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[CadmarLegend]

Damn, that is a flex
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[Deleted member 45782]

If you think of harem from the wish-fulfillment perspective, it's less about polygamy, and more about a guy being super popular with all the girls fawning over him.

It's the type of story aimed specifically towards the really shy people that never had the courage to ask anyone out I'd guess. A story in which all girls fall for the MC without him needing to put any real effort in courting them seems exactly what this audience would like... Which is also why those stories often end up with either an inconclusive finale on who's the final pairing, or with just a single person at the end... Because most people still wish for monogamy in the end, not polygamy. So having a harem ending isn't really what they want in their wish-fulfillment story.

In a way, isn't that also partially wish fulfillment - reading someone who doesn't need put much real effort in courting system and will still get someone?

 

[CadmarLegend]

In a way, isn't that also partially wish fulfillment - reading someone who doesn't need put much real effort in courting system and will still get someone?

It technically is... unless the protagonist eventually dies....

 

[AliceShiki]

Damn, that is a flex
give me some alerts too m8

*coughs* I only get these numbers when the spam post of NUF becomes active... It's usually dead for like... 11 months of the year, but sometimes someone goes haywire and gives everyone else a few thousand alerts... >.>

In Scribbly I rarely arrived at double digit alerts OTOH.

In a way, isn't that also partially wish fulfillment - reading someone who doesn't need put much real effort in courting system and will still get someone?

I think I called this part as total wish fulfillment though? Like... I agree with you, I just wouldn't call it "partially wish fulfillment", but rather, the very core of the wish-fulfillment aspect of harem novels.

 

[Deleted member 45782]

I think I called this part as total wish fulfillment though? Like... I agree with you, I just wouldn't call it "partially wish fulfillment", but rather, the very core of the wish-fulfillment aspect of harem novels.

True

 

[CadmarLegend]

True

Yep

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*Sees 65 replies in one day*

 

[Localforeigner]

Why though? Why is it so popular as opposed to normal fantasy or Sci fi. Is it just erotica?

Honestly? I have no idea. I have no interest in Harem, though I realize I am in the minority here on SH. I guess the escapist, power fantasy is a huge draw for some people. Why it's more popular than normal genres though? No clue.

I mean, I suppose it could be because while there are plenty of places one can read traditional Western fantasy and sci fi, this place caters more to those Eastern genres. That's my best guess.

 

[Aaky]

Just because you are right, doesn't mean that you aren't wrong!

 

[Reisinling]

Honestly? I have no idea. I have no interest in Harem, though I realize I am in the minority here on SH. I guess the escapist, power fantasy is a huge draw for some people. Why it's more popular than normal genres though? No clue.

I mean, I suppose it could be because while there are plenty of places one can read traditional Western fantasy and sci fi, this place caters more to those Eastern genres. That's my best guess.

Also, I don't know how many of ya yongsters here remember the guud old times of paper books..

But shit ton of them also were semi-harem. We just called it "love triangle", or "love polyhedron" or "MC being a player". Like seriously, we only remember the more respected novels, but If like me you bought a lot of cheap fantasy/sci fi, there was tons of wish fullfilment stories where our hero would capture the heart of new interest every chapter. The only difference being they wouldn't later follow him along.

(One of the series some of you might recognize would be The Witcher book series for example, that MC got laid all the time)

 

[CadmarLegend]

Also, I don't know how many of ya yongsters here remember the guud old times of paper books..

But shit ton of them also were semi-harem. We just called it "love triangle", or "love polyhedron" or "MC being a player". Like seriously, we only remember the more respected novels, but If like me you bought a lot of cheap fantasy/sci fi, there was tons of wish fullfilment stories where our hero would capture the heart of new interest every chapter. The only difference being they wouldn't later follow him along.

(One of the series some of you might recognize would be The Witcher book series for example, that MC got laid all the time)

Lol....

 

[Deleted member 20302]

Another thread that's totally getting out of hand from the original thread. I wonder what's next.

Also, do you feel it now, Mr @KVTX ?

And he/she never replied since then.

 

[Localforeigner]

Also, I don't know how many of ya yongsters here remember the guud old times of paper books..

But shit ton of them also were semi-harem. We just called it "love triangle", or "love polyhedron" or "MC being a player". Like seriously, we only remember the more respected novels, but If like me you bought a lot of cheap fantasy/sci fi, there was tons of wish fullfilment stories where our hero would capture the heart of new interest every chapter. The only difference being they wouldn't later follow him along.

(One of the series some of you might recognize would be The Witcher book series for example, that MC got laid all the time)

I think it would be stretching the definition of the Harem genre a great deal to include series where there is a lot of sex or a love triangle. Like, I wouldn't give Harem nearly that much credit.

Yes, the wish-fulfillment is certainly always a part of fiction, and part of wish fulfillment is always getting the babe/dude. But I think there is more to it than that before you could call it Harem.

 

[NotYourTypicalMan]

pepega

 

[LinXueLian]

Lol yeah it's a bit slow compared to larger forums like Reddit

But the main site seems to have new works updated and posted all the time. I suspect there are a lot of folk around - they're just not interested in discussion or not invested enough to post here.

Can't blame them though. I could write in-depth paragraphs of feedback in a forum topic here and only get those 'Like' reactions from an OP. Discussion??? What is that
LOL

 

[Ai-chan]

is anyone actually active here???

No, nobody's here. Everyone replying to you in this thread are just your imagination, you lonely boy. Yes, you imagined all this. Go to sleep.

 

[Deleted member 20302]

No, nobody's here. Everyone replying to you in this thread are just your imagination, you lonely boy. Yes, you imagined all this. Go to sleep.

Here I am waiting since the start for the poster to reply and wonder if he ever gets his/her answer and felt satisfied.

Are you satisfied now, Mr/Miss @KVTX ?????

 

[Reisinling]

I think it would be stretching the definition of the Harem genre a great deal to include series where there is a lot of sex or a love triangle. Like, I wouldn't give Harem nearly that much credit.

Yes, the wish-fulfillment is certainly always a part of fiction, and part of wish fulfillment is always getting the babe/dude. But I think there is more to it than that before you could call it Harem.

Genre wise, yes, but text wise, I'm sure you could switch one to the other by changing at most 5% of romance related text. Or even just adding it. It seems to fulfill nearly the same goals for readers as well. It's a bit like fantasy, and space fantasy- pretty much only difference is changing "sea" to "space" and "swords" to "lightsabers", boom! A matter of taste.

I might be very slightly exaggerating

 

[Spica66]

Here I am waiting since the start for the poster to reply and wonder if he ever gets his/her answer and felt satisfied.

Are you satisfied now, Mr/Miss @KVTX ?????

I think Mr/Miss @KVTX left since there was no reply after this thread was created for 5 seconds.

 

[CadmarLegend]

I think Mr/Miss @KVTX left since there was no reply after this thread was created for 5 seconds.

Maybe....

 

[Businesssn]

*look around* nope no one