Relax guys

d_k_c wrote: To lock a thread and be insulted because someone called people from another country “On a different planet” is ridiculous. It simply implies that were not all on the same page, that is all. So before our American moderators shoot down and invade every statement that has a remote negative connotation. I just want to say…..Easy there cowboy, not all of us have guns.

d_k_c wrote: To lock a thread and be insulted because someone called people from another country “On a different planet” is ridiculous. It simply implies that were not all on the same page, that is all. So before our American moderators shoot down and invade every statement that has a remote negative connotation. I just want to say…..Easy there cowboy, not all of us have guns.

jnw550 wrote: On a final note, I'm not certain the statement required a moderator to shut down the thread or to threaten action against a member.

shadar wrote: By the way, anyone like the Ireland Baldwin picts I've been posting, or am I the only one who thinks she's a serious contender for portraying some superwoman on TV or in the movies someday? With black hair, she'd be great as a very young Wonder Woman, and she could be a 21st century Supergirl in my world any day.

While SG is supposed to be about 5'8 or so (although she was 5'11 in the 1980's series), I think having her standing as tall as her cousin would be pretty interesting.

d_k_c wrote: Which brings up an intresting question...At what point does a girl become too tall. I think that anything over 6ft tall is a bit much. But this is going to vary for nearly everyone. I will say though, a dark haired Busty Superwoman, who matches Supermans height and costume style....(If Supermans height is around 5ft11) would be a cool concept....And if Lex cloned her from Supermans DNA to defeat Superman, Could be a great story

Jabbrwock wrote: The ideal height of a superwoman depends heavily on context. Is she passing as normal among mere mortals? That imposes certain restrictions. Is she a member of a super-powered alien race whose members are taller or shorter than normal humans on average? Other restrictions. This all leaves aside things that are purely a matter of personal taste.

Personally, I don't find height as such a major turn-on or turn-off. A woman drastically taller than her lover or romantic interest, however, is an issue, just because it brings to mind images for me that are more awkward and humorous than erotic. Thus, I prefer stories where the superwomen are within the bounds of normalcy as far as height goes. On the other hand, I've read and loved erotic stories about pixie/fairy sized women, and amazonian women 8 feet and up. As long as the height disparity isn't obvious enough to detract from the major reason I'm reading the story, I'm fine with it.

I've never read a giantess story I really liked, but that's because almost all of them end up being stories where the giantess is alone in her size and crushes everything around her, which isn't my thing.

• In "The Den" , I described the main character "as tall as the tallest main patron", while I wasn't very specific I imagined her being pretty much 6' and something. She would definitly stood out from a crowd, but that was meant to. The story was heavily inspired by R.E. Howard's Conan and - like Conan - the main character was meant to have a powerful presence that would immediatly focalize the attention on her. She doesn't look normal in any way, but she's not meant to.
• In "Closure Hour" on the other hand, Maggie is barely 5'5" and with a rather unimpressive look. The kind of girl that might be described as having a nice face, but that wouldn't make any head turn by simply walking around. I described the character like this because I wanted her to connect on a more normal level. She didn't have to stood out or have an inspiring presence. She is a normal girl with more normalish problems and I tried to gave her a look that reflected my idea.

Esteban wrote: Not being from any English-speaking country, I'd like to offer my external point of view. I don't know about the "different planet"-authors previous history and I think I had never even encountered the nickname on this board before. I don't even remember the name right now.
So as I read this post, for me it came across as rather friendly mockery. Of course, mockery is by definition disrespectful. But that doesn't mean that the mocking person means offense. For me it was like the "men are from mars, women are from venus" thing. A female friend of mine once talked about horses to which I couldn't relate, which she - with a wink - commented with "Oh right, sorry. You boys are all about football and cars".

I don't know if calling an American a "yank" is offensive, but I personally would never get the idea of being insulted by a statement that says that I (or the group that I belong to) lives on a different planet.
To me the author's statement simply said "Okay, shouldn't have brought this up, you guys probably have a completely different context.".

Esteban wrote: I don't know what the author meant by "woosh". Of course I also don't know if the author was pissed that nobody knew what he was talking about and was purposefully insulting.
Just: When reading the thread, I was surprised about the reactions. I guess I'd have locked it down too, but rather because of the course it took after the statement. A calm and objective discussion and exchange about view seemed to have become very difficult within the scope of the thread.

Esteban wrote: Also if nobody minds, I'll write my view on shadars images into the thread where they were posted. No offense, I just think that it doesn't belong here.