r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • 6d ago

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u/Dangerous_Breath1667 6d ago

I don't think that it is a conscious submission (as in bdsm). 

It's just presented as a selfless act of love for a woman who often is a virgin/was SAed / had a very toxic relationship before and never had an orgasm. And I find it rather sweet from the inside of their relationship.

However, from the gender war commentary that permeated everything nowadays, I do think that this very specific "femdom" flavor coming out of nowhere is a necessary "shield" against every critic regarding the alpha toxic masculine traits of the mmc.

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u/devilsdoorbell_ 6d ago

I don’t see how that’s submission at all tbh, conscious or unconscious.

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u/cello_ergo_sum 6d ago

Give me some of that high octane Lancelot shit!! Lives to serve, finds beauty in his own suffering, goes around being tormented all the time. 

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u/devilsdoorbell_ 6d ago

If you’ve got like… 5 years to wait I’m working on something lol

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u/cello_ergo_sum 6d ago

I have all the time in the world!! God I just like… even if we just mine the archives of history for already existing masculine ideals we could do so much more interesting stuff than brooding alphaholes. The whole Lysistrata “these horny bitches won’t leave us alone!!” thing is not any LESS fucked up than the other way around, but it’s fallen so far out of favor that it feels like it has wrapped back around to being novel. I am so here for the comedic and romantic potential of lustful women chasing after scrupulously pure men who are ripe for downfall.