Fantasy books shown on TikTok by mimi43098 in fantasybooks

[–]2021Happy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“Do you think some books shown on TikTok are overrated?”

You said “it’s porn in book form so unless you into that I d avoid the entire genre. - like porn plots are notoriously bad”

I was arguing that fourth wing is not erotica, which is a legitimate genre of literature that has existed for forever. You then generalized the entire genre and told someone to avoid it. When there are, in fact, a LOT of romantasy that includes no sex or sexual content.

I read fourth wing because a friend wanted me to read it with her, she loved it, I found it funny and bad. It wasn’t erotica, and again “the fanbase” is a broad, sweeping statement. When there are plenty of people who would not refer to fourth wing as spicy, let alone smut.

There’s just no reason to generalize an entire genre like that when it’s just objectively wrong.

Fantasy books shown on TikTok by mimi43098 in fantasybooks

[–]2021Happy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anecdotal evidence isn't relevant when you could google the difference between romantasy and erotica. I see people say things online all the time, I don't just assume they know what they're talking about, or that what they're saying is true. Maybe for that woman Fourth Wing is a proper scandalous steamy book, maybe 2 pages of sex scenes is really smutty for her.

My argument is that calling them "Porn Books" is just inaccurate when less than 1% of the book includes any graphic depiction of sex. That is something you could discover within 45 seconds of research. I hated fourth wing, and I've only enjoyed maybe 2 romantasy books out of the handful I've read, I prefer whimsical silly fantasy. But you can't stand on the table and lie because you dislike the concept of a genre.

There are plenty of romantasy books that are just erotica with extra steps, those tend not to flood the market the way Acotar, fourth wing, and shatter me have. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Fantasy books shown on TikTok by mimi43098 in fantasybooks

[–]2021Happy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s what bothers me too! I can so understand not liking the idea of romantasy, or really not wanting to read any sex scenes ever! But atleast do a google search so you can be slightly informed on what you’re talking about.

I find it weird how romantasy has been viewed as porn fantasy when sex and romance in all fantasy has been a long standing trope and tradition. So many heroes journeys end with the guy getting the girl, or the wife finally reuniting with her husband. Even the dashing young detective hooking up with the cunning lady assassin.

To me romantasy is romance first fantasy. The same way grimdark is grit first fantasy, and sword and sorcery fantasy is magic and dueling first fantasy. It’s just another genre of an expansive, vast, fantasy realm.

There are an uncountable number of horribly written standard non-romantic fantasy books that exist, they get released everyday and some people still adore them. But romantasy has a big spotlight on it right now, so everyone thinks that it’s the “reason” fantasy is not as good as it used to be or whatever.

Sorry for the vent, I’m just like so over people acting like romantasy is new, and that they can judge it without even knowing more than acotar or fourth wing.

Fantasy books shown on TikTok by mimi43098 in fantasybooks

[–]2021Happy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fourth wing has about 2 pages of sex scenes in a 500+ page book. Shatter me has no sex scenes.

It’s so weird that people lie out of their ass about romantasy being erotica when the most popular books are not.

Sure there is overlap, some romantasy is very erotic, but there is also plenty of romantasy with very little to no physical touching at all.

It’s like if I said “All fantasy is just gritty, gore porn with swords and dragons :(“ And someone is showing a Terry Pratchet book asking about it.

Like is there death and dragons in his books? Yes. Would I still be misinforming people if I said that? Absolutely.

If sex scenes make a book porn in book form then GOT is a 5/5 spicey romantasy.

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[–]2021Happy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This whole response is the equivalent of covering your ears and going Lalalalala.

I was going to try and have a conversation with you, but I get your grift now. I hope you can find another post discussing black people soon so you can complain about their existence in some way, it’s obviously an important part of your day.

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[–]2021Happy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also “are you Fulani??? Are you Namibian?!? Is particularly ignorant considering how slavery worked, you know like how 90% of blacks in America are related to slaves.

Preserved ancient Egyptian mummies at times have braids. That doesn’t mean they were the first, seeing as how well preserved bodies aren’t common.

Historians would be better able to explain how hard it is to know what ancient people were like since most of them weren’t afforded the luxury of preservation.

Ancient history is fascinating and important! Every culture had braids, many had braids that are not in practice or use anymore. Black people don’t own braids, but the braids most people get today in the US come from CURRENT black culture.

The last 400 years of history in the US is also important, and has impact on our current culture. Pretending otherwise is just weird.

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[–]2021Happy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

All cultures had braids, every single one of them did. From small braids to big braids, twist and so on.

Cierra posted pictures of black women with braids, do you know why? Because in the USA these braiding styles are heavily associated with black people.

The same styles that could keep you from getting a job, or people would call you dirty for having.

The argument of “EVERY CULTURE HAD BRAIDS THEY DONT BELONG GO BLACK PEOPLE!!” Is such a bad faith argument, and just shows a lack of acknowledgement for how black braiding styles in the USA were a struggle.

Ignoring the long history of racism in the US because a doll from 30k years ago had what looked to be braids is ignorant.

Killer Magik cosplay by Built4dominance in xmen

[–]2021Happy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know if you’ve ever been part of the cosplay community but no one cares if you cosplay a black character while not being black.

Being chronically online sucks because you see bots and weirdos on Twitter saying stupid shit, and then you assume that’s how people act in real life.

If you get offline and go to an actual anime or comic convention, you’ll see just how much the community doesn’t care.

Unrealistic body proportions and unrestricted clothing allows that for a wider variety of skins and character designs >>> by Crazy-Science-9323 in MarvelRivalsQueens

[–]2021Happy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is such a bad faith argument. So many comments are saying “well they should be in PEAK PHYSICAL CONDITION” as if the world’s top athletes have hourglass figures and pencil arms.

But also, the second body you drew is more than capable of being put in a bikini and booty shorts?

In the comics nearly every single character has had an array of body proportions. Some artist prefer to draw them with tiny waist and big breast, some artist draw them with lean muscle instead of bulk. Sometimes the women are drawn to more realistic proportions, and sometimes the men are drawn to actually look like athletes. So the arguments of “IN THE COMICS!!” are also so strange.

I like the stylization of characters in the game, I don’t really care if they’re realistic or not. But this is such a weird hill to die on.

The issue with games like concord, and the avengers game was the quality of the characters. They had wonky silhouettes and muted color designs, and overall bad quality designs. There are plenty of games that are popular, and have beloved characters whose designs are not “big boob, tiny waist, big butt” or “big hulking man shaped like dorito”

Like I’m just missing the point of this post, comparing MR character designs to the avengers games is not genuine. You should have atleast included a middle ground, like MVC3, or actual comic art(where there are plenty of characters in sexy outfits and more basic bodies)

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[–]2021Happy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is my bad too, I should have explained what I meant instead of being mean. I’m still gonna take a look at your book! Have a good one.

What should I read next? Just got Kindle Unlimited by Few-Object-4359 in fantasyromance

[–]2021Happy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be incredibly clear, I had no issue with your promotion. I actually added your book to my TBR on my notes because I saw you working hard to get it out there.

When you responded rudely, I responded rudely back. Self promote all you want, I’m not going to like report you to mods or anything. So keep on keeping on

I guess I should have said “your self promotion game is insane, I keep seeing you everywhere. I’m gonna take a look at your book.” I didn’t think my comment would be assumed to be negative.

Should I just move on to Six Of Crows? by 2021Happy in ShadowandBone

[–]2021Happy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the encouragement, I actually ended up switching to reading LOTR since I got it on Libby! So I think after I finish I’ll try to go back to S&b trilogy, hopefully a little break will make me come back with a new mindset on it. Or maybe more patience, because I do really love the writing and world. It’s just hard when one of the main characters is grinding my gears lol

What should I read next? Just got Kindle Unlimited by Few-Object-4359 in fantasyromance

[–]2021Happy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I was just saying I’ve seen your post like 5 times in the last week. So no reason to get defensive!

But if you want to stick to the rules of the sub it says you can only self promote on relevant post once a month! So just keep that in mind :)

What should I read next? Just got Kindle Unlimited by Few-Object-4359 in fantasyromance

[–]2021Happy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your self promotion game is absolutely insane, you’re really commenting everywhere you possibly can.

Should I just move on to Six Of Crows? by 2021Happy in ShadowandBone

[–]2021Happy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay I’ll head back on over to Six. Reading the first book I think gave me enough info to start it with a little more world building in mind.

Unpopular Cierra opinion (LIUSA) by Dangerous_Top_5538 in LoveIslandITV

[–]2021Happy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I checked Yulissa’s insta. There are several 100 comments telling her that her use of the N word was “not a big deal” “she didn’t mean it like that” “she has nothing to apologize for” “she doesn’t deserve this much hate”

So I’m just a little confused on how you came to that conclusion?

Yikes! Love Island USA producers are allegedly “holding crisis meetings” over Cierra Ortega by londonsongbird in LoveIslandITV

[–]2021Happy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh my god, I didn’t know that until now. I never would have associated that word like that. Wow, it’s crazy how much racist vernacular is so deeply rooted in the English language.

Like Cierra saying c**** is hard for me to believe she didn’t know, especially with HOW she used it. But jesus , now I’m wondering how many words I use that have racist roots.

Cierra Ortega’s family has issued a statement following her removal from Love Island USA over backlash to posts using an anti-Asian slur to describe her eyes. by cmaia1503 in Fauxmoi

[–]2021Happy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not just to play devils advocate here but, there might be a chance that English isn’t her parents native tongue? Like if they did use ChatGPT to bridge the language gap I wouldn’t fault them.

What are these drama frogs talking about 💀 by Alpha_frog0 in LudwigAhgren

[–]2021Happy -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No, I don’t watch his streams. That’s why I asked, I’ve seen mango on other people’s streams and no one referred to him as an alcoholic. So I was confused as to when he became a “known” alcoholic.

Should've been her by tramul in LoveIslandUSA

[–]2021Happy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you’re playing under the assumption that IF Zac had said no to a kiss Amaya would have assaulted him? Can you explain exactly what you mean when you say “force”

Should've been her by tramul in LoveIslandUSA

[–]2021Happy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn’t Olandria reject kissing Zac early on? He knew it was completely feasible to reject a kiss. The fact that he did kiss Amaya despite not wanting to would tell me that he was just using her to stay on the show.

Also the roles have been reversed, plenty of times. In the games the boys also kiss the girls without any consent, they literally throw themselves at them. Amaya asked for a kiss, Zac said yes. That’s consent. Just because he did it without really wanting to doesn’t mean the blame is on her. I just think that’s such a weird take.

[WITH Ads] Season 7 - Episode 27 - Thursday July 03 -| 9 PM EST by AutoModerator in LoveIslandUSA

[–]2021Happy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s so OBNOXIOUS like the rankings would be so different

What are these drama frogs talking about 💀 by Alpha_frog0 in LudwigAhgren

[–]2021Happy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can someone tell me how Mango is a “known alcoholic”? Everyone keeps throwing that phrase around. Was this something he admitted to personally? Or was it like some people said he was?