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Re: Yuletide dilemmas

[(Anonymous)]

A sex-scene-only fic doesn't have to be "mainly self-serving" and the sex can add to characterization on its own though? Have some of you never read a good pwp that did characterization through sex so viciously well that it completely changed your perception of the characters and the ship?

Re: Yuletide dilemmas

[(Anonymous)]

no because I avoid PWPs by default because 99.99% of them are not like that and I ain't reading 1000 versions of something I find fundamentally boring in hopes of a rare gem that interweaves something I actually like with the boring part

Re: Yuletide dilemmas

[(Anonymous)]

CYRT

I can't say that I have.

To be fair, I've never read any fic that "changed your perception of the characters and the ship" and I don't expect that (or want that) from fic. I go into fic having a clear idea of the characters and the ship and a fic that goes against that would probably be a backbutton for me.

But what I meant is that when I read PWP, I read it for the porn. I haven't read any fic PWP that left me deeply in awe about the character development mostly because even when the PWP is perfectly in character, everything else takes the backseat to the porn. For me, that's the entire point of a PWP. PWP and character development are kind of antithetical for me.

Re: Yuletide dilemmas

[(Anonymous)]

+1000