An Introduction To G/t
Hello! I’ve seen some people be pretty confused about what g/t is and a lot of gross miscommunication regarding it at times, so I figured I should make a post to clear things up and explain it for anyone who just randomly stumbled across it!
G/t is short for Giant/tiny, and is a term for any sort of character dynamic revolving around the idea of two characters with different sizes interacting. For example, The Borrowers or the Lilliput section of Gulliver’s Travels.
The appeal is mainly that it’s cute. Having a tiny friend standing on your shoulder or riding in your pocket just plain sounds cute, so it’s something we focus on in the content we write or draw.
At the same time, some people (myself included) look at it as a way to cope with things. I like the idea of being able to hold someone small and keep them safe because in reality, I often feel like I can’t protect the people I care about and I want to be able to do more for them. I focus on this idea because it just feels comforting, imagining being able to carry my friends around, keep them safe, scare off anyone who wants to hurt them… it’s vicarious, but in a way it’s calming, imagining being able to help someone like that.
Most people who view it as a coping mechanism generally have a reversed perspective, wishing they had someone there to protect them and carry them above any danger.
I’m assuming you’ve probably seen people fetishizing the same concept, and yes, some people have a more sexual perspective of g/t. We call that macro/micro, short for macrophilia/microphilia, and generally consider it to be somewhat distanced from g/t. One’s a character dynamic, the other’s a kink.
Unfortunately, some sites haven’t exactly gotten the memo about this, so on some you’ll still see macro/micro content being tagged as g/t. Tumblr seems to be the main site that sticks to the rule of “#g/t for SFW, #macro/micro for NSFW”, so in my experience it’s been the best for finding good g/t content.
You can look through my posts if you want a better idea of what g/t is, and feel free to ask me if you have any questions about it!
