Man, there's nothing worse* than a misplaced baby (eta: as in a term of endearment, not an actual, real, live infant) in a sex scene to throw me right out. I mean, I get that it can be endearing or hot in the right circumstances and with the right characters (for values of "right" that equal "circumstances or characters where that works for me"),
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I always think of the LOVAHS sketch on SNL. Using soul mate in a fic will get me quickly clicking out of the page but I haven't seen any enterprising writer try to use it during a sex scene. As he pressed two fingers inside, quickly scissoring, since that is all the prep needed, and pushed his thick hardness inside the warm willing heat, he groaned, "Oh my soul mate, I'm so happy I found you, now spread your legs wider.
Yeah, doesn't work so well. Shoulda used baby.
There's no new Community? But. But. I need it to LIVE.
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There's no new Community? But. But. I need it to LIVE.
According to zap2it, there's six episodes of The Office on.
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Oh good, The Office. A show I no longer care about.
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Oh good, The Office. A show I no longer care about.
Yes! This means tonight I will... do something productive! Or maybe rewatch some tv I've already watched. WHO KNOWS? ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN!
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I can think of occasions/characters it would work with, but mostly it just makes me laugh.
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I could, however, totally buy Eliot having copious amounts of het sex and using nothing but terms of endearment in place of his partner's names.
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Dean, too. I think that's why I find "baby" jarring when it's not an established relationship - I would be like, "dude, do you even know the other person's name?"
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