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Reviewer: rghud945 Signed starstarstarstarstar [Report This]
Date: May 19 2026 3:18 PM Title: The Hidden Passenger

Wow…

 

First of all, really excited to see your respond to my comment!

I hope you don't mind me to express my personal thought a bit more. I have been surfing size contents for a very long time. As my taste and preference changed through out the years, I feel like writing is the definitive creative medium that I enjoy the most, the room of imagination and the amount of stimulation I feel from them are simply unparalleled.

I used to be a lurker all the time, but a few years ago I suddenly had a very strong urge to comment those stories that I like. Especially since I feel like the feedback that a story would get are usually way less than other medium like artwork or video, probably because reading simply takes more time and the enjoyment it brings is not that direct and instant. While I can only consume but not create, I imagine it would be disheartening for an author to receive no feedback and feels ignored, so the least I can do is to comment, to express how much and why do I like it.

 

Back to the update of the four new chapters, I gotta say the scope of this story is larger than what I imagined. We have some Grade-A wholesome moment and then an adventure at Christine's homeworld. Looking back at the first encounter with Christine, she was rather mysterious and manipulative, I mean in a hot and attractive way. But after the emotional peak and confession in chapter 11, I do like her now being more sincere and sweet to Sean as well.

Now, based on the Chekhov's gun principle, it is almost sure that something would go wrong during the dad meeting and there would be new challenges for the lovebirds. I am glad that you figured out the upcoming storyline and I can't wait to see more of it!



Author's Response:

Thank you! :)


I can confirm that comments like yours truly mean so much!


Not only because you take the time to express your thoughts, but also because you get so invested in the story that you start feeling the characters’ personalities and speculating about what may come next. Seeing that makes all the hours spent searching for the exact word, rereading chapters again and again, and trying to make sure the story, grammar, and atmosphere are all ready to be shared feel completely worth it.

The only way for an author to really know that is through comments like yours.

And about the story (no spoilers yet :) ): even though I constantly doubt myself as a writer, Chapter 11 is one I keep rereading because I feel it managed to give Christine multiple layers. At the same time, I also felt that for Sean to truly understand her, he needed to see where she comes from and the kind of people she grew up around. That was one of the biggest reasons behind the “Christine’s homeworld” storyline.

Here are a few new chapters that I finally feel are ready to be shared publicly.

I sincerely hope you — and all of the “silent readers” :) — will have as much fun reading them as I had writing them.

Rasmus

Reviewer: rghud945 Signed starstarstarstarstar [Report This]
Date: November 30 2025 11:46 AM Title: Bonding and Fire

So... I was revisiting all the stories I have ever saved one by one and I reached here, extremely surprising to find that I missed the last three chapters a year ago.


Anyway, I read through the whole thing from the start again and it's still as good as I remembered. The plot is intriguing and leaves many mysteries. The design of a visually impaired protag, is still the one and only I have ever seen in stories, quite innovative and ingenious as it left a lot of room for imagination when you depict the scenes from his perspective. The ways characters speak and act seem natural enough. Christine, being the star of the story, like a typical giantess role she is full of confident, sometimes teasing and threatening, but reasonable as the same time, showing hints of gentleness to Sean. I really like the personality and manner she showed, overall a very attractive character.


Chapter 11, oh boy... The great reveal of so many things, and one hell of a cliffhanger at the end. And sadly the story stopped there. If I have to speculate what would happen next, Sean would be fine mostly, Christine is unharmed as ever but absolutely pissed, leading to some serious destruction and killing. However, the depiction of rampaging scene didn't seem to be the focus of story so far because of the narrating perspective of Sean. How would the relationship between Christine and the power holders goes is unclear, but likely not in a good way. Just like your bios wrote, seeing how you arrange these "struggles" for Sean and Christine, it is hard to imagine a good ending for them at this stage. So perhaps it is indeed quite difficult to continue writing it.


Honestly, I can't believe I am the only one to commented on such an interesting story, and I'm not sure how likely this would reach you as well, but I want to express my feeling and gratitude nonetheless.



Author's Response:

Thank you so much for your kind words, rghud945! :)

I actually read your comment last year, then again a few months later, and somewhere along the way your comment helped me realize that the ending I originally envisioned for this story might actually work after all. :)

Your feedback genuinely helped me get over many of the doubts I think every new writer has:
- Are the characters good enough?
- Is the plot interesting enough?
- Are the grammar mistakes too distracting?

What made it especially difficult was that you were absolutely right — I really did want to write something that felt a little different, and there was no way of knowing whether that would resonate with readers at all.

I wanted to thank you properly for a long time, but I also wanted to wait until the story was finished in its overall form.
Some smaller corrections may still happen, but the structure and ending are now complete.

So truly: thank you.
Your comment meant far more to me than you probably realized.

And because of that, I dedicate the remaining chapters to you. :)

Reviewer: rghud945 Signed starstarstarstarstar [Report This]
Date: June 10 2024 5:09 AM Title: The Colossal Encounter

Interesting. I have seen story featuring a blind giantess, but this is quite fresh with a blind protagonist. The hints of preferential treatment content definitely caught my attention. I do wonder what would be “not ordinary” about Christine though. Look forward to read more!

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