Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Kink and Fiction

A while back, a discussion with a friend led me to raise this question:

Does your kink polarity (Dom or sub, top or bottom, sadist or masochist, etc. if you have one) influence your taste in reading material?

Frex, a Dom might seek out character weaknesses while a sub might look for what strengthens them.  They might favor different points in the hurt/comfort plot cycle. Of course it also depends on which character people identify with and how.  

Thoughts?
Tags: discussion, gender studies, reading
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  • 6 comments
fayanora

fayanora

September 28 2014, 06:57:25 UTC 6 years ago

I tend to look for both weaknesses and strengths, as I like rounded characters.
jeriendhal

jeriendhal

September 28 2014, 07:38:05 UTC 6 years ago Edited:  September 28 2014, 07:38:28 UTC

Hmmm. A desire for good communication? I hate plots, even kink related plots, that revolve around one or another of the parties involved deliberately withholding information for no good reason. And given healthy kink relationships depend on this, it's lack tends to annoy me.

Other than that I tend to be subby, so I tend to favor stories with femdom plots, though not with outright cruelty.
ysabetwordsmith

Thoughts

ysabetwordsmith

September 28 2014, 08:11:57 UTC 6 years ago Edited:  September 28 2014, 08:12:26 UTC

>> Hmmm. A desire for good communication? I hate plots, even kink related plots, that revolve around one or another of the parties involved deliberately withholding information for no good reason. And given healthy kink relationships depend on this, it's lack tends to annoy me. <<

I agree. Even when there's a reason, I'm just losing my tolerance for it. If you can't make major decisions together, you probably shouldn't be in a relationship, and it definitely should not be presented as an okay thing the way it almost always is. It's bad enough to withhold information about yourself, but there's privacy to consider -- some things people just don't feel able to share. But when it's information about your partner, or about an outside issue, there's a violation of trust. I find that disturbing, and not entertaining.

>> Other than that I tend to be subby, so I tend to favor stories with femdom plots, though not with outright cruelty. <<

That makes sense. Over on Dreamwidth, Ladiesbingo has some good stuff.
lb_lee

lb_lee

September 28 2014, 21:51:44 UTC 6 years ago

Enh, I enjoy reading books where characters being weak or frightened isn't a moral failing, but I think I would feel that way regardless of my sexual preferences.

That said, I find most stereotypical doms in books to be absolutely obnoxious, and want to just drop-kick them out a window. I specifically wrote Reverend Alpert to be a deconstruction of those fictional doms who are always right, always in charge, and abrasive assholes.

--Rogan
ysabetwordsmith

Thoughts

ysabetwordsmith

October 1 2014, 06:37:41 UTC 6 years ago

>> Enh, I enjoy reading books where characters being weak or frightened isn't a moral failing, but I think I would feel that way regardless of my sexual preferences. <<

That makes sense.

>> That said, I find most stereotypical doms in books to be absolutely obnoxious, and want to just drop-kick them out a window. I specifically wrote Reverend Alpert to be a deconstruction of those fictional doms who are always right, always in charge, and abrasive assholes. <<

Yeah, it's hard to find well-written doms. I prefer the principle that gentleness is controlled strength. If you can't control yourself, you certainly can't control anyone else.
johnpalmer

johnpalmer

October 2 2014, 05:05:51 UTC 6 years ago

Maybe. But I'd think of it as more my personality bleeding through in what I'm most able to do energetically kinkwise.

For example, I do like rescues, and the right person being right where they need to be at the right time - and that does kind of flow into some aspects of kink for me.