Date: November 30 2014 1:20 PM Title: Intro - how it all came about.
Just read the whole story in a week 10/10, it's well writted, I like the way you turn the story, it's not like others where they beat around the bush about the description part, ecetera. Here, all the characters are "alive" if I put it that way, even the "micros".
But it seems you abandon the story since the last update was last year, it's sad :(
Date: April 02 2014 10:15 AM Title: Intro - how it all came about.
I just wanted to stay I have been enjoying your story and I hope you continue this series soon.
I really like the perspectives offered by both the 'caretakers' and the 'micros'. I feel it draws the reader into understanding the world a whole lot better. This also makes the story a very enjoyable read.
I don't know where this story will head towards, but I hope there is a lot more coming and soon. I'm hoping for more direct interaction between the 'caretakers' and the 'micros', too.
Author's Response: Thanks for the warm words, it means a lot.
As for the continuation - definitely, and preferably sooner than later.. but hard to say when exactly. I guess I am having problems with writing.. and other things, including the meaning life in general as well. In any case - don't worry, I will surely finish it. In time.
And when it comes to the 'direct' interaction.. well, it is virtually impossible to have anything even resembling that, due to the sheer size difference.
Except the caretakers killing the micros, of course. And, yes, I refer to that one micro in particular.
[Report This]Date: November 18 2013 8:50 AM Title: Intro - how it all came about.
Glad to see you back Gerald! This story has been a long-time favorite of mine, and its awesome to see this back.
Author's Response: Thanks and I just really needed a break - sorry it turned out to be a bit longer than I have originally anticipated. But now it is time to finish it and I would love to manage it without further delays.
[Report This]Date: November 17 2013 1:08 PM Title: Intro - how it all came about.
Really awesome to see this story back! I was worried, haha.
Very interesting insight into Crawford and the gang. He is basically working from the perspective of "nation-state morality": trust no one, have a plan for every contingency, use every resource available. Makes sense since he is ultimately responsible for the lives of everyone in the zone. Meanwhile Kate is perceiving all this interaction as genuine at a personal level...
It makes total sense for this to happen when one person gets such power. Really curious to see where this goes.
Author's Response: Thanks and as I keep mentioning, You shouldn't be :)
As for "Crawford and the gang": basically, yes - but You have to remember it is so much bigger than just them. I mean, each chamber is enormous and Kate's has so many people in it... Gary mentioned a couple details in both chapters told from his perspective, but he knows only a fraction of what was be going on - and even then recalls only bits and pieces of it.
And I hope it will only get more interesting from here - I mean, so far it was mostly preparing the stage and explaining the motives of all involved parties. When You think about it, hardly anything happened - she hasn't even killed Gary yet...
[Report This]Date: August 15 2013 12:31 AM Title: Intro - how it all came about.
This is the most brilliant story I have ever read.
The setting is phenomenal.
Almost all conceptual masterpieces have weak plots and characters, but uTopia is a stellar exception with both an intriguing plot and interesting characters which we watch develop.
I find myself wishing I could see more backstory, dwell on the perspective differences between the micros and the Caretakers, and watch the plot develop. In short, I wish there was more of everything. My favorite is definitely the backtsory (in particular, Chapter 1 or Rachel's recollections of 'The Failure').
Thank you very much for posting this, and for continuing to produce such amazing work.
Please continue working on this masterpiece. The pace the plot is developing is perfect - this is one of the most fascinating worlds I have ever seen imagined, and I the more time we explore it the better.
BRAVO!!!
Author's Response: Huge thanks for the appreciation and that's just what I have been trying to accomplish. I delights me to see how You liked all ingredients of the story. I can only hope that the continuation will also appeal to Your taste and manage not to disappoint (although I must admit such review sets the bar pretty high).
Sadly, I had a number of "distractions" in the last couple months, but I have no plans to abandon this story - in fact, the next couple chapters are almost finished.. almost...
[Report This]Date: July 09 2013 9:50 PM Title: Intro - how it all came about.
Yay, another Kate chapter! This one was very touching. I continue to be amazed at how well-crafted and unique your giga interactions are.
I totally understand that working with a such an extreme size ratio would be frustrating, but it also opens up some doors as well - I say this as someone who is normally not a fan of giga at all. You are very good at playing with this sort of overwhelming difference and communicating the magnitude of it, particularly in the recent Kate chapters and Nicole's little extermination.
Keep it up!
Author's Response:
Thanks!
Well, most of gigas out there are basically emotionless and primitively monstrous - that's why I figured to use this particular setting from my favourites.
And I sure will!
[Report This]Date: June 16 2013 11:08 AM Title: Intro - how it all came about.
Rachel being 'immigrated' is a really interesting move, especially with her being placed in Kate's zone. Maybe 'they' really don't suspect anything? At this point I think it's clear that everyone is teetering on the edge of disaster - Kate is basically a massive single point of failure and if she is ever found out then everyone is doomed. I think she might have to take the risk to try to bring in Amber as an ally. After all, there are a lot of smart people who 'trained' her and could help her figure out how to proceed.
I'm not certain about how much Rachel stayed hidden, but Amber would recognize Rachel, wouldn't she? The big screen and Rachel together could make a pretty compelling case, at least as a sort of emergency fallback if other methods don't work.
Finally, after that last encounter, let's just hope Rachel doesn't somehow drop out of contact. That could be very bad for everyone.
This story is awesome, it has a really unique angle on such a common premise. It's clear that you've put a lot of thought into it.
Author's Response: Thanks for all the warm words - it really means a lot.
As for the story and twists - I hope it only gets better. Some of Your presumptions and guesses are correct - others aren't and some perhaps could be if the situation played out differently, but lets see what the characters think for themselves :>
I don't want to comment it in more detail, since it could give away too much - Gary's death in the next chapter (well, 24th actually) is one thing, but this would be worse. I appreciate the careful reading and all thought put into the possibilities, we'll see how the plot unfolds - I hope I will be able to link everything properly, but please let me know if anything seems unclear or questionable.
Date: June 11 2013 4:03 PM Title: Intro - how it all came about.
Hello!
I really like the story so far and it's very refreshing to see someone trying to tell an actual story without the fetish elements overshadowing/derailing the underlying plot.
At the same time I have trouble with some of the core concepts being used in this story. The entire shrinking process for one I think is a rather weak link when trying to weave a believable setting with relatively giant woman.
It makes me think, why can't a human civilization that essentially 'rapes' physics, disregards the conversation of mass not find another solution for survival. With the implied tech level required to achieve such feats there should have been other options.
This also loops back into how I find it hard to believe that the humans would just endure the treatment of the caretakers, they still have the knowledge of this 'super' civilization at their disposal that made the aforementioned feat even possible.
I just think, with the caretakers still being human and not some kind of invincible race of giants with an entirely alien physiology, it would still be very much within their capabilities to oppose the giant females, especially with their technological level.
I could easily see the same scenario taking a different course, that after the initial 'playtime' of the mothers that there would be sudden casualities. With the giantess essentially being confronted with a highly intelligent and very angry virus/humanity.
Another thing to wonder about is why they haven't tried reversing their 'shrunken' state to end this madness.
Author's Response: Thanks for the warm words - I was hoping some people would also enjoy a story with elements of porn rather than the reverse.
When it comes to ending the madness.. well, they did try to undo it - excerpt from the intro:
But in most places, civilization survived and people more or less peacefully tried to undo the effects of the Failure, as they called it - to get out from a multitude of traps they suddenly found themselves in. They quickly learned it is simply impossible to get out. Without access to NS-aTM-PDFG controls, the electro-magnetic field was like an impenetrable wall - strong enough to deflect or destroy anything even normal sized and they were thousands of times "smaller". Which created another impassable obstacle - in order to return to normal world, they would have to supply thousands of times the energy of their mass, to properly de-compress the space. It was simply hopeless.
Of course a bit more is mentioned in later chapters (the review is on 1st, so I assume You haven't gotten much further yet) and the full explanation of what really happened is also coming - but it would spoil the fun of learning about it if I told it beforehand.
The main idea for how the humanity became trapped is simply: they tried to escape the assembler apocalypse destroying the outside world by hiding in this compressed space, which somehow now confines the people inside while empowering the "caretakers" to do anything they want.
The civilization wasn't "super" - for instance they weren't able to fix or even properly manage the problems caused by the assemblers. Just normal people with more advanced tools.
When it comes to the opposition - well, the communications are all down - and they have no idea what is happening anywhere else. Zones were hit hard by the transportation shutdown.. some managed to survive relatively undamaged, but the restrictions reinforced by the NS-aTM-PDFGs make it impossible to rebuild fully - fusion and assemblers don't work inside and they can only use the materials available in the zones already (and they weren't planned t have any significant amounts of rare metals... or uranium, for instance? - nobody assumed the Failure would happen...). As I think I mentioned in the intro already - and also expanded later - in order to get inside the chambers, the caretakers need to be surrounded by a special deflection field, which would stop most kinds of attacks. And of course... ten thousand times is a unimaginable difference of scale - especially that the compression field also makes the physics play in the caretakers favour... being in an enclave of normal space, they can do things that would be literally impossible for even incredibly advanced civilization - for instance comfortably moving at dozens of times the speed of sound. The whole de-dilation mechanics is also scary.
More explanations on the reasons for all this will follow, but I find this setting to be entirely physically and logically plausible - and I spent a long time figuring out the realistic details. If You feel that I may have missed something or maybe that I haven't explained everything properly - please make sure to let me know! (by another review or simply contacting (there's a little [Contact] action on the viewuser.php page, since You seem to have created the account yesterday :> )).
Date: June 09 2013 8:22 PM Title: Intro - how it all came about.
i was thinking that nicole or amber may put some giant insects in kate´s cities, it would be cool!
Author's Response: Well, several problems for start - I don't think Kate would ever allow them to enter her chamber, there are no insects in the facility (high-tech decon and all), insects would die through dilation - they wouldn't have refraction wristcoms and even then the Service would quickly get rid of them (I mean, seriously - they aren't as small as in the AOTB, which You probably have in mind).
Thanks for the suggestion though - I also appreciate the idea :>
[Report This]Date: May 31 2013 4:24 PM Title: Intro - how it all came about.
Really good stuff. compelling reading even if you disregard the readers potential....fetishes:D
my only critisism is that you have yet to submit the next chapter!
Author's Response: Thanks! If you have any suggestions to deviations I may have missed - feel free to suggest the particulars. There's still some more planned, but I will be focusing increasingly on the story.
And the next chapter is on the way - I am still trying to figure several things, but it may end with pushing them to somewhere later... Either way, it should be up later today.
Date: May 29 2013 9:15 PM Title: Intro - how it all came about.
Hello this is not a review exactly but more of a response. I have visited this site numerous times and read a lot of it's stories and as a side effect most of there reviews never really feeling the need to review myself. For a time it went on like this until I stumbled across the insanely popular "My Marriage to a Giantess" story subsequently leading me to your most recent response to the story which was quite a bit larger than the standard fair. I was..surprised by the review and immediatley tracked down your previous ones even finding that the author was pleased by your words. Anyway this made me think about my own story that a submitted a few weeks prior and even though I had a basic ending to it in my mind I haven't really planned it all out but now I am. I constantly re read my own stories before I write a new chapter and now I'm trying to put even more thought into it so I can not only tell a giantess story but a good story in general. Sorry for rambling on but I just wanted you to know that your review made me think....It made me think. WOW!
OH! I'm also following your story and let me say it is daunting. There is so much contant I am only up to chapter 4 but I must say you have created a very believable world so far and I might just submitt a review if I ever catch up.
So anyway yeah...that was pretty much it.
Author's Response: Well, You can always use the contact action on anybody (if You don't want to provide a working email, just a@b.com or just a random temp for any responses).
The problem with the second review of "My Marriage .." was that I used all the modest/neutral thoughts in the first one and only the things I really didn't like were left - which may have seemed very negative while I loved the beginning of MMtaG - as I tried to outline in the first, but that is another story - also quite literally, in fact :>
And I was hoping to inspire not only Thom to think, but also others (no only authors) who read it - I am happy, I reached at least You.
As for reviews and uTopia, I would love to get more constructive criticism on my own work as well (even if it is all negative) - so far it seems only gadget and Kazuma tried to explain their discontent with some chapters in more detail (and I appreciate it greatly). Also - You do not have to read the whole story before reviewing, I feel that it may be just as important to give some feedback on how one feels about a chapter while reading it rather than after the whole story (especially considering that it's already half the length of an average book...) - feel free to drop Your thoughts on a particular chapter that You may have read (just remember to use the review box under the chapter, not any other actions - I think they default to attach on ch1).
In hindsight I regret that have if I pointed out the problems I observed with MM earlier, perhaps it would have developed differently...
Date: May 22 2013 12:47 AM Title: Intro - how it all came about.
You can make any of the girls to play with tinies in her navel?
Author's Response: I suppose we could, I somehow haven't thought about that at all - but it is a great idea, at this scale will be really humbling. Thanks!
[Report This]Date: May 21 2013 3:56 PM Title: Intro - how it all came about.
I loved the new chapter, it was great insight into how Kate actually sees the micros and what she thinks of the other Caretakers. I love her character she is my ideal Giga, and she has emotions, patience, and love for her tinies, something that I wish would happen more often with Gigas. Anyway, I really like this story and a lot and every chapter is like christmas for me!
Author's Response: I am so happy to hear that - and hopefully the story will get even better, it just barely started moving forward after the introductions :>
[Report This]Date: May 20 2013 8:16 PM Title: Intro - how it all came about.
Im not gonna lie, I read your newest chapter this morning but I didn't wanna comment cuz I didnt wanna seem like a weirdo for commenting twice in a row...But I got over it, anyway I wanted to say that first of all this is probably like my second favorite story on this site at the moment, and thats saying a lot because I usually am not into Giga stuff. But they way there are multiple gigas each with personalities and ways of treating little people makes this story a blast to read! I especially like Kate and am looking forward to the next chapter with a passion, its her turn right?
Anyway, Im not too much of a fan of Nicole and Amber, I feel like their personalities are practically the same with minor differences, but it was still interesting because you showed Kate and how they see her from their perspectives and how their trying to figure her out. I hope their will be more interaction between micros and the gigas because I feel like their should be some key micro characters in this...however, any sort of personal interaction may be difficult because of how large the caretakers are in comparison; its my number one issue with gigas really. But, the other aspects of this story are what keep me pulled in despite that, so kudos to you, especially with this being your first story!
Author's Response: Looking over the script for the rest of the story - I hope You will not be disappointed :>
And yes, Kate is coming - but probably tomorrow (or Thursday, but keep Your fingers...), as even though I have the chapter already written down since yesterday - I feel the need to fine tune it and work on some elements.
[Report This]Date: May 19 2013 11:47 AM Title: Intro - how it all came about.
Very nice chapter of reflection and self examination for amber. Kate seemed to be holding back the first time amber casually killed her micros...has she gotten even more attached to them, so much so that when she remembers what amber did she explodes with rage. Something must have changed with Kate because while she was very angry about what happened before she was certainly willing to keep those feelings to herself...This story is really shaping up man, on of my favs at the moment for sure, keep going as you planned, its your story dude, dont let what the readers want dictate your story, im glad you think that way.
Author's Response: Thanks for all the warm words and yes, Kate chapter is coming (after Nicole) - I hope the pattern of "3 characters + interlude" has emerged by now and we will definitely see some thoughts on this seemingly sudden change.
[Report This]Date: May 18 2013 2:59 PM Title: Intro - how it all came about.
I love how gentle lauren is with her micros, going as far as not force volunteers. But the awesome thing about her is that she has a way of thinking that makes sence and lets her see them as tiny people with hopes and dreams. Definitely loved her chapter and I hope to read more from her perspective!
Author's Response: Yes! That is exactly the point - but then of course, she is a mother - which means that she has memories and experience beyond the state they are currently in, stuck with speck-sized people. As for her perspective - if You think about it, You'll find that she is not that gentle (more like selfish-kind "careful enough not to spoil the fun" type - wait for the Real Gentles :> ).
Date: May 13 2013 2:42 AM Title: Intro - how it all came about.
Just curious, will there be any barefoot...stuff... or will the characters always have the white shoes on?
Anyways, I've been enjoying the story thus far, looking forward to the next installment.
Author's Response: Not trying to spoil much, let's just say - I think You will like what I planned for parts of the next chapter :)
Date: May 12 2013 5:31 AM Title: Intro - how it all came about.
I hope she doesn't stop caring, she's the only one that seems to care any for them, ironic since they're supposed to be safeguarding the tinies.
[Report This]Date: May 12 2013 2:04 AM Title: Intro - how it all came about.
I just wanna say, I for one LOVED the giga gentle!
Author's Response: I am so happy to hear that - I agree there is far too little understanding and compassionate giga's out there (for my taste at least) and I felt something needed to be done about it! However, I do not want to spoil the future developments, but how long do you think her concern can last...?
[Report This]Date: May 12 2013 1:24 AM Title: Intro - how it all came about.
This is absolutely amazing. This is the best GTS story I've read in ages. I love it. My only gripe is you never described what Kate or the other girls are wearing especially "shoes" but I used my imagination. But this is awesome. I'm subscribing.
Author's Response: Thanks for the appreciation! As for details, no worries - everything is planned later (the interlude pov chapter 5, for instance), one could only squeeze so much into introductions - the chapters were already bloated - and it simply did not make sense to describe them from their perspective.. after all, who cares about their everyday footware much...
I know this may seem unusual for girls, but more details about why these would not care about it is also coming, albeit much later (not until chapter 18, I think). I think You will enjoy what happens in the meanwhile ;), and just as soon as I manage to write it down.
Thanks again for sharing the thoughts and if You have any more unusual suggestions at any point - feel free to contact/review about them, but I hope I have most of the regular stuff scheduled.