Reviewer: Mr in A suit Signed
Date: February 03 2022
Title: Chapter 26: Chapter 26
Warning: this comment contains high levels of Nell x Anna shipping. That doesn’t mean I don’t care anymore for Harper, Leah, Naomi and Molly (I shipp Anna with all F4). It’s just that I have high expectations for Nell's development with Anna... and the fact that I already filled almost two pages with this comment.
What you did with this chapter is what most series strugle or simply don’t bother to do: you expanded on the world using just enough already established elements as to not fell unattural and rushed. The reader can more or less find elements on past chapters that allowed the introduction of a shrinkee comunity and resistance movement now.
I say comunity, but, judging by byte’s testimony, we are talking about a whole society that is maginalised by the giants. It’s not just Byte. The suits dialogues and demeanor also hints that this is not just about 4 rich families who hate shrinkees, but a whole ideology that puts the 4 families at the top of the food chain.
Chapter 26 managed to higher the stakes of Annabelle story, it gave a political depth to it, it introduced a war and it made all those things in a way that made sense to the reader. I guess what I am trying to say is... GOOD JOB... VERY GOOD JOB MAN.
Now... a curse, Poppy and Annabelle... yeah I think it’s pretty clear where I am going with this, right? Although shipping Poppy with Anna might come out as a joke, the end game for Poppy is to ensure Anna’s safety.
And how can a smaller being survive? By forming colonies or by using hosts... larger hosts in a symbiotic way. That’s why the F4 are obsessed with her. Poppy might call them goddesses and worship them as higher beings, but the giantesses are unable to live withot her the same she is unable to survive without them.
This is not some evil scheme, it’s a biological response from Anna’s body to protect her. I once saw a vídeo explaining how the effects of cocaine on our brain are similar to being in love... that is Annabelle’s blood blessing (and curse). She can’t control it, to survive her body affects both giants and shrinkees, sonner or later making everyone addicted to her. The ultimate survival mechanism.
Effects may vary from one specimen to another, Anna clearly being on the stronger side of that spectrum... and judging by the way Byte puts it, the reaction never really seizes and it’s rare, very rare, even within his society... so much so that I think his commander will not be pleased to learn he left a type 0 with the BSA...
To fully urderstand my theory, we have to talk about Nell (a.k.a my favourite giantess... a.k.a the one I shipp the most with Anna... a.k.a show me more Nell x Anna request TT_TT). She is not perceived as a gigantic being not because she is a friend, but because Anna deems her as too weak. Chapter 26 portrays Nell exactly like that – a submissive person who may try but ultimately can’t
stand against others... at least not for Kyle.
About this point, I emphasize that once again the issue with survival came up and Anna actually regreted leaving the F4 side... the f4, not Nell or Dufort. Poppy recognizes the F4 and Zoey and not Nell. But I also don’t think this is everything.
About this point, I emphasize that once again the issue with survival came up and Anna actually regreted leaving the F4 side. I missed seeing the F4 reaction to their beloved Poppy “kidnaping”, I especially missed seing how they and Nell reacted.
Although she is portrayed as a meek person and (because of it) a possible ally, I don’t think Nell is just that. Her arc semms to be about repression... and the devil is always in the details... oh she saved Kyle? Yes, but she put him in her shoe... what a strange place to hide someone... You see? That’s why I want to see more of her, I want to know how her desires and personality will develop by interacting with... Anna/Poppy.
For example – the pale girl in whom Anna see so much of herself smacks a ladybug without noticing... and Anna realizes, for the first time, how big those clumsy feet are, semms like just the delicate big toe would enough to engulf her... And Nell... Nell is just pretending, she actually noticed the ladybug and crushing it right beside Annabelle made her heart pound... like it pounded when she had Kyle at her feet...
That is also why I missed seing the giantesses reaction after waking up... did Nell felt relief because her “friends” were able to escape? Undoubtedly. Tha tis the her pattern, she wants to do good. But did she also felt despair for not knowing if Anna was safe?... Maybe... just deep down, in one corner of her heart... she wished Anna was brought back to her... maybe she even searched for her... hoping to take and hide her away in one of her flats... after all, if having down there Kyle felt so good, having a type 0 must fell like heaven...
I am not saying I think Nell is or will become evil, but I think she will imprint and will have to fight the urges, fight the imprinting until she confess her growing desires to Anna... and how Anna will react? Will she blame herself? She will be directly responsible for Nell situation...
Well... that’s it. About the commander... I need to think. My guess is as good as everyone else. Yes, the chapter is pointing towards Anna’s mother or someone from her family... but we will have to wait and see. Either way, nothing and no one can change the fact that Anna is a type 0 now (probably the most valuable in the world).
She is Poppy and, yes, a threat to everyone else. She can count on herself, but that is not going to protect her from the rest of the world. The giantesses will.
Thanks for all the effort, all the care and work, for all the details, for posting here... Thank you for everything. See you on the next chapter.
Author's Response: Hahaha! I love Annabelle x Nell. They're both so similar, but also so different.
There will most certainly be more Annabelle x Nell moments coming up. Your comment about the ladybug got me thinking so I may change up somethings (so thank you!)
As always, your comments are always great to read
But Mr. In a Suit...you nearly gave me a heart attack because one of your theories is in my outline...word for word. I actually muttered "What the Fuck" out loud when I read this comment. I had to check the chapter to see if I had accidently tagged it on at the end.
So like I said, you should get to writing!