Originally Posted by Sirius B

I'd like to know your general opinions on sexual content in fan fiction, Zelda specifically. Is it ever justified?

I'm curious because I was reading a series of books called Earth's Children by Jean Auel not too long ago. They weren't particularly good, but in the 2nd book it took a bizarre turn where it became basically a series of sex scenes (and no, this isn't some drug store romance novel) which made me think, "what's the point of this?"

Now Zelda is one of those fandoms that gets a fair amount of stories involving sexual content (wait, wouldn't that be EVERY fandom!!?), and a lot of it is bizarre and squicky (look up a story called "My Master's Touch." Or don't. In fact, forget I even mentioned it) Even stories that aren't entirely pornographic sometimes have terribly written sex scenes that just ruin the rest of the story (like this story: A Hero's Honor Warning: NSFW!!!)

So is there ever a good reason to have detailed sex scenes in a story? I have two stories going, both of which have a sexual scene in them. They're not particularly graphic (no certain body parts are mentioned) but I can't but wonder if there's some line I'm crossing. Maybe it's just because every book I've read that's had sex scenes, I've always found them terrible.

Originally Posted by Sirius B

Uh, what I disliked (okay, hated, loathed, was made physically ill about) about A Hero's Honor was that sex scenes were waaaay too detailed, and not only that, there were too many of them, particularly since the two characters involved were already married. Then there's the fact that they're written like some trashy drug-store romance novel, which is precisely the LAST thing a Zelda story should evoke.

Originally Posted by Lelouch

Unfortunately everyone's asses are on their seats, so I'm stuck to finding other ways of occupying my time in class.