There are in fact multiple pieces of canonical Pathfinder art of Abrogail, and that is to the best of my knowledge canonical Pathfinder art, for the record.
I have some very important and crucial questions, which "why would the presence of BDSM in a story named Erogamer be an issue?", "surely if such a work were *not* "overloaded with a sexual thematic", that would be an issue??" and "does the story entitled The Erogamer have noteworthy aspects *other* than its sexual thematics???"
Yeah, The Erogamer goes places. Essentially its conceit was about sexuality in general with game mechanics, but eventually started focusing *only* on BDSM. It's not really about its presence, you really have to read it to understand. I've added a footnote clarifying things, because it's surprisingly the top complaint about this review.
Very solid review - I'm definitely going to keep this link handy for when I want to recommend the fic.
With regard to the BDSM, I think it is probably reasonable to assume that most fiction Eliezer writes will at least contain or even focus on it, and manage expectations accordingly. It's unfortunate for the people who like rationality and dislike BDSM (or otherwise find it obtrusive), but it seems rather unlikely to change.
Personally, I think the BDSM fits better here than in Erogamer, what with the hell and corruption going on. It matches the scope of the premise, and fits better into the fabric of the narrative.
That said, you have done a good job of highlighting a potential source of frustration in a fair and understandable way.
As a note, the site's FAQ will also lead you to the account creation code. I think it is more there to filter low-engagement users than to actually maintain exclusivity.
Hi I love that you wrote this! I really think that the thread "in color" (https://www.glowfic.com/posts/803) has more mainstream appeal (it's less ratfic-y, more self-contained, has better tonal consistency, in some ways sells the medium better) though, again, that's not saying much.
I'm going to give it a try and test your prediction. If you're right I may review it or just mention it here as an "I was wrong" footnote. Thank you for the suggestion.
For the record, unless you're not very picky, clicking on random glowfic threads will probably not get you glowfic you'll like, in much the same way that clicking on random fanfictions will probably not get you fanfics you like. Actually, with glowfic it's worse, because it's a lot harder to tell what's prerequisite for what.
There are in fact multiple pieces of canonical Pathfinder art of Abrogail, and that is to the best of my knowledge canonical Pathfinder art, for the record.
I'll update the post to reflect that, thanks!
I have some very important and crucial questions, which "why would the presence of BDSM in a story named Erogamer be an issue?", "surely if such a work were *not* "overloaded with a sexual thematic", that would be an issue??" and "does the story entitled The Erogamer have noteworthy aspects *other* than its sexual thematics???"
Yeah, The Erogamer goes places. Essentially its conceit was about sexuality in general with game mechanics, but eventually started focusing *only* on BDSM. It's not really about its presence, you really have to read it to understand. I've added a footnote clarifying things, because it's surprisingly the top complaint about this review.
Erogamer would have been better with most of the turgid ratfic bits replaced by more hot BDSM, tbh.
Also, no way Yud wrote it. He's too bad at people for that.
Very solid review - I'm definitely going to keep this link handy for when I want to recommend the fic.
With regard to the BDSM, I think it is probably reasonable to assume that most fiction Eliezer writes will at least contain or even focus on it, and manage expectations accordingly. It's unfortunate for the people who like rationality and dislike BDSM (or otherwise find it obtrusive), but it seems rather unlikely to change.
Personally, I think the BDSM fits better here than in Erogamer, what with the hell and corruption going on. It matches the scope of the premise, and fits better into the fabric of the narrative.
That said, you have done a good job of highlighting a potential source of frustration in a fair and understandable way.
As a note, the site's FAQ will also lead you to the account creation code. I think it is more there to filter low-engagement users than to actually maintain exclusivity.
Hi I love that you wrote this! I really think that the thread "in color" (https://www.glowfic.com/posts/803) has more mainstream appeal (it's less ratfic-y, more self-contained, has better tonal consistency, in some ways sells the medium better) though, again, that's not saying much.
I'm going to give it a try and test your prediction. If you're right I may review it or just mention it here as an "I was wrong" footnote. Thank you for the suggestion.
Seconding "in color."
For the record, unless you're not very picky, clicking on random glowfic threads will probably not get you glowfic you'll like, in much the same way that clicking on random fanfictions will probably not get you fanfics you like. Actually, with glowfic it's worse, because it's a lot harder to tell what's prerequisite for what.
A better strategy is to read stuff by authors you like. Fans of Mad Investor Chaos may like a lot of lintamande's other stuff. I've also written a glowfic rec list: https://glowficwiki.noblejury.com/books/glowfic-guide-compendium/page/reading-list