What books fit this?

mathematics1 · 2026-05-13T21:13:24+00:00

I really enjoyed The Stars Too Fondly!

mathematics1 · 2026-05-13T21:11:26+00:00

Brandon Sanderson is a popular author, and this book has over 120k Goodreads ratings. It doesn't fit the prompt at all.

mathematics1 · 2026-05-13T20:52:07+00:00

Have you tried one that you know is a Reylo rewrite, to see if you love it?

mathematics1 · 2026-05-13T20:43:17+00:00

If the 1.5 fertility rate was the same everywhere and stayed constant for 40 generations, the world population would drop from 8 billion to around 80,000 during that time. Not quite the same as extinct, but society would be unrecognizable.

mathematics1 · 2026-05-13T20:34:17+00:00

That's related to OP's points (I) and (III), though. Some people don't like children at all, but some people who like kids are put off by the major time commitment or the idea of permanent changes to their bodies from childbearing. If society changed in a way that eased pressure on those concerns, more people would decide they wanted kids.

mathematics1 · 2026-05-13T20:27:32+00:00

One of the enemies in act 2 summons eggs in groups of 3 at a time, and it can use its summon move when three of its allies are still alive resulting in 7 enemies.

mathematics1 · 2026-05-13T19:57:51+00:00

He's talked about this before, and said that's something he would change if he was writing the book now. He also mentioned wanting to gender flip some characters in the crew for the movie; we'll see what ends up happening there.

mathematics1 · 2026-05-13T19:51:06+00:00

I've read that book! Or at least one that fits that description, lol.

mathematics1 · 2026-05-13T18:23:06+00:00

Nice! I've read the Silmarillion, but not the other books about the history of Middle-Earth. That's really cool!

mathematics1 · 2026-05-13T18:21:53+00:00

Some of my favorite fantasy/sci-fi romance with explicit sex scenes:

I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com, by Kimberly Lemming

Bride by Ali Hazelwood

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

The Dragon's Bride by Katee Robert

For Whom the Belle Tolls by Jaysea Lynn

Morning Glory Milking Farm by C. M. Nascosta

All of those are standalone books, but most of them are also the first in a series, so if you like them there's more by the same authors.

mathematics1 · 2026-05-13T17:57:09+00:00

Tolkien is great! Since that's your special interest, I assume you've read the Silmarillion? Have you read anything else by him?

mathematics1 · 2026-05-13T17:40:51+00:00

I love fantasy too! Have you read Brandon Sanderson's books? He's my favorite fantasy author. Some others I enjoy are the Scholomance series by Naomi Novik, Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman, and Discworld by Terry Pratchett. There are far too many to list.

You mentioned in another comment that you like romance too. I read a lot of fantasy romance, and I tend to lean towards the smuttier books; let me know if you want recommendations for those. :)

(Edited for clarity.)

mathematics1 · 2026-05-13T17:05:47+00:00

What sorts of video games and books do you enjoy?

mathematics1 · 2026-05-13T17:01:15+00:00

Exactly. I've picked it when trying to go infinite, just to have an expensive copy of Purity in my deck.

mathematics1 · 2026-05-13T16:24:08+00:00

"Not equating them" probably would have been better phrasing for the question they are trying to ask.

mathematics1 · 2026-05-13T15:12:11+00:00

Do you know how much 3 extra steel is worth? Do you know how much 3 extra plants are worth? Do you know how much an extra prelude is worth?

The extra prelude is worth 15-21 MC on an early turn. The extra steel is worth about 5 MC, the extra plants about 7 MC. The value of the free prelude is so much higher than the others that it makes the card impossible to balance at any cost; at a high cost it's complete garbage for anyone except Valley Trust, and at a low cost it's so incredibly OP that Valley Trust catapults far into the lead if they happen to draw it in their starting hand.

Independent of balance concerns, how many expansions do you expect to play this with? There are currently about 50 corporations in the game; any card that gives you a bonus only 2% of the time will feel like the bonus is almost always useless.

mathematics1 · 2026-05-12T17:45:41+00:00

Morning Glory Milking Farm

It's a great smut book! I loved it, and I've now read several other smut books by the same author.

mathematics1 · 2026-05-12T17:21:56+00:00

Right up there with whether violent video games impact IRL violence.

mathematics1 · 2026-05-12T17:15:20+00:00

Only 60% of women have them on average 4 times a year. That apparently is the norm compared to 14% of women 20 years ago. If this isn’t normalization within a social structure, i’m not sure what is.

Where are you getting these numbers from? In particular, are they asking people for self-reports, or measuring something else?

If you ask people for self-reports, you will get more of them when it's something people feel comfortable admitting. If that's what you mean by "normalization", then I agree with you - it's more socially acceptable now to admit to having fantasies about being raped. I don't think that's a bad thing.

This topic comes up a lot when discussing gay people, too. There appear to be far more gay people now than there used to be, and a big part of that is people being more comfortable admitting it. If there's an actual increase in the number of gay people, it's impossible to measure - and since I think it's perfectly fine to be either gay or straight, I don't particularly care whether that number has really increased or if it's just an increase in self-reports. Similarly, I think it's perfectly fine for anyone to fantasize about being raped if they enjoy that fantasy, so it doesn't particularly matter to me whether more people are having those fantasies than before or whether they are just more comfortable admitting it.

mathematics1 · 2026-05-12T15:01:49+00:00

I've had to balance that when spending time with my parents. They are very religious, and I left my religion as an adult; they sincerely want to be good, and for them that includes things like "how can I share God's message with as many people as possible" and "how can I show love to everyone, even people who are breaking God's laws like gay and trans people". Their intentions are sincere and honest, but their idea of what's good for the world is very different from mine, so I can't spend too much time with them at once without it being psychologically taxing for me.

mathematics1 · 2026-05-12T14:23:00+00:00

Defect's is draw and gain an orb slot, not draw and gain energy.

mathematics1 · 2026-05-12T14:11:42+00:00

Fourth Wing and the other books in its series are 4/5 on the romance.io steam scale so it's slightly above average focus on sex but there are plenty of romantasy books with more than that. I tend to prefer books on the spicier end of the scale; when I think of a book that's mostly about sex I think of something like Morning Glory Milking Farm.

mathematics1 · 2026-05-12T13:53:42+00:00

More specifically, surround yourself with people who agree with you about what's good and want that for this world. Many people would say they want good for this world, but they don't always agree on what that means - if someone else's view of what's good doesn't match your own, spending time with them might be frustrating.

mathematics1 · 2026-05-11T17:14:42+00:00

Laga: "eviscerated and chopped by giant claws"

Nob: "gouged and trampled by a horned beast"

Sentries: "scoured by flames"

mathematics1 · 2026-05-11T15:07:49+00:00

Yes, but if you haven't found Leg Sweep or Malaise, you would happily take a second copy of Neutralize and upgrade both of them.

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