Since JDA is too frightened to discuss the incredible expose I’ve got on Gene Roddenberry and the occult tonight, I’ll be streaming a solo DARKHAVEN NIGHT tonight. And among other things, we’ll be discussing a) the origin story of your favorite Dark Lord and b) Larry Correia’s threatened foray into Romantasy, as covered by Fandom Pulse.
Why would he defend a smut genre when it has no place in a trade marketplace like Amazon? Selling well does not equate value, and Romantasy has objectively destroyed the fantasy genre, and pushed male readers out of bookstores, as Correia has noted in his complaint that he’s not #1.
One can tell it’s not about the values of what books have quality or anything, but simply about what sells with Correia, as he posits making his own romantasy series in a passive-aggressive response afterward. While it’s a funny idea, it’s likely one that wouldn’t go well for Correia if he did decide to write these.
#Bestselling Military Sci-Fi, Political Philosophy, and Genetic Sciences author Vox Day commented on whether this tack would work, “Anyone who’s ever read Larry’s books knows that he doesn’t know the first thing about the realities of male-female relations.”
It’s true that romantasy readers would not likely enjoy Larry Correia’s self-insert Gary Stu beta male character “getting the girl” over the slick alpha as he wrote in his Monster Hunter International series. If anything, they probably would be disappointed that the female character didn’t end up with the monsters he hunts.
Don’t get me wrong, I, personally, would very much love to see Larry Correia write a romantasy novel. I think it would be absolutely hilarious. I’m also confident that women would hate, hate, hate it with the passion of ten thousand sexy vampires staked out to burn to a crisp under a hot afternoon sun.
I mean, what woman doesn’t fantasize about a regular, competent nice guy who is too intimidated by female beauty to pursue women directly, but tries to gain their attention by showing how he is pure of heart and good at his job.