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Hellooo, everybody! Before I get started, I want to say
a HUGE thank you to everyone who helped me reach 200,000 subscribers! This is a HUGE milestone in
my career that I quite literally NEVER thought I'd experience. My wild goal when I first started my
channel was 100 subscribers! To be at 200,000 is a dream come true, and I honestly cannot thank you
guys enough! Cliff and I have been bouncing around ideas regarding something special we could do for
you guys in order to celebrate this achievement. Once we figure out what we're doin’, we'll let
ya know! Until then, it's time for today's topic, and boy, what a topic it is! Valentine's Day was
just last week, which means people are either really sad or they totally got laid. In honor
of all the baby-making, I'm breaking down my list of the 10 best tropes in erotic fiction. This is
the weirdest list I've ever made, and I'm putting it on the Internet because I'm stupid. Now, a lot
of people confuse romance and erotica because they often go together. So just to be clear,
romance and erotica are NOT the same thing. Thus, this list will be focused EXCLUSIVELY
on sexy time tropes. Before we get into it, thank you SO much to Skillshare for sponsoring
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the end of this video for details. But first, we're talkin’ about erotica, ‘cause why not? ‘Tis
the season! Disclaimer number one: if it wasn't clear already, this video is about sexual stuff.
If you got virgin ears and you want to keep ‘em that way, get outta here! Disclaimer number two:
while I will be talking about what I believe are the best erotic tropes, I will not be basing these
decisions on my personal sexual preferences. You guys don't get to know me like that! I will be
speaking about tropes from a personally removed perspective, so don't try to read into any of this
shit, ‘cause it ain't gonna work. Ya nasty! And if you want to keep up with ALL of my trope videos,
the best AND the worst, be sure to subscribe to my channel! I post new videos on Wednesdays with
bonus videos sprinkled in the mix, and I have a sneaking suspicion that there will be many
bonus videos coming up very soon! Number One (1): Satire. My all-time favorite type of erotica BY
FAR is satirical erotica. Who doesn't love a dick joke? I know I do! Satirical erotica deserves more
props than it gets because it is SO DAMN FUNNY. It's like an antidepressant that also features
creative euphemisms for butthole. Nothing puts a pep in your step quite like a ‘coin purse’ or a
‘dirty cave of secrets.’ What kills me is when people think erotic satire is serious and then
comment on how dumb it is. That's the point! It's not stupid, you are! Number Two (2): Camp. Another
great thing about erotica is that it's a genre that doesn't take itself too seriously. We are
here to get titillated by titties and tantalized by testes. Because of this, erotica is free to
indulge in tropes that are often written off as exaggerated or cheesy. This is not Pride and
Prejudice, okay? It's a book about vajoodles. As someone who can be a stickler about books,
it's fun to indulge from time to time in stories that are campy. Not every reader
wants a philosophical message. Sometimes ya just want a boner... Number Three (3): Reverse harems.
You know what's better than one penis? Seven! At the same time! That actually sounds painful,
but I digress... Let's be real: for a long time, men were celebrated for boning as many women as
possible, while women were expected to be chaste lest the church finds out. Fast forward to today,
what's one of the biggest trends in erotica? One woman with a bazillion dudes! I'm not one
to dude hop myself, but I support a woman's right to do just that! And I support an author's right
to include ten shirtless love interests within the same story. Thanks for leveling the playing field,
erotica! Number Four (4): Dominatrixes. Is that the plural of dominatrix? Dominatrixes?
Dominatri? (Cliff, offscreen: Dommies?) Dommies? I don't think that's right, Cliff... Hear me out:
ever since Fifty Shades of Grey, BDSM erotica is everywhere! And you know what 99% of these
stories have in common? Doms! Dom, dom, dom, dom, dom, d-dom. So when I see an author say, “To hell
with you! I'm writing a dominatrix!” I say, “Give this person a medal!” It's nice to see writers do
something original amid a sea of authors beating the same dead horse. Why do the dudes always gotta
be the one wielding the whip? Let a lady dish out the spankings! Give the girls a chance!
Number Five (5): Multi-genre erotica. I feel like multi-genre erotica is a gateway for every fangirl
and fanboy to indulge in their wildest fantasies. We know you're obsessed with Harry Potter,
but be honest: you would’a liked that series a WHOLE lot better if all the characters were hot,
grown-up, and doing one another. Isn't that right? That's what multi-genre erotica brings
to the table. Fantasy erotica? It's like Lord of the Rings, but with peepees! It basically gives
people that fantasy they've been craving, but have been too embarrassed to admit. Meanwhile, erotica
writers are out here saying, “Hey man, I know you got a boner for elves. It's okay, I do too! Step
into my van.” Number Six (6): Throuples. One of the most annoying things about love triangles is
that they're unnecessary. If you like ‘em both, do ‘em both - with their CONSENT. Erotica is one
of the only genres with enough spunk to feature throuples, and for that, I say, “Good for you!
Way to break through societal norms!” I'd rather read about a fictional threesome than one person
taking an entire series to decide who to bone. Number Seven (7): Characters who know what a
clitoris is. It's been a long time coming, but it's FINALLY happened! Erotica writers have
discovered the clitoris! Well, some have...but it's a start! For a long time, it was pretty much
impossible to find ANY sort of understanding about the female anatomy when it came to sex scenes in
fiction. But the tides are turning! People finally put a mirror between their legs and were shocked
by their discovery! I don't think this point requires explanation. It's just nice to read a
sex scene and not feel the need to throw myself out a window. Number Eight (8): Body diversity.
People clown on erotica, but it's one of the only genres that I see regularly celebrating different
body types and skin tones. Even better, no one is apologizing for their shape! She's a big girl.
She's beautiful! She knows it! We know it! Know how we know? ‘Cause she's gettin’ it in! Everyone
wants a piece of that booty, and I'm here for it! It’s just refreshing to see such a wide variety of
sex appeal, especially when so many other genres keep pumpin’ out the same four-foot-nine waifs
and six-foot-nine ‘roid heads. I don't know if you were just trying to write easier access,
but she literally comes up to his waist. Kinda gross, just sayin’! Number Nine (9): Male virgins.
Every other genre on the planet fetishizes the CRAP out of female virgins. “The beautiful,
doe-eyed virgin meets Slutty McMan Whore.” Don't get me wrong, erotica features this trope ALL
the time, but it also fetishizes the CRAP out of male virgins. Equality! There are stories about
the gorgeous Adonis who's been saving himself for his childhood sweetheart. There's ALSO the
naive hunk who ‘opens himself up’ to the tattooed bad boy from the wrong side of the tracks. Look,
if you're gonna diddle yourself to a man-made construct, at least don't discriminate.
Virginal men are sexy, too! And Number Ten (10): Unreasonably gorgeous human beings. I'm always
telling writers it's fine to write hot people, but try to make them realistically hot. However,
when it comes to erotica, I can take that advice and shove it up my ass. It's a sexual fantasy!
No one wants to read about ugly people smashing their privates together. Unless that's your kink,
in which case...whatever. Big, small, short, tall, doesn't matter! These people are gonna look like
gods and goddesses, and really, isn't that all we want for our spank banks? I think so! So that's
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