Ryan Naughton (a.k.a. ryantherebel) is an amateur author originally focused on gentle/heroic giantess stories, but he recently branched into giant couple stories. He has been sharing those stories with the public since at least early June 2006 when as a teenager he posted the short tale “New World, New Friend” at DeviantArt. Ryan also participated in several of Aborigen’s gentle-themed Size Riot quarterly writing contests from 2017 until 2020. Ryan’s latest work, “Regrowing The Relationship,” featured a married couple who rekindled the spark in their relationship by growing huge and having fun with a new lover! Folks can follow Ryan on Bluesky, read over 50 of his stories at DeviantArt, and enjoy several collated stories at Giantess World.
#1) Can you tell readers a little about yourself?
Well, my real name is Ryan Naughton. I’m 37 years of old as of this writing, currently living in Philadelphia with my parents. I have a decent paying part time job and I have been part of the size community since I was teenager.
#2) How did you first become interested in size-fetish media?
Growing up in the 1990s I was exposed to what one would call “the usual suspects.” The Disney version of Alice in Wonderland, reruns of the Hanna-Barbera’s Challenge of the Superfriends and the Dexter’s Laboratory episode the Big Sister on Cartoon Network. Eventually that lead to me getting exposed to both versions of Attack of the 50 ft Woman as well as Village of the Giants and 30 ft Bride of Candy Rock.
But one work I’d like to highlight is a children’s book that was promoted on a not very well-known PBS show called Kino’s Storytime. The book is called “Swamp Angel” by Anne Isaacs. It was a sort of feminist take on Paul Bunyan in which a giant young woman battles a giant grizzly bear. It’s full of beautiful illustrations by Paul O. Zelinsky that show the title character doing all sorts of larger-than-life feats and when you combine that with a love of Japanese Monster movies you can how that would leave an impression on me.
#3) When did you discover the size community? Have you attended SizeCon or met another size fantasy fan in person?
I became aware there was a community around 1999 or so and would go looking at various websites that drawings or collages of giant women behind my parents back. I started interacting with the community in earnest around 2004 when I joined the Giantess City, the GTS Depot Forum, and The Process Forum.
The latter two are no longer around, and I lament the loss of GTS Depot the most. I know it had reputation for being snobbish and being little too eager to ban users who broke rules, but when I started trying to write, it was the only place I got solid feedback from and I didn’t appreciate it at the time.
I got into arguments whenever I got criticism for my work, and I look back at that and am embarrassed about what I was initially so defensive about. As much as I wanted to know if I was doing anything right with my writing, it helped me grow as a creative. I don’t get that with GiantessCity or Deviantart for the most part.
The only other time that happened was when participating in the SizeRiot contests, and while the feedback wasn’t as extensive, hearing complements about my work was nice. Even if I wasn’t too keen on a couple of things I wrote for the contest.
I’ve never been to SizeCon, but I wish I could. I feel like if the Con ever came to Philly, it would fit right in. I would love to talk to other writers, workshop ideas and hang out with like-minded individuals.
The only interaction I have had with a community member was with an individual who went by the moniker “yodaman” on GTS Depot and GiantessCity. We met up at a New York City comic book shop and just chatted for a bit.
It was a nice experience talking in person with someone I only really knew online relatively speaking.
#4) How would you describe your stories?
They vary but I always write stories where the giantess is a good guy/hero. I feel that heroic giantesses tend to have richer characterization. I know there are exceptions but to me someone like DC’s Elasti-Girl or Marvel’s Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel are more interesting characters than say Giganta who let’s be honest here and once again there are exceptions, but she is mostly used for dumb muscle and fan service.
I’m pretty sure I pissed off a good chunk of the community by saying all that, but I digress.
When I started writing I was honestly angry at how evil and cruel giantesses seemed to be the default of a lot of stories. There were exceptions like the Rowena stories of Eric Lindberg, but I wanted to really push against it. The story that resulted from the urge was called Scapegoat.
It was my attempt at creating a fantasy world of my creation that was hodgepodge of steampunk, spaghetti westerns, the John Milius version of Conan the Barbarian and was a gentle giantess story that was trying to be confrontational about the violence that happened in the story.
It also began fondness for juxtaposing a heroic warm hearted giant woman by having them be teamed up with or fighting against classic gun wielding tough guy archetypes.
I wrote four sequels to Scapegoat (one of which was a collaboration with the aforementioned Eric Lindberg aka Pixis) and a superhero story called Old School. I have not gone back to read them in sometime largely because frankly I just know I’m going to see all my mistakes in storytelling, spelling or otherwise and get embarrassed that I was ever defensive of them. The fact that I still struggle with spelling and grammar is a source of great frustration to me.
I feel that the SizeRiot contests really helped me make better work. The shortness of the stories and the pressure of a deadline helped me mature as a writer. I’m particularly proud the last story The Little Experiments which climaxes with a giant bikini babe destroying a Neo-Nazi stronghold. Something I think everyone can get behind.
I’ve started to branch out into Giant Couple stories as well. After reading several works by writers such as yourself, Amber Collins and others I found those kinds of stories rather cathartic. I feel like after years of horror stories about male celebrities being horrible to women the image of a giant woman and a giant man in a loving consenting sexual relationship is something I needed. It’s a symbol of how we can be better, at least to me.
My big weakness, however, is that I’m not a very good planner. I never do outlines and when try to make them I never finish them. My ideas tend to get really elaborate. Too elaborate honestly. What can start was simple riff on the 50 ft woman will suddenly take a turn into existential cosmic horror or turn into elaborate conspiracy thriller with arcane secret societies. It’s a wonder I’ve managed to finish any of the stories I have written.
#5) What are a few of your favorite artworks or stories from other creators? I know this is a difficult question and your answer, like everyone else’s, can change over time. Nonetheless, I include this because it serves as awesome feedback when people read that others like their work.
One of the advantages of being in this community is seeing it evolve, and there are a diverse number of creators doing great things with this fetish.
On the writing side, you yourself have written some great stuff. I’m particularly fond the Story of the Cheerleaders and the Waterboy, Dr. Hehant’s Breakthrough, and Sex God vs the HOA have influenced my most recent work.
There are also writers like GrowthMage, TheMaskedFeather, Tim Ursaminor who’ve written great work, but have been silent for the past couple years or so. I’m also a fan of Sabrina Pandora’s Giant Girl Adventures and it’s great to see that she’s still working on that webcomic.
Rob Classact is still doing interesting stuff and I’m keeping an eye on the likes of EuphoricalGTS and Katie Slogro.
Artists like Spekk, Spunkbug, ZeroHour99, Heightart, Chibi Biscuit, justaBlenderUsername and Just-Add-Water99 all do wonderful work that I love. Their drawings all strike a great balance between sexiness and sweetness, yet they each have their own distinct style.
But if we want to talk about the best stuff being done in the size community today, they don’t come any better than Love thru Poke and her comic A Great Knight. In many ways it’s tackling the same themes I tried to tackle when I wrote Scapegoat, and she is doing a much better job of it. The art is beautiful, and her characters are vivid in a way that you don’t see a lot with giantess themed comics.
#6) Are there any upcoming projects that you would like to mention?
I have so many story ideas I have not fully acted on yet, but I’ll go over a few that I want to get off the ground one day.
The first can be described as a Village of the Giants scenario except the giants are the good guys and the cast of characters is more diverse. I have never gotten further outside the initial premise, but I yearn to make it a reality one day.
I’ve also been pondering another Superhero giantess story that deals with my feelings about where the Superhero genre is right now, as well as my general disillusionment with geek culture. But I don’t think I’m ready to get that heavy yet.
I’ve tried to write another giant couple story called The Atomic Lovers in which a male and female scientist test anti-radiation serum on themselves that cause them to grow large when exposed to said radiation and a whole bunch 1950s cold era hijinks ensue. I’ve had a number of false starts with that story, but the premise is way too fun to give up on.
I was going to work on a story about a couple of college lovers who end growing larger and try to escape the confines of their school before they wreck it, but the passing of Dolly Parton has had me thinking up another story that would’ve fit into her film persona. I’m leaning on that story being a neo-western with giantess lead. Going back to fixation of pairing giant women with gun tooting tough guys.
As one can clearly tell, my writing process isn’t very efficient, and I yearn for collaboration and feedback some days, but I keep at it. I just keep on throwing stuff at the wall and every once in a while, something sticks.
Thank you for doing this interview!
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