All-Time Favorite Stories

[Jdeau]

I ran across the "Most Viewed Stories" - is it my imagination, or do most of them have to do with incest (particularly mother-son)?

Is this what most people are into these days?

Just curious.

 

[Bert Notorius]

I ran across the "Most Viewed Stories" - is it my imagination, or do most of them have to do with incest (particularly mother-son)?

Is this what most people are into these days?

Just curious.

Are you in the west virginia folder?

 

[oggbashan]

I ran across the "Most Viewed Stories" - is it my imagination, or do most of them have to do with incest (particularly mother-son)?

Is this what most people are into these days?

Just curious.

No. But it has a dedicated fan following. Writing an incest story does wonders for the views and votes.

Incest readers can be demanding. They want close relatives such as Mother/Son, Brother/Sister and Father/Daughter. Cousins won't do.

 

[XdOu™]

i should start reading some... HMmMmM

 

[Jdeau]

I Wonder Why?

It seems odd that incest stories would have such a huge following, considering the near-universal cultural taboos against it...as I recall, one of the earliest such stories, written about 2500 years ago, did NOT have a happy ending...

 

[hogjack]

I love incest stories but for me it's all about a celebration of the core family. I think we've gotten away from that in society. Part of it is technology, lack of job stability, two-earner families, and so forth.

The best stories reinforce close family relationships and I find it to be sastifying.

 

[Super-Surprise]

 

[Jdeau]

Celebration of Family?

I love incest stories but for me it's all about a celebration of the core family. I think we've gotten away from that in society. Part of it is technology, lack of job stability, two-earner families, and so forth.

The best stories reinforce close family relationships and I find it to be sastifying.

Hmmm...interesting POV.

Myself, I think it's tragic that, despite its vast and rich vocabulary, the English language has only one word for "love" (contrast that with the plethora of synonyms for intoxication and business-money related issues and you see where our priorities lie).

Greek has three distinct terms: "EROS," which is sexual, "FILIOS" referring to non-sexual love between family members and friends, and "AGAPE" (pronounced uh-GAH-pay), which is spiritual.

Call me old-fashioned and a fuddy-duddy, but I find it disturbing when the line between eros and filios gets blurred.

 

[hogjack]

Hmmm...interesting POV.

Myself, I think it's tragic that, despite its vast and rich vocabulary, the English language has only one word for "love" (contrast that with the plethora of synonyms for intoxication and business-money related issues and you see where our priorities lie).

Greek has three distinct terms: "EROS," which is sexual, "FILIOS" referring to non-sexual love between family members and friends, and "AGAPE" (pronounced uh-GAH-pay), which is spiritual.

Call me old-fashioned and a fuddy-duddy, but I find it disturbing when the line between eros and filios gets blurred.

You cite the Greeks - certainly a foundation for democracy not to mention philosophy, mathematics, and so forth - who practiced incest, pedophilia, and lubrication-less orgies.

The Greeks had three terms for "LOVE" because they were so very busy schtupping just about anything that moved except for the precious, almost revered poultry.