Shrinking

This article is about the kink/fetish concerning a relationship between two (or more) people, at least one of whom has been shrunk down to a smaller size by some means.
==Prevalence in fandom==
While certainly an obscure fetish, it is by any means a valid one, and most commonly seen in fics set in a fantasy universe, where the concept of shrinking is actually possible. Outside of fantasy setting, storylines can be twisted so a character somehow receives a means of shrinking things, such as creating a shrink ray, being given some mystical item that shrinks the bearer, etc. 
Conversely, there is also a Giant/Giantess fetish, which involves a similar scenario, but it involves a character having grown in size rather than shrinking.
==Fandoms that have feasible access to shrinking==
*Despicable Me -- The main character Gru steals a shrink ray from a high tech Japanese weapons facility, so this can be manipulated easily.
*Enid Blyton -- A few of the books in this series, ones concerning the Magic Wishing Chair in particular, have used the concept of shrinking.
*Final Fantasy -- A few of the games in the series - VII and IX most prominently - have access to shrinking spells, which can be used by any magic wielder.
*Gulliver's Travels -- This story famously involved many characters of different size, making relationships between them possible, or even easy.
*Gravity Falls
*Supernatural
==What's the appeal?==
It's uncertain exactly what draws people to the shrinking fetish. Perhaps it's one of the several subgenres that become enhanced by the size difference, or perhaps the mechanics of a sustained relationship, i.e. Substituting a finger for an arm due to the proportional difference in size.
===Subgenres that benefit from Shrinking===
*Vorarephilia
*Foot fetishes
*Watersports/Omorashi
*Crushing fetishes
*Insertion
*Unbirthing
*Many varieties of BDSM
==Pairings==
Pairings in the Shrinking or Giant/Giantess fetish often involve a capital letter (examples; F/f, Mf/m) to signify who the larger and smaller members are of the relationship.
==Terminology==
*GT: Giant
*GTS: Giantess
*SM: Small (Shrunken) Man
*SW: Small (Shrunken) Woman
*Mini Giant(ess): Scale of size referring to someone between 15 and 50 feet in height.
*Mega Giant(ess): Scale of size referring to someone who has exceeded 100 feet in height, but remains less than 500 feet tall.
*Brobdingnagian: A colloquial term borrowed from Gulliver's Travels to reference anyone of 'colossal' size. In the Size difference fandom, this usually refers to someone between 500 and 1000 feet in height.
*Giga Giant(ess): People growing up to or past 1 kilometre in height generally receive the 'giga' prefix. Titan is occasionally used as well.
*Dwarf: Scale of size referring to someone between 3 and 5 feet in height.
*Munchkin: Scale of size referring to someone between 1 and 3 feet in height.
*Doll: Scale of size referring to someone between 3 and 12 inches in height.
*Lilliputian: Also borrowed from Gulliver's Travels, this colloquialism refers to people between 0.5 and 3 inches in height.
*Micro: Generally, anyone smaller than half an inch in height is called a micro, or perhaps a 'tiny'.
==Examples of works in the fandom==
*A Quantum of Solace by Celesma, a Supernatural fic involving permanent shrinking by a witch's spell.
*A Little Hindsight by Kennisiou, a Final Fantasy VII fic where the main character is permanently shrunk by Mini materia; a canonical situation.
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==Fannish Links==
* Shrinking tag at AO3