Comments on: shock

By: badinfluencegirl

badinfluencegirl — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:39:33 +0000

naughty boy: a friend tells me the disclaimer was too strong… i think that it might even have been a touch weak…

(have you read weaveworld by barker? non horror and yet wonderful anyway) you’re right about horror, if we didn’t read it like a train wreck it would do nothing at all for us. that said, i haven’t liked king since he fired the editor that cut hundreds of boring pages out of his books. i mean really now, just how long can you climb a flight of stairs for if nothing happens at the top? but i digress.

i’m glad you think it was worth posting, i somehow knew that i had to even as i couldn’t really believe i was going to.
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unbroken: thank you. i think shocking a regular reader is a high compliment indeed!

what might you add to such a disclaimer to better warn yourself?
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red: lol

nope you were pretty much dead on. i don’t write from the man’s side often but i’m glad to know that i *can*
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pitseleh: word.

By: badinfluencegirl

badinfluencegirl — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:34:17 +0000

mommydee: that was exactly how the post made me feel when i wrote it. aroused and disturbed and titillated and horrified all at once…

but yeah it’s definitely cathartic to write that down and let the rage or whatever out of your head…
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kyra: ah fair enough, i wasn’t really clear. i guess i don’t really know what to call these images that spring into my head if not fantasies you know?

i’ve absolutely had ravishment fantasies but never so hard core as this. more of the “she fought the hot fire of his tongue before succumbing with a moan” version than actual rape.
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IS: i think it’s my combination historical romance and science fiction addiction although the former is less now. your understanding of rape psycholgy and mine are the same here, what i don’t know is whether or not it’s possible to force a woman to orgasm… but i tend to think it might be with some women and that is where the real squick of this one lies for me.

By: pitseleh

pitseleh — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:26:25 +0000

if only we could control what our mind thinks of and what gets the blood pumping.

By: alliterative red

alliterative red — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:59:43 +0000

The thing I pondered randomly in the hours/days after I read it was–which side was she writing from? Since it was from the male perspective, I figured it was less fantasy and more… something else. Nice to know that my lit. analysis wasn’t that far off. ;-)

By: Unbroken

Unbroken — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:10:27 +0000

I read the disclaimer. But as I read the fantasy, I kept thinking somewhere (probably at the end) you would say something about it being pre-arranged. When I realized that was not the case, my only reaction was to “gasp.” I found it to be erotic as I read it because I ASSUMED there was going to be a catch of some kind. Guess I read the disclaimer too quickly. Afterwards I was too shocked to say anything else.

Good post – made me think and took me by surprise!

By: Naughty Boy

Naughty Boy — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:16:52 +0000

I took your disclaimer before “GASP” with a touch of forewarning and foreboding. As in, I knew it would be ugly.
And it was. Much like a train wreck though, knowing it would not be pretty, I had to watch anyway. It was brutal and horrific, yet caused the pulse to flutter at the same time. Funny how the mind and adrenalin works sometimes (Barker and King would be nowhere without that effect).
Despite the nasty and macabre nature, it is still a good piece of writing. I’ve found the better stories tend to do just what you’ve said, “Popped into my forehead…”. And despite, or because of, the disturbing images they present, they deserve being captured and placed in writing.
Like you though, I would be concerned about those that viewed it only as “HOT!”.

By: The Invisible Spinster

The Invisible Spinster — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:43:09 +0000

I am glad you posted it, and if I could write like that I would post too.

I am not at all surprised that ravishment play came to mind for at least one of your readers (as it did for me as well) because of the level of sexual arousal involved for both the female and the male in the story. Although I have minimal knowledge of rape psychology, it’s my understanding that it has precious little to do with arousal and desire and everything to do with power and control.

What are your thoughts on forced orgasms? Perhaps it is my own sexual dysfunction speaking, but a female orgasm doesn’t seem possible if the woman really, truly does not want the contact.

By: Kyra

Kyra — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:45:58 +0000

BadInfluenceGirl – Part of the reason I assumed it was a fantasy of yours was this part of the disclaimer:

just to be clear: the act of writing down a fantasy in no way implies the desire to see said fantasy fulfilled.

Because most (all?) of my own erotic writing is fantasy, it was easy to assume that you were using the term fantasy to mean something that you think of while you are pleasuring yourself.

The other part of the reason I assumed this was a fantasy of yours is because I happen to have had a rape fantasy in my life that I at one time used regularly for solo sex. And I don’t think I’m the only one out there.

I’m so glad you posted this follow-up.

- Kyra.

By: mommydee

mommydee — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 22:54:35 +0000

I think it was worth posting. I definitely found it disturbing and, well, a little arousing. I feel writing it down gets it out of your head and is some type of mental release of lifes frustrations.