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July 27th, 43' 6"
Renovations are still expected to take another two or three months, and I can't keep telecommuting forever. I met with most of senior management a couple of days ago, but I haven’t seen most of my employees in over a month. Feeling particularly stir-crazy, I headed downtown and spent most of today standing outside the main office, touching base with as many people as I could. We had to improvise (I dropped a cell phone in my ear and called their desk phones) so I could hear anything they tried to yell through the glass, which means I guess I was still telecommuting, but it was nice to actually see some familiar faces again. Got a lot of emails from people telling me how glad they were to see me again, too. Most of them asking me to come by more often.
I don’t think that the city is really going to let me pull this stunt many more times, though. Over the course of the afternoon, they started sending in traffic wardens, sneaking in tickets whenever they could. My right foot acquired six parking citations, and the tickling I felt around midday turned out to be someone figuring out how to attach a wheel clamp to my left dewclaw. I should have seen them coming, but let’s be honest, how often have I seen my feet this month?
It's hard to believe this has only been going on for four months. After spending the day staring into the third and fourth-story windows I have trouble remembering what it felt like to walk down those halls, wondering who decided a high-rise building needed such high ceilings. Going by the marks I left outside, my boobs could fill one of those floors up to the ceiling now, no problem.

Category All / Macro / Micro
Species Cow
Size 880 x 1280px
File Size 390 kB
She does have plenty of people to make arrangements for her. The tickes will be paid with a smile, though she might ask to keep some paper copies for posterity.
She didn't step on anyone both by sticking to the actual street, and not moving so fast that people and cars couldn't get away. Once she got to the office, it was mostly a matter of staying in place. Staying in place is also how she got the tickets. :D
She didn't step on anyone both by sticking to the actual street, and not moving so fast that people and cars couldn't get away. Once she got to the office, it was mostly a matter of staying in place. Staying in place is also how she got the tickets. :D
I didn't want to reply before the series was done, but I was really happy to see comments like this, if that makes any sense.
Without any of the text, the comic is silly and fun. While I never really thought I was writing a particularly sad story, I also knew how things worked out. I was floored to find actual reactions like yours in the comments. Thank you!
Without any of the text, the comic is silly and fun. While I never really thought I was writing a particularly sad story, I also knew how things worked out. I was floored to find actual reactions like yours in the comments. Thank you!
While arguing with you, the author, over whether your story was a happy one would be somewhat akin to trying to prove a creator god wrong, even at the end, I still found the tale to be a sad one. Please forgive me if I mangle the details as I'm not trying to win an argument (that would be, as I alluded, impossible) but merely to present my point of view. The only textual evidence I recall that Ms. Mejeri enjoyed the experience was that at the end she considered searching for a new bell which might have the same effects. Even that was tinged with melancholy, as it accompanies a description of how engineering ingenuity has allowed her to feel nearly as comfortable as when she still fit into her favorite recliner. There is the point that she continued to wear the bell regardless of how ill fitting it would have been, and was at least somewhat aware of it's peculiar properties when her temperature effect became extreme. However, this was not addressed.
Consider what Ms. Mejeri gave up for her growth: freedom of movement, the company of her peers, the sensation of satiety, the ability to interact with others without a high degree of stress, the comfort of furnishings, any possibility of a physical relationship, probably the ability to have offspring, etc. You address several of these directly in the text, and the others can be implied. In a sense, the whole things works rather well as a metaphor for what an executive (especially a female one) might sacrifice for the success of their company; but I'm not certain that's a comparison you were trying to make. By the end, she is essentially a prisoner of her workplace. She is free to leave the jail she has constructed around herself at any point, but doing to will be tremendously inconvenient for her and dangerous for those around her.
The monitoring agency reports actually lend to the sad, because they establish that Ms. Mejeri's home reality is both without magic and other macro entities. The first implies that she is trapped in her current state, without a way to return to normal if she so wished (since it would take magic). The second implies that she is essentially alone, and will have a great deal of trouble fitting in (which you address as a theme of the sequence). Even if someone else in her home reality were to grow near her size, the peculiar thermal property she exhibits seems to imply that prolonged exposure to her would be at the very least painful to most other beings. Moreover, the monitoring agency twists the knife by observing her throughout the process (apparently having knowledge of what is going on, but no inclination to provide any assistance).
All in all it was an engaging series. I commend you for writing a macro character who didn't decide to go kaiju with alarming disregard for her fellows. However, by choosing to focus on the realistic consequences (for a certain value of realistic) of macro growth in someone who isn't a callous monster, you draw attention to aspects of the genre which seem inherently sad. That's my opinion anyway. Regardless, my thanks for sharing the work.
Consider what Ms. Mejeri gave up for her growth: freedom of movement, the company of her peers, the sensation of satiety, the ability to interact with others without a high degree of stress, the comfort of furnishings, any possibility of a physical relationship, probably the ability to have offspring, etc. You address several of these directly in the text, and the others can be implied. In a sense, the whole things works rather well as a metaphor for what an executive (especially a female one) might sacrifice for the success of their company; but I'm not certain that's a comparison you were trying to make. By the end, she is essentially a prisoner of her workplace. She is free to leave the jail she has constructed around herself at any point, but doing to will be tremendously inconvenient for her and dangerous for those around her.
The monitoring agency reports actually lend to the sad, because they establish that Ms. Mejeri's home reality is both without magic and other macro entities. The first implies that she is trapped in her current state, without a way to return to normal if she so wished (since it would take magic). The second implies that she is essentially alone, and will have a great deal of trouble fitting in (which you address as a theme of the sequence). Even if someone else in her home reality were to grow near her size, the peculiar thermal property she exhibits seems to imply that prolonged exposure to her would be at the very least painful to most other beings. Moreover, the monitoring agency twists the knife by observing her throughout the process (apparently having knowledge of what is going on, but no inclination to provide any assistance).
All in all it was an engaging series. I commend you for writing a macro character who didn't decide to go kaiju with alarming disregard for her fellows. However, by choosing to focus on the realistic consequences (for a certain value of realistic) of macro growth in someone who isn't a callous monster, you draw attention to aspects of the genre which seem inherently sad. That's my opinion anyway. Regardless, my thanks for sharing the work.
I think I did a bad job of portraying that she's finally in a position where she can start trying to address some of those problems. Originally, the trio of pictures posted afterward were supposed to be 'after' shots, showing her starting to get used to herself again, but things got crazy and ah well. More reason for me to get pictures of her in the future! :D
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