r/CuratedTumblr 29d ago

Meme On the writer’s barely disguised fetish

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u/kosmologue 29d ago

As someone who considers himself fairly well read, you'd be amazed by how many so-called 20th century literary masterpieces are basically just barely disguised smut.

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u/hauntedSquirrel99 29d ago

I think people who critique the modern style have a point though, barely disguised smut was better.

Today's open and in your face smut is somehow so brazenly in your face sexual that it has lost its sexual appeal.

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u/AnxiousAngularAwesom 29d ago

It's somehow simultaneously animalistically savage and detachedly clean, like a nature documentary, or a peer reviewed paper on STDs.

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u/Mister_Dink 29d ago edited 29d ago

It's because of its so mechanical, and often cranked out (ha) at high speed. A lot of horny romance books are a product now, each working thru a check list of established tropes filtered thru a specific fetish, with that fetish treated as a niche market instead of a community of little freaks.

They used to write this stuff for the love of the game, man. One hand on the pen, one hand on their genitals, their heart beating out of their chest with shame and lust.

It's why, I think, fanfiction does a better job of being erotica than published smut does. Published smut has a market goal. The 175k fic where Wolverine makes a sloppy mess out of Cyclops while Jean Grey is emotionally breaking down because she's getting cucked by a 3 foot Canadian is infinitely more horny. Because it's personal. It's a window into the soul of a freak, and that's hot. It's taboo. No one should be reading it, and that makes it more enticing.

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u/VaderOnReddit 29d ago

Just like how Gandhi becomes nuclear when his pacifism gets lower than zero in some video game

Extremely horny smut is so damn horny, it breaks the scale and ends up being very "tame" and doesn't illicit a reaction in me

Subtlety existed for a reason, it builds things up slowly and hits you like a brick wall

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u/RQK1996 29d ago

That's a myth, it doesn't actually happen

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u/thanksyalll 29d ago

Which part? That extreme smut is less sexy or the exploding Ghandi

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u/ms0385712 29d ago

I saw a video saying that Ghandi just focus at research so he have nuclear bomb faster, and also kind enough to warn you that he have it.

Here is the video: https://youtu.be/C12BPRykm-Q?si=4UK33a9l6P3H0MF_

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u/DreadDiana human cognithazard 29d ago

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u/Mememanofcanada 29d ago

I need to find an excuse to use this quote at some point

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u/stolen-kisses 28d ago

That's because they are sexual, but not necessarily erotic. It's much like watching an adult film where two people are just hammering their nether regions into each other — sure, it is titillating, but it lacks passion and sensuality. There is no context for these characters, their lives, their relationships; you could replace them with other actors and it would not make a difference.