At 10/15/23 08:44 PM, detergent1 wrote:
how much creativity do authors draw from their horniness? can readers discern elements of story that emerge from horniness, or is it indistinguishable? if visible, do readers appreciate it or criticize it? do you consider it a valid form of creativity? can a story be written completely devoid of horniness? could humans relate to it? would it be good, or is some horniness good or even necessary?
example. today after a long walk, I was thirsty. I had this little idea on my way home:
in reality, such person would just be thirsty and tired and wanting to go home. but maybe tonight as I try to sleep, I will think of alternate endings? or maybe with proper creativity or reasoning, an interesting story could be shaped?
Arguably many pieces of writing could fall under this category. So porn producers would count. Although mainstream wise the most extreme I can think of is The Brown Bunny scene with Chloe Sevigny where she blew the director because he literally wanted a blowjob so he put it in the script.
To answer your question if it's a valid form of creativity: Yes. Yes it is.
And it depends on the author. What you write/do in general is a reflection of yourself as corny as it sounds so this varies from person to person.
Someone from Japan or Russia would probably pull much more creative ideas from their horniness than someone in America since they're more liberal with the idea of sex in those countries. I mean hentai exists, you can readily see Russian orgies and and that extremely easily online-and I mean you could see that kind of stuff from other countries but note I say EXTREMELY easily. As in you search it up it'll be among the first result...if you know what to search.
It definitely is a valid form of creativity-especially if sex is something high value for the character.
Take the Berserk anime where Griffith rapes Casca at 18:24. For backstory this is set in a dark fantasy setting (I think) where demons are rampant. The black girl (Casca) wants to fight gender stereotypes that women can't fight. If memory serves correctly throughout the story she is told that she would be raped because she is a woman. She wants to disprove this stereotype by becoming a warrior in this group called Band of The Hawk led by an ambitious man named Griffith. She looks up to Grffith as godlike essentially and this is shown if you see his original image which is essentially a typical idealized medieval knight look.
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Basically this guy ^ does ANYTHING for power. Undermining people, putting up an image of "chivalry", sacrificing people, giving up his junniecakes for more power. Anything. (Spoilers: The list I made all happens in the story btw.)
Anyways the rape adds to the story by juxtaposing the power Casca has gained throughout the story through her time with Guts. She becomes more self confident as the story progresses only for Griffith to sacrifice his men, turn into a demon for more power, and rape her in front of Guts to demonstrate that power.
The rape has narrative weight to it because sex is sacred-especially since this is set in a medieval setting where many people are religious and sex is considered sacred.
I know this is about writing but look at other forms of media, music ranging from rock and rap, movies with sex scenes, music videos, statues, animations, etc. They use sex as a form of communication. I'll go more into detail if you want but I want to at least make these edits without losing the ability before my time runs out for this post.
