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Incredibly nosy TMI poll
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]
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]
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This depends entirely on how it's written. A explicit sex scene captures my attention if it's as well written as any other scene that would deserve the title "well written". The better an author commands and masters the art of writing, the handiwork of writing (which, of course, includes writing the given characters recognizable as themselves and not only because of the names and outward appearances), the more a sex scene works for me and might actually turn me on. There are things which I just don't like, no matter how good an author writes them, but basically it depends on the author's skills.
It's practically the same conditions that make me like a story regardless of the question whether it has sex in it or not. All the things that apply to a good scene/story generally also apply here. Which means, chances ar good that a sex scene turns me on if it's written by an author whose work I greatly enjoy and love anyway, no matter if there's sex involved or not.
Thing is, written sex only turns me on if I care for the characters, if it's about characters I like, which means, a sex scene or a PWP written by one of my favorite authors but revolving around a couple I don't care for or even original characters I don't know (yet) doesn't do much for me.
And the context has to be right. A wrong placed or superfluous sex scene can stick out like a sore thumb and usually does nothing for me. So, it's well written and well placed sex scenes revolving around characters I love who usually turn me on.
Which also means, the majority of sex scenes out there does nothing for me, but if the criterias are met - yes.
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They're both forms of writing with a function. If I didn't want to laugh, I wouldn't read comedy (and I often do, so I often do.) Erotic writing is the same - when I read it, I'm looking for a certain effect and I'm open to it. If it's good, it works. If it isn't, it doesn't.
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THIS. Absolutely. I tend not to read a lot of PWP because it is not always easy within the framework of that kind of story to show that the characters have something going for them besides sex. I usually only write PWP myself when I want to take a break from some megalith I've been working on and I dash out a short piece for some prompt. Even then, I usually can't leave something as just a PWP without sneaking other elements into it, but I don't have any other designator to call the story except PWP, so there you are.
But it absolutely depends on the context within the story.
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