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Moral gray areas and writing.
Jun. 23rd, 2006 12:54 pmI could write Out Of Bounds this weekend, or I could spend another two days squabbling over the ever-popular Last Port Of Call.
Ah! Or I could lock comments, side-step the fight (okay, discussion), and still focus on writing while I have some time off.
The most surprising aspect of the hullabaloo over Last Port Of Call was the fact that anyone who has read my stories could be surprised at all. Since when have I ever shied off of writing a moral gray area?
Then it occurred to me. Most people in SGA haven't read my stories beyond the fluffy and fun skating fic and have no idea what they're getting into.
Folks, Out Of Bounds is my "pink champagne" story. You are guaranteed a happy ending because I'm enjoying writing this utter cliche. This is not the norm.
Let's take a tour.
I have written non-con, where both parties are forced, which takes place in an arena surrounded by hundreds of viciously cheering enemies. I've written parent/child incest that is so long term it has completely warped the relationship and the parent isn't quite in charge any more.
I've written just-barely-within-the-age-of-consent teacher-student sex where the teacher hasn't one iota of remorse and only cares about not getting caught. Then there's the morally dubious prostitution fic where the 'right thing to do' is technically the very thing you ought not to do.
I've written twin-brother incest humor, where the only upshot is a lot of teasing. Shuddersome chan where the child hero-worships the abuser and doesn't understand the adult has made a pass at him.
Then there's the story where the prim older brother wakes up after an office party to find he's slept his little brother, and how this situation tears them apart.
Some may be shocked I've written very many cross-dressing fics and would happily put John Sheppard in a dress. I've a story that can't be archived at the NC-17 Restricted Section because it features sex between a 14 and an 18-year-old, where the older boy is the one less certain if more experienced.
I've written any number of bad sex stories, including one where a teenage boy pushes his girlfriend into (crappy) sex and then humiliates her when he tells all his friends. Then there's the one where the naive innocent has an unwitting crush and is taken advantage of by a married man.
I've even written Hagrid having sex with a hippogriff -- with a voyeur! -- and Jack having rather mediocre sex with Thor.
Granted, my Stargate stories as a whole have been pretty tame compared to my Harry Potter fics. But I can only think of one story that's all flowers and roses. One of my betas recently laughed at me when I considered the moral quandries of First Time A Soldier "fluffy."
( Here's where I get serious for a second. )
/contemplative stuff
Last Port Of Call by my standards is very mild. Where would anyone get the idea that I would even bat an eye at manipulative sex? There's a part of me that looks at the furor and thinks... you're kidding, right?
Okay. Off to write more of Out Of Bounds and deal with RL stuff.
Ah! Or I could lock comments, side-step the fight (okay, discussion), and still focus on writing while I have some time off.
The most surprising aspect of the hullabaloo over Last Port Of Call was the fact that anyone who has read my stories could be surprised at all. Since when have I ever shied off of writing a moral gray area?
Then it occurred to me. Most people in SGA haven't read my stories beyond the fluffy and fun skating fic and have no idea what they're getting into.
Folks, Out Of Bounds is my "pink champagne" story. You are guaranteed a happy ending because I'm enjoying writing this utter cliche. This is not the norm.
Let's take a tour.
I have written non-con, where both parties are forced, which takes place in an arena surrounded by hundreds of viciously cheering enemies. I've written parent/child incest that is so long term it has completely warped the relationship and the parent isn't quite in charge any more.
I've written just-barely-within-the-age-of-consent teacher-student sex where the teacher hasn't one iota of remorse and only cares about not getting caught. Then there's the morally dubious prostitution fic where the 'right thing to do' is technically the very thing you ought not to do.
I've written twin-brother incest humor, where the only upshot is a lot of teasing. Shuddersome chan where the child hero-worships the abuser and doesn't understand the adult has made a pass at him.
Then there's the story where the prim older brother wakes up after an office party to find he's slept his little brother, and how this situation tears them apart.
Some may be shocked I've written very many cross-dressing fics and would happily put John Sheppard in a dress. I've a story that can't be archived at the NC-17 Restricted Section because it features sex between a 14 and an 18-year-old, where the older boy is the one less certain if more experienced.
I've written any number of bad sex stories, including one where a teenage boy pushes his girlfriend into (crappy) sex and then humiliates her when he tells all his friends. Then there's the one where the naive innocent has an unwitting crush and is taken advantage of by a married man.
I've even written Hagrid having sex with a hippogriff -- with a voyeur! -- and Jack having rather mediocre sex with Thor.
Granted, my Stargate stories as a whole have been pretty tame compared to my Harry Potter fics. But I can only think of one story that's all flowers and roses. One of my betas recently laughed at me when I considered the moral quandries of First Time A Soldier "fluffy."
( Here's where I get serious for a second. )
/contemplative stuff
Last Port Of Call by my standards is very mild. Where would anyone get the idea that I would even bat an eye at manipulative sex? There's a part of me that looks at the furor and thinks... you're kidding, right?
Okay. Off to write more of Out Of Bounds and deal with RL stuff.
