[ SECRET POST #572 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #572 ⌋

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

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Comments

Re: 130

[(Anonymous)]

130. You're right; Yaoi, after all, gets its name from "no plot, no point," or something like that. However, I think plot actually has a huge impact on the romance or sex of the story, and plot/smut cannot be so easily separated. While realism is not necessary for the enjoyment of a story (Why, hello, Mr. Talking Penis! Yes, that is an adorable hat!), repetitive writing can have a negative impact on the experience. I think it draws attention in fiction to what it is: fiction. Personally I find (whether it's in sex scenes or action scenes that include "If you hurt a hair on her head") that when I come across something that blatantly recalls clichés, I begin to be pulled from the story. I see the woman behind the curtain.

I'm no longer watching angels having celestial foreplay (Milton would love it) or werebeasts doing a big hairy nasty (not realistic, but a fun manga!) but am instead suddenly intimately aware that I am reading a piece of fiction. These aren't real people, but lines on the page. Which has always been true, but it's also the job of a writer to try to trick you otherwise for as long as possible. Even when you're writing smut, since, as you pointed out, fantasy is part of the point.