Oh, I see what you mean. Yes. I think it would be a good idea if most fests had a rule that a request had to include plot prompts as well as kink prompts. I've had a terrible time writing kinks every time I've done it for exactly that reason, but didn't feel it was fair taking them out of the story when they'd been specifically requested.
I feel about most BDSM stories as I do about most prostitute stories: I might find it interesting/exciting if the authors showed how and why these characters ended up in these situations, but with the lack of detail, I simply can't believe in it. "Draco is a submissive...but why?" "Draco is a prostitute...but why?"
Don't worry about it sounding like a rant. I'm glad you provided more detail.
(By "rape as fluff" I mean those kinds of stories where one character rapes the other "because he loves him so much" and then it turns out the other character was secretly in love with him all along, so it's okay! Which...really doesn't fit with the way the raped character is usually shown to say "No" and "I don't want this." Not to mention all the ickiness that goes along with saying rape is okay if you do it passionately).
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I feel about most BDSM stories as I do about most prostitute stories: I might find it interesting/exciting if the authors showed how and why these characters ended up in these situations, but with the lack of detail, I simply can't believe in it. "Draco is a submissive...but why?" "Draco is a prostitute...but why?"
Don't worry about it sounding like a rant. I'm glad you provided more detail.
(By "rape as fluff" I mean those kinds of stories where one character rapes the other "because he loves him so much" and then it turns out the other character was secretly in love with him all along, so it's okay! Which...really doesn't fit with the way the raped character is usually shown to say "No" and "I don't want this." Not to mention all the ickiness that goes along with saying rape is okay if you do it passionately).