this is an educational video about octopus anatomy edit: please remain respectful in the comments! As I say at the end of the video, this book is only funny and absurd if it's not what you're into. If it *is* what you're into, this book honestly isn't that bad. And remember that a lot of quotes/metaphors I laugh at in this video are likely intended to be funny.
Hello! Would it be alright if you make a playlist of all your "I read _this_ so you don't have to" videos? I think a lot of us would love that, especially new viewers. You don't have to but thank you anyways!
I wanted him to have some monstrous features at least in his face. Perhaps squid like eyeballs or pointy teeth. But no, generic lookin dude I supose is fine enough.
i honestly want to go to another dimension where queer folks, women and eccentric people can live without misogyny, racism and homophobia where people can express themselves fully.
@@Exmuslim_caffeine Yeah, men aren't the only ones who are misogynists, racists and homophobic... Getting rid of a group of people is not going to fix anything and is fundamentally a fascist world view.
If it's too long ignore it. For some reasons monster like characters in fictions are always better than humans and more respectful and I guess it's just the thing with fiction writing. The hotter someone is, the more toxic they are. The more "ugly" they are as monsters the more sensible and respectable they are compared to humans. Monsters in fictions will understand and be more respectful of people who by society are considered ugly or monsters/devils spawns (?) because they are different from others (LGBTQ+, race/skin color etc.) so aside from the sexual stuff this book have it's kinda common for monsters in fiction who look "hideous" to be nicer and more respectful because they know how it feels like being judged by their appearance without getting to know them. On the other hand hot people have it easy and even if they complain about them being too beautiful and people overlooking their personality in the end their personality is always toxic be it that they act all sad and depressed because being too hot is "tiring" or because they got away with everything since they are hot and rich (most of the time) so regardless of their view about themself they will always have a shitty and toxic personality if it's a generally hot character, if it's someone who people consider ugly it's made purposely to be nice and with a good personality. At least from what I read and saw from comics, books, movies etc. that's how it goes. I guess the biggest examples even if animated are Gaston against Quasimodo (I would have used the Beast as example but it's kinda hard to judge the Beast as a good person because we only ever see his bad side because he's depressed and constantly ashamed of himself so he's always mad and I didn't use the guy who Esmeralda loves because he's generally a good guy instead of a toxic handsome guy if we ignore the novel), Gaston is what everyone wants and desire but he's extremely toxic. Quasimodo is hated, hidden from society and the whole world in general, considered ugly however he's kind, sensitive and literally the best guy you could ask for either as a boyfriend or as a friend. In short, in fiction it's really common to make "ugly" characters such as monsters really kind and respectful and that's the most popular portray of them because in the past monsters were always seen as bad and known to hate humans (even if it was the human fault that caused their dangerous behavior) but with times changing now monsters are portrayed as misunderstood and docile and even friendly/kinda puppy like and constantly afraid to be hated. As said before however that's just my personal experience, I happened to stumble against monsters being nice and respectful a lot in fictions works, even if not sexuals like this one which I'm kinda glad for XD Edit: there's nothing wrong with it being sexual though, I just prefer love stories without sex.
I was just quietly watching this before I decided to scroll through the comment. Your comment just made me audibly laugh for 5 minutes 😂. My cat is looking at me like I'm crazy 😅
16:17 Most people attracted to monsters aren’t attracted to the “I can fix him” mentality. The attraction there is having someone big and strong enough to protect you, but also one that would be gentle and respectful of your personal boundaries. That’s why consent is such a big thing in many monster smut works - it’s part of the appeal to have such a horrendous creature being more respectful than many real people we consider “beautiful”.
I really wouldn't be surprised if some people also just think big claws and sharp teeth and other intimidating features are just hot, plain and simple.
Yeah, I wouldn’t say I’m exactly in the demographic, because I’m not really into hardcore smut of any kind, much less scary hardcore smut, but I have to say I kind of get the appeal of the romance aspect. I think there’s just something really sweet about the “against all odds” sort of thing going on with it. Even though they literally couldn’t be more different, they feel this really sincere affection for each other, and they’re happy to work around all the strange barriers together to make the relationship work. Additionally, I think it’s the appeal of “seeing the good that was always there, but wasn’t obvious at first,” which is NOT the same thing as “I can fix him”. He was ALWAYS in his heart (or hearts?) a sweet and respectful lil tentacle monster, even if they had some cultural divides and confusion at times. He was never a bad guy that needed fixing, or to change at all. He just didn’t have anyone who saw him for the nice person he was inside, under all the scary tentacles. He never needed to change, he only needed to be recognized. I also think the “possessiveness” actually has a more positive connotation here than normal, because to me it just sounds more like he feels like he has an exceptionally strong personal bond with her (again, cause they love each other so much that they don’t care at all that they’re extremely different creatures), and it’s more of a loyalty thing than a controlling thing. He wants to stay by her side and stand up for her, and he wants to be hers just as much as she’s his. “Mine” here implies mutual loyalty and support to me more than it implies that she’s just a possession.
yeah, this. i think what also plays the part, especially for people ostracized by society for one reason or the other, is safety in being loved, wanted and seen as beautiful no matter your appearance, social status or any other factors seen by society as undesirable or gross because obviously, monsters, especially otherwordly ones, don't hold human prejudices. which is also why monster romance is popular within queer people who are commonly seen as unnatural freaks, so it's also a "monster meets monster" sentiment and the beauty of an unconventional relationship between individuals rejected by the society
It’s genuinely kind of a sweet story, even with the weird disturbing kinky shit. I went “aww” a couple of times in this video. They’re a cute couple, I think it’s adorable that they ended up with a happy lil monster family
YES! Dear God, thank you for making me the only fluent in English in my family. The amount of bad word music I can listen is so amazing 🙏 (My dad can understand English because of his job, but mostly PC things and other few things but I'm pretty sure tentacle smut is not one of them)
@@isabelafreitas8438 EU TAMBEM KKKK nossa e cada coisa que eu escuto perto deles que as vezes eu fico olhando a reação deles pra ver se eles fazem alguma careta
For me, the appeal of monster romance isn't an "I can fix him" fantasy, it's a "here's a being that could very easily kill me, but loves/protects me instead in spite of our differences" fantasy.
That and theres some sort of danger appeal about being romantically interested of a non human monster AND the freaky deaky ways said monster will show affection activates the neurons of all certified proffessional monster fuckers.
To be fair, though...If I have to choose between "monster tentacle body horror" and a Colleen Hoover book. I might prefer to read the monster tentacle shit show. 🙈🙈🙈
“She heard a voice on the wind… ‘right mate, fancy a cheeky Nando’s?’” Yeah, as a Welsh person I really can’t take this ‘mate’ sub-section of erotica seriously for this exact reason. Even less seriously than the regular stuff, like. “You’re my mate” “ah, thanks butt, you’re mine too.”
I'm English, but I kind of go the opposite. Hearing randos say "mate" I'm thinking ' but you don't want to mate with them...'. that's not your mate, that's your friend lol
@@tabeatamm3594 I believe the actual term is dubious consent, even saying that has me rolling on my floor, dubious consent between Dumbledore and a very reluctant Snape 😂
"do I really want the monster to f*ck me in the urethra?" I actually audibly and physically RECOILED as a person who has bladder issues I've had to get probed several times and it's genuinely NOT FUN AT ALL it gets painful VERY FAST holy shit 😭
I HAVE INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS (painful bladder syndrome, literally inflammation of the urethra and bladder tract, feels like peeing acid 24/7) AND I CANT STRESS HOW PAINFUL EVEN THE THINNEST OF ULTRASOUNDS IS WHEN PUSHED UP YOUR URETHRA
That is how I sometimes feel about regular smut, which depicts male characters having huge d*cks. I have a very hmm thiсk hymen which makes even using tampons painful sometimes. (If I wanted to ever have penetrative s€x I would first surgically remove it)
I have never had a catheter or anything like that, but I did have a raging UTI and I'm pretty sure if I ever experience anything with my urethra I'm going to sob
The fact that a tentacle monster from a dimension understands consent more than most human men Edit: Everyone who started a fight in the comment section will be blocked. If you try to start a fight as well, you will be blocked.
as a professional fanfic reader, I can confidently say that this is actually pretty lukewarm if you compare it to some tentacle fanfiction out there (even the cervix part), but I still applaud your bravery, since most published books do not venture that far in the monster aspect of smut, thank you for this exquisite entertainment The Book Leo
I was thinking the same thing 😂 Like this is pretty standard stuff for people who aren't normies. I've written and read stranger than this. I still wouldn't read this one though cause it sounds like it has stuff and goes in directions that don't interest me, but like, yeah, it's a fanfic I'd probably click on at least 😂And also accurate about the published books, they usually try to lighten the monster-fucker aspect (ngl sounds like this one did a tiny bit too, but hey, they were creative about it.), this video was still hilarious though, I love how baffled TheBookLeo is 😂
@@DrinzenDrawz THANK YOUUU! Honestly that's why I avoid the mainstream/published monster stuff, they try to reach too far out of the community and normalize it, but they only end up weirding out those not interested, and alienating those who are, (and maybe hitting the demographic in between), but where's the non-human lover love? (We're here for the monsters, give us the monsters! 👏 If I wanted to read about a blue eyed blonde haired man, I'd pick up any other book ever)
Hot take: possessiveness is only romantic when it's "out of character". Think sweet/geek gf/bf actually getting angry when someone tries to get between you two when they're usually really calm. If someone gets possessive at any slight sign of trouble, it looks really immature, but if it's "out of character" it means you're important enough to cause that kind of response with them, as opposed to them just throwing a temper tantrum. Bonus points if they usually have trouble standing up for themselves. Inherently, possessiveness often looks insecure to me, and insecurity and confidence are opposites, so the more confident your character is the more they should reasonably be able to be self assured in the fact that the protagonist is "theirs" without having to make grand gestures or explicitly stating it.
Good take, also bonus points if it only happens because the main character says something like “that persons making me uncomfortable, I don’t like the way they’re looking at me,” and THEN the s/o gets protective.
@@deepsea5348 Absolutely! Even better: a novel I read had an MC who had an anxiety diagnosis, and in one of the scenes the LI actually goes out of his way to ask her if she's alright himself. As someone who also has anxiety, that brings me so much joy. Possessiveness and protectiveness should always be in compliance with/service to the other person in the relationship, as opposed to clashing with them (and when it does, take notes from ATLA and actually turn it into a conflict instead of pretending it doesn't matter). Also, stray thought: I don't think people realise that when someone agrees to date you, they're (most of the time) already agreeing to being "yours", in a sense- it's when people/characters start pushing the limits of what that means that it starts to become uncomfortable. There's a distinct difference between someone being your s/o and being your personal belonging (namely how much of their own autonomy they get to keep). As someone's s/o, all you truly "own" is the right (I'd call it a right, anyhow) to be the sole recipient of their romantic attention. Honestly, a lot of these issues could be fixed by just rephrasing "you're mine" to something more tasteful, since 80% of the time it has the same underlying meaning as something like "I care about you because you're my partner" except it's also icky.
@@karinasilva-xw3ldI mean same but if this ‘monster’ is twice as respectful as real humans, and if I can get to know him/her first, I’m not complaining
@@sand_eater101to quote a comment I read from somewhere: "The bar was so low it was basically a tripping hazzard in hell, but here you are limbo dancing with the devil."
I don’t know how the author looks, but I can pretty much imagine her giggling and chuckling writing this book while saying “oh my god this is perfect” every time she came up with something original like the « _tendrils of doubt_ »
Not monster romance having great consent and content warnings while also traumatizing anyone who isn’t in the intended demographic. One day maybe vanilla romance and dark academia will have the same unproblematic energy
When I first learned about bdsm but Mum saw it as this horrible thing, women agreeing to be tied up and beaten simply because they loved him and would let him play out his violent sexual impulses and she had words to say about 50 Shades. Well I got very curious and learned the actual bdsm community also had words to say about 50 shades as real bdsm takes consent very seriously compared to more tame kinks
@@limerence8365The issue with critiquing BDSM that way (men just hurting women and the women letting them) is that there are tons of queer people in that community, too. It's way more diverse and complicated than just "thing man does to woman". Sometimes it's with two women or two men. Sometimes the woman is the one being the dom, and the man is the sub.
@@idislikemacaroni it's a monster fucking book, I think there being exceptions as to what the characters feel pleasure from is okay 😭 the rest was clearly researched though
@@idislikemacaroni Honestly. I feel like I would literally die if that ever happened to be. The cervix part actually made me cringe because I could just imagine the pain
I read "That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon" recently and loved it. I'm not someone that typically enjoys romance but it was a great Rom-Com in a fantasy setting. I'm excited to read the sequel.
@@Gaigemaid yes please update us! Cause the use of love potions sounds super problematic (cause they don't really love you and therefore don't give their consent freely but are tricked into wanting to have sex/a relationship with you; a bit like a date rape drug) but I would love to know how that aspect of the story is handled!
Women go through hours of pain and labour,when it comes to opening the cervix for period blood to come out or a baby to push through,that when I encounter it in fiction I roll my eyes at how the ladies supposedly enjoy it.
i have very small cramps on my period but i can FEEL the pain through that sentence. how tf would you enjoy that shit when most women say that it's the worst pain they've ever experienced?? i dont get it
@@froog2 Obviously, it was the euphoric influence of that 'love ink'[ or whatever], doping her waaayyyy upp. 👀😅🙃 Loll (Also.. it's fair to note, both periods and childbirth can also feel quite differently to different women. It can be either more or less painful, all depending on the individual person-and/or depending on a number of other variable factors.) Or, maybe it's just an ends-outweigh-the-means kinda thing-where, like, what they get in the end somehow makes it all worth it to them? Or something? I dunno? 🤷♀️ 😂 Or perhaps, because it was with their mate-they could weather literally any hell together, and still be happy, just because they had each other through it all?. .. Who knows!~
It's by far my least favourite trope in h€nt@i. Yes, out of all of them. There's always someone with a specific weird kink, including noncon stuff, but NOBODY enjoys their cervix being dilated. I refuse to believe it. I've had an IUD.
@@definitelynotashark1799 that's because it's not meant to be opened and shut.its not like the anus that gets used more frequently for no.2.The cervix is rarely getting opened.
The question is: Was the friend that was recomending the video to all the woman, an insider? Was she an infiltrated spy octopi lady that was sent to populate earth with tentacle children? This is the question that will keep me up at night. Honestly, great video. The book, besides the body horror, sound really funny.
@@spicysalad3013I hope it gets a sequel cause it sounds genuinely kind of adorable. I’m not into hardcore smut in general, much less scary smut, but I thought their relationship was oddly cute and I thought it was sweet that they had a little monster family.
9:14 "The scene itself includes a few jumpscares, such as--" "Neurologists have discovered that ear-ringing is linked to dementia." I love perfectly timed RUclips ads (:
You know, I was basically fine with all of this until anything about the cervix came up. Now I'm sitting here with my legs tightly crossed because nO THANK YOU.
as a (struggling) medical student that's a misunderstanding I've seen way too many times... cervixs are not penetrable unless you are about to give birth.
The fact that her friend is spreading the videos like Its candy is wild. Like is she a real one for helping her people with their sexual fantasy or a menace to society 💀
Seriously! I have a high pain tolerance generally and getting my IUD was not remotely enjoyable. Not to mention a uterus isn't built to be forcibly stretched by tentacles?? Auugh!
Loving the monster / caring for the monster, to me is more like, people recognizing that these outwardly monsterous looking creatures are also deserving of love. Because society so quickly others and alienates those that it deems other/ ugly as being bad/ evil. I think there is a real correlation between loving the monster and loving yourself for who you are without shame and without being deemed evil for being who you want to be
righttt its not "i could fix him' bc it oftentimes is more like the monster realizing they don't need to be fixed. im not an avid monstersmut reader but that's how i've come to view it
It's a narrative that a lot of marginalised people feel a connection to because other people label us as monsters all the time. It's why, for example, you find so many queer people in the furry community, because people already see us as other, so embracing that otherness is very freeing for a lot of people. The same goes for monster romance, & how it's not about the 'I can fix him' thing but about the 'I will accept him as he is' that a lot of marginalised people don't get from others
Its a good thing you can get this inner meaning from this sort of book because its a very valid sentiment but I don't think the authors or readers of these books are in it for the deep societal allegory.
@@hornbeam7131 i agree with leonie that a lot of this is tongue in cheek and i dont recognize very clearly the allegory within this particular book either. But ive definitely read things (monstersmut specifically, even though im not an avid reader of that) where the author /did/ intend it to be that 'deep'. I find it not much of stretch even, bc in my mind is the example of taking the old hollywood/literature trope of villains and monsters that represent queerness, and than ppl add fanficesque elements like smut. Whether every reader is in it for that is a personal thing i guess
The sequel needs to have nothing to do with romance, and instead should be about all these human women establishing a homeschool cooperative for their half octopus children.
@@MaradraftsThat’s genuinely such a fun idea! I don’t even care if they keep the romance as long as they keep it cute and don’t make it graphic again lmao
I imagine the (half octopus?) children just start off as normal octopi around the size of fun size candy bars and then slowly grow into human looking children
" When you're opening a fanfic and you see the tag *"Dead Dove do not eat"* and you think to yourself: this is fine, I'll just read it. And then you realize, it's not fine. *It's not even close to being fine* " This has been my experience every time I see this tag. And the worst is when I get invested and the weird things appear in later chapters 🙃
@@peppa_destruidora_deautoestima basically, "dead dove, do not eat" is a tag used to indicate that the fanfic features tropes that are generally considered morally reprehensible / dark, like rxpe/non-con or dub-con, torture and all that jazz. it’s not for everyone haha,,
"If he's a being from another dimension, I'm sure they don't have Andrew Tate there." First, that's my quote of the day. Second, a book about confused Lovecraftian horrors finding Red Pill rhetoric is one I would buy right away.
As a connoisseur of monster romance (specifically venom fanfiction) the "I can fix him" fantasy tends to only be present in stuff written for an audience of cishet white women. The much more popular fantasy has to do with loving and being loved by an Other, especially when you yourself have been othered all your life. It's about how bodies and people are categorized, and how it does not matter if society will never accept you, because the other outcasts will, since their own ideas about people and bodies are much more malleable than society's. That's like, the thesis of The Shape of Water. Half of all venom fic is about learning to love yourself by seeing what you think are flaws through the eyes of someone who doesn't have the same societal biases as you. What fascinates me about this particular book is the mixture of a very mainstream monster with fairly kinky stuff. The monster looks almost completely human, is conventionally attractive, is conventionally monstrous (tentacles are extremely popular) and even his monstrous tendencies are temporary. However, the acts performed are pretty kinky even for the genre (though nowhere near the level of the weirdest stuff). It's not just your usual bondage stuff. That's an interesting combination.
When she turned on the light and saw he was gorgeous, and he went "you shouldn't have done that", I thought "Oh, this is gonna be a retelling of Eros & Psyche, but with a tentacle monster instead! That should be interesting!" It was not that at all.
when the shape of water came out, many people i knew (poc, queer) said that they liked monster romances not because they can "fix" the monster but because the monster is like us, an "other"
I have learned way too much about how octopi mate, my good. I cannot imagine what the author's search history must look like, my god???? At least the MC is happy and there's good consent 😭
This sorta book is straight from my middle school online reading history...Oh what a strange little child I was, nestled deep in the tumblr monster fucker areas of the internet. The real kicker to this? I'm completely ace+aro, I just thought the monsters were neat and didn't fully understand what I was reading lmaooooo. Now I'm older, still think monsters are neat, and still occasionally revisit monster fucker content
This is so weird but I’m starting to wish there was more non-explicit monster romance. I’m not into the wacko kinky stuff but I think the overall romance theme is genuinely kind of adorable. I love that they had a cute little monster family at the end, complete with little monster friends for their monster kids.
I' also on the ace spectrum, and I love monsters, sexy or not. I also used to read every wild thing on tumblr. I just think they are neat, design-wise and lore-wise.
me too!!! aro-ace spectrum and avid reader of weirdass kink and teratophilia fiction-initially because “maybe if i’m not attracted to humans i’ll ” but then grew into “these fictional monsters have better character writing than most fictional men” ..i mostly think its just funny.
Ummmmmm as someone who has had an IUD inserted in the cervix, that was the most painful thing I’ve ever gone through (never had children). That mating ritual does not sound pleasurable 😫
My impression of Siggy Shade based on this video is that she seems like the female M/F counterpart to Chuck Tingle. Both write kind of bizarre monster/creature erotica that are very self-aware and make sure to include healthy consent behavior (like safe words in this video), with eye-catching images that make you go "wtf is this I have to see how weird this gets" only for the reader to find something very genuine. Also saw another comment that touched upon this but I just wanted to give my two cents: While monster erotica can get the bad rep of being only for very horny women that like unhealthy "I can fix him" type stuff, it's actually quite popular among folks of varying backgrounds that can make them feel like a "hideous monster" in the eyes of others (ie. LGBT+ and disabled communities). So the indulgence becomes more like a self-love/self-acceptance sort of thing, where the romance with the monster/creature is symbolic of the acceptance of how even "the othered" desire love and affection or symbolic of accepting one's "othered" status and no longer letting that weigh you down. I can't say for sure if Siggy Shade writes from that perspective as my only exposure has been from this video, I did feel the need to add to the discussion tho.
I love chuck tingle (and monsterloving) because I love surreal/absurdist things. The vampire bus will always be like, a masterpiece of a concept to me.
I think a lot of the appeal of monster romance also comes from a place of being othered by society. I know that a lot of people I know who enjoy it are in some way othered-be they queer, disabled, etc.-and the appeal of it for them is showing that just because someone is an outcast doesn’t mean they’re undeserving or incapable of love and compassion. Also, monsters are hot :P
I think it’s important to recognize that there’s a huge difference between “I can fix him” and “I see that he’s always been a kind person even though he might appear intimidating at first”. The former is undeniably toxic and encourages unhealthy and unsafe relationships, but the latter is quite sweet and has no inherent toxicity at all. It’s typically about recognizing the inherent kindness and positivity in a person who may not have been treated very kindly in the past, and appreciating them for who they are. It doesn’t defend toxic behavior, because the romantic interest doesn’t behave in a mean or toxic way, they only have the appearance of being intimidating, which prevents people from actually getting to know them and quickly realizing that they’re quite kind and respectful. I haven’t really read any monster romance, but I think that this is way more likely to be the romantic appeal than the idea of “fixing” the guy, especially since it doesn’t seem like the monsters really change (and good for them! Be proud of who you are, monster man). The monster is sweet, but no one knows it because everyone else is scared by his appearance, and he’s happy and relieved when he meets the protagonist and she sees him as a person rather than just a scary creature. Then they have a really close and affectionate relationship because the protagonist is happy to have found this delightful hidden gem of a person, and the monster is happy that someone truly loves him for who he is. That just sounds like an inherently very nice and cute story to me, and I think that that’s probably more what people are going for. (Of course I’m sure they’re also going for kinky sex and all, but I think there’s definitely also sort of a fun and cute story aspect to it)
Your reaction at the 5:00 mark to "tendrils of doubt" is like an audiobook narrator having to pause while recording and check with the employer, "hey, am I still being paid?"
the coworker acting as a cult follower for these creatures and helping them start a local community of eldritch beings is so funny. sooooooo funny. i love that this book sounds so coherent and thoughtful compared to the popular books i've been listening to reviews of 😂
All weird smut aside, she seems like a good author with a great sense of humor and pretty unique writing skill. I would read! (Like I said, if not for the weird smut things I mean 😅💀)
My brain feels so violated right now. But also do you even understand how fast it could be turned into horror movie (aliens possessing humans for replication). Like Jessica turns out to be boss alien undercover and she actually on the mission of luring people to become living incubators for monster baby. What a lost opportunity. Honestly.
I like to think he spent months in the bathtub cleaning some eggs while she gives him food on occasion so he doesn’t eat his tentacles. Somehow that feels less horrific than any other option
Yes, me thinking about giving birth and very unpleasant sensations about cervix dilating (it feels like there's barbed wire around your waist that is being yanked) I'm like 🤢
17:00 wtf did I just listen to- 😭😭Alpha romance writers need to take notes. I'll give credit where credit is due, the research this author made regarding octopus anatomy is worth the applause. To even think that this whole story started with a RUclips soundwave video... I'm never listening to any of those ever again 😍
Ey if some hunk eldritch monster said "you're ovulating, I can tell by your scent" I'd be feeling some kind of way... And I'm not sure if I'm proud of myself for that 💀
I thought this was going to be worse. Can't believe the octopus man understands consent better than most romance characters - though I could very much have done without the mating ritual. Because my god. Thank you for reading this so we didn't have to
6:40 frankenstein's bitch written in all caps with a terribly photoshoped stock image sky with a thunder and a castle in an weirdly all black background my god this is my favorite image of all time
I love the unserious side of this. I want these kinds of snarky and funny lines in our mainstream reading without the characters being cringy snarky women or annoying comic relief characters. There's lessons to learn here for people that write, especially smut.
And this is why you're one of my favorite booktubers-because you truly appreciate the distinction between "badly written" versus "just not for me". And you're simultaneously fair, honest, and brutally no-holds-barred. 💖 Thank you! 😂🤣😁🤭 Also, a most definitively APT usage of the dead-dove-do-not-eat tag.😹🤭🤣😂
its crazy to me that romance novels are so behind on portraying enthusiastic consent that the wildest thing about this isn't the octopus man, but the amount of healthy communication
I'm a huge monster romance/smut fan and have been for years. I'm pretty in touch with the community outside of tiktok (which I don't have) and have NEVER heard of this author. I was ready to cringe, but now I have a new author to look up, thank you!
Thank you for throwing yourself upon the, uh, tentacle-shaped sword (*snort*) for us, because this is possibly the best review I've ever watched. I can't remember the last time I laughed this much before breakfast. :D
I read all the Shade books just out of curiosity and Im always surprised at the amount of lore and background they put into the books. I also appreciate how they always give a happy ending LMAO
this is an educational video about octopus anatomy
edit: please remain respectful in the comments! As I say at the end of the video, this book is only funny and absurd if it's not what you're into. If it *is* what you're into, this book honestly isn't that bad. And remember that a lot of quotes/metaphors I laugh at in this video are likely intended to be funny.
Review ice Planet barbarians
Oh god
@@randomrealistictone2231 no need to traumatize the whole community
It's Harvard on line 2, they want to hire you as a marine biologist
Hello! Would it be alright if you make a playlist of all your "I read _this_ so you don't have to" videos? I think a lot of us would love that, especially new viewers. You don't have to but thank you anyways!
I don't care that the tentacle man was described to look angelic with blue eyes and blond hair. All I can imagine is handsome Squidward
I wanted him to have some monstrous features at least in his face. Perhaps squid like eyeballs or pointy teeth. But no, generic lookin dude I supose is fine enough.
LMAO
all i can think of is Cthulu 😭😭
or Slenderman, cause he's got...tendrils.
@@sanecatlady I think of Shape of Water. I don't understand that movie at all.
@@alpyki2588 still better than cliched vampir romance
"I can fix him🥺"
He's literally an octopus
i’m dying ily for this comment 😭😭
Half the Potc fandom:
fr 😭😭😭
@@captaincaspian42 Hoooooly shit. That got me - I'm laughing so hard rn my cheeks hurt, thank you.
She can change him, like change his shirt
That awkward moment when a tentacled monster is more respectful than regular human male characters.
i honestly want to go to another dimension where queer folks, women and eccentric people can live without misogyny, racism and homophobia where people can express themselves fully.
@@Exmuslim_caffeine oh hell yeah, bring me with you!
@@Exmuslim_caffeine Yeah, men aren't the only ones who are misogynists, racists and homophobic... Getting rid of a group of people is not going to fix anything and is fundamentally a fascist world view.
Hundreds of languages and bro decides to skews facts🫣
If it's too long ignore it.
For some reasons monster like characters in fictions are always better than humans and more respectful and I guess it's just the thing with fiction writing.
The hotter someone is, the more toxic they are.
The more "ugly" they are as monsters the more sensible and respectable they are compared to humans.
Monsters in fictions will understand and be more respectful of people who by society are considered ugly or monsters/devils spawns (?) because they are different from others (LGBTQ+, race/skin color etc.) so aside from the sexual stuff this book have it's kinda common for monsters in fiction who look "hideous" to be nicer and more respectful because they know how it feels like being judged by their appearance without getting to know them.
On the other hand hot people have it easy and even if they complain about them being too beautiful and people overlooking their personality in the end their personality is always toxic be it that they act all sad and depressed because being too hot is "tiring" or because they got away with everything since they are hot and rich (most of the time) so regardless of their view about themself they will always have a shitty and toxic personality if it's a generally hot character, if it's someone who people consider ugly it's made purposely to be nice and with a good personality.
At least from what I read and saw from comics, books, movies etc. that's how it goes.
I guess the biggest examples even if animated are Gaston against Quasimodo (I would have used the Beast as example but it's kinda hard to judge the Beast as a good person because we only ever see his bad side because he's depressed and constantly ashamed of himself so he's always mad and I didn't use the guy who Esmeralda loves because he's generally a good guy instead of a toxic handsome guy if we ignore the novel), Gaston is what everyone wants and desire but he's extremely toxic.
Quasimodo is hated, hidden from society and the whole world in general, considered ugly however he's kind, sensitive and literally the best guy you could ask for either as a boyfriend or as a friend.
In short, in fiction it's really common to make "ugly" characters such as monsters really kind and respectful and that's the most popular portray of them because in the past monsters were always seen as bad and known to hate humans (even if it was the human fault that caused their dangerous behavior) but with times changing now monsters are portrayed as misunderstood and docile and even friendly/kinda puppy like and constantly afraid to be hated.
As said before however that's just my personal experience, I happened to stumble against monsters being nice and respectful a lot in fictions works, even if not sexuals like this one which I'm kinda glad for XD
Edit: there's nothing wrong with it being sexual though, I just prefer love stories without sex.
2:51 "Then she hears a voice being carried over the wind, and it whispers 𝓶𝓪𝓽𝓮"
"Oh didn't know this book was british!"
I'M WHEEZING
Ello mate, u alright? 😂😂😂
AU YEAH MATE
My sides have achived exit velocity and are currently on course to pass Jupiter
@@admiralsnackbarkekwalice6167WHAT 😭🙏😂
I thinks that’s Aussie
The weirdness of this story isn't the tentacle monster smut, it's the tentacle monster healthy relationship and subsequent family + community
I sincerely was not expecting healthy relationship with an octopus monster in a smut book. that’s some whiplash
When the love interest in a YA romance is actually a decent person: 🤯🤯🤯
Yeah monster romance stories are generally more wholesome than human romance
@@discountpotato5680i like your pfp
Octodaaaad
Nobody suspects a thing...
watching this while editing my squid dissection lab report was possibly the wildest experience of all time
I cannot... POSSIBLY, ever imagine.
Gold tier content right here
Does it have a mating arm?
I READ EATING INSTEAD OF EDITING DNDNS
I was just quietly watching this before I decided to scroll through the comment. Your comment just made me audibly laugh for 5 minutes 😂. My cat is looking at me like I'm crazy 😅
"My heart flipped like a panini" is the best sentence that my ears have ever been blessed with.
Pancake is one thing, but panini?
Haha
😭😭 i loved this, it was crazy but the author obviously was doing it for fun 🤣🤣
Say what you want about the book, but the author knew what they were doing!
I dont why I pictuted a pannini doing a backflip 😂
I can very audibly hear Lovecraft sobbing in his grave as I watch this
Oh he would HATE this actually I might have to start reading monster porn
@@matilda4204 me too actually I would LOVE to desecrate the name of that eugenicist by reading Cthulhu erotica
@@pennyw2226 HAHAHA SAME
Did the Dunwich Horror teach you nothing?!
Good let him cry
"He's oozing *liquids* from... MANY parts of his body" this is irrationally funny to me
it’s irrationally hilarious and I’m very curious as to what the MANY parts of his body are
@@nycoleleon713Right?? Like why did I imagine it coming out of his mouth or something 😭
bill cipher pfp with THIS comment gave me whiplash
16:17
Most people attracted to monsters aren’t attracted to the “I can fix him” mentality. The attraction there is having someone big and strong enough to protect you, but also one that would be gentle and respectful of your personal boundaries.
That’s why consent is such a big thing in many monster smut works - it’s part of the appeal to have such a horrendous creature being more respectful than many real people we consider “beautiful”.
I really wouldn't be surprised if some people also just think big claws and sharp teeth and other intimidating features are just hot, plain and simple.
Yeah, I wouldn’t say I’m exactly in the demographic, because I’m not really into hardcore smut of any kind, much less scary hardcore smut, but I have to say I kind of get the appeal of the romance aspect. I think there’s just something really sweet about the “against all odds” sort of thing going on with it. Even though they literally couldn’t be more different, they feel this really sincere affection for each other, and they’re happy to work around all the strange barriers together to make the relationship work.
Additionally, I think it’s the appeal of “seeing the good that was always there, but wasn’t obvious at first,” which is NOT the same thing as “I can fix him”. He was ALWAYS in his heart (or hearts?) a sweet and respectful lil tentacle monster, even if they had some cultural divides and confusion at times. He was never a bad guy that needed fixing, or to change at all. He just didn’t have anyone who saw him for the nice person he was inside, under all the scary tentacles. He never needed to change, he only needed to be recognized.
I also think the “possessiveness” actually has a more positive connotation here than normal, because to me it just sounds more like he feels like he has an exceptionally strong personal bond with her (again, cause they love each other so much that they don’t care at all that they’re extremely different creatures), and it’s more of a loyalty thing than a controlling thing. He wants to stay by her side and stand up for her, and he wants to be hers just as much as she’s his. “Mine” here implies mutual loyalty and support to me more than it implies that she’s just a possession.
@blackosprey2219 yea, I'm this demographic
yeah, this. i think what also plays the part, especially for people ostracized by society for one reason or the other, is safety in being loved, wanted and seen as beautiful no matter your appearance, social status or any other factors seen by society as undesirable or gross because obviously, monsters, especially otherwordly ones, don't hold human prejudices. which is also why monster romance is popular within queer people who are commonly seen as unnatural freaks, so it's also a "monster meets monster" sentiment and the beauty of an unconventional relationship between individuals rejected by the society
@@blackosprey2219 Yep
as funny as this is its kinda nice seeing consent being so emphasized and respected in the book
AND THE USE OF THE LIGHT SWITCH AS A SAFE-GUARD??? AND THE AFTERCARE?????? WTF BRO
EXACTLY IM REELING
It’s genuinely kind of a sweet story, even with the weird disturbing kinky shit. I went “aww” a couple of times in this video. They’re a cute couple, I think it’s adorable that they ended up with a happy lil monster family
it's actually kind of cute you have to admit
Agreed
“if he’s a being from another dimension i’m sure they don’t have andrew tate there” made me laugh so hard hahaha
That was literal gold ahahaha
can u share the time of that?
@@priyanshimalfoy6998 4:15
Tell me more about this other, better dimension!
Someone needs to take me to that dimension
When you spend all your day watching booktube rants instead of actually reading a book yourself…i’m guilty
OMG is your pfp Makima?
So true😂
@@sudity9435 yep ^^
Dude i don't even like reading but the stories sound interesting lol
In your defense, I have to say that there is not many things better than watching people on RUclips talking about shitty books
me, a bilingual with monolingual parents, watching you explain tentacle monster soulmate smut sitting next to my mom: 😮
You have a level of confidence and risk taking skill that I will never achieve, and honestly I respect it.
Lol same and your parents gonna go "yo the kiddo just got some language practising thingy"
YES! Dear God, thank you for making me the only fluent in English in my family. The amount of bad word music I can listen is so amazing 🙏
(My dad can understand English because of his job, but mostly PC things and other few things but I'm pretty sure tentacle smut is not one of them)
A win is a win.
@@isabelafreitas8438
EU TAMBEM KKKK nossa e cada coisa que eu escuto perto deles que as vezes eu fico olhando a reação deles pra ver se eles fazem alguma careta
For me, the appeal of monster romance isn't an "I can fix him" fantasy, it's a "here's a being that could very easily kill me, but loves/protects me instead in spite of our differences" fantasy.
That and theres some sort of danger appeal about being romantically interested of a non human monster AND the freaky deaky ways said monster will show affection activates the neurons of all certified proffessional monster fuckers.
When you put it that way, it sounds not disgusting LOL
Same with horses and girls..
why would you want it to be able to kill you at all?
@@liloruf2838 you reminded me of that one mobile game where a woman owns a horse with a face of a man
To be fair, though...If I have to choose between "monster tentacle body horror" and a Colleen Hoover book. I might prefer to read the monster tentacle shit show. 🙈🙈🙈
Honestly….same
I mean atleast there's consent and no romanticizing of abuse💀
@@Bluemoon08 there's sa in that tentacle thing..
@@ET-tu3gp the content warning said "sexual assault"
@@ET-tu3gp fair point. but there was a tw in the book so idk 🤷♀
The fact that this book has better octopus anatomy than human anatomy is sending me to orbit.
it IS easier to dissect an octopus legally
im just sayin
@@Crows_Hoard
Who's says you can't dissect a human legally. Just make sure nobody finds the body /j
@@Uneducated.. 'its not illegal if nobody knows'
@@Crows_Hoard
That's exactly what my dad says
@Uneducated.: What ARE you two on about? *locks cabinet quietly*
“She heard a voice on the wind… ‘right mate, fancy a cheeky Nando’s?’”
Yeah, as a Welsh person I really can’t take this ‘mate’ sub-section of erotica seriously for this exact reason. Even less seriously than the regular stuff, like. “You’re my mate” “ah, thanks butt, you’re mine too.”
I'm English, but I kind of go the opposite. Hearing randos say "mate" I'm thinking ' but you don't want to mate with them...'. that's not your mate, that's your friend lol
@@patheticmortal373 Doctor: I just want a mate
Donna: YOU JUST WANT TO MATE!?
Doctor: A MATE, I WANT A MATE
@@spinecho609 EXACTLY! THANK YOU
That scene with Donna sums it up perfectly
😂
British people are eldritch creatures confirmed
“Murder? Did that happen between two consenting adults?”
Dumbledore and Snape: 😏
snape and voldemort:🤨
tbh it was very reluctant from Snapes side, no enthusiastic consent there
Well, two adults consented to unaliving her boss😂😅
@@tabeatamm3594 I believe the actual term is dubious consent, even saying that has me rolling on my floor, dubious consent between Dumbledore and a very reluctant Snape 😂
"do I really want the monster to f*ck me in the urethra?" I actually audibly and physically RECOILED as a person who has bladder issues I've had to get probed several times and it's genuinely NOT FUN AT ALL it gets painful VERY FAST holy shit 😭
How fast?
I HAVE INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS (painful bladder syndrome, literally inflammation of the urethra and bladder tract, feels like peeing acid 24/7) AND I CANT STRESS HOW PAINFUL EVEN THE THINNEST OF ULTRASOUNDS IS WHEN PUSHED UP YOUR URETHRA
That is how I sometimes feel about regular smut, which depicts male characters having huge d*cks. I have a very hmm thiсk hymen which makes even using tampons painful sometimes. (If I wanted to ever have penetrative s€x I would first surgically remove it)
I have never had a catheter or anything like that, but I did have a raging UTI and I'm pretty sure if I ever experience anything with my urethra I'm going to sob
The only reason I'm not also recoiling is because I know this is a thing people are into
The fact that I'm just picturing this dude as Octodad makes this 10x funnier
NOOOOOOOO 😫😭
BAHHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHHAAH HOLLY SHIT NO----
I did a full body cringe. How dare you put that image in my mind.
@@zoeb3573 you're welcome! 😁
The fact that a tentacle monster from a dimension understands consent more than most human men
Edit: Everyone who started a fight in the comment section will be blocked. If you try to start a fight as well, you will be blocked.
*another dimension
nothing but facts
Damn
I know right 😂😂
I was gonna comment something about most men not, in fact, being abusive assholes, but this fruit is hanging so low I'll just write this.
as a professional fanfic reader, I can confidently say that this is actually pretty lukewarm if you compare it to some tentacle fanfiction out there (even the cervix part), but I still applaud your bravery, since most published books do not venture that far in the monster aspect of smut, thank you for this exquisite entertainment The Book Leo
My thoughts exactly
I've seen both better and worse during quarantine in the Pirates of the Caribbean fandom 😔
I was thinking the same thing 😂 Like this is pretty standard stuff for people who aren't normies. I've written and read stranger than this. I still wouldn't read this one though cause it sounds like it has stuff and goes in directions that don't interest me, but like, yeah, it's a fanfic I'd probably click on at least 😂And also accurate about the published books, they usually try to lighten the monster-fucker aspect (ngl sounds like this one did a tiny bit too, but hey, they were creative about it.), this video was still hilarious though, I love how baffled TheBookLeo is 😂
@@matrixdream9746 tbh kinda lame how human the monsters get in some of these books, but guess that's just preference
@@DrinzenDrawz THANK YOUUU! Honestly that's why I avoid the mainstream/published monster stuff, they try to reach too far out of the community and normalize it, but they only end up weirding out those not interested, and alienating those who are, (and maybe hitting the demographic in between), but where's the non-human lover love? (We're here for the monsters, give us the monsters! 👏 If I wanted to read about a blue eyed blonde haired man, I'd pick up any other book ever)
20:48 "My heart flipped like a panini." The writer was totally eating a panini, or craving one during the writing process.
The way a tentacle romance novel still has better comprehension of consent than 50 shades or 365 days is a feat to behold
as a polish I apologize for 365 days, we don't claim it ❌❌
20:49 the delivery of “My heart flips like a panini” got me rolling 💀💀💀
I spit out my water at that 😭
it was so funny 😭
I laughed so hard 🤣
I haven’t gotten there yet but that line has me on the floor lmaooooo
THEY HAVE TO BE TROLLING, i refuse to believe this is all real
Hot take: possessiveness is only romantic when it's "out of character". Think sweet/geek gf/bf actually getting angry when someone tries to get between you two when they're usually really calm. If someone gets possessive at any slight sign of trouble, it looks really immature, but if it's "out of character" it means you're important enough to cause that kind of response with them, as opposed to them just throwing a temper tantrum. Bonus points if they usually have trouble standing up for themselves. Inherently, possessiveness often looks insecure to me, and insecurity and confidence are opposites, so the more confident your character is the more they should reasonably be able to be self assured in the fact that the protagonist is "theirs" without having to make grand gestures or explicitly stating it.
Good take, also bonus points if it only happens because the main character says something like “that persons making me uncomfortable, I don’t like the way they’re looking at me,” and THEN the s/o gets protective.
@@deepsea5348 Absolutely! Even better: a novel I read had an MC who had an anxiety diagnosis, and in one of the scenes the LI actually goes out of his way to ask her if she's alright himself. As someone who also has anxiety, that brings me so much joy. Possessiveness and protectiveness should always be in compliance with/service to the other person in the relationship, as opposed to clashing with them (and when it does, take notes from ATLA and actually turn it into a conflict instead of pretending it doesn't matter).
Also, stray thought: I don't think people realise that when someone agrees to date you, they're (most of the time) already agreeing to being "yours", in a sense- it's when people/characters start pushing the limits of what that means that it starts to become uncomfortable. There's a distinct difference between someone being your s/o and being your personal belonging (namely how much of their own autonomy they get to keep). As someone's s/o, all you truly "own" is the right (I'd call it a right, anyhow) to be the sole recipient of their romantic attention.
Honestly, a lot of these issues could be fixed by just rephrasing "you're mine" to something more tasteful, since 80% of the time it has the same underlying meaning as something like "I care about you because you're my partner" except it's also icky.
I LOVE THIS TAKE
@@Nixahma can you tell me what book is that?
@@katherine4866 I don't wanna expose myself lmao
So it seems her soulmate is chadthulu…
I’ve never physically recoiled what reading something but here we are
That was beautiful, bravo 👏
We all need Chadthulhu in our lives
CHADTHULU?
@@thewritersalcoveand never learned how to fucking read
If i tried to summon my soulmate and they turned out to be an octopus i guess i would be offended??? The universe is clearly mocking me
Foreal
Offended that I’m not compatible for a regular person that they had to send in the special forces😢
@@karinasilva-xw3ldI mean same but if this ‘monster’ is twice as respectful as real humans, and if I can get to know him/her first, I’m not complaining
@@sand_eater101 I mean the bar is low anyways might as well😂
@@sand_eater101to quote a comment I read from somewhere:
"The bar was so low it was basically a tripping hazzard in hell, but here you are limbo dancing with the devil."
I'd feel bad for your poor octopus soulmate, not you.
I don’t know how the author looks, but I can pretty much imagine her giggling and chuckling writing this book while saying “oh my god this is perfect” every time she came up with something original like the « _tendrils of doubt_ »
"I didn't know this book was british" made my whole day 😂😂
😂😂😂
Not monster romance having great consent and content warnings while also traumatizing anyone who isn’t in the intended demographic. One day maybe vanilla romance and dark academia will have the same unproblematic energy
there is no weirder group of people than monsterfuckers
When I first learned about bdsm but Mum saw it as this horrible thing, women agreeing to be tied up and beaten simply because they loved him and would let him play out his violent sexual impulses and she had words to say about 50 Shades. Well I got very curious and learned the actual bdsm community also had words to say about 50 shades as real bdsm takes consent very seriously compared to more tame kinks
What is vanilla romance?
@@limerence8365The issue with critiquing BDSM that way (men just hurting women and the women letting them) is that there are tons of queer people in that community, too. It's way more diverse and complicated than just "thing man does to woman". Sometimes it's with two women or two men. Sometimes the woman is the one being the dom, and the man is the sub.
@@runaway1635Vanilla is a stand-in for ‘normal’.
- consent ✔️
- well researched ✔️
- we all learned something ✔️
I don‘t know what more you want of a story 😂
Not well researched lol. That cervix stuff is so inaccurate it’s crazy. That would be excruciating to experience that.
@@idislikemacaroni fair enough 😭😭😭 but maybe that tentacle alien aphrodisiac had smth in it that made it pleasurable
@@idislikemacaroni it's a monster fucking book, I think there being exceptions as to what the characters feel pleasure from is okay 😭 the rest was clearly researched though
@@idislikemacaroni Honestly. I feel like I would literally die if that ever happened to be. The cervix part actually made me cringe because I could just imagine the pain
@@idislikemacaroni Some people are into the size kink to that point lol Personally I´d hate it if that were me, but to each there own ig
"At least she's enjoying it. I'm not."
Killed me. Great line which I'll use from now on :-)
Honestly, big props to Siggy Shade for having a CW list at the beginning. You know what you're getting into.
6:38 I have to say, the "that time I got drunk and yeeted a love potion at a werewolf" book actually sounds pretty interesting
I read "That Time I Got Drunk And Saved A Demon" recently and loved it. I'm not someone that typically enjoys romance but it was a great Rom-Com in a fantasy setting.
I'm excited to read the sequel.
Honestly it sounds like a summary for a Marauders fan fiction
i literally saw the cover when she put it on screen and went straight to amazon lol
@@WatchingWhileAsleep
Give update on how it is if you could because im like kinda considering it… 👀
@@Gaigemaid yes please update us! Cause the use of love potions sounds super problematic (cause they don't really love you and therefore don't give their consent freely but are tricked into wanting to have sex/a relationship with you; a bit like a date rape drug) but I would love to know how that aspect of the story is handled!
Women go through hours of pain and labour,when it comes to opening the cervix for period blood to come out or a baby to push through,that when I encounter it in fiction I roll my eyes at how the ladies supposedly enjoy it.
i have very small cramps on my period but i can FEEL the pain through that sentence. how tf would you enjoy that shit when most women say that it's the worst pain they've ever experienced?? i dont get it
@@froog2 Obviously, it was the euphoric influence of that 'love ink'[ or whatever], doping her waaayyyy upp. 👀😅🙃 Loll
(Also.. it's fair to note, both periods and childbirth can also feel quite differently to different women. It can be either more or less painful, all depending on the individual person-and/or depending on a number of other variable factors.)
Or, maybe it's just an ends-outweigh-the-means kinda thing-where, like, what they get in the end somehow makes it all worth it to them? Or something? I dunno? 🤷♀️ 😂 Or perhaps, because it was with their mate-they could weather literally any hell together, and still be happy, just because they had each other through it all?. .. Who knows!~
How is she even alive man like that can't be healthy 😭
It's by far my least favourite trope in h€nt@i. Yes, out of all of them. There's always someone with a specific weird kink, including noncon stuff, but NOBODY enjoys their cervix being dilated. I refuse to believe it. I've had an IUD.
@@definitelynotashark1799 that's because it's not meant to be opened and shut.its not like the anus that gets used more frequently for no.2.The cervix is rarely getting opened.
The question is: Was the friend that was recomending the video to all the woman, an insider? Was she an infiltrated spy octopi lady that was sent to populate earth with tentacle children? This is the question that will keep me up at night. Honestly, great video. The book, besides the body horror, sound really funny.
omg thank you! I was wondering if I was the only one
I hope the book gets a sequel just for that reason (and not any other reason I swear 😳)
@@spicysalad3013 That would be epic.
@@spicysalad3013I hope it gets a sequel cause it sounds genuinely kind of adorable. I’m not into hardcore smut in general, much less scary smut, but I thought their relationship was oddly cute and I thought it was sweet that they had a little monster family.
Sorry, just heard from corporate, the term we're using is "octospy"
9:14
"The scene itself includes a few jumpscares, such as--"
"Neurologists have discovered that ear-ringing is linked to dementia."
I love perfectly timed RUclips ads (:
I got an ad for Spongebob the musical
The monster f*cker trope is finding folks who had no idea they were into monster f*cking. Delightful 😂
I've been mining through Wattpad to find these types of books that are non fanfictions ones
@@Everest_MonsIf it helps, Tumblr has a lot of monster fucker content with original characters.
@@Everest_Monswattpad…. ☺️
@user-dh9fn4ml3pMost of the stories on wattpad are fan fics, no matter what you’re looking for 😅
Alternate title *When you accidentally attract an octopus hunk into your bedroom and don't question it at ALL*
That could be a light novel name lmao
Read enough hentai for that.
Average Thursday
as a barista, i finally feel seen by the romance genre
* coughs in coffee shop AU *
I laughed so hard, thank you for this joke 😂
Not me dying because I’m cough-laughing at this comment
You and me both - ngl it's funny how being a barista is hot for some ppl 😂
@@aliza_h Agreed. She should have seen Broadway Backward's "History of Wrong Guys".
when u said "the liquid seeped into her skin" I literally though there was gonna be a plot twit about her being a sponge monster
LMAO
Spongebob*Handsome Squidward or so
@@KaliqueClawthorne I hate you for making me read this
@@redblushinrose i bet there exist fanfics
Regretful Reads?
Not Lexi being okay with a tentacle monster eating her boss AND helping him cover it up 😭
Tbh I had bosses who I would feel the same about if my tentacle boyfriend offered 😂
the voice for "i want triplets" sent me into a fit omg. that was funnier than it should've been, i loved it
You know, I was basically fine with all of this until anything about the cervix came up. Now I'm sitting here with my legs tightly crossed because nO THANK YOU.
Same.
Same. I was watching and I’m like “oKaY...this isn’t TOO bad..” and then that part came and I’m like “okAAy, that’s enough internet for the day-“ 😭
"Should I let him f* me in the urethra 😩" no sweetie, that's how u get a uti💀
as a (struggling) medical student that's a misunderstanding I've seen way too many times... cervixs are not penetrable unless you are about to give birth.
Every day at some point we reach the moment we’re the internets breaks us.
And for me it was this moment. 😂
Nobody's asserting the fact that Jessica is a freaking sorceress and got her friend entangled (pun intended) with a lovecraft demon
14:23 the scribbled note of "I can't do this anymore" made me laugh so hard 😭😭😭
The fact that her friend is spreading the videos like Its candy is wild. Like is she a real one for helping her people with their sexual fantasy or a menace to society 💀
Both
i've had an iud put in on three separate occasions and i can say with 100% confidence that having your cervix separated does NOT feel arousing at all
right 😭😭 it hurts like shit
Seriously! I have a high pain tolerance generally and getting my IUD was not remotely enjoyable. Not to mention a uterus isn't built to be forcibly stretched by tentacles?? Auugh!
That sounds painful
That’s why she had to swallow the “special ink”. It’s a sedative/anesthetic/euphoric, like liquid nitrous oxide.
Do other medical exams arouse you thought? I imagine none of them ought to. It's more to do with it being a medical exam and not a romantic encounter.
Loving the monster / caring for the monster, to me is more like, people recognizing that these outwardly monsterous looking creatures are also deserving of love. Because society so quickly others and alienates those that it deems other/ ugly as being bad/ evil. I think there is a real correlation between loving the monster and loving yourself for who you are without shame and without being deemed evil for being who you want to be
righttt its not "i could fix him' bc it oftentimes is more like the monster realizing they don't need to be fixed. im not an avid monstersmut reader but that's how i've come to view it
It's a narrative that a lot of marginalised people feel a connection to because other people label us as monsters all the time. It's why, for example, you find so many queer people in the furry community, because people already see us as other, so embracing that otherness is very freeing for a lot of people. The same goes for monster romance, & how it's not about the 'I can fix him' thing but about the 'I will accept him as he is' that a lot of marginalised people don't get from others
This was my take on it as well.
Its a good thing you can get this inner meaning from this sort of book because its a very valid sentiment but I don't think the authors or readers of these books are in it for the deep societal allegory.
@@hornbeam7131 i agree with leonie that a lot of this is tongue in cheek and i dont recognize very clearly the allegory within this particular book either. But ive definitely read things (monstersmut specifically, even though im not an avid reader of that) where the author /did/ intend it to be that 'deep'.
I find it not much of stretch even, bc in my mind is the example of taking the old hollywood/literature trope of villains and monsters that represent queerness, and than ppl add fanficesque elements like smut.
Whether every reader is in it for that is a personal thing i guess
The sequel needs to have nothing to do with romance, and instead should be about all these human women establishing a homeschool cooperative for their half octopus children.
I'd read that, 100%. Bonus points if this is taken completely seriously, because hot damn, the potential for social commentary is off the charts.
@@MaradraftsThat’s genuinely such a fun idea! I don’t even care if they keep the romance as long as they keep it cute and don’t make it graphic again lmao
After work yesterday, I too heard a voice over the wind saying " oy bruv' "
"would you fancy a crisp???"
I imagine the (half octopus?) children just start off as normal octopi around the size of fun size candy bars and then slowly grow into human looking children
Honestly, to me they would look like Splatoon characters.
wtf😭
" When you're opening a fanfic and you see the tag *"Dead Dove do not eat"* and you think to yourself: this is fine, I'll just read it. And then you realize, it's not fine. *It's not even close to being fine* "
This has been my experience every time I see this tag. And the worst is when I get invested and the weird things appear in later chapters 🙃
I mean, you can’t say you weren’t warned…
EXACTLY everytime I see that tag I fry it up and eat it up in pain
LMFAO i pretty much only read that 👌
What does that mean?
@@peppa_destruidora_deautoestima basically, "dead dove, do not eat" is a tag used to indicate that the fanfic features tropes that are generally considered morally reprehensible / dark, like rxpe/non-con or dub-con, torture and all that jazz. it’s not for everyone haha,,
"If he's a being from another dimension, I'm sure they don't have Andrew Tate there." First, that's my quote of the day. Second, a book about confused Lovecraftian horrors finding Red Pill rhetoric is one I would buy right away.
Some werewolf going, “That’s not how alphas work at all…”
Leonie laughing at her own "of course, my mate" in an accent is so funny
"Tendrils of doubt" GIRL, ID BE RUNNING FOR MY LIFE
As a connoisseur of monster romance (specifically venom fanfiction) the "I can fix him" fantasy tends to only be present in stuff written for an audience of cishet white women. The much more popular fantasy has to do with loving and being loved by an Other, especially when you yourself have been othered all your life. It's about how bodies and people are categorized, and how it does not matter if society will never accept you, because the other outcasts will, since their own ideas about people and bodies are much more malleable than society's. That's like, the thesis of The Shape of Water. Half of all venom fic is about learning to love yourself by seeing what you think are flaws through the eyes of someone who doesn't have the same societal biases as you.
What fascinates me about this particular book is the mixture of a very mainstream monster with fairly kinky stuff. The monster looks almost completely human, is conventionally attractive, is conventionally monstrous (tentacles are extremely popular) and even his monstrous tendencies are temporary. However, the acts performed are pretty kinky even for the genre (though nowhere near the level of the weirdest stuff). It's not just your usual bondage stuff. That's an interesting combination.
When she turned on the light and saw he was gorgeous, and he went "you shouldn't have done that", I thought "Oh, this is gonna be a retelling of Eros & Psyche, but with a tentacle monster instead! That should be interesting!"
It was not that at all.
I know you said this 6 months ago but I THOUGHT THE EXACT SAME THING I WAS LIKE "OMG EROS AND PSYCHE BUT MONSTERFUCKERS!!"
Bro I thought the same exact thing 😭
when the shape of water came out, many people i knew (poc, queer) said that they liked monster romances not because they can "fix" the monster but because the monster is like us, an "other"
Yes! The monster doesn’t need fixing, he’s a sweet guy from the beginning! Don’t lump him in with shitty human male leads lmao
damn that’s legit so interesting. aren’t we alienated everyday after all
Ishmael my beloved
Ishmael my beloved
Ishmael my beloved
At "Oh, I didn't know this book was British" I literally spilled my coffee all over myself laughing hysterically
I have learned way too much about how octopi mate, my good. I cannot imagine what the author's search history must look like, my god???? At least the MC is happy and there's good consent 😭
This sorta book is straight from my middle school online reading history...Oh what a strange little child I was, nestled deep in the tumblr monster fucker areas of the internet. The real kicker to this? I'm completely ace+aro, I just thought the monsters were neat and didn't fully understand what I was reading lmaooooo. Now I'm older, still think monsters are neat, and still occasionally revisit monster fucker content
This is so weird but I’m starting to wish there was more non-explicit monster romance. I’m not into the wacko kinky stuff but I think the overall romance theme is genuinely kind of adorable. I love that they had a cute little monster family at the end, complete with little monster friends for their monster kids.
what the fuck this is me
I' also on the ace spectrum, and I love monsters, sexy or not. I also used to read every wild thing on tumblr. I just think they are neat, design-wise and lore-wise.
me too!!! aro-ace spectrum and avid reader of weirdass kink and teratophilia fiction-initially because “maybe if i’m not attracted to humans i’ll ” but then grew into “these fictional monsters have better character writing than most fictional men”
..i mostly think its just funny.
The part where he doesn't want to be seen and she shines a light on his face reminds me of Eros and Psyche. Anyone else?
That was my first thought as well
The main character actually mentions about them in that scene
@@Citizenofyoutube wow i didn't know that
Ummmmmm as someone who has had an IUD inserted in the cervix, that was the most painful thing I’ve ever gone through (never had children). That mating ritual does not sound pleasurable 😫
Same. Hearing that ritual scene gave me cramps and war flashbacks from the gyno office 😭
You just need the special ink 🤣🤣🤣
I've just got an IUD and I'm still getting cramps. I almost had to stop, because it is too soon for me.
I’ve had 3 IUDs in my lifetime and I was physically recoiling so violently I think I might have body cramps for the rest of the week
My IUD insertion hurt so bad I passed out. The cervix part was the worst part to hear about, including the cringy urethra nightmare. No thank you.
My impression of Siggy Shade based on this video is that she seems like the female M/F counterpart to Chuck Tingle. Both write kind of bizarre monster/creature erotica that are very self-aware and make sure to include healthy consent behavior (like safe words in this video), with eye-catching images that make you go "wtf is this I have to see how weird this gets" only for the reader to find something very genuine.
Also saw another comment that touched upon this but I just wanted to give my two cents: While monster erotica can get the bad rep of being only for very horny women that like unhealthy "I can fix him" type stuff, it's actually quite popular among folks of varying backgrounds that can make them feel like a "hideous monster" in the eyes of others (ie. LGBT+ and disabled communities). So the indulgence becomes more like a self-love/self-acceptance sort of thing, where the romance with the monster/creature is symbolic of the acceptance of how even "the othered" desire love and affection or symbolic of accepting one's "othered" status and no longer letting that weigh you down. I can't say for sure if Siggy Shade writes from that perspective as my only exposure has been from this video, I did feel the need to add to the discussion tho.
👏👏 Good analysis
I love chuck tingle (and monsterloving) because I love surreal/absurdist things. The vampire bus will always be like, a masterpiece of a concept to me.
Hey this is actually a pretty good 2 cents :D
I think a lot of the appeal of monster romance also comes from a place of being othered by society. I know that a lot of people I know who enjoy it are in some way othered-be they queer, disabled, etc.-and the appeal of it for them is showing that just because someone is an outcast doesn’t mean they’re undeserving or incapable of love and compassion.
Also, monsters are hot :P
I think it’s important to recognize that there’s a huge difference between “I can fix him” and “I see that he’s always been a kind person even though he might appear intimidating at first”. The former is undeniably toxic and encourages unhealthy and unsafe relationships, but the latter is quite sweet and has no inherent toxicity at all. It’s typically about recognizing the inherent kindness and positivity in a person who may not have been treated very kindly in the past, and appreciating them for who they are. It doesn’t defend toxic behavior, because the romantic interest doesn’t behave in a mean or toxic way, they only have the appearance of being intimidating, which prevents people from actually getting to know them and quickly realizing that they’re quite kind and respectful. I haven’t really read any monster romance, but I think that this is way more likely to be the romantic appeal than the idea of “fixing” the guy, especially since it doesn’t seem like the monsters really change (and good for them! Be proud of who you are, monster man).
The monster is sweet, but no one knows it because everyone else is scared by his appearance, and he’s happy and relieved when he meets the protagonist and she sees him as a person rather than just a scary creature. Then they have a really close and affectionate relationship because the protagonist is happy to have found this delightful hidden gem of a person, and the monster is happy that someone truly loves him for who he is. That just sounds like an inherently very nice and cute story to me, and I think that that’s probably more what people are going for. (Of course I’m sure they’re also going for kinky sex and all, but I think there’s definitely also sort of a fun and cute story aspect to it)
Your reaction at the 5:00 mark to "tendrils of doubt" is like an audiobook narrator having to pause while recording and check with the employer, "hey, am I still being paid?"
I love that the content warning has a whole list of crazy things then something as comparatively mundane as “workplace sexual harassment”
I do love that unironically. The author writes some over the top shit while still keeping in mind possible boundaries/limits of the readers.
A tentacle monster knows more about consent than most grown men
the coworker acting as a cult follower for these creatures and helping them start a local community of eldritch beings is so funny. sooooooo funny. i love that this book sounds so coherent and thoughtful compared to the popular books i've been listening to reviews of 😂
It’s a real shame that the education system has failed the author so much to where they think opening a cervix is anything but extremely painful
"this entire book is just fan fic about a handsome octo" 😭💀 i can't stop laughing this video was hilarious
All weird smut aside, she seems like a good author with a great sense of humor and pretty unique writing skill. I would read! (Like I said, if not for the weird smut things I mean 😅💀)
Sameee this story is lowkey adorable, I want to read her books and just skip past the sexual stuff so I can see all the weird funny cute stuff
20:30 - I mean... A man with tentacles would probably make the ideal barista🤷♀
My brain feels so violated right now. But also do you even understand how fast it could be turned into horror movie (aliens possessing humans for replication). Like Jessica turns out to be boss alien undercover and she actually on the mission of luring people to become living incubators for monster baby. What a lost opportunity. Honestly.
I like to think he spent months in the bathtub cleaning some eggs while she gives him food on occasion so he doesn’t eat his tentacles. Somehow that feels less horrific than any other option
…only female octopi can do their. also they refuse food anyway so the story would just end with a dead body.
As someone with an IUD as contraception, the part with the cervix opening has me rolling on the floor. The pain is no joke, folks 😭😭
I'm just going to pretend he also secretes a pain killing neurotoxin that doesn't kill her lol
Yes, me thinking about giving birth and very unpleasant sensations about cervix dilating (it feels like there's barbed wire around your waist that is being yanked) I'm like 🤢
17:00 wtf did I just listen to- 😭😭Alpha romance writers need to take notes. I'll give credit where credit is due, the research this author made regarding octopus anatomy is worth the applause. To even think that this whole story started with a RUclips soundwave video... I'm never listening to any of those ever again 😍
Yes, he asks for her to Say She wants it herself
Ey if some hunk eldritch monster said "you're ovulating, I can tell by your scent" I'd be feeling some kind of way... And I'm not sure if I'm proud of myself for that 💀
"We can use our imagination."
I *really* don't wanna
"This book does include a few jumpscares such as-" an ad pops up.
I would unironically read this. It certainly wouldn’t be the worst thing I’ve read.
I hate to admit I’ve read worse
so true tho 😭
Lol same.
I unironically read it and I feel ashamed to admit that it's not the worst thing that I've read
I thought this was going to be worse. Can't believe the octopus man understands consent better than most romance characters - though I could very much have done without the mating ritual. Because my god. Thank you for reading this so we didn't have to
loving the fact that squidward is called 'octo' in the netherlands. fun fact: he is called 'thaddeus tentakel' (tentakel being 'tentacle) in germany.
thaddeus 😭😭😭
In Hungary he is called "Tunyacsáp". Tunya means lazy and csáp is another word for tentacle.
in norway he is called "Bleke Fangarm"😭😭😭 it means pale tentacle, although most commonly we use tentakel.
Lovecraft would have had an aneurysm. That is a sign of quality.
6:40 frankenstein's bitch written in all caps with a terribly photoshoped stock image sky with a thunder and a castle in an weirdly all black background my god this is my favorite image of all time
I love the unserious side of this. I want these kinds of snarky and funny lines in our mainstream reading without the characters being cringy snarky women or annoying comic relief characters. There's lessons to learn here for people that write, especially smut.
And this is why you're one of my favorite booktubers-because you truly appreciate the distinction between "badly written" versus "just not for me". And you're simultaneously fair, honest, and brutally no-holds-barred. 💖 Thank you! 😂🤣😁🤭
Also, a most definitively APT usage of the dead-dove-do-not-eat tag.😹🤭🤣😂
And still, the awful AI generated images manage to be the worst thing about this.
(wonder if the book is written by ChatGPT too lol)
@@elenabarbieri1286 no way, Chat gpt does not write very well at all
@@hihi-kv8kv exactly
My biggest takeaway from this... "At least she's enjoying it... I'm not!"😂
its crazy to me that romance novels are so behind on portraying enthusiastic consent that the wildest thing about this isn't the octopus man, but the amount of healthy communication
I'm a huge monster romance/smut fan and have been for years. I'm pretty in touch with the community outside of tiktok (which I don't have) and have NEVER heard of this author. I was ready to cringe, but now I have a new author to look up, thank you!
It's very good
Respectfully, yall weird lol
a win is a win
i’m still trying to figure out how the fuck the soulmate subliminal summoned the tentacle monsters 😭🤚
Thank you for throwing yourself upon the, uh, tentacle-shaped sword (*snort*) for us, because this is possibly the best review I've ever watched. I can't remember the last time I laughed this much before breakfast. :D
I read all the Shade books just out of curiosity and Im always surprised at the amount of lore and background they put into the books. I also appreciate how they always give a happy ending LMAO
I had this on my 'watch later list' for a while know and I was honestly scared to watch it. I regret that deeply. This. Is comedy gold.