I think it's best to use words that suit the character thinking/uttering them. And as a reader, I tend to find clinical words like vagina and penis jarring, I'd much rather either flowery euphemisms or vulgar terms.
About GRRM and smut - I think the problem people have is that they expect sex scenes to be sexy, while GRRM's sex scenes are not about titillating the reader - yes, not even the seemingly gratuitous lesbian scenes - they're about showing something about the characters involved.
And as a reader, I tend to find clinical words like vagina and penis jarring, I'd much rather either flowery euphemisms or vulgar terms.
Thanks for the advice!
I think because I am a modern person certain flower euphemisms cannot help but sound silly. I always say rampant manhood in my best Tim Curry voice regardless of the situation. Do you think Westeros people actually say rampant manhood the way we use erection or hard-on?
Edmure: I never knew. There were fiddlers outside the bedchamber... Jaime: And Lady Roslin was distracting you. Edmure: She...they made her do it, Lord Walder and the rest. Roslin never wanted...she wept, but I thought it was... Jaime: The sight of your rampant manhood? Aye, that would make any woman weep, I'm sure.
Is Jaime using it tongue-in-cheek here?
About GRRM and smut - I think the problem people have is that they expect sex scenes to be sexy, while GRRM's sex scenes are not about titillating the reader - yes, not even the seemingly gratuitous lesbian scenes - they're about showing something
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About GRRM and smut - I think the problem people have is that they expect sex scenes to be sexy, while GRRM's sex scenes are not about titillating the reader - yes, not even the seemingly gratuitous lesbian scenes - they're about showing something about the characters involved.
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And as a reader, I tend to find clinical words like vagina and penis jarring, I'd much rather either flowery euphemisms or vulgar terms.
Thanks for the advice!
I think because I am a modern person certain flower euphemisms cannot help but sound silly. I always say rampant manhood in my best Tim Curry voice regardless of the situation. Do you think Westeros people actually say rampant manhood the way we use erection or hard-on?
Edmure: I never knew. There were fiddlers outside the bedchamber...
Jaime: And Lady Roslin was distracting you.
Edmure: She...they made her do it, Lord Walder and the rest. Roslin never wanted...she wept, but I thought it was...
Jaime: The sight of your rampant manhood? Aye, that would make any woman weep, I'm sure.
Is Jaime using it tongue-in-cheek here?
About GRRM and smut - I think the problem people have is that they expect sex scenes to be sexy, while GRRM's sex scenes are not about titillating the reader - yes, not even the seemingly gratuitous lesbian scenes - they're about showing something ( ... )
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