[Report This]Date: November 07 2014 2:15 PM Title: Death By Hugs
Hey, Mark IS Black. That was my idea!
It's pleasant to see these two bros again. Of all the periphery characters in these GTS stories, they were indeed two of the most likeable ones. I'm glad you plan on characterizing them. And adding another character is pretty interesting. She could be a villain, maybe, but I'm getting the vibe of her becoming a fifth ranger.
Question: Why is Amy taking online courses? Will she be able to get a job even if she graduates? Also this implies that she has a computer the size of a building in her possession. What's she planning on majoring in anyway?
Author's Response:
Psh! I imagined Mark being black when I first wrote him (as far as anyone knows).
Idk about Betty being a member of their group. They're all college freshmen and she's a grad student from California.
As for your question: Amy is majoring in architecture with civil engineering as a minor. For her it would be easy to get a job in either field.
Date: November 07 2014 8:15 AM Title: Really Epic Setup, Trust Me.
Going to agree with gadget, it was great seeing Amy being so close with the guys and not just Ben.
Betty could be interesting , hoping for scenes with Betty amd Amy as the latter goes on about her community work, it'll be good to see her interact with the townspeople again.
I am going to wager that Ben chose to commute to college because well...Amy is the love of his life and he wants to stay close to her.
Date: November 06 2014 10:38 PM Title: Death By Hugs
I like how chillax the guys are around Amy, it's like she's "one of the guys"...I can't wait to get more interaction between them. These characters are some of my favs on this site!
[Report This]Date: November 02 2014 1:44 AM Title: Really Epic Setup, Trust Me.
Ok man, few things. First, finding out your are finally writing the sequel is like half life 3 just came out. Second, now it's sounding really interesting, what did Amy mumble? Who is that guy on the plane? And why is it called the year we went to war? You know im going to be reading every chapter the minute it's coming out, just to answer those questions. And as always, you are great at what you do, so keep on doing it. Now if you will excuse me, ill brb with a blt.
[Report This]Date: November 02 2014 12:00 AM Title: Really Epic Setup, Trust Me.
Well, I really enjoyed that first chapter. It's awesome that your doing this sequel. But it's not that surprising with the first story, being a huge hit.
Thanks
Date: November 01 2014 9:29 PM Title: Really Epic Setup, Trust Me.
@chlorez, agree to disagree but I'd be lying if I said that I wouldn't want to see Amy fight her own primal urges, if it becomes a thing.
Date: November 01 2014 7:38 PM Title: Really Epic Setup, Trust Me.
@Nostory & @Darien Fawkes, I might not be the writer, especially because Darien is the writer, but I still disagree with you two. That's the fun with stories, I can still pretend that the characters are more messed up than they actually are. I think Amy has erotic urges for domination and resistance, which is why she's attracted to Ben's courageous acts against oppression. She's subconsciously using Ben as her plaything to simultaneously give her a feeling of control, while allowing him the freedom to critique and rebel against her own calculated motions. It's pure Freudian psychology. Her own character development is the ego trying to balance the superego, her desire to be accepted by society as human, and the id, her subliminal fetish for the recognition of her own incredible ability to dominate others. She's expressing her primal urges through socially acceptable means.
This will either cause your mind to be blown or your mind to die from sheer stupidity.
Author's Response:
I wrote the characters. Your argument is invalid. ;)
Date: November 01 2014 10:59 AM Title: Really Epic Setup, Trust Me.
@chlorez I see your point, it would be pretty risky to take on Ben but then he might have been dealing with jocks who are like 6' 6" and weigh in at 250 pounds.
That parkour would come useful in keeping up with Amy if they ever got into a relationship, he'll need the stamina.
Date: November 01 2014 10:45 AM Title: Really Epic Setup, Trust Me.
@Nostory I'm not saying bullying Ben is impossible. What I'm saying is that doing parkour training since middle school will inevitably put a fair amount of muscle on someone's frame. I'm not saying he couldn't be cyberbullied either. I'm eaying that if you want to mess and anger anyone who's 6'3" and has the strength to kick your ass, it's probably not a very safe activity for your well-being. I think I remember those guys bullying him he stood up to were jocks or something. Even so, not many jocks I knew were much taller than 6'4" and could take someone down like Ben.
It's not that he couldn't be bullied. Its just that survival instincts dictate that doing so is not a lightly made decision.
[Report This]Date: November 01 2014 9:06 AM Title: Really Epic Setup, Trust Me.
Awesome so far! And yes, I agree that Ben for sure could be bullied despite his size.
Date: November 01 2014 8:19 AM Title: Really Epic Setup, Trust Me.
@Chlorez, I don't think there is a dark side of Amy's personality the game is satisfying, its probably something they can both enjoy instead of just sitting and talking since her size places a lot on restriction on conventional social interactions.
As for Ben being immune to bullying because of his size and parkour, Amy got bullied despite her larger size when she was younger and remember, bullying isn't just face to face physical fights or name calling. There are plenty of ways to bully someone , make them feel down and not all of them need the above.
We have the internet now, cyberbullying is a thing now and if Ben's bullies wanted to make life hell for him, even with Amy backing him up then they can do so online under an alias.
[Report This]Date: November 01 2014 1:19 AM Title: Really Epic Setup, Trust Me.
Ahh. In case you remember, the previous series became one of my favorite stories off ALL TIME on the website. So I'm seriously happy getting to see Ben and Amy again; their relationship was excellent. I want to see more interaction between Amy and Mark and Johnny; you've implied they are friends now, but that wasn't expanded on very much. I'm super excited about reading about their further adventures again.
And there's better proofreading this time! You've become a fine writer.
Some general thoughts I had about the chapter. Feel free to comment or ignore, they're pretty nitpicky and tangential to the post.
- Didn't know you can see the moon from planes. All the flights I've ever been on were international flights across time zones, so the moon was never out for very long periods of time.
- "Keep Calm and Get Me a Cookie" is a terrible shirt. It should have read "Keep Calm, I'm the Doctor"
- Judging by the game they are playing, I'm sensing a darker side to Amy's personality again, the side that wasn't talked about very much in the last series. Perhaps she's using the game of cat-and-mouse to channel her inner urges to continue to sadistically dominate Ben. This would be interesting to expand on in further chapters.
- Wait, Ben is 6'3"!? That's tall, bro. Why was he getting bullied in the first chapter of the last series? If he's 6'3" AND knows parkour, nobody would be stupid enough to mess with this guy! No matter how many comic book arguments he got into on a daily basis.
- And that blow-job joke was VERY out of line. Speaking of Doctor Who, that reminds me of the infamous episode "Love and Monsters" which everyone hates solely because of the unnecessarily out of tone blow-job joke at the end. Not because the story was pretty badly paced, or the shitty villain, or the incredibly dark and out of character fact that the Doctor condemned a dead person to live forever as a face in a slab of concrete under the false reasoning that he was saving a life. No, it was the implication of blow-jobs at the very end that was so bad, it's the worst episode in Doctor Who history, bar none.
Author's Response:
Good to hear from you again chrlorez. I'm glad you you like the first chapter. I can promise you interactions between the other two members of the group will have shortly.
You've noticed my lack of spelling and grammar mistakes. That's because before I used to write out the story in one sitting and type it all right into the box where you add the content. Unfortunately there is no spell check on this website. Now I type every chapter in my Google Docs which provides some extent of spell check options.
Now you and Nostory seem to have given me a lot of work to do. Let's see if I can clear some things up *cracks neck*
-I've never been on a plane before so that whole scene was just speculation over some detail revolving around a more important scene.
-"Keep Calm and Get Me A Cookie" is an awesome shirt. I know that because, if I had such a shirt, I would wear it. Also I don't watch Doctor Who.
-Nostory is right, the game they play isn't a manifestation of Amy's darker side. It's simply an activity the two of them enjoy doing. Amy does enjoy playing with people who are smaller than her. But now that she no longer feels obligated to have to play the role of the big, mean giantess she can be playful in a more fun an innocent manner. The entire point of showing them playing a game like this is to show off Amy's true side. The bully was her mask, remember? The true side of Amy is a playful, fun, and slightly nerdy girl that a person would really enjoy spending time with had they only the chance to know her. Plus Ben enjoys it because he's nerdy like that and it's great parkour practice.
-Ben, Mark, and Johnny started getting picked on at a younger age, back before any of them had hit a growth spurt. The three of them were actually more on the shorter half of their class throughout elementary school and most of middle school. These were the years the bullying started and they began to learn parkour. By the time they were seniors in high school each of them had gone through a growth spurt, Ben being the tallest of the three, and they had some muscle. Mostly though it's tone muscle due to parkour being mostly about motion and not as much weight lifting. People like the football team, or the wrestling team however, have been putting on a lot of muscle since elementary and middle school. So, even though Ben is one of the tallest guys in their graduation class, he's not the only tall guy and he's far from the strongest.
-I don't watch Doctor Who, your argument is invalid.
Date: November 01 2014 12:24 AM Title: Really Epic Setup, Trust Me.
Ooh boy, I can't wait to see what you've got planned for Amy and Ben!
I am surprised you jumped a year forward but okay, you've got something planned and I won't force anything on you, just keen to see how things unfold. I thought Ben would have won her heart by now but close friends is a good stop and I wouldn't ask him to rush it either, I tend to take things slowly.
Now for a theories: I thought the title would have fighting breaking out in Allentown but no, I have a better idea now, much clearer too.
The government is coming to collect Amy for enlistment, cashing in on their "investment" of sorts and the first story would have seen her join earlier than expected but nevertheless it would not have messed up anything.
Problem is I think they're overestimating dear Amy here because she is not a supersoldier, big she may be but she'd go down to artillery fire and she'd be a huge drown on resources. This feels similar to what vgiv and I argued over The Escape but I find myself agreeing with him more and more.
Also keen to learn more about what happened to Ben's friends and perhaps whether Amy has similar feelings for Ben, I don't think she ever dreamed of having a guy having a crush on her at all given her past but hey, maybe she thinks differently now.
Don't worry about a lack of motivation, I'll push you along, I want to see this finished.
Author's Response:
I likewise eagerly await Alvin's future with his new friend
I wanted some time to pass so I could allow for a few changes to take place and then skip straight to showing them. I plan on explaining why they decided to take things slowly and, at the same time, fleshing out the characters more, make them more real and diverse.
As for your theories I don't want to disappoint you, or spoil anything. But I will have to say that the title "The Year We Went to War" should not be taken THAT literally. That's not to say it won't get intense, but nothing going in that direction.
Still it makes me feel good to know that I've got you thinking that deep about it. It just means I'll have to try that much harder not to let you or anybody down.
[Report This]Date: November 01 2014 12:05 AM Title: Really Epic Setup, Trust Me.
This looks really good. I'm very interested to see what happens next with Ben and Amy. I absolutely love gentle giantess stories. Will Amy's mom be a giantess too?
aaron
[Report This]Date: October 31 2014 3:30 PM Title: Really Epic Setup, Trust Me.
Great chapter! I gotta say I really love this set of characters! I hope you're in the mood to write more, we never really got to see them happily interacting like this till the end of the last story, and that's something of a lost opportunity if you ask me!
Date: October 31 2014 3:05 PM Title: Really Epic Setup, Trust Me.
I glad you decided to return to this universe. I like Amy and Ben. The story title does concern me a little bit. It would be a shame if war wrecks this world. But by all means contiune. I know what's it like to lose the will to write. It would be a shame if that happens to you.
I look forward to the next chapter.
Author's Response:
Thank you. And don't worry, I haven't lost the will to write. The problem was that as I started writing this story ideas for a new one flew right into my head and I didn't know what to focus on. But like I said, the reason I decided to start posting was that you guys would help keep me motivated and focused.