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[beccaelizabeth]

It’s one of those days where the sex bits in fic don’t make much sense to me.

Like oh, now they are bumping bodies. That appears to be nice for them. Okay.

I guess today I’d rather read something with intense feels about partnership but that’s about, like, liking each other? And deciding to like each other for the forseeable future? Possibly with cuddling? Or back rubs? And food?

So much stuff gets labelled romance but seems mostly about liking their body parts.

Maybe I should go find stories about forming superhero teams together. ... except those seem to involve mostly fighting, and the fic has to fill in the liking each other later...

Comments

[gehayi]

I have the same problem. So many writers use sex as shorthand for "Aww, they love each other." If you're like me, then you don't see them as loving each other but as loving to fuck. I couldn't tell you how many times I have begged authors to write in at least one non-sexual scene where the romantic leads have fun together--and, depressingly, how often the writers seem baffled by how to express affection in a non-sexual way.