Space Daddy’s Guide to the Galaxy: Content, Tropes, Kinks & Triggers

**MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS**

Scroll down for more in-depth author’s notes & please do not hesitate to email C. directly with any questions or suggestions for adding to the TWs.

Content, Tropes & Kinks: 

  • Green. Flag. Men. (One is still kind of morally gray tho)
  • Established MM couple (still experiencing idiots-in-love moments).
  • Grumpy/sunshine, hurt/comfort, found family & all the schmoopy feels.
  • The usual unhinged humor + witty banter.
  • Micah levels up as a space wizard.
  • Ziggy has a Commander Babygirl kink.
  • Swoonworthy mutual obsession and respect (forever each other’s hype girl).
  • Sci-fi lite.
  • Spice melange but make it a witchy bitch crystal.
  • Twisty plot where our boys don’t know who to trust (EVERYONE’S A SUSPECT).
  • More is revealed about supe origins (the lore continues…)!
  • Rabble cameos (especially our alien polycule—*see Off-Page Developments Note, below*—but only through text and family video calls).
  • Just a pair of space sloots continuing to enjoy the fancy peen buffet from the alien skinsuit closet.
  • Tendril Touchy Time is still elite.
  • The breeding kink is only eclipsed by the competency kink. 
  • The safe word is still Stormtrooper (but “free use” has been established, let’s be real).
  • The action starts out with a bang (literally).
  • Xenomorphs are creepy hot.
  • Reclaiming your power by fucking the alien that almost ate you.
  • A primal chase scene (because scarousal is part of the fun!).
  • Brats gonna brat by keeping their fine asses to themselves (“Lower your shields!”).
  • Ziggy. Begging.
  • Men whimpering.
  • RIP Han Solo pants. Again.
  • When the skinsuit has a Venom tongue…
  • The cock “cage” is part of the fun (“Anything is a dildo if you’re brave enough!”).
  • Ziggy continues to unalive Micah (and us) with his filthy mouth.
  • Skinsuit induced language barriers.
  • All our Grogu + Mando Space Daddy dreams come true with the arrival of “the most adorable little ball of Big Mad” we’ve ever seen (but they’re just a baby). 
  • Please Note: The little creature friend is a NEWBORN, and while they are more active than a human newborn would be, you shouldn’t expect the level of interactiveness and personality we got with Daisy in Putting Out for a Hero. They sleep a lot.
  • Micah embraces his inner “white woman finds a cougar kitten.”
  • Unsurprisingly, Ziggy lacks any semblance of natural parenting skills (blame Theo), so (under much duress) calls Zion for parenting tips.
  • All Stellarians are brats.
  • Ziggy learns about wet dreams.
  • Blowies on the MTV Cribs roof deck.
  • A very sneaky finger.
  • Micah doesn’t know how to take a compliment (especially when he “was gonna gobble your dick anyway—no need to butter [him] up.”).
  • The joy of turning your significant other into a sloppy mess though a mix of praise and degradation.
  • Space Daddy doesn’t NEED more (or any) weapons, but that won’t stop him from buying them (big guns = big boners, all around).
  • Space fiancés—no take backsies.
  • Smexy fangs being put to good use (“Mark me up, Space Daddy!”).
  • Kink confessions during Tendril Touchy Time.
  • Ziggy. Talking. Micah. Through. It.
  • Plenty of edging, orgasm denial, and “good boys,” because Ziggy loves to make Micah squirm before he explodes.
  • Ziggy ruthlessly teases Micah about a certain set of twins back on Earth.
  • A double-donged skinsuit—with KNOTS! (Full disclosure: There is no DP in this scene. Boo, hiss! I promise, you’ll enjoy what happens instead…)
  • Using “somno fun-time powers” on your stellar collision so you can lick the cum out of their ass while they rest (as we do).
  • Knowing your partner is capable of greatness and using whatever means necessary until they accept this inarguable truth (“Get on the goddamn bed. Your training isn’t done.”).
  • Just a stern Jedi Master and his slutty little student.
  • Micah uses his very impressive superpowers to make a triple tentacle dildo.
  • “C’mon, babygirl. Fuck yourself for your Space Daddy.”
  • Commander Babygirl stands on business when it comes to this bad bitch partnership.
  • Micah discovers his Dommy Mommy vibes.
  • It’s a good thing Ziggy doesn’t overreact when Micah’s in danger… said no one.
  • ZIGGY FINALLY SAYS THE L-WORD!!!
  • Ultimate. Codependency. Achieved.
  • “Fuck me from the inside.”
  • That unconditional support we love from these two (“I trust you—even if you don’t trust yourself.”).
  • A trope that is one of the author’s absolute favorites, and it’s killing her not to include it in this list, but she doesn’t want to ruin the surprise… (hint: just hold out for the deathpond)
  • Dr. Micah does not play.
  • Realizing you not only have a lot in common with your greatest enemy but that the actual enemy may be within.
  • All the stretching, blow jobs, frotting, rimming, dicks (and other appendages) in asses (and other openings), tendril bondage, biting/mate marking, etc because this is a (sci-fi) MM romance with two adventurous little space sluts.

Bonus epilogue-specific CWs:

  • SOMNO FUN-TIME x INFINITY!
  • Commander Babygirl, reporting for booty (“Your safe word is Grogu and your ass is mine tonight.”).
  • Space Daddy submitting (bad bitch in the streets, good boy in the sheets).
  • “All you need to do is beg me for it like a good boy.”
  • Tendril Touchy Time (for REAL).
  • The mpreg vibes are vibing (to be continued…)

NOT Triggers. More like FYIs:

  • “Excessive” (not really) use of they/them pronouns. Stellarians (and most other aliens encountered in this series) are nonbinary at birth (*see updated Nonbinary is Normative Note, below*). Therefore, our MCs don’t assume gender until told otherwise (and even then, they respect the individual’s right to choose—like with their alien baby).
  • There were some important developments that occurred for Ziggy and Micah in Rabble: End Game (Villainous Things, Book 5—which occurred between Earth Boys and this book) that inevitably needed to be mentioned. I did my best within Space Daddy’s Guide to the Galaxy to get you caught up to speed on any necessary backstory, without info dumping and without detracting from the main storyline of Villains in Space… and the main COUPLE—Micah and Ziggy. While I understand that this may be a frustrating reading experience for some, it was unavoidable (and I am unapologetic to those who are big mad that the polycule exists). Please see the Off-Page Developments note below for more info.

Possible Triggers (please also check list to the left and note this section may contain SPOILERS):

  • An extremely misleading paperback cover design. By the time our boys landed on “Not-Hoth,” it was dead of February here in Maine and I just could NOT write about anyone existing in the snow. Sorry not sorry for the bait and switch, bishes.
  • Questionable adoption process of a ferocious alien creature (who’s really just a baby).
  • Conflicting parenting methods (someone suggested the boiler room would make a good nursery…).
  • The real-life challenges of new parenthood—including resentment and loss of intimacy (thank F for nanny bots!). This may not be YOUR experience, but it is someone’s.
  • Ziggy fighting (non-descriptive) intrusive thoughts/urges to potentially hurt the child he’s supposed to be protecting. **There are external influences making him feel this way, combined with him also not fully understanding his own naturally protective feelings. In the end no harm comes to the baby alien and Ziggy is a very devoted Space Dad (don’t tell him I said that tho).**
  • The breeding kink is STRONG in this book (more so than normal, which is saying a lot in a C. Rochelle book), and is now veering into the topic of actual mpreg with these two. PLEASE NOTE: There is no mpreg in this book (at least… not between our two MCs…) but with how things are going, you might want to expect it in book 3 (and not from who you’d think…).
  • That being said, there are also some BIG (conflicted) FEELINGS about pregnancy/parenthood, specifically from our resident alien abandoned sad boi.
  • Micah has big feelings of his own over his inability to get mpregged, to be identified as “mated” by other aliens, or to change skinsuits the way Ziggy can (**see updated Body Dysmorphia and Infertility note, below**).
  • Violence (against others) as foreplay (these are NON-humans we’re talking about).
  • ON THAT NOTE… As usual, kink and other sexual experiences are explored in ways that could be deemed unsafe were the MCs human (but prior discussion is key with these two CONSENT KINGS).
  • Sweary dialogue.
  • Naughty, medium-dark humor.
  • Unhinged (some might say excessive) inner thoughts.
  • Non-descriptive violence that includes excessive threats (usually with tendrils unleashed), exploding aliens & alien goo, electrocution, rampages, Ziggy blowing up everything in sight when his mate goes missing for two minutes, and the countless beheadings of Hydra-style aliens. 
  • On that note, there are aliens with snake heads (as Indiana Jones says, “why did it have to be snakes?”).
  • Vague references to Micah’s parents’ death, which I suppose is another thing that happened “off-page” in End Game but whatever (GOOD RIDDANCE).
  • Ziggy getting briefly triggered by the sight of Honnor armored up and going into battle (because of past events).
  • Ziggy temporarily has his tendrils trapped inside him, triggering the extremely uncomfortable—almost claustrophobic—panic that goes along with that.
  • Nerdy pet names used as both nicknames and honorifics.
  • Using religious phrases in an overtly sexual context (oh my god/Jesus Christ), along with the use of the words slut/brat/whore/etc in the bedroom (consensually and enthusiastically).
  • The word bitch is also used, but as a compliment (eg. Bad Bitch Mercenary, which Ziggy—and Micah!—are).
  • Still more dick eating (Corpus spongiosum is tasty, y’all!).
  • The love confessions continue to take their sweet time (Micah has known since day one, but is waiting on skittish Ziggy. Meanwhile Zig is turning it into an existential crisis, as usual. I promise, you will SWOON once it finally happens in this book!).
  • Ziggy continues telling little white lies that are more about self-protection or fear of negatively affecting Micah and ohmyfuckinggawd, Zig, what is the matter with you? 
  • Dr. Micah is fully booked and working overtime (and continues to carry the team).
  • Miscommunication (of course) and relatable relationship growing pains, considering one person is a communication king and the other is an emotionally constipated alien learning to “human” (but we get a good grovel out of it).
  • Even Micah clams up at one point and Ziggy (quite hypocritically…) loses his mind while not quite understanding the concept of “personal space.”
  • Old self-worth baggage rears its ugly head (on both sides—Micah is determined to be “useful” and Ziggy is doing everything to prove he isn’t “weak” Le sigh).
  • Continued murky gray morality on the whole body snatching business, and what is done with those bodies (in the end, Ziggy is a symbiotic alien, so we all just need to deal with it).
  • A cutthroat, dubious moral code for supes (and aliens!) that isn’t meant to be understood by normies. “It’s how the game is played.”
  • Parody references to Star Wars and other Alien-related franchises (Zig just can’t escape those “Hollywood Aliens”), David Bowie music and movies, Candyland, Trumpet of the Swan, MTV Cribs, ACME Corporation, Jeff Goldblum/The Fly, Audrey II/Twoey/Little Shop of Horrors, Transformers, Dr. Seuss, and Superman’s Fortress of Solitude. **Please see note on parody usage rights in the Copyright section in the book.**

NONBINARY IS NORMATIVE IN SPACE — UPDATE:

Being an alien whose true form is a cluster of stars, Stellarians are nonbinary by nature. They do occasionally end up identifying as male or female, or a mix of both, over the course of their very long lives, but nonbinary with they/them pronouns is to be assumed until stated otherwise.

There are occasional instances (mostly in Earth Boys) where a side character is potentially misgendered due to their outward—vessel’s—appearance before it’s understood that there’s a Stellarian inside. This is because, while nonbinary is the norm in space, there are some alien species who typically identify as he/him or she/her. While misgendering would be considered harmful behavior in our world, it’s a common situation for these symbiotic, body snatching aliens to find themselves in, and not one they take issue with*.

However, in this book, the species they encounter are all treated as nonbinary, so the only gendering we see is for Ziggy, Micah, and the family back on Earth. 

*Regardless of what is considered normative in my fictional world, please take care of yourself while reading if this situation would be triggering to you.

OFF-PAGE DEVELOPMENTS (SINCE OUR LAST ADVENTURE):

From Rabble: End Game (Villainous Things, Book 5)

While I still feel you can start your Villains in Space adventure with Earth Boys Are Easy, there were some important developments that occurred for Ziggy and Micah in Rabble: End Game (Villainous Things, Book 5, which occurs between Earth Boys and Space Daddy’s Guide to the Galaxy) that inevitably need to be mentioned.

The most important being that Ziggy and the parent who knowingly abandoned him (Theo, formerly “he who shall not be named”) finally reconciled. It was a long time coming, but also required two fully-faceted character arcs of their own first (in separate series), so it wasn’t something I could simply squeeze into Earth Boys (or this book) and be done with it. 

If it’s important to you to see this reconciliation happen on-page (since sometimes, we can’t help bringing our own personal baggage to these fictional worlds), you can find it in Chapter 38 of Rabble: End Game (although, I highly recommend fully reading up to that moment, for the full character/relationship arcs).

I’m acknowledging that some readers are going to get annoyed by what they see as fractured storytelling (like how I felt when Mando and Grogu were reunited in The Book of Boba Fett instead of The Mandalorian proper…). In this case, it was unavoidable, due to End Game being an all-in reunion book, starring thirteen, deeply-intertwined main characters.

However, I did my best within Space Daddy’s Guide to the Galaxy to get you caught up to speed on any necessary backstory, without info dumping and without detracting from the main storyline of Villains in Space… and the main COUPLE—Micah and Ziggy.

Because what also happened in End Game was the formation of a resonance-induced polycule. This wasn’t done for salacious reasons, or to “ruin” anyone’s existing relationships or make them less “special.” Anyone who thinks that should perhaps familiarize themselves with my back catalog (hint: it’s full of loving polycules!) and definitely educate themselves on real-life polyamory.

The main reason this storyline came to be was simply because I realized I had created an interesting “problem” (not really) for myself as a writer when it came to Stellarian resonance. 

As clearly explained in several of my books (Enter the Multi-Vers, Earth Boys, and End Game), creators and offspring have the same resonance (well, a combined harmony of resonance), and since their mates also have that resonance, it makes sense that polycules might form within the family unit.

Just like with real-life polyamory, this does not mean “everybody’s fucking everybody”—some relationships within the polycule are purely platonic—or that anyone is “cheating.” There is open communication and negotiations along the way (along with moments of miscommunication, confusion, and jealousy—just like in real life!).

Anyway, these extended family members (because that’s what the alien polycule is—a family) will make brief cameos in Space Daddy’s Guide to the Galaxy—through texts, phone calls, and family video calls, but not in person (because, again, Micah and Ziggy are the focus of this trilogy). I speak more on why it was so incredibly important for Ziggy especially to find this family in my Author’s Note & Acknowledgements at the end of the book.

Yes, you can head to Patreon for the extra spicy “Horny Glo Worms” bonus content, but in the main storyline we don’t see much action beyond an innocent kiss in End Game (with all parties present and approving) and continuous, shameless flirting (horny glo worms indeed…).

In the end, I ask that my readers accept that this polycule exists, because I (THE AUTHOR) wrote it into existence. End stop. If you don’t like it, write your own damn book.

Love is LOVE, in all forms, no matter how many individuals are involved. That’s the vibe in this house (always has been), so if you disagree, then my books—my space—may not be for you.

I will say that any negativity I’ve received over the alien polycule (or Theo, well, being Theo) has been few and far between, and seems to be the result of a lack of reading comprehension (and self-awareness) more than anything. Those who get it, GET IT, and seats are always open at my Weird-Ho’s table for those who do (or are willing to learn).

BODY DYSMORPHIA AND INFERTILITY NOTE — UPDATE:

We previously established that Ziggy identifies as he/him and prefers his male presenting Earthling form above all others—including his true form—for reasons that were explained in Earth Boys. I wouldn’t classify Ziggy’s struggle in Earth Boys as body dysmorphia (after discussing his situation with a few in the trans community at the time), but I still asked that those who struggle with it please take care of themselves while reading.

In this book, Micah battles frustrations over how he can’t change his appearance the way Ziggy can—not because he doesn’t identify as his Earthling form but because he wants to be able to truly (in alien terms) “mate” with his mate. This could be triggering to those who’ve experienced infertility (especially the feelings of inadequacy that come with that experience), so I also wanted to flag it.

In general, I like to err on the side of caution when it comes to my readers’ potential triggers. Your mental health is more important to me than page reads.

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Villains in Space is the first (of many…) Villainous Things spin-off series and feature the adventures of Micah Salah (superhero) and Ziggy Andromeda (morally gray alien).

The first book – Earth Boys Are Easy – is an idiots-in-love, MM romance tale (where the spice heats up quick but the eMOtioNs are glacially slow), set in space, with only one sleeping pod, and an entire skinsuit closet full of alien accessories. While each book in this trilogy follows the same couple (who find their HFN/HEA in book 1!), our one MC (Ziggy) is the type of alien who can inhabit other forms, so the spice will be varied and full of fun accessories (much to Micah’s satisfaction).Things are gonna get weird, but if you’re here for it, dock yourself to my spice-station and hang on for the ride!

Chronologically, Earth Boys occurs after Enter the Multi-Vers (Villainous Things, Book 4) and before Rabble: End Game (VT, 5), so you will get more backstory if you read Villainous first. However, you can start your adventure here before orbiting back to the series that started it all.

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