[ SECRET POST #5987 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5987 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

It's funny, I'm ace but I don't think it necessarily reflects in my shipping practices. Like sometimes yeah, I scroll through the smut to get to the plot or whatever and sometimes I just read alllll the smut. It has to do with specific pairings or fandom vibes for me, not what I think of as a reflection of my own identity. Though I have also been informed that most people like to project into fic and that's why they read it, and I definitely do not do that so that could come into play.

Either way, I love reading about the different ways people do fandom.

[(Anonymous)]

I never actually tracked it but I'm pretty sure my intense "read all the smut. Now." phase correlates with some phase of my period.

I go through a day or two of reading the kinkiest, filthiest things I can find and will skip anything that's not just straight-up porn. But after that it's basically just PG rated fluff or skimming through the sex scenes to get back to plot, no interest in anything sexy whatsoever.

yup

[(Anonymous)]

Mine is roughly the week before my period. It's actually the surest sign I know it's coming (irregular periods are so much fun!) and it took me forever to notice the correlation.

Re: yup

[(Anonymous)]

NA - Relatable. I used to feel extremely driven to seek out super filthy smut a few days before my period. That mostly stopped after I went on the pill--which was actually a bummer because those couple of days a month were the only time my libido ever went above, like, two out of ten level. But adult acne struck hard, and the pill was the only thing that was effective in clearing up my skin. So no more horny smut-a-thon days for me. :/

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not ace, but to leave you guys with an additional data point, I've noticed the intensity of my sexuality tends to climb before my periods. It's pretty much always noticeable, but it gets harder to control.

I saw a study one time that claimed that women were attracted to men with face shapes that indicated higher testosterone around the start of the menstrual cycle (compared to what they rated as appealingly attractive the rest of the time), and thought "oh, is that what gives guy's faces that sleek look and the sharp definition around their cheekbones and chins?"

I was also kind of amused at how closely it matched what I had in my head as sort of the stereotypical villain look - the sort of face that older literature would compare to a hungry wolf.

[(Anonymous)]

Though I have also been informed that most people like to project into fic and that's why they read it

I'm not ace at all and this has always just been incredibly weird and creepy to me. If I'm reading fic about two characters, it's because I want to read about those characters, not because I want to pretend to be one of them.

[(Anonymous)]

As an aro/ace person who's very into fictional smut and romance (particularly when one of my ships is involved), I've always found it really neat, and also comforting, that even among allo people this is so totally variable. Like, I know allo people who find it baffling that some people don't project themselves into fanfic, because they assume it's standard. And I know other allo people who seem to have about as much of a visceral squick at the idea as I do.

I have a guy friend who literally doesn't understand what I get from smut or romance if I'm not imagining myself being involved. Like, it does not compute for him. I find that so wild.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I can't comprehend the idea of projecting into a fic because like... for me, the entire reason I ship a pairing is that I like the specific dynamics between those two characters, so my interest is in wanting to read about those two characters in particular interacting. If I projected myself into it then it wouldn't be those two characters anymore, it would be one character and me and that's not what I'm there for.

[(Anonymous)]

Heh I am aroace. And do like to read smut and romance. Sometimes libido wins and it's more interested in some smut (ironically my libido is highest ON a period. Ok let's be bleedy and horny, why not).
But I do project myself into fanfic sometimes. I like to pretend to be a person that feels romantic or sexual feelings occasionally. And I do it through fictional characters. Not in "I want to change this about myself" but "I am interested in how it feels, but I am also interested to know how colors sound" way. But I am aegosexual if we are microlabeling.