by rscholar » Sat Feb 29, 2020 1:01 pm
Aussie_Lurker wrote: ↑Sat Feb 29, 2020 6:36 am
However, I do recall an excellent episode of Pandamonium, where the team encounter a village of tiny people, living in a cave, only to learn that the crystals in the cave shrink you after a certain time of exposure......kind of a "best of both worlds" scenario
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*Looks up Pandamonium*
Learned 2 things:
1) Can't find an actual clip, but it's 99.9% likely episode 4 "Itty-Bitty City."
2) ….it stars actual pandas.
Back on topic: I think the adaptation process is key because it's the psychological conflict of becoming small that drives so much of the fetish's appeal and essentially starting over as a something not quite human anymore while being viewed from the outside as strange really is that "best of both worlds" dynamic.
I wonder though how long that adjustment should take: if the shrinking happened say in a matter of days or weeks, then the tiny wouldn't be tiny long enough to let the reality sink in and would still try to resist the change (ie find help or a cure, etc).
If, however, it's a generational thing and the civilization is made up of mostly descendants of the shrinkee(s), then they really are "natural" and can't conceptualize being big or having used to be so.
I have an idea I won't elaborate on too much (in part since I don't know if I could ever get around to it), but something like a mix of generations of tinies and a "sweet spot" between the two time-spans above could be interesting.
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However, I do recall an excellent episode of Pandamonium, where the team encounter a village of tiny people, living in a cave, only to learn that the crystals in the cave shrink you after a certain time of exposure......kind of a "best of both worlds" scenario ;).
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*Looks up Pandamonium*
Learned 2 things:
1) Can't find an actual clip, but it's 99.9% likely episode 4 "Itty-Bitty City."
2) ….it stars actual pandas.
Back on topic: I think the adaptation process is key because it's the psychological conflict of becoming small that drives so much of the fetish's appeal and essentially starting over as a something not quite human anymore while being viewed from the outside as strange really is that "best of both worlds" dynamic.
I wonder though how long that adjustment should take: if the shrinking happened say in a matter of days or weeks, then the tiny wouldn't be tiny long enough to let the reality sink in and would still try to resist the change (ie find help or a cure, etc).
If, however, it's a generational thing and the civilization is made up of mostly descendants of the shrinkee(s), then they really are "natural" and can't conceptualize being big or having used to be so.
I have an idea I won't elaborate on too much (in part since I don't know if I could ever get around to it), but something like a mix of generations of tinies and a "sweet spot" between the two time-spans above could be interesting.