragon sleeping on their horde of gold, have ever since I read The Hobbit as a kid, and that love extends to having a giantess sleep on her own treasure horde, so I knew I wanted to play around with that. I remember it taking quite the effort to decide what fantasy race Pick would end up being (as in, I always had her planned as Vera's partner, just wasn't sure what best to pair with a dragon) but as soon as I landed on fairy, I knew that was perfect. It opened up a lot of avenues for multi-size interactions, and it actually plays into the fairies as tricksters mythology and the idea of fairy magic being a dragon's weakness (which I'm not sure whether that's a thing outside of Pokemon, but eh, I dig it).
Thank you for taking the time to review! I hope you continue to enjoy whatever you read from me.
[Report This]Date: September 19 2023 1:54 AM Title: Lured into the Dragon's Den
A TerryLarka one-shot with a loving, playful, mixed-size monstergirl couple? Is it my birthday? Did I win the lottery? After my last few days, I needed this.
I really liked the characterization of the adventuring party, but I loved your development of Pick and Vera. Classic pixie pranking completely disarming the party was wonderful, but having her in a relationship with the big, bad dragon was a delightful approach, especially with how free Pick can be with her shrinking magic. It's an interesting dynamic, avoiding some of the insurmountable hurdles with pure mega-giantess on human, or human on micro relationships. Gotta respect magic used for love.
Lilum's twist ending was magnificent. I mean, the name should have been a clue, but I didn't call it going down quite the way it did. I loved the turducken (draghuxie?) approach to an intimate climax. It's wonderful to see a dragon who shares. And speaking of sharing, the idea that the dragon's hoard incorporates the town's wealth in a big golden swimming pool of a bank was great flavor. If I ever get back in the DM seat, I would love to borrow that, with your permission.
One teeny, tiny, shrunken by a pixie criticism. It took me about 3 read-throughs of the surrounding paragraphs to conclude Vera is the one who shredded their clothes with the Fronk's Humiliation spell (great name!). That one part was sufficiently unclear that it paused my readthrough. And yes, the torn clothing definitely suggests the dragon is rhe caster, but the pixie fell in love with a dragon, and I wasn't sure that she hadn't learned a spell to emulate her lover.
Thanks for another great story with more lovable characters. Looking forward to whatever you post next!
Author's Response:
Thank you! I'm really happy my story could help lighten your mood!
Fairies are awesome, and this probably won't be the last time I write one. They're already small, have an established medium for shrinking and other magic through fairy dust, and can fly which helps alleviate the mobility issue tinies are often stuck with. It took me a while to decide what fantasy race Vera's partner would be (dwarf? halfling? a giant!?), but once I landed on fairy, I knew that was the one.
Draghuxie is now officially the term for that specific climax, and I await the day that it gets added as a tag on this site (i.e. never, which is probably still sooner than when we'll get an armpit or sweat tag). Feel free to borrow the hoard/bank idea, just make sure to credit the smut writer who inspired you (this is a joke, you do not have to do that lol).
As always, I gladly accept the criticism and admit I could have done more to clarify who the spellcaster was, but in my defense, I did refer to it as "Vera's spell" just before Lilum explained what was happening. But I agree, my attempt at making the scene purposefully vague for dramatic effect made things less clear than I'd have liked, especially since that scene is partly meant to establish Vera's magical superiority over the party. Keeping in mind that the reader isn't privy to how I see the scene playing out in my head is something I always have to remind myself of, and this is an instance where I slipped up, so I'll try to refrain from repeating that mistake in the future.
Next post will be "Heaven's Reborn" Chapter 6. I'll probably have it finished sometime this weekend, but if not, then it'll be up at some point next week. Thanks for your continued support! It means a lot to me.
[Report This]Date: September 18 2023 3:05 AM Title: Lured into the Dragon's Den
A fun little tale, I like monstergirls, I like fairies, and I like this! Anyways it's always fun seeing a character get a weird kink unlocked, that trepidation and then finally just jumping in.
Author's Response:
Thanks! Originally, Lilum was going to be much less involved and more of a side character with the plan being to focus more on Vera and Pick's relationship, but I think making her the protag and giving her that awakening arc really rounded the story out. Glad you enjoyed it!