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I just like dragons 🥲 I’m not knocking the genre or the people that read these books. I read this books. But I kinda wish I could skip half of the sexy, cringey sections and just move on sometimes. I’m willing to lose a little character development.

It’s a little harder to skip that kind of stuff on audiobook which I primarily listen to but sometimes it’s even hard to find the right paragraph on paper. Libby, consider it lol

Sincerely, “Died on the parapet”

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    To the people who are like “Sex is awesome, why don’t you like it, seek therapy,”: Maybe consider that a really, really important aspect of sex is agency. It’s okay to say “no” in fictional situations, too. :)

    There’s an “A” in LGBTIQA for a reason, right?

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        Which is…?

        Sex is personal, individualistic. If someone doesn’t like it and doesn’t want to read about it, it’s literally nobody’s business but theirs.

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      Thank you for recognizing that! These discussions always devolve into “well obviously you need therapy to work through the lies ~purity culture~ told you” and it’s like – yeah, that never touched me. I’m happy for everyone who wants to get laid, I’m glad they’ve got spice at whatever levels they want, but I personally prefer books that are lighter on the romance.

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        “Asexual” has its own letter. Sometimes it shares that letter with “Aromantic”, but those are really two different things, too.