It's funny; in a story I've been working on for... entirely too long, now, there's a fairy/pixie character with whom many of these highlighted issues are pertinent to her story. Her wings are damaged, so she's forced to rely on the "biggers" to get around until they heal properly (and she'd be as good as dead otherwise). She has the protagonist sleep on the floor rather than share a bed because she's afraid he'll roll over on her and crush her in his sleep (and she thinks it's demeaning that she would have to sleep on the bedside table). She's also the first to suggest running away at any given moment since someone of her size learns quick that most conflicts aren't worth fighting (though I wouldn't call her shy by any stretch of the imagination). She's not a romantic interest but... let's just say the "size" conversation does come up during a candid moment of baseless speculation. They just make for such delightful characters. In this story, humans and fairies are genetically incompatible, so there's no talk of off-spring, but that does raise... interesting possibilities of how a conventionally-sized child might behave if their mother was only a foot tall and completely incapable of handling them - "You cannot count on your child having a caring gentle nature" is an unfortunately apropos line. I also never gave any thought to how easy it would be to have a fairy side-piece... unethical, sure, but also clever. I'm left with much to ponder and many ideas for tales I'm not sure Substack is fit for.
That being said, I look forward to further installments in this series. It seems that you're setting up some larger world-building that I'm curious to see develop more. I especially like that none of it is intrusive - one of the biggest issues I often see in many fantasy, short and long, is an obsessive need for author's to front-load exposition and world-building instead of either drip-feeding it slowly throughout or just - and here's a novel concept - trusting the reader will infer things naturally.
Small size and flight is one of the strongest combinations for a being well disposed to flaking out on everyone when things go belly up.
One of the potential dynamics of a pixie human relationship even in a setting where crossbreeding is impossible is that of an infertile couple, along with all the strains that those have.
Offspring of these odd unions in a setting where crossbreeds are possible is a trove of possibilities. Of course the alienation that real world human mixes so often feel would be more severe in a fantastic mix where the blending would create a starker difference. A half-dwarf half-elf could only hope to pass for a human half and live stranger among humans, but if he had a slender elven lower half and burly dwarven upper, such as that would bar even that path, a lonely adventurer or sulking sorcerer could be his fate.
As for suitability, while sometimes the difficulty of writing may increase oppressively, there's never a case where the explicit cannot be made into at least the suggestive if not 'pg'.
This teller shall endeavour to live up to the promise of the series.
Truthfully this teller enjoys a good lore dump, but Just as Ronova is indiscriminate in his love of females of all forms, this teller has met few forms of telling a story he didn't like.
It's funny; in a story I've been working on for... entirely too long, now, there's a fairy/pixie character with whom many of these highlighted issues are pertinent to her story. Her wings are damaged, so she's forced to rely on the "biggers" to get around until they heal properly (and she'd be as good as dead otherwise). She has the protagonist sleep on the floor rather than share a bed because she's afraid he'll roll over on her and crush her in his sleep (and she thinks it's demeaning that she would have to sleep on the bedside table). She's also the first to suggest running away at any given moment since someone of her size learns quick that most conflicts aren't worth fighting (though I wouldn't call her shy by any stretch of the imagination). She's not a romantic interest but... let's just say the "size" conversation does come up during a candid moment of baseless speculation. They just make for such delightful characters. In this story, humans and fairies are genetically incompatible, so there's no talk of off-spring, but that does raise... interesting possibilities of how a conventionally-sized child might behave if their mother was only a foot tall and completely incapable of handling them - "You cannot count on your child having a caring gentle nature" is an unfortunately apropos line. I also never gave any thought to how easy it would be to have a fairy side-piece... unethical, sure, but also clever. I'm left with much to ponder and many ideas for tales I'm not sure Substack is fit for.
That being said, I look forward to further installments in this series. It seems that you're setting up some larger world-building that I'm curious to see develop more. I especially like that none of it is intrusive - one of the biggest issues I often see in many fantasy, short and long, is an obsessive need for author's to front-load exposition and world-building instead of either drip-feeding it slowly throughout or just - and here's a novel concept - trusting the reader will infer things naturally.
Gratified that it stirs your juices.
Small size and flight is one of the strongest combinations for a being well disposed to flaking out on everyone when things go belly up.
One of the potential dynamics of a pixie human relationship even in a setting where crossbreeding is impossible is that of an infertile couple, along with all the strains that those have.
Offspring of these odd unions in a setting where crossbreeds are possible is a trove of possibilities. Of course the alienation that real world human mixes so often feel would be more severe in a fantastic mix where the blending would create a starker difference. A half-dwarf half-elf could only hope to pass for a human half and live stranger among humans, but if he had a slender elven lower half and burly dwarven upper, such as that would bar even that path, a lonely adventurer or sulking sorcerer could be his fate.
As for suitability, while sometimes the difficulty of writing may increase oppressively, there's never a case where the explicit cannot be made into at least the suggestive if not 'pg'.
This teller shall endeavour to live up to the promise of the series.
Truthfully this teller enjoys a good lore dump, but Just as Ronova is indiscriminate in his love of females of all forms, this teller has met few forms of telling a story he didn't like.