LH
@lighthearted.bsky.social
🇦🇺 | adult | they/them
Run-on sentence enthusiast. I like to write thinly-veiled pornographic self-therapy called "fanfiction". Currently 5 years deep into a One Piece fixation but that's not to say I'm not curious in whatever you're peddling◝(ᵔᗜᵔ)◜
Run-on sentence enthusiast. I like to write thinly-veiled pornographic self-therapy called "fanfiction". Currently 5 years deep into a One Piece fixation but that's not to say I'm not curious in whatever you're peddling◝(ᵔᗜᵔ)◜
Basically "the character would not say that" but "the character would not fuck like that". Should've just led with this tbh.
October 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Basically "the character would not say that" but "the character would not fuck like that". Should've just led with this tbh.
I dunno... I just feel like people started writing advice on how to "tell" when a fic author had never had sex (or that kind of sex) before, but now we have a new problem where fics all reproduce the exact same advice on how to write these sex scenes, so it STILL feels virginal. If I'm making sense.
October 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I dunno... I just feel like people started writing advice on how to "tell" when a fic author had never had sex (or that kind of sex) before, but now we have a new problem where fics all reproduce the exact same advice on how to write these sex scenes, so it STILL feels virginal. If I'm making sense.
Real people have awkward clumsy sex. They use sub-optimal lubricants. They rush in without "proper" prep. They might not need "proper" prep. They frot and scissor. They miscommunicate their needs. They do all the things you've been told "real" (gay) people don't "actually" do.
October 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Real people have awkward clumsy sex. They use sub-optimal lubricants. They rush in without "proper" prep. They might not need "proper" prep. They frot and scissor. They miscommunicate their needs. They do all the things you've been told "real" (gay) people don't "actually" do.
I don't know if I'm conveying myself well here but there's nothing interesting (or particularly sexy) about a sex scene that grinds to a halt so that the writer can turn to the reader and say "don't worry, I've read the critiques, I'm not one of THOSE writers. HERE'S how you have gay sex:"
October 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I don't know if I'm conveying myself well here but there's nothing interesting (or particularly sexy) about a sex scene that grinds to a halt so that the writer can turn to the reader and say "don't worry, I've read the critiques, I'm not one of THOSE writers. HERE'S how you have gay sex:"
It just feels like the pendulum has swung too far. Yes we were all tired of reading yaoi in the 2000s where the top deflowered a virgin dry but "the pain was worth it". That doesn't mean every sex scene now has to follow the same rules and order of preparation to be Good, Realistic (Porn) Writing.
October 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
It just feels like the pendulum has swung too far. Yes we were all tired of reading yaoi in the 2000s where the top deflowered a virgin dry but "the pain was worth it". That doesn't mean every sex scene now has to follow the same rules and order of preparation to be Good, Realistic (Porn) Writing.
Not to get too many people upset with me, but if you write fanfiction and are also an adult with a healthy appetite for masturbation... you can just try butt stuff for yourself. That is an option you have. You can see what is actually necessary and what doesn't work.
October 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Not to get too many people upset with me, but if you write fanfiction and are also an adult with a healthy appetite for masturbation... you can just try butt stuff for yourself. That is an option you have. You can see what is actually necessary and what doesn't work.
Thank you! I really truly appreciate hearing that! 💛
September 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Thank you! I really truly appreciate hearing that! 💛
This was my thinking! They had over 7,000 bookmarks, how is it useful to bookmark fics you thought were mid? 😭 I guess people have different reasons for using bookmarks, like an AO3 Goodreads, but doesn't it say right there when you bookmark a fic that people can see your tags 😅
August 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
This was my thinking! They had over 7,000 bookmarks, how is it useful to bookmark fics you thought were mid? 😭 I guess people have different reasons for using bookmarks, like an AO3 Goodreads, but doesn't it say right there when you bookmark a fic that people can see your tags 😅
Reading entire multi-chapter tens-of-thousands-of-words-long fanfics, leaving zero comments, then publicly bookmarking them as "okay" feels wild to me but maybe it's normal and I'm out of the loop!
August 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Reading entire multi-chapter tens-of-thousands-of-words-long fanfics, leaving zero comments, then publicly bookmarking them as "okay" feels wild to me but maybe it's normal and I'm out of the loop!