AG31
Literotica Guru
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This statement by @jlightfoot75 a few weeks ago caught me up short. Not only does it not apply to me, but I simply don't understand it.
My main question here is to @jlightfoot75 and others who share their perspective. What do you want in porn or erotica? Why would realism be a problem?
My subsidiary question is this: To what degree is realism in erotica important to your enjoyment?
Here's my answer.
I realized that for me, any physical interaction or sensation that I can't vividly imagine is a turn off. I'm quite happy to willingly suspend my disbelief on a whole host of issues, the way sex clubs "really" work, the fact that no such society as the one in the story ever existed, etc., etc., But if I'm interrupted from putting myself physically in the situation described, it's a problem. An example would be double penetration where the players are positioned in an impossible way. I need to understand how every limb is positioned. And here's an innocuous example that's not even from erotica:
The last time he heard the words, "You're an absolute gem," was when he'd handed in his arithmetic homework with no mistakes."*
The problem here is that the teacher couldn't have said those words when he handed in the paper, because she hadn't had a chance to grade it. I wanted Beaton to replace "when he'd handed in" to "when she returned".
Death of a Smuggler by M. C. Beaton
What about the rest of you?
My main question here is to @jlightfoot75 and others who share their perspective. What do you want in porn or erotica? Why would realism be a problem?
My subsidiary question is this: To what degree is realism in erotica important to your enjoyment?
Here's my answer.
I realized that for me, any physical interaction or sensation that I can't vividly imagine is a turn off. I'm quite happy to willingly suspend my disbelief on a whole host of issues, the way sex clubs "really" work, the fact that no such society as the one in the story ever existed, etc., etc., But if I'm interrupted from putting myself physically in the situation described, it's a problem. An example would be double penetration where the players are positioned in an impossible way. I need to understand how every limb is positioned. And here's an innocuous example that's not even from erotica:
The last time he heard the words, "You're an absolute gem," was when he'd handed in his arithmetic homework with no mistakes."*
The problem here is that the teacher couldn't have said those words when he handed in the paper, because she hadn't had a chance to grade it. I wanted Beaton to replace "when he'd handed in" to "when she returned".
Death of a Smuggler by M. C. Beaton
What about the rest of you?