DPP: The Sparring Leads to Sex (ficlet day)

[deborah-judge.livejournal.com]

Pilots fight. Pilots love. Sometimes they do both together.

Here's an interesting article about the trope of sparring leading to sex. It gives some examples of how it can work, different things it can look like, and what kinds of things (in the author's view) can make it hot.

What do you like to see in a sparring leads to sex fic? Please tell us in a prompt. Then look at other people's requests and see if you can fill them. As usual, please warn for violence, blood, or anything else that needs a warning.

Comments

[scifishipper.livejournal.com]

Yes, there is always a risk for things to get ugly and distasteful. I love this trope when it is done well and the violence is not abusive. I agree that there needs to be the appropriate context for it to work. They're very physical, but doesn't always mean hitting. That said, if one is writing kink specifically (which often pushes tropes to their limits), then I'm not a concerned very much with context. :)

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

Yes. I also hate that ...non-shippers often look at these scenes (UB and the punching in KLG1) and call the relationship abusive because of that. I find that to be so...ignorant of context and simplistic. :(

What do you consider "writing kink specifically" to be? Just porn without plot? Or something that's supposed to be subversive/go too far or farther than usual to shock?

I find that if kink twists their personalities too much, I can't enjoy it. Brain just says "nope sorry -- Lee is not that pathetic or Kara is not that cruel" or whatever. But then again, I'm super (overly?) picky about characterization always.

[scifishipper.livejournal.com]

By writing kink explicitly, I generally mean taking a trope, such as violence-related sex, and pushing it its limits by (usually) taking a character trait and expanding it. And yes, it often pushed people out of character, but for my preferences, that's okay in that context. I see it as an exploration of potential extremes of behavior and I like that idea.