But who wants reality all the time?
As a woman, rape reality is what I fear. . .I enjoy the "she was brought to intense pleasure against her will" story because it turns it into something pleasurable and kills the fear. . .
A lot of women have rape fantasies and most of them are not fantasizing about pain or fear or (squick!) death, but about a mind-blowing sexual experience, of being "taken" against their will and still getting off. . .of having the nightmare turn into the dream. What's wrong with that? Why can't we have our stories, too?
It isn't realistic, but isn't that the point of fantasy?
I guess I agree with Carrie about the labelling. I like a lot of NC stories, but not the ones that are about brutality and no pleasure--they just give me nightmares. . .
It's not Just Rape that loses Realism
Like so many forums, I see the good writers are as frustraited as I with the "fantasy" writers.
Not only rape is unrealistic. The number of times I have seen "Incest.... boy makes loveto his father's 2nd wife's 3rd cousin" or the clasic superheroine story where they get the heroine pinned...helpless and then dediced to leave her alone in a room with all of her abities and she "happens" to escape.
I think the main problem is people's fear of being recognized, how horrible that "lionwoman" get actually tamed..used..impregnated and auctioned off to an adult circus.
I see authors affriad to write about famous characters (Such as Simba or Wonderwoman) for fear "we'll get SUED" yea right and the BDSM story isn't enough for some moral idiot to try and sue? or purhaps they will sue 2 kids for playing "superman" in the back yard.
I find it hard to support ANY forum these days because of teh crushing disappointment of a well set up plot followed by the inevitable "but they really LIKED it or they got AWAY"
Why so much sex..never apregnancy...what a way to control females...