Fantasy story involving statues that come to life

[JessicaBliss]

I've had this idea for a while. I had starting writing it, but my laptop died and I haven't gone back and re-written it yet. But the idea intrigues me so much. It's set in a English manor house in the 19th century. A girl is sent to live with her uncle and he dabbles in the dark arts. She goes into his garden and finds many statues, both male and female. When she approaches, they come to life and give her many different sexual experiences. Each chapter would be a different statue. Does this sound like a story I should pursue?

 

[RawHumor]

It could be interesting. Ideally, each statue would have its own personality and sexual style and not just a different physical form.

 

[JessicaBliss]

Yes, I've thought of that. One would be dom, one would be female, each would give her a different experience sexually.

 

[HeyAll]

Does this sound like a story I should pursue?

In my experience, any story could be a story that should be pursued, if you make it right.

You've got an interesting concept. I'm sure it could be a great story.

The only issue is; what category does it fall under?

best of luck

 

[TSienna]

I've had this idea for a while. I had starting writing it, but my laptop died and I haven't gone back and re-written it yet. But the idea intrigues me so much. It's set in a English manor house in the 19th century. A girl is sent to live with her uncle and he dabbles in the dark arts. She goes into his garden and finds many statues, both male and female. When she approaches, they come to life and give her many different sexual experiences. Each chapter would be a different statue. Does this sound like a story I should pursue?

I like the idea! I'll even help you write if, if you're interested.

 

[Hypoxia]

In Thorne Smith's classic NIGHT LIFE OF THE GODS from 80-90 years ago, stone statues of Graeco-Roman deities in NYC's Museum of Natural History are brought to life with a bit of technical magic. Drunken carousing and orgies ensue, of course; Graeco-Roman gods are like that. So, in the OP story idea, who do the statues depict? Humans or deities, heroes or victims, real or imagined? So they're ensorceled -- why? To punish or protect or preserve them, or us? Each needs their backstory. Some may be poor innocents whom uncle has trapped. Some may be rival wizards uncle has restrained. Some may be frozen spirits who are there more-or-less willingly. Some may be animals metamorphosed into human form but retaining their bestial nature. Et cetera.

 

[Sean Renaud]

In no particular order. The idea of the separate statues having different personalities is fine. It is magic, I'm not sure a backstory is good idea for this though. It's the same basic problem with Toy Story though in the movie it only effects Buzz in the original. I don't remember Part 2 and never saw the third. He's made in a factory. He should have zero idea who or what he's "supposed" to be instead of thinking that he's the actual Buzz Lightyear. It would be like if you woke up with amnesia read your diary and because it said you fought (insert nation) you rushed off to battle. It hurts just to think about. The only reason it makes sense with magic is because you basically get to make your own rules once you step into that realm.

As for category the most obvious would be Non-Human. Though I'm a long time believer that Non-Human should be disolved for lack of stories and bumped over into Sci-Fi fantasy. On a site where you can't write about animals non-human is, for the time being, by definition sci-fi fantasy. But that would be the category.

Now on to stuff I'd kinda like to know.

How much does the girl actually know about her uncle and what he's doing? If she's clueless as to his practices and studies it makes sense why she might wander off. But if you're not a practicing magic user and you wander off you deserve to fucking get killed. So IMO she either doesn't know or if she does she's either capable of defending herself or you need someone ditzy enough to pull off "I was just wandering around the manor might have killer monsters around any random corner.

Someone else asked, for what purpose were they enchanted? It could easily be just because and honestly you'd probably be better off just skipping it all together. If they are for self defense I might suggest that they somehow identify her as not an intruder and move on to some secondary behavior.

Are they alive? By alive I mean the difference between Pinnochio who is almost always depicted as a fully sentient being. Or are they like Terminators where no matter how well a Terminator (at least in the first three movies) is capable of kinda sorta aping human behavior the reality is they are not alive. It's important to know what you're creating when you start since those two beings are fundamentally different.

How big are they? Are they all human? They could be human sized of course and that seems to be what everybody is running with but they are statues. A Size Queen could have a fuck mothering ball some museums. While via magic you'd probably skate right past the no animals rule mythology has lots of other critters that could be fun. Gorgons (Medusa), Harpies, the Egyptian Pantheon as a whole (the majority of them are depicted with animal heads), Japanese Mythology have critters with mouths where their stomach ought be. Honestly mythology all over the globe has some very interesting bullshit in it. Angels, demons, Satyrs, Centaurs.

In closing, I think yes you should pursue this story idea. It's about as original as a story can get. (Though I bet there is something similar enough on here somewhere. I'd be floored if nobody has written a story about Mannequins coming to life in a lingerie store. Hell if it hasn't I might have to all Rule 35 on it.) It's an interesting premise that can honestly stretch out for as long as you want in any direction you want. Hell if this was a few years ago I'd be begging you to let me steal it for Chain Stories. If the statues are sentient you can get away with less characterization of the girl (like the majority of stories here) if they aren't she's gonna have to carry the entire story on her back since they won't have much of a personality (and what they do have is artificial) and they probably don't feel much. So you have to do much more work on making her a real character people can get behind.

 

[CeasarBoobage]

Ever seen the Dr. Who episode "Don't Blink"? If not, you should.

Long story short, the statues come to life and move toward thr person, but only when the person can't see them. if the statue touches them, the essentially die.

For the Lit story, this could either be in the 'celeb' or 'erotic horror' section, depending on how close the storyline follows the show.

Instead of making the person 'die', the statue will come to life and perform a sex act on the person if they can't get away fast enough. While this would be boring (Liz-wise) with one or two statues, the main character gets scared to see dozens of statues all around the house and yard, hoping they won't be reduced to an oversexed bowl of jello before the vacation (weekend?) is done. It does help that the statues' magic also influences this person so they are in a state of perpetual arousal as long as they are touching any of the statues.

 

[Sean Renaud]

Goddamn inconsistent Weeping Angels.

Carry on.