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Books @sh.itjust.works LiLya_Armonds @sh.itjust.works The thing about Dark romance (TW: Discussions surrounding SA)
This post has been written with the intention of starting a conversation surrounding the discourse about dark romance, because I am tired of seeing opinions that are pure black and white from both sides. Feel free to disagree or agree with this post, I am only here to share my personal opinion.
What is Dark romance? I think that at this point most of us know what it is --a piece of fiction that is created from writing and/or drawing with the intention of exploring darker and more taboo fantasies. This can range from anything mild like bondage to something more extreme like sexual assault.
First I would like to say this: Our fantasies do not always align with our desires. You may fantasize about having someone put a loaded gun to your head because for some reason it entices you, but that does not mean that you wish it would happen in real life.
“But why would somebody fantasize about being assaulted?” Some might ask. I find the answer to be not 100% clear. For instance, somebody who
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Books @sh.itjust.works DominusOfMegadeus @sh.itjust.works I used to love the Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child books
Like Relic, and the Pendergast series etc. I feel like they got pretty schlocky, but it's been quite a while, and I don't really remember. Are any of their other stuff worth a read?
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Books @sh.itjust.works InEnduringGrowStrong @sh.itjust.works Books
Wish I'd made a more worthy first post here, but pictures under 1MB do work (around 800k for this one, but failed at 1.2MB before resizing.
So anyway, what's everyone favorite book? Current read?
