Con drop and porn

[lokifan_import]

You might be getting comments from me on old entries for a bit; I’m trying to catch up. On the other hand, maybe not; I need to have finished my Hamlet notes by this weekend.

Con drop, I has it. I was meant to be doing training – it got cancelled randomly; apparently the hotel took a different booking while the union was faffing about. I’m now revising instead. Only the others aren’t here and CON-DROPPING LIKE IT’S HOT. Argh.

Inspired by a conversation with son_of_darkness:

Do you identify with characters you read, particularly in porn? Kye says he does, which is why femmeslash doesn’t work for him even though he likes the ladies – there’s no place for him when it’s all girlsex. By contrast, I very rarely identify with characters – when I read femmeslash, it’s the exact same relationship I have with slash. I suppose I sometimes identify with subs if there’s something specific there that echoes my own feelings rather precisely, but that’s not bound by gender and rarely happens anyway.

What about you? I’d be especially interested to hear from those of you who read both slash and femmeslash or het (or vice versa) – if there’s someone of your gender there, do you identify with them? In kinkfic, do you identify with the dom(me) or sub according to your preferences? *nosy face*

Comments

[kabal42.livejournal.com]

Hm. That's a good one...

It varies a lot for me, tbh. It depends on the kind of fic. But yes, with some characters (and especially these characters in specific scenarios) then I do identify. I think this is why I read less than earlier. When I started reading fic I didn't feel that way.

I think this is also why I write more femmeslash than I read ;-)

[lokifan]

Hmm, interesting. You read less now that you identify more, is that right?

LOL. I read waaaay more femmeslash than I write, but I seek to change this!

[kabal42.livejournal.com]

Yes, exactly. I'm emotionally invested, so it gets to me if something feels "wrong" (in my limited world-view *S*) - and the emotions of the character I identify with bleeds stronger into my own. So I don't have the energy to cope with it.

Heeh! Good! There must be more femmeslash!