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>RR readers really despise harems for some reason
Harems are shit for multiple reasons
The common (sense) reason is the same reason cheating is frowned on. Intimacy is like emotional currency, throwing it out to every broad that asks for it infinitely cheapens the value. Romance is only precious when it's between two people because of this vulnerability and intimacy. Romance without connection, harems, are just shallow, base things. They can be hot for smut but that's the extent of their value, masturbation material.
IRL women are one-dimensional animals but I want writers to write depth and complexity into their fictional women. Women that just nod and acquiesce to their man cheating on them aren't characters, they're just tools to make the reader (writer) feel a sense of accomplishment and conquest.
I'm not a terribly big fan of Mushoku but I will admit that even if it's haremslop, it steps above the rest by at least pretending it's not wish-fulfillment through introducing conflict and struggle from the introduction of a harem. Fuck, oldeus time travel was a terrible development, it should have been his story...
Anyways, the reason I personally dislike harems is because it's transparently self-fellating wish fulfillment. Stories with protagonists that have everyone (but one dimensional evil strawmans) tripping over themselves to suck their toes are trash, garbage. The protagonist should have people be neutral towards them or dislike them, they should go through tribulation and have their core as a person tested. Hardship and growth. I can't immerse myself in a story if the protagonist is getting rewarded by the world for every step they take. It feels slimy. If you want to read wish-fulfillment, that's fine, good on you, but don't pretend that it's anything of quality or substance.
I want to read something of quality of substance, so I dislike harems.
Also, they're a plague on the fantasy monster girl genre. Pick one, you fucking bastards.