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  • Kirisuna1 I don't often enter these discussions, but, well, as someone who wrote a yuri harem story, I feel I have a little bit of enlightenment to offer. So, here are a few reasons why authors like myself will opt into writing harems:

    1. They're fun. There are a lot of funny, entertaining character dynamics you can get into when you approach a harem from the right angle.

    2. Horny =/= bad. This is just a personal thing, but people often say "if you want to write horny stuff, just write porn" to which I respond, "but what if I want the horny stuff to have a plot?" I don't really think giving into The Horny (TM) makes a story inherently less creative or lazier, tbh. Hell, I honestly think it's the opposite.

    Do you know how hard it is to write a sex scene that doesn't feel cringe to read about? It's pretty difficult in my opinion.

    And, finally:

    1. Well-written harems are kind of underrepresented. So, if I feel like I can flex my author muscles in that direction, it's tempting precisely because I know there's not much quality at the bottom of that barrel.

    I hope this was illuminating to someone.

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