Romance Novel Chatter
We sat around discussing the merits of romance novels this evening. Not that Das has ready any of the ones I've read but he listens to my descriptions and we talk about which stories are realist and set with shifters or vampires, it's hard to find well written vampire fiction, sigh.
One thing we agreed on is the difficulty of writing a sex scene. I know I can't do it for shit. If I try to be euphemistic then I end up laughing at myself at how corny it sounds and if I try for blunt I still end up laughing at myself b/c it just doesn't flow. I do have a friend who wrote a book of erotic short stories and her sex scenes were amazing.
It just tickles me in a good way that Das will talk to me about anything without acting like he's dumbing himself down or being tortured because I want to analyze novels instead of interpreting Hegel. I know I'm lucky but I like to make sure I don't take him for granted since not too many guys give a shit if the "all shifters are alpha" makes no sense particularly when talking about pack animals (who the hell is the pack made up of if everyone is alpha?) or various other issues I find in too many stories especially when the man only reads Lit Fic or philosophy or tech books. But you know, the fact that all the men in the novels are extra tall and muscled even in stories that are supposedly encouraging a body positivity message regardless of the female protagonist's weight, drives me crazy. Fat men get love too, sheesh.
One thing we agreed on is the difficulty of writing a sex scene. I know I can't do it for shit. If I try to be euphemistic then I end up laughing at myself at how corny it sounds and if I try for blunt I still end up laughing at myself b/c it just doesn't flow. I do have a friend who wrote a book of erotic short stories and her sex scenes were amazing.
It just tickles me in a good way that Das will talk to me about anything without acting like he's dumbing himself down or being tortured because I want to analyze novels instead of interpreting Hegel. I know I'm lucky but I like to make sure I don't take him for granted since not too many guys give a shit if the "all shifters are alpha" makes no sense particularly when talking about pack animals (who the hell is the pack made up of if everyone is alpha?) or various other issues I find in too many stories especially when the man only reads Lit Fic or philosophy or tech books. But you know, the fact that all the men in the novels are extra tall and muscled even in stories that are supposedly encouraging a body positivity message regardless of the female protagonist's weight, drives me crazy. Fat men get love too, sheesh.
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