How many AH participants take delight in male physicality?

[ElectricBlue]

This thread has made me go back and look at some of my male on male scenes and I think I do a pretty good job of describing the men. Moving forward, this will be front of mind for me and I expect I'll get a bit more descriptive. So thanks for that AG!

I amused my beta reader a number of years ago when he said, "You write better gay male scenes than I do." He was an active bi guy, whereas anyone who's read any of my stories will know that in 99% of stories, a man is the furthest thing from my mind.

What also amuses me no end, is that the few GM chapters I do have, have higher view counts and scores than the chapters before and after. I always put that down to the Real Men of Lit reading it twice, just to make sure they didn't really like it.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

This makes me think of my recent attraction to Ben Whishaw. He's shown bare chested or more in Black Doves and The Hour. He's very slim and hairless. I'm intrigued by what makes him so attractive. I just now discovered that he's gay, as I was Googling Whishaw to get his first name. But that doesn't affect his physical attractiveness. What do you think of him?

Ben Whishaw is single-handedly responsible for the popularity of James Bond fanfic in recent years (OK, Sean Bean and Daniel Craig (see his Belvedere vodka ad...) and the flirtation all round helped). As Q he's lithe and a bit skinny, similar in London Spy where he's less clean-cut, but as Sam in Black Doves, with a little more age, facial hair and being generally a kind badass, the man is sex on legs.

He's pretty much cornered the market of gay spy roles, presumably from choice rather than being typecast, seeing as he also does lots of other roles. Fanfic writers are producing stories with him as fast as they can, usually with a reference to his playing Paddington Bear.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

That movie was a validation for me. As a femboi/queer I was always on the fringes. Crying game mainstreamed querness for me. I was back in the closet at the time and everyone was talking about that movie and that charcter in a positive light. It gave me more courage to be a little more open about myself.

I remember watching it at a party as a student, everyone a bit drunk. Took me and some other girls a minute to figure out the issue when half the lads got audibly queasy. The other half, notably, didn't. And all (bar one twat) stayed and watched the whole film, followed by discussing it as a film. Now you mention it, it was shortly after that a couple lads came out - though one was hardly a surprise.

 

[AG31]

and the chapter with a long male sex scene in my Arthurian yarn has an upwards blip in both score and views,

Several years ago, when I was new to Lit, I tried to read this. This was before I reconciled myself to the facts that I can't tolerate long form on screens other than Kindle, and that I come to Lit for what I call "simple erotica," (of which you've written some very nice stuff). Could you point me to this chapter? I never got that far.

 

[ICantLeafYou]

I amused my beta reader a number of years ago when he said, "You write better gay male scenes than I do."

I've gotten several comments from men that I write male sexuality and experiences very well, those are some of my favorite comments.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Several years ago, when I was new to Lit, I tried to read this. This was before I reconciled myself to the facts that I can't tolerate long form on screens other than Kindle, and that I come to Lit for what I call "simple erotica," (of which you've written some very nice stuff). Could you point me to this chapter? I never got that far.

The Dark Prince

 

[AG31]

I absolutely love men and male pleasure--reading about it, watching it, writing it.

Across my writing career, I've focussed on solo and gay male content with just a few more recent forays into including a woman in things.

I went right off and read most of your stories. 5 stars. Well done. I skipped the few that were strictly female oriented.
Any idea why you like to write from the male POV? I do too, but most of mine are S & M. The two that aren't involve a woman undressing or loving a man.

 

[ICantLeafYou]

I went right off and read most of your stories. 5 stars. Well done. I skipped the few that were strictly female oriented.
Any idea why you like to write from the male POV? I do too, but most of mine are S & M. The two that aren't involve a woman undressing or loving a man.

Thanks for checking out my work and the comments you left on my stories!

I just find male pleasure so, so arousing. My writing has always been a way for me to flesh out my own fantasies and desires, so it focuses on what turns me on the most which is men. It started with writing gay fanfics ~18 years ago and I just never got into the female POV much.

Some of what I draw on is from DMs I've had with men over the years--some on Lit!--who are kind enough to share their experiences with me. Whether it's something wild they've done [if he's reading this, he knows he inspired the glory hole story!] or just basic descriptions of jerking off, it helps me improve my writing. No two men masturbate or feel pleasure exactly the same and I love that, I can throw some small idiosyncrasies into the stories.

 

[Zootonius]

Interspersing question. Quite often, I describe the man's body as seen through the female character's eyes, usually in subjective terms. Like "eyes drinking in his body while her hand caressed it."

For both men and women, I like to outline their general appearance an let the reader fill in the details with their imagination.