Why I Write Everything I Write. 1/1. Apologies for use of the f-word without a cut-tag.

[amanuensis1]

"Why I Write (What I Write)" has been circulating again as a meta theme. And I want to share my thoughts, but I think my answers are not so rich as some of yours. So, my self-challenge was to write Why I Write Everything I Write in a short a space as possible, so it doesn't even need the cut-tag.

Here y'go.

Why I Write:

Harry Potter Fanfiction:
Been to ff.net recently? Star Wars, 8000 stories. Yu-Gi-Oh, 16,000. Lord of the Rings, 22,000. Harry Potter, 90,000. Because we freaking love to write Hogwarts like no other universe. Can't put it into any other words.

Smut:
Because sexual arousal is wonderful. Erotica that produces sexual arousal is wonderful. Because no storyline grips me like the ones that let me write smut. Becaue porn should be celebrated, not hidden in shame-- particularly porn for women.

Harry Potter Smut:
Because the Potterverse is a dark one with all the opportunity for non-con. Because Harry Potter began as a book series in my head, and I can write book characters into smutty situations with much greater ease than I can films or other visual media; I feel less "bound" to the actors' portrayals. Because I found the series as an adult, not a child, and have no "do not sully these innocent memories!" squicks about it. Because sticking to smut in this fandom means I gather the readers who like that sort of thing, and know what they're getting when they start to read my stuff, and we're all happy.

Slash:
Because same-sex relations have a sense of equality about them. Because I am badly screwed in the head to think that male-female relationships featuring consensual sex mean that the female is a slut. Because it's defiant and unconventional and therefore has the allure of the different. Because the idea that love conquers gender is too sweet for words. Because it takes me one step away from Mary Sue-dom.

Harry/Lucius:
Because Jason Isaacs's performance as Lucius Malfoy took my fricking breath away. Because I always identify with the hero in stories. Because the erotica I wrote before writing Pottersmut was exclusively non-con, and I still prefer that.

Non-con:
Because rape absolves the victim from all "slut!" accusations. Because villains are geared to make your knees buckle in that "dangerous is sexy" way.The rest is all a mire of "because I'm wired that way" that cannot be explained.

MPREG:
Because pregnancy is a natural outcome of het sex and romance, with striking emotional moments and decisions, and I miss those opportunities in slash stories. Because pregnancy as a result of rape is the ultimate bodyfuck.

No WIP's:
Because I write smut, and you should always get your smutty payoff in every posting/story/chapter. Because it makes me finish what I start. Because I like to read completed works at one go, and am a prim little Golden Rule-er.

*dusts hands off*

Comments

[loony-moony.livejournal.com]

Harry Potter, 90,000

And that's without all NC-17 fanfiction, or at least most of it.

Harry/Lucius:
Because Jason Isaacs's performance as Lucius Malfoy took my fricking breath away.

Not to mention the fact Dan and Jason had wonderful chemistry in CoS. I don't think they were aware of it, but they unconsciously gave Harry and Lucius's relationship a very sexy subtext. Jason is 1 minute onscreen and they already have such an intense moment, it makes you hot and bothered. I don't think I've seen such good chemistry between Harry and the other characters in both movies, and that includes Snape.

Oh my god, don't get me started on Snape. ;D

[fabularasa.livejournal.com]

Why I Love Amanuensis:

Because while the rest of us are dithering and blathering about theory, she talks about writing.

Because while I like to use longish words to make my kinks sound smart, she uses the kind of words that make her smart sound kinky.

Because she loves writing erotica for women, and celebrates that.

Because she says more in fewer sentences than I could with a gun to my head.

Because her unabashed explanation of m-preg makes me re-consider.

Because she is perfectly easy with acknowledging her own screwiness, and how that fuels some of the most fabulous fiction writing on the net.

Because she writes really hot sex.

Because she wrote all this at 6:47 in the morning.

Because she could probably write really hot sex at 6:47 in the morning, before her first cup of coffee.

[glockgal.livejournal.com]

*applauds you*

*stands up and claps more*

You are a walking wonder! Wondergirl, eeee. *sidles close by*

4 word answers

[slyther-inn.livejournal.com]

*claps* haha, to answer the why I write what I write questions, I only need 4 words.

Because I'm obsessed.

There. :)

More Please... must have fiction

[larissa-j.livejournal.com]

I don’t think you have written something/anything that I haven’t liked – okay loved. I avidly look forward to each and every new work you post.

Nope… not stalker… just a fan.

You write steamy stories/fiction, sex and well - other stuff, he he - and they are much loved and appreciated

Don’t stop… Please don’t stop… Oh Yes… More Please

Oops got confused there… thought I was caught up in a story. Heh.

Appreciate the essay… it helps understand things (your writing) better.

Will crawl away now before I further embarrass myself.