This is probably just me, but how come in fanfic, every time two people are about to smex…

[seriousfic]

Okay, digression before I’m even started. How come in fanfic people are always scarred? I don’t know who it reflects badly on, but with a fandom like Supernatural or whatever you’ll usually come across a mention of Dean or Sam having scars from their years of demon-hunting. Then the show does a shirtless scene and no scars. I think it’s just fandom’s “ahh, he’s an anguished warrior against darkness, he should have COOL, SMEXY BATTLE SCARS!”

But whenever they smex and find a bruise or a scar, there must be licking. Who in real life licks a scar? In real life, people have disgusting scars, but somehow fanfic characters only manage to get scarred with scars that make them even prettier. And bruises hurt when you touch them. People should be going “Hey, that’s ouchy, don’t lick there, that is not an erogenous zone.” You could probably get a good John/Rodney fic out of that.

“Hey, hey, oww! I know that’s all colorful and shiny and thus appealing to you, but a bruise is damaged capillaries allowing blood to seep into tissue! It is not the flashing spot on a video game boss that says ‘shoot here for massive damage!’ Or orgasm, as the case may be.”

So, I would like there to be a sex scene where injures (if they don’t preclude sex in the first place) are things to work around rather than aphrodisiacs.

I’d also like a pony.

Comments

[seriousfic.livejournal.com]

Are talking just about female characters being attracted to (mostly male) scars, as per your example? Because if so, gender politics come into play here, and oddly enough, female writers can be some of the worst offenders on this score.

Nah. I know that Tim's supposed throat scar (from Jason Todd) gets something of a work-out in fanfic, possibly as a metaphor for his deteoriation post-Hush. Bruce Wayne always has scars, but that's canon. Peter Petrelli has a big scar in the 5YG universe for much the reason you cite, which doesn't make sense since in that universe he has a mutant healing factor.

It'd be interesting to make a list of female characters who show up with scars, especially when it makes sense (in contrast to the male characters who just get scars cuz they're tough, regardless of whether they're portrayed that way in canon).

[box-in-the-box.livejournal.com]

Supposedly, the Huntress' belly-exposing costume was meant to show off her scars there, to intimidate criminals, except that none of the artists wanted to draw her with scars, so she just got the belly-exposing costume without the scars instead.