Pictures on the Mantle

[sirhugs]

MC is waiting for their prom date. He of course hopes to get lucky. While he waits he examines a gallery of family photos on the mantle. To his shock, one woman in an early old photo looks just like his grandmother.
When the date comes down, he asks who that is and she says "oh, that's my grandmother."
Oops.

 

[000zing]

MC is waiting for their prom date. He of course hopes to get lucky. While he waits he examines a gallery of family photos on the mantle. To his shock, one woman in an early old photo looks just like his grandmother.
When the date comes down, he asks who that is and she says "oh, that's my grandmother."
Oops.

Yes, good one. But do watch out for bitchy comments from the recent crop of no-more-incest worthies.

Pictures on the mantelpiece or wall can be a really good dramatic device used either to produce a shock factor or simply add to the "hook". I've used it in incest stories to re-inforce the taboo factor... e.g. pictures of son staring down at what his own mother and son are getting up to - grandmother/grandson, in other words. Can also be used in cheating scenarios and others, I'm sure.

 

[Andreas_Kreuz]

If they share a grandparent, then they are cousins. I know all my cousins as I would expect most people do unless there is some break up in the past. So the story first has to explain why they don't know each other. But then I have a hard time imagining how this would add to the story.

 

[LupusDei]

If they share a grandparent, then they are cousins. I know all my cousins as I would expect most people do unless there is some break up in the past. So the story first has to explain why they don't know each other. But then I have a hard time imagining how this would add to the story.

Another "this didn't happen to me personally last week so it's unbelievable"?

Yes, one would expect cousins to know each other, or at very least about each other. That those two doesn't is an interesting thing in itself already, but that's actually a side story (with, upon subsequent discovery could be centered on thematic erotic tale) that may or not be explored further.

On the subject how it adds to the story at hand? Well, to explain the obvious, he now has a mental roadblock to work past or around she isn't (yet) aware of (or at least he believes so). That adds tension and intrigue to what would otherwise be straight forward non-story. Would he or wouldn't? Should he reveal he suspects they're (possibly) family related? He would be dishonest to her if he didn't. Obviously risk to blow up the date if he would.

There's now risks, risks that are pure mental constructs of course, but just as such they are very real and important, at very least to him in the moment. Yet, his sexual desires will overwhelm him and his worries. Or not... and while that's unlikely a story we discuss here, the very fact that alternative exists make the story worth exploring.

 

[jaF0]

They don't see the picture until after they've done the Funky Monkey.

 

[SmokingFap]

If they share a grandparent, then they are cousins. I know all my cousins as I would expect most people do unless there is some break up in the past. So the story first has to explain why they don't know each other. But then I have a hard time imagining how this would add to the story.

They could also be half-siblings. Or even full siblings and the parents put one up for adoption?

 

[Rob_Royale]

I've heard of something like this happening only it involved a father in a photo. Turns out that Dad had a second family and his kids ended up meeting and dating.

 

[jaF0]

Thare are ALL kinds of ways for people that have never met to find out they are directly related.

 

[Andreas_Kreuz]

They could also be half-siblings. Or even full siblings and the parents put one up for adoption?

This twist suddenly makes it interesting for me. Exploring the dark history together and at the same time dealing with the sexual tension.
So if they are cousins, then it is not incest. But if they are siblings... Many options here.

 

[SteelPoint]

Yes, good one. But do watch out for bitchy comments from the recent crop of no-more-incest worthies.

Pictures on the mantelpiece or wall can be a really good dramatic device used either to produce a shock factor or simply add to the "hook". I've used it in incest stories to re-inforce the taboo factor... e.g. pictures of son staring down at what his own mother and son are getting up to - grandmother/grandson, in other words. Can also be used in cheating scenarios and others, I'm sure.

Photos are indeed a supreme method for suggesting the the taboo nature of what they are "witnessing" and thereby the supposed shame of the people involved. This comes from the idea of those depicted in the photo "seeing" what's happening beneath their gaze.

Of course it's possible for this to happen - to be discovered - in other ways but sirhugs is spot on with this one. Photos/pictures carry far greater human immediacy and therefore "punch" than that conveyed by the later disclosure of some information... unless you want your plot to be some kind of minor detective novel, of course!

 

[SmokingFap]

This twist suddenly makes it interesting for me. Exploring the dark history together and at the same time dealing with the sexual tension.
So if they are cousins, then it is not incest. But if they are siblings... Many options here.

Have fun with it and good luck. Would enjoy seeing the story no matter which path you take.

 

[RoperTrace]

They could also be half-siblings. Or even full siblings and the parents put one up for adoption?

I have a male cousin who first met his half-sister at their father's funeral. My cousin was in his mid-50's, and she was younger and knew about him, but he had no clue his dad had another child. My uncle(his dad), died of a brain tumor, that was only diagnosed about a month before he passed. He was prone to sudden mood changes, and violent outbursts at family functions. We lived in the same small city, and I seldom ever saw him.

 

[LiverpoolMaster]

the idea of those depicted in the photo "seeing" what's happening beneath their gaze.

Right. This is slightly different from what the OP was suggesting but a good way to keep the reader's mind on the naughtiness of events.

 

[MikeXIrons]

When I read the title I assumed this was headed in a different direction.

It reminded me of a story of when an ex of mine was babysitting for a young couple once (in college... she was over 18, of course).

There were lots of photos on the walls that she didn't notice at first until she went down the hallway toward their bedroom to get the infant up from its nap. There was a big photo there that was tough to overlook... of the wife, naked, posing with a real lion. Only then did she take a closer look at the other photos around the house.

I think beastiality isn't allowed here, right? So, let's assume there was none of that. But, there were plenty of other fairly explicit photos that made it clear the young couple was much more adventurous than most - and apparently had a bit of an exhibitionist streak since they'd not tried to hide the pictures. She worked for them for a while. She said it made her think of them very differently and was always nervous around them... though she never asked them about it and everyone acted like there was nothing to talk about, even as they hung there in plain sight.

The real-world story ends there (other than my ex getting horny while telling me the story), but it's easy to imagine the pictures slowly turning the relationship from "nervous" to "dripping with sexual tension"...

 

[SteelPoint]

"Beastiality"?? I assume that's when someone is being beastly...

 

[ZfrkS62]

"Beastiality"?? I assume that's when someone is being beastly...

I'm trying to decide if this is a serious question or if it's a troll...

 

[SteelPoint]

It's a seerius kwestion.

 

[000zing]

Right. This is slightly different from what the OP was suggesting but a good way to keep the reader's mind on the naughtiness of events.

The cheating wife...

... on the marital bed...
... wedding ring on third finger, left hand...
... her wedding photo, happy smiling faces staring at her from the wall, over the shoulder of her straining, dynamic lover...
... if sometimes obscured by her legs encircling his torso...

 

[Carnevil9]

I'm trying to decide if this is a serious question or if it's a troll...

It can be both when it is an unnecessarily catty spelling nitpick.

 

[SteelPoint]

We cats sometimes get tired of the incessant and uncritical adoption of erroneous spellings/versions which then somehow assume a life of their own as they spread. It's a burden which we who are concerned with language have to bear.

Others with a flagrant disregard for the English language, needless to say, will tend to dismiss our concerns as, oh, say... "nitpicking", for example.

Arches back. Strolls away, hissing...

 

[SteelPoint]

The cheating wife...

... on the marital bed...
... wedding ring on third finger, left hand...
... her wedding photo, happy smiling faces staring at her from the wall, over the shoulder of her straining, dynamic lover...
... if sometimes obscured by her legs encircling his torso...

Yes INDEED!!!

 

[KimAwakened]

We cats sometimes get tired of the incessant and uncritical adoption of erroneous spellings/versions which then somehow assume a life of their own as they spread. It's a burden which we who are concerned with language have to bear.

Others with a flagrant disregard for the English language, needless to say, will tend to dismiss our concerns as, oh, say... "nitpicking", for example.

Arches back. Strolls away, hissing...

Oh God, yes. It's so depressing - although frankly you should keep reminding yourself when hoping for wonderful standards of English that fully half of Literotica members don't know the difference between "woman" and "women", let alone "their", "there" and "they're".

Meow.

 

[Reenigam]

MC is waiting for their prom date. He of course hopes to get lucky. While he waits he examines a gallery of family photos on the mantle. To his shock, one woman in an early old photo looks just like his grandmother.
When the date comes down, he asks who that is and she says "oh, that's my grandmother."
Oops.

Don't know how I missed this one. Excellent idea, as with the other thoughts above.