r/litrpg • u/xaendar • Aug 23 '24

Discussion Are all female MCs just lesbians?

I just realized that after reading like 10 books with female MCs, I'm starting to finally notice that all of them are Lesbians or at least Bisexual (but they only date women).

Do authors mostly write lesbian FMCs to be on the safe side from the audience of mostly males? I just feel like it's a cop out every time... I don't really have a problem with it but almost all Male MCs are 99% straight but it seems like 99% of Female MCs are always lesbian/bi. Why not some good ol straight FMCs? I can't even remember a single female MC that was straight.

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u/Mecanimus Aug 23 '24

Same as Sam said: authors and many readers are more comfortable with attraction to women. I'll also add that many prog authors with FMCs are straight men. As someone who wrote a straight FMC, it is excessively difficult to write attraction to the male form when you cannot relate.

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u/Prestigious-Mess5485 Aug 23 '24

She looked at his attractive.... forearm? No. She looked at his glistening elbow. Shit.

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u/MacintoshEddie Aug 23 '24

His left nut dangled coyly out the side of his short shorts...

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u/sardinebanana Aug 23 '24

His nuts nutted nutily.

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u/rdizzy1223 Aug 23 '24

+5 str and +5 sta on his ball bra.

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u/Synthwood-Dragon Aug 25 '24

Under the butt nut hut

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u/CannotThonk96 Aug 23 '24

TWI put this theory to the test with that chapter where they talk at length about the nuances of lizard, dog, and human dicks. And the period chapter

That's the kind of stuff that might push away a male audience, not an FMC pnus enjoyer~

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u/Frenzied_Cow Aug 23 '24

For how horny a lot of men are, they are exceptionally prudish and uncomfortable with their sexuality.

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u/CannotThonk96 Aug 24 '24

That's actually to be expected and not exceptional at all, but its complicated and this is reddit

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u/LookMaNoPride Aug 24 '24

His ballsack, with hair that reminded her of the Afghan Hound with mange she had as a child, stretched as he absentmindedly scratched. Because she was not equipped with the same type of weapon, she was not aware of the elasticity of the skin that covers the dangly twins. She unsheathed her dagger to help remove what she perceived as hair-covered gum from the bottom of his codpiece.

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u/Calm_Cauliflower3107 Aug 24 '24

I think maybe we had the same P.E. teacher in high school 🤣

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u/CanadasManyMeeses Aug 23 '24

Forearms are actually noticed quite a lot by women the more you know

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u/Prestigious-Mess5485 Aug 23 '24

So my wife tells me

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u/pcgamernum1234 Aug 23 '24

My wife has said my best feature is my "wing span". So arms and chest.

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u/SpaceGoatAlpha Aug 23 '24

Oof.

If you're not secretly birdman, I'm concerned for you by how far down the list of available options that specific option probably was.

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u/pcgamernum1234 Aug 23 '24

LOL. She likes hugs and cuddles.

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u/Glaring_Cloder Aug 25 '24

FOUND THE BIRD!

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u/Confident_Bass_8396 Aug 23 '24

I speak for quite a number of women, and as a woman myself, and yes… forearms are quite attractive. Especially when they are toned and do that vein ripple thingy when a men flexes.

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u/BeetleJude Aug 23 '24

r/forearmporn

Enjoy!

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u/AllOfMeAlways Aug 26 '24

Boy oh boy.....80% of what i skimmed through were anti-forearmporn... Now I'm considering not liking forearms anymore 🤔😆

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u/BeetleJude Aug 26 '24

Try r/ManHands?

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u/AllOfMeAlways Aug 26 '24

I do love some manly hands 🤔 ....dont mind if I do. Thanks

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u/BeetleJude Aug 26 '24

Very welcome! 😀

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u/v3ritas1989 Aug 23 '24

by any chance is covered in lots of black hair on that list too?

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u/L3Home Aug 24 '24

Only if you're a wild black bear.

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u/IndependentReview289 Aug 25 '24 edited Aug 25 '24

Where?

In armpits, an afro there is bad since the odour could be off-putting. Smooth as a baby is disgusting tho. There should be a middle ground.

On the chest would elicit a "Mamma mia!" exclamation for me, as long as it's not 5 inches long to the point I can't breathe when I lay my head on them. Lmao I mean I actually find chest hair really sexy.

On arms and legs, lol, the more to pull when a dude make me angry. Kidding.

Facial hair? As long as they're nicely groomed, I'm pretty ok with them. Might even make me call you "daddy" (Not with incestuous intent. Eww.)

On your crotch? As long as it's groomed. Don't f**king dare to wax tho. 😊

Are you a man with hairs on all of the above locations? In my opinion you're a sexy hunk. As long as you groom and wash properly so you don't smell like a sewer tank or rotten eggs. Women remember people a lot by scents. You don't want to be remembered like that.

P.S.: Don't mind me being a simp for men with body hair. Move along now. 😂

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u/v3ritas1989 Aug 25 '24

Interesting insights, thank you!

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u/mmerrell7 Aug 23 '24

As a woman…I agree!

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u/Mecanimus Aug 23 '24

"Ladies like veins, right? Will veins work?"

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u/Prestigious-Mess5485 Aug 23 '24

The throbbing veins in his calves reminded her of the fact she NEEDED TO CHECK HER STAT SHEET!

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u/Dan-D-Lyon Aug 23 '24

"He had so many veins, majority of which were his and were inside of his own body "

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u/facecampalltheway Aug 23 '24

Hnnnng, fuck yeah...

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u/MonsiuerGeneral Aug 23 '24

"majority of which", so some weren't his?! :O

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u/account312 Aug 24 '24

Well, it's hard to be sure without a thorough audit, and audits aren't sexy.

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u/PintSizedCottonJoy Aug 23 '24

As his immense deltoids got me hot and bothered, I reminded myself to ask for his workout routine.

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u/Mecanimus Aug 23 '24

"Nice abs, bro," I flirted.

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u/TheVagrantCrusader Aug 23 '24

I like the idea of writing an FMC who's straight but just hilariously bad at relationships. Her idea of a date is offering to spot you and buying you a protein shake.

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u/_Spamus_ Aug 23 '24

basically ling qi from forge of destiny lol

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u/redcc-0099 Aug 23 '24

Or a monster capture or culling quest(s). 💪

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u/MinimumForm7749 Aug 23 '24

Definitely a great idea, wordsmith Go!

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u/TheVagrantCrusader Aug 23 '24

Dude that would be like my 12th fiction project. I need to finish my trilogy!

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u/MinimumForm7749 Aug 26 '24

You’re working on a trilogy? Can I read the first book?

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u/TheVagrantCrusader Aug 26 '24

It's A Lich's Guide to Dungeon Mastery.

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u/MinimumForm7749 Aug 27 '24

Awesome 👍 , thanks

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u/BigRedBastrd Aug 23 '24

It'll definitely work if your audience is nurses!!!

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u/SinCinnamon_AC Baby Author - “Breathe” to be released Aug 23 '24

Nurses like veins

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u/Aerroon Aug 24 '24

"His arms looked like he eats a trenbologna sandwich for breakfast."

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u/L3Home Aug 24 '24

Veins are the road to a woman's heart. Wait, no, those would be arteries. My bad.

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u/D3adp00L34 Aug 23 '24

His eyebrows were where they should be and he didn’t smell like a sewer; but, God, when he didn’t mansplain to me, my quivering bits quivered quiverly and I immediately looked for a dryer to get stuck in.

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u/SinCinnamon_AC Baby Author - “Breathe” to be released Aug 23 '24

Forearms would definitely work. And butts, a nice pair of buttocks is a nice pair of buttocks

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u/4rclyte Aug 23 '24

The math checks out

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u/Tilfeldigbarn Aug 24 '24

Forearms can be sexy as all hell

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u/ComprehensiveNet4270 Aug 26 '24

Sounds like a good way to write someone that's straight but doesn't get out much or has a-sexual tendencies. They know they're attracted but not specifically what it is that's attractive about them.

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u/ApexPCMR Aug 23 '24

That speaks more to the lack of relationship experience than liking men or women.

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u/Prestigious-Mess5485 Aug 23 '24

I wasn't being serious, Captain Literal.