donnaimmaculata ([personal profile] donnaimmaculata) wrote2003-07-26 04:39 am
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Taking up the thread I posted 10 minutes ago: I'm also confused about why I'm seemingly unable to write nice, fluffy, comfy sex and instead force my characters (well, not my characters; JKR's characters) to endure situations I describe using phrases such as "awkward", and "somehow scary", and "vaguely uncomfortable", and "'Get off. I can't breathe.'" OK, I like realism. But does clumsy sex automatically imply realism?

(Memo to self: sketch draft for clumsy Tonks/Ginny slash) (Easy. Considering how unexperienced I am at writing femmeslash it can only turn out clumsy.)

[identity profile] babycakesin.livejournal.com 2003-07-26 10:16 am (UTC)(link)
>>>I'm also confused about why I'm seemingly unable to write nice, fluffy, comfy sex>>>

*monica like* I KNOW! I asked myself the same thing while I was writing my NC-17 fic - and a friend of mine read and sent me a mail asking me if I really was into BDSM (no, I'm not) - I should force myself to write fluffy sex with such words as "his manhood" (God knows I HATE that expression, makes me run away from the fic!). So yeah, I know the feeling, I think most slash writters feel the same lol
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[identity profile] isiscolo.livejournal.com 2003-07-29 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
Hell, since you're a SS/SB shipper you must have read [livejournal.com profile] fabularasa's stories, and goodness, she puts those boys through the wringer, doesn't she?

A lot of fluffy sex is written by people who have never actually had sex. I mean, I prefer to read about sex that isn't completely unpleasantly awkward and realistic. But the first time with the angels singing and everything working perfectly and happy happy and the boys all cry with joy just doesn't convince me.

[identity profile] donnaimmaculata.livejournal.com 2003-07-29 09:33 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I so know [livejournal.com profile] fabularasa's stories! *worships her*

What I tend to do is to write sex imperfect even though it's supposed to be good. You know, with hair getting trapped in the process of rolling around on the bed, and the boys having to use saliva as lube for wanking each other off... God, I only hope I don't die a sudden death and my family finds the texts on my harddisk!