Sex Scene Vocabulary

[rheasilvia]

Slash fans, what is your preferred term for that part of the anatomy frequently featured in m/m sex scenes that is not the throbbing jade tower of desire?

- opening
- ass
- anus
- crinkled pink pucker of earthy delight
- ...?

Personally, I tend to feel that anus is too medical, ass only fits very specific character voices and contexts, and

Comments

[indelicateink]

ahaha, great question. y'know, you've got me thinking--as you mention, it really depends on context? (Like there are some AUs set in centuries past that make use of the word "prick," and it totally works--and I dig that the author reached back for a time-appropriate word

[indelicateink]

PS "pink twitching love hole" is just... never okay. XD

[rheasilvia]

Yikes! I completely forgot about the 'hole' variants. 'Hole' itself is already too much for me to deal with in most scenes. Although in a certain context... ;-)

[daegaer]

Rosebud of desiiiiire

*flees*

[rheasilvia]

Imagine if rosebuds really looked like that. Rose trellises would be a very different thing. Rose arches, even more so.

[daegaer]

Ah, the sweetness of a rose garden in bloom!

[indelicateink]

noooooooooooooo! but hahaha, that reminds me, don't the Japanese use the chrysanthemum as slang/code for anus? There's just a bouquet of potential here.

[rheasilvia]

I... can't even. The mental images are scarring!

[daegaer]

The true symbolism of sakura, revealed at last!

[rheasilvia]

Yeah, context makes a huge difference to me, too! Anus and ass have both worked for me in scenes they seemed to fit. Maybe it's context more than anything, really... although some terms are just never okay.

Historical terms can be very effective in terms of setting the scene, but depending on which ones they are, they can also make the sex less sexy for me as a reader. Prick - hm, that one I'm undecided about. ;-)

if I analyze that too much I fear that makes me a prudeNot at all - at least, I certainly don't think so! It's a vocabulary thing, IMO, because there's a danger of not being sexy when using the wrong term. Avoiding the use of any term at all is often a good strategy, as long as it doesn't get obvious