Harems, can they work?
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@weasalopes said in Harems, can they work?:
@mortcs said in Harems, can they work?:
@baka_neko I was thinking of Yue from Arifureta in her role as main waifu.
Also there is the very cheesy Ghost series by John Ringo where the ex navy seal ends up with a castle and harem in Eastern Europe. The MC is smart enough to delegate and flies to Uzbeckistan to get them a traditional harem teacher/manager from a shiek. Of course the new manager is a gorgeous blond masochist who also becomes a member of the harem.
Oh lord is it cheesy.
I've come across descriptions of how the first book came to be published...Isn't that the one where the 'Oh, John Ringo, NO!' meme got established?
Full disclosure - I first saw him on rec.arts.sf.written back in the 90s, and he was an arrogant, abrasive, hair-triggered ass with a railroad tie on his shoulder back then. What I've seen of him since has not improved, including reading There Will Be Dragons at our local SF book group. So I'm not inclined to cut him any slack.
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@travis-butler from what I understand he is an abrasive SOB. Usually the MCs in Ringos story's has a stable of women to choose from not a harem. Is that better or worse? With a harem you at least have to take care of your wives.
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Alright I did say 3 women max is best, depending on the woman and if its in a fantasy world nothing wrong with having any one of their mothers join. If its a Elf, Dark elf, Kitsune, dragon, Lamia (Even if they are prone to jealousy) etc. Monster girls are what I am talking about.
Still 3 women is good enough. Aside from any thoughts of Being able to Handle over 3 women any man or woman may or may not have.
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So I am coming at this from a irl perspective. I have
2 old friends.... no. I have one old high school friend and a former HS classmate that I am FB friends just for the delicious drama.
The friend is in a stable 6 person poly group that really works because none of them are bound to each other. They live in several different abodes, some shared, and balance spending time with each other vs adulting.The drama boy is a effing con-man sleaze who convinces women that they love him and that open relationships are 'teh way'. He then leeches off of them, one at a time and moves from house to house to keep them from realizing he is such a bum. Until he messes up and has to do damage control to keep one angry woman from burning down his little scam.
Fiction wise, most are really bare bones slock without any effort put into fleshing out the members as more than just checkmarks to fill a kink list, ala Smartphone.
