No one has handled the sexual act in this fandom with such a mixture of intensity and cool, factual description. […] Nothing protects us here.
I might not describe the way OMAN writes sex quite this way, but I do agree that nothing about it protects the reader. Because of this, I’ve never found OMAN’s sex scenes consistently arousing, but I do find them very interesting as plot/characterization pieces (something that certainly can not be said about most fic smut).
The way she writes sex isn’t coarse, really, but it is very physical – a series of gut reactions and desires. When the characters have sex in her fics I feel like I’m watching them mate. It’s mammalian – an influx of urges, impulses, and satiation responses. It’s slightly uncomfortable for me to view sex that way, because I always tend towards a very thinky and even symbolic brand of eroticism. So I usually find myself staring at my screen like a wide-eyed youth who’s just discovered something very explicit indeed.
Oddly, I’ve always kind of wanted to commend OMAN on this aspect of her writing. It’s very distinctive, very unique, and it makes a strong impression.
Norse mythology, hippy covens, women reappearing from Mulder's past who also knew Scully's sister.
I’ve been rather hard on EQS in my comments up-thread, and I feel that I should acknowledge that these elements are all pretty cool. It’s a very spunky, spirited story. There’s a lot of energy behind it, and a lot of fun (and smart) elements, which I do enjoy about this fic. They just don’t quite hit the mark for me. I end up considering the writing and thinking, “That last paragraph was really cool – I wonder what the next one will be like” rather than slipping into the actual experience of the fic.
Yet this fic strikes me as essentially a very “experiential” fic. Everything has a “vibe”. By that I mean it’s full of strange, intense sensory experiences. The characters go from one new environment to the next with each one being quite distinctive and unusual (at least compared to what they’re used to). The ideas and the people involved are also described in a way that makes them feel like part of an almost overwhelming experience. Mulder and Scully are urged onwards through a heady procession of impressions and concepts and peculiar details. I think I’m babbling at this point. It’s just hard to explain. It’s both something I like about the fic and something I don’t. I basically go back and forth by the page.
It's horror novel stuff reduced to graphic novel images.
Wow. That a very interesting and - IMO - accurate description.
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Date: 2012-05-13 05:30 am (UTC)I might not describe the way OMAN writes sex quite this way, but I do agree that nothing about it protects the reader. Because of this, I’ve never found OMAN’s sex scenes consistently arousing, but I do find them very interesting as plot/characterization pieces (something that certainly can not be said about most fic smut).
The way she writes sex isn’t coarse, really, but it is very physical – a series of gut reactions and desires. When the characters have sex in her fics I feel like I’m watching them mate. It’s mammalian – an influx of urges, impulses, and satiation responses. It’s slightly uncomfortable for me to view sex that way, because I always tend towards a very thinky and even symbolic brand of eroticism. So I usually find myself staring at my screen like a wide-eyed youth who’s just discovered something very explicit indeed.
Oddly, I’ve always kind of wanted to commend OMAN on this aspect of her writing. It’s very distinctive, very unique, and it makes a strong impression.
Norse mythology, hippy covens, women reappearing from Mulder's past who also knew Scully's sister.
I’ve been rather hard on EQS in my comments up-thread, and I feel that I should acknowledge that these elements are all pretty cool. It’s a very spunky, spirited story. There’s a lot of energy behind it, and a lot of fun (and smart) elements, which I do enjoy about this fic. They just don’t quite hit the mark for me. I end up considering the writing and thinking, “That last paragraph was really cool – I wonder what the next one will be like” rather than slipping into the actual experience of the fic.
Yet this fic strikes me as essentially a very “experiential” fic. Everything has a “vibe”. By that I mean it’s full of strange, intense sensory experiences. The characters go from one new environment to the next with each one being quite distinctive and unusual (at least compared to what they’re used to). The ideas and the people involved are also described in a way that makes them feel like part of an almost overwhelming experience. Mulder and Scully are urged onwards through a heady procession of impressions and concepts and peculiar details. I think I’m babbling at this point. It’s just hard to explain. It’s both something I like about the fic and something I don’t. I basically go back and forth by the page.
It's horror novel stuff reduced to graphic novel images.
Wow. That a very interesting and - IMO - accurate description.