When readers look for a "Goat Man relationship," they are usually looking for a story centered on a Satyr or a Faun. These specific subgenres have developed distinct tropes. In many erotic literature series, such as Elizabeth Amber's The Lords of Satyr , the characters are not hapless monsters but "men endowed with legendary carnal knowledge". The "Calling," a biological imperative requiring intense sexual congress, is a common plot device that blends consent, fantasy, and the loss of control. These storylines present the goat man as dominant, all-knowing in the ways of pleasure, and high-status. Authors use the goat man to explore fantasies of total sexual freedom, unburdened by human social restrictions.