Curious about this for awhile...

[saucyirishlass.livejournal.com]

It's been said in many places by different people that LKH's portrayal of the BDSM lifestyle is off. I know a bit more than just the basics - ah, the joys of reading - and can sort of inherently pick up that something isn't right with her depiction, but I can't really articulate it. I was just curious to hear from those who participate in the lifestyle, what they personally find offensive, frustrating, or just headdesk-worthy about LKH's portrayal. Perhaps they can help make it clearer to me why it feels amiss.

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[saucyirishlass.livejournal.com]

Haha, waaaaay back in the day when I started writing graphic scenes, I found a fabulous place called Minotaur's sex tips for slash writers, written by a gay man for the express purpose of helping out the slashers who aren't exactly able to duplicate what they're writing.

I remember that site. I never wrote slash - and can admit now that I wrote bad hetero smut, too - but I visited that site on a fairly regular basis for some reason. It might have had something to do with the pictures. ^_^

[arclights.livejournal.com]

I actually started writing slash v. shortly after being inspired by some fantastic authors to start writing fanfic at all. Strangely, I've never written het smut. >.>

It might have had something to do with the pictures. ^_^

HAHA! They're still up there, and the site hasn't been updated since like 2001, which now that I think about it is a really long time.