The "organised" or "larger scale" kink... am I alone?

[SteelPoint]

Ever and again I find myself drawn in my writing to the same thematic trope which must say something about me, I suppose. It's reached the stage where I feel I need to ask whether there are any kindred spirits out there.

My opinion of the generality of Lit. submissions is none too high but I have bitten the bullet and searched for stories which speak to this phenomenon without a great deal of success. Maybe I'm in a very small minority.

I'm talking about stories in which sex is portrayed as happening within a highly organised context and/or on a larger scale. The reader gains the impression that he is being given privy access to a secret situation in which individuals find themselves entrained willingly (or otherwise) into a specific sexual senario. You could posit the movie 'Eyes Wide Shut' as being an example but there are many others.

Does anyone else feel this to be a main motivational drive in their writing?

 

[Kumquatqueen]

I'm not sure what you mean. There's many stories about fetish clubs, swinging parties, group sex events, etc.

I've written a fair few myself, partly as an easy way to drop characters in a situation where having sex is both plausible and expected.

BDSM stories love the 'secret society' trope where gentlemen (sometimes also ladies) have a mansion full of servants and/or submissives. Then there's stories which create a whole society where sex is regulated and required - mainly in BDSM,.Fetish, or SF.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

I've been playing with one about an initiation into a secret society. The couple has to undergo a number of steps before a decision is made to accept or reject them.

I'm doubting it will ever get here.

 

[MrPixel]

There's many stories about fetish clubs, swinging parties, group sex events, etc.

Yes. I think what @SteelPoint is looking for is also going to be found in "Group Sex".

 

[SteelPoint]

What I'm interested in is fairly hard to explain.

I'm trying to produce stories (as opposed to literal pornography) in which characters find themselves becoming involved in something 'bigger than themselves' - something pre-existing and which would continue to exist irrespective of that involvement. It is the description of that 'something' and the way the characters become involved which form the real star of the show rather than any one sexual scene.

Above all, not 'boy meets girl'...

 

[TheRedLantern]

You're talking about a systematized society (or a splinter of a society) with a heavy sexual foundation, right?

So basically something like the "gorean" setting?

 

[SinclairGroupLLP]

I've got a plot bunny that I started that seems to fit this discussion - I was working on a fantasy idea that revolves around a college that trains men and women to become some special kind of Knight. That's the outward image that the school portrays, but there's also a sex training portion, as the graduates tend to go on to become senior advisors to the rulers of the various realms out there. And so for all the fighting they learn, they also learn seduction and a bunch of other sex stuff.

It was kind of a Hogwarts meets Kushiel's Dart kind of thing in my head. The college would be the central character of course, and I was thinking of probably having some kind of back story thing going on where they're more like the Bene Gesserit, running things behind the scenes as well as training, etc, since I can't have non-complex plots.

I figure this will be what I do when I finish my current series.

 

[THBGato]

I'm trying to produce stories (as opposed to literal pornography) in which characters find themselves becoming involved in something 'bigger than themselves' - something pre-existing and which would continue to exist irrespective of that involvement. It is the description of that 'something' and the way the characters become involved which form the real star of the show rather than any one sexual scene.

Try reading the superb The Girl with Pink Hair by @WhiteTailDarkTip as it ticks a lot of those boxes in a way that will kind of blow your mind. There's even a bit in Chapter 6 or 7 (can't quite remember which) where a lot of side characters are drawn inexorably into this pyschosexual, almost Sense8-style, quasi-orgy. It is waaaaaaaaaaay better than Eyes Wide Shut.

Here's my review of it: https://www.literotica.com/s/review-of-the-girl-with-pink-hair

 

[SteelPoint]

You're talking about a systematized society (or a splinter of a society) with a heavy sexual foundation, right?

So basically something like the "gorean" setting?

In a way but the 'society' can also be quite limited - a small club of some kind, a family or even simply a situation in which a group of otherwise fairly unrelated people are made to feel part of a greater collective.

I've written about a farming family who have a self-serving side interest which necessarily involves outsiders. I've written about a country club which is a cover for... other matters. I've written about lesbians whose 'hobbies' put others in the cross hairs regularly. The point repeatedly is that the individual(s) is/are drawn inexorably into an imbroglio not of their making.

 

[AlinaX]

A long shot, but this might fit: Duchesses: The Humanity Game

 

[TheLobster]

‘An innocent victim stumbles into a mysterious establishment and gets “lost”’ is a relatively common trope in various not-quite-consensual transformation stories (bimbofication, forced sex change, etc.) and other fetishes of this kind. I didn’t read much of such stuff but I recall many works by @Menoetes fit the bill (and are skillfully crafted).

However, if what you are looking for is something less explicit and focused more on the transformative experiences, a’la Eyes Wide Shut that @THBGato mentioned, then that’s unfortunately the kind of artistic endeavor that is not common on Lit at all. You can try tags like “secret club” or “secret society” but most stories there will probably be closer to that first kind I mentioned.

 

[WhiteTailDarkTip]

What I'm interested in is fairly hard to explain.

I'm trying to produce stories (as opposed to literal pornography) in which characters find themselves becoming involved in something 'bigger than themselves' - something pre-existing and which would continue to exist irrespective of that involvement. It is the description of that 'something' and the way the characters become involved which form the real star of the show rather than any one sexual scene.

Above all, not 'boy meets girl'...

I write stories first and foremost. I value sex and don't want to be constrained in writing about it (which is why I started posting here) but sometimes I struggle to find a justification for its inclusion in the narrative. I'm currently writing a story that looks like it might not have any sex in it at all. I'll post an appropriate warning at the top of the text!

 

[Lifestyle66]

I started writing a first-person story just before Memorial Day of guy in the Army who gets pulled into a mutual support sex club his friends created to assist military spouses through long separations. It's a small, exclusive group who explore the issues of marital fidelity under trying circumstances ... and losing your spouse.

The story published a few days ago. The link is at the top of my signature.
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