Last October, in the spirit of Halloween, I took a look at several of the classic scary monsters and supernatural powers , and talked about how they are treated in various urban fantasy stories.
At roughly the same time, I was working my way through the latest of the Dresden Files books, Battle Ground. I actually appreciate the series more for that, and I find myself fascinated by it… and so you lot, my wonderful audience, get to sit through my musings on the subject! This being a brutal, violent lifestyle, and typically one that does not lend itself to living a long life, hunters tend to live like anything but monks, as they eat, drink, and have lots of sex or at least try to.
Sex is just another thing they do as they like. That is until, and with sole exception to, when the willy-nilly sex actually produces babies, the way sex is meant to. Then, the plot can revolve around keeping the kids safe, especially in the Originals spin-off. Speaking of which, a shout out to Grimm , too. Not one of the urban fantasies I discussed much last Halloween, but a prime example for how little sex impacts the show.
Oh, pregnancy and childbirth are vastly important, and so sex has that much impact, but… oh, how did one of my fellow bloggers put it?
This, despite the intimate violation of it, and despite how the act was used to enact a curse on him, and despite the extended consequences and high cost of undoing said curse, and despite how his rapist suddenly shows up again, pregnant and begging for his protection.
