Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-39332473-20190808194309/@comment-36170150-20191014015712

Fluid-decanter wrote: I don't feel this is an entirely fair reading of that conversation. They explicitly say they're into it after expressing their disappointment - it's just that they're also loyal to Simon, and aren't going to play around with other men unless it serves the group's interests (Gathering, Yhilin battle stuff, etc) Yarra says attractive is attractive, sure, but Nalili immediatelly undercuts her by saying Simon has infinite cock so why even bother. Similarly Yarra says Alluon is a very beautiful man, only to immediatelly hit the brakes and say everyone in the harem prefer Simon's more rugged looks. I don't really buy the "loyalty" aspect, since when it comes to sleeping with women outside the harem it becomes a simple matter of just asking if Simon is okay with it (i.e Galvia and the halfling herbalist), I think you'd have to pretty callous to say either of those were calculated moves serving the group's interests. The gender bias combined with the overall writing of Simon's character makes it feel much more that the lack of other male suitors is entirely due to a complete lack of interest by every woman in the harem rather than anything else.

The issue to me is that TLS has a strong underlying theme of favouring diversity, except when it comes to men. I get that Simon is an absolute ubermensch with an amazing personality and infinite sex magic, but the way the harem treats him and other men, the message seems to be "there is an absolute best, and once you get the absolute best everything else becomes lame and uninteresting". Imagine if TLS tried to apply that message to other things in the TLS world.

"Humans are the most balanced and therefore best race, so lets terminate all other races since they aren't quite as good"

"Magic is the real power behind anything in the world, therefore we will not be training any more warriors, merchants, stewards, etc. Everyone will have to learn magical research"