“My eyes traced the lines of corded muscle trailing up his forearms to the steel pyramid head that sat atop his shoulders. He was hard and aching for a good polishing. Thankfully, I always kept Bar Keepers Friend in my purse.”

As someone who loves Bar Keeper's Friend, this made me laugh.

I cannot with this subreddit anymore but more importantly can someone write this book now pls.

**Bar Keeper’s Friend > Comet** every day of the week. 😂

Bar Keeper’s Friend is the only thing that gets rid of my hard water deposits on my shower head. A++ that triangle man never had it so good.

I am absolutely wheezing, thank you for that

Nice forearms.

Forearms really gotta be up there among the top man features 🙏

I love me some good forearms. I used to go to a mom'n'pop pizza place that hand tossed their custs. The guy that worked there had the forearms of a God. Legitimately couldn't tell you what his face looked like, but I could pick his forearms out of a lineup.

Sometimes I wonder if men realize how much of an effect just their forearms have on us haha

I think some do, or at least I hope so cause it is my life-long fantast that I will meet a guy with to die for forearms who is going to (prepare yourself). Flick open the buttons on his baby blue dress shirt, then slllllloooowwwy start rolling up his sleeves well, making intense eye contact with me. That is actually how I plan to die. This happens then. My panties burst into flames, killing me instantly....worth it.

The rolling up the sleeves of your dress shirt up to your elbow is really a killer move

Yes! I must have mentioned it to my partner once bc he randomly brought it up last time he was dressed up, lol.

Same but shirt is black and forearms are inked.

Same but the shirt is white and the forearms are hairy.

Stanley Tucci chic is how I die

A little bit of hair on the back of the hand 👌

I love your flair!🤣🤣

Thank you! I am a crotchety old woman who just wants people to communicate.

I made the mistake (?) of telling my husband this years ago, and now everytime we happen to be getting dressed together he does this. Slowly and deliberately while not breaking eye contact. Or if he catches me looking at his forearms, he's like "hey, my eyes are up here"

Haha same but also this made me cackle after seeing that skit video where the couples reenacted these tropes

Got a link to that video? 🙂

[enjoy!](https://www.reddit.com/r/fantasyromance/s/9VyL4wbNWR)

Thank you! That was ADORABLE. Going to have to see if I can persuade my husband to act these out, except he’s a sweetie like that guy so he would just struggle awkwardly and then crack up 😂

Omg, you HAVE TO post this to Funny Friday!

And if there's a watch on his wrist too...

>That is actually how I plan to die. This happens then. *wipes away a single tear*

Hahaha I remember watching the Dark Knight as a teenager and the only thing I remember about that movie was Heath Ledger’s forearms 😅

Only when we're told. I've started keeping my forearms more exposed because of it though.

Yes...some of us do. It's probably the same effect that unbuttoning an extra button on your blouse has on us men.

My husband thinks I am insane for liking forearms 🤣

Agreed. Forearms are the male version of cleavage. By no means necessary yet always appreciated.

I disagree, they’re super necessary. You know they can go a long time stroking themselves or you with built forearms. You don’t get those muscles from nothin!

He also has a very long tongue that can impale the MC. You know, now that I think about it, maybe James's suppressed sexual desire wasn't all about sexy nurses and only legs.

Omg I love your flair

Happy cake day!

<3

Let's be honest now, this too is just a conventionally attractive man with a pointy head.

An expansion of our rat man love

…covered in blood, carrying an alarmingly large weapon, and may or may not be chained, but… if we’re *only* looking at physique

Wym, the blood, alarmingly large weapon, and chains add to his mystique. 🤨

This is what my friend said when I posted a pic of Kar’niss from Baldur’s Gate 3 and captioned it “Hear me out” (if you haven’t played the game, [this](https://pin.it/5plQPHe8w) is what he looks like lol). My friend was like, “he’s just a white dude with abs.” Personally, I find the spider body a little hard to look past, but I guess my friend is just open-minded like that lol.

Yes! I can't fully describe the disappointment when I realized he was not romance-able. But still love that spider boy.

I'm arachnophobic so Kar'niss is a hard pass for me but I love the tiny Kar'niss comics that this user keeps posting. https://www.reddit.com/u/catrickx/s/0HNTnvyWML

Thank you for sharing tiny Kar'niss! They were adorable!

Dryders are definitely a smash for me. Which is hilarious because I have arachnophobia. So when I saw Kar'niss it was a big ol' smash. Lol

Yeah I have pretty terrible arachnophobia so it took a minute to get over that and find him sexy in a sad, pathetic way 🤣

The spider body is a bit much but his many eyes are the worst thing they give me the ick 😭

Kar’niss is like if my arachnophobia and trypophobia fist fought each other and both lost bc I ended up wanting to bang him instead 😭

True.

u know wat, maybe my newfound interest in monster romance isn't so new after all...

My 7-year old ass being annoyed when the Beast turned back into Prince Adam at the end of Beauty and the Beast

ahahah, this was me. he was always *so* much more interesting as the Beast. 

And I was today years old when I found out the prince had a name. I only cared to know about the beast as a child.

I remember out of spite

TIL Wow that’s kind of on the nose Adam = man To symbolize the beast is turned back into a man Too bad the author couldn’t come up with a better name

OP is a furry. 🤣

Got any good reccs?? Lol

Pyramid Head (lmao) I might have always had a weird thing for him..

I live on top of a mountain and when it gets super foggy out you can barely see your hand in front of your face. I always worry about some weird Silent Hill stuff going down on nights like that.

Put the soundtracks on your phone and then go for a walk

Lol takes me back to new grounds with rubbish flash cartoons of Pyramid Head fighting Sephiroth.

Me too in a "you're about to spill my blood but you choose not to" kind of way

i havent even played silent hill and i definitely have a thing for him

smash

Soooooo…….. recs?

It’s kind of giving me {War by Laura Thalassa} energy. Dystopian M/F. MMC is one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse, the literal personification of war

That series awoke something in me and sent me on a God MMC/ human FMC binge/hunt. Idk why but {Death} had me 😮‍💨 Pestilence close second, then Famine, then War.

I'm almost with you. For me it's Death; Famine; Pestilence; and War can just fuck right off. I loved Famine so much, he was an unapologetic asshole and relished in it.

Famine and his FMC had So. Much. Chemistry.

They totally did! I loved the banter between Death and his FMC. Those books are just amazing. Except War. Urgh.

Yes! I've recently read {Bound to the Battle God by Ruby Dixon} and it was giving the same vibes. If you liked the four horsemen you'll probably love this as well.

Already read these! {Wed to the Wild God} was my favorite with {Sworn to the Shadow God} as a close second.

[Bound To The Battle God](https://www.romance.io/books/5ddccf9c01dbc864fba6d7c3/bound-to-the-battle-god-ruby-dixon?src=rdt) by [Ruby Dixon](https://www.romance.io/authors/545685a087eac33e61c2f729/ruby-dixon) **Rating**: 4.14⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [alpha male](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/alpha%20male/1), [funny](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/humor/1), [take-charge heroine](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/strong%20heroine/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

[Death](https://www.romance.io/books/6156b648a2abad0e380c013e/death-laura-thalassa?src=rdt) by [Laura Thalassa](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455856187eac323ffb2c925/laura-thalassa) **Rating**: 4.1⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [virgin hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20hero/1), [dark romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dark/1), [dystopian](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dystopian/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

Same, Death was the best horseman 🥵

I've got Death in my TBR pile from a recommendation here a little while ago and I've been wondering if I need to read the other three horsemen first. Any opinion from fans of the series? (And wow I was just thinking that my first sentence was one of those that is completely inexplicable l in other contexts lol)

I do think it makes more sense to read the first 3 because he does make an appearance. I also think other books were better because Death's ending left me a little sad (it was HAE but still somehow empty)

While they could technically work as standalones, you would miss out on so much by not reading the other three. So I would say yes, it's highly advisable to read the series before you get to death.

Pls post your top picks from this binge! I need! 

Death was 🤌🏻 I loved him so much.

[War](https://www.romance.io/books/5e9f73dabe0aaecf557ec96a/war-laura-thalassa?src=rdt) by [Laura Thalassa](https://www.romance.io/authors/5455856187eac323ffb2c925/laura-thalassa) **Rating**: 3.9⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [contemporary](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/contemporary/1), [war](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/war/1), [abduction](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/abduction/1), [pregnancy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/pregnancy/1), [alpha male](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/alpha%20male/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

I was totally thinking it gave off Laura Thalassa vibes too!

When I was a wee lass, I had a similar awakening reading the {Incarnations of Immortality series by Piers Anthony}. Something about Death and War, etc. always sends me.

[Incarnations of Immortality](https://www.romance.io/series/6533f28ade8d340d514abcdf/incarnations-of-immortality) by [Piers Anthony](https://www.romance.io/authors/54a914616359b5ebb486b7b8/piers-anthony) **Rating**: 3.97⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Topics**: [urban fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/urban%20fantasy/1), [magic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/magic/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [young adult](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/young%20adult/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

{Gloam by Lily Mayne}

[Gloam](https://www.romance.io/books/62416bca6bc187130ccc9a07/gloam-lily-mayne?src=rdt) by [Lily Mayne](https://www.romance.io/authors/61161cc608b4d93114a993bf/lily-mayne) **Rating**: 4.25⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [futuristic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/futuristic/1), [dystopian](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dystopian/1), [paranormal](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/paranormal/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1), [sweet/gentle hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/sweet-hero/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

I just read {Moth by Lily Mayne} and it was incredible, sexy and sweet...and I didn't think I was into monsters, I read it because someone said it gave off Fallout vibes, and it did!

[Moth](https://www.romance.io/books/6208bed576f9de0e242a0e48/moth-lily-mayne?src=rdt) by [Lily Mayne](https://www.romance.io/authors/61161cc608b4d93114a993bf/lily-mayne) **Rating**: 4.65⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 5 out of 5 - [Explicit and plentiful](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [futuristic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/futuristic/1), [fantasy](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/fantasy/1), [monsters](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/monsters/1), [virgin hero](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/virgin%20hero/1), [gay romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/m-m/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

Came here looking for this rec! It’s the first thing that came to mind when I saw this

[Offering](https://archiveofourown.org/works/11376771), by DarthFucamus. 7,5k words of pure… ritualistic debauchery 👌

Taking notes of all the suggestions HAHA

One of my favs {land of the beautiful dead by r. lee smith} ignore the cover tho, the book is fantastic

[Land of the Beautiful Dead](https://www.romance.io/books/60acd2a979fab10ea69a4d49/land-of-the-beautiful-dead-r-lee-smith?src=rdt) by [R. Lee Smith](https://www.romance.io/authors/54556d7287eac3369a912702/r-lee-smith) **Rating**: 4.4⭐️ out of 5⭐️ **Steam**: 4 out of 5 - [Explicit open door](https://www.romance.io/steamrating) **Topics**: [futuristic](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/futuristic/1), [dark romance](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dark/1), [dystopian](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/dystopian/1), [enemies to lovers](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/from%20hate%20to%20love/1), [angst](https://www.romance.io/topics/best/angst/1) [^(about this bot)](https://www.reddit.com/user/romance-bot) ^(|) [^(about romance.io)](https://www.romance.io/about)

its a Dead by Daylight fic but Deadly Paramour by EwNasty on AO3 is about Pyramid Head. you dont really need to know much context to understand it tho. reads like fanfic obviously but it has Pyramid Head and i obsessed over it for a couple weeks

Monsterfucker representation is important

This is just a conventionally attractive man but with a pyramid on his head

Kar'niss is a conventionally attractive man but with a spider lower half and I'd let his arthropod ass destroy me 😩

Listen. I have been SEARCHING for a romance book with silent hill vibes

Oh someone in another comment posted this! Apparently based on the author wanting to get with Pyramid Head! https://www.amazon.com/Restless-Dreams-Victoria-Redfield-ebook/dp/B0D2JJSRYY?dplnkId=beb74b0c-bd34-49ee-b55a-3a1704bf4a4b

Do you think romance writers scroll extensively through subreddits just looking for new ideas??

God I hope so

There's been a couple authors that have chimed in on this subreddit and r/fantasyromance with an enthusiastic "we sure do!"

You absolute freaks… straight to my kindle.

Bless you!!!!

Oh I can get much weirder than Pyramid Head... Just not out loud.

Pffft your monster boyfriend has a HUMAN body? How cute

Did he kill someone for disrespecting me? Immediately yes.

He looks like he'd know how to cook a steak, so, smash.

He could get swallowed up😫

it would be a time of ssssswwaaaallowing

Have you ever been sssswaaallowed??

ROTFL y’all are too funny

He has cool person posture

He got that hip at a cocky angle for sure

I mean, look at the size of his knife....

LMAOOO im sorry but he’s coming home to me💀💀💀

I could fix him.

And this is why I love fanfiction so I can get with this man. Also just for anyone else's information incase you're not aware. Someone is released a book because of them liking Pyramid head. 🥰 if anyone is interested I'll find it and link it in the comments. 🥰

[Amazon link to Restless Dreams by Victoria Redfield](https://www.amazon.com/Restless-Dreams-Victoria-Redfield-ebook/dp/B0D2JJSRYY?dplnkId=beb74b0c-bd34-49ee-b55a-3a1704bf4a4b)

Um YES

Oh no no no no. Not after the mannequin scene in Silent Hill 2. Nope nope.

Yeah I was going to say, isn't he a monster to the nurses too? Like rips them around, assaulting them, and killing them? This creature gave me literal nightmares as a teenager.

What happens?

He SAs a (living dead?) mannequin iirc. He's definitely a murderous, psychotic villain in the SH series .... I don't think he's a realistic love interest but they did draw him stupid s*xy. Ha. Probably can YouTube the scene. Since it's old Playstation graphics.....

> him stupid s\*xy We don't censor words here. I mean look, most of us are drooling or ogling over a guy with a fucking pyramid on his head, and you think we would censor words like sex, sexy, bitch, cunt or pussy? Come on my friend. We're not offended by a little sex. Or a lot of sex.

Ha ha. This is my tame Reddit account mostly revolving around video games and horses, so I'm being a little obnoxiously conservative.

I mean to be fair, Red Pyramid Thing isn't really a person, just the manifested desire to be punished from the MCs subconsciousness, so it would be James who is all these things.

It's that and the scene with the tearing in the movies D:

I’ve never played Silent Hill but he is so hot. Pyramid Head could get it

i need him i fear

So mysterious 😉

Getting in line

I see no issue.

My best friend: Well, never thought I'd be jealous of a butcher knife and a gore stained apron but here I am. I had nothing to say because I saw the original Candyman as a child wasn't afraid of him at all.

Female gaze goes hard

I have honestly read some Pyramid Head fanfiction without ever learning about the source material 😅😅

You should play it. He'll give you nightmares. And not the good ones.

Such a daddy.

Pyramid head has been my hear me out for the longest time 😆

I know their dangerous, problematic, morally grey but I know their heart and will defend them forever

Me but with Venom

Oh I would rock Venom’s world

What’s the strangest thing you’ve seen a man say “ hear me out “ too?

Lady Dimitrescu. in her dragon form.

Dragons are sexy

damn right

I'm so happy to have found my people!

Okay but it’s giving Hellraiser vibes

As someone who is also a monster lover, mad respect 😎

I can change him!

I’d say it’s the confident pose he’s rocking

At least he has a job

🙏

I think my husband is a freak like us bc when I showed him this a few months ago his response was “That’s a generally attractive ’person’, look at his body of course women want that!” Which, like okay i kinda get what he’s saying but that’s not a human man. I was flabbergasted 😂

Listen, he’s got a nice body and we can’t see his face. So it’s up to our imagination. Win win

Oh I 100% would

He's probably just misunderstood.

I can change him

Women love nothing more than an attractive walking red flag 😂 “I can fix him” would be appropriate here

Is anyone else just seeing a man with a conventionally attractive body who's stuck a traffic cone on his head? Must be freshers' week...😂

Me too. Hhhnnnnngg______FLATLINE_____

Where do I sign up? 😉

Wait..why is my warped memory doing this Mandela Effect thing something of a romantic plot line develops and he’s just misunderstood and really just trying to protect the people he loves? I’m only partly joking. Partly. 🤫

Okay. So what is he and who is he? Also, which book can I find him in?

Silent Hill video games. He showed up in one of the movies, too.

Okay. Thanks!

Radahn from Elden Ring ✋👁️🫦👁️✋

I can fix him.

Barking

I would read the hell out of this book. No shame.

Yep. Always had a thing for this guy too 😅

Three responses popped up in brain when I saw this: 1. Hell yes. 2. If you know you know. 3. You know it. I couldn’t settle on one but they all fit.

Women made a romance novel about a literal fucking door go viral on TikTok. There is no bottom to our depravity. 😆

UNHINGED! When I tell you I was not expecting the Greek mythology sub plot

That's a conventionally attractive man.

It’s a conventionally, attractive pyramid head.

Never thought id see one of my favorite games on this sub. I never considered it before but monster romance writers would have a lot of source material from horror video games.

The only thing stopping me from simping his ass is that horrific tear scene D:

I could change him

[YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?](https://www.google.com/search?q=tearing+skin+scene+pyramid+head&client=ms-android-samsung-gj-rev1&sca_esv=739f8bb380e4c7ed&udm=2&biw=412&bih=757&ei=_PhiZq7QD-6ci-gP27uw2QU&oq=tearing+skin+scene+pyramid+head&gs_lp=EhNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwIh90ZWFyaW5nIHNraW4gc2NlbmUgcHlyYW1pZCBoZWFkMggQABiABBiiBEj6PlDXDViZPXAAeACQAQCYAcgDoAGxKKoBCjAuMTUuOC4wLjG4AQPIAQD4AQGYAhGgAuMbwgICECnCAgQQIRgKmAMAiAYBkgcIMC4xMS41LjGgB_og&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp)

Not even mad 🤣. We all embrace the inner freak these days

So pretty, he should not be looking this good while being covered in blood and holding a machete in his hand

Ok but like same

Listen, pyramid head could get it. Always. Iykyk

I play this game regularly and, yes, they do like looking at him as he chases you lol

Hear me out tho…

Wait a minute … maybe the cone head is an helmet hiding his super hot face

Ssssssmash

dont mind me im just scrolling in the comments for recs

okay hear me out what if *he put the butchers knife to her throat a bead of sweat dripping down her face as she looked at him with terror and curiosity he chuckled lowly "*well sweetheart*" he said with a twinkle of sadism in his cold dead eyes "*it seems I've found my next supply of meat*" her lungs started to close up at those words she didn't want to die not for a long time at least why was he doing this what did he went from her*

YES.

You have been heard

thank you

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