#''molten core'' is a staple. in every sjm adjecent book my friends and i read we hunt for a molten core and we usually find it

[eerna]

... Dare I ask what the hell the velvet wrapped steel joke is. Please tell me the euphemisms in SJM books aren't that bad... Do they get worse??! I have heard about the (ACOTAR or one of those books?) mountain sex scene ... Why are so many romantasy authors using "seated to the hilt". Why... Why do this.

In one ToG book "velvet wrapped steel" means a boner, but in another it's used to describe that same man's (sorry MALE'S) shoulder... So the joke is that this one love interest's shoulder is penis-like. Or his penis is shoulder-like. Because SJM is bad at euphemisms, as you've noticed. There's a bunch of other turns of phrase in those books that make me laugh super hard - if you're interested in a jokey reviews of the series that are mainly about the stupid romance writing, check out this playlist!