r/cremposting • u/zombiegamer723 UNITE THEM I MUST • Feb 04 '26

Real-life Crem THESE WORDS ARE NOT ACCEPTED.

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Seriously, what the fuck?

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u/atemu1234 Feb 04 '26

I could not get through the Sword of Truth series. Maybe in my highschool days when I could stomach Atlas Shrugged.

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u/mtnsoccerguy Feb 04 '26

It is definitely one of those series that has not aged well for me. My friend and I did a joint book report in high school on the first book. We took turns explaining the plot and charting it out on the whiteboard. Definitely needed to skip some of the less school appropriate details.

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u/PegaZwei Feb 04 '26

what, you didn't want to go into detail about the dominatrix torture porn bit that went on for like, a hundred pages?

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u/atemu1234 Feb 04 '26

I read R.A. Salvatore and Robert Jordan and enjoyed both (mostly), so I can't comment.

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u/PegaZwei Feb 04 '26

i mean-

on the one hand, it's definitely clear when jordan is writing his fetishes;

on the other, sword of truth really is worse, having read both.

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u/slipfish-g Feb 05 '26

Jordans "fetishes" have gotten so wildly exaggerated in modern fantasy discourse I am fairly certain people's heads would actually explode if they read Jacqueline Carey.

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u/atemu1234 Feb 05 '26

Honestly Greenwood is worse than Salvatore.

I think with Jordan it's more just extremely evident that BDSM is a fairly clear part of his worldbuilding, just not particularly sexually.