Ah, I see what you mean! I think fandom has definitely pared it down to be the most... palatable, if that's the right word -- Exposition gets omitted from the actual fic because we've gotten a lot of it from canon (characters' personalities, their pasts, their appearances) and we all generally understand it to be there looming over the fic, or at least the key elements of it. Reexplaining what an average fan should already know gets boring and readers might see it as a waste of time.
I think caring about their relationship is a big part of why I gravitate towards written porn. Like, to some extent I can watch two actors having sex with each other and see that their characters are feeling some type of way (same with looking at a drawing). But I want to be told /exactly/ what way they're feeling! I want to be inside their head and know it! Ultimately when I'm reading those types of fics, yeah, I am 90% there for the porn, but if I wanted pure porn, I'd just go to redtube or whatever people use for that.
Yaoi hadn't really crossed my mind in a long time until reading this post. I'm curious what your thoughts on yaoi are too.
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I think caring about their relationship is a big part of why I gravitate towards written porn. Like, to some extent I can watch two actors having sex with each other and see that their characters are feeling some type of way (same with looking at a drawing). But I want to be told /exactly/ what way they're feeling! I want to be inside their head and know it! Ultimately when I'm reading those types of fics, yeah, I am 90% there for the porn, but if I wanted pure porn, I'd just go to redtube or whatever people use for that.
Yaoi hadn't really crossed my mind in a long time until reading this post. I'm curious what your thoughts on yaoi are too.