BBCPhile
7 years ago
[hh] Why is writing sex so damn hard (no pun intended)?

I have spent forever trying to figure out how to describe cocks in a way that doesn't sound awkward or absurd, and I think it's hopeless.

Commiseration? Advice?
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I... write a lot of this
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morgana is in a sex game shh
what in particular is awkward? just the phrasing?
you can focus more on the emotional side if the physicality bothers you
queer pirates
7 years ago
honestly just embrace the absurd
queer pirates
7 years ago
or my way of getting around the direct physical shenanigans was, when talking about the peen, just describing in very vague terms
queer pirates
7 years ago
a la "stroking teasingly"
friend we are so different
though I do still sometimes call it THE PEEN and cackle
I actually find writing f/f a lot harder cos no one will do it
because A LOT OF RPERS ARE AFRAID OF VAGINAS
queer pirates
7 years ago
again, a la my previous plurk, i was afeard and uncomfy with my sexuality until literally maybe a few months ago
nopeoleon
7 years ago
tbf sex is awkward and absurd
queer pirates
7 years ago
do you call it THE PEEN in tags tho important question
...you know I must've at some point
and it's okay that we're different, I just find it amusing
< the pervert, evidently
tbh I used to write my best friends smut tags for her cos she didn't like too
queer pirates
7 years ago
lmao
...it wasn't a sex game it just had weird rules
idk what was the early 2000's
queer pirates
7 years ago
dude people started putting Sekret Passwords in rules again revently and istg I timetraveled back to 2003
as fond as I am of smut, fade to black is a perfectly valid technique
if you just don't feel like sorting it out or whatever
you can still have them remember what (other persons) hands felt like or
how good it was (OR BAD I'M NOT YOUR EDITOR)
or blush when (person) rests their hand on (spot) because (thing you imagine happened in ftb scene)
queer pirates
7 years ago
omg the sekret passwords
another good idea is to go back and read fic/books/scenes or even watch scenes that gave you the feeling you're going for, though text is obviously more helpful
queer pirates
7 years ago
yessss 90% of my smutty shenanigans i've gotten from gay historical romance books
also be greatful you don't have to deal with teleporting hands/positions inherent in "person didn't reply in a month and has since forgotten where the characters were touching each otthers hoo has"
queer pirates
7 years ago
honestly me all the time
queer pirates
7 years ago
even in non-smut
I reread threads when moving about tbbh
omg related if not useful but drea
morgana is trying to band a lady werewolf and she
queer pirates
7 years ago
me too!
queer pirates
7 years ago
ooh
doesn't know where to put her hands
save me from camelot era morgana omg
BOYS ARE EASIER THEY COME WITH A CONTROL STICK SHE GETS IT
queer pirates
7 years ago
A CONTROL STICK
THIS BEAT IS SICK, I WANNA TAKE A RIDE ON YOUR DISCO STICK~
queer pirates
7 years ago
honestly i too need to figure out how to honkytonkbadonkydonk for ladies
first, you trim your nails
then, you do not ride on their disco stick, mostly
morgana cracks me up though she almost walked into a naked lady, then walked away, and then the lady came with her and flirted with her and she's basically
queer pirates
7 years ago
v. good
I feel like you'd sympathise with her
queer pirates
7 years ago
honestly, yes
queer pirates
7 years ago
i too would walk away and then probably accidentaly flirted
she Platonically laid on the floor next to the naked lady.... and did her best to not stare at her boobs
do you suppose BBCPhile ever regrets summoning us all...
queer pirates
7 years ago
i feel like by now she anticipates the chaos
✨ heather ✨
7 years ago
how is josh anyway morgana hasn't boned him anywhere inapproprate for a long time
✨ heather ✨
7 years ago
meanwhile I’m just over here like “AFTER OVER A DECADE OF ROLEPLAYING AND FIC-WRITING I CAN FINALLY WRITE ‘COCK’ WITHOUT TURNING BEET RED AND FLAILING 8D”
queer pirates
7 years ago
HEATHER LITERALLY ME IN MY LAST PLURK
I guess i'm the sinner here
✨ heather ✨
7 years ago
it took me writing josh lyman to get here so if I ever meet aaron sorkin I’ll probably burst into flames a la a sinner walking into church
BBCPhile
7 years ago
omg you are all amazing! :-) sorry for the delay; I was voting!
BBCPhile
7 years ago
this is helpful! thanks for the tips!
✨ heather ✨
7 years ago
the tips
✨ heather ✨
7 years ago
AYYYY
BBCPhile
7 years ago
part of the problem is that this is for a very metafictional prompt fill and it's more an excerpt than a scene
BBCPhile
7 years ago
lolol
BBCPhile
7 years ago
whoops
✨ heather ✨
7 years ago
and yeah drea I just saw and ran in there too lmaooo
✨ heather ✨
7 years ago
high five!!
BBCPhile
7 years ago
but yeah, the challenge here is that I need to find a way to distinguish dicks from each other to set up the punchline of a joke
BBCPhile
7 years ago
and so I've been reading all the sex scenes in my favorite fic to see how people describe them, and they mostly don't, except in generic ways
BBCPhile
7 years ago
spoiler for guardyanangel: they are raring Worthington Chronicles fanfic
BBCPhile
7 years ago
lol
BBCPhile
7 years ago
reading
I'm mean to be in bed shh
BBCPhile
7 years ago
:-D ok, so, here's more of the context: this is for the modern AU when Archie's an actor and stared in a Hornblower-like period piece called the Worthington Chronicles. in this fic, the trailer was just released, and Archie and Will are being adorable nerds and giggling over fic together
BBCPhile
7 years ago
horatio comes home and does not quite understand what the deal is with fic. so Archie reads a few excerpts
queer pirates
7 years ago
i mean if you're reading terrible fic, "member" is always the way to go
BBCPhile
7 years ago
lol
nopeoleon
7 years ago
throbbing
nopeoleon
7 years ago
just say 'throbbing' a lot
nopeoleon
7 years ago
that's all I remember from 90s fanfic
nopeoleon
7 years ago
OH AND 'BRUISED'
BBCPhile
7 years ago
it's not terrible, exactly. it's more that Horatio is stuck on the lack of verisimilitude
BBCPhile
7 years ago
(as in: "but. . . . that's not what yours looks like")
queer pirates
7 years ago
overly large PEENS
queer pirates
7 years ago
lmaoooooo
BBCPhile
7 years ago
and I'm having a hard time figuring out how to describe a dick in such a way that Horatio can say that line without making it sound like I'm insulting Archie's dick
maybe the fic writer likes tiny peen
or discribes it in an ugly way
I know penises aren't exactly graceful works of art to most but
what about weirdly specific freckles? that the fic writer thinks happened somehow
nopeoleon
7 years ago
FRECKLES
true story, somehow know one of my guy friend has freckles... I can't say that word around him he loses it
THERE ARE FULL PENIS TATTOOS
...I was a curious teenager shut up
I am no less curious at 26
queer pirates
7 years ago
why are there full penis tattoos honestly
BBCPhile
7 years ago
hah!
some of them look like dragons
I'll spare you all the links though
BBCPhile
7 years ago
:-D
BBCPhile
7 years ago
Thanks everyone! heading to work so signing off for a bit!
queer pirates
7 years ago
have fun!!
BBCPhile
7 years ago
I solved it!!!! thanks everyone!!
queer pirates
7 years ago
the gays
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