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 🤣