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[von_questenberg]

If I read another slash fic where Cisdude A and Cisdude B have been sexually intimate in someway that doesn't include anal (ie frottage, oral, handjobs), but because they haven't made with the assfucking yet, say they haven't 'really/actually/technically' had sex, I will start smacking people with my copy of 'The Joy of Lesbian Sex

Comments

[kryptyd]

It's amazing the amount of things aren't really sex! Presumably these fic writers would extend this logic to their partners "not really" cheating!

[broadlicnic]

The only time I'm happy with this is if we interpret canon Luke and Reid never having had sex as never having had anal sex, because I want to at least pretend that they did SOMETHING other than kiss before the train that didn't happen. But otherwise, I agree.

[rhiannonhero]

I don't disagree with you, but sometimes making that clear isn't easy. Sometimes it is in character for both of them to share such a flawed POV and then who's going to point it out? I mean, with Reid/Luke, you could be your ass that Reid OR Luke would set the other straight if they made a comment like that. But there are some couples that would never correct each other. Luke/Noah come to mind. Their dynamic wouldn't have worked that way imo.

So, to me it just needs to be in character and believable.

[von_questenberg]

I agree, in-character and believable is the key; I think in the situation you're talking about where both characters would have that flawed pov, there would be other hints in the story letting us -know- that particular weakness of the characters', so I'd probably be okay with it. Assuming the author themselves knows the pov is flawed. What gets me is when I read fic where the author pretty clearly -doesn't- realize the problem.

[rhiannonhero]

I hear ya, I hear ya. *nods*