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Pride of Her Garden by Lagnia (guest review by AshInBloom)

Released: June 2024; Ongoing

151k words at the time of this review

Notable Tags: Bratting, Little Sprout, Hypersexuality, Internalized Hyper-independence, Pred-Prey

Hollis Williams is a Terran pilot who has always been second best in his life, struggling with himself and what he needs. Attempting to escape the thorns that bind him to the one kind of cage he doesn't enjoy.

Where do I even start with this one?

Lagnia effortlessly immerses the reader in the lives of her characters through masterful use of both their present day (the time of the story) and their past actions (retold through flashbacks). Each and every character feels so incredibly real and fleshed out through their every action, their every response, that one can easily believe that they would in fact react the way they do to the situations they find themselves in. While the characters may fit into fairly common archetypes - the bully with a secret crush, the hypersexual egg afraid to ask for an ounce of attention, the Affini afraid of becoming attached, the stone-cold bitch who cares deep down - every character is portrayed with a depth and nuance that makes them a favorite in their own right.

This nuance extends to the deepest facets of the characters. Sexuality, love, body and gender dysphoria, trauma and mental health are all treated with the utmost care and realism.

In this curator's opinion, the strongest feature of Pride of Her Garden (beyond the incredibly relatable and real characters and their beautifully portrayed interpersonal relationships) is the action sequences. Whether it's running through the halls of a space station being overrun by Affini or scrambling through the actively collapsing ruins of a desolated planet, Lagnia's action sequences flow in a way that makes them a clear standout among other stories in the HDG universe. Intense as they are logical, the chase scenes are impossible to put down once you've started until you've reached the end.

And that's not even to mention the blazingly HOT and tender scenes as the main character comes to accept the ultimate truth of the universe: Mommy loves her, and she loves Mommy too.

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I'm proud of it!

In Denial of Sisterhood by Lagnia

Released: March 2025

2.6k words

Noteworthy tags: fauxcest, gaslighting

Two florets sneak out of their bedroom, hoping to go on an adventure to find the one thing in the compact they can't have: An orgasm

In Denial of Sisterhood is not a complex, nuanced take on the nature of reality in the affini compact. It's a relatively basic thing: one author attempting to murder another (AshinBloom for those wondering). And it made the list based on the simple criteria that if reading a fic makes me audibly moan at how hot it is, it probably deserves a curated recommendation. hhhhhh.

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Every Fetish Account Does a Political Post, Eventually

I'm doing my one and then we'll be back to yaoiposting - this one's even on theme for the blog!

I know everything is super fucking overwhelming right now - trust me I get it, but if you want to make a difference with something small I implore you to just send one email.

My home away from home in Jefferson County, West Virginia is facing ecological disaster as a manufacturing company is trying to build a water bottle plant just outside of the residential areas risking polluting most of the areas outside of Sheperdstown. Currently the city is open to comment, in which the Jefferson County Foundation has made a template for people to send in-

Jefferson County is a small, rural county. This is not an effort to try and topple the federal government - the power of the little guy in intermediate numbers is enough to protect my second family.

I even have incentives! Send in proof of your email and get COOL REWARDS! Askbox, submissions, smoke signal, carrier pigeon, etc. All you need is your name, email, and some level of personalization to not get flagged as spam!

5 emails ; I post every single sketch that I haven't posted on tumblr - including behind the scenes concept art for APOWIA and Beltane Wildfire, and concept are for fics yet to be posted!

10 emails ; I will finish one of these sketches to fully polished glory

15 emails ; I add sex to the next chapter of APOWIA

20 emails ; Said sex will be fully illustrated

35 emails ; I drop the voyeurism idol oneshot thats been sitting in my drafts

40 emails ; I make an f/f version of said oneshot

45 ; I illustrate said oneshot

50 ; I illustrate both versions

If I am ever so blessed to recieve verification of over 50 emails I will take suggestions!

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH I APPRECIATE YOU PROTECT THE PLAMPTS SO WE CAN STILL FUCK EM !!!!!!!!

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If you don't like non-con, this setting is not for you.

If you don't like dubcon, this setting is not for you.

If you don't enjoy forced drugging, intox play, and being treated as lesser, this setting is not for you.

If you aren't generally down with the idea that changing a person to help them be happier and less miserable, even if this means drastically changing them against their will, is a good thing in a fantasy setting, HDG might not be for you.

And that's fine. It's not for everyone. It's aggressively, emphatically not for everyone. It's niche, it's weird, and we're quite happy to stay that way. There's nothing wrong with reading HDG, bouncing off it, and going, "Hm, not my thing".

That said, if your response is to explicitly seek out consent in the non-con setting; if your response is to complain when the consent gets even slightly dubious (shoutouts to the weirdos whining about Good Sensory, a fic which is and continues to be as consensual as it is possible to be within the world and framework of HDG); if your response is to rate fics based on whether or not someone gets their mind erased...

...maybe don't? Maybe go find a different setting and writing community. Hell, make your own. HDG is probably not for you, and it definitely doesn't need you to "fix" it.

We're over here in our sandbox playing with toys like disempowerment, dehumanization, and unconditional love and care regardless of whether you think you need or deserve it. If that's not your jam, there's countless other sandboxes with countless other toys to play in. Find one of them.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go back to slow-boiling a Terran so hard she doesn't realize how few choices she truly has left, and making it so much fun for her she doesn't really care.

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About time I post something on here huh?

Here's some art of me and my wife in Slay the Princess' art style.

Such an amazing game by the way. Play it. You must.

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An adjustment period is very common when mommy forcefully makes you her baby 💕

From fancy dinners out to pureed veggies

Clubbing all night to bouncing in front of your morning cartoons

Kinky hookups to exceedingly rare buzzies

An occasional tantrum is to be expected!

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rb this post if you’re a nsfw blog who’s trans/nb friendly!!

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Chapter 19 of Pride or Her Garden is out!

It's a warm, sunny tomorrow and Holly's waking up with Perilla once again. The usually disorientated plant seems to have a specific plan in mind today, and she seems nervous.

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Chapter 18 is out!

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The haustorium is a marvel of bioengineering. stray thoughts, disobedience, all seamlessly corrected from within your own spine. and youll have such a pretty scar after!

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Monster Researcher Eclair discusses Serpentfolk's Specialized Organs (not those ones)

Hang in there, Andie.

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Chapter 16's out!~

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HDG and "Horror"

So I've seen several people talk about the horrors of Human Domestication Guide and how it's really effective cosmic horror if you look past the kink part of it, but I don't really see that? At least, I don't think I've seen any points levied towards that point that don't already just exist in day-to-day life but far worse.

The main one I see a lot is the idea of this incomprehensible cosmic force that we can't fight completely subsuming our culture and freedoms, but like, is that not already just a grander version of living under capitalism? That shit invades every single aspect of our lives but unlike the affini it's perfectly content with killing us at a moment's notice, and in so many cases actively wants us dead for the crime of existing.

Like, oh they're an imperialist empire and don't give you a choice about living under them? Yeah man that would sure suck I cant imagine what that would be like

I saw a post on r/196 calling the Affini slavers which is really fucking funny to me because you can just tell whoever made that post has never actually read the fucking thing

I dunno, at the end of the day i honestly cannot fathom what makes the Affini terrifying when I'm at least *allowed* to live under them. Where basic survival isn't something I have to earn by tearing my own body apart every single day, where I'm actually loved and cared for by the people running shit. There's nothing bad about them that isn't already so much worse in the present day, and the whining I've seen in places like Reddit about "never being allowed to reach our fullest potential" is as much wish fullfilment scifi as the HDG setting as a whole is, so it's kind of a moot point

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Pride of Her Garden Chapter 15!

New chapter's up! Enjoy! https://archiveofourown.org/works/56789113/chapters/150710026

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Definitely not sending my wife snippets of my story that revolve around feedism so she'll want to get the food from the scene.

That would be Crazy and a total misuse of power.

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You Never Noticed

(cw: non-con as all hell, its HDG.)

You never noticed the affini on your daily railcar ride from work to your hab, but She did. She missed her usual car by a few minutes, resulting in a chance meeting where She saw you. It wasn't love at first sight, no no. It was hunger, it was predation, it was a need to own you so fully that you wouldn't be able to say anything but Her name when you moaned in pleasure.

You never noticed the paperwork she filed on you, but other affini did. The lengthy Notice of Intent, written in affini as if you were already Hers. You just needed some help to get there, to understand.

You never noticed the changes in your Hab. Small things at first, a slight straightening out of things normally left messy, an imperceptible difference in smell from your soap and shampoo. Even when it become more obvious, even when you knew you didn't leave your closet door closed that one time, you shrugged it off.

You never noticed how your friends slowly changed. The more rough ones seemed to drift away from you, and the softer ones only grew more close. It was just a part of life, right? It wasn't like an affini would subtly manipulate the more feral ones with hypnotics, help them on their way to happiness (and more importantly, away from what was already Hers).

You never noticed how your body was slowly changing. Some of your friends (almost all of them were florets now, but that was okay! You were fine with florets.) recommended a new skincare routine, and it worked so well that you just stuck with it. Softer, more markable skin. Tangle-free, gorgeous hair. You found it so much more relaxing, to be honest. Even if lately you felt like it was a bit hard to focus on things, everyone around you was always so understanding. A common side effect of xenodrugs, apparently. It wasn't too bad, really. Not enough to notice, most of the time.

You never noticed when your roommate moved in. It was like She had always been there, really. You were sure that if you focused, you could think of the exact date, but…did that really matter? She helped around the Hab so much, and she always respected your consent so carefully. She would always ask before drugging you, every time.

You never noticed that you didn't have to say yes to her. It was like She already knew anyway. Why would you say no? Her ideas were always so good anyway, so it was fine. And each time she did, a small puff of Her scent passed through your lungs. It was so funny how she smelled just like your soaps, you told her. You both laughed for so long at that!

You never noticed when She slipped the collar on your neck. Your thoughts blurred into a lovely stream of sensation, one moment to the next an eternity of joy. You were awake and aware, of course. But the constant flow of Class A and E in your system was too delicious to let go of. Your floret friends were always so happy to help you remember things now. They loved teasing you, pretending you were a pet like them. But that was silly! You weren't a pet…right?

You never noticed when you became Her pet. And by the time you did notice, you didn't even have to worry about it anymore. The part of Her embedded in your spine made sure of that.

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Hello! I've been writing a slow-burn HDG fic about a young inexperienced Affini and a hyper-sexual egg of a pilot. There's currently 14 chapters out right now and here's a link if you're interested! I upload a new chapter every Saturday, and act 1 just concluded so now's a perfect time to start reading.