Historiagraphour
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-Scenario number 2, It's something I’d write.
-The British perspective will make the story that much more elite academic and personally appealing. I’d really like it if you emphasized that she’s wearing stockings at some point prior to the sex scenes, and then rip them apart when leading up to the sex.
I think that can be arranged I do quite enjoy a nice pair of stockings and suspenders, myself.
I personally like the first scenario better. I think it's more interesting and realistic so I can definitely picture it happening outside of the realm of just written word. I like the idea that you're building up tension between the two characters throughout her graduate school career to the point where now it becomes a solid temptation.
I'm also interested in hearing the male character's point of view about this. I like the idea that you have a solid, academically-grounded individual knowing that it's unprofessional but can't help but act on it. The female's internal conflict drawn by whether she would should go for this attraction or not is also intriguing.
On the one hand, I can probably say with some honesty that I am a little biased in this respect because I am a current PhD graduate student pursuing her doctorate in Biochemistry, so when I stumbled upon this, I was pleasantly surprised and am intrigued about it. It definitely would make for an interesting story because it's so potentially relatable. (Like this could actually occur in real life).
You have no idea how flattering it was to read this! Confession time: I too am a postgraduate although my subject area is history and, if I'm completely honest, these ideas are semi-autobiographical in nature, while the staff character is based upon someone I know. That said, I wanted to make the scenarios as realistic as possible by avoiding any of the transactional tropes usually associated with these kinds of pairings for reasons detailed above.
Your professors must be SO MUCH sexier than mine were
Oh, I suppose it depends upon how you define 'sexy' The person upon whom my male character is based is not necessarily the most physically attractive person in the world but he's that rare combination of brilliant and self-deprecatingly humble with a killer sense of humour and the ability to make students feel like their contributions are both interesting and worthwhile. So, he is sexy in the sense that he's a great guy who's great at mental stimulation...which in turn leads to all kinds of distracting fantasies like the one I'm currently in the process of writing.