In life? Love without lust? YES! There are so many kinds of love--romantic love is only one of them (and, not even the most powerful, I don't believe). Romance without sex? Hmm... This depends, I'd think, on a number of factors. How old are the lovers? Is it tween love? Then sex would be inappropriate and creepy, yes? Teen love, then sex is only a maybe, not a given (and probably ill-advised, imho). Adult love--probably. But, there are so many factors that involve chemistry and physicality--can a partners still be in romantic love if one of them has lost his/her ability to perform (and, here, I'm thinking of any number of reasons--psychologically, an accident, old age, etc.)? I would say so--I think romance can indeed (and does indeed) exist without sex. Not that sex isn't a (very) important part of most adult romantic relationships, but I wouldn't say it is absolutely necessary
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I think most people feel the way you do - there's a time and a place for PWP, but sex is not needed to prove romantic love. Our metachat reporter wants to explore the possibilities of love without sex - something you usually see more often in canon, of course, TV shows and movies where fandom is inspired by never show these slash pairings everyone infers is being porny behind closed doors during commercials. Also I think there's a question of quality - oftentimes sex thrown in to a good, no explicit romance story to please the masses (increase the rating) is often uneccesary and poorly thought out. :)
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