Heterosexual Relationships in Stories

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People have such little faith in twelve year olds... :coffee:

I wrote my first porn when I was twelve. And it was het.
But it sucked.
I'm always impressed by the talent of young writers on here because I remember how bad I was at that age.

I read lots of slash. The only het I read are from Nae. I don't have anything against it. It's just I love slash. But, I do read it if it's well written and the plotlines are interesting.

Het makes me smile, but I've recently discovered that that there isn't a huge amount of het on here and not only that, but I tend to read stories if they're good.

I've found that some writers don't put as much gusto into het as they do slash.

I just read what is good.

If you have good het, lemme know. If you've got good slash, bring it on.

I have made a few weak stabs at some Frerards, emphasis on the weak, but ultimately I write het.

It just suits me, I guess.

I think either is fine as far as actual reading goes, but for some reason I find that there are a lot of impressive slahses, but only a few good hets.

Feeling Failure:

I've found that some writers don't put as much gusto into het as they do slash.

I just read what is good.

That could really depend on the writer. I've read some really interesting, well-written het. But a lot of the reason there's probably more good slash stories, is because there's more slash in general. There are plenty of writers on here that I'm sure I'd like if I could get into slash, but I just can't. I've pretty much given up looking for anything to read on here now, seeing as how it's all slash...

Which is exactly my point.

I would read het if there was het!

For real, if you ever run into some really good het, let me know!

I used to hate het with a passion. But then I started reading this one really good one (name escapes me though). Now I'm starting to write one myself. Like most people say, it's not the pairing, it's the story.

One of the main arguments of het-haters is Mary-Sue. THey assume every female character will be one. FYI, there CAN BE Mary-Sue (well, Gary-Stu) in slash. I've seen it happen.

I usually dislike most overly described sexual encounters in literature.

Heterosexual relationships are perfectly fine for me, but I know most people on here read fan fictions whereas I prefer original writes, which makes it a huge difference.

With original writes, I'll read either relationship as long as it's good.

But if it's a fan fiction about, say, band members, I'm going to have to say I prefer slash, because a lot of the times there isn't a girl in the band (admit it; there are a lot of dude-bands around here), so therefore the writer has to make one up, creating an original character. if this writer is writing fan fiction in the first place, it can be safe to assume that they either don't write original fiction well/aren't used to coming up with original characters (especially female, if they're writing about all of these dude bands). Therefore, they're female character tends to be kind of lacking in personality and vaguely Mary-Sue. I prefer slash with fan fiction because, that way, the writer usually can use two band members, whose personalities are already there (although they can tweak them), and they don't need to create a new character.

Also, with slash, I expect to recognize most of the characters and be able to identify with them immediately, whereas with an original character it gets confusing because have of them I indentify with, and then the others I'm still trying to understand.

Like Lacey Mosley said, of course these characters can become Sues themselves, but, obviously, those aren't the ones I read. :cute:

Lacey Mosely:

One of the main arguments of het-haters is Mary-Sue. THey assume every female character will be one. FYI, there CAN BE Mary-Sue (well, Gary-Stu) in slash. I've seen it happen.

I never thought those applied in slash. Unless it's OF, I guess...

Mary-Sue isn't the only problem in het, though. :think: Sometimes the female character just gets... idk, annoying, I guess.

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Lacey Mosely:

One of the main arguments of het-haters is Mary-Sue. THey assume every female character will be one. FYI, there CAN BE Mary-Sue (well, Gary-Stu) in slash. I've seen it happen.

I never thought those applied in slash. Unless it's OF, I guess...

It's not technically a Gary-Stu, but it's totally possible to make a guy in bandslash a "Gary-Stu". When you change their personality completely to make them absolutely perfect so someone else is the "bad guy", that can be Gary-Stu.

I only write het and it's all fan fiction. I haven't really got a problem with slash but I just can't write it. I read the slashes friends write and a couple of others but some stuff is just too much for me. In the end I just think it comes down to writing what you're comfortable with and reading what you're comfortable with.

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Lacey Mosely:

One of the main arguments of het-haters is Mary-Sue. THey assume every female character will be one. FYI, there CAN BE Mary-Sue (well, Gary-Stu) in slash. I've seen it happen.

I never thought those applied in slash. Unless it's OF, I guess...

Mary-Sue isn't the only problem in het, though. :think: Sometimes the female character just gets... idk, annoying, I guess.

It really annoys me when people say this.

I don't see how people assume that characters are annoying because they're female. Any character in any story has the potential of being annoying- male or female.

It's the writer, not the gender.

^I agree completely.

I've found even in Frerards that Gerard or Frank become this Gary-Stu sort of character.

Why is this such a big deal on mibba? I mean I am new here and I just don't understand what the obessesion with Slash is for straight women? Like ,why all the negative reactions to heterosexual romance? Help me understand! And why isn't there more girl on girl?

brock castello:

Like ,why all the negative reactions to heterosexual romance?

If you read the thread, you'll get a lot of answers to this question.
Main reason is the Mary Sue character.
Second reason is cliche plotline.
Thirdly a lot of people just like slash.

I'm not a huge fan of het because I prefer slash.
It's just my personal opinion.

And trust me, it's not just Mibba.
The first slash ever created was published in a magazine and it was Star Trek in the seventies, I believe. [Don't quote me on the decade.]
I read slash all over LJ, AFF, fandomination.net, and pretty much every fanfiction site ever.

druscilla; delilah.:

brock castello:

Like ,why all the negative reactions to heterosexual romance?

If you read the thread, you'll get a lot of answers to this question.
Main reason is the Mary Sue character.
Second reason is cliche plotline.
Thirdly a lot of people just like slash.

I'm not a huge fan of het because I prefer slash.
It's just my personal opinion.

And trust me, it's not just Mibba.
The first slash ever created was published in a magazine and it was Star Trek in the seventies, I believe. [Don't quote me on the decade.]
I read slash all over LJ, AFF, fandomination.net, and pretty much every fanfiction site ever.

There's SPONGEBOB slash dude. Trust us, slash has the attention of internet readers.

I read this essay online about Mary Sue, and some people say that one of the reason's there are so few slash stories is because writers are so afraid to make Mary Sues, they simply stay away from writing het.

Lacey Mosely:

druscilla; delilah.:

brock castello:

Like ,why all the negative reactions to heterosexual romance?

If you read the thread, you'll get a lot of answers to this question.
Main reason is the Mary Sue character.
Second reason is cliche plotline.
Thirdly a lot of people just like slash.

I'm not a huge fan of het because I prefer slash.
It's just my personal opinion.

And trust me, it's not just Mibba.
The first slash ever created was published in a magazine and it was Star Trek in the seventies, I believe. [Don't quote me on the decade.]
I read slash all over LJ, AFF, fandomination.net, and pretty much every fanfiction site ever.

There's SPONGEBOB slash dude. Trust us, slash has the attention of internet readers.

I read this essay online about Mary Sue, and some people say that one of the reason's there are so few slash stories is because writers are so afraid to make Mary Sues, they simply stay away from writing het.

I see.
I can dig the POV of some of the readers though about the boring typical female charcter. But no one answered my other question , why no girl on girl, then?

I personally love both het. stories and slash.
I'm unbiased, because there can be a Mary-Sue or cliche plotline in either category.

What does bother me with het. is that a lot of people tend to simply put pictures of the girl/other original characters in the story description.
I know that's not really related to the story itself, but when I search for het. stories a lot of the results come up with story descriptions showing pictures of the main female character and her friends and how old they are, how they dress, etcetera instead of summarizing the story.
:|

brock castello:

But no one answered my other question , why no girl on girl, then?

My personal answer is I prefer to write men.
I've written girl on girl but it was me/my ex.
And when it comes to sex I prefer reading penetration and I hate the words we have to choose from when talking about vaginas.

I don't read slash. I used to read Frerard, but not anymore.
The only stories I'm subscribed to are het, and there's.. one femmeslash. I just don't like to read guy/guy. I don't think there's any particular reason.

Sweet Innocent:

I read lots of slash. The only het I read are from Nae.

Is that me? :tehe:
I prefer to read Slash. But I prefer to write Het. (Mainly because I fail at writing Slash.)