i mean in terms of things which make me concerned for zoomers the number of pepe memes i see them using on discord still takes the cake
@aescling (artist is not a zoomer, artist appeals to zoomers, important clarification)
writing about sex
@alyssa most english-speaking people conceive of sex as a largely private matter to be conducted with a certain level of discretion, so it can be jarring for a story to transition into it to quickly without first appropriately setting up that intimate context
i mean this largely linguistically: people expect sexual thoughts or actions to only be present in situations of an intimate character voice or narration, where a certain kind of “closeness” with the character in question is felt; even in a fic about blatant exhibitionism the camera is usually positioned close to the protagonist and with a limited perspective; rarely is it “wide-angle” or “from afar”
but a limited, narrow perspective doesn't suit the story i am working on now. so i need to negotiate how i want to work sex into it in a way which doesn’t feel jarring to people who aren’t used to frank discussions of arousal and sexual acts occurring in a more open context, and hopefully in a way which is still somewhat aesthetically appealing
@aescling toronto comic arts festival invited and then rescinded their invitation to a wack zoomer nft artist featured in this article
writing about sex
@alyssa i’m having the opposite problem where i’m wondering if stating it explicitly is going to give folks whiplash
#Ao3TagOfTheDay: Masturbation in Shower, technically in tub but that wasnt a tag
@witchfynder_finder it does doesn't it
@aescling bartolomeow
remember how in pokémon black version and pokémon white version, the pokémon games set in america, the main plot is about how N wants to free the pokémon from slavery, and the moral of the game is that actually the pokémon are happier as the property of trainers
@aescling unfortunately some days i have work
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