I suppose that because I largely do not post in communities I don't run across these issues as much as other people might.
When I post a story, I tend to err on the side of caution, listing pairings where only I see them, where I intended there to be even the slightest hint of attraction. Since I write for myself, this is mostly for a catelogue of my own stories, really.
Over at the xmen-femslash yahoo group, about 90% of the stories have REALLY bad gratuitous sex. (I think that a big part of this reason is that it is written by men who just want to picture two women getting it on.)
I am slowly becoming more comfortable writing erotic femslash (actually, erotic male slash comes easier to me, from the two short short fics I've written... and masturbation fics come even easier, LOL). My personal issues with writing graphic sex comes from lack of inspiration to do a well written piece. With my attention span (non-existant) pieces are forced into flashes of action or thought, so a really well done sex scene would be a big stretch at this point.
About the ratings, I've seen that happen many times: slash fics getting rated higher just because they are 'taboo'. I think that is just plain bullshit.
About couples... That's a bit harder. If the fic is well written enough, I usually don't care who I am reading about. But, if the fic is already mediocre or relatively bad... I am going to pitch a fit when the author comes out of nowhere with a pairing that I didn't see coming (and hate) or any other comparable situation. This is why I (for the most part) stick to reading my favorite authors, or my favorite pairings.
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Date: 2006-02-21 04:56 am (UTC)When I post a story, I tend to err on the side of caution, listing pairings where only I see them, where I intended there to be even the slightest hint of attraction. Since I write for myself, this is mostly for a catelogue of my own stories, really.
Over at the xmen-femslash yahoo group, about 90% of the stories have REALLY bad gratuitous sex. (I think that a big part of this reason is that it is written by men who just want to picture two women getting it on.)
I am slowly becoming more comfortable writing erotic femslash (actually, erotic male slash comes easier to me, from the two short short fics I've written... and masturbation fics come even easier, LOL). My personal issues with writing graphic sex comes from lack of inspiration to do a well written piece. With my attention span (non-existant) pieces are forced into flashes of action or thought, so a really well done sex scene would be a big stretch at this point.
About the ratings, I've seen that happen many times: slash fics getting rated higher just because they are 'taboo'. I think that is just plain bullshit.
About couples... That's a bit harder. If the fic is well written enough, I usually don't care who I am reading about. But, if the fic is already mediocre or relatively bad... I am going to pitch a fit when the author comes out of nowhere with a pairing that I didn't see coming (and hate) or any other comparable situation. This is why I (for the most part) stick to reading my favorite authors, or my favorite pairings.