A CONVERSATION WITH HYPERION, GUARDIAN OF NATURE

 TRANSCRIPT

Abigail Jacqueline Jones — 26th January 2025, 13:15

I'm just about ready to go if you are!

Hyperion, Guardian of Nature — 26th January 2025, 13:15

okay i am!

Abigail Jacqueline Jones — 26th January 2025, 13:16

Okay then!

So just to run over some very basic admin first: our conversation will be conducted entirely over DMs -- I used to do them via Zoom, but it unfortunately takes me way too long to transcribe the conversations even with the help of Speech-to-Text for me to keep doing them that way, so that's why I now do them here. I usually budget for these research conversations to take approximately 2 hours, but that's not a hard limit and, within reason, I can go for as long as you are able to if there's a lot that you feel needs to be said to me throughout the course of things. As I may have mentioned, I like to keep these conversations as open and free-flowing as possible so I can better get a sense of your own individual relationship with size and your own identities/expressions etc., but will also send you through a very basic survey at some point to ask for any basic demographic info that does not come out through the course of us chatting tonight.

I do intend to record and archive the transcripts of all these research conversations with size community folks, including (with your consent) publishing them on my own website, archiving them with a major research institution here in London -- most likely the Wellcome Collection or the Bishopsgate Institute -- and publishing extracts from them in a book I will be writing towards the end of this project. Just so you're aware of that too.

So long as you're okay with all of that, we can begin!

Hyperion, Guardian of Nature — 26th January 2025, 13:17

Sounds good to me!

Abigail Jacqueline Jones — 26th January 2025, 13:18

Fantastic!

So, I usually start by asking the same question of everyone I interview, and then usually see where the conversation goes from there. It's a very broad and open question designed to get you talking, but you can answer as briefly or in as much length as you wish.

Can you tell me a little about your first experiences of discovering your particular affinity with size dynamics as an interest or a fantasy -- erotic or otherwise -- and about how you first came to learn that there was a community out there of people who shared these same interests, fantasies, and affinities with size?

Hyperion, Guardian of Nature — 26th January 2025, 13:19

Ehehe, so yeah that's gonna be a question with a very long answer but yeah, so I discovered the size fetish through googling "giantette" (sic) or "giant woman" after having the idea that content for this sort of thing might be out there after remembering this dopey kids movie called "Planet 51" which has an Attack of the 50 Foot Woman reference in it

After that I stumbled upon the Media Impact series of videos across various porn sites and absolutely loved them, despite their corniness and low production value. It was just kinda campy fun in my eyes as a teenager  but in retrospect they definitely aren't the pinnacle of size content in my eyes anymore

They also put a lot of burgeoning gender ideas in my mind

After looking at a few of these videos on the Wii U web browser (since I didn't have a computer at the time) I eventually got a phone and started looking at those videos on there instead

Then I eventually made a lurker size account on Twitter for a few years and then finally came out of my shell and started interacting with other people around late 2022 since I had seen so many people interacting and the like and wanted to start chatting with others about this weird fetish

I definitely quickly gravitated to the more queer side of things pretty quickly since I tended to find their content A) more interesting and B) almost more geniune (sic) if that makes sense?

Like I felt like there was a lot of love and passion coming from their work that I could relate to in a way

Anyways I definitely lean a lot towards the very classic style of rampaging fem, since that's kind of always been my interest

Abigail Jacqueline Jones — 26th January 2025, 13:28

I feel like I immediately want to explore the idea of campiness and irony based on what you've told me about Planet 51 (which you might have to elaborate upon, as while I've heard of the film I've never seen it) and the Media Impact films. Could you tell me why you appreciated the campiness of those pieces of media, and indeed anything else like them you encountered at the time, and how that has shaped your approach to size?

I also do feel it's worth mentioning that compared to a lot of my other interviewees, who report at least some attachment to size concepts in early childhood, your own relationship with them seems to have sprouted a little later into childhood and early adolescence. Would this be accurate to say?

Hyperion, Guardian of Nature — 26th January 2025, 13:35

I don't have much to say on Planet 51 to be honest, ehehe. It's a very quick 10 second gag more than anything. I do think that it does tie into generally why I find I'm into size, and I think its (sic) the idea of "misattribution of arousal" blooming into general arousal. Misattribution of arousal is the psychological idea that our body's reactions to scary situations and arousing situations are very similar. I used to be really scared of giant monsters rampaging around, disaster movies, and the idea of the end of the world (growing up in a childhood with the 2012 panic will do that to you), and eventually the idea of "what if I become the terror that I'm so scared of, and become so big that I can safeguard myself from harm?" popped up. Its why size is such a comfort to me. Plus I think certain episodes of certain kids shows also popped the idea into my mind that being big could be fun.

I think that size has always been at its best when there's a mix of three things, that I like to call the Pyramid of H's. I find size content can be divided into three distinct corners of a triangle graph, with each point being "Horniness", "Horror", and "Hilarity". I want to focus on that last one since I think there's an inherit (sic) sort of campiness to size, the same way there is for a lot of horror focused media, old B-horror movie camp almost, and I find that leaning into that vibe is just really fun. Being a giant that's joking to themselves as they decimate a city or they eat a group of people or something really scratches that sort of sardonic vibe that I really enjoy

Abigail Jacqueline Jones — 26th January 2025, 13:42

Do you think that humour is something of an untapped resource within the size community, or within sexuality in general? Was pursuing the "hilarity" angle something you decided upon very early on in your journey through discovering size, or was it something that emerged later?

I am also very curious about your approach to discovering the Media Impact films. As in recent years I started playing with the campiness of them in my performance art practice as a way of discussing agency within the parts of giantess kink space that are more dominated by cisgender, heterosexual men and their tastes. Where did you first come across them, and how did your attachment to "humour" within erotic content affect your impression of them?

Similarly, is there anything else the community has produced that has scratched that itch for hilarity? Intentionally or otherwise?

Hyperion, Guardian of Nature — 26th January 2025, 13:47

I think a lot of stuff that leans more into the "hilarity" angle leans on the more gentle stuff, like some of the fun shenanigans that can happen when you're living with someone who's only 5 inches tall (the bluesky user @lilegite.bsky.social does this REALLY really well), or just generally more silly stuff. I think the Bluesky user @sunnydlite.bsky.social really encapsulates this vibe really well with some fun scenarios like the characters Fallin and Marcille from Dungeon Meshi growing huge and Fallin being very relaxed and Marcille being much more panicked, or with some of their OCs growing to planetary size, with one talking about how gravitational force works and the other exclaiming how their ass is like Super Mario Galaxy. I definitely think there's some untapped potential here for some more goofy or fun scenarios, but I definitely think that's more in my taste than anything.

I think Media Impact films were some of the first size content videos that I came across that really scratched that itch for good destructive giantess content, even if they're just breaking model houses and cheap styrofoam buildings (I know my autistic ass could not break those without going into sensory overload). I found them on a lot of sites like Pornhub and XVideos and the like and I couldn't get enough of them. I think I really liked the playful teasing vibe that some of the actresses gave off. I honestly found it very relatable since I tend to be like that in real life. To be real, my sona is essentially a more fleshed out evolved version from the typical molds you would see from those eras of videos (giant beautiful woman who are scantily clad in bikinis and have no chance of being stopped).  I would like to think that my design is somewhat unique though ehehe

Abigail Jacqueline Jones — 26th January 2025, 13:52

Can we talk about some of your OCs? I've been going back through your own Bluesky posts as we've been sat here talking (I would have done this beforehand, but show rehearsals have kinda taken over my life recently!) but I'd like to hear you introduce and talk about them yourself a bit.

Hyperion, Guardian of Nature — 26th January 2025, 13:53

No that's totally okay!

I'd love to see one of your performances someday btw they sound awesome

So yeah, my sona is Hyperion, the Guardian of Nature! Speaking to what I was talking about earlier, they're built from that "giantess in a bikini" mold, but have some unique perks! Their top pieces are made from trees and bushes to emphasize their sheer size, and their bottom piece is a very classic giant skirt made of leather or more pieces of foliage. Hyperion has always been the planet's guardian who is essentially a giant ecoterrorist who fights for climate change, and the stop to pollution and deforestation at the hands of greedy corporations and CEOs. They're very much inspired by the messaging of the original 1954 Godzilla film and especially the giant monsters known as the "Weapons" from Final Fantasy 7

Hyperion has always given me the chance to live out my dream of being someone who can put an end to the climate crisis and stick it to the 1% despite being somewhat silly and a queer autistic person.

Abigail Jacqueline Jones — 26th January 2025, 13:58

Okay, so there's a lot we could discuss based on just that description alone! But I do want to start off with a really simple question: how familiar (if at all) are you with the concept of "ecosexuality"?

Hyperion, Guardian of Nature — 26th January 2025, 13:59

I am not familiar actually! :0

Abigail Jacqueline Jones — 26th January 2025, 13:59

Ooh!

I think it would be really worth you looking into. Ecosexuality is basically premised on the idea of reframing humanity's relationship with the Earth as "Lover," and using sexuality and eroticism to engage in environmental activism and discourse. I would definitely look into it, and while you're at it, look up Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens too. They're a couple of queer artists who have basically spearheaded modern ecosexuality, and their work is absolutely hilarious and sexy and subversive.

Hyperion, Guardian of Nature — 26th January 2025, 14:03

Oh that sounds awesome! I'll definitely consider that, I really like that idea a lot, and I think it applies to me a lot too

Abigail Jacqueline Jones — 26th January 2025, 14:09

I really am interested in your own approach to sexuality as a form of fictional activism and ecoterrorism, though. I'd like to return this, too, to the idea of reclaiming fear that you brought up in one of your earlier responses. When did this idea of reclaiming the fear you derived from disaster movies start to morph into using sexuality as a form of realising the dream of destroying power structures?

I also think it is worth mentioning how many disaster movies are predicated on some form of climate change. (I think about things like The Day After Tomorrow, and even the end of AI: Artificial Intelligence with its flooded, abandoned future Manhattan when I say this, but I'm sure there are more contemporary examples.) Would you be able to talk in more detail about how you did reclaim that fear of climate disaster, and to what extent the politics of the environment and nature conservation has informed what appears to be a very light-hearted, fun persona?

Hyperion, Guardian of Nature — 26th January 2025, 14:14

I think that the reclamation of the fear of the end of the world came pretty much hand and hand with the idea of growth and size and the idea came pretty naturally to me once I started to meld myself into the size community more. I could use the fantasy of being this massive horrifying monster as an outlet for these feelings of hopeless (sic) that I can sometimes fall into. I find its not only healthy to get these feelings out that way, but its (sic) pretty fun!

I think that the current state of climate politics informs the idea that working within the current systems, while the best potential route we have at the moment with what's in place at the moment, I think the idea of tearing down the current systems and making way for a much more natural symbiotic relationship with nature and humanity rather than one where humanity is taking advantage of nature is the ideal end goal (at least the symbiosis part ehehe). Using the guise of an invincible sexy enby to spread this idea has been awesome and has informed a lot of my personality and my desire to destroy some of the biggest pollutive cities on the planet (though some of my sona's rivals like Kalloni (@kalloni.bsky.social) and Lillie (@bigolrobogal.bsky.social) don't seem to get that... I feel very much like Poison Ivy sometimes in that sense... :P)

also ive been loving this so far this has been super fun!

Abigail Jacqueline Jones — 26th January 2025, 14:21

I should send you a couple of my more recent performance scripts at some point. The idea of being a giantess who destroys tiny systems rather than tiny men, and who destroys cities as a form of pleasure activism, is a big part of my persona too.

When it comes to queerness and gender too, how has size informed your relationship with these two facets of identity and expression? You mentioned right at the top that beginning to lurk in size spaces and discovering the Media Impact films "put a lot of burgeoning gender ideas in your mind," and that you quickly drifted towards seeking queer creators and communities within size space due to feeling their expression was more genuine. Would you be able to talk about how the development of your size interests and your queerness intersected, and how they continue to do so?

Hyperion, Guardian of Nature — 26th January 2025, 14:29

Hyperion was created at a time when I felt very strongly that I was a trans woman, though nowadays I identify as a they/them non-binary. They were the ultimate form of expressing who I wanted to be, this giant empowered being who was extremely confident in what they could do and felt untouchable, while being unabashedly hedonistic and full of themselves. Since then, I've evolved much more into my own person as I've gone from late adolescence to early adulthood  and its been fun growing  (pun not entirely intended) alongside my sona to get more towards that point, even if it doesn't exactly look the same as what they do! I've gotten a lot more confident in my queer identity and myself in general, especially since I've sought out community spaces more where I can express myself freely.

In terms of my tastes and interests, I think I've gone from someone who purely enjoyed destruction movie stuff to a lot more typically romantic things, like giant queer couples or mixed size queer couples, or more queer presenting giants. Though I think what's changed the most is my openness to novel and interesting experiences in the size community. Its a fittingly large space with a lot of interests and I think being able to explore that and see the full depth of it with eyes that don't judge has really helped me be more confident expressing who I am proudly, since I know there are so many people with diverse experiences and tastes out there. As I meet more people, get more commissions with them, and continue to talk about what I love with other horny queer size people, I feel like I am less alone and that I can proudly be a giant guardian who smashes cities without feeling ashamed of that being a part of my larger identity

Abigail Jacqueline Jones — 26th January 2025, 14:32

What was it that originally drew you to destruction? Has it really remained as big an interest to you erotically as it has as a facet of your persona's sense of humour and irony, or was it a case of destruction being the first, or one of the only, expressions of size-as-kink you came across when you first started to explore things?

Hyperion, Guardian of Nature — 26th January 2025, 14:37

Its (sic) pretty much my main size interest. I think destruction and humour go hand in hand, since its (sic) this offset of this absolutely horrific display of power that really augments the severity of it due to the severe lack of care or empathy being displayed. I think it’s really the element of power and the lack of compassion that I'm really drawn to in terms of destruction. I'm a very compassionate and caring person in real life (or at least I try to be, at the very least I don't crush apartments and hospitals for fun in real life), so using destruction as this hedonistic, self-gratifying outlet is really empowering for me. Tying in elements of my real, joking personality into that space where you're a kaiju doing whatever you want grounds the situation in reality a bit more for me in a way that makes me feel empowered, that I can still be myself in some way when I enact these fantasies instead of being detached from them when I was just starting to watch Media Impact videos and just imagine the women there doing all of that. I can be the destructive force of nature, and I can be this confident all-powerful being that doesn't have to answer to authority or anyone for that matter. The world is my playground in my fantasies, and that fantasy lets me be more happy with who I am, since I can explore my love for humor and my sick and twisted desire to be a giant monster hand in hand.

Sorry if that was too much ehehe

Abigail Jacqueline Jones — 26th January 2025, 14:42

I think that there's a lot of my persona, Nancy, in that response honestly. Though I do sometimes like to call out the moral reality of destruction and the feelings of hopelessness that developing a giant persona can derive from.

You have mentioned being autistic a couple times already too (which, snap, by the way!). Do you think that your autism has affected your interests in size, or vice versa? In what ways might this have been the case?

Hyperion, Guardian of Nature — 26th January 2025, 14:43

For sure for sure. I think there's a lot that can be mined from the psychology of destructive giants, and one of my enby friends McDead writes a lot about that. Its what drew me to your work tbh

I would say that autism has DEFINITELY impacted my views on size and I would say that, while queerness is definitely one of the primary lenses that I see through size, autism is definitely my absolute primary lens, both in size and in real life. I think less-so in terms of interests directly within what my specific tastes as a giant are, but moreso (sic) in terms of finding my way in the community of the size space. A massive amount of people in the size space are neurodivergent, likely due to the abstraction of what societal rules for what sexual experiences (and experiences in general for that matter) can be, and chatting with people about their autistic experiences, and how that co-incides (sic) with their size experience has been massively rewarding for myself as someone who is absolutely a disability activist. Many autistic people who are in the size space tend to have size as one of their hyperfixations and we can enjoy passionately talking about what we enjoy from the fetish in nice, comfortable communal spaces. Its been really fun making and finding these queer and autism focused size spaces as opposed to the more general cishet male focused ones you tend to see reflected in Media Impact videos for example, or public forums and I would say its been the most rewarding part of being in the size community for me.

Abigail Jacqueline Jones — 26th January 2025, 14:49

Very quickly, would you be able to touch upon your use of the word "fetish" to describe your affinity with size? I really want to talk about the idea of disability activism too, but I am always curious to examine the lexical lens through which people view the size community and their attachment to it.

Hyperion, Guardian of Nature — 26th January 2025, 14:51

Oof thats (sic) a tough one. I suppose I mostly use it out of reflex since that's what it's typically referred to as, and I suppose it still highlights some anxieties I have with being perceived as a pervert and the like

Abigail Jacqueline Jones — 26th January 2025, 14:54

Just so you know, there's no judgment there for using the word "fetish." I was just curious!

Would you then be able to talk about yourself as a disability activist and your approach to activism in that sense, whether inside or outside size space? Has disability informed the development of your persona at all, in comparison to the way it has affected your approach to community-building in size space?

Hyperion, Guardian of Nature — 26th January 2025, 15:01

So yeah, I've been a disability activist for most of my life. I've self-disclosed my identity for a long time, and I've written a few pieces on aspects of the disability in my own spare time. Part of that has also been being more true to my own experiences instead of masking and that's also played into being more confident in my tastes in the size space. I've always had a desire for wanting to build good communities for marginalized people since I've felt a fear of being "othered" for most of my life, due to my sexual, queer, and autistic identity, and creating safe spaces where people can be with others like them is really important to me. Creating these communities of care is one of my biggest desires in life, and I suppose it reflects in Hyperion's Sacred Grove, where they keep all of their tiny friends and their big friends come to visit. A nice tranquil place in the forest with running water has always been my happy place that I go to when I'm feeling stressed, and now its taken the shape of my sona's home

Abigail Jacqueline Jones — 26th January 2025, 15:04

You've talked a little about subverting various "giantess" tropes throughout the time we've been talking, and you previously mentioned how that ties into your queerness. First of all, would you have anything more to say about subverting tropes in size space, and second of all, would you consider what you have done in creating these "communities of care" another facet of this subversion? If so, in what way?

Hyperion, Guardian of Nature — 26th January 2025, 15:11

I think its just fun to twist and have fun with tried and true tropes within size spaces, and I really enjoy doing these sorts of things. They keep me engaged with the larger size space and I really enjoy the idea of making things seem deeper or more interesting than they might seem on the surface. Size might seem like a simple power fetish on the surface but I think there's a lot of depth and complexity to it that I like to think about and explore. I think that this feeling of "othering" based on both my queer and disability experience also feeds into this idea, I like feeling unique despite still enjoying and being a part of typical size tropes.

I'm not like those other giantesses, I'm non binary with pink hair and I'm awesome. /joking

I think communities of care are also very subversive of the size space in my opinion, especially with the power dynamic deferential between those who play the roles of the macros and those who play the roles of the micros. Though there's exceptions within the gentle spaces, I don't feel like there's a lot of compassionate communities within the general broader ideas presented in most size stories or scenarios. That being said, I think that tightly knit kind communities are very important to have and keep in any space where the main group are those who feel "othered"- I believe that it builds a strong sense of solidarity and helps people who might feel alone or otherwise isolated from their peers be much more confident being who they are and enjoying the size fetish at large. Its (sic) really fun being able to talk and interact with so many likeminded people, and its really helped with my own development as a person

Abigail Jacqueline Jones — 26th January 2025, 15:15

I was going to ask you if you could send me another invite link to your Discord server at some point — as I was interested in joining when you sent it but just didn't have the energy to commit to participating at the time — but I would like to know what prompted you to initially set it up, and when this happened.

Hyperion, Guardian of Nature — 26th January 2025, 15:15

I can do that after the interview!

I think I initially had it set up as a follower milestone, but I think I came to the realization that I could have it as a private space where I can talk about my interests with likeminded queer/neurodivergent sizey people, and while I had joined and made my home in some other similar communal size servers, I wanted to make a space that could be all my own that I could feel safe and comfortable in. Though I typically am very picky and choosey with who I tend to invite, the people who I have in there now are some of my best friends now and I'm not ashamed to admit that despite the fact that at some point I might have been more sheepish of that fact

Abigail Jacqueline Jones — 26th January 2025, 15:21

Did you get cut off at the end of that last response?

Hyperion, Guardian of Nature — 26th January 2025, 15:21

Oh no that’s the end!

Abigail Jacqueline Jones — 26th January 2025, 15:21

Ah!

I should mention that we have been speaking for a little over two hours at this point. I think I probably have one or two more questions to ask before I ask my traditional final question and start wrapping things up with concluding admin -- though if after we end, you have more you want to say, or I think of any other random things I feel like I should have probably asked but forgot to in the moment, we can of course just DM each other in future.

I wanted to return to the idea of compassion being a rarity within some size scenarios. Why do you think this has been your perception?

Hyperion, Guardian of Nature — 26th January 2025, 15:26

Nah I feel like I can keep going!

I think that there’s a lack of compassion simply due to the nature of a lot of size scenarios being based on cruelty or disregard. I definitely think this is much, much more common in cishet spaces. Queer spaces I find tend to emphasize setting boundaries and understanding tastes a lot more, and I gravitate towards those types of spaces more because I have had a lot of experiences where people have not established boundaries and I felt obligated to play along with their scenarios rather than actually enjoy and participate in them

I think at the end of the day some people have a harder time separating the scenario from the reality and having good compassionate relationships with the people they do size scenarios with

Though again, that’s my own perception

Abigail Jacqueline Jones — 26th January 2025, 15:31

Do you think that the cruelty or disregard has anything to do with the way cisgender, heterosexual relationships are culturally experienced or perceived more generally?

Hyperion, Guardian of Nature — 26th January 2025, 15:35

I think it definitely influences it somewhat. A lot of size is based on power differentials and how those can be abused, but I do think that the general perception of size as a “power reversal” kink definitely has a lot of influences on that and I think that this disregard for boundaries leads to, ironically, tiny people asking giant women (or people who present fem like myself), either directly or indirectly to do their demeaning act of choice, whether that being stepped on, being crushed by some lewd body part, or in some of the uncomfortable cases I’ve had, being asked to be farted on or blowing concentrated air on them

There’s still this demand for women or fem presenting people to be subservient even in places where the power difference is supposed to be vast and I find that funny in some sort of sad way

Abigail Jacqueline Jones — 26th January 2025, 15:38

I know you've already mentioned the names and handles of several community artists already here, but would you be able to tell me a bit about some of the writers and artists within the community whose work you really appreciate?

Hyperion, Guardian of Nature — 26th January 2025, 15:39

Moss (@mossymousey.bsky.social), Bea (@beaeverything@bsky.social), and Anita (@anitadreamer.bsky.social) are some of my best friends in the world and I treasure them dearly. They’re all amazing artists

Tinazilla (@catbeecalamity.bsky.social) and Mave (@occultistmave.bsky.social) are amazing inspirational gal pals

And lastly, McDead (@mcdead11.bsky.social) and Lillie (@bigolrobogal.bsky.social) are some of the most underrated writers on the platform and both do amazing writing work

That’s about it I think!

Abigail Jacqueline Jones — 26th January 2025, 15:45

I definitely want to look into McDead after what you mentioned about them tapping into the psychology of size earlier in their work. But I'm not massively familiar with any of the names you've given me, so it's always nice to have new ones to explore!

Hyperion, Guardian of Nature — 26th January 2025, 15:45

Yeah!

I think you’d love chatting with them in particular

Abigail Jacqueline Jones — 26th January 2025, 15:45

Very quickly, have you ever been to any of the IRL or virtual conventions/meet-ups? Like SizeCon or the SFW GtCon?

Hyperion, Guardian of Nature — 26th January 2025, 15:46

Heh. I’ve wanted to honestly but truth be told I haven’t really had the chance yet

I need to go to the virtual events though

I’d love to go to the irl events don’t get me wrong they just make me a bit nervous ehehe

[Hyperion posts an invite to their Discord server, Sacred Nature Grove.]

Also here’s the server link!

Abigail Jacqueline Jones — 26th January 2025, 15:47

Thank you for that!

So at this point, to wrap things up I traditionally like to end these interviews by asking my participants what I call the "soapbox question."

Is there anything we haven't spoken about so far that you believe needs to be mentioned or discussed if we are to truly, comprehensively understand your relationship with size and its intersections with other parts of your identity? Or are there any observations you would like to make about the community that you haven't touched on yet?

If there's anything you want to elaborate on that we have spoken about so far too, please feel free!

Hyperion, Guardian of Nature — 26th January 2025, 15:48

Getting up on the soap factory and hoping it can withstand my weight

I think that being able to fantasize about being big has been amazing and being able to be a (somewhat) big figure in the community has been lovely. I do think that there are two things I’d love to say:

1) I think people need to understand that there’s so much size stuff out there and people need to be okay with that, even if it’s not to their taste. I’ve seen so many people hate elements of size vehemently and I think having that understanding of different people’s tastes and not getting up in arms about it is really important towards making the size community a nice, safe space to be

2) for the love of god, SET BOUNDARIES WITH PEOPLE. This should not be hard but omg especially in queer and autistic spaces please be kind to your fellow macros and micros!! Ask them their tastes before you ask them to step barefoot on camera or send them recordings of you blowing concentrated air into the mic!

Also if you’d like some art of Hyperion for the website/book I can provide you with some!

Abigail Jacqueline Jones — 26th January 2025, 15:51

Ooh, that would be really useful!

The book is still some years away (I plan to start loosely working on it this year and work on it properly through 2026, maybe into 2027) but yes, all the material I can get!

Just to cap off with another little bit of admin, before I go: I'll be sending round a short survey to all my participants after I'm back from SizeCon just for some really quick demographic data, and a consent form to hand to the institution I'll be archiving the transcripts with. Just to reassure you: you will not have to put your real name to the consent form if you don't want to. You can just sign it with "Hyperion" if you want to -- so long as it's clear you've consented to the transcript being archived in a fully informed manner, that will be fine.

But anyway, thank you for participating in this research project, and hopefully we'll speak again soon!

Hyperion, Guardian of Nature — 26th January 2025, 15:53

Okay sounds good!

Also feel free to join the server whenever!

Abigail Jacqueline Jones — 26th January 2025, 15:54

Thanks! And thank you again for speaking!

Hyperion, Guardian of Nature — 26th January 2025, 15:55

Art done by Tina, McDead, Moss, and Bea respectively!

[Hyperion posted four digital artworks, each by one of the size community artists mentioned above. Each artwork can be viewed in the Appendix to this interview transcript below.]

also have fun at sizecon and thank you so much for interviewing me, this was super fun ;v;

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