[Report This]Date: April 07 2022 6:36 AM Title: The Queen of Mars Pt 2
I'm really loving this arc! You had me at Jim and Clara getting more heart to heart time but I'm now hooked on the crazy plot developments with Elara and the gang. My favorite part of this chapter might be the fact that Isstvel and Lyrei are getting further character development which humanizes them enough for me to not resent them as much. Even with all the adventure in this story, I just felt like they kind of made me feel like Jim and Clara are not truly free to do anything without them looming over and reminding them of their (and humanity's) captivity.Even if Jim is going a little easy on Isstvel now that they're friends, I really love the fact that they're reflecting on the morality of their actions since it makes them way more likeable at least in my opinion. I'd be kind of resrntful if I were abducted and treated like a hamster but maybe that's me and I'm too much of a free spirit.
Sorry for going on a tangent here lol. I'm very excited for the next installment! Keep up the fantastic writing!
Author's Response:
Like I said in the end notes one of the big themes of this particular arc is the Aelmari, in particular Lyrei and Isstvell, evolving enough to realize exactly what they've done, and we're also seeing the fallout of how they treat other species in general. Isstvell and Lyrei are probably reaching these conclusions faster than most Aelmari given that their particular adventures were unexpectedly dangerous and the "inferior" species had to save them instead of the other way around. It's hard to say someone deserves to be your pet when they've saved your life that many times. Of course the question is now that it's all done, what do you do about it?
Also as a general thing, I think that most people who have visited giantessworld would probably take the Aelmari up on their "join us on the worldship!" offer in about ten minutes, those of us who were left after we all tried to join the catgirls anyway. I don't know if you've read the Culture series, but the Aelmari take a very similar approach to "free spirits," in that they definitely understand that some humans want excitement and wouldn't want to stay on their worldships in luxury for their entire lives, although as you noted they want to follow you around for it. If you lived in this universe they'd probably try to make you happy by setting you up your own space adventure, although hopefully it wouldn't go as off the rails as Jim's usually do.
[Report This]Date: April 07 2022 6:09 AM Title: The Queen of Mars Pt 2
You're particular talent is fleshing out the tiny guy in each of your tales, from Impossible Bo- I mean Man, to Jake, and to Jim (lot's of J's eh?). Jim I would say is the blue-collar version of Jake. Or Jake is the white-collar version of Jim. It's still a fun archetype you've fleshed out, of the self-assured tiny, and it makes what's happening all around him all the more clever.
The Aelmari are very intriguing. At first, I thought their involvement was an unwelcome twist, since you've set up the catgirl invasion first and it was done all too quickly. But, seeing them develop, dare I say, some humanity, is an incredible caveat you've introduced.
My gripe is subjective, and thus, perhaps nothing significant to consider, but I tend to shy away from haram-like stories. Emotions tend to get scattered, and love polygons can get real messy. But once more, that's a stylistic preference, it's like me complaining that there are too many feet scenes in a Sheograth story. You get what you pay for.
Author's Response: I like to try to give the tiny some role in the story beyond the "along for the ride" treatment they get in a lot of giantess stories, at a certain point I like to give our giantesses some reason to rely on the tiny in most stories so the relationship can't get too one-sided. The Aelmari might be condescending as hell, but after everything that's happened they can't exactly pretend Jim, or humanity as a whole even, are just their pets. As for the harem angle, most of the genuine romance in this story is between Clara and Jim, not that the rest don't care about each other of course.
Date: April 07 2022 1:45 AM Title: The Queen of Mars Pt 2
GreenAnon back at it with the absolute bangers. I thought we lost you for a while there but this is great. The plot thickens and I like seeing Clara as a regular-ish sized human seeing what it’s like from Jim’s perspective. Anyway, keep up the good work! Can’t wait for the next chapter!
Author's Response:
This one took a bit longer than I expected to write, I'm hoping to get the next part out at a faster pace. Glad you like Amazon sized Clara, I thought it would be a fun change of pace, not that she gives Jim much of a break at any size.