Fantasy Story Background or No?

[YummyMummy26]

I'm writing a fantasy story regarding an Night Elf Warrior and his Paladin Healer and their sex life. The question is should I enclude some back ground in the story or no? If so how much would be acceptable. I had it started and had almost 2 pages of background when a friend told me to skip it or keep it to atleast half the page because the main reason for reading this is after all the nookie. So I deleted and started again. Any input would be appriciated.

 

[fogbank]

I'm writing a fantasy story regarding an Night Elf Warrior and his Paladin Healer and their sex life. The question is should I enclude some back ground in the story or no? If so how much would be acceptable. I had it started and had almost 2 pages of background when a friend told me to skip it or keep it to atleast half the page because the main reason for reading this is after all the nookie. So I deleted and started again. Any input would be appriciated.

Personally, two pages of backstory would turn me off. But that isn't to say backstory isn't good; a backstory is what seperates real people (granted, a night elf warrior might not be a real person, but still) from simple characters. Avoid dumping it on readers right off the start, though. If their backstory is important, tell it as it becomes relevant to what they're going through. You can tell the entire history of two long-time lovers through the course of one session; the reader shouldn't be really conscious of backstory if it's properly done.

 

[YummyMummy26]

My goal is to have this one run in several chapters but I dont want to overshadow the erotic parts with things like she was a human him a night elf and how she learned to speak elvish and the epic battle that's waging behind their romance.

 

[fogbank]

Sounds good! Don't worry about those things overpowering the romance and sex; try and find ways of integrating them. For example, in the LOTR movies, a lot of the romance scenes between Arwen and Aragorn jump back and forth between the two languages. But rather than this distracting from their actual romance, the ease with which they move between languages demonstrates the intimacy and comfort that they have with one another. We probably don't need to know exactly how Aragorn learned to speak Elvish (although we pick it up in other parts of the story). It would be a challenging thing to write, but could be really moving. You could have a whole erotic scene that's really about language, about her trying to express herself and her feelings and desires in a language that isn't her own.

 

[YummyMummy26]

I play World of Warcraft and the story idea came to me after I struck up an internet relationship with a warrior in my guild. I'm the Paladin, he's the Warrior lol. So I have loads of imagry to go off of, not a lot of language base, and a lot of desire lol.

 

[Otto26]

Personally, I like a story that's more than just a fast fuck. The situations created by a good story can be as erotic as any physical coupling. But I seem to be in the minority, so you need to be aware of what your audience wants (if your goal is to be a popular writer).

 

[emap]

Personally, I would toss in as much backstory as I could, but toss in sex often.

For instance, start off with the two of them in the forest coming upong bad whatevers, he sneaks ahead and to the side and you stand there admiring his rear and thinking about soemthing in your past, like when you first met how you just loved his butt and how it filled his leather jerkin, do a fight scene, then after you start kissing and getting really into each other, maybe stopping because more arrive or smething and you can have a chance to have more backstory.

Basically write it up like two total sex feinds who are new to each other and sneak off for sex any chance possible, that way you get your backstory, and you get alot of readers, cause we all know anyone writing and posting stories to Literotica are attention whores.

 

[YummyMummy26]

Right now, I'm going with the angle that the love of her life has died. To consol herself she's remembering their times together. Right now it's their first time together. Human and Night Elf should prove to be intresting. The problem I'm having with a memory though is putting the characters name and then she/her in the begining sentances so I might have to re-write it to adjust for this error

 

[candlelight_romance]

aah a fellow warcraft player... and yes, i love the idea... a NE warrior in full gear is 100% eye-candy

but id like to point out the pitfalls of cliches we are likely to fall into using this backdrop. i suggest you stay away from the typical 'elf' stereo-type

perhaps there could be a conflict between him and her...? him being a nightelf might mean hes a little on the harsh and angled side, whereas shes tough but also soulful and compassionate? a good mould for the warrior might be Lan from the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan (if you have read that series).

happy writing!