blog but pronounced like 'bloch'

A lot of people genuinely do hate or dismiss romance novels because they think all sexual frankness in fiction is immoral and harmful, or because they think women (and only women) are too stupid to know fiction from reality, or because they think it’s gross and laughable for women (especially ones they don’t consider fuckable) to have sexual desires, or because they automatically assume that anything popular with women is inferior, or because they only care about fiction being formulaic or light entertainment when it’s something women like. This doesn’t mean that every romance novel is great and deep and progressive, but these people aren’t coming from a good place with their criticism and they don’t deserve a pass.

#it's pretty astounding how many people#(lots of women included)#believe that the primary function of romance novels#should be the moral edification of ladies#to teach them how to properly have a relationship irl#presumably because it's their fault if they get into abusive relationships#if only they had read wholesome books with good progressive values!#abusive guys have no agency btw its the woman's fault for reading bad boy romances

hey, don't cry. fictional character in dire & perilous situations. ok?

that is actually my main principle of explicit fic is that the personalities stay On during sex.

i don’t believe teenage girls learn about gay fanfiction i think they each individually create the idea in their head first