Last segment of this incredible chapter – this time both our trios from the first and second segments finally meet each other.

But before all of that, the main guest has to join the party in the person of Annabel.

And I love all the preparation for this dinner for Annie. Even though it’s just a simple dinner, the fact that everything becomes so important to her when Donnica is involved is incredible.

Also, the fact she gives herself the mission to find out what’s wrong with Amber is really funny, she is truly devoted to Donnica. I was joking about a cult in segment three, but Annie could genuinely create an entire cult for Donnica.

Her search to find what’s wrong with Amber is pure Annie-style: she gives her absolute best, scrolling through every post on Amber’s social media, checking who she’s with, especially during her travels for soccer matches… and she finds someone.

The cutest of them all: Scarlett. And what she discovers is interesting to say the least, and could explain the distance between Amber and Donnica. Because Scarlett and her family are pro-tiny and fight against everything Donnica, and Annie even more, believe in.

I find it fascinating to see how deep it goes for Scarlett. We already knew she was pro-tiny, but with this part we realize how central it is for her and her two moms; it’s literally all they believe in. It’s also great to see a different view of the world, and not just the cruel one we’re used to seeing with Donnica, Annie, Helena, and everyone around them.

I also loved how Annie gets absolutely pissed after seeing all of that, it’s so funny watching her go all in like that. But even with all the evidence, she still can’t be sure whether Scarlett is really the one “corrupting” Amber’s mind. After all, Amber is as discreet as possible, even on social media. So the only way for Annie to get to the bottom of it is to see both Amber and Scarlett in person… and the dinner at Donnica’s condo is the perfect opportunity.

And it’s time for Annie to enter. She’s welcomed by none other than Amber herself, and I have to say I really like this moment. First, the contrast between the two girls: Annie acting like it’s the most important dinner of her life, while Amber is just being a regular teenager in her comfy clothes. I also loved the moment when Amber doesn’t understand why Annie is so over-the-top happy to see her – it’s such a sweet little beat.

Something I loved a lot is Donnica. It’s amazing to see her as a normal woman cooking for her loved ones. I loved how natural she is, so different from the larger-than-life image we get through Annie’s descriptions. The fact she’s barefoot is a nice touch too (especially for a foot lover like me).

The way she acts like a real mom is also great: letting the girls have fun with Trevor instead of forcing them to help, which is exactly the opposite of what Annie expected. I hope she stays like this more often. I would love to see a good relationship develop between Donnica, Amber, and who knows, maybe even Rebecca in the future.

After some work talk between Donnica and Annie, it’s finally time for dinner… and it’s going to be something.

Annie doesn’t waste a second to make her presence known. The moment she sees Trevor being carried by the cute Scarlett, she loses it and asks to take him. Trevor’s reaction is perfect too he can already senses something’s wrong with Annie, and his usual humor is perfect.

The fact that Annie believes she’s on a sacred mission to protect Donnica and her family from Scarlett is just perfect. I love how messed-up she is all the time.

Something great as well is the parallel with Scarlett, who is just enjoying the moment and not thinking about any of this (even though Annie will soon put her through an interrogation). I really like the contrast between Scarlett and Annie – it’s so well done. We can see all the differences between these two characters even before they speak to each other.

The moment Scarlett remembers her afternoon with Trevor, Amber, and Rebecca is wholesome. I hope we see more of this group later in the story.

Her personal question about Donnica is also great; it’s interesting to see her working through the ideas she have about Donnica and what she stand for. And still be friend with her daughter without trying to change her is great. Even if a certain secretary believes the opposite. And realizing Donnica isn’t quite the monster she expected is great too.

I really enjoy the different reaction of all the protagonist, Donnica acting like the perfect housewife, Trevor’s reactions are fantastic as well – it’s so good to see all the characters behaving so differently. It’s funny that he can tell something’s wrong with Annie just by looking at her; it shows how well he understands her… and that she’s up to no good.

Finally, Annie can’t hold it in anymore and goes after poor Scarlett. She bombards her with questions designed to trap her and force her to reveal her convictions about tinies. Even when Trevor tries to save the day, Annie is smarter than that ,she knows exactly which buttons to push to make someone react.

And it works. Scarlett mentions what her moms do for a living, and Amber’s reaction is priceless – it completely shatters Annie’s theory. She realizes Scarlett isn’t the one influencing Amber… but that doesn’t stop her from continuing to go after Scarlett anyway. I also loved when Scarlett stands up for her convictions, even against Donnica, saying tinies are creatures instead of people. It reminds me of the first time Rebecca met Donnica at the ball, though the power dynamic is a little different this time.

Donnica is amazing in this segment too. We see how smart she is – she knows exactly how to talk to Scarlett without hurting her feelings. It’s an interesting dynamic. Trevor trying to stop the whole thing and give Scarlett some breathing room is fantastic; you can already feel he likes her, and the fact he’s impressed by her is great. It’s almost like a father stepping in for his daughter and realizing she doesn’t really need him and watching her proudly.

Sadly for them, Annie is not the kind of person who gives up easily. After a while, she figures everything out: Scarlett isn’t the one with the secret, it’s Amber, she owns a tiny, and Donnica doesn’t know it.

I have to say, the way you built all of this is perfect: the provocations toward Scarlett, the slow realization of the truth… absolutely flawless. We can really feel Annie as a predator who never lets go until she’s caught her prey.

Then comes the best part of the segment: the confrontation between Rebecca and Annie. Everything is perfect – from Rebecca’s perspective, who had enjoyed the day and even wait Amber’s  return with a surprise she cleans her shoes, to the slow realization that something bad is coming her way.

The pressure keeps building the whole time; the rhythm is perfect; we feel the tension rising along with Rebecca. I also loved the little detail of describing each character’s different way of walking  small touch, but perfect.

And here comes the predator stalking her prey: slow, steady, relentless. Describing everything through Rebecca’s eyes is masterful, as is comparing Annie to all the giantesses Rebecca has crossed paths within the story. All that tension, like a cat playing with a mouse… it’s mind-blowing.

Reading that moment, I genuinely felt helpless, begging for Annie to leave Rebecca alone. And she does… but only after threatening her. Leaving Rebecca alone in the dark with nothing but fear.

In conclusion: a perfect end to an incredible chapter. This one is  flawless, the character work, the emotions, the tension throughout the dinner and beyond, and that final hunt where Annie tracks down Rebecca… among the best writing I’ve ever seen. The rhythm, the tension in that last scene – we’re as helpless as Rebecca, fear being the only emotion left. Also, even though I like Annie, she really pissed me off in this segment going after two of my absolute favorite characters. Even if she isn’t the center of this segment, I really love Donnica here. With just small moments we see her switching between her masks so naturally: the kind mother, the politician who knows exactly how to wield words, and the more dominant side we’ve known since the beginning. Now I just have to wait (impatiently) for the next chapter!

S2 may well be the longest segment you've ever written, but the intensity and warmth spread throughout the scene kept me hooked the whole time!

Let's start with the massive revelation near the end of the segment: Donnica wants to get Trevor a little sex slave to meet his "smaller" needs. The irony that this came up in the same segment that we saw both Donnica and Annabelle completely overwhelm him (and the fact that he loved every second of it) isn't lost on me.

But it's things like this that make me love Donnica so much, no matter how dark she gets outside of her relationship with Trevor. This is clearly an idea that Donnica isn't fully comfortable with, as her softer demeanor and uncharacteristic lack of decisiveness when bringing it up demonstrated, but she's looking to make sure Trevor's needs are met, which is so sweet and considerate.

Now, I know some might call this selfish on her part, as she's motivated by making sure her relationship doesn't fail like those other mixed-sized relationships she researched, meaning she's "only" doing it to make sure Trevor doesn't leave. However, once he's transferred over to her from Helena (assuming that actually happens; I don't want to get too far ahead of myself!), Trevor will literally be her property. He won't be able to leave. Like legally. Once that happens, he's hers, whether he wants to be or not. So she doesn't need to cater to his needs at all. There's no need for her to see things from his perspective and anticipate any of his needs.

But she wants this for him because she wants to "own" him in a way she can't quantify, a way I don't think she herself fully understands. She'll soon literally own him and he's said that he's hers (as has Annie), putting himself through the rigorous legal process to make it so. But to truly "own" him, she wants him to put her at the center of his world, willingly. She wants his unending love and affection, not just his body or the legal authority do what she wants with it.

She wants him to be happy, truly happy, and she wants to be the reason for that happiness. She wants to make sure that she makes him feel the same way he makes her feel.

So yeah, it's incredibly caring and considerate for her to make this sacrifice, to be willing to share some small part of her man physically so that he can have everything he wants (even if might not actually want it, since, you know, she never bothered to broach the subject with him!).

However, as sweet as this idea is, it's also another example of Donnica inventing problems in their relationship. And like the other times she's done this, it's most likely going to blow up in her face, at least in the short term.

Annie's reaction to all this was pretty hilarious, too! Not only that, however, but it also showed a clear difference in belief between the two of them, who are usually in lockstep when it come to tinies. As much as Annie loves Trevor (and that unique brand of love was on full display throughout this segment), she can't even fathom that Trevor would want same-sized sex. On the surface, her disgust and dismissal at the notion initially would seem to be closed-minded and maybe even a tad bit inconsiderate, if looked at through the lens I presented above with Donnica.

Then again, maybe Annie just knows Trevor better than Donnica (or at least is more confident when it comes to him). The same split was present when Annie wanted to spank Trevor because she thought he had cheated on their goddess-mother: Donnica admitted that she thinks Annie is too physical with Trevor, yet Trevor always seems to be pushing for Annie to "punish" him. It really makes me wonder which of his two goddesses really knows him best. Or maybe Trevor simply needs both approaches in his life, hence the void he felt when Annabelle was "cast out."

Back to the spanking bit, I think it says a lot about how much Annie loves Trevor that her reaction to thinking he cheated on their goddess was to spank him, even if it was going to be hard enough to keep him standing for a month. Because, man, we've seen Annie kill tinies for significantly less, and those were in instances where Donnica hadn't been offended, which would normally bring a higher level of severity out of Annie. But with Trevor, she was outraged, yet the thought to truly destroy him never even came up. Given Annie's intense devotion to both Donnica and Trevor, I wonder what would happen if Donnica ever became upset enough to demand that Annie dispose of Trevor.

As for the sex slave/willing sex servant Donnica and Annie discussed, boy, it sure does seem like Kassandra would check a lot of those boxes, doesn't it? I'm not saying that's going to happen (at least not anytime soon), but it's almost uncanny how much of what Annie described fits Kassandra. And even Donnica's insistence that the tiny slave would have to obey her first and foremost, Kassandra's reverence for giants, feeling subservient in her grace for them protecting her, would seem to be a requirement she would meet.

Of course, there's more going on with her beneath the surface, and her feelings for Trevor are likely way more sincere than Donnica would be comfortable with (again, at least right now), so that would present an issue at some point most likely. Not to mention that Helena wouldn't just part with her favorite tiny like that.

So this could all be me just speculating over nothing, but I do think there's a potential scenario where this three-way relationship could become a four-way one. I'm not holding my breath on that, but I figured I'd float the possibility out there.

In any case, Annie is right that Trevor would never go for the sex slave thing, and having the slave hide her status runs the risk of Trevor feeling like he's cheating, which creates a whole new set of problems. And all of that is assuming they even find the right tiny for the job in the first place (potential new character?). Regardless of how far they get with this "plan," I see it going anything but smoothly!

Jumping to the beginning of the segment, I love how, among that sea of smut, you slipped in a little more about Donnica's evolution into who she is now. That small part about how her past boyfriends had left her unsatisfied, with her always giving and never receiving in the bedroom, not only makes Trevor look like a tiny little beast, but it also gives more insight into what she has become.

Donnica, it seems, spent decades being batted down by life, from her parents being cold and making decisions for her to her failed relationships with terrible men to being held back by her tiny partner at the firm. Then Trevor came into her life and showed her that things didn't have to be that way, that she deserved more. It just hit her in the way he revered her, worshiped her during that first sex scene between them. And from that moment on, she's been all about taking what she wants, what life owes her after holding her back for so long. It was a small couple lines, but that bit really resonated with me, and, for all the terrible things Donnica has done, her backstory, told in little pieces in the background without ever being the central focus, makes me continue to root for her.

And while we're taking a closer look at characters in the scene, we caught another glimpse into the darkness inside Trevor's heart, which we hadn't seen since his "breaking' at Annie's place. Trevor seems like such a good guy, and his strength and mental fortitude are undeniable, but his acknowledgment that Donnica should join The Sisterhood, that he had accepted all the things that she plans to do once tinies are "put in their proper place," proves Celine right; Trevor is selling tiny-kind up the river, which makes his desperation to save her specifically even more intriguing!

Now, this is clearly another one of those contradictions you love so much, as Trevor's willingness to accept Donnica's new world is based on equal parts love for her and hatred for what he has lost by shrinking, as well as his refusal to accept that loss. He looks down at other tinies in general because their existence is a reminder of what he's fighting against every day: his own weakness.

Yet every time we see Trevor meet a fellow tiny, actually get to know them, he views them differently. He cares about them. He shows the goodness in his heart. He wants what's best for them. Because it's easier to hate people and not care about their suffering when you don't actually know them. Not everyone has the level of empathy required to do that.

So at some point, those two sides of Trevor's heart are going to clash, and I honestly have no idea which side is going to win.

And, of course, I have to talk about my sweet, sweet Annie! She has to be a hard character to write. In a story filled with contradiction, she is more clashing parts than pretty much everyone else combined. But you continued to navigate through that contradiction flawlessly in this segment.

The way she ordered Trevor around, part breaker, part lover, was so well executed. Her words and actions during that first smut scene could easily have been written off as arrogant mocking and meanness, but beneath that layer of cruelty was the care and love she holds for Trevor, visible in the smallest of gestures and expressions. And Trevor taking note of that helped drive this home perfectly!

Then there's the back and forth between Trevor and Annie. Again, Annabelle sounds so cruel and heartless when her words are taken without the proper context, calling him slave and threatening to punish him for his insolence. But a closer look shows that this is just a game between them, something understood without words, something that even Donnica doesn't seem to fully understand. It's such fun banter, and Trevor egging Annie on, wanting his punishment for "offending" Annie, is fucking adorable, as is Annie's own excitement at that game!

I really love seeing these two together!

I was also so happy to see Donnica clue Annie and Trevor in on what she had learned about The Sisterhood. Donnica calls them worshipers, but she sees them as so much more than that. The goddess bit is a facade, even if she doesn't realize it, and she needs people like Annabelle and Trevor in her life, people she can trust and let her guard down around. Shit, that might be the only thing keeping her sane at this point!

I also knew Annie would hate The Kingdom, and now I feel validated. It also makes sense that she would appreciate the grander vision of The Sisterhood, although, again, I think the details of what they want wouldn't align with dreams either. I think Donnica and Annie generally agree with The Sisterhood, wanting goddesses to rule the tiny world beneath them, but as for all the rituals and rules the organization has in place, let alone their views on tinies? Nah, they'd rather do their own thing. It'll be interesting see if Donnica ends up being tempted or swayed by the ways of The Sisterhood at some point, but clearly that day hasn't come yet.

Oh, and Trevor giving Donnica his blessing to join The Sisterhood seems like another decision that's likely to come back to bite him in the ass, just like the Status-C situation!

Finally, as for the smut itself, that opening to the segment was one of the hottest you've written yet! The idea of Donnica giving up control to Trevor and Annie shows how much she truly cares about them, but holy shit was watching her struggle to contain herself fucking enthralling. And Trevor being nervous in the moment, needing Annie's reassurance (through that smug veneer, of course!) was as adorable as it was sexy.

But the money shot here was when Donnica's pure lust literally overwhelmed him, her drooling pussy taking control of him without Donnica even fucking trying! FUCK! That's so fucking hot! Even when Donnica willingly gives Trevor control, her body alone, just doing its thing, is too much for him. I can't think of anything more divine than that!

And Annie coming in with her tongue? Holy fuck, man! That shit was mind-blowing! Not only did she driving Trevor inside Donnica with that tongue, but she navigated him around with such precision by the tip of it! Fuck!

Did I mention that this was hot?

And then Annie using a depleted Trevor to get herself off, and an exhausted Trevor loving every second of it, was incredible as well. the perfect end to that half-segment.

Oh, and Donnica using her ass to "cone of silence" Trevor on the regular is fucking hilarious! Sexy, too, but funny as fuck to me!

So yeah, obviously I was a fan of this segment! It was so great to see these three together again. It seems like Annie is slowly becoming the lynchpin connecting all of these arcs, doesn't it? We haven't seen her dip into the Amber/Rebecca/Scarlett one yet, but that's clearly coming. Before we know it, Annie will know as much as we do about what's going on!

It's official: I can see the future!

I do believe I said in a prior review that there would come a time when Rebecca loved the smell of Scarlett's feet. And after reading S1, one thing is perfectly clear to me: I'm in you head!

But this drastic case of imprinting leads to some very interesting possibilities. And I can already hear you typing the question, "Ah, but are you sure it was imprinting that made Rebecca do what she did?" So let me save you the trouble. Yes, yes I am completely, entirely, and utterly sure that Rebecca violated Scarlett's feet because Scarlett has unwittingly imprinted her. There's no doubt about this. Don't even try your vague-jitsu on me!

Because Rebecca was thinking about Scarlett's scent before she actually smelled it. And when the other shoe dropped (hey, check it out; I did a thing!), Rebecca compared the yearning she felt in that moment with Amber's scent, both in general and then in those most intense moments when Amber couldn't even seem to control herself. Scarlett's scent carried that same intensity, and even though the story hasn't acknowledged this yet (because these characters don't know about imprinting yet), this is definitely imprinting at work. In both cases.

But unlike with Amber, where we know Rebecca was forced to spend a ton of time around the giant blonde's feet before they admitted their feelings for each other, Rebecca only had one such moment of intensity with Scarlett (or Scarlett's clothes, rather). Yeah, it was noted that Rebecca had noticed a change in Scarlett's scent, had started to yearn for it, even before that, but, on the other side of the story, we have The Sisterhood freaking out because Donnica can imprint tinies with only a week spent trapped in her shoes. So Scarlett imprinting Rebecca so easily seems to indicate one of three things to me (okay, so, knowing you, there's probably some truth to all of these, but I'm going to pretend you had to make a choice here!):

First, that Vivara wasn't kidding around when she mentioned that emotions can impact the imprinting process. Maybe Rebecca's true feelings for Scarlett (or even Amber, as I don't think Amber put her through the same level intensity that Donnica did those two random tinies in her shoes) made it so that she adapted to her smell much faster than she normally would have. My only issue with this possibility is that Trevor and Donnica have intense feelings for each other as well, and Trevor is way more resistant to the orders of giants (even Donnica) than Rebecca would ever dream of being to her two masters. Now, maybe Trevor is the one tiny to rule them all or has some special resistance, but Rebecca was pretty strong-willed once too. So I'm still uncertain about this possibility.

Second, I recall it being hinted at in that imprinting conversation between Donnica, Vivara, and Helena, that an imprinted tiny might be easier to imprint upon a second time. This would explain why The Sisterhood is so excited about Donnica, as she could create a legion of obedient tinies for them as well rather than only for herself. This would also make it make sense that the tinies in The Kingdom revere all the giants they come across, instead of each one having a single giant they choose to worship. So, if this is true, it would make sense that it would only take limited exposure to Scarlett's smell to begin the imprinting process, with the "prank" having only sped things up. But again, I think about Trevor.

Trevor has yielded to zero giants throughout the story. However, there was that scene in the previous arc when Trevor faced Helena one-on-one in her office. If I remember right, there was "something ancient" (which now seems to be code for imprinting, at least in my estimation) that made Trevor want to bow to Helena in her palm. Yet he thought of Annabelle and resisted, defying Helena in a way she didn't seem to know how to handle (maybe she expected the imprinting to do its thing and make her Trevor problem go away?). So there might be something to that, and Trevor might really be the exception to the rule for some yet-to-be-disclosed reason.

Lastly, maybe Scarlett is just extremely potent as an imprinter. It could be that her smell just has this effect on tinies in general. I mean, the narrative did go out of its way to say that tinies have avoided her feet all this time, which could be a pre-emptive explanation for why Scarlett hasn't seen this before. And man, would it be fun to see The Sisterhood, an organization hell-bent on subjugating tinies, try desperately to appeal to the ultimate defender of tiny rights herself! That's such a fun avenue to travel down, that I wonder if you could resist it or be forced to jump on it like it was Scarlett's other sock!

Right now, I'd say I'm leaning a little more two the second possibility, but the third could have some merit as well (we'd need a larger sample size to know for sure, which I don't think we're going to get, at least not right away). Like I said, the emotional factor could play a significant role as well, but you'd really think Trevor would behave in a vastly different manner if this were the case, at least at first glance (maybe he's allowed to stay the way he is because, deep down, despite what she says, Donnica wants him that way? Just a thought).

But speaking of emotions, I thought the effect Rebecca seemed to have on Scarlett was even more intriguing than the other way around. When she was scolding Rebecca, Scarlett seemed a bit more aggressive than we've seen her be with Rebecca before, not to mention demeaning her a bit with that "bad little girl" talk and saying that Rebecca needed to behave herself. Part of this might have been Scarlett's concern that this was going to blow her chance to rekindle her friendship with Rebecca, but I don't think someone like Scarlett, who champions tiny rights, would talk down to any tiny, let alone one she respects as much as Rebecca, if left purely to her own devices.

Then there was the way Scarlett played up her size once she realized her mistake and thought she had frightened Rebecca. That line "I'm so big and you're so little" (peak gentle hotness, by the way!) seemed harmless enough at first, but given that Scarlett is a micro-sexual, it seemed to me that this had a flirty, maybe even yearning quality to it that I don't think Scarlett would normally let out on her own.

So I'm starting to think that the imprinting process makes giants more vulnerable to what they're feeling in a given moment. this would also explain why Amber's volatility is cranked up to 11 whenever she feels like she's losing a grip on Rebecca, which we saw plenty of in this chapter (and throughout the whole story, really) as well. It'd be a cool concept if it's true: The more control a giant has over a tiny, the less control they have over themselves. Or at least that might be true of those who can imprint (it's been implied that there are those who can't).

But jumping back to the beginning of the segment, I can't say enough about how much I love you circling back to the rejection therapy thing with Scarlett. It was the strength that Rebecca helped her find that led Scarlett to eventually getting her friend back. And to have that come up as she was talking with the very friends that technique had won her in the first place? That execution is straight-up artistic!

And sticking with Scarlett for another minute, aside from all the imprinting stuff, I can't get over how cute she is with Rebecca! These two just jump off the page whenever they're together, and seeing her apologetic for losing her cool, excited at being complimented by Rebecca, and feeling vulnerable at the thought of Rebecca maybe actually liking the smell of her feet, something we've known is a sore spot with her since she was first introduced, was all so heart-melting and fun! I know the hard times are nowhere near over for these two, but man I'm hoping things work out in a way that lets Scarlett continue to be a part of Rebecca's life (hopefully the smutty part!).

But as much as I loved Rebecca here, I felt so bad for Amber throughout the segment. Her insecurity and spite ate her up for days, and it's really not her fault. Now, to make a distinction, she did behave borderline abusively toward Rebecca during that time from the sound of it, and that absolutely is her fault, even if it is a complicated thing. But the feelings driving her to do these things and to push away her best friend even when she knows Scarlett didn't actually do anything, that's something deeper, something that was forced upon her, and it hurts to see it turn Amber into her own worst enemy.

Still, even in her cold, angry state, we saw her take measures to make Rebecca comfortable (when she wasn't stuffed down Amber's panties, not all of which Rebecca hated, to be fair). That mini-pillow and making a private space for Rebecca in her duffle bag was a really sweet thing for Amber to do. And we did see Amber, even in her stubbornness almost crack at seeing Rebecca so sad before putting her in the duffle.

Amber really is a good kid trying to overcome a massive weight that no one can really take on alone. Seeing her kind of admit that to Scarlett made me hopeful. Now Amber has two people who can try to help her through this, assuming Scarlett and Rebecca can keep their hands off each other long enough to do that.

Because we did see Scarlett all but admit to Rebecca that she had feelings for the "poor little thing." That "you know how I feel about you" seems like a pretty clear indication. As does Rebecca saying "you're perfect" at a moment when she really didn't need to. Yet, at the same time, it's obvious that they both deeply care for Amber, which makes things interesting.

Because I share Rebecca's dream of her being passed back and forth between the two giants like she's a possession (although neither of them really view her as such, I don't care how much Amber says that Rebecca is "hers"). That little scene in her head was incredibly hot! And shit, with the fact that Amber and Scarlett are close enough to talk about personal, sexual things so deeply, maybe there's something more between them than either one is ready to admit. I still have plenty of hope that this love triangle just might be equilateral.

But, even if that may come to pass eventually, we're nowhere close to it yet. Amber made that pretty clear at the end of the segment. It was so rewarding to Amber's walls come down and explain her trust issues to Scarlett, but keeping that possessive nature regarding Rebecca intact was sad to see. Not just because I want the three-way relationship, but because, like I said above, I do think Amber sees Rebecca as a person rather than a possession, but she's not secure enough to admit it to herself. After all, if Rebecca is "hers" then Amber can control her and keep her from ever leaving. That's the easy way for her, but I'm hoping that, as her character grows, she gains enough faith in herself and in Rebecca to no longer need that crutch.

But man, when Amber said that she knew Scarlett and Rebecca didn't love each other, I felt so bad for her. And the thing is, I think even Amber knows she's wrong on this (otherwise I don't think she would have been nearly as volatile to either of them after the prank incident), but Amber needs to tell herself that because she doesn't want to lose either one. She's lying to herself here. But I do think she truly believes neither of them want to hurt her, which is absolutely true.

If only Amber could take a page out of her mother's playbook, jus this once!

But yeah, fantastic emotional segment to start this chapter! I loved every second of it, and I'm only left more deeply intrigued as to where, exactly you're going to take these two.

After all the tenseness of the opening portion of this section I am so fucking glad for the most part everyone is back together...there's still whole Becca possibly having deeper feelings for Scarlett and vice versa but we can cross that bridge when we come to it.

The way Becca humbled herself for Scarlett's feet was both hot and heartwarming getting to see her appreciated for something she hid for so long from everyone she loved. It could lead to more issues with Amber down the road but I'd like to imagine it will lead to Becca being the happily owned foot girl of two loving ladies and Scarlett just a smidge being more open to subjecting random tinies to her foot funk ala Amber.

I admit Amber's childhood trauma had slipped my mind because Naomi/Anna's were so fresh in it but it was deep to see her lay herself bare for them both and to hopefully begin to grow into a better person for herself and them both.

I was actually shocked in this universe they actually HAD tiny dating courses that didn't end in violence or humiliation. It really makes me wish Scarlett/Becca happened before Amber could find her but I'd be happy with the Triangle or everyone coming into their feelings properly and happily.

Though I have to admit Amber letting Becca go to Scarlett and finding a true dyed in the wool sadist to subject to her whims would be lovely in itself. Becca is amazing for her but you do kind of feel bad when she is treated like a common tiny given how much she's done to help Becca become a better person and let go of so much pain and so forth.

If everything gets laid out in the open I could really see those three having a happy, poly relationship and being great leaning/sound boards for each other as they grow through college into the rest of their lives.

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Seems like those three had a fun time in the old town tonight and Anna is officially -officially- back in the fold and seemingly weidling some power in the bedroom as was shown off tonight with her command of both Trevor and Domica.

If there is a next wave I could oddly see possibly Anna among it, happily settled at the same massive feet that Trevor lives for every day and night. Again just a thought when and -if- said wave ever hits.

I can not appreciate a good foot worship scene especially when it's one foot being adorned by not one but TWO people of various sizes. It is rare to see such a showing of devotion from the biggos in these stories.

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God damn a lot to unpack here...

1. Trevor getting dunked on about his performance must have been pretty deflating for him, good thing he already suffers from shrinkage.

2. He bragged about other girls AND MOCKED WOMEN...two of which were the size of skyscrapers before him and did not die. He's living every tinies dream right now it seems.

3. He didn't give up Celine in the Seed Code discussion so I wonder if he is lowkey protecting her from Domica/Anna atm.

4. Anna's interest in the Kingdom is a little unnerving given how their society is structured, I mean it takes a lot to make Helena look like the safer option but here we are. Though I would be open to seeing her dealing with Juliette...a battle of dragons.

5. Domica opening up about the Sisterhood tells me she's not afraid of them as others might be. Her openness to discuss whatever she knows even if it's just her trusted loyalists tells me she may be intrigued but by no means controlled.

6.  Call me crazy buuuuuuuut them discussing finding Trevor a tiny mate/slave really has me thinking now is the time they discover Becca and find her the ideal candidate. I could see them finding her about and possibly taking her to the workshop...and right into Naomi's hands without Amber or Scarlett knowing.

7. I would also not be surprised if they went the aforementioned Celine route with Helena's likely uneasy agreement but if there WAS one person he would fall for outright I think it'd be somebody who not only matches him in sass but outmatches him in his own field.

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If anyone truly buys into this whole Goddess thing it would be Helena, I'm not sure how she would've gotten her fix if the shrinking pandemic never hit but it certainly played right into her Godhood fantasies.

I feel a little bad for Kass knowing she's suffering the unbearable heat and doing her best to both serve and help guide the Kingdom down the right path. And basically all for a woman whom whilst she loves them considers their kind lower than the gum she scrapes off her shoe.

And now she's going to mess with Domica getting Trevor back faster which is going to have astronomical reverb on her I would imagine. Especially if Domica finds out she's prolonging it just to get her to the Sisterhood.

Speaking of Trevor I have that sinking feeling HE'S the one Helena and/or Kass might settle on which would open a whole new can of worms. Domica would want a submissive bangmaid for her little guy but him and even Helena would know Kass deserved better plus the chance he -really- falls for her over the biggos and then there's gonna be a storm...

I was so ready for Helena to either kill all three of the tinies offered or at least Estelle once Charity had gotten the ok to end the marriage. I realized they were from The Kingdom via the foot worship ceremony and such but it being Helena and the cruelty shown so far in this tale gave me pause for the chances of Estelle's safety.

Always nice to see Celine still getting to Helena after all this time, which is oddly why I kind ship her and Trevor if things ever went sideways with the next wave like Domica/Helena/Anna etc all shrinking or what have it.

I have my money on at least ONE of the major big players going down in the next wave if it comes but the fact more could go isn't lost on me. Maybe everyone but Amber/Scarlett or even they themselves to live peacefully in the Kingdom with Becca free overburden from Domica and others.

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Anna really grilled poor Scarlett on her family which gives me reason to believe she -might- end up switching to Helena's team at some point. Not out of malice towards Domica/Amber but some misguided attempt to save them from the ills of tiny love/rights.

For the most part Scarlett handled herself quite well in the Dragons Den especially with the Great Domica herself. I'm not a hundred percent sure how Domica truly felt about it but she hid it well for the sake of stability.

If only Scarlett knew both how shitty the GRSP was in effect AND what Domica/Anna and others like Helena would replace it with which is pretty much nothing. Not a fight she could win mind you buuuuut if her mothers were to find out or at worst be put in harm's way by Helena or even The Sisterhood...

I'm not really stunned she went after Becca, after all she was going to find out what effect Scarlett was having on Amber if it killed her. I fully expected her to actually -take- Becca but that might have lead her down a road she would never be allowed back from.

I still see her possibly sneaking Becca away to the Workshop if she got the need but it would mean crossing Domica of all people AND hurting her only daughter which I'm not sure even she is crazy enough to try.

As for the lighthearted stuff it was nice to see Trevor and Becca getting on again even she may never know about The Kingdom it feels like a place she'd enjoy being...until the whole blind devotion to monsters like Helena and Juliette was revealed.

I also have to say I envy that dinner as it sounds both delicious and awesome.

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I could see Becca imprinting on Scarlett, they are both the same person in respects to how they view the world and people in it. Sure Becca loves Amber as she found her first and has guided her to become a better person but Scarlett legit WAS a kinder person to her kind without needing to be guided by Becca.

She genuinely cares for and respects tiny people and wants the best for them. Even with how deep Becca gets lost in her lust of Ambers sheer dominance I think some of that old fight is still in her wanting tinies to be more than pets or statistics.

I can get behind the occasional smutty segments, no harm nor foul. If things go the way I think they are then it might be the last Anna gets to enjoy such moments so it was nice to see her get a little happiness.

I am calling either Kassandra which would end up furthering their bound right under Helena's nose, Celine to -really- stick it to Helena but her prized pig being the one thing that aids her in getting Domica to her side...OR Anna somehow gets Becca away from Amber now that she knows her existence and offers her up. 

There would be no way Trevor could refuse due to having to admit he knew Amber had her this long and if done right Domica would have no knowledge of who she was thus dismissing Amber's outrage at such a pairing. Plus it leaves Amber out in the cold unless she wanted to admit to her mother of all people what she was doing.

Again the marriage angle is something I'm shocked hasn't been tackled in stories before hand given how much the power dynamic is always touched upon. I'm just shocked once again that it didn't end with Helena squishing Estelle underfoot or at least Charity doing it.

Again I see it possibly leading to Trevor but there are options..

The Dinner scene was wonderful as it hit all the notes it needed to, Anna grilling the tiny rights activist while Trevor and oddly enough Domica played peacekeeper. Not sure how Domica would react if Anna BROUGHT Becca to her but that's a whole separate kettle of fish.

I could easily see the mothers running afoul of The Sisterhood or at-least Domica and Helena themselves. Will it lead to them mulched into toejam when the second wave comes? I can't say but I definitely see them as thorns in the side of the anti-tiny rights side for the foreseeable future.

The Anna -hunting- Becca scene was incredible.

You really felt the terror in Becca's mind/body as the predator came looking for her. I truly expected Anna to take her back to Workshop and feign ignorance at her disappearance but I think terrifying her worked well enough.

Though she could have also asked Naomi about it since she did almost kill her at the resort, but then again I don't know/remember if Anna had privy to the knowledge of that vacation.

Again what I think is Anna wants to make sure -all- tinies in Domica's world are broken in so to speak, she lets Trevor slide due to Domica but something tells me she'd ship him off to Naomi if she could get away with it.

As for what's next I either see her offering Becca up as Trevor's -slave- girl or doing something insane like either offering Becca too or leaving for The Kingdom herself. Helena would relish in having a bargaining chip like her only daughters lover underfoot so to speak in her quest to curry and seemingly corral Domica into her favor and The Sisterhood.

So first off I love the introduction of Scarlett. She seems driven and strong. A perfect counter to amber. I continue to love amber and Rebecca’s development. They are almost my ideal for tiny and giant relationship. The tiny gets some say and can even stand up to the boss. Yet the giant keeps control. That is a great dionamic in my opinion. I love that Rebecca is ambers jiminey cricket, her conscience.   

I agree with amber that Naomi isn’t theirs to help. Not after what transpired at the resort and especially not  after what she just said in ambers own room. That girl is in need of serious help. But still good on Rebecca for even giving that much help in the form of the link, and great for willing ly standing up to amber when it’s important.

now for the weirdest trio. Trevor Donnie’s and Annabelle are so weird. The fact that Trevor is ok with Annabelle threw me for a loop. Annebele remains cookier than a cook coo clock. 

I am liking the relationship though, it is so delightfully unhinged. You got annebele who like  I said previously is a tiny at heart and just wants all tiny’s to reliazed the truth that she has, she would love to be a true tiny I think, even if it killed her.

 Trevor is a man in an insects body. He would be a king to donnicas evil queen. I haven’t decided yet weather he would be a good king or bad king. Trevor doesn’t seem to care about the fate of tinies in general, maybe only those that he knows. I am not sure how he would react if he found out that donnica was fine killing and eating tinies. Personally I think he is quite insane for willingly getting rid of his few lawful protections. As demonstrated with the next chapters screw up about what happens when revengeful third party coops and gets him. 

Donnica is a true queen whom I eventually hope will fall of her horse and realize she is not a goddess. She is the antagonist along with Helen as far as I am concerned.

helen is so evil and cruel. I love it. So is everything donnica is turning into. 

Your sex scenes remain top notch by the way

Okay, first and foremost with S3, that vore scene? Holy fuck, man! You've been nailing those in this story, but this last one was so fucking good! Better than the one in the previous chapter, and that one was fantastic in its own right!

Once again, as you do with a lot of your fetish-y scenes, you wrapped a good bit of plot and worldbuilding around the dinner itself, which is both clever and really, really hot. The four of them having a conversation as they casually reach down and grab themselves one "bite" at a time adds another dimension to the eroticism of the vore. It also makes the narrative more interesting watching the four of them swallow down life after life while talking about how worthless tinies are in general. That's how you drive home a point!

I also appreciated how you emphasized the different approaches each giantess took to their meal, and I think that gave us some insight into who each one is.

Marion, for example, really seemed to savor the process of eating tinies more than the tinies themselves. She was selective with each bite, preferring women for how smoothly they go down and eyeing Kelly because of her curious actions in the bowl (which only she took the time to notice, it seems. Then there was the smelling, adding more senses to the eating process and really taking her time. The comparison to a sommelier really fit well here!

But then, once the tinies pass Marion's lips, they're practically forgotten, swallowed so easily, so automatically that it seems like she doesn't bother to enjoy the taste. It seems almost sacramental to me in that regard, like she's doing it more out of civility and and polite expectation than taste and indulgence. I think she likes the idea of consuming tinies more than the literal act itself, drawing out how she puts the tinies in their place and swiftly swallowing once they're in her mouth.

Then there's Yuriko, who was very ceremonial and violent with her meal. I don't think she swallowed a living tiny in the entire segment. Between the way she regarded them and how she quickly squashed that first one between her tongue and the roof of her mouth, letting the blood and flavor spread from what was left of him afterward, seemed very traditional, maybe even ritualistic. This is a woman who enjoys the act and the violence of eating tinies. I mean, it is a delicacy in her home country, after all.

Donnica was so casual after she got over the initial novelty of it. She was never offended or against eating tinies, but it took her a second to get over the shock of it not only being offered to her but that it was being done so (seemingly) blatantly despite clearly being illegal.

She enjoyed the flavor quite a bit, and the initial rush, too, but she soon settled in and the tinies in the bowl just became another meal for her. Yeah, she pretended that they were rivals shrunken down by the virus, but the way she ate them mostly pretty normal, sipping wine to swallow them down easier and gulping them down to make sure she could get properly answer the two powerful women's questions or hold firm on certain things.

All in all, eating tinies became pretty natural pretty quickly for Donnica.

Then there's Helena. I love that she was stress eating! The description of her being too worried to pay attention as she ate her first bit was perfect! That soft chewing and sipping the wine to send him down, all absent actions while the other three were enjoying their food in their own ways, was not only super hot to me, but it also reinforced a feeling I kind of got from her own vore segment in the previous chapter.

I don't think Helena particularly cares for chowing down on little people.

That feeling only deepened when Helena deflected Donnica's question about how she likes her tinies prepared. Unlike the other three, I think Helena eats tinies because it's necessary for her to either hold her position or advance within the Sisterhood (much like how eating that first tiny was a test for Donnica). In the previous chapter, it was noted that she was doing meal more out of ritual than desire, and she didn't seem to derive a lot of pleasure from eating them.

To be clear, I'm not saying that Helena has a problem with eating tinies. I just don't think she's into it. Or maybe she does and just buries it deep, right next to her feelings for Celine.

The Kelly angle in this segment was so much fun! Getting a ground-level perspective of those "descending fingers'  was really ... fuck, man! That shit alone was prime "field testing" material! And that line about the gods absently choosing their meals? Fanfuckingtastic!

But Kelly's "journey" was great, too. The fact that she put so much faith in Donnica despite how unlikely it seemed like Donnica would help her. That helped sell her desperation; despite how little Donnica cared about her, tormented her in the nail salon even, Kelly still convinced herself that Donnica would save her. And the way she pushed that dude into Marion's elegant fingers was shitty of her, of course, but fuck was it sexy as hell thinking about Marion gently trying to shake him off her sticky fingers and "resigning" herself to eating him instead of the curiosity she'd been eyeing all meal.

And the way you described Donnica from Kelly's perspective when Donnica plucked her from the bowl was so mesmerizing! Everything about Donnica stood out there, and that casual lick of her lips felt as devastating as it felt hot (which was very, by the way!).

Then Donnica recognized her and ate her anyway! The perfect end to Kelly's journey! That "Oh, it's you" line cracked me up, because I knew exactly what was coming! Fuck that whole thing was good!

And while I'm still on the vore stuff, the Lover's Delight was a lovely way to end the meal. To back married couples into the dough like that and intentionally separate them before eating each one is a special kind of casual cruelty, so of course Yuriko is the one to show Donnica the proper way to do it! Yurilo talking over the screaming husband, paying him no attention as she excitedly talks about the desert with Donnica was amazing! Also, the fact that they would (allegedly) go out of their way to make sure these are actual couples they're serving is even more delightfully evil. The Sisterhood is really particular about the role each tiny plays in their system.

And I say the Sisterhood instead of just the restaurant because it's clear to me that either The Hollow is owned and operated by the Sisterhood or that the restaurant allowed them to bring their own food into the establishment (and I'm willing to bet it's the first one). I love how you telegraphed this with the waitress, who was clearly a goddess-in-waiting. She had all the same mannerisms and respect for both the goddesses themselves and the ritualistic nature of the meal that the girls back on Helena's estate had. The way Marion acknowledged the girl a couple times sealed it for me.

Jumping back to the beginning of the segment, I love Donnica's take on the restaurant. Despite her own wealth and influence, this was a step above what she was used to, which shows that there are even higher levels to which she could go. But, at the same time, she wasn't excited about eating there or jealous that her hosts were in a position to summon her there; no, she only acknowledged the status of the restaurant as recognition for how important the meal was, given the kind of discussion and deals that go down there.

This, to me, goes back to Donnica's roots as someone who pulled themselves out of obscurity and earned everything she has. To the true elite, the ones born into power, the status that comes to eating at a place like this (like Helena and maybe Marion and Yuriko, I suspect) is everything. For Donnica, she doesn't need it because she's taken so much for herself, and she's good with what she's earned on her own. If she ever becomes a regular there, it'll be because of the work she's put in, earning her spot there. That's the only way it would mean something to someone like her.

And this was really driven home when Donnica's main thought at seeing the elegant setup was about the dinner she had planned with Amber, Annabel, and Trevor, rather than power structures or ways to take her "rightful place' among these elites. I think that says more about Donnica than anything! 

I also like how quickly she was clocking everything Marion and Yuriko were doing during the meal. She knew they were like her in a way, powerful women who demand rather than ask. She knew when she was being tested, and she knew when to speak up instead of becoming the butt of a joke. She also knew not to bombard them with questions but which one she could appropriately sneak in.

And confirmation that Helena's Kingdom is the only one in the Sisterhood was interesting, by the way. That seems to reinforce my theory that breaking into the Seed Code is about expanding the Kingdom to other Sisterhood communities rather than increasing the size of Helena's own Kingdom. Helena should really thank Celine for that gift!

But yeah, we didn't really get a lot of new lore introduced here, but we did get a lot of confirmation about stuff we (but not Donnica) already kind of knew, though. The Sisterhood believes a "final wave" of the virus is coming and that only people like those in the Sisterhood are going to be left by the time its done. We know they believe that there's a "proper" way to rule tinies, although I'm not completely sure that they understood Donnica's definition of "proper" in that context. This could be a point of contention between the two sides (because, let's face it, Donnica's always on her own side) down the road.

And we also know that the Sisterhood leadership isn't thrilled about her relationship with Trevor. The way they pushed that issue, with Yuriko poking Donnica with that line, "Trevor? Is that the slave's name?" was interesting. I wonder what they were intending to say to Donnica about it before Donnica shut that shit down! Or maybe that was the intent: to gauge Donnica's passion on the issue and maybe pressure her to properly subjugate Trevor if she came off at all passive on the issue.

Instead, Donnica laid down the law! And she did it in a way that they had to respect. She didn't give them the "he's special" line, trying to convince them that she's in the right. She isn't beholden to anyone, and she made that perfectly clear! There's no reason to justify herself to them. She's the ruler, and she decides who will rule with her. If other people find the fact that her partner is tiny to be contradictory or hypocritical, that's their problem, and she has no time for it! I fucking loved this moment!

But we also saw Donnica softening up to the Sisterhood a bit by the end of things. She's starting to think of Helena on slightly friendlier terms, and she seemed to really enjoy the comradery she was sharing with the other three women, equals in her mind. That's potentially a scary prospect, especially with Yuriko's comment about Donnica maybe "unlearning" some stuff, but I'm really not concerned. I do think you're going to make us sweat a bit at some point, but I have no doubt that Donnica will always choose Trevor in the end (even if loses herself for a minute and chooses something else in the short term). And I still say that the bond these women seem to share, as well as the bond the Sisterhood shares with their subjects, is empty (The Hollow was a great name for the restaurant in that regard). Helena and company think what they have is better only because they don't have what Donnica has with Trevor.

That's why they're going to lose in the end. Now what losing means and what winning looks like for Donnica is still pretty hard to predict at this point, but I think Donnica will ultimately be at odds with at least some of these women and come out on top at the end.

Oh, and it looks like my way-to-soon prediction that Marion is Penelope's mom was wrong, since she's from the U.S. But it seems like both Marion and Yuriko received their "training" in England just like Helena did, so I'm thinking that Penelope's mom was the one who trained them. That would make her pretty high up in the organization, I'd think, especially since Marion and Yuriko are pretty advanced within its ranks on their own.

This was a great way to cap off the chapter overall! The dinner conversation was tense at times, fun at others, and greatly enjoyable overall. And the vore, again, was awesome!

Finish S1 what an incredible segment 

Author's Response:

I LOVE that you enjoyed that segment so much you had to drop in and let me know ;)

There’s so much going on in that part... definitely the most layered, complex scene in the chapter!

...and of course it features everyone's favorite redhead: Scarlett!

Wow! Now that we have a better understanding of imprinting, seeing what it's doing to Rebecca (and possibly Amber) hits so much harder! I know we've seen this before from her, man, that internal struggle inside Rebecca as her "new programming" overrides who she naturally is left me so heartbroken for the back third of S2!

And seeing the gradual way that it ate away at Rebecca's resistance as Amber kept pushing was particularly sad. The moment where she noted in the narrative that she wanted to be owned, that Amber declaring ownership over her brought her joy, was especially sad, whereas before I would have just questions if that was her giving into some secret desire or something darker was at work. Now we know that it's more of a biological function, a scar leftover from Rebecca's side of the abuse they put each other through in their early days together.

Or did the imprinting "complete" after they ended up together? Is it even completed? Was it Amber and Rebecca giving into their passion for one another that put Rebecca in situations to become fully imprinted (if she is, in fact, fully imprinted yet)? We still don't know enough about the process to be able to tell for sure. But we do know enough to be able to say that Amber is now hurting Rebecca in a way she can't even understand, which may well be the most tragic part of all this. 

However, I think it says a lot about Rebecca that's been able to resist Amber as much as she has all this time. Despite Rebecca's inability to resist once Amber really turns up the authoritative heat, the fact that she's been able to argue with Amber and tell her to back off, even in this very chapter, says a lot about her strength of will. Some of that might also have been Rebecca's feelings for Scarlet, which definitely haven't been influenced by imprinting, shining through, as she was her fiercest against Amber when defending Scarlet. That's an interesting potential development to keep an eye on as well.

But another reason Rebecca might be able to sometimes tell an angry Amber off (or at least she was able to up until this point; we'll see if Amber follows through on cracking down on Rebecca in the chapters ahead) might have a lot to do with Amber herself. We know that the personal feelings between giant and tiny can play a serious role in imprinting because of Vivara's explanation to Donnica regarding why Trevor hasn't been subject to the full effects of imprinting (this might also have something to do with Juliette and Clara's unique dynamic as well). So it could be that Amber's love and admiration for Rebecca has given the tiny a bit more free will in the process than the average imprinted tiny.

Or the answer could be much simpler. Amber complained in the narrative about allowing Rebecca to have small victories (and stated her intention to put an end to that). It could be as simple as Amber backing down a lot of the time out of respect for Rebecca. Or guilt. She's done a lot of bad shit to Rebecca, and that shit usually weighs pretty heavily on her later. I feel like how she treated Rebecca in this scene will end up being one of those times at some point in the future (or maybe even right now, on some level), for example.

And Amber's behavior here is no less interesting than Rebecca's. Or rather, what's behind the giant blonde's behavior. All of the factor's leading into Amber "snapping' were laid out a couple times in the segment: sexual frustration from honoring Rebecca's decline for morning sex, annoyance at the drill not going well/Rebecca pushing them so hard, Rebecca's near-death experience, seeing Rebecca held by a nude Scarlett, and months of noticing the signs of Scarlett's feelings for Rebecca. That all makes sense, and all of them surely played a major role in Amber's attitude here, but there are two potential factors that aren't mentioned: the scars of Amber's abused past and the imprinting process itself.

I mean, Amber certainly wouldn't be the first victim of abuse to end up engaging in abuse herself. That shit can be an endless cycle of pain and suffering, something Rebecca understands all too well, given how she's spoken to Amber at times (even after they officially started dating). It makes total sense to me that Amber would engage in similar behavior when she feels pushed to the brink, especially with Rebecca being so defenseless and unable to walk away, even if she wanted to. And Amber, like other abuse victims who have been shoved down this path, is likely completely unaware of how that trauma, those feelings still buried deep and engrained into her very being now, are causing her to hurt the one she loves!

Well, mostly unaware, perhaps:

Amber moaned, fingers curling harder, then her other hand descended again, this time not gentle, not slow. She gripped Rebecca roughly and pushed her deeper, thrusting her against the slick, pulsating heat of her inner folds. Her rhythm was jagged. Wild. She didn’t care if it hurt. Rebecca would yield. Rebecca would give her everything.

In the heat of the moment, she knows she's hurting Rebecca, to some extent at least. But that sort of thing can also be easy to dismiss, with Amber telling herself that Rebecca was fine afterward, so it's okay. Rebecca didn't even complain, so it's no big deal, right?

Of course, Amber's hypocrisy isn't something she can see herself, not even thinking back to just minutes before, when she told Scarlett in a rage that she loved Rebecca and would never hurt her. So yeah, that line above, to me at least, seems to imply that Amber's tragic past is still haunting her in ways she doesn't even realize. I mean, Rebecca did note back when she first realized Amber was being abused that the girl needed therapy, and Amber never went to see a therapist, so of course she's unable to manage the violent reverberations of her own abuse.

The other factor here could be the effect that imprinting is having on Amber herself. Granted, some of the things I've noticed and believe might be attributed to this could also fit into that cycle of abuse I mentioned above, but I'm still suspicious imprinting doesn't just affect tinies.

There were a couple points in this segment in which Amber knew she was in the wrong, a voice in the back of her head telling her to be reasonable and showing her that her anger was unwarranted, that she was making a big deal out of small misunderstandings and taking things way too far. But there was an urge, a need, almost, that caused her to ignore that voice and give in to that anger, to that need to punish.

We've seen in past chapters how both Rebecca and Amber have given in to "something ancient and primal" during sex/fights. Amber also brought herself to tears during their fight over helping Naomi, wondering to herself why she keeps doing these things to Rebecca.

And here, in this segment, we saw Amber relish in being dominant, forcing her will on Rebecca. It didn't come off to me that she was just enjoying it; it seemed to feel right to her, instinctual in nature. That sounds a lot like Amber's previous aggressive behavior toward Rebecca. Yet, as noted above, Amber always ends up regretting that after the fact.

So is this primal desire something biological and beyond her control? Because Amber trying to talk herself out of punishing Rebecca, telling herself that she was overreacting, is what makes this whole thing so tragic to me. Amber is a good person. We've seen several examples of this, as both Rebecca and now Trevor can attest. She's innocent and has a big heart. But she's being pulled away from all that by these all-consuming emotions that lead her to do terrible things, things that leave her feeling guilty and ashamed of herself once she's thinking rationally again.

Is that just a biproduct of her abuse, a "gift" left behind by her mother's former lovers? Or is there something deeper at work here. something driven by the very bond she cherishes more than any other?

Oh, and it probably doesn't help that her "role model" for most of her life, Donnica, isn't exactly what I would call emotionally healthy herself! I imagine that probably has something to do with the way Amber processes stress too!

And, of course, the irony of Rebecca being on the receiving end of so much ire from Amber after being the actual victim of both incidents isn't lost on me, either. She was almost crushed and was nearly suffocated by Scarlett's clothes, and now Amber is "punishing" her. It's hard not to be frustrated for poor Rebecca, who, like a good little domestic violence victim and/or cult member, accepts the blame for her own suffering (and being held in the hand of a naked giant, something she had no actual control over).To be fair, Rebecca did brush off both incidents, so it was likely easy for a frustrated Amber to not think about that and focus more on herself, but, while understandable and even relatable, that doesn't really make it any better,.

I have a question! As I've mentioned before, I'm not well-versed in soccer, so while I could clearly visualize what Amber and Scarlett were doing in that scene on the practice field, there's a lot about the significance of what they're doing that I don' understand. As a sports fan in general, however, the language "resigned to the failed play" stood out to me. Scarlett took the blame for the soccer ball incident and clearly felt guilty about it, but was it really her fault?

Even if a play (or whatever the equivalent is for a given sport) isn't going according to plan, I don't think giving up on it is the right way to handle it. Even in drills, you should go hard the whole time, even during mistakes. We also saw Scarlett being eager to try to learn what Rebecca was teaching them while Amber wasn't thrilled with being forced to run the drill again.

So Amber being unprepared for Scarlett trying to salvage the rep would really fall on Amber, right? That was kind of my takeaway from the incident. But I don't know enough about the sport to be sure. Maybe Scarlett was being irresponsible and putting Amber in an impossible position without thinking about Rebecca? I kind of doubt that, but I'm hoping you might offer your "football" (insert arrogant American tone here) expertise and clarify this for me, if you'd be so kind.

I love how both Scarlett and Amber have clocked each other regarding Rebecca in this segment. Amber is piecing together that Scarlett has a thing for Rebecca and might be a "threat" to take Rebecca from her, and Scarlett has recognized clear signs that Amber is abusive to Rebecca at times. While it wasn't stated explicitly, the way Scarlett asked Rebecca if she was okay and talked to Amber after the backpack incident seemed to indicate that Scarlett has noticed Amber's "less-than-kind" treatment of Rebecca for a while now.

Speaking of which, I loved how Scarlett acted around Amber at that point: talking slowly, trying to keep her calm, and keeping her eye on Amber. That behavior makes it pretty clear that Scarlett believes that Amber is capable of actually hurting Rebecca. It also makes me wonder if she has some experience with situations like this. I don't think Scarlett was abused, but maybe she knows somebody who has been and has tried to help them through it (maybe an old tiny girlfriend?). Or maybe she wants to get into a career that involves helping abuse victims. In any case, I got the impression that Scarlett is more familiar with this sort of thing than the average teenager.

And Amber refusing to see what's obvious, too worked up and afraid of Scarlett coming after Rebecca to register that Scarlett has good reason to be so concerned. If their roles were reversed, I imagine that scene would have ended with Amber punching Scarlett in the face in an effort to save Rebecca (which might not have ended so well). But Amber just can't see it, which, again, just makes the whole thing so much sadder.

I was also interested to see a couple girls on the team still have such an issue with Scarlett. I know things have been looking better for her socially, between her (now strained) friendship with Amber and her getting into that practice group of elite players, so I was wondering if that had spread to the whole team. It obviously hasn't.

And both with the two bullies and Scarlett herself, you did a fantastic job of selling their size, as usual. The footsteps are always a nice touch, and the consistency with which you describe them still gives them a greater impact to read, even after all this time. Same with the voices, and even the way Rebecca was jostled about when the bullies picked up Scarlett's bag.

And the way you guided us through Rebecca dealing with the situation, the smell, the lack of fresh air, and even the way Scarlett's sweat and dirty clothes made it so easy to feel everything. I'm not a smells guy by any means, but I can still appreciate the artistry of conveying Rebecca's struggle to survive (and not get turned on) so vividly. Well done!

Man, I can't wait to see where things go with these three from here. I have no idea if Scarlett and Amber will be able to salvage their friendship after this, if for no other reason than Rebecca herself. I think they can get past being upset with each other in the moment, but can Scarlett move past the apparently nagging concern that Amber is abusing Rebecca? And how can Amber possibly allow Scarlett to see Rebeca again now that she's certain that Scarlett wants the tiny for herself? Not to mention that I'm sure there's a sense of betrayal lingering somewhere in Amber's mind, even if she realizes that Scarlett didn't actually make a move.

But crazier shit has happened, so who knows?

Anyway, awesome segment! Again, the blend of smut and drama hit the sweet spot, keeping me engaged with both the narrative and the more fetish-y end of things (that shower scene, though!).

The fight that followed tore through the house like a thunderstorm. Screaming. Accusations. Slamming doors. Her father calling her mother a controlling bitch. Her mother firing back that he was soft, that he was raising a weakling. Naomi had curled up in her bed that night and cried herself raw, the registration forms still folded neatly on her desk.

There's a lot to get to after reading S1, but this really jumped out at me. Aside from the satisfaction I felt at reading about Naomi's dad calling Victoria a controlling bitch, the bolded part struck me as absolutely brilliant!

We had just spent several paragraphs being told about how incredibly disorganized, how careless Naomi's bag had been, just the latest in a several passages since her return to the story to indicate that she is like that in practically all things. Then during this trip through memory lane, one brief sentence tells us that she was once very much the opposite. She used to be organized, driven, and hopeful. She used to have dreams, and she was even willing to fight for them, as she kept trying to explain to her mother that art school was a worthwhile endeavor.

And then Victoria took all that away from her.

The fight was bad enough, but for Victoria to march into Naomi's room unannounced and blame her for it? I really didn't think I could hate this woman more than I already did. It's one thing to know that Victoria's abuse is the reason Naomi is the way she is, but it hits so much deeper to see the particulars, the little details of it like this.

And that brief mention of the registration forms, the thing she wanted so badly, being folded neatly on her desk drove the point home more than paragraph after paragraph of simply explaining Naomi's transition ever could. Show, don't tell at its absolute best!

I also absolutely loved the gaping contrast between Annabel's structured world and Naomi's clusterfuck of a life as illustrated throughout the first half of the segment. Even at the beginning, when Annabel is alone, she's so organized that she took the stairs to her apartment to make up for not being able to fit her workout into her busy schedule. Her suffering screamed efficiency every literal step of the way!

But then to see Annabel struggle to contain herself with each new example of Naomi's messy, uncaring way of approaching life was so interesting to me. It amazed me that Annie held it together as well as she did, a sign as clear as any other of how much she cares about Naomi. She even found that brief silver lining when she indulged in the "defective" slaves' devotion after sending Naomi to clean the cages.

I also thought it was so funny that Annie freaked out about Naomi's backpack being left on the dinning table, only for the bag and all of the mess within to end up on that same table just minutes later.

Given who Annie is, I can't blame her for finally hitting her breaking point with the contents of the bag and falling into the same kind of rant Naomi always shut herself off from. But she realized what she had done after the fact, and it really hurt her to be like all those other authority figures who just endlessly criticized Naomi but never once made an effort to help her. It was gratifying to see Annabel recognize this, as I feel as though all the others had already dismissed Naomi by the time they were done ranting and lecturing. That self-awareness was so great to see in her.

Thinking about the larger story, I honestly don't think the Annie we saw in the earlier chapters would have been capable of anything close to the level of understanding she displayed up to that point, let alone after it. I believe she has Trevor to thank for this, that lesson on empathy teaching her that people doing things to upset her have their own problems, troubling issues driving their behavior that Annie had never considered before. Sure, Naomi wasn't a bully like the ones she thought of when everything clicked for Annie, but the same logic applies here.

There was a time where Annie would give zero thought to, let only actually care about, why Naomi was so lazy, careless and useless. Hell, we saw a little bit of that the first time these two appeared on the page together. Annie was brutal to her without consideration for what Naomi might have been going through. But once she saw it in Naomi, she knew what it was and her heart was filled with that empathy. We saw some payoff of that here.

But the highlight of this whole segment was Annie discovering Naomi's artistic talents. There was so much wrapped into that moment, but it was seeing the reality of who Naomi is, why she acts so aloof and disconnected from the world around her, that hit me the hardest. Because even though Annie cared about Naomi before that moment, as shown through her restraint, Annie still thought less of her in a way. She still thought of Naomi as lazy, kind of dumb, and needlessly defiant, but seeing what Naomi could do with a pencil, seeing her full talent hidden within the chaos of her bookbag, completely changed Annie's perception of her. Annie recognized that a lot of Naomi's issue was that Naomi had so much talent, so much latent ability, that she didn't know what to do with it. That Naomi was bored with the world around her, so intensely focused on her art, even if no one was supposed to see it, even if it was only for her.

And maybe if that talent had been fostered, embraced, things could have turned out differently for Naomi.

Fuck Victoria!

The warmth that followed for the rest of that half-segment was so touching, so rewarding! Getting to see Naomi finally crawl out of her shell and just be happy, comfortable with herself was one of the more heartwarming moments of the story so far. And the way they both laughed when she said "I dunno" after Annie had been so frustrated and even scolded her over that earlier in the workshop was one of those absolutely perfect full-circle moments that give moments like this so much impact, even if the circle itself all took place within the same segment (actually, that left me even more impressed with it).

It was also awesome to see Annie open up about her own interests in gothic things. I figured that would come up eventually, given what we knew about her and how that might help her relate to Naomi, but that line, "You're a little goth girl, aren't you?" was so powerful. It shows the importance of tone and context, because those very words could easily be taken as insulting and mocking depending on the situation. But the warmth and joy with which Annie says them really opened Naomi up and brought the two of them closer together.

It also makes sense to me that Annie's parents didn't approve of that lifestyle and seemingly tried to pull her out of that "phase" with structure and rules. It was still sad to read, though. It's nowhere near what Naomi is going through (at least as far as we know so far), but it does make me wonder how differently Annie might have turned out if her parents hadn't discouraged her from expressing herself, from being herself.

I also can't say enough how much I loved seeing Naomi relate to Annie's feelings just as much as Annie was relating to hers. Annabel showed some vulnerability here too, talking about how she felt like she couldn't be herself because she was mocked at school for wearing that cloak. Naomi has been through so much worse than that, but she didn't judge Annie through that lens; she understood the pain of ridicule in a broader sense and empathized.

And seeing Naomi, who hasn't cared about anything other than crushing tinies for most of her screen time so far, be so encouraging to Annie made me smile, too! When she sized up Annie and pictured how Annie would look in gothic clothing, it felt special. And the longing in her words when she asked why Annie had never dressed that way, properly expressed herself, was so incredibly sweet! Again, getting to finally meet the real Naomi was such a satisfying thing!

Also, of course Annie has a fuckton of goth stuff she just never wears! That's so very her, purchasing things that make her happy, even knowing she could never wear them, giving them their proper place in her closet. She never half-asses anything!

And Naomi's excitement at being show this altar is palpable. She expressed just what goth meant to her right before that, but to see it here made it clear just how deep that passion runs within her. Annie telling her that it was time to get dressed right after that was such a happy moment, so much more meaningful than if Annie had merely offered for her to try things on. The dressing of each other was also such a cool bit, and I love how you emphasized that this was a platonic thing. Because the symbolism of that moment ran so much deeper than that, with each of them encouraging, embracing each other's shared passion without having to say a word to one another.

And then there was the GRSP stuff.

Having this continue to play out in the story's background as you keep moving things forward with the plot and characters in the foreground has been executed so masterfully so far. Those little mentions in passing since Helena first brought the case up in trash town have been sprinkled in just enough to make sure we don't forget that it's happening in real time.

But when Annie mentioned those blindspots in the "sheltered" tiny communities, I was almost as excited as Naomi was when talking about goth! Having this come up in discovery during the lawsuit was a nice touch that made the revelation feel natural, too, as did the budgetary issues that kept the cameras from working properly. But yeah, that trash town scene was awesome, and seeing giants walking through the Kingdom is amazing, but the prospect of seeing a giant Annie and/or Naomi rampaging through a tiny concrete jungle just hit different! Seeing a "proper" rampage scene in this setting, with your descriptions detailing the whole thing, left me eager to see it play out!

And you didn't disappoint! Naomi's casual stroll through tiny government housing was phenomenal. Setting the tone with Craig was the perfect way to start it, too. We even got some ... worldbuilding in there, learning that giants routinely get too close to the tiny housing and fuck up their world without knowing or caring. The deliveries had to be particularly devastating, but hearing that a surveyor would get so close just for convenience sake was hot to read, and it didn't even actually happen in this scene!

But man, Craig's story really backed up what the non-working towers had already implied: that GRSP living was already hell. The boarded up windows and "penny-colored water" (ew!) are clear signs that the program is severely underfunded. And even though the story about his girlfriend taking everything after the "breakup" fits what we heard before, that didn't make it any less devastating to read. I mean, I suppose you can't blame the girlfriend for not wanting to date him anymore, but to see how the system so thoroughly skewed in her favor just because she was a giant was painful!

Craig deserved better, but at least he doesn't have to suffer anymore!

Because, fuck, the way Naomi did him in was nothing short of incredible. The tremors, the way Craig gradually went from being annoyed to becoming terrified, his desperation to get out of the building, to live despite how horrible his existence had become: All of it was perfect! And the way he described Naomi and her trek to his apartment was so fucking hot! The boot just standing where his apartment building had once been, not moving because it didn't have to ... Holy fuck, man! Naomi felt fucking massive! I loved every second of this!

Then there was the casual way Naomi went about destroying the block and everyone in it. The constant reminder of the lack of effort she needed to put into the destruction was very much appreciated! God, this scene was fucking incredible!

Have I mentioned that I liked it yet?

Annie sitting back, arms behind her back, and merely taking out the few escapees to evade Naomi's surprising efficient decimation of the tiny world below her ankles (great fucking line, by the way!), was oddly cute, too. Annie admiring how thorough Naomi was fits her personality perfectly, too. And the way Naomi looked over to Annie for permission, for encouragement, built off that last scene so well! Not to mention how all of that bonding and lightheartedness fed into such delicious evilness in a tone clash that beautifully enhanced the latter scene rather than distracted from it.

The ending of the segment felt just right, too. Annie really wants to help Naomi, to take that pain away from her. She can't understand how someone like Victoria could force Naomi, the real Naomi, to hide beneath that empty shell she so often hides behind, to not appreciate Naomi for who she actually is.

But Annie doesn't know how to help her. She's offered refuge, now love and a kindred spirit in which Naomi can confide her love of all things goth, and even a mentor to guide Naomi in the ways of training and destroying tinies. But Annie can't help her deal with the mental trauma that has so deeply scarred Naomi, let alone stop the still ongoing source of that trauma. The powerlessness of Annie in the final few sentences of this segment made my heart ache!

Awesome segment! The balance between emotional depth and smut was seriously impressive!

I have to say it's truly heartwarming to see such a tender bonding moment end with the bonding parties gleeful desire to go murder an entire horde of defenseless people. Hallmark really doesn't offer that kind of resolution.

At first I really was almost lowkey wanting to see Anna switch her allegiance to following Naomi, the raw unbridle teen foot funk breaking down tinies the way few if any had before her. The way she molded the two wild soon to be stains into a dedicated hardworking team really shows that while her methods are not polished she has more than enough skill to set the breaking world on fire.

I'm glad we got to not only see them bond but Anna to help Naomi come out of her shell and blossom into the lovely goth death machine we all knew she could be. The school work should come easier with Anna's guiding hand but unlocking her true self is something she would never learn in the classroom.

Her drawing skills also seem like a way to harness her abilities and creativity, if she can so eloquently draw beautiful Victorian Gothic seascapes and houses than I only imagine what kind of horrors her pencil could dream up for a workshop tiny or just one unfortunate enough to cross her path.

We're really getting a whole new Naomi here, Becca would be proud if not for the impending mass murder they were about to unless.

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Poor Craig really almost had it all didn't he but alas it was not meant to be.

All these heartfelt moments between Anna and Naomi punctuated by the mass murder of thousands, at first I figured Domica trying to dismantle the org was for her own selfish reasons and whilst still true they really are fairly inept at their jobs.

I can only imagine the lawsuits that might come out of this one unless they all signed away the right to sue. Building them outside with minimal protection seems rather careless instead of housing them somewhere in a secure location that people like Naomi or Anna can't get to let alone the stray animal etc.

The more Anna brings out of Naomi however does lead me to believe that if her and Amber could eventually come to terms that they'd have one more ally against Helena when/if the time came for Domica to make a move on The Kingdom.

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Well fuck I guess dominant Becca didn't really make one full chapter.

Shame she was whipping those young ladies into well formed athletes worthy of Team USA before that near death experience. But Amber Giveth and it seems now Amber has Taketh Away.

I understand her being possessive over Amber and you letting the cat out of the bag about her noticing Scarlett's love for her but seeing Amber back in pre-GF mode with Becca certainly is a sight but then again she is Domica's daughter.

Scarlett's alone time with Becca was quite wonderful and maybe in a world where she'd found her first instead of the all encompassing force that is Amber things might have worked out for them.

Though I get Amber's newfound rage over things given the pressure she is always under and her brattiness always seems to bubble to the top. It's just finding its way towards people she cares about versus the usual unfortunate tiny who comes across her any given day.

I feel sorry for the girls who messed with Scarlett however given that if Amber remembers them and runs into them again it could be very bad for them. They messed with HER property and tiny lover thus certainly have marked themselves on her shitlist for life.

Being stuffed in her ass notwithstanding I -still- foresee the three of them somehow ending up together in some sort of poly relationship, Amber as the hot headed force of nature and Scarlett as the level headed loving soul who both fiercely protect and look after Becca.

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I must say the entire Kelly arc was wonderful especially Donnica's response to finally recognizing her, just wonderful dismissive cruelty by a woman of her stature.

The Lovers Delight was also a stroke of cruelty I am shocked nobody has ever consider creating before in all the years I've been reading giantess related content.

I picked up on the line about -unlearning- things during the end of the dinner which leads me to believe the Sisterhood does -not- want Trevor around for long now that Donnica has joined them. It definitely seems like a dangerous game they are playing if they attempt to get rid of him on their own or worse yet force her hand...or foot.

I honestly have a weird feeling somebody at that table tonight will end up shrunken in the final wave if/when it comes. It would not surprise me honestly if Donnica was the only one left standing after the dust settled. She's a force unlike any other and having her merely be a -part- of The Sisterhood feels a little beneath her in the grand scheme of things.

And I'd also be remiss if I didn't mention loving Donnica torturing Kelly at her new job, truly wonderful.

I just hope The Sisterhood is ready for what they've gotten themselves into, The Kingdom too by proxy.

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1. As for Anna and Naomi I am happy for them both given how much crap both ended up taking during the earlier chapters. Granted their murdering people but at least their finally finding happiness in their lives whilst doing so...half the battle and all that jazz.

2. Who doesn't love Goth Girls?

3. Craig's section was just fine as it really set forth the truly bleak and dejected world the tinies have to live in. The fact they are actively hunted for food or squished for fun just adding to that misery.

4. The GRSP REALLY needs an overhaul especially if the final wave is coming as is predicted by The Sisterhood.

5. I still fully believe Scarlett is welcomed into the relationship before the story is over, there just feels too much there for those three to not end up together somehow.

6. I think Amber eventually calms down before Becca is fully lost to her slave role and losses her autonomy as a mother/big sister type guiding light to both the girls.

7. As I said Kelly's arc was incredible.

8. Yes, The Sisterhood was clearly mapped out and laid mostly bare for the reader to understand but maybe not -everything- for Donnica to -just- yet.

9. I really wanted...but knew it couldn't happen but to see Donnica kick her shoes off and prop those dogs right up on the table. I appreciate The Sisterhood and the new ladies played their parts perfectly but I still have the gut feeling Donnica will be the last one standing if/when the final wave hits.

A true rude awakening for the -new goddesses-.