And that’s honestly fair and valid! Not all stories are for everyone. For example, I don’t find Human Domestication Guide (which I consider kinda adjacent to Warhound/Mechsploitation, at least in terms of “lose autonomy”) appealing to me because I’m more of a “malicious empire” enjoyer than “benevolent empire” one.
First time I hear about that community project, I will check it a little. I am more wired to search for a place where I am comfortable and letting myself go, I don’t like people deciding for me. I guess this could be the reason I don’t vibe with the genre.
It still takes autonomy away unconsented, and I think also has themes of losing oneself (honestly, I haven’t gotten that much into it), but that “benevolent empire” is genuinely benevolent, just in a “I’m gonna help you against your desires in ways you way not want to and make you happy in a way you would otherwise hate”
I am more of a “voluntary submission” kind of guy. Didn’t vibe with the book, stopped reading at the end of the first part.
And that’s honestly fair and valid! Not all stories are for everyone. For example, I don’t find Human Domestication Guide (which I consider kinda adjacent to Warhound/Mechsploitation, at least in terms of “lose autonomy”) appealing to me because I’m more of a “malicious empire” enjoyer than “benevolent empire” one.
First time I hear about that community project, I will check it a little. I am more wired to search for a place where I am comfortable and letting myself go, I don’t like people deciding for me. I guess this could be the reason I don’t vibe with the genre.
It still takes autonomy away unconsented, and I think also has themes of losing oneself (honestly, I haven’t gotten that much into it), but that “benevolent empire” is genuinely benevolent, just in a “I’m gonna help you against your desires in ways you way not want to and make you happy in a way you would otherwise hate”
My problem with these settings is that I find the idea of a pleasure cube (Wikipedia for experience machine, YouTube video comparing tiktok to one) very disturbing. I know would be unable to resist going into an alternate reality where all I feel is pleasure all of the time.