Alternate Sexy Chapters
POSTED BY: GoramMan
UPDATED: Sunday, February 24, 2008 20:38
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it's a tough one - erotic writing often just sucks and your fics are fine as are!:)
the problems i have with fluff, shipping, romance etc
is that sometimes the combinations of characters seem arbitary and arcane -
basically they mean more to the writer than the reader.
Also - the point of a story often seems to be to get the characters together -
rather than characters coming together BECAUSE of the story.
This leads to a weak story - which, if you don't share the writers personal fantasy
means it's harder to appreciate (or to care) about the relationship anyway!
but there have been and continue to be fine written exceptions to this.
one other problem i have is actually commenting on those sorts fo fics - comments seem to feel irrelevant.
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wytchcroft wrote:
Saturday, February 23, 2008 03:01
....the problems i have with fluff, shipping, romance etc
is that sometimes the combinations of characters seem arbitary and arcane -
basically they mean more to the writer than the reader.
I find this to be the case espeically with the romance department. Maybe it's just me, but this is magnified when you see odd pairings like a 40 year old anti-intellectual mercenary from a blue collar background with an gifted 18 year old (is River even 18 yet?)genius from an aristocratic family.
PS: Now maybe if Jayne had a sibling that River fell for or if Zoe had a sister that reciprocated Jayne's interest. That could cause sparks in more than just the romance dept.
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Those are all valid points but even the most odd pairings are possible. What if they're drunk, what if they're full of remorse or sadness and just want to feel something, what if they're a bride's maid... I believe there is a million ways it could happen and legitimate affection or love are just 2. The 2 most important ways, but 2 just the same.
But for me it's a moot point now. Gorramit! I'm supposed to be writing chapter 3 now! Not browsing the message boards! 
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