Rants, Rants, Rants

stereotypical stories

okay, so lately I've been reading a little more than usual and I'm noticing lots of stereotypes in different stories and they kind of irk me.

1. Easy Peasy Sex
OH MY GOD I DO THIS BUT IM TRYKNG TO SHIFT AWAY FROM IT. A lot of people write about couples fucking at a random time with out much preparation. Preparation is not just stretching. There is SOOOOO much more to bottoming and topping. Cleaning out your system, trimming/shaving/waxing body hair, properly douching, watching your diet that day etc.

Gay sex is not something that happens in the spur of a moment. It takes time and preparation. Sure it may be gross sometimes and weird to talk about but it needs to be respected.

2. Auto-Assigned Roles
A lot of writers dive into stories with premeditated ideas and roles. Let's take Shaylor for example. Chances of finding stories with Shawn topping are 100:1. Many writers just make Shawn bottom because he's "more emotional" or "feminine" It's not fair to automatically assumes someone's role based on their masculinity or emotions. Sure, most bottoms are emotionally-driven in a relationship as opposed to the top which usually are driven by lust, but it's not right to just automatically assume that "because he paints his nails or sounds feminine, he bottoms." or "he works out and has a deep voice and muscles so he tops"

3. Glorified Sex
It's very very difficult to find smut chapters on Wattpad that actually thrill the reader and don't blindly follow the bland "kiss-blowjob-fuck-cum together" cyclical pattern. Sex on here is exalted on a pedestal that it shouldn't be on. Sex is ( typically ) an intimate scene between two lovers. Smut should be riddled with whole-hearted moans and earnest groans, not "fuck me daddy" and "oh shit you're so tight" ( yeah I know I used those in my early smut ) Now, everyone writes sex to please just the characters, and it should be fueled to please the characters and the readers as well. Don't get me wrong, I love a good "daddy" here and there, but sex requires a few things to be great. Things like eye contact, physical connection, arousal, etc. Sex is beautiful and it doesn't need to be so modernized like today's smut. Let's relax a bit with it.

4. Lack of depth to love
There are so many writers that can write great gay stories and gets tons or reads and all that, but they don't express the "gay" in their gay stories. Most readers in these boyxboy fandoms are girls, and some authors that are girls go through the movements of a gay story ( adding a kiss here and there, sex one chapter and so on ) but the gay couples in these stories aren't given what they deserve. To my heteros: you know that feeling when that guy/girl talks to you? When you think of a perfect partner to spend your life with? When you meet a great person who you just enjoy to be around? Gay couples feel that too, and I'm not saying that writers oppress gay love or anything, I'm just saying that it's not given the depth it needs. Gay love is just as spectacular as Heterosexual love.

12.18.16