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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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.