it's getting dark darling

[lotesse]

... so I just realized that of course the scene that I meant to be smut persistently refused to get properly explicit. I was writing from Taran's point of view. (somehow I think he'd have trouble naming those things to himself - and as a rule I find I don't like writing het sex scenes from male povs, because I worry about how easy it is to objectify the sexualized female body in that context.) Okay, switching to Eilonwy, who has no trouble thinking dirty thoughts or naming her desires.

Also, my sff comp course got approved for next fall!

And in further rambling - okay so I'm kind of having an affair with Mumford & Sons. It's the banjo, I think - my daddy played the banjo when I was a little girl, and I still turn to the recorded sounds of Pete Seeger's banjo when my heart hurts. Banjos are like direct taps into the place where all my happy optimistic feelings are kept. I will never understand the tendency to stereotype them as "hick" instruments without potential for virtuosity - they're such delicate instruments! All little filigree notes slipping together, a full sound composed of tinier noises combined. Am assuming that it's a race thing that slowly changed into a class/region thing. Urgh.

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[ninkasa]

I love Little Lion Man by Mumford & Sons. Something about it makes me ridiculously happy. ^__^

Also, I'm currently working on a bit of het!porn myself and now that I'm at the point where it should be smutty I'm having trouble myself. I think it's the pov I'm in.

So just. . .yeah, I agree with this post! :)

[lotesse]

whyyyyy are povs so instrumental in the creation of good smut?

[starlady]

Yay sff comp course!

[lotesse]

I no rite? Though now I've heard that Joanna Russ is unwell, and - oh, I don't want teaching her to be bittersweet!