I'm not sure now where Cinzia talked about slash and het. Maybe it was the challenge thread because I was going to quote it in here but I can't find it lol
Anyway, my question to I guess both Cinzia and Steph our two resident slash writers, when you write your slash stories, do you actually bring sex into the equation or is it more the relationship they have with one another that draws you to writing/reading it? And if that's the case how come just the friendship and special bond they share isn't enough? What is it about making them partners that is so different from say just a story where they are best friends?
I've always wondered about this.
Yes, I bring sex in the equation though it's never about the act itself but more the emotions and feelings behind it. But I'd do the same if it was a het scene, graphic sex isn't something that I'm able or that I want to write.
As I said in the quote, I've never asked myself why I write slash. And I can ask "Why do you write het? Why do you invent an original female character?" To me, there is no difference. For Brian and Nick's case, I've always thought that they could be a perfect couple (and in a way they've confirmed this when Brian joked about Nick's description of Lauren: "she reminds a little bit of myself, that's why Nick loves her so much).
Honestly, I'm here trying to find an answer (and being able to write it) and I can't come up with nothing else. Writing them in a relationship is more changelling, it gives you the opportunity to focus only on them. If I do write about them as friends, I will have to write about their wives and girlfriend and it kinda took away some of the attention because they would be more "attached" to the person they love instead than their friend. As I've always said, I'm not a Nick fan but I do like him when he's joking with Brian and they do act sometimes like they're a couple (kissing each other
) so I guess that's why I started seeing them as more than friends.
At the end, it's just fantasy only that instead than fantasing about me and Brian, I prefer writing about him and Nick.
Oh gosh, I hope that I made myself understable.