It's not PWPs I'm talking about. An author who writes a PWP usually does it because the topic excites her/him, and you can feel the OMGhotness in every word - or, in the case of a not-as-well written PWP, you at least get a general idea, because it is personal to the author, and he/she can convey that personal experience through his/her writing.
To be specific, it is all these fest fics. People request kinks like BDSM or bloodplay or feathers, to mention some of the ones that don't have a connotation of forbiddenness, and the author who might find the topic mildly fascinating but really has no idea about it, goes into a lengthy research. She/he gets all the technicalities right, and is even able to portray it as a kink and not an everyday (sexual) practice your neighbours do in their back garden. But the fic is lacking that certain feeling that would glue me in front of the monitor, because even if the author likes playing with that particular kink in his/her head, it's not something that excites him/her and that can be felt throughout the fic. Even worse is when it completely ruins a plot that would otherwise be full of possibilities because the author concentrates on giving his/her giftee their desired kink.
And I've also seen this in non-fest fics, probably because people get the idea that their fics would be read by more people if they included some BDSM aspect? I don't know. I'm not saying it's not fine to experiment with one's writing, not at all. I just happen to value a good plot more than the sex (except when it's a PWP).
Oh shoot! This sounded a complete rant! :P
Btw, I've never seen rape done as fluff but I've seen vanilla sex written so hot that it got a semi-permanent place in the back of my mind for a while. *cough*
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To be specific, it is all these fest fics. People request kinks like BDSM or bloodplay or feathers, to mention some of the ones that don't have a connotation of forbiddenness, and the author who might find the topic mildly fascinating but really has no idea about it, goes into a lengthy research. She/he gets all the technicalities right, and is even able to portray it as a kink and not an everyday (sexual) practice your neighbours do in their back garden. But the fic is lacking that certain feeling that would glue me in front of the monitor, because even if the author likes playing with that particular kink in his/her head, it's not something that excites him/her and that can be felt throughout the fic. Even worse is when it completely ruins a plot that would otherwise be full of possibilities because the author concentrates on giving his/her giftee their desired kink.
And I've also seen this in non-fest fics, probably because people get the idea that their fics would be read by more people if they included some BDSM aspect? I don't know. I'm not saying it's not fine to experiment with one's writing, not at all. I just happen to value a good plot more than the sex (except when it's a PWP).
Oh shoot! This sounded a complete rant! :P
Btw, I've never seen rape done as fluff but I've seen vanilla sex written so hot that it got a semi-permanent place in the back of my mind for a while. *cough*