In Which Red Is Insanely Nitpicky

[redbrunja]

Okay, so when people use to word "lover" for during a one-night-stand fic or for the first time they have sexy fic, it really throws me out.

To me, lover implies both an on-going sexual relationship AND a certain degree of affection and using it when the people are having sex for the first time and/or don't like each other all that much... really doesn't work for me.

Is this true for anyone else?

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[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Especially if the couple involved have loved each other for a long time, and this is merely the first chance they've ever gotten to have sex uninterrupted. They're definitely lovers because they...well...love each other.

*nods* If it's clear that they love each other, it's one thing, but when they're stumbling into a relationship and it's still very new? It doesn't work for me as much.

What ultimately peeves me are when authors use the word "lover" in a hatesex fic

Ack! That would totally not work.

I believe in lust at first sight; love takes way more than a glance

Same. There is NO WAY you can know who someone really is in a look - and I think you need that knowing to be in love.