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Character Fantasies
So, I was just thinking (because I am NOT WRITING, LJ you fucker) and reading some meta (there's been lots of genderswap meta recently, which is great because next month is genderswap month and it helps me reassure myself that armed with meta I won't write awful fic ;) ), and I was reading a discussion on writing slash vs. writing het (or femmeslash) and whether it changes the way you write at all, or the attitude you bring to the story.
I know from Cyn's point of view, when it's femmeslash she writes a whole lot more porn ;) I think I do too, actually, though I write femmeslash more rarely. (Oh Eve/Gwen, I reread something with you in it last night and I kind of miss you, you know).
Then I read this part;
I know that I definitely wanted to include some aspects of female-embodiment that often get left out in mainstream depictions (e.g. that more than half of all women can't reach orgasm from penetration alone, that rushing into intercourse can be uncomfortable, that reaching orgasm isn't always easy even if you are having smokin' hot sex).
And my mind went off on it's tangent and I was thinking the usual about how I feel sorry for women who seem to have so much trouble having an orgasm (really, I pity you, I do), and other stuff (oh why am I so reluctant to share? Because I don't think you guys wana hear it!) and BASICALLY (this is a basic explanation you say?) I was thinking about fantasies, and how obviously we all discuss them (and WRITE THEM) so often, and yet I haven't really read much fic wherein the characters fantasies are touched upon. I mean deeper than "I want to shag character x so I'm going to imagine that now since we're not doing it". Kinks that maybe they wouldn't even enjoy in action but when fantasizing harmlessly about, become a real turn on.
So, the bottom line is, if I join a fic exchange sometime soon, I won't have the usual trouble of not knowing what to request ;) I want fantasizing! I want characters with some sexual identity that does not revolve around someone else exclusively or who bloody tops and who bottoms.
Switching is best. Equal opportunities are hot.
I know from Cyn's point of view, when it's femmeslash she writes a whole lot more porn ;) I think I do too, actually, though I write femmeslash more rarely. (Oh Eve/Gwen, I reread something with you in it last night and I kind of miss you, you know).
Then I read this part;
I know that I definitely wanted to include some aspects of female-embodiment that often get left out in mainstream depictions (e.g. that more than half of all women can't reach orgasm from penetration alone, that rushing into intercourse can be uncomfortable, that reaching orgasm isn't always easy even if you are having smokin' hot sex).
And my mind went off on it's tangent and I was thinking the usual about how I feel sorry for women who seem to have so much trouble having an orgasm (really, I pity you, I do), and other stuff (oh why am I so reluctant to share? Because I don't think you guys wana hear it!) and BASICALLY (this is a basic explanation you say?) I was thinking about fantasies, and how obviously we all discuss them (and WRITE THEM) so often, and yet I haven't really read much fic wherein the characters fantasies are touched upon. I mean deeper than "I want to shag character x so I'm going to imagine that now since we're not doing it". Kinks that maybe they wouldn't even enjoy in action but when fantasizing harmlessly about, become a real turn on.
So, the bottom line is, if I join a fic exchange sometime soon, I won't have the usual trouble of not knowing what to request ;) I want fantasizing! I want characters with some sexual identity that does not revolve around someone else exclusively or who bloody tops and who bottoms.
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