[ SECRET POST #2961 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2961 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Alexander Siddig/Star Trek; Deep Space 9/Vertical Limit/Poirot/24]


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[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]


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[Nightwish]


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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

why is it hardly comparable

Obviously no one is saying that no one should murder anything, but the same principle would seem to apply? If it's true that not having had anal sex is a weakness or a disqualification in writing about anal sex, why should the same not hold true of murder, or any other experience for that matter?

[(Anonymous)]

I suppose the difference is that anal sex is an experience the average person can reasonably be expected to have, or research well enough that you can't tell they don't have it (OP has no idea which writers are actually virgins, something in overall slash writing is lacking to give them that suspicion, I suspect). Sort of like the difference between knowing how to drive a car and how to drive a jet.

But personally I don't think it's a weakness. Part of being a good writer is selling bullshit of every stripe, if you can't convince me you had a dong up your butt at the very moment you wrote that hot sex scene, that's a limitation of skill, not experience.

[(Anonymous)]

Because you can experience anal play without harming yourself or anyone else, so why wouldn't you give it a try if you're worried about your ability to write it authentically? You don't even need a partner to experiment with toys and stuff, and it's really easy. It's not necessary to do this, but there's no good reason not to if you want.

Can't recommend experimenting with murder, though.

[(Anonymous)]

There's plenty of good reasons not to. Simply not liking the idea of something up your ass is a good enough reason not to.

I really hate the way people treat sex.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, it's actually kind of creepy to me that in some circles you're considered to be a bit of a slacker if you're not willing to research sex/a specific sex act by performing it irl.

[(Anonymous)]

Also, another thing to think about is that your READERS almost certainly have never murdered anyone or been murdered themselves, but there's a decent chance they've had anal sex, and will know if you're off by a mile.

(I have this problem whenever writers get things to do with drinking and drugs hilariously wrong. I just can't go on with that story, it's too laughable.)

[(Anonymous)]

And of course, everyone's experiences of anal sex or drinking or drugs is exactly the same as yours. It's all a completely generic experience that involves no amount of variation whatsoever, so one person's description and experience of it will match 100% with everyone else's.

Honestly, anyone who generalizes as much as you've done right here is more interested in how experienced they themselves sound, rather than any kind of verisimilitude within a story.

[(Anonymous)]

You are this: http://youtu.be/oYMvAzyUlv4

[(Anonymous)]

They're not wrong, though.