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seriousficFemale ejaculation is one of the three primary ways you can tell if a pornographic fic is written by a fanboy or a fangirl. The other two are the use of the word "ample" to describe bosoms and the fact that the author is writing about women instead of yaoi boys. Oh yeah, I went there.
In real life, female ejaculation is a rare phenomenon and fangirl-written works reflect this. However, when fanboys write fic, it happens all. The. Time. In enormous quantity. And it usually tastes great (because nothing is less erotic than being covered by vaginal fluid that tastes like cough syrup). Of course, in erotica everything bodywise tastes great. People are always kissing each other and going "ooh, strawberries, I love strawberries, we are teh soulmates!" Really now, have you ever kissed someone and thought strawberries? Maybe if they're wearing a lot of lip balm or they just brushed with some flavored toothpaste, but generally, no.
Perhaps it's because fanboys desire proof that women are having an orgasm, so they can't just write "OH GOD! OH GOD! I'M CUMMMMMMMMMMMMING!" There has to be physical evidence that not only has an orgasm taken place, but that it's been awesome (i.e., lots of ejaculate). Be careful about asking fanboys to explain this; they might ask you to explain mpreg.
Also, note that there's really no way to say "female ejaculate" erotically, so expect a lot of "honey" and "juices" and so on. That's par for the course, though. Men get a hundred words to describe their bits and tackle, but with women it's a thousand vulgar things like cunt and pussy. Have you ever tried to write a first-person Wonder Woman femslash fic in which Diana talks about Dinah's... money? It's impossible. I'm probably going to have to learn Greek, just so I don't break the mood.
In real life, female ejaculation is a rare phenomenon and fangirl-written works reflect this. However, when fanboys write fic, it happens all. The. Time. In enormous quantity. And it usually tastes great (because nothing is less erotic than being covered by vaginal fluid that tastes like cough syrup). Of course, in erotica everything bodywise tastes great. People are always kissing each other and going "ooh, strawberries, I love strawberries, we are teh soulmates!" Really now, have you ever kissed someone and thought strawberries? Maybe if they're wearing a lot of lip balm or they just brushed with some flavored toothpaste, but generally, no.
Perhaps it's because fanboys desire proof that women are having an orgasm, so they can't just write "OH GOD! OH GOD! I'M CUMMMMMMMMMMMMING!" There has to be physical evidence that not only has an orgasm taken place, but that it's been awesome (i.e., lots of ejaculate). Be careful about asking fanboys to explain this; they might ask you to explain mpreg.
Also, note that there's really no way to say "female ejaculate" erotically, so expect a lot of "honey" and "juices" and so on. That's par for the course, though. Men get a hundred words to describe their bits and tackle, but with women it's a thousand vulgar things like cunt and pussy. Have you ever tried to write a first-person Wonder Woman femslash fic in which Diana talks about Dinah's... money? It's impossible. I'm probably going to have to learn Greek, just so I don't break the mood.
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Date: 2008-03-23 04:41 pm (UTC)I don't personally write fic, but I've read my fair share and... yeah. You've made some very interesting points about the differences between male and female writers.
One interesting thing I think I'd like to point out though is that I've read a number of fics women write where the female of the story doesn't ejaculate necessarily but you know... REALLY get into the act. Thus the word "juices" come into play.
Sometimes I wonder if it's just their way of writing what they WISH would happen during sex. I say hey, gonna write a fic or story with some of that good stuff? Get out there and do a little research...have a little fun with it.
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Date: 2008-03-23 07:22 pm (UTC)And it's either that or having Wonder Woman think to herself "Dinah is drinking my opisma!" Which is, I think, asking a bit much of my readers. Well, it's a Wonder Woman fic, so reader, singular.
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Date: 2008-03-23 07:27 pm (UTC)Of course, to do this I have to find bicurious celebrity lookalikes who were abused as children and at least susceptible to opiates. And best not to cater to the Harry Potter fangirls. Just... best not to.
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Date: 2008-03-24 12:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-03-24 10:16 pm (UTC)It's like semen. It's been said to taste like everything, but few people will compare it to what it's most similar to: snot.