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Here for the Story [Rule]
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aroace, genuinely here for the story :3c
Entered for the porn, stuck around for the story, is some of the best praise I can give to some works.
I recently finished reading all 8 books of Home for Horny Monsters by Annabelle Hawthorne, plus the spinoff books, and I can honestly say that they would have been good reads even if all the lewdity was implied instead of explicit.
I quite frankly can't wait for the next book.
A lot of the time, the story is necessary to make the porn work! There's a reason why fanfiction writers use characters from another work instead of inventing new ones for their smut.
And TBH, many porn artists aren't that good at porn, or it's just not the kind of porn I'm into. Depending on the porn-to-story ratio and the quality of the story, I might very well read a smutty work for the story.
I feel like the porn part has to be at least reasonably good though, a good story with bad porn is just annoying because you can't really talk about it with others.
Being able to talk about it is very low on my list of priorities when choosing to read or watch something. Also, there are several possible reasons for why I might not like a porn scene - it might not be well-executed, I might not be into the artist's style, it might focus on fetishes I'm not into, it might even be too unethical - though if it's too unethical to enjoy, the story has to be really good to make up for that.
And I mean, this isn't actually an uncommon problem - sex scenes are part of many popular movies and TV shows, and it seems like quite a few people don't care about those scenes but watch the movie/series anyway. See Game of Thrones, though IMO the sex scenes in GoT tended to be better-integrated from a narrative and stylistic POV than in many other works. You could still talk about GoT with lots of people because it was wildly popular and there was plenty of story to talk about.
I found my people!
The story is what takes it from just "people fucking" to something more!
I need to know what kind of creature this is to figure out what the hell fetish I just got. Wrap me in your skin hair you colourful dinosaur bird.
You just got a scalie and adorkable fetish.
I'll add them to the pile.
A snake and the artist has a whole series with this character.
NSFW links follow:
Prophecy part 1
and
Just in case you wanted to know if they have legs: yes. Not very different from anthropomorphic lizards.
I’m going to read this… for research purposes…
Thank you kindly.
a snake
WHAT. no. Oh.
Now tagged as snake fetish 🫡
But I didn't know! But okay.
First the story, then the porn
why does this feel like some roman saying
May I introduce you to a tale of tails...
That's the spirit!
I'd be lying if I said I never got sucked into the story before and got distracted in the middle of activities
I am currently following the sequel to this comic for the story and not the porn.
CW: Snake tiddy
oh cool, I haven't seen this one
The snitties do feature quite heavily in the comic that's for sure.
Quite a lot of peen, as well. lol
Then this link is necessary:
I guess tiddy always wins over accuracy or they may have an in-universe explanation. I have not read the material.
To a degree...? There is actually a in universe logic to the snitties.
I will need to study the material then
I don't know if I should be proud or ashamed to instantly know the artist and the work this panel is
A person of culture I see
Proud
or
erotica
that's Alfie for you
this post was submitted on 21 May 2026
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