as it was I kept wondering when it was going to come up in the context of the relationship between John and Rodney and it never did.
That's an interesting point, and something that hadn't occured to me. I think perhaps her intention was more to show the history to the character, to help round him out a bit, but thinking about it, yes, it does seem a bit of a dead-end the way it's written.
I wanted to know what made John decide he was ready for sex with Rodney. I wanted to know how he was feeling the first time they had sex. How did he feel seeing Rodney naked? How did he feel touching Rodney? I wanted to see Rodney's reaction when John said he wanted him. I wanted to know if Rodney was anxious or confident. I wanted to know what they said to one another and how they sounded saying it.
Yes, absolutely. This rather than the characterisation was my biggest hang up with this story. It wasn't just that I wanted a porny pay-off for my time investment -- the emotions playing through such a scene could have been a beautiful, fascinating thing to watch. Alas. However, not everyone's comfortable writing the explicit stuff.
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That's an interesting point, and something that hadn't occured to me. I think perhaps her intention was more to show the history to the character, to help round him out a bit, but thinking about it, yes, it does seem a bit of a dead-end the way it's written.
I wanted to know what made John decide he was ready for sex with Rodney. I wanted to know how he was feeling the first time they had sex. How did he feel seeing Rodney naked? How did he feel touching Rodney? I wanted to see Rodney's reaction when John said he wanted him. I wanted to know if Rodney was anxious or confident. I wanted to know what they said to one another and how they sounded saying it.
Yes, absolutely. This rather than the characterisation was my biggest hang up with this story. It wasn't just that I wanted a porny pay-off for my time investment -- the emotions playing through such a scene could have been a beautiful, fascinating thing to watch. Alas. However, not everyone's comfortable writing the explicit stuff.