Shadowknight12

Yeah, there's a disturbingly high amount of "rape = love" thinking going on around fanfic writers. This (hopefully) doesn't reflect the cultures the writers come from, so it's really puzzling where this reasoning arises. I suppose that it's possible that it originated in Japan (where it sort of fits culturally, considering some of the things I've heard), and that prospective slash writers have thought it as the "right" way of writing yaoi. Then there's the whole clique mentality to cinch the most common plot line ("You DARE to have your seme be a normal person? YOU BITCH! We're removing your Yaoi Writers Membership Card!"), but that's just my own explanation for this phenomenon. But seriously people, rape is NOT love. Rape has to do with psychological issues that are completely independent of whatever emotions the rapist might feel. The rapist's feelings, in fact, often bend to accommodate for his disorders. And conversely, the raped guy should experience a wide range of psychological disorders, not always the lovey-dovey Stockholm Syndrome. And as an aside rant, rape victims developing feelings for their assailants makes little sense, considering that Stockholm Syndrome shows up when the victim *cannot flee* his captor, and his mind deals with this awful amount of stress by convincing the victim that his captor will be kind for as long as he's subservient. Rape victims may develop some weird, twisted affection for their rapists in some cases, but this needs to be justified logically and the circumstances must lead to it. Otherwise, you could just go out, rape some fucker off the street and get y'self a boyfriend!

So, I've noticed that there seems to be two approaches to the famous Third Person Omniscient style. There's the cold, clinical prose, with unloaded adjectives and pristine neutrality; and the emotional, biased, loaded prose that takes sides on issues. One example would be "The house was surrounded by a thick pine forest, something Adrian immediately noticed as he drove into the estate. The weather was cold and cloudy, with a threat of snow looming in the air, and his car was often buffeted by sudden gales." versus "The foreboding house was surrounded by a dark, chilling pine forest, something poor Adrian immediately noticed as he carefully drove into the estate. The foul weather was unbearably cold and cloudy, with snow merely biding its time, and his beloved car was constantly buffeted by sudden, malevolent gales." I think the examples are fairly self-explanatory, but in case it's not clear, one style tries to avoid influencing the reader one way or another, while the other attempts to convince the reader to see things a certain way. What style do you use? Do you think that either one is better than the other? Why? Do you think each has its own applicability? Do you think that the 'biased' TPO is better at gripping the reader or is it annoying and presumptuous? What are your thoughts on them? Personally, I prefer to leave the 'biased' TPO for whenever I'm taking sides in a story. If I'm telling the story from one of the character's PoV and I believe it would enhance the narration, I make the prose take on the character's personality. He doesn't see the girl of his dreams as 'attractive' he sees her as 'the only person in the room worth looking, beautiful, sensual, dripping sex appeal with every step' and the like. When I want to leave the reader in the dark about certain characters, or I don't want to favour one over the other, I use the clinical one. I do kind of regret that the 'unbiased' TPO is harder to write interestingly, since when you put yourself in a character's mind, words just flow out; but when you have to remain detached and objective, it's hard to be verbose without being resorting to subjectivity. So, like the internet often says: Discuss.

Yeah, that's probably his way of saying "Whoops." As it was mentioned above, morning wood is more about pissing and less about arousal. It can be about both, of course, if you wake up after a sex dream, though it isn't that common. And it's perfectly workable, sure, if you don't mind the discomfort of getting aroused with a full bladder (though this varies from guy to guy). It's no surprise a thread about erections gets so much attention. It's pretty primal. I'd expect more or less the same if a thread was started called "Women: Physical Sensation of Penetration?" or something like that.

12951. Oh, I had no idea. Apologies.

I'm looking for a beta for two stories I'm writing for the World of Warcraft fandom. One is a long series, the other is a three-part half-finished one-shot (of which I've posted the first part). The one-shot is very mild and vanilla, since it was my attempt at WAFF and an uncomplicated plot. The series is dark, complex and written in the form of journal entries that will later change to a different writing style. It features stuff like graphic rape, bondage, M/F, F/F, orgies, NonCon, violence (during sex and elsewhere), a ridiculously overcomplicated plot, angst and death. I'm looking for a beta for either or both (or hey, if neither draws your attention but you'd like to leave me a message to contact you if I write something else after I'm finished with those two, by all means go ahead!). I should warn I'm a perfectionist and that I really expect you'll help me with stuff beyond grammar and vocabulary (that's the main reason I haven't asked for a beta before, because I'm not looking for a spell-checker). I would appreciate your help with things like emotional content, characterization, realism, coherence, plot holes and the like. I'm honest and I expect you to be the same way. I'm also receptive to criticism and I'm always trying to improve. So, check out my profile if this interests you, the stories are in these links. PM me if you're still interested after reading them. Cleansing The Taint. Winter Of A Lifetime. Thank you. EDIT: Apparently I've been getting ideas for more stories than these, mostly drabbles and oneshots. If that's your thing, let me know.

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12946. Alas, poor joke! She will be interred with great honours!

12944. Do we have songs about counting, too? Do we break out into musicals? Perhaps with The Count as a guest star?

12942. Ah, chaotic counters, are we?

12940. I noticed we're behind if you compare our number with the thread's postcount.

8588. Fingers crossed!

8586. Wow, must be awful not to have the arcade around. Hope they implement it back soon!

8584. LOL, way to pour salt into the wound!

8582. HAH, Yuri Guru sounds pretty spot on. But then again, your current one is hilarious as hell. Might stick with this one for a while, until something better pops up.

8580. Yes! I was so focused on getting it I hadn't actually thought about what to put in it. Might change in the future, I'm not 100% satisfied with it.

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8562. Sent. Reception good?

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