Be afraid

[leethet]

Like all my fanfic thoughts, this is probably a dead horse kind of thing. But I was thinking that in gen hurt/comfort, there is a strong erotic element. It's not exactly sexual, but it's usually extremely physical -- much touching, much physical trust and intimacy. And I wonder if it's as close as nonslashers will get to slash. Any and all thoughts on the topic are welcome here.

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[st-crispins.livejournal.com]

actually want to write slash but for whatever reason (social conventions, squeamishness?) can't

There may be instances when that's true, but overall, no, I don't think so. Believe it or not, the possibility of sex just doesn't occur (even unconsciously) to some writers.

But I do agree with Lee that H/C is about intimacy and since that's a large component of slash (indeed, the majority of fanfic) then there's certainly a relationship.

[leethet.livejournal.com]

Believe it or not, the possibility of sex just doesn't occur (even unconsciously) to some writers.

What Cindy said. When I'm writing gen, I'm writing gen. The possibility of sex doesn't occur to the characters, because they're straight. It's just love and trust and caring and all that other good stuff. :)

[frau-flora.livejournal.com]

There may be instances when that's true,

But that's what I said. Or what I think I said. ;-) Of course I didn't mean to imply that this was the case with all gen h/c. But for me something I would call "slashgen" does exist. Of course I may be the only person who sees it that way.

the possibility of sex just doesn't occur (even unconsciously) to some writers.

It didn't occur to me when I accidentally read my very first slash story. I went "um, no thanks!" It took some really good stories to convince me.