In fact, I applaud male actors such as DD who actually don't become slaves to waxing and preening too much.
Yes, DD partially inspired the question. Do you think actors like DB and JM just chose to do it, or did the network/producers encourage it? I always wondered about that. And what's even weirder is they apparently also wax their arms. I was glad to see in IWRY that DB hadn't waxed his thighs. Yet.
But, I applaud your diversity here. Holtz is not typically eye candy material, so I'm all for equal opportunities.
I think I must think he's hot because he's old and unhandsome, two things which generally attract me (that is, in his 40s old, and unhandsome as in not beautiful, not as in ugly). In fact, I'm continually surprised by how attractive I find DB. Usually I can appreciate a beautiful face like his, but it does nothing for me. Huh. It must be his great body ;o)
Epic stories with long sex scenes. I feel like you read my mind. Some smut scenes in such stories almost bore me to tears.
Actually, I can't recall a long epic story I've read where I got bored by the sex scenes. One reason might be that although "epic" is my favorite style of fic, I've read very few of them all the way through, because very few are able to hold my interest and maintain quality writing all the way through (smut or no). If the fic is good enough to keep me reading, the smut is usually interesting to me.
It's different, however, when the smut is right at the beginning. There is at least one very popular epicky B/A fic I've started about 8 times and never been able to get past the first few chapters of because it's all fluffy smut. I have to be drawn into the story to accept the smut.
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Yes, DD partially inspired the question. Do you think actors like DB and JM just chose to do it, or did the network/producers encourage it? I always wondered about that. And what's even weirder is they apparently also wax their arms. I was glad to see in IWRY that DB hadn't waxed his thighs. Yet.
But, I applaud your diversity here. Holtz is not typically eye candy material, so I'm all for equal opportunities.
I think I must think he's hot because he's old and unhandsome, two things which generally attract me (that is, in his 40s old, and unhandsome as in not beautiful, not as in ugly). In fact, I'm continually surprised by how attractive I find DB. Usually I can appreciate a beautiful face like his, but it does nothing for me. Huh. It must be his great body ;o)
Epic stories with long sex scenes. I feel like you read my mind. Some smut scenes in such stories almost bore me to tears.
Actually, I can't recall a long epic story I've read where I got bored by the sex scenes. One reason might be that although "epic" is my favorite style of fic, I've read very few of them all the way through, because very few are able to hold my interest and maintain quality writing all the way through (smut or no). If the fic is good enough to keep me reading, the smut is usually interesting to me.
It's different, however, when the smut is right at the beginning. There is at least one very popular epicky B/A fic I've started about 8 times and never been able to get past the first few chapters of because it's all fluffy smut. I have to be drawn into the story to accept the smut.
Have a good weekend.
Thank you, you too.