Well, knowing your preferences I will take the fact that you enjoyed a Casey chapter as high praise! Thanks!

Next week's chapter will be another important chapter for the story, in the sense of determining its direction. Id like to hear from you on whether you were surprised by the plot choice I made once you read it.

Cheers!

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it. I had hinted Casey's intentions so far, but it was time she spelled them out! Let's see what Casey plans to do with the vials (the wait won't be that long :)). 

For Casey it's a pity that she did not find about the pain thing. For the rest of the world I guess that it'snot that bad :P

Cheers!

Aaaahhhh! Ok...

Cheers!

Well, first of all, thanks for the feedback. I appreciate criticism even when I may not agree with just everything it's said. I've introduced some changes (I don't know if improvements, since this is not for me to judge) from similar feedback in the past. Actually, your feedback is quite in line with that from "IHateGiants666" (not sure if you have read some of his comments) and I can tell you that I appreciate his reviews.

Now, let me try to answer to some of your remarks:

- I don't know if you have read the entire series so far or if you started just with Volume 3. I tried to explain the reason why Kelly ended up being a stripper (I'm not sure if successfully). In Volume 1, Kelly was a college student back at her hometown after her first year in College. She used to be the hottest girl in High School, but she was quite smart as well and she was not doing bad at all in College. After accidentally growing and taking a background role while Casey wroke havoc in town and Lisa tried to stop her, Kelly's life becomes miserable. She is not the hero Lisa became and while she is not a villain that deserves being sent to prison (like Casey), everything with her life goes wrong: she fights with her father, her townmates hate her for having become a giant, she gets sued for some of the things she did while she was big, she gets expelled from College... her life goes worse and worse and she ends up far away from her hometown and working as a stripper, using her body, since everything else she has failed. It's at that point where the FSD finds out that whatever made the girls grow was still active and decide to bring Kelly back for testing. At that point, a concatenation of events make her grow (and that's when the action of Volume 2 starts). So, while Kelly is not a genious, there is an explanation for the fact that she is smart and she ends up working as a stripped. I actually invested quite a lot of time to write her backstory in Volume 2.

- I never pretended my story to be anything else than a giantess story. That's the reason I'm posting it here... I'm trying to make it as good as my limited ability allows me, and some people seem to be enjoying it, according to the feedback I'm getting. To me, making the story as good as I can is trying to give it a background and a storyline that feels logical and to develop the characters enough. Now, I know that I cannot expect everyone to like what I do (either because they do not like the particular genre I chose or because they think I did not do the job right for that particular genre), but honestly, I've got a reception that is way more positive than I could have expected, and I've been very encouraged by it.

- Of course there is nothing wrong with male growth. It's just not my cup of tea. Some of the story ideas I have involve "some" male growth but I find that I cannot get as motivated by the topic so I invariable end up chosing the storylines that get me more inspired for the stories I end up developping.

- I know that the military has not yet used everything they have on Kelly. There is still plenty of the story left and there will be further attempts. Of course, the US Government is not yet defeated, either. I never said they surrendered (it's just Kelly that considers that she has completely seized power). The same applies for the potential effectiveness of her visit to the UN. I guess you'll need to wait until she gets there to see what happens, but I think that expecting that the world leaders are not going to surrender to her is very logical :)

I believe that your complaint, which is logical, comes from two things: on one hand the timeline of the story is shorter than what the story extension could suggest. It has been barely a little more than half a day since Kelly and Casey grew to 250 feet in height in Hollner and even less since Kelly became 1,700 feet tall. The military has not yet had time to put together a proper response using the right tools (as the cabinet discussion suggests). They will eventually do it and as I've repeated in parts of the story (in the mouth of other characters), I would never expect the people to surrender to a threat like Kelly. The reason she has been successful so far has been that she has got way much powerful than anyone could expect and she has moved very quickly, not letting the army time to react before she has beheaded their structure of command (which was quite a lucky move for her, since she had not really planned it).

I admit that I am not an expert in the details of how the US Government works. I doubt many US citizens or film makers are experts either... my depiction never intended to be "documentary-like" accurate, but just to support the story. Some TV shows like 24 or some books (e.g. "The sum of all fears" by Tom Clancy) also describe the issues in the chain of command when those that have to give the orders are overwhelmed by the situation. Of course, the writers of these shows/books are much better at their jobs than me and have done a much better job of describing the situation.

Now, I believe that the biggest part of your complain is that the characters you could actually empathize with (Lisa, Ron, others?) have not had too much time in the story so far. I have discussed this with some people that gave me some really deep and good feedback about the story and I have to admit that you are right: I did not invest enough time to keep the characters that are the "hero" type and that should have been the protagonists of the story in the highlights. I actually intend Ron and Lisa to be very important in this story and they will have more screen time in the second half of Volume 3 (since their role is actually key in how the story will evolve and finish), but I underused them for maybe too long. I may have invested too long in describing the actions of the characters that are antagonists, probably because of two reasons: first, I really wanted to explain Kelly's evolution as power makes her delusional and turns her into an antagonist she was not in Volume 2. Second: I have probably not balanced the story development with the pure giantess content in this first part of Volume 3.

As I mentioned, I intend to make the story evolve in a logical way and to have the characters that have not been important yet become important in the end. I know that the weekly publication pace may generate some frustration, as you may perceive the story is going in a different direction from the one you would like.

I'd like to ask you to have some patience until the end.

I'd appreciate your comments in future chapters in any case. 

Thanks again for taking the time to let me know what you think!

I never said that she was Superman... but once someone becomes super-strong like Kelly did, it's more than feasible that this someone is much more resistant to temperature changes. That not taking into account that her skin is 300 times thicker now...

She had two near death experiences that made her grow twice:

- when she was shot in the hotel and then she grew through the hotel's roof, becoming 250 feet tall

- when she voluntarily tried to kill herself with the high voltage cables, making herself grow to 1700 feet in height

Now, regarding whether this is fantasy or now... formally this story is speculative fiction. Fantasy, science-fiction and horror are all sub-genres of speculative fiction. Being "pure", this is not any of the three but takes a little bit of each genre. I think this is common of most giantess stories. I never intended this to be pure fantasy, but just to write a good enough giantess story. I don't know if you'll like the end result or not, but that's what I'm doing...

Cheers! :)

Of course she is not a goddess. This does not mean that she cannot consider herself as such, though. And yes, she has got to the point where she thinks she is unbeatable and people have no other option but to sumbit to her. Her only doubt is how many more lessons she will need to teach them before the world finally bends the knee.

Is she right? Or will someone prove just how wrong she is? Well, this is one of the main mysteries that will be unveiled at the end of this story, of course :P

I already know which of the two outcomes is the one you want (and how much you would hate the other). I'm afraid that, as usual, I'm not going to reveal how the story will progress.

As for the rest of your comments:

- You're right. The FSD is the best chance the world has at fighting Kelly. The Secretary of Defense already admitted that in one of the earlier chapters, even if the President was not on the mood to exercise patiente and let them work unencumbered.

- At her current size, Kelly's needs are still pretty manageable. Being roughtly 300 times taller than an average person, she has 27 milion times the mass. If we rationalize that her nutrional needs are in line with her mass increase, she "just" has similar needs to those of a medium sized country or a big state in the US. She would need more or less the same food that the entire population of Texas. The country (and definitely the world) is definitely able to provide that in a sustainable way. Of course there would be some logistic challenges at the beginning but from a "raw numbers" perspective, she is not at risk of finishing the world's food stockpiles. Of course, if she were to grow bigger that would represent a bigger problem, but she still has some room to go.

- It's not actually pain that can make her get bigger, but actually a near-death experience which triggers the reaction of her body. She had it twice. What she meant when she was speaking to the journalists (even if she did not reveal all the details on purpose) was that she would rather stay her current size but that if somehow humanity did find a way to hurt her enough to nearly kill her, then she would get bigger. That is the mean reason Kelly is absolutely convinced she is unbeatable.

- Her body temp is the regular one, but one of the "nice" side effects of her increased strength/durability is a higher ability to resist cold (I know you will not probably like it... but Superman did not suffer from cold, right?)

- The span of the story will be a couple of days. It's my goal and what it's going to be.

I'm afraid I do not understand your last comment: it's a good story but sucks as fantasy? I'm not saying that you may not be right, but if you could elaborate a little further...

Cheers!

Thank you! This was an important chapter in the story. As I mentioned last week, Casey's chapter and this chapter changed the pace of the story from a very long introduction to the real bulk of Volume's 3 storyline.

And Kelly did almost everything on this chapter, as you mentioned: physical dominance first, projection of power an authority later and realization of how much of a turn on her situation is to finish.

I'm happy to see that you enjoyed it. Hopefully you will like the evolution of the story and the characters from here onwards.

Cheers!

Thanks! Kelly does have decent ideas and she has big plans for the world. She definitely sees herself as a positve force thing for humanity. Of course, that contrasts with her methods and the delusional state she has got into. Trying to explore this balance and Kelly's constant evolution is one of the most interesting aspects of writing Side Effects and especially this volume 3.

Casey and Lisa will also have an important role in what remains of the story (about half of it), of course.

I'll be very interested to read what you think about the progress of the story. Please, let me know as I release new chapters. 

Cheers!

Anyway, thanks for thaking the time to share your thoughts with me. I always enjoy it when I get feedback from someone new. I'll defiitely keep up with the story. I'd like to ask you to keep letting me know what you think!

Cheers!

Thank you! I'm glad that you enjoyed it so much. I thought that Casey's storyline deserved a little more substance than just mindless rampaging. Of course, her "lack" of rampaging has ended up with several people dead and a dozen in her stomach and there is no doubt that she is a monster.

Now, the question of whether Casey can get bigger is really the key question of her storyline, isn't she? Depending on the answer, the story overall will evolve on one direction or the other. So... I'm not going to explain it, of course! Same for Mandy (even if she is just a supporting character).

As for the vore part: I'm not a fan either. I could not write a story focused on it or even one where the girls enjoy this partcular aspect so much that they do it over and over again. I really hesitated on whether to include it or not in Side Effects. Then, I thought: Casey is hungry. She hasn't eaten in all day and every source of food seems to be too small or to require too much effort. Would she, under these circumstances, consider to eat people? The answer was obvious!

Thanks for the feedback, as usual. Next week's chapter is a relevant one. I'd say that while this week's chapter marked the transition from Casey's introductorty chapters to the real action, next week's will be Kelly's (in a very different way, of course).

Cheers!