#Princess Jellyfish strikes me much honest about femcel identity and repressed wished because the story is honest with the reader.

[cafeleningrad]

tried out a new fanasy title and realized too late it was a YA. Listen, listne I get the merit of self indulgence fantasy but honestly, whenever I encounter blank slate fantasies of being the best, the love interst being the best wishfulfillment fantasy, and printed hardcover works costing more than 20$+... the less I feel like condeming x-reader-fanfics. Because at least they're honest about what they are. They don't leave me with a premise ,and world building, and half-thought through ideas that could've been great an exciting. Yet these only serve to make amp out the ecitement around a reader's ideal how cool, awesome, right, and rebellious they could be with their cardboard husbando. And I can block tags or users If I don't care to read that.

Also, dear very friendly woman from the library who probably means well but why do you think that a woman asking for "fantasy books" means asking for romance with cosplay set-up? It's like being a teenager all over again, and everyone thinks that your first bra comes along with the wish to read tertiary grade stories about self-projection avatars smooching variations of aspectless dudes with eitehr fangs, wings, furry, or glitter.

Like, um, well... I see the legitimacy in audiences wanting to read indulgence. But it's not for me. At least not on this level in form of a published book through 500 pages. It's so weird how mainstream publishing only ever offers such fantasy stories written by women for female audiences these days. If publication ever only counts on female indulgence, there's little room for stories with characters with agency, let alone women being interesting above the level of having a avater to project on.