It’s not like the drow have any choice in the matter. And it doesn’t make any sense that they would find that orgasmic. It’s just a writer’s bizarre fetishes.
Tiger sharks do that. It makes a certain amount of sense. Though it’s odd that it’s just that one kind of elf. It would fit better for a more monstrous race.
But the thing about being orgasmic is just bizarre.
Yeah… a LOT of the Drow lore got amped up around the time Salvatore was writing about Drizzt.
Some of it was like “the Tau are actually led by mind control” in that it was always there but mostly ignored. But most of the REAL fucked up “let’s have an orgy with your siblings” stuff was very much done to make Drizzt cooler and… yeah…
Its why anyone who insists “they ruined Forgotten Realms” and “We need to go back to the good old days” deserves some massive side eyeing,
Oh, old D&D was pretty weird, and there have been writers saying some real weird shit. There’s disturbing and there’s that, something that’s not necessary if you have a decent amount of writing skill.
Hell, they could have just not used “orgasmic” and just said “this is respected in drow society”.
Nothing wrong with making a fictional race as disturbing as possible
The “mother finds this orgasmic” part doesn’t add to how disturbing the concept is though it just makes me feel weird about the writer
I mean sure, but I don’t think it’s like, bad to be included either. Still serves to make them fucked up imo
As in, Im reading it as the mother knows that’s what is happening and derives intense pleasure from it that it becomes physical elation
It’s not like the drow have any choice in the matter. And it doesn’t make any sense that they would find that orgasmic. It’s just a writer’s bizarre fetishes.
Yeah, just cut that part and its good for a race thats supposed to be disturbing
Tiger sharks do that. It makes a certain amount of sense. Though it’s odd that it’s just that one kind of elf. It would fit better for a more monstrous race.
But the thing about being orgasmic is just bizarre.
Yeah… a LOT of the Drow lore got amped up around the time Salvatore was writing about Drizzt.
Some of it was like “the Tau are actually led by mind control” in that it was always there but mostly ignored. But most of the REAL fucked up “let’s have an orgy with your siblings” stuff was very much done to make Drizzt cooler and… yeah…
Its why anyone who insists “they ruined Forgotten Realms” and “We need to go back to the good old days” deserves some massive side eyeing,
Oh, old D&D was pretty weird, and there have been writers saying some real weird shit. There’s disturbing and there’s that, something that’s not necessary if you have a decent amount of writing skill.
Hell, they could have just not used “orgasmic” and just said “this is respected in drow society”.
Would they even know?
Agreed. Makes the drow slaying more impactful. Less infanticidal orgasms, what a noble goal.