[Report This]Date: October 15 2017 7:38 PM Title: Epilogue: Good Night
just as good the second time.
Author's Response:
Much obliged!
[Report This]Date: August 01 2015 6:14 PM Title: Epilogue: Good Night
Wow, this is amazing. I have to admit, I've seen this story many times, and I never really gave it much thought to try and read it. But when I remembered about it, after coming back into writing again myself, I decided to give it a little read. And boy, have you done something. Jack, you've made yourself, in my opinion, one of the best writers this site has had the pleasure of seeing.
As for my thoughts on the story, everything was great. I loved how you made each character's personality show without down right saying it, revealing it through their actions and dialogue. The ending made me feel like something was missing though, I wanted to see how Jack and Gina's relationship blossomed after escaping their literal hell. What did they do after everything? I also feel like Julie got out too easy. She received a rather quick and easy death when she should have been tortured the same way she did to Jack and Gina, as well as the others. But two wrongs don't make a right, and I'm glad (most of) everyone made it out and went to live another day.
This was a real page turner, and a must read for everyone on the site.
(Ps. Sorry about this review, it might not be something you liked reading. I've never really written a review showing what I thought of the entirety of the story, so I don't really know what I should write. Apologies in advance.)
Author's Response:
Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts. I'm glad you enjoyed the story overall. I can understand your concerns with the ending. I decided showing Jack and Gina's relationship going forward would've distracted from tying up everything having to do with Julia herself. Other readers wanted to see Julia be tortured as well, but it wouldn't have made sense for them to reciprocate. Their refusal to lower themselves to Julia's methods of torture is what separates them from her.
Date: July 27 2015 12:24 AM Title: Epilogue: Good Night
It's been awesome watching you mature into one of the best writers this fetish has ever seen, and doing it through this story.
Thanks for sharing this and all your other stuff, Jack.
Author's Response:
Aw shucks. Means a lot. Thanks for reading/reviewing.
Date: July 24 2015 8:30 PM Title: Epilogue: Good Night
Wow! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have been with this story from almost the beginning. The long, long, long ride was well worth it. I don't believe there will ever any other story like this here again.
Like any great book I've read, I was heavily invested in the characters and I'm truly sad to say goodbye to them. Well done!
Author's Response:
Thanks for sticking with it for so long; I'm glad you enjoyed the ending.
[Report This]Date: July 22 2015 2:31 AM Title: Epilogue: Good Night
That's crazy that this story is over. I didn't think the whole end was that great. But still love this story.
Author's Response:
Thanks for reading/reviewing.
[Report This]Date: July 21 2015 2:43 AM Title: Epilogue: Good Night
Lol had to go and check my first review because I didn't believe the 4yrs but damn...
This has been one hell of a ride Jack and I thank you for all the ups and downs.
There were definitely times when I thought I couldn't take it. What with the violence and Julia in general but I'm so glad I did. That ending was worth and had to brush back a few tears when they laid Beth, Anna and Goodwin to rest. That was a powerfully moving scene with the way you described sweet little Faith being so reverent was very endearing.
I really appreciate you ending it like that. Spoke to me on a personal level.
aaron
PS also when Brian showed Anna's parents their granddaughter to somehow fill the void left by Anna, well lets just say I had something in my eye there too.
Author's Response:
Glad to hear you found the ending impactful. I tried my best to give all these characters a restful end after all I put them through in this story. Thanks for sticking with it even if the material was grimmer than your preferences.
[Report This]Date: July 20 2015 4:52 PM Title: Epilogue: Good Night
A beautiful ending and I've made it through longer stories(some of which are -still- going) and it makes you really feel for the people involved be it alive or dead.
Also I was right on something pretaining to the teletech story you wrote but I won't spoil it for anyone who hasn't read it.
Author's Response:
Thanks man! Good to hear the interlocking pieces of my stories are making some sense as well.
Date: July 20 2015 11:53 AM Title: Epilogue: Good Night
Julia got out real fuckin easy.
Author's Response:
Hehe. I somehow figured you would feel this way.
[Report This]Date: July 20 2015 11:37 AM Title: Epilogue: Good Night
Great epilogue, i love that they all ended living together. Makes sense, they are the only ones that can understand each other after camp Julia.
And it's not surprising that Julia's parents would threaten to sue, but it's good to know they could do much against our heroes.
Author's Response:
Thanks for reading and all your past commentary! I imagine Julia had to be at least partially a product of her upbringing, so her parents probably aren't very friendly either.
Date: July 20 2015 11:36 AM Title: Epilogue: Good Night
Congratulations on bringing this epic story to a conclusion. It's very satisfying just to see a very long story actually end (the end of Titan: Exile was the same way), the events that ended this story were also very satisfying, and the whole story was a fine psychological thriller.
The the most interesting thing about your recent writing, though, is not the stories by themselves, but the larger world you're building. I passed over Time Out and Toy Teacher at first because I don't normally do that stuff, but I read them when it became clear that they're part of a story I want to follow. The only thing that ended here is Julia herself. Techilogic and its buddies still have a lot to do.
Also, "there was a lot of her to cover" from Shrink Act Files definitely doesn't refer to Julia now.
Author's Response:
Thanks very much! And I'm glad to hear the overarching world has drawn you in. Techilogic will indeed remain a very real threat even if Julia has been downed here. I try to make my individual stories accessible so no one is required to read all my stuff to understand it, but I like to think there are certain benefits to having all the information. And you're correct that SAF's ending wasn't referring to Julia. ;)
Date: July 20 2015 10:22 AM Title: Epilogue: Good Night
I'm not sure if I was aware of Giantess World back in 2011, but the curious fact is that even if I had been aware of the site back then, I probably would have taken one look at the tags and/or synopsis for Julia and given it a pass. At that time, I had a much narrower appreciation of size-fantasy, and I had already seen plenty of underdeveloped psychotic giantesses tormenting tinies without care or nuance. If any of my fantasies had featured "evil" giantesses, I typically wanted a "gentle" giantess to intervene (and triumph).
Since then, however, I have reflected deeply on where my desires might come from and allowed all sorts of ideas to surface. I have also been exposed to talented creators in the size-fantasy community (I still marvel at how far we've come and how many interesting people have popped up), and this has really broadened my tastes.
I think I first took a good look at Julia sometime in 2014, after I first tried my own hand at writing size-fantasy stories and was looking around for other examples of thoughtful writing. The story came highly recommended, and I went back to the beginning and was immediately drawn in. The connection between horror and eros is well-understood, but it was oh so gratifying to see it applied to size-fantasy. Being held in the hand of a giantess can be viscerally arousing, and it can be sickeningly terrifying. In Julia, you showed how it could be both at the same time.
Thank you for picking this back up and seeing it through, although as someone who has spent months thinking about his own characters, I imagine you could hardly abandon Jack and Julia after investing years in them.
Your writing is a spectacular example of how complex-yet-consistent characters, tight plotting, smart dialogue, and evocative-yet-subtle imagery can ring the cherries even if one's favorite fetish tags aren't represented (although if you want to throw an insertion scene into The Freshman, I won't complain).
-- Olo
Author's Response:
Aw, shucks. Thanks so much for your thoughts on this. I'm glad to hear it had that kind of effect. I've had a lot of fun putting Julia in the special macro-themed gray area between sexy and scary. I'm not sure Peter would be particularly appreciative of having "insertion" tagged onto his story, though...
Date: July 20 2015 8:37 AM Title: Epilogue: Good Night
I agree with Carycomic it's great achivement to finished a 76 chapiters long story no matter fantastic a story is (and it's great one) over 2 years old. It demands will and passion! Bravo.
Author's Response:
Thanks very much!
Date: July 20 2015 7:43 AM Title: Epilogue: Good Night
I've actually only been reading on this site for about 8 months now, and only picked up Julia right before Jack confronted her in the end, and I was so mad because I couldn't read the end. Every two days since July started, I've come onto the site to see if this had been updated. I'm thankful that I stuck around, and I hope that you continue with your other works and make them as amazing as Julia. Though, it is sad to see them go, which is why I sometimes hate reading. Enough rambling, this deserves to be the top story on Giantess World. The adventure, the sadness, the humiliation, the EVERYTHING that this story offers is amazing, and it's sad that not every person in the world has read it. Overall, good on you Jack, and I hope that you continue it's your other works with just as much ferocity as Julia.
- JJ
Author's Response:
Oh wow, very high praise. Thanks so much for reading/reviewing. I'll continue aiming for high quality.
[Report This]Date: July 20 2015 6:59 AM Title: Epilogue: Good Night
Wow its crazy to think that Ive been reading this story since day 1. I started this story when I was in highschool when my fetish was sort of new and awkward but here we are now.
Jacksmith Thanks for all the good stories and thx for all the ones your cooking up in that head of yours.
Author's Response:
Here we are now indeed. Thanks for reading for all this time!