alnair_tair | On Fanfiction: a reader’s frustration (Reply)

That feeling when you love most of some-author characterization, and their use of temporal lines and canon. And almost every fic they have is pure porn. Porn in which the characterization counts a lot, and where they have conversations that make very hard just skip the scene. But porn.

(And there is an obscene amount of porny scenes in their fic.)

And I’m beyond frustrated, bcs the part of the story where the charas are conversing and playing each other, their action scenes, the bits of plot mingled with chara development, all that, is my fav part.

And I think author has a relationship to sex in which is used like a weird mix of therapy and other kinds of interactions. And sometimes I like how they play with it, but sex all the time? I can’t understand it, nor stand it. It bores me. It’s repetitive; why don’t we go back to the brilliant conversation and cuddles? To the fights and spars? To other kinds of fun.

To the fucking addictive outsider povs.

There’s also the problem of having the sex scenes be, in their majority about the physical sensations. Like. Completely comprehensible, and the intimacy etc, is there heavily implied by the sex and dialogue (i told you this author used sex as substitute for other kinds of interaction) but unless you don’t describe the overwhelming feelings extensively along the porn I just can’t get invested with the scene or enjoy it that way.

I think the problem is that I’m too ace for this author. Seriously; I was reading the comments section and the author answers and explanation for the sex thing (they’re very much conscient that their perspective is not “normal”) and I kinda get where they come from but it’s still incomprehensible for me in an emotional way.

Where is the bonding?? the non-sexual bonding, which doesn’t mean unsensual or unpassionate.

Sometimes author completely nails it with the mix of feels-sex but most time I’m scrolling past reading the dialogue over the sex to see if there’s something interesting lmao.

So the problem is that I’ve ended obsessed and reading their whole fic-work in the fandom I like (in 3 days lmao), because despite myself I love their interpretation of canon and most of the characterization, and growing progressively more frustrated bcs I wanted more.

It’s not like they’re unable to write beyond porn! A few of those fics are more about the ambiance and the feels and playing with what if? and although they also include the numerous sex scenes, they’re very well balanced (not the 80% of the fic) and the rest of the story is absolutely interesting and well done.

Sigh.

I guess they just aren’t interested. They bypass one of my fave secondary charas and the opportunity to explore their relationship with the rest of the cast bc they feel they’re too young for sex. They are yes, but fucking porn isn’t the only way to do a character study or to write about relationships! For the love of god, augh!!!

Everyone to their own business and I wouldn’t dream of raining on their parade in the comments section but I feel I had to share somewhere lol. They don’t owe me anything, but it’s frustrating bcs I know they have the potential of writing the stuff I absolutely love -for something I’ve obsessed and read all their work in 3 days- but I also know they won’t.

GAH