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Before i say anything let me say im just not that open minded of a guy about harem so i have never read and likely will never read harem so take what i say with a grain of salt....
Some of our fellow daoists mentioned its interesting when conflicts suddenly turn to love and in turn to harem the reason i think 99% of harem novels are pure fan service is because there is no reason, feeling or logic behind it we read novels as a way to immerse ourself in a more magical world i know most of you if not all read novels while imagining yourselves as main characters i know i do it so ask yourselves this.. What Will you do if a girl(or a guy for our lady friends here) attacks you? Will you just bend over and leave them be because of their gender? (common occurrence in harem novels leaving enemies live cause of gender) All these harem novels turn enemy to lover so i find it illogical and stupid i for fact would resort to wholesome slaughter no matter the gender if it is my enemy.
Then there is the harem where girls(i point out harem cuz i have no idea how reverse harem is like sorry) for no apparent reason love mc, mc walks by some sect for something he needs and suddenly its open season for his sperm "ohhhh such a strong guy" don't these girls have personality? I dont care about background of a character but at that point in time author should write a believable character not some sex drone hell bent on having mc's babies.
Then there are damsels, Mc jumps in saves bunch of people and if by some god chance there is a girls amongst them then that girl will forever be bound by mcs macho sex attraction "he saved me, time to have his babies WOO-HOO".
And one thing i absolutely hate is in all these cultivation novels they talk about dao heart and not betraying ones beliefs and at start they are loyal to one girl, for some reason they get separated then screw the first girl now its time for some orgy belief in general shouldn't be something you can so easily change but it happens again and again.
Im gonna point out that Er Gen novels almost always have 2 girls marrying the mc i certainly don't like it as im wired that way but at least these girls have depth of character, EQ and atleast some amount of reason to feel that way about mc.
I rambled on alot have a fortune cookie 