#inappropriately close siblings

[redbrunja]

I think Max is going to January's Hansel and Gretel with the same attitude as I am.

Also, on a completely unrelated note, I think fanfic has ruined me for romance novel sex. I got to the big consummation scene in an otherwise decent romance and was like, 'that was it? that was it? sweet tits, could you possibly vague that up any more?'

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[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

Heh, Maybe try erotica? Although let me know if you find any written with a minimum of gross alpha bullshit... ;)

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

The couple of examples of erotica I've read have sadly been lacking on the characterization front, though... plus, I am not a big polyamory fan, which seems like a staple of erotica these days. (She says, from the three short erotica stories she's read.)

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Sadly I can't even deal with the poor characterization in most romances these days. I keep reading sample chapters and going "Nope!" :(

[intrikate88.livejournal.com]

I just have a thing for unhealthily codependent couples, y'know? And so damaged siblings kinda just... slip in there. I've kinda come to peace with my incest shipping now. But I totally laughed my ass off on Monday watching 2 Broke Girls when Max said that, I'm glad she's on the same page as the rest of us.

I think fanfic has ruined me for romance novel sex.

Haha, last night I was going through a Cosmo magazine looking for pictures to tear out for a Natasha collage I want to make, and there was an excerpt from a romance/erotica novel, and oh my god it was terrible. I mean, it wasn't even fade-to-black, it was detailed, but so boring and general that if I was reading that on my computer screen at work, I wouldn't even turn around to see if anybody else could see what I was reading. And then their sex tips section was all lolworthy tips on blowjobs that is like.... yes, I think that is basically how oral sex works, that is not something new and novel, it is something I have read described a billion times better in Steve/Tony fics.

Goodness, these prudes writing supposedly titillating scenes.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I just have a thing for unhealthily codependent couples, y'know? And so damaged siblings kinda just... slip in there.

What's a girl to do? (Ship it like hell, that's what.)

Goodness, these prudes writing supposedly titillating scenes.

Maybe the bar is just really high for us?

[aj.livejournal.com]

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT WHEN I SAW THAT GIFSET.

In other news: YES. It's gotten to the point where I just skim the sex scene and go back to reading about the plot. IN A ROMANCE NOVEL.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

*nods*

Yep. I mean, clearly I have to be invested in HOW they get together, because that actual get-together is nothing special.

[lembeau.livejournal.com]

Hah, I know for a fact fanfic has ruined me for any other sort of written sex. I remember when I was 18 or so, I'd been reading fanfic for a few years at this point. One of my rl friends had given me a whole bunch of "kinky" romance novels so I would have a bit of exposure to the wild and crazy world of sex and wouldn't be such a virginal virgin, of course not knowing I'd had a 2 or 3 month month period where I'd read some (mostly well written) hardcore BDSM fics in the Buffy, XMen and Harry Potter fandoms cuz I was curious. So I'm flipping through these "shocking" novels thinking, "Mmm, no, too vanilla" and then had to act shocked when she asked me about the books later on, lol!!

The first minute and 15 seconds of this Jon Stewart stand up is relevant. :O) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdKHOe8wlYI

(edited to include the right link)

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I remember when I was 18 or so, I'd been reading fanfic for a few years at this point. One of my rl friends had given me a whole bunch of "kinky" romance novels so I would have a bit of exposure to the wild and crazy world of sex and wouldn't be such a virginal virgin, of course not knowing I'd had a 2 or 3 month month period where I'd read some (mostly well written) hardcore BDSM fics in the Buffy, XMen and Harry Potter fandoms cuz I was curious. So I'm flipping through these "shocking" novels thinking, "Mmm, no, too vanilla" and then had to act shocked when she asked me about the books later on, lol!!

Ha! That is hilarious.

The first minute and 15 seconds of this Jon Stewart stand up is relevant. :O) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdKHOe8wlYI

(edited to include the right link)

Hee! Yep, totally relevant to the subject at hand! I'd probably be blase about pinata sex too.

[urbancate.livejournal.com]

For romantica (does anyone still call it that? those romance novels that are heavily erotic but still romantic) (that has some serious alpha male stuff going on, but is amazingly characterized and full of intrigue and suspense, too) I love Shannon McKenna - she's the only author in the genre I'm still reading post discovery of fanfiction. For right out erotica try Emma Holly's contemporaries or Lacey Alexander's Hot in the City trilogy.