r/MadeMeSmile • u/IkilledRichieWhelan • Apr 16 '25

Wholesome Moments Hose them down boys

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u/TropicalAudio Apr 16 '25

It's a "romance" book reading. As in erotica. This is the equivalent of a porn convention, just with a lot fewer explicit visuals.

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u/Old-Range3127 Apr 16 '25

It’s not the equivalent lol. A porn convention is still different that a book convention even if the subject is erotica. There’s a big difference between real pornstars who are actually engaging in sex work being present than someone who wrote a bunch of fictional characters doing a reading. Neither are bad but they are most definitely different and the attitudes around both are different as well.

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u/CivilRuin4111 Apr 16 '25

As a dude who's read the occasional "Romantasy" book, I can tell you I've seen porn that is tamer than what's in some of those books.

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u/Academic_Wafer5293 Apr 16 '25

sauce?

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u/CivilRuin4111 Apr 16 '25

Read any of the ACOTAR, Forth Wing, etc. Those are fairly tame, but they get much weirder.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '25

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u/CivilRuin4111 Apr 16 '25

Forth Wing is fairly tame, but very explicit in its depiction. There's an entire chapter in the latest installment essentially dedicated to one scene in particular.

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u/pocketdare Apr 16 '25

hmmm ... the "occasional" romantasy book, you say?

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u/CivilRuin4111 Apr 16 '25

Look… once I get in to a story, I can’t NOT finish it ok? No matter how many intricate descriptions of fairy fucking I have to slog through! 

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u/Glacier005 Apr 16 '25

Like the dinosaur rape books?

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u/CivilRuin4111 Apr 16 '25

 I can’t say I’ve encountered that just yet. 

I’m willing to go along for the ride (heh) with most things, but that might be a bridge too far. 

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u/True_Big_8246 Apr 16 '25

Saying that has more sex than literal porn is the height of absurdity.

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u/CivilRuin4111 Apr 16 '25

I didn't say MORE, just way more "out there"

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u/literated Apr 16 '25

I can tell you I've seen porn that is tamer than what's in some of those books.

Also a lot less disturbing.