If we're talking about the actual act of having an orgasm, then yes, it should be "come", "coming", "came" or what have you.
However, if we're talking about a guy's spunk, then please for the love of god just say "cum". "Semen" sounds too official, and "seed" reminds me too much of a harlequin romance and makes me giggle.
Maybe my standards just aren't as high as everyone else's.
Anyway, about smut in general, I ain't too picky. Just don't use funny words. And a trend that I see pop up a lot that bothers me is young teenagers or young men turning into EPIC DOMINATING SEX MACHINES in the bedroom. LOL NO.
I'll agree on the "cum" instead of "semen"... but only in situations where it's appropriate to the fic to directly name said substance. I generally haven't found that it's necessary to be literal except in fics featuring moneyshots (and not even then all the time), and admittedly once you're in the moneyshot department you're probably already on the more vulgar side of things.
Americans just have ugly sex slang. Try referring to a guy's balls during a lemon and have it be sexy. Nightmarish proposition.
Try referring to a guy's balls during a lemon and have it be sexy.
I thought about this the other day when I was writing Avatar porn (you'd be proud, I can reread it without cringing). Basically you have the choice between "balls" and "testicles". Both are awful.
Balls, testicles, nuts, sack... yeah. There's nothing. There's no noun that doesn't bring the scene to a screetching halt. (You can get away with perhaps one "gently cupped his balls" in a story if you're very careful.) Which means you can't write about said balls which, you know, *do* come into play during the sexual act. Huge limitation. I'm going to learn French or something, I swear.
Bahahaha! I had just this dilemma on my last chapter! I didn't want Bella to neglect Jake's balls in the lemon, so I angsted over the word choice! I even tweeted to followers on Twitter begging them to come up with a word that was not gross. We had testicles, balls, nuts, jewels, scrotum, you name it. I actually ended up with testicles being the least offensive. And I just prayed the readers wouldn't cringe while reading! LOL Hey, Jake appreciated the extra effort, I'm sure.
If we're talking about the actual act of having an orgasm, then yes, it should be "come", "coming", "came" or what have you.
However, if we're talking about a guy's spunk, then please for the love of god just say "cum". "Semen" sounds too official, and "seed" reminds me too much of a harlequin romance and makes me giggle.
Maybe my standards just aren't as high as everyone else's.
Anyway, about smut in general, I ain't too picky. Just don't use funny words. And a trend that I see pop up a lot that bothers me is young teenagers or young men turning into EPIC DOMINATING SEX MACHINES in the bedroom. LOL NO.
Once again, my standards...
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Americans just have ugly sex slang. Try referring to a guy's balls during a lemon and have it be sexy. Nightmarish proposition.
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I thought about this the other day when I was writing Avatar porn (you'd be proud, I can reread it without cringing). Basically you have the choice between "balls" and "testicles". Both are awful.
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Balls, testicles, nuts, sack... yeah. There's nothing. There's no noun that doesn't bring the scene to a screetching halt. (You can get away with perhaps one "gently cupped his balls" in a story if you're very careful.) Which means you can't write about said balls which, you know, *do* come into play during the sexual act. Huge limitation. I'm going to learn French or something, I swear.
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Hey, Jake appreciated the extra effort, I'm sure.
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*snickers*
IT'S A FUNNY WORD!
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