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I just gotta say, in the midst of the discussions that happened a little bit ago about the reception between g/t art and g/t writing, there's nothing I love more than seeing g/t art that's showing a scene or characters FROM g/t writing. To me, that's always the best of both worlds. Not only do I get to see some awesome g/t art, but then the creator will tag the writer and (hopefully) link their story too! Seeing a great scene in a piece of art makes me want to know the context from the story, so I love jumping over to the writer's page to see what they wrote to inspire the art. Whether the writer happens to also be the artist, or an artist makes a piece to show appreciation for someone else's story, I'm happy to see it!

And this goes both ways too! I've come across some g/t stories that were also inspired by pieces of digital art, and that inspired me to check out the work that inspired the story and the artist themselves ( @taters169 has an awesome series called The Tin that is a great example of this, and I encourage everyone to check it out!)

I guess, all in all, I want to say thank you to the writers that make such awesome stories that they inspire people to make art of it, and thank you to the artists for creating works that hopefully inspire others to support some writing that you like too. I think it's all pretty cool, and I love seeing the ways that both the artists and writers (who are sometimes both) can come together to support each other.

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what movie do y’all know front to back like it doesn’t even have to necessarily be Good,, it’s just something you’ve seen so many times that the dialogue is printed into the very core of your being

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G/t idea: language barriers

So, I don't know if this has already been talked about or not, but lately, I can't stop thinking about the idea of having a language barrier between a borrower and a human, but not in the way that I've seen some stories do it.

Usually, when I read a g/t story that has a language barrier between a borrower and a human, it's more like the borrowers have their own borrower language that the human can't understand. But, what I can't stop thinking about is what if there was a language barrier based on where the borrowers used to live before they moved to a new house.

Like, let's say there's a borrower family living in France. It seems pretty likely that they'd probably know French from those around them, right? But then, let's say that one of the borrowers is found by a human who is in France for a trip of some kind. Maybe they're a student from the US who's on a study-abroad trip. Maybe they're on vacation from Spain or Germany. If they found the borrower, there might still be a language barrier if neither person had learned another language.

To the human, this might seem surprising, but not too shocking when they realize that the borrower would've probably lived around people who speak French, so of course they might learn it too. To the borrower though, this could be even more terrifying than it already was to be found by a human. Maybe they've never heard someone speak another language before, so it's scary to think that the person who could potentially harm them can't even understand them if they try to talk their way out of being caught. If the human and the borrower are able to somehow act out what they're trying to say or something, it would still be a pretty rocky slope to try and learn how to communicate with each other from then on.

Or, let's say that a borrower family was living in a house with a deaf human there. Maybe they found a way to learn sign language over the years by watching the human and those who interact with them. If they ever had to leave that house or the human moved away and new humans moved in, it'd probably be a hard adjustment for the borrowers to live somewhere that's filled with so many loud sounds now, like humans raising their voices or maybe they turn on the TV too loudly. Then, if they get caught, there's still a language barrier, but if something happens like a borrower gets snatched into a fist by a human, then they can't use sign language to communicate in the main way that they know how.

Idk. Just an idea that's been jumping around my mind a lot. I always think it's interesting to see characters navigate through a language barrier in stories so, of course, my brain is always going to ask "but what if it was g/t?"

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Idk why, but I just keep thinking about (and kind of laughing about) the idea of a tiny finding out that they get those ASMR brain tingles from a giant.

Like, imagine a tiny and a giant (or a human who would be giant to them) are just starting to get to know each other, so the tiny is still weary of the giant because they could potentially hurt them, even without meaning to. And they've been kind of putting off telling the giant how loud they are when they talk and how much it hurts the tiny's ears. But one day, the tiny can't take the ear ringing and the headache that comes from the volume of the giant's voice, so they tell the giant to lower their volume a bit.

The giant, being super apologetic and feeling guilty that they might've hurt the tiny in some way, could just talk softly, but instead, they start whispering, just to make sure they aren't being too loud. Then, the tiny immediately feels relaxed and notices a pleasant tingle in their head that they can't quite describe.

I could imagine the scene being a mixture of "wtf" from the tiny and also the tiny demanding that the giant keep whispering, even if they have to just ramble on about nothing, just so the tiny can feel the ASMR tingles and try to figure out what's happening to them.

It could maybe even be a way for a giant to calm a tiny down when they're trying to sleep. They just start whispering or speaking softly to their small friend, and that makes the tiny relax and drift off to sleep easily. Just something I've been imagining when I'm watching ASMR to help myself sleep.

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G/t story recommendations please!

Hi everybody. I hope you're all doing well. I know I've been kind of missing for a bit when it comes to writing my own g/t stuff, but a lot has been going on in my personal life with this past week being the worst of it.

My grandpa just passed away last week, and I've obviously not been having the best time while I've been grieving this loss. I've tried doing lots of different things to help get my mind off of everything that's going on (mainly absorbing myself into Baldur's Gate 3 at the moment) but not a lot of my usual activities that make me happy are really helping right now.

One thing that has been helping usually while I've just been kind of trying to take some quiet time to myself has been reading more g/t stories. G/t has always been really comforting to me, so it makes sense in my mind why it would be helpful during a stressful time like this too. I've mainly been re-reading a lot of stories that I either read a long time ago (like Brother's Apart by @nightmares06 which brings back a lot of good memories) or returning to stories that I had on my tbr or just started and never finished just because something else came up or there have been new updates since the last time I looked at it (like The Rescue by @belethlegwen which has felt like a warm hug each time I read it).

I feel like I've just been breezing through a ton of stories, and some new ones that I've found either are unfinished with no updates in sight or they just weren't my cup of tea (and that's okay! I just don't like certain tropes sometimes). So, I thought I would reach out and ask you, my fellow g/t community members, for some g/t story recommendations. I'm open to reading on any of the usual platforms like here on tumblr or AO3, deviantart, or even fanfiction.net if you know of some good ones over there. I would prefer some stories that are either finished or actively updated (at least updated this year). It doesn't matter how long or short the story is either. Any story that you find comforting, feel free to comment/reblog to let me know what I should be reading.

Also, once again, I'm really sorry for the delay in any updates for any of my own stories on my AO3 page. I actually was writing quite a bit for a new story before all this happened, but I wanted to make sure the story was done before I started uploading so I wouldn't have to worry about a time crunch for writing. Hopefully, I'll be able to get into a better headspace to go back to that soon. Thank you all for your patience. I really appreciate it.

~ Mo-Mo

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Oh my gosh, thanks so much for recommending my fic @taters169! I always love seeing your comments and feedback on my stories!

If you haven't already, go and read Taters's fic, The Tin! I love it so much and would definitely say it deserves more love too! The characters in it are so great and I hope there's more in the future!

GtWAC day 5

Reblog a fic you think needs more love

Today's fic rec is see me by @whatthisfemsheplikes

I remember back in the day when mo-mo first posted this fic on her previous blog and loved it then too it definitely needs more love

CW pet trope and dehumanising

In a universe where borrowers are kept as pets Tori works for Borrower control and Wesley is a borrower who keeps trying to escape from a pet shop.

Loads of fantastic trust building between them and also featuring Kipper the dog who is the goodest boy around 💕

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Sorry. Probably not going to be any new stories from me for a while. Living in "unprecedented times" has been making things feel really heavy. I don't really have the motivation or ideas to write more at the moment. Sorry if this disappoints anybody. I'm not lurking much either these days, but I'll try to pop in when I can to show support for my fellow g/t enjoyers and such. Just taking a break for my own mental health. I'll be back to writing/posting when I can.

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What do you want to see next?

Not sure what I'll ultimately decide on (depends on which story motivates me the most) BUT which of these options would you rather see more of from me right now?

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Despite the fact that I've been writing stories for years, my brain just never seems to realize that I can just... change stuff I wrote??? Especially when it's not even posted anywhere yet??? I'll be staring at a document, write some lore or something, and then realize, "Oh, shit, that contradicts this other thing I wrote earlier" or "Damn, that doesn't sound like something this character would do or say at all."

And I spend WAY too long feeling like a total failure before a voice that's way too quiet in the dark recesses in my brain tries to yell at me, "HEY, WHY DON'T YOU JUST FIX IT??"

And every single time, that feels like a SHOCKING revelation. Like, "oh yeah! I CAN change what I already wrote! That's great!" But, in reality, I feel like my brain should've figured this out by now. Then again, I've been out of school for years and I still catch myself leaving work sometimes thinking "well, time to go home and do my homework."

Excuse me??? I don't have any homework??? I am an adult out of school??? Hello???

I think my brain has missed an update and I need to install it please and thank you.

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Ollo, I'm MoMo! I started writing g/t stories back in 2015 but didn't start actually posting them until early 2017. I've written a few different things, but my main work is my story called See Me, where borrowers have been discovered by humans. One human named Tori saves a borrower, Wesley, from a near-death experience, and she tries to give him a happier life after he'd been mistreated by humans in the past. There's a few other characters, Tori's got a big secret, and there may or may not be lots of smiles along with a lot of tears involved in the story. If you'd like to check it out, you can read See Me and the various short stories, spin-offs, and occasionally spicy stories I've written in the See Me universe on my AO3 page right here! There's also a link to See Me in my pinned post. Content warnings are given at the start of each chapter. I'm also currently writing another big story that I haven't fully announced yet, but it'll be set in a whole new universe unrelated to See Me but still with lots of g/t goodness! I'm excited to check out those who reply to the above post and read their work!

HEY YOU, G/T WRITER!!!

Yeah, you! C'mere!

I've seen some talk in the community recently about writers not really getting the attention they deserve/not getting as many notes as artists (and no prob with artists! We love you artists ❤️). So I thought, why not call all the g/t writers together so we can support each other? Y'know, kinda get a little g/t writing sub-community going here on Tumblr if that makes sense!! The idea being that if we band together, it's harder to get lost in the heaps of short-form content that's out there. Plus, we can read each other's work and support each other! :D

Here's an idea:

Reblog with a little bit about you and your writing! (If you write anything that might make anyone uncomfortable please leave a warning as well.)

Link your awesome g/t stories!!!

Check out other awesome stories by other g/t authors and show them some love~

I'll start!

Hi! I'm Eliza and I've been writing since around 2016, although I was a bit too scared to post anything until I started working on my current story!

Right now I'm working on a book called Too Small To Be Afraid, about a human girl living on a distant planet who has a fear of the giant race, pertheans. Only, she has to learn how to share a desk with one at school!

But enough about me! I want to hear about you! I'm excited to hear about you all and see what you're writing!!! :D

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JUST FINISHED READING THE RESTORATION PROGRAM AND I AM NOT OKAY!

Once again, @marydublinauthor and @kendsleyauthor have knocked it out of the park with this book! I loved reading every second of it, and it had me on the edge of my seat so many times! I'd say the whole last third of the book (or more, honestly) had me so tense about what was gonna happen, but I mean that in the best way possible.

If you want to read a great, suspenseful, and exciting g/t book (book 1 of a series!) then I highly recommend checking out The Restoration Program! I also strongly recommend that you CHECK TRIGGER WARNINGS BEFORE READING! There were so many scenes that made me have to stop and take a breath at how tense things were getting, and it got pretty dark in some parts. That said, I was hooked from the beginning and I hope you guys give this a read if you're interested! The book is available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited!

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go think about that ending and all the events leading up to it for a loooooooooooooooooooooong time as I try to process everything that just happened. Mary and Anne, I look forward to more of these emotional rollercoasters whenever book 2 and 3 come out! I will be forwarding all my therapy bills to Ryan Northe for the foreseeable future.

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Just wanted to throw this out there for all my g/t gamer friends that there's this awesome game called Tinykin that's on sale right now on Steam until August 7th!

It's a very cute 3D-Platformer game that has you play as a character named Milo who travels to Earth but shows up really small compared to the world around him. He gets help from these small creatures called tinykin, who have different abilities that can help Milo get around the world. They kind of reminded me of Pikmin in the way they follow you around and help you out in the game. It's a really adorable game and I loved exploring the environment from a tiny perspective. You can even do stuff like skating around on a bar of soap!

This is a game that I think definitely needs more love, and I'm sure that there are some people out there who are looking for more g/t-related games, so here you go! Just thought I'd give a shoutout to a game I enjoy while it's on sale!

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I am currently writing...

ANGST!

And I'm very excited about it.

What can I say? @bigboicol-theflamingcol pulled a Mushu and put angst on me, my family, and my cow. I must comply.

All new See Me storyline coming your way very soon! Tori and Wesley are getting a... change of perspective ;) Stay tuned!

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Sooooo anyone else freaking out about the g/t stuff in the trailer for The Boys: Gen V?

No? Just me? Ok...

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Per your size-shifting ramble, do you think your thoughts on which size you’d want to be go into how you write or feel about Tori and Wesley? Do you relate to one more than the other? Could be relating to their size or just personality

I feel like Tori and Wesley kind of embody my feelings about which size I'd rather be in certain moments, at least in my head while I'm writing them. There are a lot of scenes where I could be thinking that I'd prefer to be in Wesley's position as a tiny, but I could potentially think about that same scene the next day and prefer to be in Tori's position as the "giant" (or human to a tiny in that case). I go both ways all the time about who I relate to in terms of just their size.

As far as relating to their personalities, I feel like each of them is made up of three parts: one-third is how I tend to act/feel in real life, another third is how I wish I was, and the last third is just their own stuff that doesn't really have anything to do with me. A lot of that last third is backstory stuff that I feel shapes plenty of their personalities and motivations. For instance, I didn't grow up in a super-rich family and, while I do have a brother, he's actually younger than me and acts nothing like Carter. I think Tori's own past with aspects like that shape how she views what she has in life and how she trusts other people in ways that I haven't experienced in my own life. Obviously, for Wesley, I've never had to worry about the same potential life dangers that a borrower has to worry about, and that fuels a lot of his fear that I don't relate to.

In other ways, I relate to them quite a bit. Tori can sometimes be a people-pleaser, Wesley too to a greater extent, and that's something that I tend to be a lot, even though I don't really want to be one. It's something I'm working on but it's kind of been ingrained in my brain since I was a kid, so it's a lot to work through. In some ways, Tori calling out the bullshit of others is kind of how my own inner voice sounds much of the time. I just don't say it out loud like she would.

Then, there's Wesley who's going through a lot of trauma and who gets really emotional in his struggles. I don't really cry as often as he does, but that anxiety that he almost constantly feels is how I am a lot of the time, hence why I feel tiny when I wish to be comforted. I've got a lot of my own trauma from surviving cancer and other events that have given me PTSD that I'm trying to work through, so that desire to have someone in your corner to just say "it's gonna be okay" like Wesley and Tori have is something I wish for a lot. I've got friends and family who support me, but they don't really understand a lot of what I'm going through so sometimes that comfort doesn't really feel very helpful. It's not their fault, but a lot of times I feel like I wish I had someone who was kind of the Tori to my Wesley in a way where they might not fully understand but they'll stay by your side while you're going through a hard time without feeling like they're pitying you.

Other than that, the parts of them that I wish I had more of would be confidence and patience. When I'm writing Tori, I often think that I wish I had her confidence, even in just everyday interactions. I've got bad social anxiety, so even just going out to talk to someone at a store or restaurant isn't the easiest thing for me. I think both she and Wesley tend to be very patient too, especially with each other. In some cases, I'm super patient, even when others around me might not be, like if my parents get impatient while we're waiting in a line while I tend to feel like I could stand there all day with no rush. It's usually patience relating to myself that I struggle with, like if I feel that I'm not as good as I should be at doing certain tasks. It gets tough but it's something that I feel like writing See Me has helped me with sometimes.

Sorry for the long post. Just fell down a rabbit hole with this question I guess. Thanks for asking!

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A size-shifter ramble

I've come to the realization as I've gotten older that my size-shifting is a lot more based on emotion than I'd originally thought. Like, I see so many posts of people that would love to be tiny to explore new, large spaces, ride around on a shoulder, and use human items in new ways. And I see people that would love to be giants for the way you'd interact with smaller friends and to enjoy how different the world around you would look.

Then, whenever I think about how I'd like to be a certain size, I've only just recently realized that the size I would like to be depends on how I'm feeling, and the feeling is pretty consistent.

I always wish I was tiny when I'm feeling something negative, whether it's that I'm depressed, angry, or even if I'm sick. In times like that, I just wish I could be in a giant's hands, being comforted, taken care of, and surrounded by a warm presence.

When I'm feeling more positive and happy, I always imagine myself being a giant to someone, because I want to spread that good energy to someone else and be that comforting presence for others. I'd like to protect a tiny and hold them in my hands to hopefully offer some peace.

If you would've asked me in high school what size I'd like to be when I had first discovered the g/t community, I might've just said human-sized just so I could be giant to someone tiny and tiny to someone giant. It does feel much more like an actual shift in size now that I'm older for some reason, but I only just realized that I don't really think about the other aspects of exploring your surroundings or anything at either a small or big size. It's always just been about if I'm seeking comfort or hoping to maybe comfort someone else. Not that either size can't do both. That's just always been how it's associated in my brain.

I kinda thought maybe I'd pick a size by now, but I don't think that's gonna happen anytime soon.