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The bad boy syndrome

I think perhaps one of the reasons that we are attracted to the bad boys and the monsters of stories is not only because they are attractive/alluring, or because they tend to be more interesting than the good guys, but because for all their mystery we already know what they are: bad boys and monsters.

You know from the start that Loki is probably going to kill you

so really it’s only a pleasant surprise if he doesn’t,

and you’ll have a really interesting time with him until that point. And there’s always that thought that they won’t kill you, that you’ll connect with them. that you’ll be able to reach that tender spot inside them and that they’ll keep you. and then you’re really safe. No one is as safe as someone who a monster decides to protect.

On the flip side, heroes do everything they can to make sure no-one sees their dark side. No one knows what terrible things tempts a white knight, and we often find out too late what demons a good man is hiding.

And maybe that’s why it confuses men; that they create these terrible creatures that should be frightening and yet we dream of them quite fondly.

The biggest mystery of the bad boy, is how good is he.

The biggest mystery of a good man, is what evil he is capable of.

That’s certainly a big aspect why monsters and villains are appealing to me.

TRANSMISSION LOST by Stefan Mazzara

Jack Squier is a civilian cargo pilot in a future where humanity has begun colonizing other worlds throughout space. This period of expansion has led to prosperity, but has also led to the unfortunate realization that humanity is not alone in the universe. Humanity is now at war with the Ailian Ascendancy, a fiercely territorial empire that does not take kindly to humanity encroaching on their domain. Over this decade-long conflict, humanity’s ships have been spread thin across space as they fight to hold back the Ailian fleets.

With military ships becoming such a precious commodity, civilian pilots like Jack find themselves pressed into service running supplies for the UN Navy. On one such cargo run, Jack encounters the enemy in the worst way possible, and sets in motion a series of events that will change the future of humanity. 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27236475-transmission-lost

Teratophilia recommendation by @winged-wolf-tsuki who shared some relevant information for monster lovers: ”It features a female character that is not only stronger than her human partner but much taller. The start of it has some similarities between Enemy Mine and Starkissed but then it starts to branch out a bit more. I found it a unique read.”

More books with monsters as the love interest: HERE

SPIDERLIGHT
by Adrian Tchaikovsky

The
Church of Armes of the Light has battled the forces of Darkness for
as long as anyone can remember. The great prophecy has foretold that
a band of misfits, led by a high priestess will defeat the Dark Lord
Darvezian, armed with their wits, the blessing of the Light and an
artifact stolen from the merciless Spider Queen.

Their
journey will be long, hard and fraught with danger. Allies will
become enemies; enemies will become allies. And the Dark Lord
will be waiting, always waiting…

Spiderlight
is an exhilarating fantasy quest from Adrian Tchaikovsky, the author
of Guns at Dawn and the Shadows of the Apt series.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28765741-spiderlight


Spoilers ahead…

This
book was a pleasant surprise. At first glance it’s a classic quest
novel about a small party (priestess, mage, warriors, thief) setting
out to defeat the eeeeeeeeevil Dark Lord.

It
becomes relevant to my (monster) interests when they force a giant
spider to join their party. To make him look less conspicuous the
resident mage attempts to give him a human shape. This goes slightly
wrong. The result is Nth, a man spider described as having a sinewy
physique, gray skin, slightly too long limbs, much too long fingers
and sporting 6 beady eyes as well as razor sharp fangs in a mouth
that, upon occasion, opens a bit too wide in an otherwise handsome face.
He’s also strong and tall. I’m in love.

The
poor spider monster fills his party members with intense disgust. Not
only do they not trust him despite having him placed under a spell
which compels him to obey everything they say, the human questers are
also having a hard time recognizing him as a person. My heart really
broke for Nth. He tried to adjust to an unwanted body complete with
its strange sensations and even stranger states of mind. He is forced
to betray his people, knows that he will never really belong anywhere
ever again and is even denied a free will.

But
slowly some of the party members start being compassionate towards
him and he in turn reaches out to them. A kind of camaraderie
develops between them and they start turning to each other for
comfort. Yes, I mean Nth and the female warrior Cyrene have (drunk)
sex. Moral implications ensue. Cyrene is genuinely worried that she
might have raped him because he’s still under the spell that makes
him obey everything the party members tell him to do. Luckily it
turns out Nth went into the situation willingly. This is quite
astonishing considering he later thanks Cyrene for not eating him
afterwards. He didn’t know that among humans this is not a common thing to do
after sex. 😅

So
Nth starts making friends, first the thief and then Cyrene. By the
end of the novel he has gained at least the respect of all the
questers (except the dead ones…) and is more or less made into a
hero and savior. Needless to say he doesn’t care about those
things. He also regains his free will and that is infinitely more
important to Nth.

The
end is happy enough because it suggests Nth and the two people who
genuinely care about him look forward to a quiet life where they can
escape all forced heroism and live unnoticed and therefore free.

I
have some minor criticisms but overall I thoroughly enjoyed this
book. The language is a bit overwrought but on the other hand this
goes very well with the dry humor the whole novel is infused with.
The POV of view changes quite frequently but it wasn’t confusing
despite all the characters’ voices sounding a little bit too much
alike.

The
book also deals with issues I didn’t expect in a novel about some
questers setting out to defeat the ultimate evil such as racism,
blind faith and bigotry, sexism, crimes committed under duress and
free will in general. Sometimes it’s a bit heavy handed but overall
the inclusion of those themes made the emotional struggle of the
characters very real.


Also have I mentioned that I love Nth? His
characterization is human enough to emphasize with him, yet as a being
of a different species also believably alien.  The poor monster
spider boy just wants to be treated like a person.

More books with monsters as the love interest: HERE

WOLF CHILDREN (2013) 

After her werewolf lover unexpectedly dies in an accident, a woman must find a way to raise the werewolf son and daughter that she had with him. But their inheritance of their father’s traits proved to be a challenge for her. (IMBD) 

Their love story in short:

And then he dies…

BUT!

It’s just the first part of the story.

Hana’s struggle to keep her children safe and give them a chance to truly be themselves is one of the most beautiful and heart wrenching stories I’ve seen in recent years. Seriously, I was crying almost throughout the whole film. The story concludes on an melancholy yet uplifting note and if you are not a snivelling mess by the end of it YOU HAVE NO HEART. 

Hey there! This blog is a monster delight. You write fantastic stories and it always brightens my day to read ‘em! I was wondering if you know any more blogs like yours? If not, maybe some blogs you take inspiration from? ♡ ♡ ♡

terato-romance:

howtobangyourmonster:

momolady:

Aww thank you! Yes! I know a few you’ll enjoy. Check out @mintstermonsters @teradoration @orc-lady-unabi @howtobangyourmonster as well uhhh….I have more but I am drawing an absolute blank. Everyone, please add your favorites!

Aww, bless you for including me!

I’d like to add:
@monstersinblacksilk

@monsterboysmooches

@terato-romance

@your-monster-romance

Wow, what an honor to be included on that list! Thank you so much! 

As all other blogs I like are already mentioned, I’d like to include

@fuck-yeah-monsters-and-villains, who posts lots of interesting things about monsters and many great themes and tropes and also art!

@monsterboysmooches – just wow at her stories

Thanks for recommending me!!!😀

Another great blog with an ongoing story about a room monster boyfriend is @backstagerebelgirl. Check it out, it’s deliciously frightening.

Monster Under The Bed Boyfriend – Nybras (NSFW)

terato-romance:

This train takes too long, you feel. Tired after work you want
only one thing – to come home, eat dinner, change into something
comfy, jump between the sheets and let your boyfriend make you forget
everything else. Your monster boyfriend, that lives in the shadows
under your bed.

You have to smile when you remember meeting him. You moved into a
new house and one of the rooms already had a bed in it. An old,
massive antique, carved from walnut. You fell in love with it on the
spot. After the move was finally over and you were done with
decorating the house, it took a couple of weeks for you to notice you
were not alone. At first, it was the little things, like noises
coming from upstairs, or finding a door open after you were sure you
closed it just a few minutes ago. Things were going missing and you
kept finding them different places. At first you thought your memory
was just that bed, that you kept forgetting where you put things, but
the noises were a different story. Steps, the sound of closing doors,
and sometimes breathing. You were never afraid of ghosts, and up
until now, it didn’t seem to be hostile, so you continued to ignore
everything that was happening. You also thought that ghosts didn’t
care about humans and what they did, so you continued to walk around
the house half naked, and sometimes when you wanted to let some steam
off and masturbated in your bed, moaning loudly. But sometimes you
could swear that when you reached your climax, you heard a growl from
under the bed and felt it vibrate a little, but it could’ve been
just the blood roaring in your ears, and your muscles spasming, so
you brushed it off.

Until you saw him. 

You were watching TV in the living room and at some point the
screen turned completely black, reflecting the room and yourself
sitting on the couch. And the figure standing behind you. A black,
hulking mass, with long arms and horns. He gave you a scare because
you didn’t expected to see him, but beside your heart skipping a
beat, you didn’t let him know you could see him. It also made you
realize it wasn’t a ghost. But he didn’t try to harm you either.
On the contrary, the first contact he made with you, left you in
quite a wonder over his gentleness. It was on the day you learned
that your grandpa was really sick. You were so worried and sad, you
cried yourself to sleep. A few hours later, when it was still pitch
dark outside, you felt a soft touch on your hair, and tried not to
open your eyes, not not let him know you were awake. His touch was
light as a feather, and his growling whisper that asked you not to be
sad anymore, made you feel safe. Ironically, a shadow monster made
you feel comfortable and warm. You relaxed and fell back asleep, but
your curiosity was awakened. 

After thinking about a way to lure him out from wherever he was
hiding, you decided to simply ask him. You made yourself a cup of tea
and sat on the couch, watching a show, not knowing if he was watching
you in that very moment, but it couldn’t hurt to try.

“I know you’re here, big guy. How about you come out and
introduce yourself?” you spoke into the air. You waited a while but
nothing happened, so you shrugged and kept on watching. Maybe he
wasn’t ready.

But that night you felt it again, a soft stroke on your curly
hair. You shifted a little, and it disappeared.

“I don’t want to scare you.” he said with his growling voice
and felt your heart hammering in your chest.

“I am not afraid.” you answered and sat up on your bed,
turning on the bedside lamp, but there was nothing there, only
shadows. So you went back to sleep, deciding that you would wait
until he was convinced that you wouldn’t run off screaming at his
sight.

But when you awoke the next morning, you found a cup of hot coffee
on your bedside table, just how you liked it. It made you smile.

“That is so sweet of you.” you said into the air, but heard no
answer.

The following days brought more niceties from the creature. After
going to bed with bare feet, you found your slippers waiting for you
on the floor beside your bed in the morning. When you felt hot at
night, you heard the window opening, letting in a cool breeze, and
there was always fresh tea or coffee waiting for you in the morning
or after you got back home from work. You enjoyed it, being taken
care off like that, you found it adorable, but you wanted to finally
see him, thank him in person. But he kept away.

One evening though, you got a hint on where he was hiding. You
went into the bathroom to take a shower, but didn’t close the door.
From where you stood, putting shampoo on your hair, you could see the
part of your bedroom where the bed was. And under it, were two red
glowing eyes. You froze, staring at them, as he watched you. Then you
just kept washing your hair, rinsing it off, and soaping and
scrubbing your body, all while looking directly at him. You saw them
glow a bit brighter with every moment, and when you let the water
rinse off the foam off your naked body, while you moved your hands
across it, cupping your breasts, you heard a growl, and then the eyes
disappeared.

A bit disappointed that he didn’t come out after you showed off
like that, you put on a pair of panties and a short shirt, as it was
hot outside, and went to bed.

You weren’t sure what woke you up, but you opened your eyes, and
found yourself staring directly into the red orbs you saw under the
bed before. You gasped, and he jerked away, as if he wanted to run
away.

“No, wait!” you pleaded. “I’m not scared, just
surprised!”

He stopped moving, and looked at you. It was too dark to see any
details, but you found him up close much bigger  than in the
reflection. He had broad shoulders and very long arms, hands
decorated with claws. He was massive,  had long horns on top of
his head, and heavy locks of hair

“Wow. You’re quite impressive.” you said, and he smiled.
Your eyes grew big at the sight of the rows of sharp fangs he showed
you. “I’m Y/N.” you introduced yourself.

“I know.” he answered with a deep growl. “My name is
Nybras.”

You talked almost all night. You learned that he was very old,
bound to this area and that he was here even long before the house
was build. His favorite spot was under the old bed you slept in, and
when he told you that you were the first human he ever wanted to show
himself to and befriend, your heart melted at the way he sunk his
head and lowered his voice, as if he was flustered by his own
confession.

Luckily it was Friday, because you had to sleep off the hours
spent with Nybras at night. From now on, he showed himself to you
every day, and you couldn’t stop admiring his looks each time he
appeared. It wasn’t long until you realized that Nybras’s
interest in you had also other sides, but that he seemed to be too
shy or scared to tell you. You saw him looking at your body when he
forgot himself, and sometimes when you laughed and casually put a
hand on his shoulder, he gasped and turned his face so that you
couldn’t see it. You tried a few more times, but he shied away every
time, even though you saw his clawed hands trembling a little, as if
he had to force himself not to touch you.

You decided to make it clear that it was ok with you, if he wanted
more than just be friends.

One night, while lying in bed, you bit your lip and slid your hand
under the covers, and into your panties. Your fingers found your
sensitive spot and your breath hitched. You slowly circled it, and
then slid further down, parting your folds and spreading the moisture
over the bud. A soft moan escaped your lips and added some pressure.

“Ohhh…” you moaned into the darkness of your bedroom.
Something stirred under the bed, you heard a rustle, and decided to
really tease him. “Mmmh, Nybras” you whispered.

There was a growl, and when you opened your eyes, you saw him
looming above you, eyes glowing more than ever.

“What are you doing?” he asked, hissing.

“I’m pretending that it’s you who is touching me, since you
hesitate for some reason…” you answered, smirking.

He growled directly in your face, and it send shivers of pleasure
down your spine.

“I’m doing it for your own good. I don’t want to hurt you.”
he raised your hand and it hovered above your neck as you
panted. “You are so fragile, so delicate, beautiful.” he
whined, as if in pain. “You deserve to be worshiped. But not
by me. I’m a monster.” he said.

You grabbed him by his hair and stared into his glowing eyes.

“And I want you just as you are” you said with a serious look
and kissed him. His mouth was wide and flat, appeared not to have
lips, but you kissed him anyway, and when he parted it, showing his
fangs, you kissed them too, licked over them, moaning softly. He
moved his hands, and touched your arms, carefully, scared of hurting
or scratching you with his claws. When you pulled him closer, he gave
in a little and put his arms around you, releasing the breath he was
holding with a hiss.

You explored his body with curiosity. He was warm and had a rough
surface. You felt muscles moving under his skin, and found with
surprise, that what you thought were locks, were actually tendrils,
that curled around your arms and caressed your skin. You moved away a
little, which made him whine, and you pulled your shirt over your
head. He hissed again and you felt something wet drip on your chest
as he stared at you, his mouth was open and watering at the sight of
your body. A long, black tongue darted from between his fangs and he
licked over your chest, between your breasts and over them. The
tongue was wet but rough and he teased your nipples with it’s
surface. You moaned and entwined your fingers in his tendrils.

“I wanted to taste you for so long. Since I saw you showering
that evening. And you always pleasured yourself so loudly, I had no
other choice than to follow your voice and take care of myself” he
groaned into your skin and you smiled.

He hooked his claws into the seam of your panties and started
pulling them down. You arched, lifting your hips off the bed to help
him, and when he threw them aside, he laid his hands on your legs,
parting them.

“Ohhh…” he growled in awe. You got curious if he was even
build in a way that made it possible to have sex with a human, and
you decided to find out yourself. You rose from the bed and kneeled
in front of him, while he stared at your bare body. You then pushed a
little at his chest, which made him fall back.

“Lean back a little, I want to try something.” you said with a
smile, and he obeyed.

You kissed a trail down his chest and felt his breath speed up.
His stomach was all hard muscles, and he had narrow hips, with
something like little spikes at the sides. When your hands went
further down, you found that he was very well equipped to mate with a
human. His cock was thick, bent upwards a little, and covered with
rows of nubs, of which the biggest was on the upper side, right
before the flat head. You marveled at the unusual form and went right
down to give it a lick. He gave out a whine and his body tensed at
the unexpected sensation. You licked over the head and sucked, while
sliding your hand up and down the shaft. He put his trembling hands
on your shoulders, moaning deep in his chest, but keeping still as
not to buck and accidentally choke you. You kept twirling your tongue
around the head and the slit on it, and pumped until he cried,
shivered and you felt a thick, sweet tasting liquid spurting into
your mouth.

He was panting and when you lifted your head, you saw that the
remaining drops on your hands were pitch black. That was another
surprise.

“Sorry…” he muttered. “I couldn’t stop myself.” 

You smiled and kissed his fangs. “I’m glad you couldn’t,
because you’re delicious.” you murmured.

He purred as he nuzzled his face into yours. But he knew very well
that you weren’t satisfied yet, so he laid you back on the bed, and
when he nudged your entrance with his cock, he looked at you as if
seeking one last approval. You nodded, and he started to push inside
you, his thickness filling every inch of you, like nothing ever
before. The nubs rubbed you from the inside in the most delicious
way, and when the biggest slid over the right spot, you gasped and
squeezed your thighs around him. Nybras filled you completely, and
braced himself on his arms on both of your sides, as not to crush
you. He gave you a moment to adjust, and when you squeezed around him
and moved your hips, he gave out a low growl and started sliding out,
and in again, making your eyes roll back from the intensity of
pressure and stimulation his girth and the nubs gave you. He
continued, increasing his speed, and when he shifted a little,
changing the angle of his dick driving into you, you cried out loud,
when he teased the perfect spot inside. He pounded harder now and you
felt yourself getting close to the overwhelming point. Your abdomen
burned with building desire and when it finally spilled over, you
screamed his name and plunged your nails in his arms. His thick ropes
of cum filled you and he howled with pleasure. You saw the tendrils
grow and snap in the air as he came, and his eyes burning like fire.

You never climaxed like this. It left you absolutely spent and not
able to lift your arms, but in a complete bliss. Nybras slid out of
you and you felt the black liquid oozing out of you, but it was a
good feeling. He curled at your side and pulled you into his chest,
purring and stroking your hair.

You often thought about that first time with Nybras, and what
amazing experience it was. Not only because of how great the sex was,
but how caring, intuitive and generous your boyfriend was. 

The train arrives at your station and you get out, walking a block
and then turning toward where you live. You open the front door and
throw the keys into the little basked at the table.

“I’m home!” you shout. Not two second after you’re lifted
into the air by a pair of strong, black arms, and feel his tendrils
on your face. His purr tells you just how much he missed you even
though you were gone only a few hours.

“I made you dinner.” he says with his face in the crook of
your neck.

He places you down and takes your hand, leading you to the kitchen
while your heart, like every day since you met him, fills with love
and joy. ❤️

***

I wonder if I described his dick well enough for you to know what I mean, or if I should just draw it…

One of my favourite kinds of monsters…right there, under the bed. Convenient 😋