Which story category and foreign language help.

[SexyShel]

I am thinking about my next story, again based on real life events. But I have a couple of questions if anyone can help out with advice ?

The story takes place in a swingers club and involves me having sex with a man from the UK, but of obvious Arabic heritage. Now he spoke the same as the rest of us, dressed like the rest of us and had the same sense of humour as the rest of us, so to me he was a British person with slightly darker skin than us.

So, would that be an "inter-racial" sexual encounter or not ?

The man also had his younger, about 20 year old brother with him. While me and the first man were having sex, with others around, the man and his brother were sometimes communicating in an Arabic language. How do I work that into the story ? I have no idea what they were saying, it was obviously about the sex, but I could not even guess what the words were ?

What category would people put the story into, if it involves me and the Arabic chap having sex in a public room with others watching ?

Thanks, Shel

 

[Rustyoznail]

I am thinking about my next story, again based on real life events. But I have a couple of questions if anyone can help out with advice ?

The story takes place in a swingers club and involves me having sex with a man from the UK, but of obvious Arabic heritage. Now he spoke the same as the rest of us, dressed like the rest of us and had the same sense of humour as the rest of us, so to me he was a British person with slightly darker skin than us.

So, would that be an "inter-racial" sexual encounter or not ?

The man also had his younger, about 20 year old brother with him. While me and the first man were having sex, with others around, the man and his brother were sometimes communicating in an Arabic language. How do I work that into the story ? I have no idea what they were saying, it was obviously about the sex, but I could not even guess what the words were ?

What category would people put the story into, if it involves me and the Arabic chap having sex in a public room with others watching ?

Thanks, Shel

Depends on the story. I did an Indian lady and an Aussie guy story, and it went in romance. Yours sounds like an Exhibition & Voyeur plot.

If you don’t understand, something like: Omar said something I didn’t understand to his brother, then laughed and slapped my arse. Majid roared with laughter and said something that was obviously about me.


Good luck with it!

 

[Bramblethorn]

Sounds like the exhibitionism aspect of the story is more important than the interracial part, so I'd categorise it accordingly. IR is more for stories where the race-mixing aspect is a major draw.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Sounds like the exhibitionism aspect of the story is more important than the interracial part, so I'd categorise it accordingly. IR is more for stories where the race-mixing aspect is a major draw.

I’d agree. In IR, you’re accentuating the racial aspects, and making that racial/ cultural interaction a big part of the story, and it doesn’t sound like this is the intent here at all.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

Yeah, not the interracial category, but use interracial as a tag to pick up some extra readers. I did that for a story where a.white.woman has an encounter with a UK Asian guy and it worked.well.

 

[oggbashan]

I’d agree. In IR, you’re accentuating the racial aspects, and making that racial/ cultural interaction a big part of the story, and it doesn’t sound like this is the intent here at all.

Which is why I never write interracial. To me, people are people, not races.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Which is why I never write interracial. To me, people are people, not races.

But ohhhh the fun you can have with those cultural differences.

 

[KeithD]

Yes, it's interracial. None of the other elements you mention mitigate that. They might mitigate ethnic issues, but not race.

 

[KeithD]

It's all about arousal. I always got a little extra arousal kick when it was another race--black or Asian. I didn't bother to analyze it. The different level of arousal is there or it isn't. I think there are readers who have the same response. I happy to give them something with a little extra (for them) to read and the others can run off and read what appeals to them.

 

[oggbashan]

But ohhhh the fun you can have with those cultural differences.

Yes, and I have. But interracial always seems to me to have an element of cultural superiority, not just difference.

 

[StrappingMan]

If the primary reason for the story is focusing on the cultural differences or taboo aspects of sex between different races then it should go there. An example would be if all of your friends started treating you differently due to their race.

In the background you offered it almost sounds like an exhibitionism or group sex situation would be more fitting.

As far as not understanding a language you could just focus on how you felt and what your assumptions were while they were talking. Just include the tone of what they say. Laughing, serious, argumentative. Let the reader fill in the gaps.

 

[SimonDoom]

For questions like these I usually consult Tx Tall Tales's article https://literotica.com/beta/s/love-your-readers-categories?page=2. It's very helpful and it's usually right.

Both Interracial and Exhibition and Voyeur are what he calls "normal" categories. If you have a story with elements of both categories, then pick the category where the central erotic interest lies. It's up to you.

I think of an "interracial" erotica story as not just one where the participants are of different races, but where racial difference is in some way an element of the erotic. Some people see the racial difference as adding erotic spice to the story. Other stories, especially those involving black men and white women, play more overtly on stereotypes. Understandably, that bothers a lot of people, but these stories are nonetheless very popular.

The way you describe the story, it sounds more like an EV story than an interracial story, but it's not completely clear.