amsterdamn's manga / #shameless smut(30)

now this is a great example of 'porno that is driven solely by the sex scenes and makes no attempt to be anything else'. never fails to disappoint. there's some indiscernible B-plot about the political climate of the world, which between the driving force of the story becomes very vague and difficult to pick up on, as it is mostly irrelevant to the situation at hand (which is Ilic's massive tits). Took me like seven re-reads to start getting the picture (though I think most of that was due to reading it between updates, and forgetting about it for months on end only to come back to find several chapters updated while I was away). Now that I've got the picture, I can imagine a side story about Isstasia's life and entire side of the story, being the pawn in the royal family, the peace of the land relying entirely on her ability to produce a male heir of only half-royal blood, keeping that child a secret to protect him and herself, and never having a choice or so much as a say in her role in the game. There's a lot of tragedy in that, I think... and while she can't hate or blame her brother, who adores her so, while she can't hate the father of her child or that child, it angers her all the same. How little political power the women are granted over their own lives, even in the royal family (┬﹏┬) love the detailing in the costuming and character design though. never fails to communicate the setting with its 1730s-ish fashion alone. i've come across other series with similar settings that don't dedicate to the fashion and clearly have no research or historical inspiration behind them, and through that, fail to communicate their world building. okay, well aside from all that, i swear this must have been a berserk fic before blooming into its own crazy thing. THAT'S GRIFFITH! THAT'S GUTS!!!!!! YOU CANT TELL ME IT'S NOT. but i'm not fussed about that... it's good porn. questionable moral elements for sure, but i guess that's the point, right?? could really lean into the 'rich vs poor' theme and make some really interesting political commentary if it wanted to i suppose, but I'm glad it doesnt; it's just porn o(￣▽￣)o the artistic expertise in the bodies, scenery, fashion, armour, expression, etc, it's perfect for this sort of creation

i dont care what anyone says, this is the greatest thing ever written