Why I Like Incest Fic
It's been a while since I did anything other than talk/bitch about my mundane life crap, so I thought it was HIGH TIME that I made a grand post telling you why Things I Like, and the Reasons Why I Like Them, are awesome beyond belief
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All this is my extremely long-winded way of saying that the single most awesome and compelling obstacle ever is, yep, INCEST. It is remarkably consistent: even the most sexually uninhibited character will pause, if only for a moment, at the thought of fucking a sibling. It's all the joy of a best-friends narrative, intensified by a MILLION. They live in each other's pockets. They know just about everything about each other. They are very intimate. But they're not having sex, for a damn good reason: they're RELATED. Incest is a very, very believable set-up for YEARS of frustrated longing and furtive desire and fear of being found out. And the GUILT! Both characters have a very compelling reason to keep silent, because the risk is ENORMOUS. But with big risks comes the potential for big payoffs: in the end, you not only get love and sex, but the thrill of living in delicious taboo sin. Awesome.
Very well summarized! In my fandom, you add in the fact that they're famous adds another dimension to the OH MY GOD WE CAN NEVER DO THIS BUT BUT WE WANT EACH OTHER SO BAD!! DO WE DO IT OR NOT?? DO WE HIDE IT OR NOT?!
A friend and I were just discussing this further, so I wanted to add... Because they're both famous, it also lends to the 'no one else really can know me as well as HE does' thing. There's this level of trust that I'm not sure anyone else can ever have with either of them, because there are so many more walls when a person is famous. It's hard to let anyone else get close to you, because you're always wondering about ulterior motives. But there's a lot less worry about a sibling, and if the siblings are both famous...
I am a kinky pervert. Obviously.
Sometimes the short answer works well, too. ;)
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And yes! Fame is another awesome obstacle, and makes for those really intense bonds. The Way brothers aren't necessarily selling their souls for each other, but are living *extremely* intimately, and, yes. My first real fandom, in which i actively participated, was popslash; I LOVE that kind of... isolation and claustrophobia that fame (or demon-hunting) can cause, and the emotional bonds that get forged in that space.
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