Yeah, I've read both of the things I'm complaining about in otherwise good fanfics.
I'm glad to see this is not the case! I kind-of always imagined that when people write it, they giggle and so I associate the word with immaturity.
SAME! I immediately think of twelve-year olds who are just discovering OMG sex.
Smutfic is so difficult to write, and I think this is part of the reason. This is because different things turn an individual person on, and also I think that some people don't know how to use the correct vocabulary for certain pairings.
Both of these are true. However, for the first, I do think that well written smut will 1.) turn you on even if you didn't start in the mood and 2.) I believe that if something's well-written, you can appreciate it, even if somethings not quite working for you.
As a sidenote on the Cunt debate, I've personally never gotten why it's such a horrible insult.
I think because in our patriarchal culture, equating someone with something so inescapably and primally female and the sex organs is really, really insulting. I'm not saying that's right, I'm saying that's probably why it has so much power.
Hell, I try to talk around body parts so I don't have to worry about using a specific word.
Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't, it really depends on the character. I have to admit, though, I adore writing smut for characters like Jiraiya or Gojyo where I can just turn the raunchy up to eleven.
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Yeah, I've read both of the things I'm complaining about in otherwise good fanfics.
I'm glad to see this is not the case! I kind-of always imagined that when people write it, they giggle and so I associate the word with immaturity.
SAME! I immediately think of twelve-year olds who are just discovering OMG sex.
Smutfic is so difficult to write, and I think this is part of the reason. This is because different things turn an individual person on, and also I think that some people don't know how to use the correct vocabulary for certain pairings.
Both of these are true. However, for the first, I do think that well written smut will 1.) turn you on even if you didn't start in the mood and 2.) I believe that if something's well-written, you can appreciate it, even if somethings not quite working for you.
As a sidenote on the Cunt debate, I've personally never gotten why it's such a horrible insult.
I think because in our patriarchal culture, equating someone with something so inescapably and primally female and the sex organs is really, really insulting. I'm not saying that's right, I'm saying that's probably why it has so much power.
Hell, I try to talk around body parts so I don't have to worry about using a specific word.
Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't, it really depends on the character. I have to admit, though, I adore writing smut for characters like Jiraiya or Gojyo where I can just turn the raunchy up to eleven.