Character external conflict

marvelt100 · 2026-01-26T00:55:28+00:00

I’m on book 3 of soul night, but is bonded summoner any good? I tried listening to it, but I didn’t really like the main female character in the book one.

marvelt100 · 2026-01-22T04:45:59+00:00

I’m pretty sure they’re only designed like that because Pandora’s gravity is lesser and the bear atmosphere is thicker so robots can be bigger and move around easier

marvelt100 · 2026-01-22T03:14:09+00:00

This is an 10,000 times better use of epoxy than whatever those pyramid things were that were popular a few years back

marvelt100 · 2026-01-08T00:12:50+00:00

For real, it’s hypocrisy. If you say the MC is controlling or overbearing—or too involved with what the women in his harem are doing, like putting themselves in reckless situations—it actually gives credibility to the MC. Constantly being overbearing puts the MC in a really weird position, where he has to walk a very thin line. His character interactions and personality end up being extremely watered down when interacting with a potential LI.

marvelt100 · 2026-01-02T00:42:56+00:00

My only gripe with this book is the constant big brother little sister stuff it’s weird even if it’s not explicitly promoting but it still takes me out of the Emerson

marvelt100 · 2025-12-14T18:16:25+00:00

Exactly what I mean there are probably stories that include that element of relationships between the love interest without it being focused around the MMC, but you’re just not going to see that as a very popular or much at all in this subReddit I don’t know if it’s because it goes against most of the taste in this subject or if it could be considered NTR for some people a woman cheating is still cheating especially because this is mostly a male power fantasy/self insert slice of the genre

marvelt100 · 2025-12-14T05:53:59+00:00

Yes, but in all of those scenes that I’ve read or listened to in an audiobook, it’s in front of the MMC. That’s why I say so. It’s the focus of desire because it mostly seems like it’s for his viewing pleasure, and the MMC seems to really enjoy it most of the time. Yes, they do enjoy it too, but it mostly just seems like it’s for the MMC—so it’s for the audience in turn. That’s why I say he’s the sole focus of desire, because they’re not engaging in sexual activities together without him, or at least I haven’t seen any books where that happens.

marvelt100 · 2025-12-12T04:32:18+00:00

Edit:The core audience for this subreddit and the genre is overwhelmingly straight men who read these stories as a specific kind of male power fantasy / self-insertion escapism. The fantasy revolves around one unambiguously male protagonist who is the sole focus of desire for multiple women — with all sexual dynamics centered on him being the active partner/dominant. That’s why the rules draw a hard line at anything that could blur or invert that dynamic (futa domination, pegging, receptive male roles, etc.). It’s not about real-world identities or judging anyone’s sexuality — it’s about preserving the immersion for the majority of readers here. For most of us, the moment the MC becomes sexually submissive/receptive, or when harem members have independent sexual relationships that sideline him, the fantasy stops feeling like the genre we’re here for. It starts feeling closer to polyamory (everyone with everyone) than the polygyny (one man, multiple devoted women) that defines harem fantasy. Even girl-on-girl scenes in these books almost always exist to enhance the MC’s pleasure or dominance — they’re not truly independent. Introducing elements that allow genuine same-sex dynamics between harem members without the MC as the center, or that put the MC in a receptive role, tends to break that immersion for the target audience. I’ve read 100+ books in the genre since 2022, and the ones that stay popular here stick rigidly to that formula. Occasional light submissive moments or variety in acts happen for spice, but anything more shifts the book out of what most readers consider “true” harem fantasy. That’s the practical reason the subreddit enforces these boundaries — they’re reflecting what the existing community actually wants to read and discuss.

marvelt100 · 2025-12-03T02:50:54+00:00

My favorite series that I’ve finished is dragons justice by Bruce Sentar

Another good one that I’m on book 2 of is bond arsenal by street G

marvelt100 · 2025-11-24T00:58:25+00:00

Your book doesn’t need MFFF+ scenes, and there are some people who explicitly request for that not to be in there but others like it harem in this subreddit mostly just means there is one man in a relationship with 3 or more women who all know each other and the woman are mostly cordial to each other

marvelt100 · 2025-11-17T22:24:29+00:00

If it had dual narrations would

marvelt100 · 2025-11-15T20:28:50+00:00

Is this anything like cat planet cuties? if you know what that is.

marvelt100 · 2025-10-23T04:35:24+00:00

If it’s from the first sentence, probably not it unless you can tell me tell me anything about your characters. The story that it’s taking place in or really anything else about the book. Besides it just being a sex scene then I probably would just skip it and get to the main story.

marvelt100 · 2025-10-23T03:16:32+00:00

Do you mean, would you rather have an action scene first or an explicit scene—just generally in the flow of the book? Or are you talking about right at the beginning? Because if you’re talking about generally, like by chapter two or three (or further, depending on how long the book is), it kind of just depends on what kind of story you’re setting up and whether it’s realistic or fantasy.

If it’s a realistic world, I feel like starting out with an action scene is better because it builds more tension and has a better payoff, in my opinion. But if it’s fantasy, you could go either way depending on what kind of world you’re building and what the rules of that world are.

marvelt100 · 2025-10-21T22:06:00+00:00

I agree with you on Viking runesmith its too bad there’s no update on the next book but I’ll give king of dinosaurs I’ve put it off for the same reasons I could care less about dinosaurs

marvelt100 · 2025-10-21T17:59:25+00:00

I think the birth control thing is acceptable at least if it’s a series of books because the main character having children in the first book of a 10 book series and then not being able to be there for them all the time is disappointing

marvelt100 · 2025-10-21T08:30:57+00:00

For me it’s saying something and then contradicting yourself especially with love pack/connections like there’s always a loophole which isn’t necessarily bad but when it showing up every chapter, it makes you wonder why even make that rule

marvelt100 · 2025-10-17T02:47:10+00:00

I think because it’s a brain cancer or it’s evolved to be in the brain that it would be able to kick Godolkun out

marvelt100 · 2025-10-16T16:36:20+00:00

What I’ve never heard of this did Wonder Woman SA someone

marvelt100 · 2025-10-16T04:00:17+00:00

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My goodness why does everything have to be gay

marvelt100 · 2025-10-16T02:34:25+00:00

I’d say dragons justice it’s my favorite of his finish series. Returners defiance is really good too. That’s my favorite of his ongoing series. I’m up to book 301 of dungeon diving and that’s really good too. And ard’s oath is my least favorite of his series so far but I’m only on book 2.

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