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Semi hot take here but I don’t think that we should treat smut as peak fiction bc it takes away actually good romance stories as well as other deep themes in books
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Anonymous 11w

If I can remove the smut and your story is only 6 pages of plot that doesn’t even make sense, your book isn’t good and I said what I said Nothing wrong with smut, or enjoying it, but let’s not pretend it’s the best literary work since Shakespeare

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Anonymous 11w

I think it can be used as a good tool in a story in very specific circumstances but most of the time it’s just trashy, frivolously written, and pointless. I’m sick of mediocre smut in books. My hot take is that it’s being used in a lot of new age fantasies to be a crutch for bad writing, bad characters, and poorly written plot.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 11w

Agreed which is why I am not the biggest fan of booktok like ok I’m fine with romance in fantasy but in order for it to be good fantasy has to be at the forefront

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 11w

I’ve been trying to keep myself on the right side of booktok. It’s hard to keep my fyp from deviating

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 11w

Which is why I don’t read fucking smut

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 11w

More so I think it should just be held to a double standard

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