You Only Want Butts Where Butts Should Be.

[rionaleonhart]

In retrospect, my entry into the Metaphor: ReFantazio fandom may have been slightly disconcerting. I started out with two cute fics about the most popular pairing, so it's possible people were expecting my third offering to be another cute protagonist/Strohl fic, rather than 'all the party members have to bang in order to give each other superpowers'.

People who don't know me already, I mean. I don't imagine the unromantic everyone/everyone fic surprised anyone here.

(I got so excited when I thought up an excuse to get everyone to sleep together! I originally considered 'the protagonist has to sleep with everyone who joins the party', but then I realised that 'each party member has to sleep with the next person to join' had more potential for a fun variety of dynamics; it means nobody really has a chance to get used to it, and some of them are going to feel a lot more awkward about the prospect than others.)

Now that I think about it, I write about characters having unromantic sex pretty frequently! This year alone, I've written multiple fics about characters having sex for non-romantic reasons. Hold on; I'm going to tally these up. (None of these are very explicit.)

- Power Exchange (Metaphor: ReFantazio, everyone/everyone, having sex to transfer magical powers)
- New Experiences (Death Note, Light/Ryuk, having sex to prove you can)
- Above It All (Danganronpa, Togami/Kirigiri, having sex in an effort to gain the upper hand)
- Closing the Circle (If We Were Villains, Oliver/everyone, having sex with other people to distract yourself from the person you're in love with)
- One Lucky Resident (Scrubs, Cox/Elliot, having sex to get the idea out of your system)
- The Fourth Temper (Severance, Mark/Helly, having anonymous sex as part of a workplace ritual, NB consent issues)

Six??? Six fics about characters having sex for non-romantic reasons this year? Oh, wow, I write about this a lot more than I'd realised.

It might actually be seven. I'm not sure whether to count Regrets (Final Fantasy XVI, Clive/Joshua, NB incest); Joshua is genuinely attracted to Clive, but Clive only acquiesces out of a sense of obligation to him.

It's a fun concept, in any case! When two characters aren't actually attracted to each other, they're unlikely to end up in bed together organically, which is always an interesting challenge to overcome. I enjoy writing about characters having awkward and tense interactions, and forcing them to have an 'uhhhh, hey, I know this prospect probably hasn't crossed your mind, but we should have sex' conversation is a great source of those. I'd say 'I should write this sort of thing more often', but it turns out I already write this sort of thing a lot.

Comments

[trepkos]

I'm so glad I (online) met you! This is more like the old days of LJ!

[rionaleonhart]

Aww! I'm glad we met, too, and I'm delighted that you enjoy my posts!

[scytale]

Omg, impressed by how much you've written it this year!And for so many fandoms!

I'd say 'I should write this sort of thing more often', but it turns out I already write this sort of thing a lot.

You could still write this sort of thing more often! ;p

[rionaleonhart]

It's not the first time I've looked back at my fanfiction and gone, 'Oh, wow, that's a recurring theme I didn't even realise was recurring.' I have very strong tastes, it turns out, even if I'm not necessarily conscious of them!

You could still write this sort of thing more often!

You're absolutely right, of course! They do say you should reach for the stars.

[doreyg]

I really love the dynamic of characters who don't have a romantic interest in each other (at least initially, I LOVE people who absolutely shouldn't falling in love against their will), but who end up banging anyway. I find it a dynamic that can bring such fun things out of characters! Often more interesting things than if they are banging for just romantic reasons, to my mind...

[rionaleonhart]

It really does allow for some interesting character exploration! And it is, of course, a theme that works extremely well for Light and L.

[delphi]

I absolutely love fic where characters have sex for non-romantic reasons, and it's all the better when it's group or team sex. :D I may have to familiarize myself with Metaphor: ReFantazio.

[rionaleonhart]

I hope you enjoy Metaphor, if you do check it out! I've been having such a blast with it. Alas, the party does not canonically have team sex. (Probably? Come to think of it, I haven't actually finished the game yet, so they could.)

[lokifan]

I'd say 'I should write this sort of thing more often', but it turns out I already write this sort of thing a lot.

And long may it continue!

[rionaleonhart]

I'm glad to have your support!