Reviewer: Olo Signed
Date: July 20 2015
Title: Chapter 76: 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...