Erotica readers and writers...

[51stcenturyfox]

Following today's fandom!secret on this topic, some questions about... foreskins!



Here's the secret someone posted:




Do they have a point? I was going to do a poll, but LJ is being very naughty about polls.

What are your thoughts? Should fic writers mention foreskins more often (for characters who are likely to be uncut?)  Do you not need or want this detail? Do you assume they're there anyway, depending on how you imagine the characters and who they are? Is this something you've never really considered, either way? 

Do you not give a hot damn?

ELVES?  VAMPIRES?  HOBBITS??? I don't even know.

Are you pretty sure Jack Harkness has a fiveskin? Because I am.

ETA: Thank you to my f-list (unlike the F!S thread) for not being judgey about people's parts. Every cock is pretty!

Comments

[lionessvalenti.livejournal.com]

Well, I think foreskins are hot, so I tend to mention them in my smut. It's fun writing for a British fandom so I can include them without getting eyebrow raises. Actually, in the Rent fandom, I tried to include them as well, but it always had to be Roger because Mark was canonically Jewish and if I wanted to include his cock as uncut, there had to be a story behind it, and that's not the kind of thing you want to get into when you're writing a 1000 word PWP.

But if there isn't a mention of a foreskin, I'm not hitting the back button. It's not that important. Especially since in a lot of smutfic, there are probably thirty other reasons to hit the back button before I even get to the potential foreskin.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

it always had to be Roger because Mark was canonically Jewish and if I wanted to include his cock as uncut, there had to be a story behind it, and that's not the kind of thing you want to get into when you're writing a 1000 word PWP.

Yeah, good point. I find that I'm not really very descriptive when it comes to genitalia anyway. I like sensory descriptions more than clinical ones, you know?

And great point about the other reasons. :D