Reviewer: MarsV2 Signed [Report This]
Date: August 13 2025 3:09 AM Title: Games of Heart and Mind

Love this story so much lol

Reviewer: It Was Me Signed [Report This]
Date: July 20 2025 5:24 PM Title: Trash and Treasure

The REAL wholesomeness hasn't started yet? Damn, that's actually got me pretty hyped for what's coming next!

I'm certainly not opposed to darker stuff, but there's something really cathartic about a well-written gentle story that I really enjoy. And this story is really well-written so far! The dialogue comes off as fluid and natural; the worldbuilding is spread out in a way that's informative, well-paced, and, most of all, creative; and the character actions are strongly described without getting lost in the weeds, blending in Mia's personal thoughts and feelings on what's happening around her rather than keeping those paragraphs from leading like bland lists of strictly necessary details.

Most of all, though, both of our main characters have really shined in these first three chapters. Survival has always been a struggle for Mia, and that shows in every word of the narrative. We're more or less told this, but we also see it baked into her perspective, which makes her feel more credible. For Tori, she's always hated the cruelty with which even her own friends treat tinies, and we see that in her inability to get angry at Mia even when the tiny girl is screaming at her about how terrible she must be just because of her size.

But let's talk about that a little more, actually. I feel like one of the core concepts of the gentle side of this fetish is restrained power, a giant having the power to do whatever they'd like to a tiny but not using it. This is embodied through Tori perfectly, I think. Mia has constantly given her shit so far, and it would have been so easy for her to have either squished the tiny or even just put her outside like a bug, which would pretty much have been a death sentence for Mia too, given her injury. But all Tori does when hearing Mia's mean words is run off and cry. In that way, she's willfully giving power to Mia, refusing to stoop to the level of other bigs who'd have killed Mia for much less and letting the tiny's words run deep in her soul. Rather than getting pissed at her good will being ignored and insulted, she feels hurt that this puny person can't see her for who she truly is and understand that she only wants to help.

So yeah, it's really easy for me to invest myself in Tori. She's a great person, and seeing her treat Mia almost exactly like she'd treat one of her normal-sized friends (rather than cooing at her or talking down to her) makes me smile.

But while Mia's words are harsh at first, they're also understandable. Not only has Mia heard stories about how terribly the bigs treat her kind for her entire life, but she herself has heard them basically confirming it from her old home beneath the floorboards of the store. And we hear from Tori herself that she wants to be different from all those people she knows that mistreat tinies, which makes it pretty clear that most normal-sized people are, in fact, doing the things that Mia thinks they're doing. Hell, Tori's first reaction after finding Mia was to send her friends off and not tell them about the tiny she was about to rescue from that tight hole.

So it seems pretty clear that Mia's concerns are legitimate. And yeah, Tori herself has given Mia no indication that she means any harm, but a lifetime of belief (especially when that belief is almost entirely true) is a really hard thing to overcome. Rather than find Mia's hostility toward Tori annoying or contrived, it felt natural and real. And seeing Tori overcome that and earn Mia's trust over these first few chapters has been that much more satisfying because of that angst.

Tori getting the bead for Mia was the perfect moment for Mia's walls to finally come down. In a very short period, you successfully made us feel how important that bead was to Mia, as well as how it represented the larger issue of her whole life coming down around her. For Tori, that bead would have looked like a worthless piece of trash, but she saw Mia staring at it. Just the fact that she was paying so close attention to MIa is significant, but the fact that Tori would bother getting out of the car and dirtying herself up to get the bead was so touching! And she was right, the fact that it was important to Mia makes it valuable. It was awesome of her to reassure Mia like that!

But the gesture, going out of her way not even for Mia's safety but just to give her a piece of her life back, makes sense as the true ice breaker between them. Even Mia couldn't deny that Tori was just a sweet girl who really cared about her, who has her back (again, I love the casual, normal way Tori talks to Mia!). And Mia dropping her name at the end of chapter three warmed my heart.

So while Mia's mistrust provided some good tension in the early part of the story, I'm eager to see that wholesome payoff of that now that she's past it! I've really enjoyed this one so far! Fingers crossed that we're lucky enough for you to keep up your current pace (although it's obviously totally understandable if you don't; a chapter a day is a lot)!

Author's Response:

Hey, thanks for the review! I appreciate you taking the time to get invested! 

First off, I was so glad to see how much the story resonated with you. I'd had this idea for so long, so I'm glad that people agree I did it justice. One of my favorite tropes ever is "person who closed their heart off meets unrelenting kindness and compassion" and I find that explored so little in size media.

Also, I'm so glad you liked the dialogue between Tori and Mia. I tried really hard to make sure Tori gives off the "wants to help Mia, but respects her autonomy" vibe, and I'm very happy with how it turned out.

The bead scene was my favorite scene to write in the entire thing, hands down. I mean, I knew what was gonna happen and I still felt a weight lift off me when Mia finally trusted Tori. I'm glad it was just as fun to read as well.

And yeah, now that Mia's walls are down, we're gonna see some serious wholesomeness. It's about time that the notoriously unlucky Mia gets her long-awaited good fortune. My pace may not be super sustainable, but I enjoy this story a lot and will try and update it whenever I can!

Reviewer: Jsmith20 Signed [Report This]
Date: July 18 2025 8:00 AM Title: Chance Meeting

I normally don't read stories that have chapter lengths this short. But, I happened to click on it and I liked it. I think it's a good start, I'm intrigued and want to keep reading. There's an earnestness to the characters. 

The description could be fleshed out, I don't have an idea of what Mia looks like - in general, the whole chapter could be improved if it was expanded. (Example for how you could do that is when Mia is in the hole, there could be a sentence talking about the covering her from her (insert hair color) to her feet.) Don't take that to think that this wasn't good. It was good. 

Author's Response:

Hey, thanks for giving it a shot! Yeah, I've been struggling with short chapter syndrome as of late. I'm hoping to pull myself out of it with these next few chapters