




Date: May 28 2025 5:32 AM Title: At first you don’t succeed try, try and try again
(bonus/non-chapter specific)
I also think it's amazing that your stories share a universe and how you tried to directly reference and quote something you wrote when you were younger.
Yes, it makes the universe feels 'smaller' but also satisfying to long time readers and followers of your work. I hope your fans from Antopia and the other stories will come read your new chapters and drop a new review, because it's clear that this is a story FOR THE FANS. (I understand you are also trying to gain new fans and I think you will be able to do so but great work on the fanservice)
By the way, update Antopia sometime haha, I think some of us are still waiting for new chapters to come out.
Author's Response:
Hi there :)
The idea of multiple stories with different characters taking place in the same universe is a concept I have seen Jacksmith and VortexFoodsTM done in the past really well which is how I got the idea from.
The reason I had a reference to be Shrunken Misfortune story and had Anura write it in this universe is because Anura is meant to be me so I have self inserted myself in the story, hahaha. I guess that's what you call a bit of fourth wall breaking.
Yeah I started this story and have planned it out from start to finish to try to gain some new fans and also have some Antopia fans read this one as well which is why I have Antopia referenced planned throughout this story. I also felt like almost all of my macro interactions had been with ants and humans and not enough with humans and tiny humans which is why I started this one and I also wanted to write something a little bit more closer to my own real life experiences as well.
I have been working a little bit on Gaia's backstory for Antopia as well but I have kind of hit a little bit of a writer's block. But Hopefully when I write a smaller story like this one it will clear up. :)





Date: May 28 2025 5:27 AM Title: Inside the Depths of a Tormented Macrophile’s Mind: Act I: Young Blood
Hey LBP, been a while.
Contrary to the comment below mine, I believe Chapter 1 is quite peak, in fact, probably one of the best chapters you've written on this site. Some of the pop culture references you include are neat little period-appropriate references hehe and most of the times a reflection of your characters' mind, so, what they're thinking about. I'm afraid the set-up in Chapter 1 had me quite excited, not gonna lie.
Maybe a bit too excited because I feel like Chapter 2 in the contrary was a bit more of a slow burn. It was by no means a terrible chapter but I just felt like the nightmare sequence was a bit too much and could have trimmed down a little bit. Like, I want to get to the action with the unaware Isabella and tinies, already.
Character development and exposition is definitely important but I feel like the sequence in Chapter 2 could have been shortened a little or you could have made this long nightmare a recurring thing instead.
Looking forward to what you have in store, next.
Author's Response:
Hi there :)
Thanks for noticing the pop culture references. The universe that this story takes place in is basically identical to the readers/ ours which is why put references to Joker and AFL that line up with the appropriate time period. Mentioning Mckenna Grace, one of my favourite celebrities was fun to do as well and I do have a cameo appearance with her later on in the story.
The dream sequence was actually supposed to be one chapter but it became too long which why I split in into 4 parts which is why there is the Act 1, Act 2, Act 3, Act 4 to avoid the issue with the 120,0000 word chapter of Antopia where people told me they kept losing where they were reading off from. All acts have been already written and I will be releasing slowly over the next several weeks.
There are actually 2 other nightmare sequences and one cute cuddly dream sequence with his first crush Charlotte that will be released that I have already written and will become relevant later on in the real life pub sequence of story which Anura will be drawing from from his dreams as you will see which is why it will become somewhat recurring. The dream sequences will be just as exciting as the pub sequence. I have actually planned this story out from start to finish and have a range of pub interactions as well.
Character development for Anura will be detailed to be honest since this character is basically me. I inserted myself in my story lol.
Divya will be making an appearance later on in the story as well
If you want early access to the next chapters weeks or months in advance you can buy me a coffee for just $5 AUD on Kofi. I would really appreciate it. :)

Date: May 26 2025 11:28 AM Title: At first you don’t succeed try, try and try again
Listen, I really tried with this story, but respectfully, the setup was too fucking long. Slow burn and character backstory doesn’t need to be this long, especially with all the the weird detours this story took like the odd political discussion about Joker, or the dog bit, or all the other crap. There is beauty to being concise and having brevity.
Author's Response:
First of all, when I include background story lore or rather 'all the other crap' has some meaning it has relevance either to my previous work or will be relevant later on in the story. The reason a mentioned the dog was because she will become part of the macro interactions later on the story. This just shows you have never read any of my previous work. Yes I am aware I write a lot but I separate chapters based on common theme which is why I prioritize spacing and paragraphing.
Second of all I find in funny that you complain about a reference to Joker when it was literally 2 fucking paragraphs.
I have to laugh when you said you tried with the story because had you not been so fucking lazy and read the very next chapter you would have seen it was full of all the good stuff. I highly doubt you tried at all.
Half a fucking star. Seriously? Just because the set up was wordy. If you had given 2 or 3 stars I would have been bit more understanding





Date: February 28 2025 9:07 PM Title: At first you don’t succeed try, try and try again
Hi once more :)
This is not a review but i wanted to put here all the easter eggs that i found throw this chapter, i felt that is necessary because nobody in the reviews has catch or mention the easter egg that they found and what's the point of the easter eggs if nobody found them and let it know.
The first from antopia are Anura cousin and her redhead friend that this 2 are divya and Lucy, then Is the would thing abouth Max and the mention of his parent Robert as a real estate agent, which i found a little weird that he would organice a rent outside of Melbourne where he lives unlest he move to mildura with his family, but i don't know much a lot about real state agents so i don't know.
From Is just a bug, is basicly everything that they mention abouth Emma and Olivie here.
For the Harry Potter fanfiction, i don't know. The true is that fanfic Is not my cup of tea and i didn't see anything related to world of JK Rowling. I guess the joker trailer which Is made by Warner bros the same company that made the movies.
I guess that's everything i found, i was expecting that the easter eggs would be somenthing like the pizza planet truck or the A113 from Pixar, but i liked how you reference most of the stories here.
Also considering that Anura Is loosely based on you, i'm sorry if you have a very rough past, i know that you change a few stuffs but still if you got a hard time i'm sorry and i want you to know that i also have troubles with my emotions and anger and i can understand a little.
But anyway that's all the easter eggs that i found, i don't know if there is more but if there, just let me know and i would deep here once more :)
Author's Response:
Hi there
Yes Anura is Divya's older cousin and the main focus on the story will be on him though Divya will have some minor appearances in flashbacks which links this story with Antopia. Divya's red haired friend is obviously Lucy, lol
Real estate in Australia works state by state so since Mildura is still in Victoria, like Melbourne so Robert could organise rental places in regional areas from the central Melbourne office that covers the entire Victorian state sometimes.
It's just a bug is set in the same universe as Antopia as well which explains why there was a talking ant in that story.
The Harry Potter fanfiction is not related to this story at all since it takes place in the fantasy world of J K Rowling. However in this universe it is important to remember that is identical to ours which is why I put a lot of pop culture references including the Joker trailer and the release date lining up with September 2019 just like real life.
There will more Easter eggs throughout the story which relate back to Antopia where I have scattered so be on the look out for future ones to hunt in future chapters :)
Yes Anura is basically the fictional version of me in terms of his entire character. A lot of his memories are based on some of my real life experiences as well
I have written and completed around 185,000 words which is basically half the story now which I will releasing in 6 parts over the next coming months. The first part will up by the end of May publicly once I proofread it so prepare for a steady big release or if you want early access you could buy me a coffee on Kofi for $5 AUD. :)
Date: February 07 2025 4:10 PM Title: At first you don’t succeed try, try and try again
I have been reading your story many times, it is really good, I do not know if you continue to update the story
Author's Response:
Hi there
I have actually planned this story completely from start to finish.
I have two chapters I am working on which I plan to release next month :)





Date: October 17 2024 5:39 AM Title: At first you don’t succeed try, try and try again
Hey, well i just finish reading this and i liked.
I liked Anura, i could identify with him in a few issues like the lack of friends during school and anger issue, although i never get into a fight i understand his anger, i fell that Anura is more a version of you in that universe instead of Max.
Speaking of Max well, a thing that i din't like was that you can of spoil his ending in the main story, yes we know that he would not die because you say it in the reviews but i fell that putting that abouth Max in here it kind of ruin what will happend to him and let us suspect what will happend to him during the end of it and it was a thing that i was fearing that you will put here.
Speaking of Max book “1001” pages it doesn't fell enough to cover the full story, i fell that maybe Max din't write all the details of it because it could be a lot strong . Speaking of it, i suspect that he probably change his name and his family also in the book so avoid the similitudes, also i will not surprise if he din't write abouth Christine or he did it but have to censure a lot of her.
I surprise that the news and the police instead of just looking for Max din't also go to contact his parents, i know that Robert and Rebecca din't write the book but the authorities could belive that they have some influence on his son writting, also considering that in the main story you have teased that Rebecca will find out what happend to Max they could really know a few things.
Abouth the aphids apart of they deaths, i'm surprised that they could ride a ladybug, considering that is a predator to them this make me curious if the aphids could tamer a ladybug or they just jump to his back, if the aphids could tamer one of their predators i can of curious if the ants could due it with a small bird.
I'm surprised that you adressed everything that happend after Olivia and Emma, i belive you will put somenthing like Anura saying “i din't see Emma since his boyfriend disappear”. I'm also surprised that you din't go by the path of Emma shrunk his sister for rage because for the reviews i fell that you will go to that path, i don't know if it was my review saying that instead of shrunk her by rage Emma will just tell her and see the mental breakdonw that she have but i'm glad that you go by that path.
A thing that i din't like was somenthing in the tags list, you see at the same like Anura i fan of somenthing that start with the latter V, so i can of curious if we will have some V in the story, i liked how you write V in antopia and i can of curious i you will do it her considering that you will focus on unaware humans instead of insects.
Also a thing that you think can due is...... you think that considering that you make that the essedon bombers won the 2019 ALF you think that joker 2 could NOT make to the light of day, because if Anura saw that movie he will have the same reaction when i saw the episode 9 of star wars.
Author's Response:
Hi there
Yeah, I will say that kind of spoiled the ending bit with
Max in Antopia by revealing he lives through his ordeal. However, the things
that happen to him throughout his ordeal will remain a mystery so you can
imagine all the crazy shenanigans that happen to him.
As for the book Max wrote about his ordeal (1001 pages) you
are right in the sense that he changed his name and the names of his family and
friends. However, all the events that he depicts in the book are based on real
events. It is important to remember that the world and wider community believe it’s a completely fictional story that he imagined and doesn’t know that these
events really happened. In this sense, he doesn’t censure the strong ‘graphic’
details since fictional depiction lets the author write as disturbing as possible and
results in his book being classified as an adult novel (18+).
As for the Police, I will have to spoil it a bit, yes, the
police do get involved after Max’s parents call them after realising their
parents realise, he is missing. Obviously, they look in the wrong place far and
wide and the police don’t find him but I guess we will have to see who discovers
Max in his shrunken state…….
Yeah, at first it is believed by the police and the wider community
that Max went in hiding in the countryside or joined a street gang however
they start to become suspicious of this assertion especially when his book is
published and start noticing the strange accuracies to real-world events and
wonder where his ideas have come from
Orange ladybugs are not carnivorous at all, they feed on sap so in this sense they wouldn’t be considered a predator to the aphids at all. Also,
they haven’t tamed the ladybug, they have just hitchhiked on its back, similar
to how birds ride on the back of elephants and rhinos.
I feel like the human instinct is to lash out using violence. Emma
was in a moment of rage and resorted to punching her sister several times in the face rather than picking up her shrink ray and firing it at her. Had she been
a bit more collected she probably wouldn’t done that however, she didn’t have
time to shrink her after this since the police came shortly after this.
Vore comes later on in the story.
Apparently, Joker 2 is trash but I am curious now to see
just how bad it is.





Date: October 12 2024 6:46 PM Title: At first you don’t succeed try, try and try again
Hope for Chapter 2.
-It's nice to see your writing improve compared to your first story.
-The connection with other stories was unique and interesting.
Author's Response:
Thanks for the review.
Divya will be getting a minor role in this story but the main focus will be on her older cousin Anura.
Yeah, linking stories with different characters and settings but taking place same universe via references and connections is a cool storytelling device I have seen Jacksmith and VortexFoods do so well in the past and I thought I would try out it as well. It's like hunting for Disney Easter Eggs or Where's Wally if you know what I mean lol.
I am around 50% through Chapter 2. Hopefully, I get it out in a few weeks I only have time to write on the weekends now due to full-time work
Date: October 12 2024 11:41 AM Title: At first you don’t succeed try, try and try again
I like slow-paced stories like this one where everything makes sense more than stories written without caring about the story. I'm still eagerly waiting for your posts from Turkey :)
Author's Response:
Thanks for your review
Yeah, I think setting a concrete storyline is a lot better than those messy action one-shots with no coherent storyline or development which are essentially porn while I prefer to write erotica.
Chapter 2 will be out in a few weeks hopefully and I am 50% through it. I only have time to write on the weekends these days due to full-time work.
Also, I think you accidentally posted your review twice.
Date: October 12 2024 10:55 AM Title: At first you don’t succeed try, try and try again
I think your story got cut off? I remember it being quite long but suddenly it is cut off halfway
Author's Response:
Thanks for letting me know. I will let the administrator know immediately. Bizarre thing is that when I am logged in I can see the story just fine but when I am logged out it's cut off. In the meantime you can use the print function to see the whole story