Incredibly nosy TMI poll

[sholio]

So ... I made a comment elsewhere that got me thinking about sex in fanfic, and then I started having one of those "... am I the only one?" sort of ponderings, and so I made an extremely nosy TMI poll about it. If you don't read explicit fanfic, this will probably not be at all interesting to you.

The thing is, written sex doesn't turn me on. At all, really -- there are extremely rare instances where that's not the case, but as a general rule, no. But I know from reading comments elsewhere that this is definitely not true of everybody. So I'm curious ... am I a total fandom outlier, or not?

I've got "detailed results" turned off, so the only person who can see who answered what is me (though the graphs are visible to everyone). If you'd like to answer anonymously in the comments instead, so that even *I* can't see who you are, that's perfectly fine! I swear I'm not asking out of prurient curiosity; it's not like I'm sitting around wondering "Hey, does so & so on my f'list wank off to internet porn?" Like I said above, I'm just kinda curious how the numbers would stack up. Are there just a couple people who are, like me, unmoved by porn? Or the majority? Inquiring minds are very curious! (I thought about doing this f'locked, but total anonymity wouldn't be an option that way, and I wanted to leave that option available to people who wanted it.) And obviously, if you are not comfortable answering this poll, please don't!

[Poll #1521589]

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

There is some NC-17 sex that turns me on (e.g., Cesperanza's). But generally sex isn't that interesting to me, narratively or as porn.

I have one specific kink that is an occasional element of h/c stories, ranging from G to adult. I don't write it, and, again, I rarely read it. I do find it on-line, but not usually in fanfic. Sometimes I think I should establish another identity and write the kink like crazy, just to see if I'm the only one with it.

One more thing - I have one lonely NC-17 story out there, under a one-shot username. I can barely stand that it exists, and sometimes consider taking it down. OTOH, it got some nice comments from people I suspect have never read anything else I've ever written.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't write it,

Though it does sneak in, I should add.

[friendshipper.livejournal.com]

I do find it on-line, but not usually in fanfic. Sometimes I think I should establish another identity and write the kink like crazy, just to see if I'm the only one with it.

I think you ought to! Or someone should. :) One thing about fandom -- you're never the only one. (I've occasionally contemplated creating another pseud to write the stuff I don't feel comfortable experimenting with under my regular fandom name.)