Do you need indicators (ex. hair) when a main character is Black or a person of color? Is Black representation held to a different standard in paranormal vs. contemporary romance? Why do the social identities of the villains matter?

TW/CW: emotional abuse, assault (off-page), torture, decapitation, homophobia, murder, physical abuse, poisoning, pregnancy, profanity, violence, threats to harm a fetus, sexually explicit content

Tropes: orc romance, monster romance, hurt/comfort, cute banter, paranormal, size difference

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Subject(ed) to Recognition - Herman Gray